Alisandre. Smyrnenkraut.

No. 1. - Is a hardy biennial plant, cultivated for its leaf stalks, which, after being blanched are used as a salad. In habit and foliage it resembles the Celery somewhat. It has a pleasant aromatic taste and odor.

Culture

No. 2. - It is raised from seed annually, in light, deep loam, in drills four feet apart, covering its seeds an inch deep. When three inches high thin to ten inches apart; when well advanced earth up about the stems gradually, same as for Celery, like which they are also gathered for use and preserved during winter.

Perfoliate Alexanders

No. 3. - A variety, originally from Italy, of superior quality It blanches better and is more crisp and tender, and not so harshly flavored. The stems are about three feet high.