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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



ceed except under conditions of some shelter from the hot 

 sun and drying winds. If possible, naturally protected 

 locations should be selected, but where these are not avail- 

 able artificial protection during the winter must be pro- 

 vided by means of pine boughs, boxes, etc., set up around 



FIG. 114. JAPANESE ROSE (Rosa rugosa). 



them. Too close covering should be avoided, as with a very 

 close box, barrel, or close straw covering. All that is 

 required is shelter from fierce drying winds and the burn- 

 ing sun during the winter. If a box is used, it should be 

 with openings on the north or west side, to allow a free 



