WINTER PROTECTION 



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Tender plants and newly set trees, evergreens and others, are 

 successfully protected by tying them together and covermg with 

 Hemlock boughs. Other trees and shrubs are covered deeply so that 

 the roots do not freeze, in which case many are encouraged to grow 

 under adverse conditions. 



It is the alternate freezing and thawing of the trunk and branches 

 of fruit trees that causes them to crack open on the south side. Low 

 heading is the only precaution. 



ANOTHER FORM OF WINTER PROTECTION 



The ordinary coldframe, especially If covered with mats in hard weather, is suffi- 

 cient shelter for all that class of plants which are spoken of as "doubtfully hardy." 

 Parsley can be wintered here; Violets can be grown and flowered in deep frames; 

 tender Roses and shrubs for placing out of doors in Summer canfind a place. 



