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together like a box without top or bottom. I took off 

 my double windows April i8, and placed them on top, 

 thus making a very nice place to grow them. After 

 they were up in good shape I thinned to four good 

 strong plants. After the third leaf was well grown I 

 filled the boxes full of rich soil, thus having the roots 

 deep, and at the same time the plants were well sup- 

 ported. June 19, I set them in open ground. It was 

 so dry I could not set them before. I put in a ram and 

 got water on the hill, June 16, so I had enough to keep 

 them well watered. I dug large, deep holes, six feet 

 apart, put in two large forkfuls of manure, and filled 

 with top soil. I then opened the hill enough to admit 

 the box. I cut the corners, flattened it out and left it 

 there. I took a pail of water, poured it around the hill, 

 then filled it up and pressed the soil. By this method 

 I did not lose a plant, although some had vines 

 eighteen inches long and all in bloom. 



Celery Was a Favorite Crop, both for first and 

 second planting. An excellent account is given by 

 C. P. Byington, Greene county. New York. The seed 

 of Golden Self-Blanching was sown June i, and trans- 

 planted twice before being transferred to the garden, 

 July 15; the first time, when the first leaves were well 

 out, about three-fourths of an inch apart, and the 

 second time, when about two inches high, to larger 

 boxes and farther apart. When transferred to the 

 garden the plants were about four inches high. About 

 one-third of the top and roots were cut off with the 

 shears, to insure a compact, stocky growth. A trench 

 was dug nine inches deep and fifteen inches wide, into 

 which was put equal parts of compost and soil, five 

 inches deep, and the plants were set five inches apart. 



By this method the plants are started several 

 inches below the surface, thereby obviating the neces- 

 sity of ridging so high, combining the advantages of a 



