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WINTER PROTECTION OF PLANTS 



Winter protection for plants of this kind is often necessary. 

 Sometimes the plantation is shielded by a board fence or a 

 natural wind break of trees. In other cases strawy manure 



FIG. 78. Protecting a small bush by a straw mulch. 



is piled up through the canes and covered over the ground. 

 Many times each plant is given a protection of its own. 

 This latter method is used frequently on the roses. 



FIG. 79. Baby rambler roses entirely covered with straw for the winter. 



The rose having several forms offers a good example for 

 discussion. The canes of upright growing bushes should first 

 be firmly tied together with a cord. Some fibrous material, 



