A small evergreen before wrapping. English yew 
they are not watched closely, will destroy 
every bush in a short time. When cover- 
ing any choice plants in this way scatter a 
handful of poisoned corn or grain in the 
mulch. 
MATERIALS THAT COST NOTHING 
I-mpty flour barrels and boxes are often 
used for covering shrubs. If you have 
these materials, first bank up the shrub 
well with good dry leaves, and, after placing 
the box or barrel, bank this also outside with 
manure to keep out the frost. If the barrel 
is in an exposed position anchor it with 
stakes and wires. 
Old grain sacks are sometimes used, being 
put over the shrubs, tied in place, and then 
banked up with leaves or manure. 
Eulalias and other ornamental . grasses 
are often used in place of straw, to wrap rose 
and other bushes if they are where the sun 
First stand up boughs around the bush 
will strike them or in positions exposed to 
cold, bleak winds. 
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE FOR EVIERGREENS 
All evergreens suffer in winter from warm 
weather and drying winds, which cause their 
leaves to evaporate moisture faster than it 
can be supplied by the roots, which may be 
in frozen ground. The yellow color of 
evergreens in winter is usually a sign of 
distress, and bronzing is a sign of imperfect 
hardiness or of willingness to drop the 
leaves for a while in order to withstand the 
winter. The best way to protect rare and 
costly evergreens is to plant them behind 
a windbreak or amid a group of other trees. 
The prevailing winter wind is usually from 
the northwest. All conifers, whether hardy 
or not, are glad to be mulched with eight or 
ten inches of leaves or coarse manure. 
Everybody wants to grow the English 
Then lay boughs around the base 
yew and Irish juniper because of their his- 
torical and sentimental value and because 
there is nothing quite like them, but thou- 
sands of these small conifers perish every 
year for the lack of a few minutes’ work on 
each. Simply gather up the branches rather 
closely, tie them with strong twine, then 
cover them with evergreen boughs and tie 
with heavy cord. All you need to do to 
the Canadian or trailing yew is place a few 
evergreen boughs over it. 
WHEN TO USE A WIND SHIELD 
When an evergreen is so large that the 
preceding method cannot be used it pays to 
use a wind shield for newly planted trees 
and those of doubtful hardiness, especially 
in exposed situations. A wind shield may 
be made in the cheapest way, e. g. of rough 
hemlock boards and two-by-fours, eight feet 
at least in width, and tall enough to shade 
Next put boughs on top 
HOW TO PROTECT A SMALL EVERGREEN—TOLD IN SIX PICTURES 
Now pass a rope around the whole 
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Job done 
Tighten and tie the rope. 
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