BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



decorations. Frost usually finishes everything about Octo- 

 ber 15. The winter temperature is often ten degrees be- 

 low, and the tender plants, like Foxglove and Pansies, 

 are more safely wintered under slat-frames covered with 

 straw, and Larkspurs should have a light covering of leaves. 

 Surely the gardens that are faithfully tended through such 

 changes and chances of climate as found in this section be- 

 speak the highest degree of devoted patience. 



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