Celery Taste is ever plac'd in the middle of the Grand Sallet, at our Great Men's tables, and Praetors feasts, as the Grace of the whole Board". Celery makes a minor appearance in colonial American gardens; its culinary limitations are reflected in the observation by the author of "A Treatise on Gardening, by a Citizen of Virginia" that it is "one of the species of parsley." Its first extended treatment in print was in Bernard M'Mahon's "American Gardener's Calendar" (1806). After the mid-19th century, continued selections for refined crisp texture and taste brought celery to American tables, where it was served
Carnivorous plant pitcher. "Heliamphora" is a member of the Sarraceniaceae, a New World family in the order Ericales (heathers and allies). "Heliamphora" is limited to South America, but the family contains two other genera, "Sarracenia" and "Darlingtonia", which are endemic to the Southeastern United States (with the exception of one species) and California respectively. "Sarracenia purpurea" subsp. "purpurea" (the northern pitcher plant) can be found as far north as Canada. "Sarracenia" is the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, because it is relatively hardy and easy to grow. In the genus "Sarracenia", the problem of pitcher overflow is solved by