380 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In North Milwaukee, which is a suburb of the city, where 

 there are mostly wealthy people, everyone has to have a garden. 

 They arrange with some gardener to visit their gardens from 

 time to time and direct the work, and it is surprising to know the 

 results they obtain. 



Now about the garden in the cellar. — Rhubarb is the easiest 

 vegetable to grow in the cellar. This is more for the home gar- 

 den, the commercial gardeners know how to go about it. It is 

 not too late (Dec. 1) if you have a hill of rhubarb in the backyard 

 to dig it up, and you will have some fun with it if you don't have 

 profit. The roots should be three years old or more. To get 

 plenty of rhubarb from one hill dig it up now and set it on top 



This helps to solve the berry picking problem at Mr. Rasraussen's. 



of the ground where it will freeze. Let it freeze for a couple of 

 weeks before you take it in. At the end of this time take it in, 

 put it in a barrel and cover it with soil, ashes or sawdust. I pre- 

 fer the latter because it is clean. After you put three inches at 

 the bottom of the barrel set the clump of rhubarb in and pack it 

 thoroughly around the outside with the same material, dirt, saw- 

 dust or ashes. You must arrange it so the water won't run out 

 on the floor when you water it. 



Then set it in the cellar and cover it with carpet or burlap 

 so that it is perfectly dark. If it is light you will grow large 

 leaves at the expense of the stalk but if you keep it thoroughly 

 covered the leaves will not be more than three inches across. 



Water it occasionally, keeping the packing damp all the time, 

 and you will grow more rhubarb than if that hill had been left 

 out in the field the next summer. The rhubarb takes no nourish- 

 ment from the soil, it stores it while it is growing a top, and by 



