. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateur's guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. $3 00 < i:I.!â ;KYâ^Coiitillu« lied with water. i)uring the Sunnuer the .soil .about the plants should be kept free and o|ien. and in hot dry weath(!r a lilnu'al soaking of manure slioulil be given once a week. Kartli up the plants a-s they a<lvanoe in growth, but li;avo the hearts uncoviM-ecl until the final soiling, and in the ease of the early plants this should be applied al)oiit a month bef
. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateur's guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. $3 00 < i:I.!â ;KYâ^Coiitillu« lied with water. i)uring the Sunnuer the .soil .about the plants should be kept free and o|ien. and in hot dry weath(!r a lilnu'al soaking of manure slioulil be given once a week. Kartli up the plants a-s they a<lvanoe in growth, but li;avo the hearts uncoviM-ecl until the final soiling, and in the ease of the early plants this should be applied al)oiit a month before they are wanti^d for use, and in all cjuses before there is any ilanger of frost. .Souio gardeners pr(!fer jjlaiiting njion the surface instead of in trenches. When this plan is adopted the .soil should b<; very ricli and deej), and the placed in rows tliree feet apart, and from six to eight inches in the rows, ac- cording to the .size of the variety. This of earthing should be performed only when the plants all! dry, and at the final occasion neatly slant and smooth the soil so as to throw olT the wet. In earthing up. the leaves sliouhl bo carefully held together, .so as to prevent the soil getting be- tween them; and in frosty weather the plants must be protected by covering the tops of the trenches well with dry litter, but this must not be allowed to remain on longer than may be absolutely neces- sary. A very good mclhoil of protecting the plants in Winter is to take them up before severe weather sets in, and lay th' in in as closely as can be done without crowding the leaves, on a ridge of .soil, with their tops sloping downwards, and three or four layers deep on each side of the rnlge. Cover with four inches of soil, over which place straw or leaves, about one foot thick; on this a roof of lioards to throw oil the water. When wanteil for use open at one end. Celery, like Aspara- gus, is greatlv improved by superior culture. One ounce o
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