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about 3 feet high; leaflets rather small; hearts very solid, 
blanching well for about 12 inches; the stalks broad, thick, 
crisp, with a nutty flavour. One of the best for autumn 
and summer use. 
Manchester Red (Giant Red).—Strong and vigorous, 
about 3 feet high and 12 inches in girth; leaflets broad; 
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Fig. 1185.—Soup Celery. 
hearts very solid, blanching for about 12 inches; the stalks 
broad, thick, and fleshy. Excellent in quality; stands the 
winter well. 
Solid White (Danesbury).—Of close habit, 2 feet high; 
leaflets broad, deeply toothed or serrated; hearts firm and 
solid, blanching for about 12 inches; the stalks broad, 
thick, crisp, and tender. 
Soup Celery (fig. 1185).—A form in which the leaf-stalks | 
It is quite hardy, 
are no longer than in the wild plant. 
and as it suckers freely it may be cut over and will grow 
again. Its value is for flavouring soups, Xe. 
Standard Bearer.—A sturdy and hardy form of Major | 
Clarke’s Red, and should be grown in preference to it in 
cold localities. 
Wright's Giant Grove.—Habit spreading; hearts solid, 
blanching to nearly 14 inches; the stalks broad, thick, and 
fleshy. One of the largest whites, apt to become pithy | 
if very strongly grown. 
CeLertAc.— The Turnip-rooted or Knob 
Celery (fig. 1186) is a variety, the stem of 
which forms, under favourable circumstances, 
an irregular knob, and this is the part chiefly 
used, either sliced as an ingredient in salads, or 
cooked. It is not so delicate to eat as the other 
kinds of Celery, yet it is much esteemed on the 
Continent, especially where the frost is usually 
so intense as to render it impossible to preserve 
the other kinds fresh during winter; in this 
case Celeriac becomes a valuable substitute, as 
its roots can be taken up and stored out of the 
reach of frost. On the Continent the roots are 
grown to the weight of from 3 to 4 lbs. 
Culture.—The seeds should be sown early in 
March, and for succession in April, in a slight 
THE GARDENER’S 
ASSISTANT. 
heat under glass, or under a hand-glass on a 
warm border, and afterwards pricked out as for 
true Celery. In the beginning or middle of 
June the plants should be planted out on the 
level ground in moderately rich and rather 
sandy soil, in rows 18 inches apart, and at 1 
foot from each other in the rows. Before plant- 
ing, all lateral shoots and some of the outside 
leaves, likewise the lateral fibres on the root, 
must be removed. The plants ought to be 
planted shallow, the roots scarcely so deep in 
the ground as they had formerly been. Abun- 
dance of water should be supplied. Occasionally 
a little of the soil must be taken from around 
the bulb, and all lateral fibres removed. When 
nearly full-grown the bulb should be covered 
with a little soil to render it whiter than it 
otherwise would be. The roots will be fit for 
use in September or October; and before winter, 
part of the crop may be taken up, divested of 
all the foliage except the heart-leaves, and 
placed amongst sand in a shed or cellar. The 
Fig. 1186.—Turnip-rooted or Knob Celery. 
roots left in the ground will only require pro- 
_ tection in very severe weather. 
Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis),— A hardy 
native perennial, the flowers of which have long 
been used as a stimulating tonic. 
A strong 
infusion of them also acts as an emetic when 
taken warm. 
There are single and double-flowered varieties, 
the latter being preferred on account of the 
greater bulk of its flowers. Chamomile prefers 
a dry soil, and though it may be raised from 
seed sown early in sprirg, is usually propagated 
by dividing the roots in March or in autumn, or 
