. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. te firmly pressedinto the pots, when you come to lift or shiftthe winter-flowering plants. Ways of Poling Beans. The most popular plan for giving supportto Lima and other running Bean varietiesis by setting a pole in the center of hill, andplanting the Beans around it. This doesfirst-rate, but it takes poles, and these arenot always readily available. We yet use the same treUis described andpictured in these columns about two years ago, and which consists simply of two wires,one stretc
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. te firmly pressedinto the pots, when you come to lift or shiftthe winter-flowering plants. Ways of Poling Beans. The most popular plan for giving supportto Lima and other running Bean varietiesis by setting a pole in the center of hill, andplanting the Beans around it. This doesfirst-rate, but it takes poles, and these arenot always readily available. We yet use the same treUis described andpictured in these columns about two years ago, and which consists simply of two wires,one stretched over posts four five feet high,and the lower one about six Inches from theground, with white cotton yarn wound ziz-zag around them. The Bean plants takevery readily to this support, require verylittle coaxing, and no tying. This trellis,when covering with thrifty Bean foliage, Isas ornamental a feature of the garden asone would wish to see. Recently a friend showed us his way ofmaking one pole serve as a support for fourhills. This plan is illustrated in accom-panying sketch. The pole is set into the. Fllinu BtdKS. I me Pah- to Four Hilte. center of the four hills, and a string stretch-ed from its top to hooked peg in center ofeach hiU. It is a simple way, and answ,ergquite well. Simplified Celery Culture. The progress that has been made towardsthe simplification of methods in horticul-ture in recent years is strongly exemplifiedin the production of Celery for both homeuse and market. The old process of grow-ing the crop, with its deep trenches, its wasteof good manure put way otit of sight, andout of reach of succeeding crops, its widerows and high banking, etc., was a mostclumsy and laborious one, and with manycultivators is so still. No wonder the crop did not become apopular one, and remained the especial dreadof the home gardener, until ways were foundof producing good Celery with less laborand inconvenience. There is nothing about Celery culture, asat present practice
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