Early Celery. — Mr. Veall in reply to Mr. Squire. 237 



soil in which these grow is a brown or hazel coloured lio-ht 

 loam. Mr. Ayres was not able to ascertain the name of the 

 variety in the garden at Duffield ; those at Overton are said to 

 be the Champagne. — Treau. of Hortk. Soc. vol. v. p. 490. 



METHOD OF GROWING EARLY CELERY. 



Mr. John Anderson, Gardener to the Earl of Essex at 

 Cassiobury, communicated in a letter to the Secretary, dated 

 the 5th of November, his method of growing early celery. 

 He forms in the ground a trench six feet wide° and one foot 

 deep ; into this he puts six inches of rotten dung mixed with, 

 a little road grit, and mixes the compost well with the soil by 

 digging it together ; the celery is then planted in cross rows 

 six inches apart, and eighteen inches from row to row ; as the 

 plants advance they are earthed across the trench. By this 

 means a much larger quantity of celery can be grown in the 

 same space of ground than in the usual way ; but the method 

 is only applicable to early celery, for late crops so grown 

 would be liable to rot and perish.— Trans, of Hortic. Soc. 

 vol. v. p. 492. 



MR. VEALL ON THE QUANTITY OF RAIN AND ON THE HEIGHT 

 OF THE BAROMETER IN MAY, IN REPLY TO MR. SQUIRE. 



[For Dr. Burney's remarks on the same subjects see p. 208.1 

 Mr. Squire of Epping having noticed the great disparity 

 in the quantity of rain fallen at Gosport and Boston, as ex- 

 pressed in the Meteorological Table for the month of May, 

 wishes to have some account of the instruments I use, and 

 likewise the locality of their situation. 



In compliance with his request I have to inform him, that 

 my rain gauge is of the construction recommended by Dr. 

 Burney of Gosport. It stands in an open situation in a garden : 

 the upper rim of the gauge stands exactly 18 inches from the 

 ground. If any rain, in the course of the 24 hours, I note it 

 down at £ past 8 every morning. This instrument formerly 

 belonged to the late President of the Royal Society. 



The barometer is a common one and hangs constantly in a 

 counting-house. The word " Fair" on the face of it is 6 feet 6 

 inches trorn the ground; maker's name, Dollond, London; 

 the time of observation £ past 8 A.M. Instruments, if made 

 with (lie greatest care, will however differ more or less. 



('<rtainly the quantity of rain fallen at Boston during the 

 days alluded to was nothing extraordinary; and indeed in no 

 part of this summer have we been here much incommoded 

 with wet. 



Samuel Veall. 



