The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . t is poured throughthe pipe, (one end being closed tight,; and thewater percolates througlt the tiles into the soil, and f m^^ -Mc) ^^c (Trardfucfs gjlonlhln. 300 tliroiiirh and nmonjrst the roots, keeping the soil lhorou;^Uly moist, while the smfiiec nroiind the plant isthus left porous and loose as ever. But these tiles perform another important function, which willappear in the setiuel. When the plants have grown quite Ions;, common horse-shne dmininii-tilcs are employed, as shown inthe plan for the blanching process. They are set edjie
The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . t is poured throughthe pipe, (one end being closed tight,; and thewater percolates througlt the tiles into the soil, and f m^^ -Mc) ^^c (Trardfucfs gjlonlhln. 300 tliroiiirh and nmonjrst the roots, keeping the soil lhorou;^Uly moist, while the smfiiec nroiind the plant isthus left porous and loose as ever. But these tiles perform another important function, which willappear in the setiuel. When the plants have grown quite Ions;, common horse-shne dmininii-tilcs are employed, as shown inthe plan for the blanching process. They are set edjie to edge on the opiwsitc sides of the row, a slightearthing being employed to keep them in an upright ])Osition. Towards autumn, when the leans lieginto fall fiom the trees, they are collected and thrown in between the rows, and thus all light is entirelyexcluded, while air will pass down Ihc tube and around the stems of the plants, rendering them firm andsolid in the midst of a perfect blanching process. Any litter will do as well as leaves. Fig. It is now that the pipes serving as water-conduits prove of value. Wliile air is excluded by the su]icr-incumbent mass of matter, it passes through the open pipes and completely rerates the roots, causingthem to grow in a surjirising manner. The Iricnd who gives us the plan as he pursued it in German),tells us that the roots often form so complete a mass inside the pipes by the time the celery is full-grown,as to entirely choke them ; and the wliolc vigor of the plant and crispy sweetness of quality is such aswill enable of our readers who have followed our description to prepare a surpriser for thosewho left olf reading at the point where we spoke of the increased expense of the plan. To make the subject of celery improvement complete, another friend asks us to tell his fellow-readers of theGardeners Monthl}/ how he preserves celery fresh and plump till April, and time to sow celery seedsagain ; and as we think the plan f
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