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Show evergreens iNeea rrotection. All evergreens Buffer In wlntor froir warm weather and drying winds which cause their leaves to evaporate moisture faster than it can bo supplied by tho loots, which may bo In frozer ground. The yellow color of ever greens hi winter Is usually a sign ol distress, and bronzing Is a sign of Im perfect hardness or of willingness tc drop the leaves for n whllo In ordei to withstand the winter. The bes' way to piotect rare and costly ever greens Is to plant them behind t windbreak or amid a group of othoi trees. Tho pievulllug winter wind Ii usually from tho northwest. All conl fers, whether hardy or not. nre glad to be mulcted with eight or ten Inches of leaos or coarse manure. Oardou .Magazlno |