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ly, for too much frost on their leaves is said 

 to affect the root, and store them also in 

 sand. Cannas will winter well in a good 

 dry cellar, but tuberoses do best with the 

 dahlias and gladioluses. Not the old tube- 

 rose roots, remember ; but the offsets, which 

 will grow to a flowering size in two seasons. 

 Datura roots too may be kept in sand. 

 Most of the varieties are too tender for the 

 winter outside. 



As the days turn cool, and the hope of 

 open air results grows less and less, secure 

 all you can to vary the colour and fragrance 

 among your window plants. Stocks that 

 have not yet bloomed will flower well in 

 the house ; and a tardy young balsam, pot- 

 ted and trained to a single stem, will be 

 very handsome. So with some of the 

 dwarf chrysanthemums, — though they 

 should be left till the last minute. Try all 

 sorts of experiments; — but try them careful- 

 ly, and note the results. Excellent discov- 

 eries are made in just this way. 



Another thing is to be noted just now. 



