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tivated in shady land, well watered. It is propagated 

 from seeds or root-divisions, and may be started in 

 flats under glass. If cultivated in the garden, choose a 

 shady spot with good loam, fork in manure, and mix 

 in sand or gravel* Watering should be frequent. It 

 may be grown on the outer edge of a hotbed, or will 

 do well in an unused frame. Varieties are few. 



Soil should not be muddy. 



Distances. In flats, rows a couple of inches apart, 

 or broadcast; prick out once. Outdoors, rows nine 

 inches apart; or set roots six inches apart each way. 



Depth about one-fourth inch for seed; roots as be- 

 fore. 



Sow under glass in April; in the open at any time 

 during spring or summer. 



Set out house-raised seedlings early in May. 



Pick when well established; pick the leaves only, 

 not the roots, and the supply will continue indefinitely. 



Succession. The plants will multiply under favor- 

 able circumstances, by their own seeds and roots. 



Winter growing of Water Cress is possible in the 

 house or under glass, from roots taken up and kept in 

 good loam, in a warm and moist place. 



CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus) is an annual semi- 

 tropical fruiting vine ; fruits are picked while immature, 

 and used for salads, for pickling, and occasionally for 

 cooking. It is very tender to frosts, and for early 



