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others, which had their injured parts only removed, 

 and their roots protected from heavy rains by having 

 a layer of dry old tan placed round them, were pre- 

 served in health. (Gard. Ckron. 1841, 601.) 



Autumn and Winter treatment. — Although it is in- 

 jurious to remove the stems which have been damaged 

 by frost early in autumn, yet Mr. Sabine was quite cor- 

 rect in directing that, later in that season, soon after 

 the leaves and young branches of the plants have been 

 destroyed by the frost, they should be cut down. Those 

 which are to be left in the ground must be protected 

 by small heaps of dead leaves or tan, and if kept quite 

 free from the attack of frost, or injury by damp, will 

 grow well the next season. But it will, in general, be 

 advisable, especially with the more valuable kinds, to 

 raise them from the ground with their roots and 

 tubers entire, retaining a small portion of the stem 

 attached, to plant them in pots in dry mould or sand, 

 and so keep them in the back of a green-house, or 

 other dry and airy place, free from the access of frost 

 until the spring. The object of the preservation of 

 the roots during the winter, is to keep them suffici- 

 ently moist to preserve them plnmp, and yet not so 

 as to be rotted by damp or spoiled by frost ; any 

 situation, therefore, where this can be effected, will 

 answer equally with the more troublesome plan of 

 potting each root : they will do very well if laid on a 

 cool floor in a greenhouse or fruit-room, and may then 



