128 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



FOXGLOVE, PURPLE (Digitalis purpurea), is the 

 common Foxglove, a biennial plant, rarely perennial, 

 raised from seed. The leaves of the second year's 

 growth should be used, and are considered valuable as 

 a sedative and diuretic. Perennial plants may be 

 increased by root-division. 



Soil should be light and rich, but not dry. The 

 plant will bear partial shade. 



Distances. Two by two feet. 



Depth one-half to one inch. 



Sow under glass in March or April, prick out, and 

 set when frosts are past. Or sow when the ground is 

 fit, and thin. 



Culture. Give ordinary care. 



Pick the leaves in the second year, preferably when 

 the plant is about to flower. 



FUMITORY, or Smoke of the Earth (Fumaria 

 ojficinalw), is a medicinal herb, formerly much used, but 

 now quite neglected. Sow in good soil in spring, in 

 rows eighteen to twenty-four inches apart; thin to one 

 foot. Give ordinary care, and pick as wanted. 



GARLIC (Allium sativum) is a plant of the onion 

 family, and of a very strong odor and taste, which 

 is stronger still when the plant is raised in a northern 

 climate. It is grown from its cloves or parts of the 

 compound bulbs; the outer ones are best for sowing. 



