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vine is growing. It is a good plan, in putting up 

 trellises or netting for vines, to have their winter 

 protection ia mind and arrange them so that they 

 can be released with little trouble. Wire netting 

 which is stapled firmly to a wall cannot be easily re- 

 moved. Better staple it to a stout piece of wood 

 which in turn may be attached to the house by hooks 

 at the top, and to gtout stakes driven into the ground 

 at the base. 



Bulbs and hardy lilies need little protection other 

 than a mulch of rough barn-yard manure. All trees 

 and shrubs are improved by the same treatment. In 

 the vegetable garden the tender globe artichokes 

 should have the large leaves cut back and the crowns 

 of the plants covered with coal ashes. The cold 

 frames should be provided with water-proof coverings 

 and mats for the more severe months of the winter. 

 It is seldom that anything is needed inside the 

 frames. 



The lily pools should have the water drained off, 

 the pool filled with leaves and a cover of boards or 

 canvas put over all. The cover should extend a cou- 

 ple of feet on all sides of the pool and the leaves be 

 stuffed tightly between the edges and the pool, as 

 quite as much damage results to the walls of the 

 pool from the heaving of the ground under frost as 

 from frost ioside the pool. 



If one is the fortunate possessor of a few discarded 



