CELERY

or Apium graveolens, species of Umbel ligers. In its wild state the plant is poisonous, but when cultivated the blanched leaf-stalks are valuable as purifiers of the blood, and may be eaten raw with cheese and salt, stewed as a vegetable, or made into soup. The form known as celariac is grown on account of the turnip-like flavor of the roots, and it is used chiefly in made dishes or in sauces.