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require protection during winter, or they may be taken up, and laid with 
the roots in damp mould, in a shed, or some other sheltered place, till 
spring. 
The Musk rose (Rosa moschata ) is a very delicate and finely-scented 
rose, which seldom succeeds in this country unless it be planted against a 
wall; and in cold climates it should be protected during winter, keeping 
on the covering at night, even in spring, if frost be apprehended. The 
Macartney rose (Rosa bracteata') and Rosa microphylla are evergreen 
roses, which also require protection during winter. The handsomest half- 
hardy climbing roses are Rosa Banksiana , the white and the buff, which 
are so double as to look like hunches of the double-blossomed cherry. 
BARK FLOWER-VASES AND STANDS. 
BY J. A. P. 
As this is a season when gardeners have comparatively little to do, it 
is advisable to point out any useful occupation pjg. § 5 . 
that they can pursue within doors. One of 
these is making bark vases for stands of 
flowers. The pedestal of fig. 85 may be made 
by any common carpenter, by sawing pieces 
of wood into the necessary shapes, and then 
nailing them] together ; while a wooden bowl 
may be turned for the vase at the top. When 
the shape is made, the bark may be fitted up 
so as to cover it entirely, fastening it down 
with the small headless nails called brads. 
Fig. 86 is another shape to which handles are 
appended; and fig. 87 has a fluted stand. 
The covering to these may be varied at plea¬ 
sure ; and moss may be used instead of bark, 
keeping it on by packthread twined round the 
different parts. Sometimes pine cones are 
used as an edging; either applied regularly 
all round, or at intervals, as shown in fig. 87 - 
Old rope also may be twined round baskets of this kind, so as to produce 
a good effect; but when this is done the rope should be tarred or painted, 
to prevent it from decaying with the wet. This is not necessary when 
bark is used, as that is less liable to decay than any other vegetable 
substance, from the astringent quality it possesses. Birch bark in parti¬ 
cular will exist an extraordinary length of time uninjured ; and in 
BARK FLOWER-VASE. 
