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that were left out to be killed by the frost and are still 

 flourishing, and a bunch of the black berries of the common 

 Privet, which contrast well with a few bright orange 

 Gazanias, also left out to perish early in the year from 

 cold and dryness, but of which we always take cuttings, 

 as it has this great merit of late flowering out of doors. 

 Finally, there is a precious bunch of Neapolitan Violets. 

 For the first hour or two after they are picked I always 

 put a small bell-glass over them, as the warm moisture 

 from condensation under the glass very much increases 

 their sweetness. 



I do not find it recommended in any of the modern 

 gardening books that I have, but I am sure, if you want 

 your Lilacs to flower well and never assume that weedy 

 choked appearance that they generally have in gardens, 

 it is most important to remove, every winter, the 

 numerous suckers that surround Lilac bushes. When 

 this is done, it is as well to introduce a little manure 

 round the roots. 



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An excellent winter salad is made by mashing potatoes 

 as if for a pur6e, and beating them up with a little 

 lukewarm weak stock or warm water instead of milk, and 

 no butter. Then dress them with a little chopped chive, oil 

 and vinegar, pepper and salt. This is good with braised 

 meats or boiled salt beef, and can be endlessly improved 

 and varied by covering it up after it is dressed with 

 chopped hard-boiled eggs, beetroot, cucumbers bottled in 

 vinegar, anchovies, etc., etc. In fact, with these kinds of 

 salads one can give hardly any rule, as imagination and 

 experiments are everything. The ordinary red cabbage 

 makes a very good salad. It must be cut into very fine 

 shreds, then scalded by pouring a large kettle of boiling 

 water over it. When cool, but not cold, it should be 



