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on these new growths of the season. Old boxes or barrels may 

 be used to protect tender low plants (Figs. 153, 154). The 

 box is filled with leaves or dry straw and either left open on top 

 or covered with boards, boughs, or even with burlaps (Fig. 154). 

 Connoisseurs of tender roses and other plants sometimes go 

 to the pains of erecting a collapsible shed over the bush, and 

 filling with leaves or straw. Whether this is worth while de- 



155. Laying down of trellis-grown blackberries. 



pends wholly on the degree of satisfaction that one derives 

 from the growing of choice plants (see Roses, in Chap. VIII). 



The tops of plants may be laid down for the winter. Figure 

 155 shows a method of laying down blackberries, as practiced in 

 the Hudson River valley. The plants were tied to a trellis, as 

 the method is in that country, two wires (a, b) having been run 

 on either side of the row. The posts are hinged on a pivot to a 

 short post (c) , and are held in position by a brace (d) . The entire 

 trellis is then laid down on the approach of winter, as shown 

 in the illustration. The blackberry tops are so strong that they 

 hold the wires up from the ground, even when the treUis is laid 



