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nine inches apart, forming another trench, distant from the former by its own width; this isr 

 to be filled, and so on. This will leave the celery in strips nine inches wide, separated by 

 spaces the same width. The spaces are to avoid the heating, which would take place if 

 larger masses of it were placed together. 



If the floor of the cellar is cemented or bricked, a couple of inches of the soil should be 

 placed on it before the celery is packed. It will be necessary to use some strips or stays to 

 hold up the boards. With a cellar bottom of earth, no soil is needed, and the boards may be 

 held up by driving stakes. With suck a mass of vegetable matter, considerable heat is given 

 off, and free ventilation will be needed to keep the temperature low enough to prevent injury.&quot; 

 As wanted for use, take from the end of a single trench, never leaving what is left 

 uncovered or exposed to the light. 



Chervil. This is a plant that is used as a small salad, when young and tender; also for 

 flavoring soups, etc7 It is aromatic, and resembles parsley in appearance. Sow the seed 

 either in the fall or spring, in drills half an inch deep, and about a foot apart. After the 

 plants are sufficiently large, thin out to about seven or eight inches apart. Keep free from 

 weeds, and during very dry weather water occasionally. The principal varieties are the 

 CURLED and the TUBEROUS ROOTED. 



Chicory. The chicory plant grows wild in many parts of Europe, but is cultivated and 

 used in this country by being mixed with coffee, the roots being first dried and roasted and 

 then ground like coffee. It is a perennial plant, with a root resembling that of the carrot in 

 form, but white in flesh; stem growing from two to five feet high, with a rather large blue 

 flower, and leaves resembling those of the dandelion. When largely used, the root has a 

 tendency to produce diarrhoea, but when mixed with coffee in the proportion of one-fourth 

 chicory to three-fourths of coffee, the drink is considered more healthful than pure coffee, and 

 also of better flavor. The leaves, when bleached, are used as a salad. The best varieties are 

 the LARGE ROOTED or COFFEE, and the WHITLCEF. The seed should be sown in the spring, 

 in drills half an inch deep, in good mellow soil, the after culture being the same as is recom 

 mended for carrots. 



Corn (Sweet). For garden culture and table use, only the sweet or sugar varieties 

 should be grown. These should have a warm and moderately dry soil, being liable to rot in 

 one that is cold and wet. Plant the earliest varieties first, as soon in the spring as the ground 

 will admit, in hills three feet apart each way, six seeds in a hill, covering about half an inch; 

 afterwards thin out to three of the best plants to a hill. Later varieties should follow, which 

 are generally better in quality than the very earliest. The culture is the same as for field corn. 

 There should be a succession of plantings every two weeks from April to July, in order to 

 furnish a continual supply of this excellent food during the season. 



Cress or Peppergrass. This is extensively grown as a small salad. The best 

 varieties are the BROAD LEAVED or common cress, the EXTRA CURLED, and the AUSTRALIAN. It 

 should be sown early in the spring quite thickly in shallow drills. The sowings should be 

 repeated at short intervals during the season, as it is apt to soon run to seed. 



Cress (Water). The leaves of this plant are used as a salad, and when eaten with 

 salt, like celery, have a very agreeable, pungent flavor. The best varieties are the ERFURT 

 and the common WATER CRESS. These plants require a stream of running water, pond, or 

 ditch, and may easily be grown by sowing the seeds along the sides of these, where it will 

 grow without care except to prevent the interference of weeds. Transplanting is regarded as 

 a surer method than sowing. This may be done from March till August. The distance 

 between the plants should be ten or fifteen inches. 



Cucumbers. These should find a place in every garden, they being a great relish for 

 table use when fresh from the vines, or when used as a pickle. For table use the earlier 



