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  ening 
  oft 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  season. 
  

  

  Plants 
  that 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  brought 
  into 
  

   the 
  house 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  away 
  from 
  fire 
  heat 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
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  stimulates 
  growth, 
  

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  we 
  do 
  not 
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  these 
  plants 
  to 
  grow 
  until 
  

   they 
  have 
  adjusted 
  themselves 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  

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  of 
  things. 
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  very 
  little 
  water. 
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   no 
  account 
  apply 
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  are 
  in 
  no 
  

   condition 
  to 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  rich 
  food. 
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   that 
  wait 
  until 
  they 
  have 
  become 
  well 
  estab- 
  

   lished. 
  

  

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  on 
  the 
  constant 
  lookout 
  for 
  insects. 
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   any 
  are 
  discovered, 
  wage 
  war 
  against 
  them 
  at 
  

   once, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  give 
  up 
  until 
  you 
  have 
  con- 
  

   quered 
  them. 
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  water 
  liberally, 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  a 
  spray, 
  being 
  sure 
  to 
  get 
  at 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  foliage. 
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  is 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  red 
  

   spider 
  from 
  getting 
  a 
  foothold. 
  

  

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  likely 
  you 
  potted 
  bulbs 
  intended 
  for 
  

   winter 
  flowering 
  last 
  month. 
  Pot 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  

   now, 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  bloom 
  until 
  

   late 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

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  sure 
  that 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  hanging 
  pots 
  

   and 
  baskets 
  get 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  they 
  need. 
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   they 
  get 
  dry 
  at 
  this 
  season, 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  

   likely 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  an 
  unsatisfactory 
  condition 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  winter. 
  A 
  check 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  

   at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  is 
  most 
  un- 
  

   fortunate. 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  chrysanthemums 
  are 
  past 
  

   their 
  prime 
  cut 
  away 
  all 
  the 
  old 
  top, 
  and 
  put 
  

   the 
  plants 
  away 
  in 
  a 
  cool 
  place, 
  where 
  they 
  

   will 
  not 
  get 
  much 
  water. 
  Leave 
  them 
  there 
  

   until 
  next 
  month, 
  when 
  they 
  should 
  go 
  into 
  

   the 
  cellar. 
  

  

  The 
  vegetable 
  garden 
  will 
  be 
  much 
  in 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  now. 
  There 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  

   work 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  it. 
  Beets, 
  parsnips, 
  sal- 
  

   sify, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  other 
  vegetables 
  that 
  are 
  

   to 
  be 
  carried 
  over 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  cellar 
  

   should 
  be 
  dug 
  up 
  and 
  stored 
  away. 
  I 
  have 
  

   best 
  results 
  in 
  wintering 
  them 
  when 
  I 
  pack 
  

   the 
  roots 
  in 
  dry 
  sand. 
  This 
  prevents 
  their 
  

   wilting 
  and 
  enables 
  them 
  to 
  retain 
  their 
  flavor, 
  

   as 
  they 
  seldom 
  do 
  if 
  left 
  exposed. 
  It 
  also 
  

   guards 
  against 
  mold 
  in 
  a 
  damp 
  cellar. 
  Per- 
  

   haps 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  early 
  to 
  put 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  veg- 
  

   etables 
  in 
  storage 
  in 
  localities 
  where 
  cold 
  

   weather 
  is 
  late 
  in 
  coming, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  safe 
  to 
  count 
  on 
  good 
  weather 
  after 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  month. 
  And 
  to 
  do 
  

   good 
  work 
  in 
  vegetable 
  digging 
  and 
  gathering 
  

   pleasant 
  weather 
  is 
  needed. 
  

  

  Celery 
  can 
  be 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  cellar 
  any 
  

   time 
  now. 
  Dig 
  up 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  soil 
  adheres 
  to 
  their 
  

   roots. 
  Set 
  the 
  plants 
  closely 
  together 
  on 
  the 
  

   cellar 
  bottom 
  or 
  put 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  sphag- 
  

   num 
  moss. 
  This 
  will 
  retain 
  moisture 
  well, 
  

   and 
  the 
  successful 
  wintering 
  of 
  celery 
  consists 
  

   in 
  a 
  large 
  degree 
  in 
  keeping 
  the 
  roots 
  moist 
  

   and 
  the 
  tops 
  dry. 
  

  

  Onions 
  can 
  be 
  stored 
  in 
  almost 
  any 
  place 
  

   that 
  is 
  dry 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  frost. 
  Here 
  they 
  

   will 
  keep 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  in 
  a 
  warm, 
  damp 
  

   cellar. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  have 
  a 
  goodly 
  supply 
  of 
  such 
  veg- 
  

   etables 
  as 
  parsnips, 
  salsify, 
  and 
  the 
  like, 
  bury 
  

   some. 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  pits 
  for 
  spring 
  use. 
  Choose 
  

   a 
  well 
  drained 
  location 
  for 
  your 
  pit, 
  preferably 
  

   on 
  sloping 
  ground. 
  Make 
  it 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  

   deep, 
  and 
  pack 
  your 
  vegetables 
  away 
  with 
  

   layers 
  of 
  straw 
  between 
  them. 
  Put 
  straw 
  over 
  

   the 
  top 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  finish 
  off 
  with 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  

   more 
  of 
  dry 
  earth, 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  covered 
  

   with 
  something 
  that 
  will 
  shed 
  rain. 
  In 
  such 
  

   a 
  pit 
  vegetables 
  will 
  keep 
  perfectly, 
  and 
  be 
  as 
  

   fine 
  in 
  quality 
  and 
  flavor 
  when 
  you 
  take 
  them 
  

   out 
  in 
  spring 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  when 
  they 
  went 
  into 
  

   winter 
  quarters. 
  You 
  will 
  never 
  know 
  how 
  

   superior 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  cellar-wintered 
  vegetables 
  

   until 
  you 
  have 
  tried 
  pit-wintering. 
  

  

  Spread 
  coarse 
  manure 
  from 
  the 
  barnyard 
  

   about 
  the 
  asparagus 
  and 
  rhubarb 
  plants. 
  This 
  

   not 
  so 
  much 
  for 
  protection 
  as 
  for 
  fall 
  feeding 
  

  

  