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natural ground, and do not put much dung in the 

 ground. The> back part of the hot-bed ground would 

 be the place 



To have Cauliflowers to eat in the fall is a much easier 

 matter : Sow at the same time and in the same manner 

 as you sow early cabbages. Treat the plants in the 

 same way. 



CELERY. 



The qualities of this plant are universally known. 

 There are three or four sorts. The white, the red, the 

 hollow, and the solid. The hollow white is the best ; 

 but the propagation and cultivation of all are the same. 

 The whole of that part of the year, during which the 

 frost is out of the ground, is not a bit too long for the 

 getting of fine celery. The seed, sown in the cold 

 ground in April, will lie six weeks before it comes up. 

 A wheelbarrow full of hot dunsr, put in a hole in the 

 ground against a wall, or any fence, facing the south, 

 and covered with rich and fine mould, will bring the 

 seed up in two weeks. If you have a hot-bed frame, or 

 a hand-light, the thing is easy. A large flower-pot will 

 bring up out of ground, plants enough for any family. 

 As soon as the plants are three inches high, and it 

 scarcely matters how thick they stand, make a nice little 

 bed in the open free air; make the ground rich and the 

 earth very fine. Here prick out the plants at four inches 

 apart ; and, of course, nine in a square foot. They are 

 so very small, that this must be carefully done ; and 

 they should be gently watered once, and shaded two 

 days. A bed ten feet long and four wide, will contain 

 360 plants. 



In this bed the plants stand till the middle of .Tuly, or 

 thereabouts, when they are to go out into trenches. 

 Make the trenches a foot deep and a foot wide, and pul 

 them not less than five feet asunder. The ground that 

 you make the trenches in should not be fresh dug ; but 

 be in a solid state, which very conveniently may be. 



