My rose plants are in straight rows, four feet apart, and three feet apart in the rows. Before it is time to cover them for winter (which is usually from the 10th to the 15th of November), and while the plants are free from frost, I bend them down near the ground in the direction of the rows and fasten them there. I then place a row of boards about eighteen inches wide (mine were made of three six inches wide fence boards) on each side of the rows, and nine or ten inches from the plants, thus, | | and let them stand until I wish to close them for winter. I have a lot of leaves gathered and in a dry place, and after the ground has become frozen and winter liable to set in, I put a good body of the dry leaves on the plants, and bring the tops of the side boards together thus, a. I then throw some cow manure between the rows, to be worked in in the spring; but before putting on the manure I throw a little dirt on the lower edges of the boards, then close up the ends of the rows with boards or dirt and all will be well. If I fear danger from mice, I put some poisoned meal into an old fruit can, and place it on its side among the plants. My roses are planted where the snow does not blow off, but drifts over them more or less, which of itself is a great protection.

In the spring before it is time to remove the covering fully, I open the boards at the top, giving the plants air; but, should a cold spell occur, it is but a few moments' work to close the tops of the boards again, when all is safe. Cared for in this way, I hardly ever lose a plant, and they come out in the spring looking as fresh and green as when put to bed in the fall.

Minneapolis, Minn.