38 CELERY. 



AIRING THE PLANTS. 



Air should be admitted to the beds 

 only in the forenoon ; unless the plants 

 need no watering, in which case they 

 may be aired in the latter part of the 

 day. Many more plants are destroyed by 

 giving too much, than by too little air. 

 The glass should be shaded by mats in 

 the middle of the day, for much loss is 

 caused by a wilting of celery roots. This, 

 in fact, is the reason why so many plants 

 run to seed after they are set out, and 

 there are numbers of gardeners who can 

 certify to losses of thousands of dollars 

 from this accident alone. My own loss 

 has amounted to a very large sum. When 



