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them out," but it is a very mistaken practice. It originated, 

 doubtless, in the idea that inasmuch as a large part of the roots 

 were either cut or broken off in taking up the plant, it was 

 therefore necessary to restore the balance between the top and 

 the root by taking off a part of the top also. If the directions 

 given in the preceding paragraph are followed, and the ground 

 in which the young plants are growing thoroughly soaked, and 

 the plants carefully puUed, not dug, the roots will draw out of 

 the soil without being much, if any, broken. If by chance any 

 should be materially deprived of their roots, such had better be 

 thrown away. It is cheaper to set out only good plants, and 

 never spend labor on a poor thing shorn of half its roots and top. 

 Another very important matter in transplanting is to firm the 

 earth weU about the roots. More plants die in the process of 

 transplanting, from neglect to press the earth gently, but firmly, 

 about the roots, than firom any other cause. 



By transplanting the Celery into a new bed, where the plants 

 can have more room, we secure nice stocky plants, with an 

 abundance of root. Such plants will produce fine, solid heads 

 or bunches, while those that have been drawn up will always be 

 weak and spindling, and yield but a wretched crop. After 

 transplanting, they will need to be kept clean and the soil stirred 

 occasionally, so that they make a strong healthy growth, always 

 remembering not to work among them when the leaves are wet. 

 Early in July it will be time to prepare the ground for planting 

 out the Celery. A piece that has been cleared of a crop of early 

 cabbage, or peas, or beans, if it was heavily manured in the 

 spring, will be just the place for Celery, requiring only to be 

 ploughed and well harrowed, so as to pulverize it thoroughly. 

 Upon this the Celery may be planted in rows, three or four feet 

 apart, and six inches apart in the row. These plants should be 

 taken up carefully, allowing as much earth as possible to adhere 

 to the roots, and set out without disturbing the ball, at the same 

 time pressing the soil firmly about the root. The directions 

 already given in regard to transplanting from the seed-bed may 



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