138 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



Storage. Cuttings may be stored in sand in the cel- 

 lar. Roots may be similarly stored, to preserve their 

 pungency. 



Pests are the same as for cabbage, which see. 



HORSE-RADISH, JAPANESE. See Wasabi. 



HYSSOP (Hyssopus offldnalis) is a hardy shrub, 

 perennial, grown for its flowers and leaves, which are 

 aromatic and somewhat bitter, and are used in season- 

 ing. The plant is propagated from seed, cuttings, or 

 root -divisions. Varieties are red-, white- and blue- 

 flowered. 



Soil. Should be light and warm, and well limed. 



Distances of the mature plants, twelve to eighteen 

 inches apart each way. 



Depth of seed. About one inch. Root-divisions and 

 cuttings as before. 



Sow seed in April, either in rows where the plants 

 are to stand, or in a seed-bed for transplanting in 

 June. 



Thin in seed-bed to six inches, in permanent rows to 

 twelve inches or more. 



Set root-divisions in fall or early spring. 



Take cuttings in June, set in a shady place and 

 water until established. 



Pick the leaves as wanted ; take the flowers when the 

 spikes are in early blossom. Dry and store. 



