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properties. Where the common varieties of Celery are grown or preserved
with difficulty, this might be successfully grown, and afford a
tolerable substitute. The bulbs are sometimes eaten boiled, and the
leaves are occasionally used in soups.

CURLED-LEAVED CELERIAC.

Curled-leaved Turnip-rooted. Celeri-rave frise. _Vil._

This is a variety of the Common Celeriac, or Turnip-rooted Celery; like
which, it forms a sort of bulb, or knob, near the surface of the ground.
It is, however, of smaller size; usually measuring about three inches in
diameter. The skin is brown, and the flesh white and fine-grained;
leaves small, spreading, curled.

It is in no respect superior to the Common Turnip-rooted, and possesses
little merit aside from the peculiarity of its foliage. Cultivate,
preserve during winter, and use as directed for the common variety.

EARLY ERFURT CELERIAC.

Celeri-rave d'Erfurt. _Vil._

A very early variety. Root, or bulb, not large, but regular in form. Its
earliness is its principal merit.

CHERVIL.

Chaerophyllum cerefolium. Common or Plain-leaved.

A hardy, annual plant, from the south of Europe. Stem eighteen inches to
two feet in height; the leaves are many times divided, and are similar
to those of the Common Plain Parsley; the flowers are small, white, and
produced in umbels at the extremities of the branches; the seeds are
black, long, pointed, longitudinally grooved, and retain their vitality
but two years,--nearly nine thousand are contained in an ounce.

"This is the most common sort; but, except that it is hardier than the
Curled varieties, is not worthy of cultivation."

CURLED CHERVIL. _M'Int._

A variety of the Common Chervil, with frilled or curled leaves; the
distinction between the sorts being nearly the same as that between the
Plain-leaved and Curled-leaved varieties of Parsley. The foliage is
delicately and beautifully frilled; and, on this account, is much
employed for garnishing, as well as for the ordinary purposes for which
the plain sort is used.

Being a larger grower, it requires more room for its development; and
the plants should stand a foot apart each way. When intended for winter
use, it should have the protection of hand-glasses, frames, or branches
of trees placed thickly around or amongst it. In very unfavorable
situations, it is well to pot a dozen or two plants, and shelter them
under glass during the winter.

FRIZZLED-LEAVED OR FRENCH CHERVIL.