KEEPING PLANTS IN COLD FRAMES. 
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KEEPING PLANTS IN COLD FRAMES 
OR PITS IN WINTER. 
Many Plants designed for the Garden or veranda 
in summer will keep through winter in a cold frame, 
a s Roses, Hydrangea, Laurustinus, Cistus, Coronilla, 
Rhododendron, Carnations, and many hardy Green¬ 
house and tender herbaceous Plants that are liable to 
be killed in the garden in winter, as well as shrubs 
that are liable to be injured with hard frost. About 
the middle of October take a light frame, and place it 
on the ground in the most convenient part of the gar¬ 
den near the house or by a fence, the better for shelter, 
then dig out the earth one or two feet deep or accord¬ 
ing to the height of the Plants, and bank the earth 
around the outside of the frame, bevelling it to shoot 
off the water, then put a few old boards at the bottom 
for the Plants to stand on, and place in the Plants, the 
tall ones at the back and small ones in front; then 
place on the glass sashes. As long as the weather is 
mild, the glasses should be slid off in the day and 
drawn on at night except in hard rainy days, on 
which, tilt the sash with a piece of wood to give air 
and keep off the rain. Pick off all dead or decayed 
leaves and clean any foulness from the surface of the 
soil in the pots and give a little water occasionally to 
such as are dry. 
As soon as there is an appearance of winter setting 
in, shut down the sashes close, and cover them with 
mats or straw and some boards to keep them from 
being blown off. If a fall of snow comes on, take a 
