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to them. A paper or a sheet thrown over them 

 will be quite sufficient. But when the weather 

 has a hint of freezing in it, take the plants in- 

 doors. 



When they are brought into the house give 

 them a room that is without fire-heat if possible. 

 This will force them into weak and rapid de- 

 velopment, and the flowers they furnish will be 

 short-lived. You can make them last for at 

 least a month longer if you keep them in a cool 

 room. At no time after they are brought into 

 the house will they require artificial heat, as 

 they will have completed their flowering and 

 be ready for the cellar before cold weather 

 sets in. 



If you decide to grow your plants in the 

 garden beds during summer, be sure to lift 

 and pot them early in September. The week 

 before doing this cut about each plant with a 

 sharp spade, leaving enough soil (as nearly as 

 you can estimate it) inside the cut to fit the 

 pot into which the plant is to go. Water well 

 on the morning of lifting-day to prevent the 

 soil from crumbling away and exposing the 

 roots. 



After the flowering-season is over cut away 

 the entire top of the plant and place the pot 



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