How To Raise Celery

A CHMOfiptinn of oiKíiy is unnuua - miy Jot mfrcttoi tlwuoi vvíjo live in r iion!ch:es wheiL' t has lonjj boon a Muple article f.r tlie tntile, bul as }tt cultivad-i] ni i;'iniar;it .vtly lew IhFnuTs' l;;ui1oiic. Ii .i u nalive "i' Englunil, whure it growa as a mak, cantee weed in marxliv grunlM, ]íy cultiva tifin, tho bost stuik, whicli ure udibl, liíive been rendered crisp m:d delimito, tif u moet ngreeable flavur, and equal or superior tu any othor plant fr euluds. Il s alst wsud UN BaVnring for Houp and madu disheu. When once gviieriilly known, it vill be considered ttti indispensable i; tlu' ganlon as lettuue or cabhagf. li is usuully catón in íall "and wiuter; by proper management it way be had iroin August to April. To rnife oelery fr sutnmor use, a hot-bad ie noeded, wLich should be prepared, in tbta latitude, as eurly ns tho pocond week in Miirch. Aftor the hot-bed is made in the usual innnner, but with about twelve inches f soi! upon the nianure, ulluw it to stand ten or twclvedayH fur tho weeds to spring up, which cutí then be destroyod, and the bbd kopt cloan with littlo trouble. Make drills sis inches apart byprossing the edge of a board into the soil an inch deep, and bow the sec-d, Tho olid white variety is generally preferred. When the planta are up, thin thotn to an inch apart. Air them u übort timo eaoh morning ; keep them bhaded with mats on olear days from bout 10 A. M. to 4 P. M." Water with cold water about twico a week, fipplying it at noen, and imtnediatelj replaeing the mats. Hoe belween the raws .to keep out weeds, only when the plaat and soil ure Jry ; otberwise tliey Locosoei'usted and are spoiled for after cultui. When about threo inches high, or near the first of Muy, they are reKÍy íor tranfplaDting. It is well to give inore air, to harden them off, a few áaya beforo renioving them. Dig trenches one foot wide, two foet deep and foar to five foet apart. Put in eix inches of well rotted cattle or hog inauure, fill in with six inches o'. Boii, awd mix the whola thoroughiy. - Chooae a elear day, water the bedt; freely an hour or more beiore trnnsplanting, that the earth may adhore to the plante. Fork ovor tho prepared eoil in tha trenches, and leave tho midd!e rounded up higher than the hÍiIüs. Put in tbe young planta twwlvo iuches apart, and shade them lor a lew days to prevent wilting. Hoe them occasionally to keep out Keeds, but only in dry veatber, and wheD the leaves are free from dew, and always be carefnl to keep all earth l'rom the centre of the plaat ; otherwise it will rust and be poiled. Draw in earth enough f'oii the sides of the trench to cover the lateral roots three iDches deep, but do not draw togother the heart of the plant white young - If drouth occur, frequent hoeing is better than watering. When eigbt or tec stalks aro formed, and the tallest ia eighteen inches high, draw in earth from tho sides, and bank up the plant as high as the first outside leaf - draw the stalks together, while doing this, and be careful to keep earth out of tho centre. Whon the heart has grown up ven with the outside loaves, give a eecond earthing, drawing it up au that the bank 6tands about two toet high. - As soon as tho heart reaches to the outer leaves again, the eelery is roady for use. It will attaiu this point about thirty days after tho. first banking. For fall and winter eelery, choose a rteh sandy loam, and enriuh it with pleDty of good manure, thoroughiy worked into the soil. Sow the eeed in drills a foot apart, tho same as direttted above. Thin thm to about half an inch apart. Hoe irequently to keep down weeds and supply moisture, but nover while the dew is on. The planta will bo ready for the tretiohes about tho first of July, after wbich, the treatment i tho sama as describod above. Puither direciions for digging, preparing íor tho tablc, preserving lor ■winter, etc, will be given at the apropriato season. Many of these hints aro derived from a treatiae by Mr. Róesele, probably the most succeaal'ul cultivator of eelery in this country. ïliil)ipn Jrgns. F .'in the Americoji AgriouHurUifwrAjirU.