VEGETABLE PLANTS. 77 



WATERING THE PLANTS IN THE SEED-BED. 

 It is commonly supposed that young growing 

 plants require very frequent watering during 

 dry seasons. Whether this supposition is cor- 

 rect or not depends entirely upon the condition 

 of the plants. If they are healthy, with leaves 

 unspotted by bugs, and abundantly supplied 

 with fibrous roots, they are capable of with- 

 standing as severe drought as any other class of 

 plants. But if maimed and crippled in both 

 leaf and root, as is too frequently the case when 

 grown by parties who know not how to take 

 care of them, the hot sun and withering winds 

 will curl them to such an extent that frequent 

 watering is the only means of sustaining life. 



CELERY PLANTS. 



THE consumption of this delicious vegetable 

 is greatly on the increase in this country. This 

 causes the demand for celery plants to annually 

 become larger, and as there is considerable 

 knack in producing a good lot of plants, it has 

 become an important branch of business with 

 many seedsmen and vegetable gardeners. 



It is useless to attempt to grow a bed of 



