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in a dark shed or cellar, safe from frost. They 

 will keep fresh for two or three weeks. 



Pumpkins and winter squash will keep better 

 if gathered and placed on a board an inch or so 

 apart, and left in the sun to thoroughly ripen, 

 of course covering with bags or hay at night. 



Clumps of rhubarb or asparagus, taken up 

 and placed in boxes or barrels in a warm cellar, 

 will furnish a supply in January, when they are 

 dainties. Dig up endive, keeping plenty of 

 earth around the roots, and set close together on 

 the cellar floor. 



Flowers. Small flowering bulbs must now 

 be carefully dug up. Don't cut or pull off the 

 stalks until they are withered and dead. Then 

 take them off about an inch from the bulb, 

 using a sharp pair of scissors. Tigridias and 

 Ismenes should be lifted before there is any 

 danger of frost touching them. They keep 

 best when planted in boxes or soil which can be 

 kept in a warm place. Ours go into the back 

 of a large cupboard by the kitchen stove. Glad- 

 ioli would not be hurt by a slight frost, so can 



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