. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2731. Straw overcoats for roses. shield them from the drying winds, and retard prema- ture starting of the flower-buds. Forsythia snspetisa trained as a climber on a south wall is benefited by such covering, or by burlaps, as its sheltered position induces activity too
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2731. Straw overcoats for roses. shield them from the drying winds, and retard prema- ture starting of the flower-buds. Forsythia snspetisa trained as a climber on a south wall is benefited by such covering, or by burlaps, as its sheltered position induces activity too early and its flowering buds become a victim to late frosts. Any rhizomatous iris, such as the German iris, should be planted where surface drain- age is ample, and in the case of young plants, or those recently divided, not covered with heavy manure, or they are likely to docav in wet weather. Cover such plants with light material. Old established plants seldom need protection. Pijrethrum roseum requires similar conditions and treatment. AH lilies except the hardiest, such as i. iigrinum, elefians. Canadensis, superbum, PhiladelpJiicum, sperinsinn, frnrnf"li!nii, etc., are best covered by a mound nf a-lii<-\v"M,l ,,r coal—which retains an even teni|Hratiii.'. 'I'll' lilies maybe mulched with manun- ami /,...,„,;„;./„; with leaves. Eremurus in all its spe'-i*-;, aii'l J l<h-u- meria aurantiaca, require a deep box of leaves and the surrounding soil well mulched. An inverted V-shaped trough placed over s-nch low edging plants as f'eyonica cirecBoides and Tlti/miis Serpyllum, var. montanus, is beneficial. It is well to take up afew plants otMonarila didyma, the double perennial sunflower, and Tliymus Serpyllum, and winter them in a coldframe, over which place an old wooden shutter or anything to shed rain, placing leaves or manure over those that remain. Where permanent wind-breaks, such as plantations of. i^^ bound with branches of hemlock. specim
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