202 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



and when " wine " is made from Rhubarb, is perhaps the 

 best fitted for the purpose. Rhubarb is not likely to make 

 much headway as a " wine plant," the disinterested (?) 

 efforts of its advocates, notwithstanding.' 



Early Prolific^ — A variety that is extensively and al- 

 most exclusively grown by the London market gardeners, 

 but has not yet been much tried with us ; if what we have 

 heard of it is correct, it is far in advance of all others as 

 a market sort. 



SAGE. — (Salvia officinalis.) 

 See Thyme, and other Sweet Herbs. 



SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT. 



( Trayopogon parrifoliu s. ) 



This vegetable is coming rapidly into general use; 

 patches of an acre of extent are seen in some of the more 

 extensive gardens here, that a few years ago grew only a 

 few rows. It should be sown in early spring. Its cul- 

 ture is in all -respects similar to that of Carrots, and al- 

 though its consumption is as yet limited, for what is grown 

 of it, the prices are high and very remunerative. It is more- 

 over a safe root to cultivate, for, being entirely hardy, there 

 is no risk whatever of its being injured by frost, should it 

 so happen that the digging up is neglected in the hurry 



