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PROTECTION BY BUNDLING. 
shown by Fig. 54 ; and when done are secured by cords to the 
central post as shown by Fig. 55. In addition to this straw bind- 
ing, earth from beyond the branches is banked up around the stem, 
as shown in the same cuts. This mode of protection is especially 
adapted to the fruit-yard.. It would not be admissible to have 
permanent posts or stakes in the embellished parts of grounds ; 
but a similar mode of protection can be employed by the use of 
strong stakes to be driven when wanted, and removed in the 
spring. 
Tender vines, and pliable-wooded bushes, may be turned down 
on the approach of winter, and laid flat upon the ground or lawn, 
where there is room. If in cultivated ground, there is no better 
protection than a covering of several inches of earth. If standing 
upon a lawn they may be either covered with earth in the same 
way, if it can be brought from a convenient distance, or may be 
pinned down and covered from four to twelve inches deep with 
evergreen boughs or twigs. 
Very tender plants must of course be covered more deeply than 
hardier ones, and the cover should be removed gradually in the 
spring. It is advisable to mark the exact place where each vine or 
branch is laid, so that in uncovering, in the spring, it may not be 
injured by the spade. 
