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tivation, etc., see Spinach, as it is grown in exactly the 

 same manner. 



CHIVES (^Allium Schcenoprasum). 



An entirely hardy, onion-like plant, of easy culture. 

 It will grow on almost any soil for years without being 

 transplanted. The leaves are the part used, and may be 

 shorn off every two weeks during summer. It is propa- 

 gated by tearing apart the old clumps and setting the 

 divisions in rows a foot apart. 



CRESS OR PEPPER GRASS {Lepidium sativum). 



A spring and summer salad plant. Sow in early spring, 

 and in succession every week or so if desired, in rows 

 one foot apart. The curled variety is the best, as it can 

 be used for garnishing as well as for salad. 



CRESS, WATER {Nasturtium officinale). 



A hardy aquatic plant, which can only be properly cul- 

 tivated wliere there are running streams. If there is a 

 brook on the place, all that would be wanted for private 

 use may be had by setting a few plants or sowing seeds 

 in spring on tlie margin of the water. There is a variety 

 recently introduced known as '' Upland Cress," that can 

 be grown in an ordinary garden. It is almost identical 

 in flavor with the Water Cress. 



CORN {Zea Mays). 



The varieties known as "Sweet" are the kinds culti- 

 vated to be used in the green state. Corn may either be 

 planted in " hills" (dropping three or four seeds in a hill) 

 four feet apart each way, or in rows live feet apart, drop- 

 ping the seeds at distances of eight or ten inches in the 

 rows. In this latitude it is useless to plant Corn before 

 the middle of May. For successional crops it should be 



