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will not endure tPie froft fo well' as the other; nor for the 
market-gardener, becaufe it is very brittle, and eafily 
breaks in walking ajod bunching up for the market. Ce- 
leri, though a biennial, will run to feed the fame year 
if fown very early. The feeds of this are much interior 
kt aromatic flavour to thofe of fmall age. ii. Apium ra- 
paceum, celeriac, or turnip-rooted celeri. iii. Apium lu- 
litanum, or Portugal celeri. 
Piopagation and Cu/turr. The common and curled par- 
fley mult be fown early in the fpring, for the feeds re¬ 
main a long time in the earth, the plants feldom appear¬ 
ing in lefs than four or lix weeks- after the feeds are fown-. 
This fort is generally fown in drills by the edges of bor¬ 
ders in the kitchen-gardens near London, becaufe it is 
much eafier to keep it clear from the weeds than if the 
feeds are fown promifcuoufly on a border, and tire parfley 
is much fooner cut for ufe : but, when the roots are de¬ 
ified for medicinal ufe, then the feeds- mu ft be fown thin : 
and, when the plants are come up, they fhould be hoed 
out Angle, as is pradtifed for carrots, onions, &c. obferv- 
fiig alio to cut up the weeds : if this be obferved, the 
roots will become fit for ufe by July or Auguft, and con¬ 
tinue fo till the fpring. The common parfley is, by fome 
fkilfi.il perfons, cultivated in fields for the ufe of flieep, it 
being a fovereign remedy to preferve them from the rot, 
provided they are fed twice a-week for two or three hours 
each time with this herb ; but hares and rabbets are fo 
fond of it, that they will come from a great diftance to 
feed upon it; and, in countries where thefe animals abound, 
they will deltroy it, if it is- not very fecurely fenced 
againft them. The bed time for fowing it in the fields is 
about the middle or latter end of February : the ground 
fhould be made fine, and the feeds fown pretty thick, in 
drills drawn at about a foot afunder, that the ground may 
be kept hoed between the drills-, to deftroy the weeds, 
which, if permitted to grow, will foon overrun the par¬ 
fley. One buftiel of feed will fow an acre of land. Large- 
rooted parfley may be cultivated by fowing the feeds in 
good ground early in the fpring ; and in April, when the 
plants are up, cut them out with a hoe (as is pradlifed 
for young carrots) to about five or fix inches fquare, and 
keep them conftantly clean from weeds; and in July the 
roots will be fit to draw for ufe, and may be boiled and 
eaten as young carrots; and are very palatable andwhole- 
fome, efpecia’lly for thofe who are troubled with the gra¬ 
vel. But if thefe plants are cut out, to allow them more 
room, if the foil is good, the roots will grow to the lize 
-of’a middling parfnep by September. 
Smallage, being a common weed by the fide of ditches 
and brooks of water, in many parts of England, is feldom 
cultivated in gardens ; but, if any perion is willing to 
propagate it, the feeds ihould be fown foon after they 
are ripe, on a moift fpot of ground; and, when the plants 
come up, they may be either tranfplanted in a moift: foil, 
or hoed out, and left fix or eight inches afunder, where 
they may vemain for good. The feeds of the upright and 
turnip-rooted celeri Ihould be fown at two or three diffe¬ 
rent times, the better to continue it for ufe through the 
whole feafon, without running up to feed. The firft 
lowing fhould be in tiie beginning of March, upon a 
gentle hot-bed ; the fecond may be a fortnight or three 
weeks after, which ought to be in an open fpot of light 
earth, where it may enjoy the benefit of the fun ; the 
third time of fowing fliould be- the end of April, or be¬ 
ginning of May, which ought to be in a moift foil : and, 
if expofed to the morning fun only, it will be fo much 
the better, but it fliould not be under the drip of trees. 
