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Distances. Rows two to three feet apart, plants 

 thinned to six inches in the rows. 



Depth. One to two inches. 



Sow when frosts are past, and again for succession 

 in about a month. South of New York, sow in early 

 August for fall crops. 



Culture. The plant forms bulbous enlargements at 

 the bases of the stems. When these reach the size of a 

 hen's egg, earth up around the group, barely covering 

 the outer ones. In about ten days, or when they are 

 blanched, cut the outer ones and earth the infrer, con- 

 tinuing till all are used. More commonly, however, the 

 whole plant is blanched at once by earthing up, like 

 celery. Serve boiled. 



FETTICUS is Corn-Salad, which see. 



FEVERFEW, a name sometimes used for Agrimony, 

 is properly Chrysanthemum Parthenium, formerly used 

 in domestic medicine, by means of a bitter tonic made 

 from its leaves, and efficient in the cure of fevers. 

 Feverfew is a perennial plant; its single form is pre- 

 ferred for medicine. Sometimes it is called Wild Camo- 

 mile. 



Sow in any good garden soil when the ground is 

 fit, depth about an inch, rows two feet apart, plants 

 one foot apart in the rows. Give ordinary culture and 

 pick the leaves as wanted. 



