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WINTER PROTECTION OF PLANTS 



Winter protection for plants of this kind is often necessary. 

 Sometimes the plantation is shielded by a board fence or a 

 natural wind break of trees. In other cases strawy manure 



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Fig. 78. — Protecting a small bush by a straw mulch. 



is piled up through the canes and covered over the ground. 

 Many times each plant is given a protection of its own. 

 This latter method is used frequently on the roses. 



Fig. 79. — Baby rambler roses entirely covered with straw for the winter. 



The rose having several forms offers a good example for 

 discussion. The canes of upright growing bushes should first 

 be firmly tied together with a cord. Some fibrous material, 



