. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . 154. Covering plants inbarrel. 138 MANUAL OF GARDENING on these new growths of the season. Old boxes or barrels maybe used to protect tender low plants (Figs. 153, 154). Thebox is filled with leaves or dry straw and either left open on topor covered with boards, boughs, or even with burlaps (Fig. 154).Connoisseurs of tender roses and other plants sometimes goto the pains of erecting a collapsible shed over the bush, andfilling with leaves or straw. Whether th
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . 154. Covering plants inbarrel. 138 MANUAL OF GARDENING on these new growths of the season. Old boxes or barrels maybe used to protect tender low plants (Figs. 153, 154). Thebox is filled with leaves or dry straw and either left open on topor covered with boards, boughs, or even with burlaps (Fig. 154).Connoisseurs of tender roses and other plants sometimes goto the pains of erecting a collapsible shed over the bush, andfilling with leaves or straw. Whether this is worth while de-. 155. Laying down of trellis-grown blackberries. pends wholly on the degree of satisfaction that one derivesfrom the growing of choice plants (see Roses, in Chap. VIII). The tops of plants may be laid down for the winter. Figure155 shows a method of laying down blackberries, as practiced inthe Hudson River valley. The plants were tied to a trellis, asthe method is in that country, two wires (a, b) having been runon either side of the row. The posts are hinged on a pivot to ashort post (c), and are held in position by a brace (d). The entiretrellis is then laid down on the approach of winter, as shownin the illustration. The blackberry tops are so strong that theyhold the wires up from the ground, even when the trellis is laid THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS 139 down. To hold the wires close to the earth, stakes are thrustover them in a slanting position, as shown at n n. The snowthat drifts through the plants ordinarily affords sufficient pro-tection for plants which are as hardy as grapes
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