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ipe£led to fee cither Fruit or Flow- 

 ers from them in 'England, lince 

 they grow to a great Magnitude be- 

 fore they produce either in their 

 own Country. 



Thefe Plants may be rais'd from 

 Seeds, which are calily obtain'd 

 from the Wtfi Indies ; they muft 

 be fown on a Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring, and wiien the Plants are 

 come up, they muft be each tranl- 

 planted into a imall Pot, filled with 

 firefli light Earth, and plunged into 

 a Hot-bed of Tanners-bark, ob- 

 ferving to water and fliade 'em un- 

 til they have taken Root, after 

 which, they mull have free Air 

 let into the Hot-bed, in Proportion 

 to the Warmth of the Seafon j for 

 if the Glalfcs are kept too clofe, 

 the Plmts will draw up too weak. 

 They muft alio be frequently re- 

 frefh'd with Water, for they per- 

 fpire pretty freely, efpecially in 

 hot Weather. In a Month or five 

 Weeks Time thefe fmall Pots will 

 be filled with the Roots oi the 

 Plants ; therefore you muft fhake 

 the Plants out of them, and after 

 having pared off the o^tfide Roots, 

 they muft be put into Pots a S'zc 

 larger, and plunged again into the 

 Hot-bed, obferving to manage 'em 

 as was before dire6ted. When the 

 Plants are grown too tall to 

 remain in the Hot-bed, they muft 

 be removed into the Bark- Stove, 

 where, during the Summer Sca- 

 fon, they (hould have a large Share 

 of frefh Air ; but in Winter they 

 muft be kept pretty clofe j and as 

 the Plants do encreafe in Magni- 

 tude, fo they (hould be fhifted 

 into larger Pots, that their Roots 

 may have room to extend. If 

 thefe Rules be duly oblerv'd, the 

 Plants will in two or three Years 

 arrive to the Height of ten or 

 twelve Feet, and be proportionably 



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flrong, and being placed among 

 other Plants v^hich require the fame 

 Degree of Heat, they add to the 

 Variety. 



CELASTRUS, tJie StafF-trec: Is 

 a Sort of AUternus. 



CELERI, or SALARY; vulg5. 



This is by the Botanifts rang'd 

 under the Article of Apium, to 

 which I refer the Reader for its 

 Characters, 



There are two Sorts of this 

 Plant cultivated in the ZngliJJy 

 Gardens, for Kitchen UIc, which 

 are, 



1. Apium -y duke J Celeri Italo' 

 rum. H. R. Tur. Italian Celeri. 



2. Apium ; dulce degener, radice 

 rapaced. Jejfieu. Cclcriack ; 'vulgo. 



The Seeds of this Plant n:iould 

 be Ibwn at two different Seaibns, 

 the better to continue it for Ufe 

 through the whole Scafon v/ithout 

 running up to Seed. The firft 

 Sowing Ihould be in the Beginning 

 of March, which ought to be in 

 an open Spot of Hght Earth, where 

 it may enjoy the Benefit of the 

 Sun : But the fecond Time of 

 fowiiig flx)uld be the Beginning of 

 Aprils wJiich ought to be in a 

 raoift Soil i and if expos'd to the 

 Morning Sun only, it will be fo 

 much the better ; but it fliould not 

 be under the Drip ot Trees. 



In about three .Weeks or a 

 Month's Time after fowing, the 

 Seed will come up, when you 

 muft carefully clear it from Weeds 5 

 and if the Seaibn prove dry, you 

 muft frequently water it \ and in 

 about five or fix Weeks after it is 

 up, the Plants will be fit to tranf= 

 plant ; you muft therefore prepare 

 fom.e Beds of moift rich Earth, in 

 which you fhould prick thefe young 

 Plants, at about three Inches Iquarc, 

 that they may grow ftrong : You 

 muft alio obferve, in drawing thefe 

 Plants 



