The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-15
HOW TO PROTECT
YOUR GARDEN FROM
WINTER WEATHER

son HAN! inquiries come 10 TIE CHlttu
States Department of Agriculture re-
garding the protection of garden
plants and shrubs during the winter.
Such flowers as peonies and holly
hooks will come up again the follow
| ing year if they are properly protect
ed during the winter, while others like
cannas and dahIias, which are more &C
customed to warm climes must have
their roots or bulbs dug up and stored
in cellar. The departments special
lists give the following suggestions for
putting the garden to bed"
Hardy perennials.
Cover hardy parennials, such as peO-
MES. larkspur, holiyhocks, columbinos,
iris, platycodons and parental peoples
other litter to a depth OF three or four
inches. In more southern localities
| this will hold the frost in the ground
and keep the plant from alternately
! freezing and thawing; in more north
plant fromern. =. l e. thectct sh sh sh
ern regions the manure will protect
! the plant from freezing to d depth that
will cut off its water supply.
Cannas and Dahlias.
! ASS Don as the tops Of cannas, DAN
las, gladiolus, caladiums and similar
plants are killed by frost, dig up the
roots or bulbs and store them in a Gel
/ lar where the temperature will remain
al - degrees, and should never 90 be
low 80 OF above 60 degrees. Do net
shake any more earth from the ciumps
of cannas and dahlias than is neces-
sary in removing them from the
ground lace the plants on racks or in
slat boxes so the air may circulate
freely through them. No frost must
reach the roots nor must they become
too warm or dry.
Kydrongeas.
Hvdrangeas (semi-herbaceOus in the
South will last through the winter out
of-doOrs. if properly cared for. The
tops should be protected with straw CT
brush. This may be efeld in plac
about the bushes with little manure
or stones. The flower buds Of the by
cover will keep them from winter-kili-
ing while shielding the bush from
winds and sun. In the North hydran-
geas must be taken up, planted in tubs
and placed nthe cellar. This is gen
orally true Of ATTITUDES north Of Phil
&delphia.
The shrub known rs brugmansia,
also called thorn apple should be
treated as is the hydrangcG, but they
are not hardy naerly so far north.
As rule shrubs should not be trim
med in the fall, This process is time
immediately after The blooming pc
Rod. if this is iii the spring, as in the
case Of the SNOWFALL. If the shrubs
bloom in the fall, as do some hydran-
gea. the rose of Sharon, and some
lilacs. they should not be cut directly
after blooming, but in the spring Of
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