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THE CAN AD AN HORTIOULTURIST. 



ing. The ground should be thoroughly 

 pulverized, and the seed sown in rows 

 twelve inches apart, either by hand or 

 with a seed drill. Most gardeners pre- 

 fer to use a drill, and undoubtedly the 

 best results are attained by its use. 

 Great care should be taken to use only 

 first-class seed. Celery is a delicate 

 plant, slow and weakly to start, puny 

 and slow-growing. From the seed-bed 

 it must be transplanted to the growing- 

 bed. This last bed should be prepared 

 the same as for late cabbage. Manure 

 heavily and pulverize thoroughly. 



A common mistake is made in trans- 

 planting too early, often June first. 

 Except in the northern part of our 

 country, the weather will be too hot to 

 bleach Celery grown so early, at the 

 proper time. It is the better plan to 

 transplant late, say about the middle of 

 July. 



In setting out, be careful to press the 

 dirt firmly around the plants. The 

 benefit of this is greatest in a dry sea- 

 son, but important at all times. Do 

 not plant too deep. This is a common 

 error. The soil should not cover the 

 crown of the plant. Plant in rows 

 three feet apart, putting the plants six 

 inches apart in the row. After plant- 

 ing, keep clean with plow or hoe till 

 the first or middle of September. Then 

 it must be " handled." 



The handling process is simple. Hold 

 the Celery compactly in one hand, and 

 bring the soil up around it with the 

 other to hold it upright and close to- 

 gether. 



The next operation is bleaching. It 

 can be bleached in the open ground by 

 banking the earth up around it with a 

 spade till it reaches the tops of the 

 leaves. This should be done about the 

 first of October. (September in Onta- 

 rio.) 



After handling late Celery, the earth 

 can be drawn up around it with a hoe 

 to prevent its freezing. It will stand 



considerable frost if the soil is around 

 it. The later it is left in the ground 

 the longer it will keep ; therefore, 

 Celery for spring use should be left in 

 the ground till in danger of freezing. 



This brings us to the process of 

 storing for winter use. Dig a trench 

 as deep as the Celery is high, and the 

 narrower the better, say eight inches 

 in width. Dig up the Celery, keeping 

 a little dirt fast to its roots, and jjack 

 it in the trench in an upright position, 

 just as it grows. Leave it in this shape 

 till the latter part of December (No- 

 vember in Ontario, the time depending 

 somewhat upon the severity of the 

 weather), when a light covering of 

 straw should be put upon it, and more 

 covering added later, as is required to 

 keep it from freezing. — Am. Garden. 



THE YELLOW WOOD. 



This handsome little tree, perfectly 

 hardy in this country, is not so fre- 

 quently grown as its merits certainly 

 deserve. It has smooth bark, smooth 

 pinnate leaves, in young vigorous spe- 

 cimens measuring from 1 foot to 1|^ feet 

 in length, but in old ones about half that 

 size, with from five to eleven roundish 

 or oval shortly stalked leafletsof a bright 

 green colour. The leaf-stalks are hollow 

 at the base, and enclose the leaf-buds of 

 the succeeding year, just as is the case 

 in the Plane (Platanus) and some other 

 trees. The large pendulous panicled 

 racemes of showy white fragrant flowers, 

 somewhat larger than those of the Lo- 

 cust Tree (Robinia Pseudacacia), droop 

 from the ends of the branches. Old 

 trees at Kew flower frequently, and pods 

 which Loudon states in "Encyclopaedia 

 of Trees and Shrubs" are never produc- 

 ed in England, are now and then ripen- 

 ed. Two of the largest specimens in 

 the Kew arboretum measure respec- 

 tively as follows: Circumference of 

 trunks near the ground, 3 feet 10 inches 



