142 MISCELLANEOUS COOL PLANTS. 
where it is established, and planted at intervals under 
either north or south benches, and when once colonized 
it needs no re- 
newing. 
Garden - cress. 
— The ordinary 
French or gar- 
den cress (varie- 
ties of Lepidium 
sativum) also 
thrives well un- 
der glass. We 
have grown both 
the plain and 
curled -leaved 
forms upon 
benches or beds 
along with lettuce and spinach. The seed is sown di- 
rectly where the plants are to stand. The plant grows 
quickly, and the early, tender leaves should be used 
before it runs to seed. 
46. Water-cress under a bench. 
Parsley.—No vegetable is more readily grown in 
winter than parsley. The seed is sown in the open in 
spring, and the plants receive the ordinary care during 
the summer. In the fall, the strong roots are lifted and 
planted in a bed or bench in a lettuce house. The plants 
are headed down when transplanted, and the sunlight is 
kept off them for a few days until they are thoroughly 
established. After that, they need no extra or unusual 
care. Parsley will thrive well in the dark end of the 
house, or in almost any odd corner, as behind a door or 
in the shade next the wall. The plants should be re- 
newed each year. The most satisfactory variety is the 
Curled or Fern-leaved. 
Spinach was formerly grown in frames and _ hotbeds, 
and sometimes in glass houses, but the length of time re- 
quired to bring it to maturity, and the competition of the 
