588 T HE GREEN-HOUSE. [Dec. 
New-planted Shrubs and Trees. 
The more tender or choice kinds of shrubs and trees which were 
planted last spring, or in the preceding; month, should now have 
their roots well protected from frost by laying some wispy dung, or 
long litter all round the plants. Some kinds may even require to 
have their tops matted round, or each to be completely enveloped 
in a coat of long straw, reaching from the ground to the top of the 
plant, and terminating there in a point, the whole assuming the 
form of a sugarloaf. The straw is to be supported by placing 
slender sticks in the earth round the shrub, the tops of which are to 
be tied together over it; a tew willow twigs should be worked in 
between these sticks to prevent the straw from falling in, which 
when laid on, is to be bound round by hay bands, willows, or the like. 
Hydrangea hortensis, China and Otaheite roses, Prunus 
Lauro-Cerassus, and small plants of Magnolia grandiflora, Lager- 
stroemia indica, double pomegranate and many other valuable shrubs 
may be preserved in good condition by this means; and ultimately 
inured to the winter frosts without much injury; observe that the 
covering is not to be disturbed before the middle of March, in the 
middle states, or the beginning of April in the' eastern states; and 
even then, it is to be taken off by piece-meal and not all at once, 
for too sudden an exposure might do them considerable injury, 
should a hard frost or cutting winds ensue. 
Other Useful Work. 
Should the weather prove open in the early part of the month, 
you may continue to prune hardy shrubs and trees; spread your 
compost heaps if not done last month, and prepare more if neces- 
sary; rake off the fallen leaves of trees, and dig among your clumps 
and shrubbery plantations. 
In hard frosty weather, when little else can be done in the gar- 
den, than the covering and uncovering of tender plants, &c. prepare 
lable sticks, to mark or number the various flowers and seeds when 
they are planted or sown, and prepare all the tools and every other 
necessary convenience for your spring operations. 
THE GREENHOUSE. 
It generally happens that the weather is extremely rigorous in 
this month; therefore, more than ordinary attention must be paid 
to the Green-House plants. In cold or frosty weather keep the 
windows and doors closely shut, and close your window-shutters 
