2319. Cardoon is much used for salads, soups, and stews. Treated much like Celery.


2320. Cauliflower.—Sow, for early, in seed beds, in Autumn; protect from frost, in cold frames, and transplant in rich ground after frost ceases. For late, manage as Brocoli.


2321. Carrots should be sown early in the Spring, in deep-dug and well-manured ground, in drills twelve or eighteen inches apart.


2322. Celery should be sown early in the Spring, in light rich moist soil. Transplant in trenches, highly manured, when about six inches high. Blanch by earthing up as they advance in growth.


2323. Chervil.—A small salad. Sow early in the Spring, and after heat of Summer.