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being the later. These, in order not to be broken down, should be 

 staked and tied early. They should also, in order to be sure of their 

 flowers, be sown as early as possible under glass, and set out as soon 

 as frosts are past. The soil should not be rich, lest the plants run 

 mostly to foliage; it should be light also. If the plants grow 

 straggly, they should be pinched back. As they are tender, they 

 should be protected against early frosts. The smaller varieties 

 need not be sowed so early, and since they are a little hardier than 

 the others, they may be sowed outdoors about the first week in May, 

 although it is still wisest to sow under glass. The blossoms of the 

 newer varieties are often more than three inches across, and come 

 from the end of July till frost. 



Cress : The easiest grown salad plant ; as its name Peppergrass 

 shows, it is hot to the taste. It likes cool weather, and does best 

 in spring and fall, going quickly to seed in summer. It should be 

 sowed, broadcast or in rows, as soon as the cold-frames are set, 

 sowing every ten days until June, and beginning again after the 

 middle of August. Cress is never thinned, but is allowed to grow 

 thickly and is cut a handful at a time, to use with lettuce. The 

 very curled varieties are nearly as handsome as Parsley. 



Cypress, Summer, see Kochia. 



Cucumber : One of the squashes, a very tender plant which has 

 several enemies, yet which on warm and rich ground is not hard 

 to grow. There are a good many varieties, many of which are worth 

 any one's growing. Like all the plants of its family, cucumber 

 does not like transplanting, and therefore should, if started under 

 glass, be sown in strawberry boxes, or on old sods, which may be 

 set in the ground without disturbing the roots. 



Sow under glass in March or April, three seeds to the box, and 

 thin to one. Keep the plants growing well, but do not feed so 

 much, nor keep so moist, that they grow spindly. Set out in the 

 field late in May, in rich hills three feet or more apart, and protect 

 from heavy winds until the plants are growing well. If they are too 

 much inclined to run, pinch off the ends of the vines to make them 

 blossom. As one planting of cucumber will not last all summer, 



