. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. t; if mildew, Hower ofsulphur was applied after a watering, keeping the house close for several hours. Although airwas provided very freely almost every day inthe winter, yet pains were taken not to have astray draught of cold sweep over the youngplants. By this course we have always securedan abundance of cuttings for propagation fromfall-struck plants by the February followingand the plants from these were in the healthlstcondition possible. 2,044. Smoke vs. Frost, This matter is har
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. t; if mildew, Hower ofsulphur was applied after a watering, keeping the house close for several hours. Although airwas provided very freely almost every day inthe winter, yet pains were taken not to have astray draught of cold sweep over the youngplants. By this course we have always securedan abundance of cuttings for propagation fromfall-struck plants by the February followingand the plants from these were in the healthlstcondition possible. 2,044. Smoke vs. Frost, This matter is hardlyout of the experimental stage, and the outlookfor a general adoption of the practice of fightingfrost by smoke is not very promising. In a clear,still night. Just when frost can be expected to doharm, the smoke refuses to spread over the landas a blanket, but prefers to go perpendicularlyupwards and be lost without leaving muchbenefit. Unreliability of the remedy will pre-vent people from exerting themselves verymuch in order to fight a threatened but uncer-tain danger. In many cases, however, the bad. CELERIAC, COMMON AND APPLE-SH»PED. effects of a frost be prevented, wholly orpartially, by means of burning heaps of greenbrush, rotten wood, and rubbish of all sorts, orstill better of a mixture of moist sawdust andtar. The contrivance for erecting a steadydense smoke, as described and illustrated in lastvolume of Popular Gardening, consists of asimple wire frame holding a perforated pan withcoal tar that is dripping down slowly into acharcoal fire below. A number of these smokeproducers are stationed at regular intervals onthe windward side of the area to be protected. The Turnip-Rooted Celery. Celeriac, as the Turnip-rooted Celery Isusually called, is quite popular among oldcountry people, especially Germans, but notgenerally grown and appreciated in Ameri-can home gardens. This may be due to itssomewhat peculiar flavor to which one hasto become accustomed before one
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