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racter, it will be well to keep rather above than below 

 the ground level, for reasons previously given. 



In ordinary cases it is well to keep the crowns of 

 the plants at the ground level ; if the soil is deep, 

 dry, sandy, and hungry, it will be as well to keep a 

 little below it. 



With regard to the preparation of ground, it is a 

 good plan to commence with peas, to be followed by 

 celery. Appropriate a considerable plot for these, or, 

 in other words, keep them together as much as possi- 

 ble, for the sake of system ; and ha\'ing an even num- 

 ber of rows, make it a rule to sow two at a time, at 

 the distance of from four to five feet ; and these, when 

 picked, and the haulm cleared away, furnish space 

 for a bed of celery of about the same width. The 

 peas being removed, the ground is marked out for 

 the celery-bed, after what is termed the Scotch me- 

 thod. The bed is now excavated to the depth of a 

 foot, the soil thrown right and left, and made com- 

 pact ; and then six or eight inches of half-decayed 

 leaves and dung, chiefly of the former, and which 

 had been used as linings to pits or frames, is trenched 

 in, at least a foot deep in the excavation. The sur- 

 face is now covered once more with three inches of 

 the best rotten manure, which, when spread, is forked 

 in and duly mixed. The bed is then planted, and 

 when taken up for use, the operation, with a little 

 care, levels and leaves the bed right for planting the 



