ILLUSTRATIONS 



Field of celery banked with earth for blanching 



Frontispiece 



1. Heavy plow for breaking bog or marsh land . 8 



2. Heavy subsoil plow for loosening clay subsoils . 9 



3. Improved sectional clod crusher and leveler . 10 



4. Acme harrow for fitting land after plowing . 10 



5. Breaking Florida hammock for celery . . 11 



6. Home-made float or drag for leveling soil . 12 



7. Meeker harrow for smoothing surface for planting 13 



8. Horse -boots for soft or boggy land . . .14 



9. Machine for marking distances to plant . . 14 

 10 Tray for seed sowing or transplanting . . 36 



11. Cross-section of temporary hotbed . * .39 



12. Cross-section of permanent hotbed . . .40 



13. Cross-section of cold-frame with muslin shade . 42 



14. Cloth-protected celery plant bed for home garden 46 



15. Celery plant bed under slat shade . .46 



16. Effect of transplanting upon the roots . . 47 



17. Device for cutting roots in seed-bed ... 48 



18. Transplanting celery plants in Florida . . 49 



19. Crate of celery plants packed for shipment . 54 



20. Setting celery plants in field , . . .55 



21. Dibbles for use in setting celery plants . . 56 



22. Setting celery plants in the home garden . 57 



23. One-horse cultivator . .... 62 



24. The wheel hoe .62 



25. Hand-weeding tools for working around celery 



plants ........ 63 



26. Deluge sprinkler system of irrigating . . 70 



27. Skinner system of overhead watering . . 71 



28. Arrangement of tiles for subirrigation . . 73 



