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THE AMATEUR’S KITCHEN GARDEN. 
this respect, that it swells faster above than below ground. 
When full grown earth up the roots slightly to blanch them. 
Before winter take up and store, but leave them in the ground 
as long as it seems safe to do so. In storing, remove all the 
leaves except the centre, and pack in earth with the centre 
leaves just peeping out. Celeraic is hardier than celery, and 
may generally be left out all the winter; the taking up is 
merely a precautionary measure in case the winter should 
prove unusually severe. 
The Celery Fly is not usually a terrible pest, but, in 
common with other insects, it comes out in force occasionally 
— it has its season, like everything else. Dustings of dry 
soot will mitigae the attack, but the only course of procedure 
to be trusted is the tedious one of pinching every blistered leaf 
to kill the maggot, and removing and burning any leaves that 
are very much blistered. It must be borne in mind that 
removal of leaves weakens the plant; therefore, do not remove 
any if the pest can be kept in check by pinching. 
Compound Celery Culture, as practised by Mr. Duncan, 
formerly gardener at Basing Park, answers admirably when 
large quantities are required. The routine is as follows : — 
In the month of June the broccolis and cauliflowers are 
planted, and so arranged that the celery trenches for the next 
season’s crop may be formed as soon as the cauliflowers have 
perfected their growth, and in this operation the mould is 
placed among the stems of the broccoli, which, with after 
covering, effectually protects them from the severity of the 
-winter ; and when the ground is in a condition to require 
draining, these trenches afford a ready means for the per- 
formance of the operation. The manure is placed in the 
trenches during winter, whereby an advantage is gained in 
having this kind of work performed at a less busy season than 
early spring or summer. But the plan also affords space for 
the production of early esculents. For the kinds that require 
a rich medium for perfect development, or such as sea-kale or 
rhubarb, which need, in addition to a slight bottom-heat, 
an extra accumulation of matter as a means by which to 
blanch the stalks of the leaves, the situation is equally 
appropriate. The trenches form, too, a ready receptacle for 
such plants as are required for the summer decoration of the 
parterre. Cuttings struck in hotbeds in early spring, or 
plants which have been kept in crowded places during the 
