164 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



setting out. It is done in the most convenient manner by taking 

 a bundle of plants in the left hand, and removing about half of 

 the tops by a twisting motion of the right hand. Celery plants 

 with excessively long roots should have the tips cut off with a 

 sharp knife. Plants treated in this way, after being planted out, 

 appear as here illustrated. 



Cabbage. Beet. 



Plants properly trimmed. 



Celery. 



Time of Day. — Cloudy weather permits of setting out plants 

 safely and with equally satisfactory success at any time of day or 

 night ; but when the sun shines hot and bright, and the soil is 

 somewhat dry, the proverbial " after 4 p. m." is the right and 

 proper time, and better than earlier in the day. If a little shade 

 can be provided for newly-set plants, it is certainly worth some 



trouble to do so — soiled 

 and discarded berry boxes, 

 broken pots, etc., answer a 

 good purpose, and leaves of 

 large weeds, burdock, for 

 instance, will be much 

 better than nothing. Good 

 celery plants are quite 



Plant Protectors and Celery Bleachers. J"/,! '° survive the fiercest 

 ' heat, on first bemg trans- 



planted, if shaded for some days with a line of boards resting 

 upon blocks or little stakes, and held there a few inches 

 above ground. Bottomless plant pots (5 inch) which I had made 

 for the purpose of bleaching celery, make first-class plant pro- 

 tectors, and plants thus covered for a few days, as appearing in 

 picture, generally pass safely over the critical period. Tomatoes, 



