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THE: 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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“a water md ” and Cane iue to Parsley ; and 
being by ancient onfounded therewith. 
Now, Eimer Р riley propel belongs to the 
enera a and a very necessary and proper 
rmed 
ium Brita m, pub 1702, and many 
other old authorities—the chief virtues attributed by 
such old writers тб Meinen as follo А 
antidote to *'the s^ 32, ''it cureth 
cers of the mout y ves boiled in hog's 
ate eu бт ” and can id surmise that it may 
have originated from its known quickness of pum. 
its attainm ent оба a large size at a small а 
^ Histori illis we are open to believe that the plant 
remained unculti ipe and totally unheeded, save for 
its medicinal prope 
cen 
ury, as we "^: 
until about that date. e specific name, — na 
(Apium MÀ or strong.smelling, we find for 
the first time in the Flora олче published 
d Pare „ Perhaps this is not greatly to be wondered 
is considered that it always had the 
perties, It в pmi and асу admitted het, | ч 
a that e oth plants, grown u ; 
ange their асобе ро, and become paired 
aromatic virtues ; hence it is that = 
mes whic lesome to a degree, whic 
by the singular practice of blanching its 1еаб4: ж 
whether in а raw or cooked state, 
d to culture we ea say but little concern- 
ing Celeriac, other t 
h 
menant good rich ground, and requires no earthing- 
, though it should be very id ur hoed ane 
to prevent side shoots 
do, to the detriment of the size ae mn of the 
cro 
piped and indiffe: 
3, perfect and E blanching. Wi 
1 study the shortest road to their 
upply is i o deed it a ке 
quan t 
of February, and “sowing 
consist white variety. It is 
ее p a limited icy only should be or рфч at 
e, as early s are invari given to 
this wings ariably 
T онар x if kept Mog unused after about "ie month 
Cabanon 
hould be тай 
m the > to the 12th gt t 
srs seed (an ery an 
definitely) the sowing оа be made at the first date 
ог even a earlier, as і 
Beek 
me Be. 
s that are sth ем new. 
ed it is highly ad vantageous 
m 
but thinly, as when t sowings are 
e young plan Баам gc and over 
attenuated during their infancy, and rarely succeed 
so well as when capable of starting with or 
NE and robustness. ene we 
ways resort to the practice, w 
үче = (iit the | lighter er seeds, ont o 
bene 
which have been well crocked, so as to peel a — 
drainage, and filled with a very rich compost, fu a a 
third of which should be well decayed leaf-mould. 
As soon as the seeds have germinat 
their growth greatly if the pans or ame 
where a moderate ey of bottom-heat can be be 
given, insuring e same time 
of air and a very plentiful supply of water, Imme- 
.they should mi сз 
э cmn 
| chosen when the soil is in 
diately they show the least symptoms of crowding 
pu xd 4 Vere mni into other 
pans, &c, n per a more sturdy 
ar than it wid be possible Hy "9.4 to do if per- 
eed 
wd Wait in growth they must ‘og gradually inured 
ore and more to the external air duri 1 mild 
periods, and be so treated until they have rem 
become unduly crowded. his time—whi 
ar as the main Es is concerned, will be sO the 
beginning of the month of May—a bed must be made 
ar 
cA wherever it be, should be formed 
of fermenting rhe erials, pee in eed to afford 
a moderate bottom-heat of 70° or 80° only. Upon 
the fermenting materials, which for debes AM may 
be placed in a trench dug in th 
6 
E 
p 
a 
о 
ч 
M^ 
e 
ence of the o 
he t fra ame cannot be spared for Celery, 
a аа зт should be formed of hurdles 
oodwork, covered in turn mats, 
takes place, wi o affor 
sbondani AUN root-waterings, aided - dx 
occasionally according to the 
weather, 
T t operation consists in the forming of 
trenches ant transplanting the quei der so 
therein. The trenches formed for 
дем decrease in depth an inch or two at every later 
‚анг between M" 
the win 
t be стаблайу increased up to 5 feet. nother 
method is employed by some а ene: на, growin 
duplicate, or 08 rows in one an: c trench i 
for which purpose | the 
latter case from 44 to 41 feet ` аст um 9 or IO inches 
in dept he whole of the soil is moved on to either 
бие тд settle the so 
The after attentions required жч the subsequent 
months, until such time as g-u p pro- 
cess commences, consists ийын те of thorough peri- 
odical made alternately with pue. and 
trong uen! stir- 
rings “4 {һе soil in "the M on either side of 
the plants after a real growth has taken place, 
and to be repeated a 
following a su 
smaller ri 
up as quickly as the Plants, being of sufficient size, will 
admit of it, and acco A oen crop is required for 
ether in ctober. 
