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By market gardeners who raise Celerj on a large scale, 

 the trenches may be worked out with a plough, and finished 

 with a spade or hoe. The ground may be also ploughed 

 between each row of Celery previous to earthing it up ; this 

 irill save much labour. 



The Celeriac, or Turnip-rooted, may be planted either 

 on level ground or in shallow drills ; the root of it swells 

 like a Turnip, and may be preserved in sand through the 

 winter. The French and Germans cut in slices, and soak 

 it a few hours in vinegar ; by such simple preparation, it 

 becomes meliew as a Pine Apple, and affords a delicious 

 and very nourishing repast. 



CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS. 



MACHE ou DOUCETTE. Valeriana locusta. 



v ARtET y . Olitoria. 



THIS plant grows spontaneously in the cornfields of Eng- 

 land, hence it is called Corn Salad, and from its being 

 sufficiently hardy to stand the winter, it has acquired the 

 appellation of Lamb's Lettuce, from its affording an early 

 pasturage. It is cultivated as a salad for winter and early 

 spring use. The seed may be sown in rich clean ground, the 

 latter end of August or early in September. 



Some gardeners sow the seed in beds formed four or five 

 feet wide, with paths between each bed, jnst sufficient to 

 admit of room for hand-weeding ; but it will vegetate more 

 freely if sown in drills half an inch deep, provided it be 

 carefully covered. The drills may be about six inches apart 

 just sufficient to admit a small hoe to work between the 

 rows ; as if the plants be not cleared of all weeds while 

 young, they will be more plague than profit. 



Fetlicus must be covered up with straw at the approach 

 of severe weather, to preserve it in good condition for use 

 in the early part of the ensuing spring, as that is the season 

 which most amply remunerates the cultivator. 



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