CELERY. 
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part of spring; and to behold some acres overspread with such glasses, gives 
the stranger a forcible idea of the riches and luxury of the metropolis” 
CELERY. 
Apium Graveolens .— Celeri , Fr.— Sellerie , Ger. 
Celery is a hardy biennial plant, a native of Great Britain, and, when in 
its wild state, it is denominated smallage. The root, in its wild state, is 
thick and fibrous. The stalk is bushy and furrowed, and attains the height 
of two or three feet. The leaves are wedge-shaped, and the flowers yellow, 
which are produced in August. The varieties usually cultivated are, the 
White solid, I Italian, and 
Rose-colored solid, 1 Celeriac, or turnip-rooted. 
Propagation. —All the sorts are raised from seed; and half an ounce is 
reckoned sufficient for a seed-bed four feet and a half wide by ten feet in 
length, of the upright sorts; but for celeriac, a quarter of an ounce will be 
enough for a bed four feet square. 
Soil. —Celery delights in a soil rather moist, rich in vegetable mould, bu. 
not rank from new, unrotted dung. 
Times of sowing. — u The most forward crop is slightly forced ; any ol the 
varieties may be sown in the spring, in the open garden, at two or three 
different times, from the 21st of March till the first week in May; but the 
principal sowing should be made in the first fortnight in April. Sow in beds 
of light mellow earth, and rake in the seed lightly and regularly. In very 
dry weather, give moderate watering both before and after the plants com* 
up. When they are two, three, or four inches high, thin the seed-bed, am 
prick out a quantity, at successive times, into intermediate beds, three or 
four inches asunder. Water those removed until they have struck” [taken 
root\. — Loudon. 
Transplanting into trenches. —“ When either the plants left in the seed¬ 
bed, or those removed, are from six to twelve inches high, or when the 
latter have acquired a stocky growth, by four or five weeks 7 nurture in the 
intermediate bed, transplant them into trenches for blanching. For this pur¬ 
pose, allot an open compartment. Mark out. the trenches a foot wide, and 
from three to three and a half distance ; dig out each trench lengthwise, ten 
or twelve inches in width, and a light spit deep, that is, six or eight inches. 
Lay the earth dug out equally on each side of the trench ; put about three 
inches of very rotten dung into the trench, then pare the sides, and dig the 
dung and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom. 
Trim the tons and roots of the plants, and then set them in single rows 
