Round the Year in the Garden 



quently syringeing with cold water; such treatment 

 needs to be continued until the object is achieved. It 

 is necessary to protect them from sunshine, for if this 

 reaches frozen plants it does much damage. For this 

 reason it is inadvisable to put tender plants, or those 

 that start into growth early, on a border facing east. 



Snow is a valuable protective agent in the garden ; 

 roots, seeds and small plants are quite safe beneath 

 its mantle providing they are hardy. A heavy fall 

 may do much damage to precious trees and shrubs if 

 the snow is not removed. Conifers, many of which 

 possess horizontally disposed branches, are most liable 

 to suffer, and if the snow is not beaten off, some of 

 the shoots may break beneath its weight, thus ruining 

 the appearance of the tree. 



Berried and Fruiting Shrubs. I have never seen a 

 shrubbery planted solely with trees and shrubs that bear 

 showy fruits, but I can imagine it to be well worth doing 

 for the sake of its attractiveness at this time of the year, 

 to say nothing of the spring display of blossom. Though 

 it may not be practicable to do this, there is no excuse for 

 neglecting altogether those shrubs or small trees distin- 

 guished by the possession of brilliant fruits. It is true 

 that the birds will have numbers of them, but some 

 owners of gardens are sufficiently large-hearted to view 

 such depredations with equanimity, if not with pleasure. 

 Some of the most striking of ornamental fruiting trees 

 belong to the genus Pyrus, which of course counts the 

 Apple and Pear among its numbers. Of Crabs, probably 

 the showiest are John Downie, the Dartmouth and the 

 Siberian. The last named has scarlet fruits, and those of 

 John Downie are red and yellow ; both are produced freely. 

 The Dartmouth bears larger fruits of purplish and yellow 

 shades. Pyrus prunifolia having red, and Pyrus ringo, 

 with yellow fruits, together with Pyrus Aucuparia 

 (Mountain Ash) are others of value for the purpose 

 in view. The Bocksprays or Cotoneasters, too, are most 



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