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Giant White Solid. — This celery attains a height of 

 three feet, and is well suited to the South, since it grows 

 moderately well in a warm climate. 



Sandiungham or In co mi' Ait able. — Is an old variety of 

 tine qualities. It has been cultivated for over thirty 

 years. 



Culture. — The soil for fine celery must be rich in pot- 

 ash, lime, phosphoric acid and chloride of potassium. But 

 it will not do to depend upon special manures alone, with- 

 out the addition to the soil of well-rotted animal manures. 



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

 inclining to lightness. It likes a cool, moist, but not 

 w T et 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, and admit mild rains and warm dews,. and 

 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 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 instead the method given by 

 the well-known authority, Mr. Peter Henderson, in his 

 valuable work called " Gardening for Profit, " is adopted 

 by many gardeners. There is also another method called 

 the " New r Celery Culture,'' which will be described 

 further on. 



Celery may be planted any time from the middle of 

 June to the middle of August; but the time we most 



