CELERY. 57 



left to shift for itself a healthy growth is 

 more possible. My plants are taken care 

 of during the Summer heats, when they 

 need attention most, and not being suffered 

 to wilt, I am rewarded by a good healthy 

 crop. Celery must be planted in a cool 

 and rather damp place, but it can not 

 withstand any excess of wet, and should 

 never be planted where water would stand 

 in a ditch dug to a depth of four feet. 



8 



