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HOCKINGS' GARDEN MANUAL. 



CELERIAC, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY, 



This is not much grown in Queensland, but is 

 highly esteemed by Germans and natives of other con- 

 tinental nations. The soil and treatment is similar to 

 celery, but it is not earthed up to the same extent. 

 The turnip-like root is cooked, or it makes an excellent 

 salad when sliced and used with vinegar, 



CRESS. 



The Curled Cress is generally preferred. It 

 should be sown every fortnight for succession in shallow 

 drills on a rich light soil. The seed should be very 

 lightly covered, and the drills need not be more than 

 three inches apart. 



American Cress is hardy, and maybe sown monthly 

 during the spring and summer in drills nine inches 

 apart. When the plants are bushy, cut the heads by 

 the surface of the ground. 



Water Cress is an excellent salad and well 

 deserving cultivation. It is generally propagated by 

 cuttings, but may also be reared from seed. To raise 

 seedlings, take a box and set it in a shady place ; see 

 that there are holes at the bottom to allow the escape 

 of stagnant water; place two inches of charcoal or 

 other rough material for drainage at the bottom • add 

 six inches of compost, made of equal parts of well 

 decomposed cow dung and sand, make the surface 

 quite smooth, and water copiously : when quite 

 drained off, sprinkle the seed evenly over the soil, and 

 sift a small quantity of sand over all, so as just to 

 cover the seed. Keep the soil regularly watered 

 with a fine rose watering-pot ; be careful the surface 

 is not disturbed by the water, and that it never gets 

 dry. As the plants get large enough to handle, they 

 may be planted out three inches apart in a rich well 



