



ARLY HORN 

 CARROTS. See 



Carrots, Early Horn. 



Earthing-up. 



A term employed to 

 describe the drawing up of soil about the 

 stem or stajjis of any growing plant, as, for 

 example, peas, beans, potatoes, celery, 

 leeks, and many other plants. It induces 

 the growth of rootlets from the stem in 

 some cases, and affords greater shelter for 

 the roots. In the case of the potato it 

 facilitates the formation of tubers, which 

 are found below and around the bottom 

 part of the haulm and near the surface. It 

 is desirable also to draw up the soil round 

 the stalks of cabbages of all kinds. 



Ah ! Edelweiss, ill-omened flower 

 That sorrow brought to lady's bower 



And cost her 'love his life. 

 Alas ! she sent him to his doom, 

 In yawning rift to find a tomb 



A rest from Earth's sore strife. 



ANON. 



Earwig Trap. 



Earwigs love concealment, and if dis- 

 covered will make for the nearest hiding- 

 place without a moment's delay. On this 

 account they will plunge into the hearts of 

 dahlias, roses, carnations, and all flowers 



FIG. I. SIMPLE EARWIG TKM'. 



of sufficient size and such structure as to 

 enable the earwigs to utilise them for 

 shelter. Hence it is that hollow sticks, 

 made of pieces of elder with the pith 

 cleared out, flower pots on the top of a 



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