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clean by hoeing, and as the plants grow in 

 height a liitle earth should be drawn up 

 round the stem. The tubers may be left 

 in the ground till wanted for use, or they 

 may be taken up towards the end of 

 November and stored in sand or earth, but 

 they must be covered so that the light and 

 air may be effectually excluded, otherwise 

 they will be of a dark colour when cooked. 

 Those who are fond of this vegetable should 

 make trial of the white-skinned variety, 

 known as the " New White Mammoth," 

 the tubers of which have a clean white skin 



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instead of the purplish-red tint of the old 

 variety. They are rounder in shape and 

 not so irregular in. form as the tubers of the 

 red sort. The new white variety is perfectly 

 hardy, and in no way liable to injury from 

 frost. 



Jerusalem artichokes afford a useful 

 screen for a wooden fence when planted 

 along the foot of it. When once planted, the 

 difficulty is to get the ground clear of them 

 again, for the smallest tuber will grow. To 

 obviate this as far as possible, it is desirable 

 to endeavour to leave no tubers in the 



ground when digging the crop. It is 

 desirable to change the ground allotted to 

 their culture about once in three years, for 

 when they are permitted to remain too 

 long on the same spot the tubers deteriorate 

 in size and quality. 



Artim (nat. ord. Araceae ; also known as 

 Arum ALthiopicum and Richardia 

 ALthiopicd). 



This splendid plant, with its snow- 

 white flower, its yellow tongue and arrow- 

 shaped leaves is not hardy with us ; but 

 it admits of an easy cultivation even where 

 there is no greenhouse, and it is so orna- 

 mental in a room or hall, that it is well 

 worth the little trouble which it requires. 

 The Arum grows freely from offsets, which 



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are very freely produced. The plants 

 should be repotted every October, in rich, 

 light mould, with a few drainers, the offsets 

 having been carefully removed, and all the 

 old soil well shaken from their roots. 

 From this time till June, or earlier, if the 

 plants have flowered and are off blooming, 

 they should have abundance of water ; but 

 after this they must be kept quite dry, and 

 may be put away in an outhouse till the 

 following October, when the same treat- 

 ment should be renewed. The Arum, in 

 a growing state, requires so much moisture 

 that it is best to keep the pot always stand- 

 ing in a deep saucer full of water. Under 



