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GARDEN GUIDE 



A rustic pergola. Such pergolas can be made of peeled Oak LJ 



or Pine, or of any durable branches one can get — but never A 



Birch; that won*t last beyond a season. A variety of vines can V 

 be trained here 



nursery stored plants can be set out as soon as lemd can be worked. 

 The pot-grown stock, if it is not crowded, can well be kept tiU May. 

 These latter plants are growing and there is no necessity for giving a 

 check bj planting in open ground sooner. If the stock is frosted when 

 received, cover the whole plant with soil until the frost is drawn out. 

 The plants Me often rather dry when received; the bark is shriveled or 

 the roots brittle. If the whole plemt is either buried in soil or placed in 

 water before planting, it will be greatly benefited. In planting, re- 

 move all buds which may be present upon the stock £ind prune the 

 broken roots. AU tops should be severely cut back so that each beeirs 

 three to six eyes; this is especially necessary and should not be neg- 

 lected. The roots should be spread naturally and in thecase of 

 budded plants, so placed that the point budded is two or three inches 

 below the surface of the soil. It is absolutely necesseiry to plant very 

 firmly; the soil must be filled ia about the roots most carefully and 

 made soUd. The hole should not be entirely filled, but the plant 

 should be watered, after which dry soil is placed on top to prevent 

 baking. 



