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On the Cultivation of Celery. 



incorporated with the mould, and then leave it in as rough 

 a state as possible, till my plants are ready to be put out. 



In the ground thus prepared, I form trenches twenty 

 inches wide, and six inches deep, at six feet distance from 

 each other, measuring from the centre of each trench. 

 Before planting, I reduce the depth of the trenches to three 

 inches, by digging in sufficient dung to fill them so much 

 up. At the time of planting, if the weather be dry, the 

 trenches are well watered in the morning, and the plants are 

 put in, six inches apart, in the row, in the evening, care 

 being taken, by the mode above mentioned, to keep the fibres 

 quite wet whilst out of ground ; as they are drawn from the 

 nursery bed, the plants are dressed for planting, and then 

 laid regularly in the garden pan. The trenches, in which 

 my rows of Celery are planted, being so very shallow, the 

 roots of the plants grow nearly on a level with the surface 

 of the ground ; this I consider particularly advantageous : 

 for as considerable cavities are necessarily formed on each 

 side, when the moulding takes place, all injury from stag- 

 nant water, or excess of moisture, is prevented. The 

 trenches, when planted, are watered as may be required. 



I do not think it well, to load the plants with too much 

 mould at first : the two first mouldings, therefore, are done 

 very sparingly, and only with the common draw-hoe, form- 

 ing a ridge on each side of the row, and leaving the plants 

 in an hollow, to receive the full benefit of the rain and 

 waterings. When the plants are strong enough to bear six 

 inches height of mould, the moulding is done with the 

 spade, taking care to leave bases enough to support the 

 mass of mould which will ultimately be used in the ridge, 



