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the furnace where the tubers will dry up, neither where 

 they will freeze, nor where abundant moisture will favor 

 fungous growth and decay. Since the stalk holds an abun- 

 dance of watery sap, the tubers should be placed on their side 

 for a day or two to allow this to run off, thus avoiding decay 

 of the base of the stalk with its buds. The earth floor of a 

 cellar closet or bin is usually a safe place for storing. Some 

 pack the clumps loosely into barrels. E\'ery clump should 

 be marked with the variety and type names on a wooden tag 

 wired to the base of the stalk. If you have no dahlias of 

 your own to care for thus, quite possibly some neighbor may 

 have a surplus of some sorts and be glad to give you or your 

 school clumps which he himself does not intend to take up 

 and preserve. 



GROWING PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS 



An eminent horticulturist has said that one plant in a tin 

 can may be of more help and inspiration to some mind than a 

 whole lawn with beautiful flowers may be to another. One 

 who has loved and cherished a garden of any kind will be 

 able to appreciate the truth of this statement, and to realize 

 the delight to be found in watching a plant as it grows. This 

 delight is felt to its fullest extent when one has started the 

 plant himself and has toward it the feeling one has for the 

 things of his own growing. 



Aside from the growing of plants from seed the simplest 

 method of propagating many plants is by Cuttage. This is 

 defined as "the practice or process of multiplying plants by 

 the means of cuttings." And a cutting is defined as "a 

 severed portion of a plant inserted in soil or water with the 

 intention that it shall grow; a slip." 



