538 KITCHEN GARDEN. 



17. CAULIFLOWERS. 



The Cauliflower, Choujleur of the French, is esteemed 

 the most delicate of the Cabbage tribe : it is annual, and 

 produces its flower in the autumn, if sown in the spring. 

 We possess two varieties only, viz. : 



1. Early Cauliflower. 2. Late Cauliflower. 



For spring Cauliflowers the seed is usually sown from 

 the 15th to the 20th of September, and the young plants 

 sheltered through the winter, either by planting them 

 under hand-glasses, or in frames, so that they may be 

 covered during cold and frosty weather, and air given 

 them when it is mild. For the autumnal crop, the seed 

 should be sown upon a moderate hot-bed the end of 

 March, or under hand-glasses ; these will come in during 

 August : and for a later crop, the seed should be sown 

 the beginning or middle of May ; this sowing will pro- 

 duce its heads in October and November. If some of 

 the plants of this last sowing be taken up and laid in as 

 directed for Broccoli, they will be more secure, in case of 

 cold wet weather at the end of the season. 



18. CELERY. 



The native wild Celery, Apiwn graveolens, is found 

 in ditches and marshy ground, especially near the sea- 

 coast, in various parts of England. It is biennial, and 

 flowers in August and September. The seeds and wholte 

 plant, in its native ditches, are said by Sir J. E. Smith 

 to be acrid and dangerous, with a strong taste and smell. 

 By culture it becomes the mild and grateful garden 

 Celery. The following are the principal sorts cultivated 

 in our gardens : 



1. Italian. 4. Celeriac. 



2. Red Solid. Turnip-rooted. 



3. White Solid. Celeri rave. 



