CELERY. 67 



PREPARING FOR USE. 



When dressed for the table, care should 

 be taken to have the water perfectly 

 clean, for otherwise the celery will be 

 stained, and can never be made to look 

 as well afterward. After the celery is all 

 washed and bunched, it should be placed 

 in a tight barrel, standing upright and 

 on its roots. Then pour in water to the 

 depth of two inches, which will effectually 

 prevent it from wilting or becoming pithy. 

 In this state it will grow as if still in the 

 ground. The mouth of the barrel should 

 be covered with a cloth thick enough to 

 exclude the light, and the barrel should 



