CHAPTER VIII. 



SALAD PLANTS. 



Celery. Celeriac, or Turnip-rooted Celery. Chiccory, or Succory. 

 Cress, or Peppergrass. Endive. - Horse-radish. Lettuce. Mustard. 



CELERY. 



Smallage. Apium graveolens. 



, or SMALLAGE, is a hardy, umbelliferous 

 biennial. The plant flowers the second year, and then 

 measures from two to three feet in height ; the seeds are 

 small, somewhat triangular, of a yellowish-brown color, 

 aromatic when bruised, and of a warm, pleasant flavor. 

 They are said to retain their germinative powers ten years, 

 but by seedmen are not considered reliable when more than 

 five years old. An ounce contains nearly seventy thousand 

 seeds. 



Soil. Any good garden soil, in a fair state of cultiva- 

 tion, is adapted to the growth of Celery. 



Propagation. It is always propagated by seed, a fourth 

 of an ounce of which is sufficient for a seed-bed five feet 

 wide and ten feet long. The first sowing is usually made 

 in a hot-bed in March ; and it may be sown in the open 

 ground in April or May, but, when so treated, vegetates 

 slowly, often remaining in the earth several weeks before it 

 comes up. 



Sufficient plants for any family may be started in a large 

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