A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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the earth around each plant, in the form
of'a basin.)
" Before removing the plants from the
beds, murk as many of the strongest as
the frame will hold, allowing eighteen
inches square to each plant ; there permit
them to remain undisturbed, retaining
the sasiies, and treating them as
if in a hot-bed. They will come forward
before tliose transplanted, and
frequently do well, when the latter fail.
We would advise that the plants to be
put out, be divided, one half placed on
a warm border with southern exposure,
under the lee of a building or board
fence, the others in an open compartment
of the garden.—For this reason,
if the spring prove cold, those on the
border will be hastened and protected
from late frosts, and if the early part of
summer prove dry and hot, those in the
open compartment will be more favourably
situated. Hand glasses, flower
pots, or boxes put over them at night,
during cool weather, are highly advantageous.
When they begin to show signs
of heading, break a leaf over them, to
protect from the direct rays of the sun.
" To force Caulijlowcrs ; make a hotbed
at close of winter, planting them
therein, from the cold bed or frame, at
the distances of fifteen inches. A pretty
free admission of air is necessary,
otherwise they will advance too rapidly,
and become weak and spindling;
during mild days in April, the sash
should be drawn off, and as the weather
becomes warm, plentiful irrigation
should be administered.
" JMte Caulijlowers are sown at the
same time with the Broccoli ; they head
as it does, and re()uire similar treatment,
though not so certain to succeed."
—Rural Register.
CEAXOTHUS. Twenty-two species.
Chiefly stove or green-house evergreen
shrubs ; some are hardy deciduous. C
perennis is herbaceous. Cuttings. Peat
and loam.
CECIDOMYIA. C. nigra. Black
Gall Midge. This insect lays its eggs
in the blossom of the pear early in the
spring, and the larva; thence born consume
the pulp of the embryo fruit.
Sometimes they eat their way through
its skin, and at others remain within its
core until it falls.
CECROPIA. Three species. Stove
evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam and
peat.
CEDAR OF GOA. Cupressus lusitanica.
CEDAR OF LEBANON. Cedrus Libani.
CEDRELA. Three species. Stove
evergreen trees. Cuttings. Light loam.
CEDRUS. Cedar. Two species.
Hardy evergreen trees. Seeds. C.
deodara, grafts readily on the common
larch. Sandy loam.
CELASTRUS. Twenty-seven
species. Chiefly green-house or stove
evergreen shrubs, trees, or climbing
plants. C. bullatus and C. scandens,
are hardy deciduous climbers. Ripe
cuttings. Sandy loam' and peat.
CELERLVC, or TURNIP-ROOTED
CELERY {ylpium rapaceum).
Time and Mode of Solving.— It may
be sown in March, April, and May, to
atford successive plantations in June,
July, and August. The seed must be
sown in drills six inches apart, and kept
regularly watered every evening in dry
weather, otherwise it will not germinate.
The bed must be kept free from
weeds, and when about three inches
high, they may be pricked out into
another border in rows three inches
apart each way ; giving water abundantly
and freciuently : by adopting the
precautions mentioned in the cultivation
of celery, the same seed bed will
afford two or three distinct prickings.
In the neighbourhood of Dresden, where
this vegetable is grown in great perfec-
tion, they sow in February or March, in
a hot-bed under glass, and the plants
are removed in April, when two or
three inches high to another hot-bed,
and set an inch and a half apart. The
fineness of the plants is there attributed
to the abundance of water with which
they are supplied.
When live or six inches high, they
are fit'for final planting; they must be
set in rows two feet asunder, and the
plants eight inches apart, on the level
ground, or in drills drawn with the hoe
at most three inches deep, as they do
not require earthing up. In dry weather
they should be watered plentifully, at
least every other evening. The only
additional attention they require, is to
keep them free from weeds. They
require a very light fertile soil.
Saving Seed.—The directions given
for saving the seed of Celery, are in
every respect applicable to this vegetable.