20(5 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



not do to depend upon special manures alone, without the 

 addition to the soil of well rotted animal manures. 



Celery flourishes best in a soil moist, friable, and rather 

 inclining to lightness. It must be quite rich, without the 

 application of heating manure. It likes a cool, moist, but 

 not wet soil. There are several modes of cultivation. 

 The common mode is to sow the seed in April thinly in 

 drills eight inches apart. As celery is a long while vege- 

 tating in the open air, it is desirable to sow the early crop 

 under glass. Let the seed-bed be very rich, and if not 

 sufficiently moist, sprinkle the drills well before covering, 

 and cover thinly with light, sifted soil. Shade the bed on 

 sunny days, but admit mild rains and warm dews, but 

 keep all close in cool weather until the young plants make 

 their appearance. Unless managed as directed for fine 

 flower seeds, celery will not readily come up. Water 

 must be given from a fine rosed pot if the soil is dry. 



[The manuscript of the author gives no directions for 

 the cultivation of celery. The old way is to plant in 

 trenches, a foot deep, well manured at the bottom, and 

 to earth up gradually, as the plants make their growth. 

 This plan is now abandoned by our best growers, and in 

 the lack of Mr. White's directions, we give those of a 

 well-known authority, Mr. Peter Henderson, taken from 

 his valuable work called " Gardening for Profit." Pubs.] 



Celery may be planted any time from middle of June 

 to middle of August ; but the time we most prefer is 

 during July, as there is but little gained by attempting it 

 early. In fact, I have often seen plants raised in hot-beds 

 and planted out in June, far surpassed both in size and 

 quality by those raised in the open ground and planted 

 a month later. Celery is a plant requiring a cool, moist 

 atmosphere, and it is nonsense to attempt to grow it early, 

 in our hot and dry climate ; and even w^en grown, it is 

 not a vegetable that is ever very palatable until cool 

 weather. This our market experience well proves, for 



