WINTER PROTECTION 



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Another Form of Winter Protection 



The ordinary coldframe, especially if covered with mats in hard weather, is suflBcient 



shelter for all that class of plants which are spoken of as "doubtfully hardy." Parsley 



can be Wintered here; Violets can be grown and flowered in deep frames; tender Roses 



and shrubs for placing out of doors in Summer can find a place 



evergreen boughs and then place leaves upon these, in which case the 

 leaves are prevented from matting. Leaves which mat together 

 badly, as Elm, Maple, and other trees which drop their foliage early, 

 are not as valuable as Oak. Coverings which are too thick cause a 

 premature start in Spring, resulting in crippled growth because of the 

 late frosts. 



Unless the perennials are diseased the tops may remain during 

 the Winter; breaking or cutting them off often exposes the growing 

 points. 



Protecting Lilies and Roses 



For protecting Lilies a mound of ashes, placed over the crown, is 

 frequently advised. The Tiger, the Canada, the Coral, the Handsome, 

 the Thunbergian, and the Turk's Cap can be successfully protected in 

 this manner. We have had occasion before to mention the protection 

 of Eremurus, which consists of using a deep box filled with leaves and 

 left over the plants till rather late in the season, otherwise the young 

 shoots will be injured in the Spring. 



Then there are the Roses. When rosarians get together they dis- 

 cuss varieties for a time; then the question usually arises: "What 

 do you use for protecting your Roses?" "Well," says one, "I beheve 

 that a protection for Roses should be merely a sunshade, not an 

 overcoat, so I just turn a box over the tops of the plants. They 

 always Winter as well that way as any other." "They really need 

 some protection from the cold," says another, "and I think the only 

 way to protect Roses is to mound up all the Teas and Hybrid Teas so 

 that the soil is almost a foot deep all around them," The third 

 gentleman says that the protection afforded by something placed on 



