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in dry weather water moderately, both before and after genni 

 nation. Liquid manures are very beneficial. Thin out the 

 plants to half an inch apart. 



2. Stoclcing or Hardening. — "When the plants are two or 

 three inches high, prick them out, at successive times, into 

 intermediate beds, three or four inches asunder, watering if 

 the weather be dry, and protecting from frost with boards or 

 mats, if necessary.. This intermediate bed should be made 

 very rich with well-rotted manure. The plants that remain 

 in the seed-bed should be shortened by cutting oif their tops 

 occasionally, to make them grow more stout, and watered fre- 

 quently. Of the transplanted ones, those intended for late 

 celery should also be cut off nearly to the crown several times, 

 which will retard them and make them grow stout. When the 

 plants are from six to twelve inches high, they must be trans- 

 planted into trenches previously prepared for them. 



8. Trench Culture. — It is well to trench the compartment 

 of the garden intended for the permanent culture of celery, as 

 this process turns the richest soil to the bottom where it will 

 be most needed for the nurture of the plant. In ground thus 

 prepared, or at least deeply spaded or plowed, mark out the 

 trenches a foot wide, and from tliree to three and a half feet 

 apart ; dig out each trench lengthwise, ten or twelve inches in 

 width, and a light spit deep, that is, six or eight inches. Lay 

 the earth dug out equally on each side of the trench ; put at 

 least four inches of very rotten dung into the trench, then pare 

 the sides, and dig the dung and parings with several inches of 

 the loose mold at the bottom. A pint of salt to every fifty 

 feet of trench, thoroughly mingled with the soil, is recom- 

 mended by some, and must, we think, prove beneficial. Trim 

 the tops and roots of the plants, and then set them in single 

 rows along the middle of each trench, allowing four or five 

 inches distance from plant to i)]ant. When this work is fin- 

 ished, give the plants water in plenty, and occasionally water 

 them from time to time, if the weather be dry, and likewise 

 let them be shaded, till they strike root and begin to grow. 



