3G THE FLORIST. 



a source of interest in their behalf with parties whose gardens are 

 limited, but who nevertheless can cultivate these, so as to decorate 

 and add a charm to situations otherwise uninteresting, while even 

 among the gayest flowers of summer, these plants possess a beauty 

 pecuHarly their own. S. 



CELERY. 



Tnis most useful winter esculent is not at all times met with in the 

 best possible condition, nor can it be while so many varieties having 

 a tendency to become hollow or pithy are cultivated. Certain soils 

 and localities may favour this defect ; but when we meet with a 

 variety naturally solid under any circumstances or mode of culture, 

 we are led to believe that the fault just complained of lays more in 

 the variety gi'own than in the kind of treatment it may receive. 



The few remarks I have to make on this subject, therefore, are 

 not made with a view to describe any particular mode of culture, 

 but rather to direct attention to particular varieties now in culti- 

 vation. There are at the present time a great many kinds of Celery 

 grown, and all have their patrons, or some of them would soon 

 become extinct ; and if each cultivator, after a careful trial of the 

 comparative merits of each variety, has retamed the best and most 

 useful for his purposes, he is quite right in doing so, and may assist 

 others by giving the public the benefit of his experience ; which I 

 shall now proceed to do, trusting that others in different parts of the 

 country may be induced to do the same. 



First, then, it is an indispensable quality in celery that it should 

 be solid; second, that it should be sweet and crisp; and third, that 

 it should remain long in perfection. The only varieties which I 

 have found to possess these qualities anything like constant is one 

 knoAvn in this neighbourhood under the name of " Dwarf, late White 

 Celery." Unfortunately it has never been made known by the trade ; 

 at least, if it has, it has been so but very partially. It is of a dwarf, 

 robust, compact habit, and can be had good ten months out of the 

 twelve ; the space between the rows may also be eighteen inches 

 less than that for any other variety. I should advise all who have 

 not grown it to give it a trial ; and I am certain of its giving them 

 satisfaction. It can only be had true from a few establishments at 

 present. Those who have a stock of it should, therefore, make it 

 known; for of all others it is certainly the Celery best calculated 

 to meet the extensive demand of a gentleman's establishment, and to 

 give entire satisfaction as regards flavour. 



Stoke Park, near Slough. A. Bousie. 



[We can confirm Mr. Bousie's opinion from our own experience. 

 We find that those w^ho have once grown it care but little for any 

 other variety. It is most desirable that it should have some dis- 

 tinctive name ; and we suggest that in future it be called " Incom- 

 parable." The raiser of this very useful variety is unknown. — Ed.] 



