. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. Cabbage. Beet. Celery. Plants properly trimmed. Time of Day.—Cloudy weather permits of setting out plants safely and with equally satisfactory success at any time of day or night; but when the sun shines hot and bright, and the soil is somewhat dry, the proverbial " after 4 p. ; is the right and proper time, and better than earlier in the day. If a little shade can be provided for newly-set plants, it is certainly worth some trouble to do so—soiled and discarded berry boxes, broken pots, etc., answer a good purpose, and leaves of
. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. Cabbage. Beet. Celery. Plants properly trimmed. Time of Day.—Cloudy weather permits of setting out plants safely and with equally satisfactory success at any time of day or night; but when the sun shines hot and bright, and the soil is somewhat dry, the proverbial " after 4 p. ; is the right and proper time, and better than earlier in the day. If a little shade can be provided for newly-set plants, it is certainly worth some trouble to do so—soiled and discarded berry boxes, broken pots, etc., answer a good purpose, and leaves of large weeds, burdock, for instance, will be much better than nothing. Good celery plants are quite sure to survive the fiercest t^, , r» . j ^ 1 «, heat, on first being trans- ^'*"* Protectors and Celery Bleachers. planted, if shaded for some days with a line of boards resting upon blocks or little stakes, and held there a few inches above ground. Bottomless plant pots (5 inch) which I had made for the purpose of bleaching celery, make first-class plant pro- tectors, and plants thus covered for a few days, as appearing in picture, generally pass safely over the critical period. Tomatoes,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greiner, Tuisco, 1846-. Philadelphia : Wm. Henry Maule
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