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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- 
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 trellis is laid 
