56 Marjoram 



go to seed. These plants will attain a good growth, 

 and the seed resulting will produce large, strong 

 plants. 



When lettuce heads have assumed a conical 

 shape, they should be slit across the head with a 

 sharp knife to induce growth of the seed stalk. It is 

 sometimes well to remove some of the lower leaves 

 when this is done to prevent the plant rotting from 

 the ground upward. 



When fuzz gathers on the lettuce heads, the seeds 

 are ripe enough and should be cleaned and dried 

 in the sun. 



Lettuce, onions, peas, and beets should be planted 

 very early. An early start will always be bene- 

 ficial to them and they can stand a good deal in 

 the way of change of temperature. 



MARJORAM 



Sweet Marjoram will grow in ordinary garden 

 soil, and the seed should be sown in the spring in 

 the place where the plants are to stand. They may 

 be sown in the hotbed very early in the season, in 

 February or March, and later be transplanted, 

 but they do not bear transplanting as well as 

 many other herbs. 



