Show ajl AJL 5 aad I 1 sivi abs Their hei fare are and aiom 4 CT EX 4 4 I 1 91 eto W 4 ro t 4 nh K taking the tile hired mans man place GARDEN WORK IN MIDSUMMER dy by E VAN DENT benthuysen HUYSEN plants nifty be set out early curly in july in lit lie the north and in lit the milder climates planting Is carried on up to the first of august it Is not as dim cult to raise celery as its people believe although the crop requires more alit atun it tion than the average garden plant plants celery plants an be bought but one ali ainars a a buus a chance I 1 ili buying them of 0 course the best way uny Is to raise your own onn plants from front seeds the planting of the seed should bo be dune done very early in the spring and utter the plants have a hood growth grouth the tile real begins ground that has borne a crop of pens peas makes a good celery boll poll provided the crop was mas thoro thoroughly fer fertilized tilfred and cultivated tito furrows should bo be three feet tor for the self blanching clery and about five feet for elioso kinds that are to be blanched by banking with earth if boards tire to be u awl aed the rows need not bs bo more mere than four fiet apart the fur furrows ros should lie be made at least a foot alep and about three inches of manure placed in the bottom Scra scrapings from troll I 1 the barnyard with a little soil mixed in make a rood good fertilizer for catry th should be worked in well and smoothed and the plants set in a perfectly st straight raight line about six int 1 hes apart in the row the tile plants should be about six inches high when ihen put into the ground and should not be placed too deeply just enough to cover the roots ml eitl the tile ground round must bo be thoroughly firmed around them before setting oui tile plants however ho weer the dirt which hns has been thrown thron out on the elde side of the trench should bo be raked down leveled eft off and rondo made firm with the back of the fastle fo that it will ill cot not wash into the trenches tren chrs when the plant plants mature they may be planted by drawing the soil about the plants up to the top leaves or boards from one foot to eighteen inches high tany be plated placed on each side of the to rows a end nd hold held in place by the stake the lest best flavored veley celery we think Is produced by blanella blanc lla with earth parth the earth should be drawn around the tho I 1 blants lants gradually tho tito around round that lias has borno borne early crops in the garden should be cleared carl ti oft and with a fork ond and prepared prep ired red for another crop far cor fotr make an ideal crop they should be sown son by the first frit week eek in july in any eort sort of decent eoll soil in fact they do to not need rich eoll soil sow the sed seed in rows about 15 inches apart ond and thin lenvent the aft planta plants standing etan dlag rubout two inches apart la in the A later sowing of about two week weeks may be tie added if desired rutabagas Huta bagas pay troy be jovn own up to the first of august any good soil that hai has borne a first trop crop Is ts pul suitable table tor for pi some persons t vr the aced broadcast but a better plan 1 Is to how them in own about two to feet apart and thin to about six inches nuart avart in the ru ro should be in the ground the very first citek lu ili july the plants may b be set quickly hy by use of a dibble but a sod cutter Is bitter as this ina tria bits one to stan I 1 upright stick tho the eod sod cutter in ili the ground push tit tho handle slight ellK ht froni from you inart the plant withdraw the tile tool erss dona doun the earth with the foot and the thing Is done A boy to curry carry a bailet with ith the plant plants and it if ho he Is a careful ono place them in the grouch eaves saves amo and backache backa clie do not use parts gren green to kill the worms on the cabbages it Is 1 it clan 9 crous business and we hae bae know a persons to bo be baal poisoned by eating cabbages treated this way cabbage Calba ee should have a bit of bone dust wood ashes or well composted manure in order to induce good sled 9 growth crowth nitrate of soda Is also a great help it if the plants show too rank growth pull them oer oner to one elde side la in order to break oft off a fe fen of the roots i h ch oil will retard the growth grov tit and tend to produce more solid heads alone along about this time ants mule a great deal of trouble by throwing up hills in the garden or on the be gawu no uso use to dig th m up or destroy the nests as they cin quickly turn up in some other spot at the nearest drug store buy a cun can of of rat boa bon it Is ill smelling swelling stuff and if you place a match within a enot of it there will be an explosion hy ily ell all means a al low no fire to come near it with n stick make two or three openings opeal ngi in the ant hill dear near the center and pour about a tablespoonful tulle tuble spoonful into tile hole hoi then close tho hole tightly alth earth and the fumes aill all quickly permeate the hill and kill every evert living thing alere comes conies our old friend the potato bus bug again spraying with bordeaux mixture to which has been added ur senate of lead at the ante of about two pounds to the burna of the mix tun ture will usually kill tro ito bugs and aleo also prevent blight but after all there Is I 1 no better thing than parts green for destroying ying potato bugs tha yellow striped beetle Is one of the greatest enemies of the cucumber vines but it Is easily discouraged by praying spraying with arsenate of lead and this also protects the vines from other leaf caters eaters the best time to move the current bushes Is in lit the th late fall dig up thi bushes with as much dirt around th tha roots as all possible anc set out in the new location the soil hould should be dug up to a depth of two feet a more or lea and wel well fertilized with nith rotted manure disturb the r as little as a possible and firm firra down don be the ground all around them keep the weeds away next spring and the bu bushes alies will get along all right e V 14 V ayr j 4 A W A 47 tv 4 r 4 tn 1 I d rock garden of f an n eastern estam |