704 History of Garden Vegetables, [Aug 
few varieties,—one with a rough root, one with a globular, smooth £ 
root, one with variegated leaves, and a fourth which is very much 
dwarfed. Other varieties are named, but the differences are vey) 
unessential. In French works on gardening of 1826 and 1829/7 
the white and the red, the latter described as with the bulb 
veined with red or violet, are mentioned, together with a sub 
variety with a round root. 
In 1536, Ruellius? in treating of the ache or uncultivatel 
smallage, as would appear from the context, says the root ii 
eaten, both raw and cooked. Rauwolf3 who travelled in the 
East (1573-75), speaks of Eppich, whose roots are eaten as deli 
cacies, with salt and pepper, at Tripoli and Aleppo; and J 
Bauhin, who died in 1613, mentions a Selinum tuberosum, sit 
Buselini speciem, as named by Honor. Bellus, which seems tobe 
the first mention of the true celeriac that I find, as the earlier. 
references quoted may possibly refer to the root of the ordinar 
sort; although I think not, for at this date the true celery ; 
scarcely been sufficiently developed. In 1 729, Switzers describ 
the plant in a book devoted to this and other novelties, but adds 
that he had never seen it ; and this indicates it was little knor 
in England at this date, for he adds that the gentleman, who hat 
long been an importer of curious seeds, furnished him with ¢ 
supply from Alexandria. Itis again named in England in 175 2 
1765, and by succeeding writers, but is little known even at the 
Present time. It is described by McMahon? for American gaf 
dens in 1806. In France and Germany it is commonly empl ) 
as a vegetable and as a salad. It is even cultivated in the Ma 
ritius 4 
Celeriac, or turnip-rooted celery, is called, in France, celere 
rave; in Germany, Knoll-Sellerie ; in Flanders and Holial® 
Knoll-Selderii ; in Denmark, Kuold-Selleri ; in Italy, sedano-rapt. 
in Spain, apio-nabo, apio-rabano, ' 
36, 708. 
p rs ng baii, dim 3 Celeriac, etc; 1729, 9. 
6 Mill. Dict., 1752; ex, Mill. Dict., 1807. Ge 1806: ; 
7 Stevenson, Gard, Kal., 1765,30. 8 McMahon, Am. Gard. Kal, t7 
9 Bojer, Hort. Maur., 1837, 158, 1 Vilmorin, Les PI. Pot., 75 - 
