The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-28
HOME GARDENING HINTS.
Suggestions for Preparing Flowers and
Shrubs for Winter.

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Shrubs for Winter.
| Steps to be taken at this season fan
for placing the flower garden in shape
| for winter viii vary with the kinds oil
plants grown and the latitude, says spe
cialists of the U. S. department of agri
culture In the case of perennials, which
| die down to the ground but which should
live through the winter and send up
shoots again on the advent of warm
weather, the roots should be well
mulched with manure three or -four
inches deep as soon as the ground
freezes. In this group are included such
plants as peonies, larkspur, hollyhock
columbines, iris, paltycodones, and peren-
NAL poppies
Cannas and Kindred Plants.
Plants such as cannas, dahliss, gladi-
olas, and Caladiums should have their
roots dug up and stored in cellar where
the temperature will not rise above 60
degrees nor fall below so degrees Fab
renheit. The root clumps of cannas and
dahlias should not be shaken free of
soil. These plants with the soil natur-
ally adhering to them should be placed
on racks or in slate boxes so that air
may circulate among them. 1t is impor-
tant that the roots do not become too
warm or dry and that no frost shall
reach them. The bulbs of gladiolas,
Caladiums and tuberoses, on the other
hand, should be carefully cleaned of soil
and dried in the open air for day or
two. They may then be stored in the
cellar.
Geraniums.
In all but semitropical portions of the
United States geraniums must be taken
indoors for winter. Florists usually make
cuttings in the fall to grow new plants
in greenhouses for spring use. This prac.
tice is, of course, impracticable for the
average householder. The latter may
take up growing plants and hold them in
a dormant condition by storing upright
in boxes of dry soil in cellar having a
of from 40 to so degrees
Fahrenheit. The plants may be placed
closed together with only a little dry
soil among the roots.
Pansies.
While taking many plants indoors for
the winter, the home gardener in a large
section of the country should set out
in the fall the pansy plants which are to
make up the spring beds of these flowers.
This procedure should be followed in the
south of line from New York
to Springfield, Ill. The young plants
shout be covered by coarse manure at
the first freezing of the ground before
It has an opportunity to thaw.
Preparing Shrubs for Winter.
While number of the shrubs common
" grown in the garden will go through
the winter without injury if let alone,
others must be given varying degrees
Of special attention. Among the shrubs
which need no unusual fall and winter
ARE are SNOWFALL, spirea, mock orange,
md lilacs.
Hydrangess, even in the South, must |
nave special winter protection and in the
North must be lifted, set in tubs, and
Kept in a frost-proof cellar. An east /
md west line through Philadelphia is
accepted as marking the bound |
Try north of which it is necessary to |
axe hydrangeas indoors. South of this 1
inc it is usually sufficient to protect /
he tops of the plants with straw or
rush while they are in their outdoor /
ocations. A little manure or straw NAV 1
'e placed on this covering TO hold il in
lace. The brugmansia, or thorn apple, >
housi Be treated like the hydrangea..