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Title: The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, Robert Patrick, 1857- ed
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: London, The Gresham publishing company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rCelandine (Ranunculus Ficaria). This Celandinehas three sepals and nine yellow petals. Theleaves are very glossy and are kidney-shaped,with rounded teeth on the margin. The plantis often seen in bloom in the month of Aprilamong grass under trees, and is a favourite frombeing one of the first wild plants to be seen inbloom in spring. The name celandine is fromGreek chelidon, a swallow, and both plants arealso known asswallow-worts. (a. n. ma.) Celeriac. — The Turnip - rooted or KnobCelery (see fig.) is a variety of the ordinary celeryremarkable for the large size of the root, whichis swollen and turnip-like, while the leaf-stalksare comparatively short. It is grown chieflyfor flavouring, the roots being lifted and storedin the winter out of the reach of frost, whenthey will keep quite fresh for months. Theplants are raised from seeds under the sametreatment as for celery, and they are plantedin the open border early in June. The swollenrootstock is best developed when the plants are
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Celeriac—Turnip-rooted or Knob Celery set shallow, that is, with the roots only justburied. A few weeks before lifting, the wholeof the root should be covered with soil, whichhas the eflfeot of blanching it. Properly treated,the roots grow to a weight of 3 or 4 lb. (w. w.)Celery, a hardy European biennial (Apiumgraveolens) frequenting marshy places in thiscountry, but the wild form is considered danger-ous to eat. It is one of the most esteemed ofvegetables, requiring a good or highly enrichedsoil, and special methods of cultivation to attain to perfect development. It is usual to sow seedsin heat early in the year, but good results arealso obtainable from later sowings out-of-doors.In either case the seedlings must not be crowded;

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