THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



whom I endeavor in sundry ways to placate. 

 After stripping off the outer leaves and 

 washing them carefully, place enough for 

 eight persons in a double hoiler with two 

 tablespoonfuls of butter, a little salt and a 

 dash of pepper. The water in the under 

 boiler must be kept madly boiling for three 

 hours. Thus steamed, not boiled in the 

 usual way, they will be found really deli- 

 cate. 



One ounce of seed will raise a goodly 

 quantity of plants. 



Carrots. Two crops of carrots are gen- 

 erally sufficient; these can be sowed about 

 the 15th of May and again the 1st of July. 

 Sow in drills a foot apart and when the 

 carrots are well up thin them out to three 

 inches apart. Carrots are delicious if gath- 

 ered when about the size of your little 

 ringer and steamed in butter until tender. 



One ounce of seed is quite enough. 



Cauliflower. There is certainly great sat- 

 isfaction to the garden lover in seeing the 

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