= 
in the best possible working 
order, ‘nd it thould be chopped down from “the trench 
sides a little at a time, and broken up as small and as 
fine as possible. 
At the 2 
thicker and later ir. tlle De better Y ward o 
frosty weather, e such ensue. 
ona except a 
ted-plants, pei being smaller in size and eed ed 
for later vir sas should be more or less od to the air, 
placed to them. It may be well to ieri 
et ue being somewhat иран to the above, 
that ide wie not, or will not keep indefinitely after 
it has once become blanched. Being in a purely arti- 
n беснео rotten if an attempt is 
of litter 
d safe against such, it will often travel 
down the leaf-stalks, to the great destruction of the 
crop, Гер Ta а еба g point of view, Опе 
remark w thy of making i i 
which i is, neve, w Where it can an how be avoided, dig 
d 
as to do s pois to reduce its tenderness quite 
40 per roit, William Earley, Valentine. 
PLANT GOSSIP. 
E Meadow Saffron, erm een AUTUMNALE, 
is well known to be a virulen t for- 
tunately it is uot in this country very abundant. 
In some parts of Germany it is otherwise, and it is 
reported to be often fatal to cattle, and in grazing 
districts is a serious evil, It is a difficult task to 
eradicate bulbous plants, but a writer in the Ham. 
burger Gartenzeitung states, that if not allowed to 
seed the Saffron will die out in about seven 
years, and therefore recommends early mowing as the 
most practicable mode of destroying it. This practice 
to the growth of the 
plant; but we pom; a much longer period would elapse ма 
before it finally disappeared, if, indeed, it is not 
capable of perpetuating itself from its эрт А эл 
price is still m эт or M Tc for mediciaal purpo 
used by some Ge eruta 
brewers to с Анд ге без ; but the detection of 
this abominable crime is visited with a very heavy 
fine. 
—— — and garden lovers on the look-out 
себ te IANA. It is 
S 
not so often seen as А merits 
demand. Its foliage, though much sm 
one of an Acanthus, and the d МАЕ flotert are 
wn up beyond the 
on a slender stem, well thro 
often difficult to get plants to do well 
under | the Eu or TREES. We lately saw the 
f Miss Hop a 
burgh, where the эт used was Saxifra; 
ied 
the trees. Te y cut over, w 
the plants to ae nag out offsets, phe keeps 
them of a neat habit, 
— Кок miu PANICULATA is a han 
all d 
ental deciduous that is 
not so diens р Las = deserves tobe. In its 
picturesque irregular habit of growth, in its foliage, 
m in its flowers, it offers attractions of a high order. 
Although more эм а as elapsed since its 
аа —BÓ eryr 
Se 
gh nome reason that others admire it, 
its irregular growth. Ti MÀ | an 
for trees of symmetrical growth, we ld 
hou mend 
neither this nor ч" still more quét Cercis Siliquas- 
trum. leaves of Keelreuteria are about a foot 
ан unequally у” ng with irregularly 
oothed leaflets of apo sizes, and 
de tree is adorned with la 
yellow flowers at de e 
are succeeded by curious — seed-vessels, It 
is perfectly hardy, and at a of about 
