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CELERY 



C. lattfo'lius (broad-leaved). Greenish-white. Central 



China. 1910. Shrub. 

 Orixa (Orixa). Japan. 

 sca'ndens (climbing). 15. Yellow. May. N.Amer. 1736. 



STOVE EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



C. cri'spulus (finely-crisped). China. 

 lutf'olus (small yellow). Tropical Africa. 

 ,, mexica'nus (Mexican). 7. Mexico. 1824. 

 ,, multiflo'rus (many-flowered). 4. White. May. 



South Europe. 1816. 

 myrlifo'lius (myrtle- leaved). 20. White. May. 



Jamaica. 1810. 



nu'tans (nodding). See C. PANICULATUS. 

 pcnicula'tus (panicled). 3. Greenish. May. E. 



Ind. 1810. 

 ,, quadrangula' tus (square-stalked). 10. White. Brazil. 



1820. 

 tri'gynus (three-styled). See GYMNOSPORIA TRIGYNA. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



C. angula'ris (angular). S. Africa. 

 austra'lis (Southern). Australia. 

 buxifo'lius (box-leaved). 4. White. May. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1752. 

 cassinoi'des (cassine-like). See GYMKOSPORIA CASSI- 



NOIDES. 

 ce'rnuus (drooping). 5. White. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1817. 



cymo'sus (cymose). See C. BUXIFOLIUS. 

 ,, dispe'rmus (two-seeded). Australia. 

 emargina' tus (notch-leaved). See GYMNOSPORIA EMAR- 



GINATA. 



fiexiio'sus (zigzag). 6 White. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1826. 



glomera'tus (clustered). See C. HITEROPHYLLUS. 

 keterophy'llus (various-leaved). S. Africa. 

 ilici'nus (hoUy-leaved). 3 White. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1817. 

 lauri'nus (laurel-like). 3. White. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1818. 

 linea'ris (narrow-leaved). 4. White. May. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1818. 

 lu'cidus (shining). 2. White. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1722. 

 lycioi'des (box- thorn-like). White. August. Canaries. 



1821. 



macroca'rpus (large-fruited). White. Peru. 1826. 

 oleoi'des (olive- Uke). 3. White. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1824. 

 pteroca'rpus (wing- fruited). See PTEROCELASTRUS 



TRICUSPIDATUS. 



puncta'tus (dotted-branched) . See C. ARTICULATUS. 

 pyraca'nthus (nre-spined). 3. White. May. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1742. 



,, rctu'sus (blunt). 6. Yellow. Peru. 1824. 

 ri'gidus (stiff). 3. Yellow. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1818. 



., rostra tus (beaked). See PTEROCELASTRUS ROSTRATUS. 

 serra'tus (serrated). Abyssinia. 

 ,, tetrago'nus (four-angled). See CASSINE SCANDENS. 

 tncuspida' tus (three-pointed). See PTEROCELASTRUS 



TRICUSPIDATUS. 



unda'lus (waved). 4. White. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1826. 

 zeyla'nicus (Cingalese). See SCDTIA COMMERSONII. 



CELETRIAC, or TURNIP- ROOTED CELERY. (A'pium 

 grave'olens rapa'ceum.) Of this variety of celery there is 

 said to be a hardier kind cultivated by the Germans, called 

 by them Knolt-celery . 



Sowing. It may be sown in March, April, and May, 

 to afford successional plantations in June, July, and 

 August. Sow in drills six inches apart, and keep re- 

 gularly watered every evening in dry weather. The bed 

 must be kept free from weeds, and when about three 

 inches high, the plants may be pricked out into another 

 border in rows three inches apart each way, giving water 

 abundantly and frequently. By adopting the precau- 

 tions mentioned in the cultivation of celery, the same 

 seed-bed will afford two or three distinct prickings. In 

 the neighbourhood of Dresden, where this vegetable is 

 grown in great perfection, they sow in February or 



March, in a hotbed, under glass ; and the plants are 

 removed in April, when two or three inches high, to another 

 hotbed, and set an inch and a half apart. Success depends 

 much upon regular supplies of water and manure. 