The feeds which are fown in the hot-bed will come up in 
about three weeks or a month after lowing, when the 
plants Ihould be carefully cleared from weeds; and, if 
the feafon prove dry, they mult be frequently watered ; 
and, in about a month or five weeks after it is up, the 
plants will be fit to tranfplant : you mull therefore pre¬ 
pare fome beds of moift rich earth, in a warm fituation; 
in which you Ihould prick thefe young plants, at about 
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three inches fquare, that they may grow ftrong; and, i£ 
the feafon fliould prove cold, the beds mult be covered 
with mats to fereen the plants from morning frofts, which 
would retard their growth : you muft all® obferve, in 
drawing thefe plants out of the feed-beds, to thin them 
where they grow too thick, leaving the fmall plants to 
get more ftrengtli before they are tranfplanted; by which, 
means one and the fame feed-bed will afford three dif¬ 
ferent plantings, which will accordingly fucceed each 
other for ufe. You/muft obferve, if the feafon prove 
dry, to keep the plants diligently watered after they are 
tranfplanted, as alfo to clear the feed-beds from weeds; 
and after every drawing keep them duly watered to en¬ 
courage the fmall plants left therein.. The middle of 
May fome of the plants of the firft lowing will be fit to 
tranfplant for blanching ; they fliould be planted in a 
moifl, rich, light, foil, upon which the firft planted ce¬ 
leri will often grow to be twenty incites long in the clean 
blanched parts, which upon a poor or dry foil leldom ri- 
fes to he ten inches. The manner of tcanfplanting it is as 
follows : after having cleared the ground of weeds, you 
muft dig a trench by a line about ten inches>wide, and 
lix or leven inches deep, loofening the earth in the bot¬ 
tom, and laying it ievel ; the earth that comes out of 
the trench fliould be equally laid on each fide the trench 
to be ready to draw in again, to earth the celeri as it ad¬ 
vances in height. Thefe trenches Ihould be made at three 
feet diftance from each other; then place the plants in 
the middle of the trench, at about four or five inches 
diftance, in one ftraight row, having before trimmed the 
plants, and cut off the tops of the long leaves; when, 
they are planted, you muft obferve to dole the earth well 
to their roots, and to water them plentifully until they 
have taken f re fit root; after which it will be needlefs,. 
except in dry foils, or very dry feafons : as thefe plants 
advance in height, you muft obferve to draw the earth on., 
each fide clofe to them, being careful not to bury their 
hearts, nor ever to do it but in dry weather,, otherwife 
the plants will rot. When the plants have advanced a 
conliderable height above the trenches, and all the earth, 
which was laid on the (ides has been employed in earth¬ 
ing them up, you muft then make ufe of a fpade to 
dig up the earth between the trenches, which muft alfo 
be made ufe of for the lame purpofe, continuing from, 
time to time to earth it up until it is fit for ufe. The 
firft of your planting out will, perhaps, be fit for ufe by 
the beginning of July, and will be fucceeded by the after 
plantations; a.nd, if the latter fowings are rightly ma¬ 
naged, there will be a fucceflion of celeri for ufe till A- 
pril ; but you Ihould obferve to plant the laft crop in a 
drier foil, to prevent its being rotted with too much wet 
in winter ; and alfo if the weather fliould prove extreme¬ 
ly (harp, you will do well to cover your ridges of celeri 
with fome peafe-haulm, or fome light covering which will 
admit the air to the plants; for, if they are "covered too 
clofe, they will be very fubject to rot; by this means you 
may preferve your celeri in feafon a long time, but you 
muft remember to take off the covering whenever the 
weather will permit. By this method of covering the 
celeri, the froft being kept out of the ground, it may be 
always taken, up for ufe when it is wanted. The celeri, 
when fully blanched, will not continue good above three 
weeks or a month before it will rot o,r pipe : therefore, 
in order to continue it good,, you fhould have at lea'ft fix 
or feven different feafons of planting; and if it be only 
intended to fupply a family, there need not be much 
planted at each time. The belt method to fave feed of 
upright celeri, is to make choice of fome long good toots, 
which have not been too much blanched, and plant them 
out at about a foot afunder in a moift foil, early in the 
fpring ; and, when they run up to feed, keep them fup- 
ported with flakes, to prevent their being broken down 
by the winds : and in July, when the feed begins to be 
formed, if the feafon Ihould prove very dry, it will be 
proper to give fome water to the plants, which will great- 
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