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ening off of the growth of the latter part of 

 the season. 



Plants that have recently been brought into 

 the house should'ffee kept away from fire heat 

 as far as possibl-e. Heat stimulates growth, 

 and we do not want these plants to grow until 

 they have adjusted themselves to the new 

 order of things. Give very little water. On 

 no account apply fertilizers. They are in no 

 condition to make use of rich food. Let 

 that wait until they have become well estab- 

 lished. 



Be on the, jCbnstant lookout for insects. If 

 any are discovered, wage war against them at 

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

 quered them. Use water liberally, in the 

 form of a spray, being sure to get at both 

 sides of the foliage. This is to prevent the red 

 spider from getting a foothold. 



Most 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. 



Make sure that the plants in hanging pots 

 and baskets get all the water they need. If 

 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 



