LAVENDER LEEK 145 



by two feet for best results. They are often planted 

 more closely, and may be used as an edging. 



Sow seeds in spring, when the ground is warm. 

 Depth about one inch. Seed-bed rows eighteen inches 

 apart. Thin plants to nine inches apart. 



Transplant in fall or early spring. 



Set root divisions in spring. 



Propagation by cuttings in the best method. Use 

 "cuttings of one season"^ growth taken with a heel of 

 older wood, in late autumn or early spring 11 (Cyclopedia 

 American Horticulture). Set in moist, shady soil, one 

 to two feet apart each way, and when they are well 

 rooted set in the open at above distances. 



Pinch off all flower-buds the first year. 



Pick the flower-spikes before they fade, preferably 

 in dry weather. To keep, tie a bunch of the spikes by 

 their stalks, turn the stalks back over the spikes, and 

 tie again, for protection. 



LEEK (Allium Porrum) is one of the onion family, 

 second in commercial importance to the onion itself, 

 being extensively used in the south of Europe, and by 

 the Scotch, English and French as a vegetable, cooked 

 or raw, but chiefly for seasoning. It forms no bulb, but 

 its sheaf of leaves, especially when blanched, is tender 

 and of milder flavor than the onion. Leek is usually 

 a seed-bed crop, and is best when blanched. Varieties 

 are few. 



