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GARDENING FOB THE !-OUTII. 



quired is to keep them free from weeds. The plant is 



inore easily cultivated than celery. 



Saving Seeds. — The directions for celery arc in every 



respect applicable to celeriac. 



Use. — The stalks are used for seasoning soups, etc., the 



same as celery, from which they can hardly be distin- 

 guished. The roots are 

 nice boiled tender, cut 

 in slices and dressed 

 like turnips. They are 

 often made into a 

 salad, after boiling 

 them, and are used in 

 seasoning soups or 

 meat pies. 



CHIVES or CIVES. 

 (Allium Schcenoprasum.) 



A hardy, perennial 

 plant of the onion 

 tribe, growing wild in 

 the meadows of Bri- 

 tain, as some varieties 

 of the same genus do 

 in this country. The 

 bunches are made up 

 of a mass of little 

 bulbs, and produce 

 pretty purplish flowers 

 early in summer. 

 Culture. — Any common soil will answer. Divide the 

 roots in autumn or spring, and plant them on a bed or 

 border, in little bunches of ten or twelve offsets, in holes 

 made with the dibble ten inches apart. If kept free from 

 weeds, they will speedily make large bunches, a few of 



Fig. 119— Celeriac. 



