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growth, let them be earthed up on each side firmly 

 and evenly, and in a sloping direction from the 

 surface to nearly the top of the leaves. In that 

 state the celery will remain sound and good for a 

 length of time, and on the approach of frosty 

 weather, if likely to be lasting and severe, a quan- 

 tity of dry litter should be spread over the plants, 

 which will not only protect the celery, but enable it 

 to be readily taken up as wanted for use. 



When the celery is full grown and the blanching 

 completed, it soon begins to decay : hence very fine 

 looking celery is often found to be rotten' at the 

 base of the leaf-stalks. 



From the last sowing in April, the author has 

 found that such plants as were left in the seed-bed, 

 if taken up in September and planted in deep drills, 

 at two feet apart, will, if occasionally earthed up, 

 form a good substitute when the principal crop is 

 used, or destroyed by the weather. 



The different earthings up of celery should al- 

 ways, if possible, be performed when the plants are 

 dry ; since, where this is not attended to, they are 

 apt to become spotted and cankery. 



The celeriac is but partially cultivated in this 

 country, and not nearly so much as it deserves. It 

 is propagated by seeds, sown in a light rich spot 

 the third week in March. When the plants are two 

 or three inches high, they should be thinned out to 

 three or four inches apart ; and when five or six 

 inches high, transplanted into deep drills or shallow 

 trenches, at six or eight inches distance in the lines, 

 and watered according to the weather (the whole of 

 this species being partial to moisture). As the plants 



