The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
Making Preparations for Coming Winters Blasts Co1oPar

is the winter home Of the fish. To carry
them from the outdoor pond to these
troughS is rather delicate task, but
the Como park gafdners have always
managed it without any catastrophe.
The water in the pond Is allowed to
run on until therss5s just enough left
In the bottom to banely cover the fish.
Then, by means 0f nets, they are
scooped up and placed in tubs of water
which stand on the edges of the pond
The tubs are carried to the hot house
and emptied into the troughs and the
fish find themselves in winter quarters
with little or no discomfort.
Look After the Roses.
After the lilies have been cared for,
comes the roses turn. Almost every
kind of rose is to4be found in Como
park from the naughty American beau
ty to the democratic dog rose or wild
rose. The latter, of course. is able to
weather the coolest winter, but the hot
house plants and the transplanted per-
ennials must receive special treat
ment
Those roses that were merely Dor
rowed in the early summer from the
Como hot house for the purpose of fur
ther enhancing the beauty of the park
are simply returned to their place
after a little clipping and pruning has
been done.
For the other roses, what are known
as cold boxes" are prepared. These
boxes are in size and shape very much
like the troughs in which the fishes
swim all winter, but they are placed
out of doors in the rear of the hot
house and are not filed with water.
Each plant, after 1t has been care
fully trimmed, is put in one of the
boxes and when the box is filed the
plants are covered with a light blanket
of earth and straw. Throughout the
winter they sleep in those boxes and
when spring comes and the covering is
removed they are ready to be planted
again.
But quite as valuable as the roses
are the Como park palms. The largest
of the palms at Como is the Sea For
thia, South American plant. When
placed in the private apartment re-
served for the palm family in the hot
house 1t reaches quite to the roof and
dwarfs all the smaller palms that are
grouped about it, The Sea F.orthia'S
rival IS the Lantanea, a species of
which grows in the. southern part of
the United States.fy It is few inches,
shorter, however, than the Sea Forthia,
although its glossy leaves are fully as
large. All of these palms must be car
rted into the hot house before the ar
rival of the heavy frost, for none of
ways. 10
Trees and Shrubs to Protect.
Even when the lilies, the gold fish,
the roses and the palms have all been
cared for the preparations for winter at
the park are by no means completed.
There are planted in Como park a num-
Der of trees and shrubs that are not in
digenous to Minnesota. They are ma
tives Of the South and Southeast, fol
the most part and although the ma.
jority of them quickly get used to the
climate, care is required to tide them
over the winter season.
+ A few years ago a numbrs of Magno-a
las and tulipi tres, both indigenous. to
the East, were planted in Como park III
sheltered places. For the first two win
tiers the trees were carefully protected
by wrappings of straw, The following
winter the Wrappings were left off of
when spring came, that they suffered
no harm, SO this fall these trees will
not be protected. "a
This specie 81 the Magnolia tree at
Como park is, not the one with the
beautiful blossoms and the; rare per-
fume, but Supt.+ Nussbaumer has de-
cided to experiment with this beautiful
nolia, and next year, will plant some in
sheltered places along the Mississippi
boulevard. e5Vss sef,;se-.- ai,9 94oin.l,ss
The Judas tree and the Angelica tree
both grow in Como park-not side by
side, however-a11d both these trees
have to be protected every winter with
wrappings of straw. OF the shrubs,
the rhododendron, the clematts, the
beautiful silver bell are among those
that have to be protected. The peonies
and the phlox are among the peren-
malls that must be cared for.