worthy of general cultivation. 93 



superior qualities. This has been the case with several new 

 and excellent vegetables, which, a few years since, were not 

 found in cultivation; and, though we recommended them year 

 after year, yet they are but just beginning to be generally 

 known and appreciated. We could name some of the kinds, 

 but a reference to our notices, in our past volumes, will show 

 at once that our remarks are correct. 



In our two last volumes, (V. and VI.,) several very excel- 

 lent papers have appeared upon the growth of vegetables, 

 more particularly on the cultivation of the cauliflower, Brus- 

 sels sprouts, celery, &c. These will be followed by others, 

 in the present and future volumes, upon the growth of all the 

 principal products of the kitchen garden, and will afibrd the 

 amateur an opportunity to obtain all the information which he 

 need possess, to successfully cultivate his garden. 



Several of the varieties of vegetables which we have here- 

 tofore noticed, merely giving their names, without having been 

 able to offer any thing relative to their growth or quality, only 

 from what we have seen stated, will be mentioned again, and 

 any information which may have been subsequently obtained, 

 in reference to their excellence, will be also given. Some 

 entirely new kinds, not yet introduced, which we see are at- 

 tracting notice abroad, will be named, that amateurs and oth- 

 ers particularly desirous of trying new things, may have the 

 chance to learn what is worthy of their care and attention. 



Celerv. — Since our notices of the new giant celeries, in 

 our previous volumes, (III., p. 56, and IV., p. 51,) they 

 have been much sought after, and are now so extensively cul- 

 tivated, that they are supplied by market gardeners in consid- 

 erable quantities, and at all times command a much higher 

 price than the old sorts. The roots are so much larger, the 

 quality so superior, and the appearance so much handsomer, 

 that in a few years we do not doubt but they will be almost 

 exclusively grown. There is certainly no excuse for culti- 

 vating an inferior sort; yet there are sonje individuals who arc 

 so prejudiced against eveiy new article of recent introduction, 

 that it is a long time before such prejudices can be overcome. 

 In the volume referred to, (IV., p. 51,) we mentioned a cir- 

 cumstance of the kind, where the cultivator refused to try the 

 giant celeries; but at the present mon)ent, the same individual, 

 who was so fearful of merely nsaking a trial of a few roots, 

 coidd not be induced to go back to the cultivation of the old 

 kinds. 



