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fixed on top and securely tied down. 

 The frame lights are generally used for 

 this purpose, and they are fixed up as 

 already stated ; sometimes, indeed, a series 

 of them is erected over a broad border 

 in such a way that they slope from the 

 centre to either side like the roof of a 

 house ; bags or mats may easily be sus- 

 pended round the outside so as to make 

 the shelter a closed one during cold, frosty 

 nights. A more convenient plan practised 

 in some gardens is to lift the Chrysanthemums 

 and transplant them round the walls ; a 

 nice blending of colours can be made, and 

 the plants arranged in a double row according 

 to size. Whenever frost threatens, mats are 

 suspended in front of the plants, being kept 

 off the blooms by sticks leaning against the 



waUs at short distances from one another ; 

 fifteen minutes serve to complete the task 

 in the evening, and five minutes is all that is 

 required to clear away the mats in the morn- 

 ing ; I have kept a fine show right on until 

 the end of November by this method. The 

 alternative, unfortunately not always prac- 

 ticable, is to lift the plants, pot them, and 

 keep them inside the greenhouse. 



Sweet Peas are best protected by a long 

 screen of transparent paper or cloth. Eureka 

 paper stretched over a light wooden frame 

 some 2 feet broad serves for many years, 

 and the plants will not suffer from sun or 

 rain. Ordinary unbleached calico stretched 

 over a similar frame, and painted with the 

 following liquid, is even more satisfactory : 

 Mix 3 pints of pale linseed oil, 1 ounce 



Box with glass top for 

 protecting choice 

 border flowers. 



Box with glass 

 front, used 

 to protect 

 Gladiolus. 



Making use of a 

 jelly jar as a 

 flower protec- 

 tor. 



Showing how the "Eureka" paper is 

 cut for the shade illustrated. 



Wooden stakes supporting glass a simple flower 

 protector. 



A shade and protector for 

 Roses ; the top is of 

 " Eureka " transparent 

 paper. 



