for these bulbs is to pile on the floor and 
cover with burlap bags if they show any signs 
of wrinkling or drying up. 
In a cellar with a small amount of heat, 
pack the bulbs in boxes or barrels lined with 
newspaper, and cover top with more paper. 
Watch for a few weeks after packing, and 
if they start to mildew near crown, take off 
top paper and give the moisture, which is 
always coming out of the clumps, a chance 
to escape. 
In a cellar of 45 degrees or 50 degrees, 
or warmer, with cement bottom and heater 
the bulbs will need more protection from the 
hot, dry air. Pack in shallow boxes, about 8 
inches high (vegetable bushel boxes are per¬ 
fect), and cover with shavings or sawdust. 
Look at the bulbs four times during the 
storage period, November 30 January 1, Feb., 
ruary 22 and April 1. If they are in good 
condition they can be packed away again, 
but if they have started to decay, cut off all 
the decayed parts and apply powdered sul¬ 
phur or air slacked lime to the parts that 
have been cut. 
In a very warm, dry cellar with cement 
' r, where the temperature goes from 45 
55 and even in cold storage closets of 
i cellars where more or less heat will get 
the following treatment has proved suc- 
ful. The bulbs when dug should be plac- 
t once in shallow boxes (if the earlh isn’t 
ro "*et or soggy.) Do not shake the dirt from 
the clump and, after placing in the box fill 
in with more loam, not too deep, about 6 
inches. Set boxes on or near the floor. If 
lack of space compels you to place boxes on 
top of each other, be sure to put wooden 
braces between the boxes, to prevent resting 
tightly on top. Circulation of air is necess¬ 
ary to keep the moisture escaping from the 
tubers. 
You can see that the keeping of bulbs 
rests wholly with the individual and his cel¬ 
lar conditions. The atmosphere in every cel¬ 
lar is different, even with the same heat. If 
you have had success your way in storing, 
my advice is, don’t change. B'ut if you have 
not had good luck keeping bulbs, try one of 
the other ways. Bulbs can be successfully 
wintered if you find out your cellar condi¬ 
tions then treat them by the method sug¬ 
gested. Remember if one man can keep them 
over the winter, you too should be able to 
do the same. 
