i873-] ' CELERY IN POTS. 331 



The smaller-leaved and closer-growing plants are preferable to strong 

 •coarse-growing kinds, but in every case let them have suitable soils to 

 grow in. Good drainage is very essential. G. Dawson. 



CELEHY J-N POTS. 



Mr Temple, in the ' Gardener ' for June, warns us of some of the 

 difficulties attending Celery-culture in pots. He says Celery has been 

 grown in pots for many years ; if grown successfully, all the more 

 reason why " Under-Gardener," or somebody else, should give the 

 system publicity. Some years ago, your (I might say our) esteemed 

 correspondent, " The Squire's Gardener," wrote an article on herbaceous 

 bedding which drew a great deal of attention at the time. Had " The 

 Squire's Gardener " looked in upon Mr Noble, the veteran gardener at 

 Bonnington, he would have seen the system brought to a degree of 

 perfection which, judging from his article, he little dreamed of. It 

 made its mark, however, and helped to create a demand for many good 

 plants which had been previously neglected. 



Mr Temple says, " if ' Under-Gardener ' could look in upon some 

 growers for exhibition he might see Celery in pots," &c. If ls\r 

 Temple could have looked in here while w^riting, he would have seen 

 Celery in pots to be planted in trenches in June for use in August. 

 Yet we are not going to take a wrinkle from "Under-Gardener." 

 Mr Temple says he never had any difficulty in keeping Celery, ttc. 

 To this it is sufficient to answer that others have. Further, he says, 

 "deliver me from watering a supply of Celery, say from 2000 up- 

 wards." To this we heartily respond, but half of that number is far 

 above the average grown by the majority of the readers of the 

 ^Gardener;' besides, it is only part of the crop that is recommended 

 to be grown in pots. 



For those who grow for exhibition, or a more important class still, 

 those who have to bring forward a supply to be fit for use by 1st 

 August, a good system is to grow in shallow trenches in double rows, 

 each plant tied up slackly with moss, or, where moss is plentiful, it 

 might be laid round it like earth ; but previous to using, it should be 

 steeped a few hours in w^ater with a handful of salt in it, to make it 

 uncomfortable for worms. Eeightspade. 



Like the children, I have a natural antipathy to being left out in the 

 dark, " all alone." I was half afraid I was going to be so in this case ; 

 but, thanks to Mr Temple, I am not, as I thought, all alone in my 

 idea of growing Celery in pots. 



