August, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
11 7 
Protecting Tender Plants 
I F one wishes to obtain the full fruits of 
one’s labors it is necessary to set the 
plants out early, especially in latitudes 
where the season is short. For this rea¬ 
son people often take the risk, and in con¬ 
sequence are obliged to plant their gar¬ 
dens two or three times over before they 
are finally successful. 
My own sad experience in this respect 
led me, some years ago, to invent a little 
device which has proved effectual in pro¬ 
tecting tender plants from both heat and 
frost. 
Out of building paper I made some 
disks twelve to sixteen inches in diameter, 
with a one and a half inch hole in the mid¬ 
dle of each disk. These I cut in half. 
Then I selected some straight-grained 
shingles which I split up into sticks three- 
eighths of an inch wide. Forming the half 
disks into cones by lapping the edges, I 
pinned them together with these very 
sharp-pointed sticks, running them 
through until the thick ends were even 
with the tops of the cones. 
A simple and effective plant covering made of paper 
and wooden pins 
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Placing one of these cones over each 
plant I was able to defy the weather. If 
it were warm I stuck it lightly in the 
ground; if the night promised to be cold 
I pushed the stick down until the cone 
almost touched the ground, protecting the 
plant completely. 
Made of building paper, these cones will 
last for years if unpinned and put care¬ 
fully away at the end of the season. I 
have had mine for more than five years. 
But equally good results may be obtained 
by using several thicknesses of ordinary 
newspaper. 
AT ONCE FOR BEAUTIFUL CATALOGUE. 
ERITH INI. SHOUP 
THE GARDENS 
DAYTON, OHIO 
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