ble and peculiarly aromatic flavor. They are sometimes employed in
soups; but are more generally served crude, with the addition of oil,
mustard, and vinegar, or with salt only. The seeds have the taste and
odor of the stems of the leaves, and are often used in their stead for
flavoring soups.

With perhaps the exception of Lettuce, Celery is more generally used in
this country than any other salad plant. It succeeds well throughout the
Northern and Middle States; and, in the vicinity of some of our large
cities, is produced of remarkable size and excellence.

_Varieties._--

BOSTON-MARKET CELERY.

A medium-sized, white variety; hardy, crisp, succulent, and mild
flavored. Compared with the White Solid, the stalks are more numerous,
shorter, not so thick, and much finer in texture. It blanches quickly,
and is recommended for its hardiness and crispness; the stalks rarely
becoming stringy or fibrous, even at an advanced stage of growth. Much
grown by market-gardeners in the vicinity of Boston, Mass.

COLE'S SUPERB RED. _M'Int._

This is comparatively a new sort, of much excellence, and of remarkable
solidity. It is not of large size, but well adapted for cultivation in
the kitchen-garden and for family use; not so well suited for marketing
or for exhibition purposes. It has the valuable property of not piping
or becoming hollow or stringy, and remains long without running to seed.
The leaf-stalks are of a fine purple color, tender, crisp, and fine
flavored. A well-grown plant will weigh about six pounds.

COLE'S SUPERB WHITE.

Much like Cole's Superb Red; differing little, except in color. An
excellent sort, hardy, runs late to seed, and is one of the most crisp
and tender of the white sorts. Stalks short and thick.

DWARF CURLED WHITE.

Celeri Nain frise. _Vil._

Leaves dark-green, curled, resembling those of Parsley, and, like it,
might be employed for garnishing. Leaf-stalks rounded and grooved,
comparatively crisp and solid, but not fine flavored. It is quite hardy,
and, in moderate winters, will remain in the open ground without
injury, and serve for soups in spring. Its fine, curled foliage,
however, is its greatest recommendation.

EARLY DWARF SOLID WHITE. _Thomp._

Celeri plein, blanc, court, hatif. _Vil._

Rather dwarf, but thick-stemmed. The heart is remarkably full; the
leaf-stalk solid, blanching promptly. There is, in fact, much more
finely blanched substance in a plant of this var