580 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [NOV. 



indeed I have had tolerably good flowers from strong plants hung up 

 in a damp, warm cellar. 



PRESERVING TURNIPS, CARROTS, PARSNEPS, BEETS, SALSAFY, ETC. 



Previous to the commencement of severe frost you should take up, 

 with as little injury as possible, the roots of your turnips, carrots, 

 parsneps, beets, salsafy, scorzonera, Hamburg or large rooted parsley, 

 skirrets, Jerusalem artichokes, turnip- rooted celery, and a sufficiency 

 of horseradish for the winter consumption; cut off their tops and 

 expose the roots for a few hours till sufficiently dry. On the surface 

 of a very dry spot of ground, in a well sheltered situation, lay a 

 stratum of sand two inches thick, and on this a layer of roots of 

 either sort, covering them with another layer of sand (the drier the 

 better), and so continue layer about of sand and roots till all are laid 

 in, giving the whole on every side a roof-like slope ; then cover this 

 heap or ridge all over with ajbout two inches of sand, over which lay 

 a good coat of drawn straw up and down, as if thatching a house, in 

 order to carry off wet, and prevent its entering the roots ; then dig 

 a wide trench around the heap and cover the straw with the earth so 

 dug up to a depth sufficient to preserve the roots effectually from 

 frost. An opening may be made on the south side of this heap, and 

 completely covered with bundles of straw, so as to have access to the 

 roots at all times when wanted, either for sale or use. 



Some people lay straw or hay between the layers of roots and im- 

 mediately on the top of them ; this I do not approve of, as the straw 

 or hay will become damp and mouldy, and very often occasion the 

 roots to rot, while the sand would preserve them sweet and sound. 



All these roots may be preserved in like manner in a cellar ; but 

 in such a place they are subject to vegetate and become stringy 

 earlier in spring. The only advantage of this method is, that in the 

 cellar they may be had, when wanted, more conveniently during 

 winter, than out of the field or garden heaps. 



Note. All the above roots will preserve better in sand than in 

 common earth, but when the former cannot be had, the sandiest earth 

 you can procure must be substituted. 



CELERY, ENDIVE, AND CARDOONS. 



Continue during the early part of this month to blanch your 

 celery, endive and cardoons, as directed in the preceding months; but 

 when the severe frosts approach, they must be preserved therefrom, 

 either in the following or some other more convenient and effectual 

 manner. 



Every third row of the celery may be suffered to stand where grow- 

 ing, opening. a trench on each side of every standing row, within six 

 or eight inches thereof, for the reception of the plants of the other 

 two rows, which are to be carefully taken up with as little injury as 

 possible either to their tops or roots, and planted in those new 

 trenches, in the same order as they formerly stood. The whole being 

 thus planted, three rows together, they are to be earthed up near the 



