(Apium graveolens). "The Celery is a hardy biennial plant-, a native of Britain, and known in its wild state, by the name of smallage; the whole plant has a rank coarse taste, and the effects of cultivation in producing from it the mild sweet stalks of Celery, are not a little remarkable.

"The blanched leaf stalks are used raw as a salad; they are also stewed, and put in soups. In Italy the unblanch-ed leaves are used for soups, and when neither the blanched nor the green leaves can be had, the seeds bruised, form a good substitute.

"In Europe, they enumerate several varieties of Celery, two only of which we cultivate, viz: Large Solid Stalked White, Large, Solid, Stalked Red.

"It delights in damp rich soil, deeply dug, and heavily manured with decomposed vegetables or manure, from the barn yard, thoroughly rotted.

"For a very early crop, sow the seed in a hot-bed very early in the spring, either by itself, or among Radishes, Salad, or Cabbage. For the main autumnal and winter supply, sow in the open ground on a damp spot, conveniently situated to apply water, which give freely in dry weather, even after the plants are well grown.

"That intended for the early supply, may be planted out by the close of spring. Make several plantings through the early part of summer, of such as are intended for the later supply.

"It will greatly strengthen the plants if they be transplanted into nursery beds, after they attain the height of two or three inches. Such beds it is recommended to form ' of old hot-bed dung, (decomposed manure from the barn yard will answer the same purpose,) very well broken, laid six or seven inches thick on a piece of ground which has lain some time undisturbed, or has been made hard by compression; the situation should be sunny; the plants set six inches apart in the dung without soil, water well when planted, and frequently afterwards.' From this bed they are in due time transplanted, where they are to remain. A stalk which had been thus treated, was raised near Manchester, which weighed nine pounds when washed, with the roots and leaves attached to it, and measured four feet six inches in height.

"When the plants in the seed-bed, or those which have been transplanted into the nursery-bed just described, have reached the height of six to twelve inches, they may be removed into the trenches for further growth and blanching. These trenches are formed in deep well cultivated soil, in straight lines, three feet apart, twelve to fourteen inches wide, and six inches deep, incorporating with the soil abundance of well rotted manure; therein set the plants, four or five inches apart, (having removed them with all their roots, cut off the straggling fibres, and a third of the tops, and slit off the suckers or side shoots,) water them freely, and shade them from the hot sun for some days. Experience has shown that this vegetable may be more successfully cultivated by having a liberal portion of manure placed on the surface around the plants, rather than by the old plan of placing it in excessive quantity in the bottom of the trench, which in dry seasons frequently injure the plants. Cedar brush, corn stalks, or boards, laid across the trenches, afford ample shade, for the newly transplanted plants, observing to remove them in the evening, and replace them in the morning.

In the course of a few weeks, the plants will have grown sufficiently to admit of 'earthing up,' which is performed by drawing the loose earth around the stalks, taking care to keep the leaf stems together, and the heart of the plant uncovered. The operation should be gradual, not drawing at once too great a body of earth around them, lest its application should cause the young shoots to rot. It is not advisable early to commence earthing up, such as are intended for the late autumn and winter supply, because the plant soon perishes after it becomes fully blanched, especially in warm weather.

"To preserve Celery during the winter, is sometimes attended with trouble, the frequent changes of temperature in our climate causing it to decay. The usual practice is to cut down the earth of one row in a perpendicular line near the plants, against which, as if it were a wall, the stalks from the other rows are compactly arranged, tops erect: the earth is then banked up as before, and again cut down, to make room for another row, thus continuing, until the entire crop is placed side by side, within the compass of a single bed.

On either side of the bed, earth is piled up to the thickness of three feet at least. On the top, (through which the extreme ends only of the plants appear,) some dry straw litter is placed, to save them from the frost, and keep them green. Boards placed over the beds so as to | turn off the rain, are very useful, for much moisture frequently proves ruinous. In taking out for use, begin at one end, digging down to the roots, always observing to keep the aperture closed with straw.

"Some take up the crop on the approach of winter, and place it in a cellar, with alternate layers of dry sand; but it is apt, when thus treated, to become tough and wilted." - Rural Reg.

To Save Seed

To raise seed, some plants must be left where grown, or in February or March, some may be carefully taken up, and after the outside leaves are cut off and all laterals removed, planted in a moist soil a foot apart. Those which are mostsolid,and of a middling size, are to be selected. When they branch for seed, they must be early attached to a stake to preserve them from being broken by the violence of winds. The flower appears in June, and the seed is swelling in July; if dry weather occurs they should be watered every other night. In August the seed will be ripe, and when perfectly dry, may be rubbed out and stored.