8o Rosemary 



An excellent shortcake can be made with rhubarb. 

 The cake should be baked just the same as it is 

 baked for strawberry shortcake and then stewed 

 rhubarb spread between each layer. This is 

 excellent for the children, and if given them, they 

 will require no liver tonics. 



Look at rhubarb roots closely when purchasing 

 and see that healthy stock is given you. Spindling, 

 diseased roots can never be made to produce 

 fine, big stalks. In growing rhubarb in large quanti- 

 ties, plant the roots in rows three feet apart and 

 each root should have three feet of space between 

 it and the next root. 



Rhubarb should be mulched in the fall and enough 

 manure applied to keep the roots warm all winter. 

 To heap the manure up around the roots, first 

 having cut off all stems remaining, leaving it there 

 until fall when it should be well worked into the 

 ground, will be pretty sure to produce early, tender 

 rhubarb. 



ROSEMARY 



Rosemary requires a light, warm soil and pro- 

 tection from the cold. The seed should be sown 

 in the spring in drills to about an inch in depth and 



