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Snponaria, Schizdntlms and Tagetes erecia. Some species as Asters, 

 Godetia etc. are more difficult and thrive only in warm summers. 

 Finally, we may glance at the vegetables of the kitchen gar- 

 den ; experiments have also been made with several of these with 

 as might be expected varying results, as the quality is naturally 

 very much condilioned each year by the nature of the summer. 



Kig. 202. A man laying potatoes (F. B. pliot. 



The information I have eomes chiefly from Thorshavn and from 

 Sands Præstegaard (Todnæs) on Sando. At the latter a number of 

 vegetables have succeeded excellently, which must be ascribed in 

 part to the good situation in a broad valley opening to the south 

 and the good soil. Here for example the cauliflower grows well as 

 a rule with quite large heads, red cabbage may be good if with 

 small heads, on the other hånd common cabbage but seldom opens 

 and thus like savoy is not generally successful. Green cabbage 

 grows remarkably well. Chervil and parsley do well and beetroot 

 may be quite large, though not every year. Carrots grow excel- 

 lently. Spinach is cultivated with varying success, sometimes 

 it is quite good, as a rule the leaves and the plant as a wholc 



