Viburnum dilatatum Thunb.

squ&tTCls' haft-*hrrau£ xii&f -n&&^r2xr- u^trdfli
^seen,saf1eIy stored awav in the holes. T^e' window-
lhimnX«rf	,the singles moss-grown and ragged, the
SI g f1? rums and the sills had rotted away
i^theIrrV5fAr°a? at WOunt by tbe door had been so raised
the houielailn t°°Jeavs tbat the Pa« of the place arotind
the house lay m a hollow, and, there being no one to com-
s plain the town dug water-ways and coolly drained the road
over thesurfaceof the ground, so that after a spring freshet
piles of sand, were to be found all over the grass, giving the
f S aSpueCIthat add«d t<> its disrepute.
the tS? ihferSl 'iT”1 b5 ftctthat> situated as it was between
tillages,, it formed absolutely a part of neither of them
ipnl .n v f rather than a "drawback, but to the town's-
S^at aurHnn : H reSulted that when 'the farm was put
found at an?’nr?me #*n T,earS ag°' no Pu^haser could be
¿¡¡¡¡St any price. Finally, convinced that the land was
down ?nTfT tilOUt the+ house than withit, the owner took it
down, and, to the great amusement and consternation of the
-^MJSIil^rs who ^^ed the spot, we bought the place for a
150	Garden	and	Forest.	[number^.
failing laths over it at bottom and top and horizontally at dis- where thev are to remain	11	n	r * * , *
tances of about four feet. The roof is also of canvas on roll- thefirsof Mav an^ nlan JirT not.be Planied bef<fe
;ers, so that it can be removed during fine days, the rollers thL uLll	.toie-mchpots	are	be.tter
|being secured by ropes, whether the canvas be up or down.
;This method of protection has given great satisfaction, but
like all experiments, there is generally room for improve-
ments. A glass roof, formed of ordinary hot-bed sash, six feet
gy three, and costing about two dollars each, is now recom-
mended together with a canvas to let down over on hot
than larger ones. Where old plants are used, no more than
two shoots to each one should be allowed to grow, their dis-
tance apart being determined by the style of cultivation which
is intended. If the plants are to be kept low and bushy, two
reet six inches each way will be near enough ; if there is head
room sufficient for them to grow as high as five feet without be-
ing bushy, twenty inches apart will do. The plants should be
Fig. 28.—Viburnum dilatatum.—See page
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