. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . perfect freedom of the ground treatedin this manner from the maggot and othercreatures that prey upon underground growth,must be attributed to the combined efficacy ofdeep and generous cultivation, early sowingof the seed, solidifying of the ground beforeand after the seed was sown, and in a greatmeasure to the free use made of soot before sowingthe seed. The same remarks will apply to otherroot crop3, Parsley, Lettuces, &c , which in ordi-nary circumstances are attacked by the grub,&c. As so
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . perfect freedom of the ground treatedin this manner from the maggot and othercreatures that prey upon underground growth,must be attributed to the combined efficacy ofdeep and generous cultivation, early sowingof the seed, solidifying of the ground beforeand after the seed was sown, and in a greatmeasure to the free use made of soot before sowingthe seed. The same remarks will apply to otherroot crop3, Parsley, Lettuces, &c , which in ordi-nary circumstances are attacked by the grub,&c. As soon as the young plants appeared above-ground, the Dutch-hoe was run pretty deeplybetween the rows, the operation being repeatedonce or twice in April and three following months,as much with a view to accelerate growthin the plants as to destroy seedling weeds. Theyoung plants were thinned out as soon as largeenough to handle to 2 or 3 inches in the rows,weeds being removed at the same time, showeryweather being preferred for doing the work, asthe weeds and plants can be removed more. FlS. 78.— THUNBERGII. To the left, plant subjected to Ether previous toforcing: to the right, plaDt forced in the ordi-nary way, other conditions being Identical. expeditiously and effectively when the soil ismoist. At the time of thinning-out the rows, Iextended the crop by transplanting some twentyor thirty rows of the thinnings in the same plotof ground from which the few remaining ridgesof late Celery had just been removed and laid-intheir full depth in the soil in a border under anorth wall tor future use. The roots of theselittle plants were shortened back nearly to theembryo bulbs, the plants being let into theground, prepared as advised for the reception ofthe seed, the same depth as they were before,making the soil fairly firm about them withthe setting-stick in planting. I never noticedany difference in the weight and quality of theproduce obtained from transplanted plants andth
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