November, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



273 



Here is a simple plan (and I know 

 from experience a good one) for keep- 

 ing celery in perfect condition through- 

 out the entire winter. Prepare now by 

 topping the plants severely so that 

 they will occupy as little room as pos- 

 sible. In a week the plants will begin 

 to grow again. As soon as freezing 

 weather starts dig up the plants with 

 as much earth as possible. Replant in 

 the cold-frame after dipping each root 

 in a pail of water, placing the plants 

 in a row closely together, after tying 

 the stalks about the middle. As each 

 row is planted it is covered firmly 

 nearly to the top with ordinary garden 

 soil, keeping the tops dry at all times. 

 As soon as all are set in, place the sash 

 on top, ventilating every day in fine 

 weather, and covering at nights — and 

 during cold, freezing days with mat- 

 ting. You will then have celery fit to 

 set before a King until mid-March. 



Prepare now your compost heap for 

 next year's use in a corner of the 

 garden. Dig a hole four feet wide, 

 eight feet long, and three feet deep, 

 put in a layer of cow-manure, then a 



layer of leaves (oak, chestnut, or beech 

 are the best), then a layer of earth, 

 then a layer of horse-manure, then 

 leaves, earth and manure. Pile it up 

 above ground according to quantity re- 

 quired, pouring lots of water on it, and 

 covering the whole with earth. You 

 will then have a good compost for next 

 season's use. 



Prepare Your Rose Beds. 

 This summer you were probably de- 

 lighted with the rose beds in some of 

 your friends', or in strangers' gardens. 

 You then and there made up your mind 

 that you were going to have one of your 

 own, and perhaps ordered your stock 

 of rose bushes to be delivered the first 

 week in April. Don't let it go at that, 

 but prepare the bed at once to receive 

 Ihem. Trench deeply, eighteen inches 

 at least, putting old bricks, stone, or 

 bottles in the bottom, then a goodly 

 quantity of well decayed manure, and 

 cover this to a depth of six inches with 

 good garden soil. Put a heavy coat- 

 ing of manure on top as a mulch to be 

 removed as soon as the rose bushes ar- 

 rive. 



Winter Protection of Tender Plants 



Wm. Allan, Toronto, Ont. 



DIFFERENT authorities entertain 

 different opinions as to the need 

 of protection for plants. The 

 covering of the majority of biennials 

 and perennials is absolutely necessary. 

 We cannot adopt the same covering 

 for every plant, for plants vary as 

 much in their constitution as most of 

 the human race. Some growers cover 

 with long litter, others with warm 



staible manure, some leaves, and a 

 great numlber with an accumulation of 

 rulbbish of all kinds. With quite a 

 number the results 'have been most 

 disastrous. 



Having devoted time and study to 

 this operation, a word or two on the 

 subject may not be amiss. In the ma- 

 jority of instiences nature's covering 

 should be used where it is possible. 



A fall plnntfd rose. Baron Rothschild, second year after plantlntT. One of Its .sterna ha.? been ben 

 This is an excellent method of growing: many of the more vigorous hybrid perpetuals. Photo 



These dahlias and petunias would do credit to 



any garden. They were grown by Mr. L. \V. 



Myers, Stratford, Ont. 



The accumulation of leaves just as 

 they fall is a lesson which would amply 

 repay all true lovers of plants for a 

 little careful studj". I have covered 

 biennials such as pansies, forget-me- 

 nots and campanulas with long litter 

 and have covered them with dry 

 leaves with this result: The plants 

 covered with leaves pulled through the 

 winter with splendid results. Of tliose 

 covered with long litter seventy-five 

 per cent, were lost. I paiticularly no- 

 ticed this result last season. Holly- 

 hocks, anchusa nalica, foxgloves and 

 pansies were left to take care of them- 

 selves, but na- 

 ture coming to 

 the rescue had 

 pity on them 

 and covered all 

 with leaves. 

 Every plant 

 survived the 

 winter and 

 flowered beau- 

 tifully this oast 

 season. Others 

 of the same va- 

 rieties were 

 carefully cover- 

 ed with long 

 litter and 

 seventy -five 

 per cent, were 

 lost. I could 

 give numerous 

 instances where 

 nature 's cover- 

 ing proved to be 

 most efTectual. 

 Those anx- 

 ious to preserve 



t and tied to a stale. 

 by H. J. Moore. 



