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market gardeners seldom water cauliflowers, and once in four 

 days is amply sufficient in the Deccan : no injury will accrue 

 even if watered less frequently. The white broccoli is, I am 

 sure, often taken for the cauliflower in this country, and I have 

 seen heads large enough to be divided into two dishes, and then 

 form a sufficiency to cover a dish in general use for vegetables. 

 Broccoli, both red and white, should be cultivated in the same 

 manner as cauliflower. 



CELERY. The seed may be put down at the commencement 

 of the rains, and, like other plants at that season, is better for 

 being first sown in boxes or baskets, for the convenience of 

 being removed under shelter, if the weather is bad. When the 

 plants are about two inches high, they may be pricked out into 

 other boxes or baskets, two inches apart, where they remain for 

 the first four or five weeks, and then removed into beds or 

 rows : to the latter I give the preference at the early part of 

 the season ; after that put them into square beds of six feet, 

 and about twelve inches apart. They then grow so close in the 

 leaves that they protect each other's roots from the sun, and 

 keep the beds moist, besides being very readily blanched, 

 merely requiring a couple of half circular tiles to be put around 

 the stem, tied with string or matting ; then earth up the sides, 

 which completes the business. In four or five days you may 

 commence cutting, and by transplanting the off-shoots, have a 

 succession the whole year round. The plant is very hardy, and 

 goes to seed without any difficulty. 



CELERIAC. Another variety of celery, and is to be managed 

 precisely in the same manner. It seldom grows above eight 

 inches, and mostly spreads upon the ground. The root only of 

 this is eaten : it forms rather a large white bulb, nearly the 

 size of a parsnip, and has an exceedingly fine flavour. The root 

 of the celeriac is used for stews rather than eaten raw. 



CHIVES. A species of shallot. Propagated either by slips or 

 dividing the roots : this may be done at any season, but best 

 after the rains. Nine or ten inches of space must be allowed 

 between each bulb. 



