GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



heads are well-formed and firm, bring the outside 

 leaves up and tie together, to shut out the sun and 

 keep the heads \Yhite and tender. And don't for- 

 get, — plenty of water ! 



Celery, 



Seed for an early crop can be started in Feb- 

 ruary, in a shallow box in a sunny window, then 

 transplanted to another box, pinching off the tall 

 leaves. In May or June dig a shallow trench in 

 good rich soil, and set plants, 6 in. apart at bot- 

 tom. Fill up the trench as the plants grow, to 

 within a few inches of the tip leaves, in order to 

 bleach out v/hite. Set up boards against the rows 

 to exclude light, or cover in the easiest way. For 

 winter keeping, take up plants with roots and 

 place on damp soil in boxes in a cool, dark cellar. 



Cliicory Witloof — or Frencli Endive, 



Often seventy-five cents a pound in the market, 

 but easily grown by the amateur. Seed is sold 

 under name of Witloof chicory, and should be sown 

 in open ground, during May or June, in rows a foot 

 apart. Allow to grow until November, cultivating 

 and keeping moist. Then dig up roots, — long, thick 

 tubers, — trim down tops to within IY2 cut 

 off bottom of root so that whole plant will be less 



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