50 CELERY, 



or graves covered up in a garden, as directed in the calen-' 

 dar for November. 



Although Carrot seed is naturally small and light, it sel- 

 dom fails to vegetate in favourable seasons ; it, therefore, 

 need not be sown too thick in ground not apt to produce 

 weeds. If a root could be insured to grow unmolested in 

 erery instance where a seed may be deposited, two pounds 

 would be more than sufficient for an acre of land ; but gar- 

 deners generally use four or five pounds to the acre, in 

 order that the rows may be more easily traced in the 

 event of a luxuriant growth of weeds. To avoid risking an 

 unequal crop in small gardens, half an ounce of seed should 

 be allotted for every pole, perch, or rod, or twenty ounces 

 for a rood of land. On light ground, the Use of a roller 

 would be beneficial in dry weather, excess of which is detri- 

 mental to the germination of Carrot, as well as of all other 1 

 light seeds. 



CELERY. 

 CELERI. Apium graveolens. 



VARIETIES. 



White Solid. I New Silver Giant. 



Red Coloured Solid. North's Giant Red. 



Ccleriac, or Turnip-rooted. 



Tins vegetable, so much esteemed as a salad, is known 

 in its wild state by the name of Smallage ; and is found in 

 great abundance by the sides of ditches, and near the sea- 

 coast of Britain, The effects of cultivation are here stri- 

 kingly exhibited, in producing from a rank, coarse weed, the 

 mild and sweet stalks of the Celery. This circumstance 

 should stimulate the young gardener to aim at improvements 

 in the cultivation of plants in general. 



It is customary with some gardeners to raise their early 

 plants in hot-beds ; but as plants thus raised are apt to pro- 

 duce seed stalks, it is much safer to cultivate them in cold 

 beds, prepared as directed for the raising of early Cabbage 

 plants. The seed for a general crop may be sown the last 



