8 The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner. 



'hy Sellery (others Celery) is a fallet pro- 

 duced by feeds, but its general ufe is de- 

 ferred till the end of autumn, or the 

 beginning of winter, and is continued 

 quite through the whole winter feafon 5 

 which occafions (fay all authors that 

 have wrote on this part of gardening) 

 that the fowing is at two feveral times, 

 but 1 advife three, as follows 5 the firft 

 is fome time in February y or the begin- 

 ning of March, on an old hot-bed, 

 which will fupply you with enough to 

 plant a nurfery bed of about fix foot 

 long, and four foot wide, and that will 

 be more than enough in the largeft plan- 

 tations, the ufe of it being chiefly in 

 loops and pottage, and for fome few 

 gentlemen who are extreme lovers of 

 it raw, in Augiiflj and the beginning of 

 September , but all kinds Qf feliery be- 

 ing apt to run to feed, a little, as was 

 before faid, will be fufficient for the firft 

 fowing, to precede another fowing that 

 ought to be in the beginning of April > 

 the fureft method of tranfplanting it, 

 in order to make it grow ftrong and 

 ftocky, and to burnifli well at the bot- 

 tom (which is a very eflential quality 

 to this plant) is the tranfplanting it into 



