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to remain for a few weeks until they are thoroughly dry. After- 

 wards they may be further cleaned by the removal of any super- 

 fluous soil that still remains attached to the roots, and they should 

 then be placed in deep boxes as shown in Figure 4, and covered 

 lightly with sand or dry moss. 



The chief essential now is to keep the tubers away from all 

 possibility of damp and frost reaching them. Therefore the prac- 

 tice depicted in Figure 5, should be avoided at all costs. This 

 is to place the tubers under a greenhouse bench, where they will 

 inevitably be " damped off " if the drip due to watering plants 

 above them be allowed to fall continually upon them. If there be 

 no greenhouse accommodation for the storage of the tubers they 

 may be placed with perfect safety in a dry cellar or loft. Here 

 they should be allowed to remain until February, when the time 

 for propagation by means of cuttings will have arrived. 



