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grown for the roots, which are used for adultera- 

 ting coffee; but sometimes the plants, when about 

 a foot high, are tied together at the top, and then 

 earthed up to bleach, like celery. When so treated 

 they make a good salad. The seed should be 

 sown early in the spring, in drills fifteen or eighteen 

 inches apart, and half an inch deep. The plants 

 when well up should be thinned to six or eight 

 inches. It is a poor crop to introduce on a farm, 

 or in a garden, for if allowed to go to seed, it will 

 spread all over the place. 



CHIVES (Allium Schcenoprasum) are a small, 

 bulbous-rooted variety of the onion family; entirely 

 hardy in any part of the United States. Of late 

 years they are less grown than formerly, Then, 

 no family garden was considered properly stocked 

 without a few bunches of chives. They require 

 no culture beyond keeping the ground free from 

 weeds, and can be continuously grown on almost 

 any soil year after year without change of location. 

 They are propagated by dividing the root, like 

 pie-plant, or rhubarb, and the sets should be put 

 in at ten or twelve inches apart. The leaves or 

 stalks are the edible portion, and may be repeatedly 

 cut off, as they continually renew themselves during 



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