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Comparative results of nine sorts of Celery. — Mr. James Sej^- 

 moiir, in the Gardener's Magazine, has communicated the resnlt of 

 an experiment upon nine sorts of celery, tried with a view to test 

 the merits of the kinds. The seeds were all sown at the same time, 

 and the plants treated all alike, and the result was as follows: — 



Red Celery- 

 Bailey's Gigantic — Out of sixty-three plants, fifty-two were solid, 



and eleven hollow. Grows quick, but runs. 

 Manchester Giant. — Out of sixty-nine plants, sixty-one were solid, 



and eight hollow. Coarse, and bad tasted. 

 Perkins's large. — Out of sixty-two plants, twenty-six were solid, and 



thirty -six hollow. Very bad; not worth growing. 

 Russian Pink, — Out of sixty-seven plants, twenty-five were solid, 



and forty-two hollow. Very bad; not worth growing. 

 Seymour's Solid. — Out of one hundred and forty-one plants, all 



were solid, and none hollow. Very solid, of a peculiar growth, 



and fine flavor. 



White Celery. 

 Kentucky, or Lion's Paw. — Out of twenty plants, all were solid, 



none hollow. Very solid; of slow growth. 

 Law's Giant. — Out of sixty-eight plants, all were solid, and none 



hollow. Very solid; a good sort. 

 Siberian. — Out of twenty plants, all were solid, none hollow. Very 



solid; a good sort. 

 Seymour's Superb White. — Out of three hundred and twenty-four 



plants, all were solid, none hollow. A very superior sort, of large 



size, good flavor, and well adapted for early crops. 



From this it appears that the new white celery of Mr. Seymour 

 is the best variety. Next to that comes Law's Giant, a kind which 

 has been cultivated here for two seasons. 



Mr. Seymour's celery attains a very great size: some heads have 

 been grown to the enormous size of fifteen pounds, after it was pre- 

 pared for the table. If planted in good moist soil, as celery always 

 should be, it rarely weighs less than eight or nine pounds. The 

 seed is now offered for sale, and we hope to see it tried another 

 season. — {Gard. Mag.) 



Potting Roses in the autumn. — China roses, to do well, should be 

 planted out into the border in May or June, and be allowed to make 

 a thrifty growth. In September, they should be taken up into pots. 

 A cultivator states that he takes the plants up with balls, puts them 

 in pots according to the size of the jilants, and half plunges them in 

 a close pit, giving them a little bottom heat, shading them from the 

 mid-day sun, and syringing them over the top every night and morn- 

 ing. In a fortnight or three weeks they will have filled their pots 

 with fresh roots, and many of them will be covered with _flower- 

 buds. The best are then selected and carried to the green-house, 

 where they soon flower. The remainder are brought in as they 

 acquire sufficient strength. — (Gard. Chron.) 



Potting Plants. — Every practical gardener knows that in potting 

 plants a good system of drainage is of the utmost importance, and 

 therefore I would recommend to his attention the following facts: — 

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