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fo that It is feldom cukivati^d In gardens ^ But if any 

 perfon is willing to propagate it, the feeds fliould be 

 fbwh foon afrer they are ripe, on a moift ipot of 

 ground \ and when the plants come up, they may be 

 cither tranfplanted in a moift foil, or hoed out, and 

 kft ^\X or eight inches afuhdot-, where they hl ay re- 

 main for good. The feed of this plant is one of the 

 leifer warm feeds \ both the herb and feeds are ufcd 

 in medicine. 



The feeds of the two forts of Celerv fhould be fown 

 at two or three different times, the better to continue 

 it for ufe through the whole feafon, without running 

 up to feed^ The firft fowing fliould be in the begin- 

 ' hing of March, upon a gentle hot-bed • the fedond 

 fnay be a fortnight or three Weeks ^fter, which ought 

 to be in an open Ipot of light earth, inhere it hiay 

 enjoy the benefit of the fun j the third time of fowing 

 ihould be the end of April, or beginning of May, 

 •i^hich ought to be in a moift foil •, and if expofed to 

 the morning fun only, it will be fo much the better, 

 but it ftiould not be under the drip of tf'ee's. 

 The feed& >^hich are fown in the hot-bed will come 

 Up ift abdilt three weeks or, a inonth after fowing, 

 V/hen the plants fliould be carefully cleared from 

 weeds i and if the feafon prove dry, they riiuft be fre- 

 quently watered ; and iii about k itiohth ot five weeks 

 after it is up, the plants will be fit to tranfplant : 

 you muft therefore prepare fome beds of moift rich 

 earth, in a Warm lituatidh, in which you fhould 

 ^rick thefe young pldntS, " at dbo\it tht^ee ihches 

 - fquare, that they may grow ftrong j and if the feafon 

 fliould prove cold, the beds muft be covered with 

 rtiats, to fcreen the plants froifi morning frofe, which 

 Vould retard their grdWth: yo^i muft alfd ^pbfefv^, in 

 dfaWiiie; theft plants out of the feed-b^ds, t6 thin 

 thefn where they grow too thick, leavm^ the fmall 



■ plants to get more firerigth befoie they aVe tf ahfplant- 



■ • dd i by ^^iA ffieafis brie dhd the faiiife feea:bed will 



afford three difFetett plantiftgs, which Will accord- 

 ingly fucceed eacK other for ufe. 

 You muft obferve, if the feafon proves dry, t6"keep 

 i't diligeritly Watered aftet It is "traiifplrrited, a^ alio to 

 clear the feed-beds from Weeds l and after every draw- 

 ing, keep them duly watered, to encourage the fmall 

 plants left therein. ' - ' ' ^ ■ 



The middle of May f6me df the pknts of the firft 



fowing will be fit to tranfplant for bjahching, which 

 fliould be planted in a moift, rich, light foil, upon 

 which the firft planted Celery will often gfow to be 

 twenty inches long in the cleaii blanched parts. Which 

 upon a poor or dry foil feldom rifes to be ten inches. 

 The manner of tranfplanting it is as follows : after 

 having cleared the ground of Weeds, you muft dig a 

 trench by a line about ten inched wide, arid fix or 



feven inches deep, loofening the earth in the bottom, 

 and laying it level ; the earth that comes out of the 

 trench lliould be equally laid on each fide the trench, * 

 to Idc ready to draw in again to earth th"e Celefy as 

 it advances in height. Thefe trenches fliould be made 



at three feet diftance from each other ; then plant the 

 phnts in the middle of the trench, at about four or 

 five inches diftance, in one ftfait row, having before 

 trimmed the plants, and cut oA^ the tops of the long 

 leaves ; when they ^fe |3lanted you muft obferve to 

 clofe the earth Well t6 their foots, and to water them 

 plentifully until they have taken frefli root; kftefWhich 

 time it will be needlcfs, except in dry foils, or very dry 

 feafons : as thefe plants advance in heiglit, you rriuft 

 obferve to draw the earth on each fide clofe to them, 

 being careful not to bury their Hearts, norev^rto do 

 it but in dry weatlier, otherwife the plants will rot. 

 When the plants have advanced a confiderable 

 height above the trenches, and all the e'arth, which 

 was laid on the fides thereof, hath been employed in 

 earthing them up 3 you muft then make ule of a fpade 

 to dig up the earth between the trenches, which niuft 

 alfo be made ufe of for the fame purpofe, continuing 

 from time to time to earth it up, until it is fit for ufe. 

