54: ART OF GARDENING. 



CHIVES (Allium Schcenoprasum). 



A species of Onion, which is grown from the offshoots it 

 sends out from its roots. They are planted in rows about a 

 foot apart, and with an interval between the bulbs of three 

 or four inches. 



HORSERADISH (Cochlearia Armoracia). 



Horseradish may be planted, either in a bed or in drills, 

 from cuttings from the root or offshoots. Any tolerably 

 strong, moist soil will grow horseradish. If it is occasionally 

 hoed, it will be improved. 



INDIAN CORN (Zea Mays). 



Indian Corn is usually grown in hills several feet apart. 

 It requires good soil and warm weather. When about 

 seventeen inches high, it should be hoed deeply. ^A little 

 ashes scattered on each hill wilt tend to keep the insects off. 



The best sorts for a kitchen garden are Early Button, 

 Tuscarora, Canadian, and Sweet or Sugar. 



LETTUCE (Lactuca saliva crispa). 



Lettuce is often sown in hot-beds. It requires the richest 

 soil, frequent hoeings, and an equal moisture. The varieties 

 are infinite. Royal Cape, Curled India, Dutch or Cabbage, 

 Large Green Curled, are all considered superior. 



MELON (Cucumis Melo). 



Early in May prepare, in rich, light soil, beds about six 

 feet apart every way, and at the corners of the bed dig 

 deeply, and put in well-rotted manure, and throw in fine 

 loamy earth, and mix it well with the manure. Into these 

 corners put seven or eight melon-seeds. If they all come up, 

 thin them, and bring the earth up round the plants. The 