When five or six inches high, they are fit for final 

 planting in rows two feet asunder, and the plants eight 

 inches apart on the level ground, or in drills drawn with 

 the hoe three inches deep, as they only require earthing 

 up a few inches with the hoe. In dry weather they 

 should be watered plentifully, at least every other even- 

 ing. Keep them free from weeds. They require a light, 

 fertile soil. 



Sowing Seed. The directions given for saving the 

 seed of celery are in every respect applicable to this 

 vegetable. 



CELERY. A'pium grave'olens. 



Varieties.*, better idea of the best sorts can be 

 gained from any seedsman's catalogue than we can give 

 here. There are types such as Red, White, and the 

 Striped, but names are numerous. 



Sowing. The first sowing may be made about the 

 middle or toward the end of February, sowing a very 

 little seed in a pan or box placed in any heated structure, 

 and having a gentle hotbed made up ready to receive 

 the young plants as soon as they are fit to prick out. 

 The soil cannot be too rich for them ; and, if pricked out 

 in gentle hotbeds under glass, which is best, the young 

 crop should be kept up within two or three inches of the 

 glass, and attention paid to frequent watering, earth- 

 stirring, and airing, in favourable weather. 



The sowing for a main crop should be made about the 

 first week in March ; and although it may be sown in a 

 rich, warm border, yet it is better to make a gentle 

 hotbed for this sowing, even if it is only of four boards 

 nailed together, to keep up the earth round the sides of 

 the bed, and no glass to cover it ; but, if an old light can 

 be spared until the plants are up, all the better. Several 

 prickings-out may be made from this sowing in any 

 rich earth, in open situations, having the beds made up 

 neatly ready for pricking out, either in warm, showery 

 weather, or during evenings in dry weather. The plants 

 should be inserted six inches apart in the nursery-beds, 

 well supplied with water, until the plants are established, 

 and the earth among them frequently stirred. 



A third sowing may be made about the second week, 

 or middle of April, in the open, warm border, to be 

 attended to as before mentioned, as to pricking-out, 

 watering, &c., only that cool situations will be found 

 best, such as north borders for summer pricking-out, 

 for a supply to plant out for winter and spring use. 



Final Planting; the Single-trench System. The trenches, 

 where the soil will allow of it, may be eight or ten inches 

 deep, to receive the plants for the first summer plantings ; 

 but, as the season advances, not so deep by two inches 

 at each successive planting ; and, lastly, on the level 

 surface, for late winter and spring use. When planted 

 in deep trenches for the first crop, the rows may be much 

 nearer together. Another method of planting out the 

 principal and late crops is, to dig out a trench, four and 

 a half feet wide, and one foot deep, placing the earth half 

 on one side, and half on the other side ; this done, give 

 a thorough good manuring, as the soil cannot be made too 

 good for this vegetable ; let it be neatly dug in, and the 

 surface made smooth as the work goes on ; then lift the 

 plants with a trowel from the nursery-beds, to insure their 

 having good roots ; let them be planted precisely one 

 foot from row to row, and six or seven inches from 

 plant to plant, the row crossways of the trench. 

 Thoroughly well water; and, in the course of a week 

 after planting, the earth should be carefully stirred over 

 the whole bed. 



The leaves may be shortened, which gives more strength 

 to the base of the plants, and a better heart is formed. 



Earthing up. The first earthing up should be done with 

 a small trowel, holding the leaves of the plant together in 

 one hand, and stirring and drawing up a little earth to 

 the plant with the other. The next earthing is done by 

 the help of two light boards, six to eight inches broad, 

 of the same length as the trench is wide ; these to be 

 placed between two of the rows of plants by two persons ; 

 then place between these boards well-broken earth, as 

 much as required ; draw up the boards steadily ; do the 

 same hi the next space, and so on until the work is com- 

 pleted. By the last-mentioned method of final planting, 

 more than double the quantity can be grown on a given 



