JUNE.} KITCHEN VEGETABLES. 87 



About the end of the month, those sown in the 

 last week of May, for the latest crop, will be fit to 

 prick out, which let be done, on a bed of light earth, 

 at three or four inches square ; watering, and care- 

 fully shading them till they have struck root. 



Of pricking out Celery. 



Prick out, at the beginning of the month, a quan- 

 tity of the April sowing, in the manner directed last 

 month. These will be fit to plant into the trenches, 

 for a full crop, about the middle of July. If the 

 weather be hot and dry, observe to water and shade 

 them for a few days, or till they have struck root. 



Of planting out Cekry. 



The plants pricked out the beginning of May will 

 be fit for planting into the trenches about the 

 middle of the month. These are not to be depend- 

 ed on for a full crop, being apt to run for seed ; 

 therefore only plant a few, by w^ay of having them 

 early. As there is no difference, however, in the 

 manner of planting, between the early and full 

 crops, the situation or soil, I shall here give full di- 

 rections. 



The situation should be free and open ; the soil 

 dry, rather light than otherwise, deep, and rich *. 

 If it have been manured for the preceding crop, and 



* Celery does remarkably well in mossy earth, if rendered 

 moderately dry; of which there is now (Nov. 1809) a striking 

 instance in the Nursery Gardens of Messrs Dicksons and Com- 

 pany, Leith Walk. 



