Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1907 — Protecting Roses From Cold. [ARTICLE]

Protecting Roses From Cold.

With roses, as with many other shrubs and plants which one desires to keep through the winter, the idea in covering them Is not to keep them warm, but to keep them from thawing and freezing. It is the rays of the sun in the afternoons of the late winter and early spring days, with the subsequent freezing, that do the mischief. With the rosebushes a board or slat covering will usually furnish all the protection that is needed, while there is no chaff or litter In which the mice can make their neats.