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eaten, leaves and ribs together. Thin again to six 

 inches, and again to a foot or more. When the ribs or 

 stalks are large e,nough, they may be used separately 

 from the leaves. When the plants stand a foot to 

 eighteen inches apart in the rows, pull the leaves as 

 needed, or strip from the plants all but the interior 

 head, leaving that to grow again. In this way the 

 plants will yield for a considerable time. The varieties 

 of which the midribs are small may be managed in 

 much the same manner, serving leaf and stalk together, 

 and not thinning to more than a foot. 



Forcing. Chard may be raised under glass ; or the 

 plants may be covered in the open as winter approaches, 

 and will give repeated pickings. Lifted with balls of 

 earth and taken into a greenhouse or put into a mild 

 hotbed, they will yield for a long time. 



CHERRY, BLADDER, GROUND or WINTER. See 

 Tomato, Strawberry. 



CHERVIL. There are two plants of the name 

 (for Sweet-scented Chervil, see Sweet Cicely). 



(1) Salad or Leaf Chervil (Scandix cerefolium). An 

 annual plant grown for its leaves, used in salads and 

 garnishing. It is much esteemed in Europe, especially 

 by the French, and is the chief ingredient ofjines herbes. 

 It is very hardy to frost, but tender to heat ; in our 

 climate it needs a cool location, or it will soon run to 



