. The book of the garden. Gardening. ACETAEIACEOUS PLANTS.—CELEEY. 147 plant, to protect the leaves above where they are covered with the soil, putting in only as much soil between the tiles as will keep them steady in an upright position. We then bank up the sides of the trench, as shown in the annexed cut, fig. 52, along thesides of which we drive in upright posts, 3 inches square, and of such a height as will carry a roofing of boards laid in an Kg. MODE OF WINTBKING CELERY. imbricated manner, a few inches over the top of the plants. These posts are set 10 feet asunder, and exactly opp
. The book of the garden. Gardening. ACETAEIACEOUS PLANTS.—CELEEY. 147 plant, to protect the leaves above where they are covered with the soil, putting in only as much soil between the tiles as will keep them steady in an upright position. We then bank up the sides of the trench, as shown in the annexed cut, fig. 52, along thesides of which we drive in upright posts, 3 inches square, and of such a height as will carry a roofing of boards laid in an Kg. MODE OF WINTBKING CELERY. imbricated manner, a few inches over the top of the plants. These posts are set 10 feet asunder, and exactly opposite each other; and their tops are connected with coupling of lighter scantling. The roof boarding is then laid on, and nailed to the couples, which ties the whole roofing together. By this means the rain is thrown off, and falls into the deep trenches between the beds. Should the weather set in severe, we introduce a little light dry littering matter amongst the tiles, and nail a couple or three courses of boards along the sides ; but this is seldom found necessary with us, although in many colder localities it will be of ad- vantage. This side-boarding should only be used in very severe weather, as its absence permits a free circulation of air to blow through. The boarding which covers the roof is the portable wooden copings we use for our wall-trees, and which, during winter, would otherwise be laid past in the store-sheds. The posts and coupling are used for a variety of purposes during summer, such as supporting netting over single rows of gooseberries and currants, to preserve them from birds, temporary roofing over out-of-door summer mushroom-beds, ifec. Neither the posts, couples, nor board- ing are ever cut, as we construct such temporary erections always of the same size. The other mode of preserving celery to which we have alluded is even much simpler, and within the reach of every one. We first form a triangular embank- ment of soil, the sides sloping to some- t
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