ix or
eight inches of rich, half-decayed manure, and planting either in single
lines four feet apart, or making beds six feet broad, and planting
across them, setting the rows fourteen inches apart, and the plants
eight inches apart in the lines. They may be earthed up as they advance,
or not, until they have attained the height of a foot."--_M'Int._

M'Intosh gives the following method, practised by the Edinburgh
market-gardeners: "Trenches, six feet wide and one foot deep, are dug
out; the bottom is loosened and well enriched, and the plants set in
rows across the bed, fourteen inches asunder, and the plants nine inches
apart in the rows. By this means, space is economized, and the plants
attain a fair average size and quality. The same plan is very often
followed in private gardens; and, where the new and improved sorts are
grown, they arrive at the size most available for family use. This is
one of the best methods for amateurs to grow this crop. They should grow
their plants in the temporary or nursery beds until they are ten inches
or a foot high, before planting in the trenches; giving plenty of water,
and afterwards earthing up once a fortnight."

Some allow the plants to make a natural growth, and earth up at once,
about three weeks before being required for use. When so treated, the
stalks are of remarkable whiteness, crisp, tender, and less liable to
russet-brown spots than when the plants are blanched by the more common
method.

_Taking the Crop._--Before the closing-up of the ground, the principal
part of the crop should be carefully taken up (retaining the roots and
soil naturally adhering), and removed to the cellar; where they should
be packed in moderately moist earth or sand, without covering the ends
of the leaves.

A portion may be allowed to remain in the open ground; but the hearts of
the plants must be protected from wet weather. This may be done by
placing boards lengthwise, in the form of a roof, over the ridges. As
soon as the frost leaves the ground in spring, or at any time during the
winter when the weather will admit, Celery may be taken for use directly
from the garden.

_Seed._--Two or three plants will produce an abundance. They should be
grown two feet apart, and may remain in the open ground during the
winter. The seeds ripen in August.

_Use._--The stems of the leaves are the parts of the plant used. These,
after being blanched, are exceedingly crisp and tender, with an
agreea