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sides of the trench, taking care to break the mould as finely 

 as possible, which will render it fit for the earthing up of the 

 crop as it advances. 



Lay a good quantity of rotten dung in the bottom of the 

 trench, which dig in to a reasonable depth, or if the ground 

 be shallow, and inclined to a gi-avelly bottom, the dung may 

 be regularly spread on the bottom of the ti-ench, and an inch 

 or two of mould taken from the sides to cover it. In beds 

 thus prepared, set the celery plants, which have been trans- 

 planted into a nursing-bed the preceding month,. in rows across, 

 about one foot apart, and the plants eight inches distant in 

 line. When planted, give the whole a good watering. If the 

 weather be dry, the beds may be watered as the process of 

 planting proceeds, and after all the plants are set, give them 

 a good watering to settle the mould about their roots. The 

 dung should be from six to nine inches thick, and as rotten 

 as can be procured. The great advantage of this method, in- 

 dependently of a great saving of ground, is, that if any quarter 

 of the garden be fixed upon and cropped with celery, it will 

 be, in two years, completely trenched, and manured over to any 

 depth that the trenches may be made, by making them the 

 second year in the space occupied by the mould between the 

 trenches of the preceding season. 



The facility of earthing up the crop is greater by this method 

 than by the other. When the plants require to be earthed up, 

 take two boards of the same length as the width of the trench, 

 and six or eight inches broad ; place the boards between two 

 rows of the plants, which can be done by a boy, then place 

 them pretty close to the plants, and the space between the 

 boards should then be filled up with mould very finely pul- 

 verized, by two men, one on each side of the trench. When a 

 sufficient quantity of mould is put in, remove the boards, and 

 proceed to another space, and so on till the whole be completed. 

 We have found from experience that this is the most expeditious 

 method, and the same piece of gi'ound will contain more than 

 six times the quantity of celery that is generally obtained from 

 the single drill or trench system. 



In the Gardeners Magazine for March, 1827, the following 

 method of growing celery is recommended by Mr. George 