 The firft of your planting out will, perhaps, be fit 

 for ufe by the beginning of July, and will be fucceed- I 

 6d by the after plantations ; and if the latter fowings 



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are rightly managed, there -svill be a n.UT?ir!0!i of Ce- 

 lery for ufe till April [ btit you Ihould obferve ro 

 plant the laft crop in a drier foil, to prevent its be- 

 ing rotted with too mitch w'ct in winter ^ and alfo if 

 the Weather fliould prove e:ktreme fliarp, you v/ill 

 do wtU to cover your ridges df Celery v/ith fpme 

 Peafe-haulm, orfomc fuch light covering, which v/ill 

 admit the air to the planes-, for if th:'y are covered 

 too clofe, they will be Very fubjeft to rot-, by this 

 me.1ns you Htay pf-efefve youf Celery in feafon a long 

 tihie, but you muft remember to take off tlie ccfver- 

 ing whenevef the Weather v/ill permit, othei-wife it 

 Will be apt to Cciufe the Celery to tdt. By this me- 

 thodof cbVerifig the Celery, 'thdfroft Will b6 kept 

 out of the ground \ fo it may be always taken Up for 

 ufe wlien it is wanted, which, if neglefted, it cannot 

 be taken tip iri hard froft, The Celery, When fully 

 blanched, will riot continue good above three weeks 

 or a month before it will rot or pipe : therefore, in 

 order to cdhrifiue Jt good, you fliould have at leaft 

 fix or feven diftetent feafonS of planting • fo that if it 



be only Ifitehded td fupf)ly a fartiily, there need not 

 be much planted at each time, b\u this muft be pro- 

 portioned according to the quantity required. 

 The otiier fort of Celery, which is comirionly called 

 Celeriac, is to be ffl^rt^ged in the fame riianrieh as is di- 

 teftcd for the Italian Celery, excepting that this 

 fliould be planted upon the level grouhd, or in very 

 fhalloW drills, fdtthis plant feldom grows above eight 

 dl* ten inches high, fo required but little earthing up i 

 the great excellency of this being in the fize of the 

 root, which is often as large as ordinary Turneps. It 

 fliqUld be foWh about the middle of March, upon a 



richbdVdel* df earth, dhd, iri dry weather, cohftahtly 

 W^tefed, othefWife the feeds Will not grow : when the 

 larits ate large enough to tranfplant out, they fliould 

 t ptaced eighteen inches afuhder, foW from row, and 

 the plants fi^ 'tt eight inches diftant Ifi the rdWs •, the 

 gtourid muft b6 carefully kept clean from weeds, but 

 this fort wiW require but one earthing up, which fliould 

 rib\: be perfdrmed until the tt)6ts iare nearly groWn : 

 botK thefe forts of Celery delight in a rich, light, 

 moift foil, Where they Will grow to a much larger 

 fize. arid Will be fweeter and tenderer than on a poor 

 df uiy gtourid. 



The beft riiethdd td fave this feed, is' to make choice 

 of fo'riie long good foots of the upright Celery, which 

 have not been too rriuch blanched, and plant them 

 out at about a foot afunder in a nioift foil, early in 

 the fpririg ; '^hd w!ien they fuii up to feed, keep them 

 fupported with ftakes, to prevent their. being broken 

 down by the winds : and in July, when the feed be- 

 ' ins td te formed, if the feafori fhduld prove very 

 ry, it Will be proper to give fome V/ater to the plants. 

 Which will greatly help their producing good feeds. In 

 Auguft thefe feeds will be ripe, at which time it 

 'fliould be cut up, iri a dry time, and fpread upon 

 cloths in the fun t5 dry \ then beat out the feeds, and 



pfeferve them dry in bags for ufe. 



APttfM ANISUM DICTUM. 



See PiMPi- , 



nellA. 

 APIUM MACEDONICUM. See BuBd?^. 

 APIUM PY-RENAICUM. See Crithmum. 

 APOCYNtjiVl. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 91. Lin. Gen. 



Plant. 269. ^^kirU^ynv^. ofaVuarid kui/o? a dog, be- 

 caule the ahtierits belieVSd this plarit Would kill dogs.] 

 Dogfl^ane., 



The Characters are, 

 ^he flower hath a permanent empakment of one Jeaf cut 





into five acute fegmeMs at the top j it hath but dhtpetc 

 ivhich is of the open hetl-pjapty cW info five parts 'at the 



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mw, which turn backward ; in the bottom of thejiower 

 are Jituatcil five hc^ariums^ which are oval^ and furrcUnd 

 'the gefmen : there are five ficMiM^ fctirce vifible^ which 

 are crowned by oblong ere^ fummits, which are bifiJ\ 

 in the center are two oval gehneH^ fupporting fmall fiyles^ 

 crowned with globular fligma^ larger than the germcn. 

 The gcrmch afterward bccd^he tivo ldH£ poi)ited capfides^ 

 opening in two valves^ having one cell ^ which is filled with 

 comprejfed feeds^ lying over each other like tiles en a hotfe^ 



each beiyjg crowned with down. 



This 



