The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-21

not SO much SO as to allow OF their pil
ing upon each other.
NOW put your nest in a somewha
Ozark and qIiet place, and put a few
emma eggs into it. This being done, ge
tne hen and place her gently on tn,
nesl' and let her sit until anted, ther
take her gently offand put into the mes
me eggs you wish to set The hen. i
leit near the nest, will go on herself
generally, but if she shows an inclina-
lloh to desert. try the china eggs once
more.-E1.
The grating period is usually upon
1ne approach of spring. Whip OF
tongue grating is most generally
practlced when the stock and cion are
nearly of an equal size The whole gist
Vi " hes In so forming the graft and
STOCK tnat The two onter surfaces of.al-
pumen meet one wi b the other. The
tongue is notch cut in tie stock cor
responding with the one cut IN the
graft, each having lip to meet tie
other. Splice grating is SIM :. except
that no slit is made in either sto k or
graft. -
side gratting.-A notch or slit of about
one inch long is cut in the side OF the
stock-parlng the outer portion, then
spllttlng the graft and parIng both the
inner and outer portions so that when
inserted there will be a union of the
bark and wood. The graft should be
wrapped with grating clay or wax.
This is well adapted to the grating of
the cherry, peach, plum, grape, maeno-
liza, chestnut, etc Grating wax is
made In several ways; the following
mas credit OF value; four parts rosin,
three parts beeswax, and three parts
lard.
The cut-leaved Weeping birch is a
variety of the European white birch
BetutG populv0tiG) introduced, we be-
lleve, from Scotland many years ago.
lt IS now justly esteemed one of the
handsomest of ornamental trees, and is
an attractive addition to the home
grounds, whether in city, village or
country. 1t is one of The few trees
dropping its leaves in autumn, which
are attractive in winter. Its white
trunk contrasts well with the dark
limbs and the general dull aspect of its
surroundings. In early spring the
blossom tassels, tell of the good time
coming" when all nature will be awak-
ened, and the tree WILL possess a mass
of bright, clear-cut foliage through
which one can get occasional glimpSes
OF the central white trunk. For small
grounds this birch is much to be pre-
ierred to the large elms, oaks or naples
winch are apt 10 present a crowded-for-
space appearance not at all pleasing
This variety is also very striking when
planted on the lawn among groups of
other trees.-ET..
Celery seed is cheap. An ounce of
good seed, costing, say twenty-five
cents, will produce $500 plants. III you
want some early celery for use in Sep
TENDER and October, try the following
plan. Select rich piece of ground, and
as soon as the frost is out of the surface.
mark out rows fifteen to twenty-Une
inches apart. Drill in two rows of
radlshes, or lettuce, or beets, or cabbage,
or caulifiOwer, or turnips, or early red
onions, or any crop which will be off the
ground in June or July. Sow the.third
row to celery. Then SOW two more rows
with the crops that are to be trans
planted or removed early; then sow the
third row with celery and so on till you
have sown so much celery as you desire.
Sow the celery seed thick-saY a dozen
or more seeds to each inch of row. 1t
is not necessary to cover the seed. II
you SOW as early as is desirable we shall
to wash it into the ground and cover it.
It win be three or four weeks before the
plants come up. The moment-they ap-
pear and when the ground is dry, hoe
on each side Of the row and pull out
any weeds you may see. In doing this
If you pull out a few celery plants, no
matter; you have plenty of them.
K ep the ground well hoed, and as soon
as the plants begin to crowd, dash the
hoe through them as you do in hoeing
turnips, leaving bunch of celery plants
six or eight inches apart in the row.
Later, go over the piece and thin out |
the plants, leaving only one plant six or
eight inches apart. Nothing more is |
needed for several weeks except to keep
the ground well hoed or cultivated and |
entirely free from weeds. The sooner |
the-other two rows of plants can be re- |
moved the better, and as soon as they |
are removed keep the whole ground be |
tween the rows OF celery well hoed or |
cultivated and begin to work the soil up |
blanch the celery in the ordinary way. |
The advantages of this plan are: First, |
1t saves the labor of transplanting. |
Second, 1t saves the labor of starting |
the plants in a hot-bed. Third, You |
will get earlier and larger plants, and |
with less labor.
The only risk you run is that some of |
he plants may run up to seed. This |
can be avoided in a great measure by !
getting northern grown seed. This
method can also be adopted for the main |
crop, but many celery growers set out |
celery on low mucky land, which is not |
Try enough to work before June or
July, and on such soil this method could |
lot be adopted. The plants must be
grown elsewhere and transplanted.
| grow celery plants literally by the
million. The real secret OF growing |
hem is to SOW very early on the rich
,st of rich land. One hundred tons of |
'ich, well rotted manure per acre is
rome too much.