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stem of the plant, and it makes a very appetizing 

 dish when properly prepared, though it has not 

 yet grown to popular favor. 



Kohl-rabi thrives best if planted in drills twelve 

 inches apart where it is to grow. It will grow when 

 transplanted but does not do its best. The young 

 plants should be thinned early to a distance of a 

 foot apart. 



Kohl-rabi should be eaten while it is young and 

 tender. When the plants have grown old, the roots 

 are tough and woody, and contain little nourish- 

 ment. 



LAVENDER 



Lavender will grow in a variety of soils, but the 

 largest and best leaves are produced when grown 

 in fairly rich, but rather dry, earth. The seed 

 should be sown to a depth of an inch and the 

 plants thinned to a foot apart. All root divisions 

 should be made in the spring, while cuttings should 

 be made by cutting a part of the main stem with 

 the new growth. Cuttings and root division are 

 the most satisfactory ways of starting lavender ', as 



