I have for two seasons practiced the following plan for handling celery preparatory for winter keeping : I take a ball of strong cotton wick, and gathering up the stalks of the end plant of a row, tie the wick around it. Then without cutting the wick, take a turn around the stalks of the next and each succeeding plant without tying, and so continue till the ball is used up. When the end of the wick is reached, I either tie it to the end of another ball of wick, or secure it around the plant. When the celery is taken up, the wick can be unwound and preserved for future use. To me this plan has been more effectual in keeping the stalk together, and easier to follow, than that of pulling earth to the plant. Camden, N. J.