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towards the latter part of the mouth, may now be "han- 

 dled," or straightened up, and the earth drawn to it by 

 the hoe ; iu a week or so after, it may be " banked up " 

 by the spade to half its bight, allowed to grow for an- 

 other week or more, until it lengthens out a little further, 

 when the banking should be continued as high as its top. 

 In ten days, (at this season), when thus finished, it is 

 blanched sufficiently to use, and should then be used, or 

 it will soon spoil. Care must be taken that no more is 

 banked up than can be sold or used, as it is not only 

 labor lost, but is decidedly hurtful to the Celery, by mak- 

 ing it hollow. The practice recommended by most au- 

 thorities, and still practiced by private gardeners, is, to 

 keep earthing it up every two weeks from the time it 

 begins to grow ; this is utter nonsense, resulting in giving 

 Celery tough, stringy, and rusty — utterly unfit to eat, 

 while the expenditure in labor would be twice more than 

 the price it would bring if sold ; for farther information 

 on this important subject, see article on Celery. The seeds 

 of Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Lettuce, should be sown this 

 month, from the 10th to the 20th, for the purpose of be- 

 ing pricked out in cold frames to be wintered over ; it is 

 very important that the sowing should be done as near 

 these dates as possible, for if sown much before the 10th, 

 the plants may run up to seed when planted out in spring, 

 if much later than the 20th, they would be too weak to 

 <3Pc wintered over. Shallots and Onions should also bo 

 planted this month, and Spinach and German Greens, or 

 " Sprouts," sown to be wintered over, all now for spring use 

 October. — This month corresponds in part to June of 

 the summer months, being that in whieh the returns from 



