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will be sufficient for the early plantations. Dig eacn trench 

 a moderate spade deep, laying the dug-out earth equally on 

 each side, between the trenches ; put three inches deep of 

 very rotten dung in the bottom of each trench, then pare the 

 sides, and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of 

 the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together 

 and put in the plants.* 



Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the 

 long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let 

 them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the mid- 

 dle of each trench, five or six inches between plant and plant ; 

 as soon as they are planted, give them a plentiful watering, 

 and let them be shaded until they strike root and begin to 

 grow. 



The main crops may be planted in the same way, but in 

 trenches four feet distant from each other, and an inch or 

 two farther from plant to plant ; or in beds made in the fol- 

 lowing manner, which, for the ease of preserving the plants 

 in winter, will be found extremely convenient, besides a 

 greater quantity can be raised on a given piece of ground. 



Lay out the ground into beds four feet wide, with alleys 

 between, three feet ; dig the beds a spade deep, throwing the 

 earth on the alleys : when done, lay four or five inches of 

 good, well-rotted dung all over the bottom of the beds, dig 

 and incorporate it with the loose earth, and cover the whole 

 with an inch or two of earth from the alleys ; plant four rows 



* Some erardeners are accustomed to cultivate Celery on the level ground ; 

 others, after making their trenches in the usual way, go to the expense of 

 carting peculiar soil from a distance, with which they replenish their 

 trenches until nearly full. Those who have pursued the latter plan, say 

 that they are rewarded for their trouble by gathering roots of superior size 

 and quality ; but it is doubtful whether it would prove profitable to prac- 

 tice this plan on an extensive scale. It may, however, be judicious in those 

 gardeners, whose subsoil, or under stratum, is inferior, or ill-adapted for 

 the growth of Celery, to cultivate it in shallow drills, or farrows worked 

 out with a plough, by which means they may secure good soil to plant in, 

 and also to earth up with. In such cases the rows must be from four to 

 five feet apart, and frequent ploughing between them would promote th 

 growth of the plants. 



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