CELERY. 43 



TRANSPLANTING. 



The removal of plants from the hot- 

 bed is an operation which requires great 

 care. It is painful to see the manner in 

 which it is performed in nine cases out of 

 every ten. The delicate rootlets of the 

 young plants are torn from their resting 

 places as if they were of no value what- 

 ever, but rather useless appendages to the 

 stem and leaves which might as well as 

 not be dispensed with. The bed should 

 be well watered an hour before the plants 

 are to be removed, for they are thus invi- 

 gorated, like the man who lunches before 

 starting on a journey, the soil is com- 

 pacted about the roots, and we are ena- 



