WINTER PROTECTION 



AA. TKmJi-rand lialfhardtj-plants. 

 Those marked icith a star (*) are 

 tender and should not be exposed to 

 frost. Then should also be kept in 

 the driest part of the pit. 



No. 1.— One of the simplest and least 

 expensive forms of cold pit for small and 

 medium-sized plants. 



yluriusa aud probably 

 other genera and species 

 of succulent plants. Keep 

 at temperature 35-40° F. in 

 a very dry house -cellar, 

 with as much light as pos- 

 sible; too much moisture 

 is destructive. 



3. Ah. I..: ,-.n.^.lr,s. 



•abutilniL, I ,„■ 



*C. rat: 

 odora, il 

 ety, *eri. 

 Erijthrii 

 •Eugeni 

 on y mils 



(Sene 



fi-affrans, O. Aqitifolitin 

 Passiflora cwnilea, pe 

 nettya (different species 

 Phormium tenax. Phi 

 tinia Japonica. *Pitti 

 sporum Tobira and other; 

 Plumbago Cap-nsi^ 

 Podocarpiis Chineitsii 



No. 4. — A small plant cellar for wintering large plants. 

 It is also excellent for storing vegetables and fruits. It 

 '■nmbines perfect ventilation witli extremely good protec- 

 tion against frost. 



2741. Various forms of storage pits. 



liiii |il:iiii^ are commonly 



111 i;i,trrn Massachusetts, 

 II- i,..s-ilik- exception of 

 larkr.l thiLs (*), they will 

 ew .les-rees of frost, if not 

 ; continued, without harm. 

 The average temperature 

 of the pit should be just 

 above freezing, say 35° P. 

 The value of these plants 

 depends upon not only 

 carrying them through the 

 winter in good condition, 

 but also in giving them a 

 good start in the spring. 

 For this purpose a cool 

 greenhouse must be pro- 

 vided; a cold grapery or 

 a house constructed from 

 the sashes used on the pits 

 is equally good, in which 

 the plants can be properly 

 grown until it is warm 

 enough to put them out-of- 



4. '.li/.»/.i». ,/„,,„„,•,„ 



6a U 



■xphylla, 

 myosotis .sorts, primula in 

 variety, including auric- 

 ula, Persian ranunculus, 

 Viola odora I a (tender 

 sorts), pansies, wall-flow- 

 ers, lettuce, cabbage, cauli- 

 flower and parsley. These 

 plants are advantageously 

 wintered in coldframes, 

 which should vary in 

 ilepth with the size of the 

 plant; sometimes the 

 plants are grown and flow- 

 ered in the frame, at 

 others they are bedded 

 out when the season per- 

 mits. 



5. Arisferaa, arum, calo- 

 chortu3( dififerent species ) , 

 freesia in variety, iris 

 (tender species), ixia, 

 sparaxis. The above plants 

 can be potted, November 

 to December, and carried 

 in a pit until wanted in 

 the greenhouse. 



B. M. Watson. 



WISCONSIH, HOKTI- 

 CULTUKE IN. Fig. 2743. 

 The surface of Wisconsin 

 mostly varies between 

 gently rolling plains and 

 hills of moderate height. 

 Small lakes are numerous, 

 I>articularly in the north. 

 The soil presents all va- 

 riations, and with the ex- 

 ception of some rather 

 large sandy and marshy 

 tracts, is mostly very fer- 



