CELERY. 
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will be sufficient for the early plantations. Dig eacn trench 
a moderate spade deep, laying the dug-out earth equally on 
each side, between the trenches ; put three inches deep of 
very rotten dung in the bottom of each trench, then pare the 
sides, and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of 
the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together 
and put in the plants.* 
Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the 
long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let 
them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the mid- 
dle of each trench, five or six inches between plant and plant ; 
as soon as they are planted, give them a plentiful watering, 
and let them be shaded until they strike root and begin to 
grow. 
The main crops may be planted in the same way, but in 
trenches four feet distant from each other, and an inch or 
two farther from plant to plant ; or in beds made in the fol- 
lowing manner, which, for the ease of preserving the plants 
in winter, will be found extremely convenient, besides a 
greater quantity can be raised on a given piece of ground. 
Lay out the ground into beds four feet wide, with alleys 
between, three feet ; dig the beds a spade deep, throwing the 
earth on the alleys : when done, lay four or five inches 6f 
good, well-rotted dung all over the bottom of the beds, dig 
and incorporate it with the loose earth, and cover the whole 
with an inch or two of earth from the alleys ; plant four rows 
* Some gardeners are accustomed to cultivate Celery on the level ground ; 
others, after making their trenches in the usual way, go to the expense of 
carting peculiar soil from a distance, with which they replenish their 
trenches until nearly full. Those who have pursued the latter plan, say 
that they are rewarded for their trouble by gathering roots of superior size 
and quality ; but it is doubtful whether it would prove profitable to prac- 
tice this plan on an extensive scale. It may, however, be judicious in those 
gardeners, whose subsoil, or under stratum, is inferior, or ill-adapted for 
the growth of Celery, to cultivate it in shallow drills, or furrows worked 
out with a plough, by which means they may secure good soil to plant in, 
and also to earth up with. In such cases the rows must be from four to 
five feet apart, and frequent ploughing between them would promote the 
growth of the plants. 
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