264 GARDfcMINO OVER A WINTER FIRE. 



mences, and they can be so covered with leaves 

 and straw as to be accessible any time during 

 the winter. If parsnips or other roots are 

 raised in large quantities, they had better be 

 stored in pits out of doors, as most cellars, 

 either from heat or dryness, cause them to 

 decay or wilt. 



Once morf I will return to the onion, and then 

 its delicate rj.oma shall no longer breathe through 

 these pag-js. But since it is one of the mcst 

 profitable crops of the garden, and can be pi t 

 in the ground even before the frost is out in the 

 spring, it must find mention here again. The 

 beds that have been wintered over should be 

 gradually but early uncovered. The plants are 

 hardy to the cold, but the tops are apt to 

 smother and decay if anything rests closely on 

 them when the weather grows mild. Thry will 

 commence growing as soon as the frost gives 

 them the slightest chance, and in '71 I had them 



