. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. paniculatus, Willd. (C. ). Brancheswith white lenticels, pendulous: lvs. ovate-oblong orobovate: fls. in terminal pendulous panicles. hardy N. C. nutans, Hort. Reasoner, not Indica.—C. Orixa, Sieb. & Japoniea. Alfred Rehder. CELEKIAC {Apium gravioUns, Linn., var
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. paniculatus, Willd. (C. ). Brancheswith white lenticels, pendulous: lvs. ovate-oblong orobovate: fls. in terminal pendulous panicles. hardy N. C. nutans, Hort. Reasoner, not Indica.—C. Orixa, Sieb. & Japoniea. Alfred Rehder. CELEKIAC {Apium gravioUns, Linn., var. rapii-ceiim, DC). UmbellUera. Fig. 394. An offshoot of thecelery species, producing an edible root instead ofedible leaves. Just how long Celeriac, or Turnip-rootedCelery, has been in cultivation is unknown. Its historyas a garden vegetable can be traced definitely as far back as the middle of the seventeenth century, althoughwriters for a centur\ or more previous to this time madereferences which would seem to relate to this vegetable,but the identity is obscure Its origin was probably thesame as that of the common garden celery, of which it. 394. Celeriac (X % is doubtless a state wherein the root has become en-larged and edible. This form is supposed to be the onemost remotely removed from the wild state. Celeriac is very little grown in this country, and toAmericans is almost unknown, but it is much prized inEurope. It is cultivated chietly where there is a Ger-man population. Fifteen or 20 varieties are mentionedin the seed catalogues, but there is very little differencein the various sorts, some seedsmen even making nodistinction between varieties, but catalogue the plant in ^., iiic nilnin- i- tlie same as for celery, ex-ct_-ip! :iired, sinceit is theenlarged ruoi 1 . Iihle portion. Sow the seed duriiiL: iin -|>! iMu ;ii ;i ai II prepared seed-bed, prefera-bly in a more or less siKidid location. A coldtraine or aspent hotbed is a good place. The seed is slo
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