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from the bottom, and in packing the plants cover their roots with 

 sand or soil. Keep this moist by watering occasionally through 

 the holes near the bottom. 



Unquestionably the simplest, and I find quite a safe method 

 of storing a supply for home use is by packing the plants, already 

 trimmed, almost as closely as for market, in boxes between layers 

 of moist moss, and keeping the latter moist by occasional 



A Southern Celery Bed. 



sprinkling. This plan permits of packing celery in the smallest 

 possible space for keeping, and it does keep well even until spring. 

 As a further precaution, however, I would advise to moisten the 

 moss before packing with a weak solution of salicylic acid (a 

 teaspoonful dissolved in a gallon of hot water). 



Whatever method of storage is adopted, attention must be 

 paid to two points, namely, to keep the foliage dry, to prevent 

 rotting, and the soil moist, to prevent wilting. 



A SOUTHERN WAY OF GROWING CELERY. The method which 

 I found in general use from Maryland south, is almost entirely 

 unknown to the northern cultivator; yet its many decided ad- 



Southern Method of Handling and Banking Celery. 



vantages strongly recommend its adoption, at least for trial, in 

 every northern kitchen garden. I is especially suited for 

 growing the self-blanching sorts. 



The ground is laid off in beds 5 or 6 feet wide, with alleys 

 of the same width between them. These beds are usually lowered 

 3 or 4 inches by shovelling the soil off the surface and throwing 

 it in the alleys. 



