HORSE-RADISH. 69 



Sow the seed in April in drills half an inch deep, and about 

 eighteen inches apart ; thin out the plants to six or eight 

 inches in the row. The plant produces beautiful blue flowers, 

 and is worthy of a place in the flower garden. The roots when 

 dried, roasted as coffee, and ground, may be mixed in the 

 proportion of two ounces of the powder to a pound of coffee 



HORSE-RADISH. 

 RAIFORT. Cochlearia armoracia. 



THIS plant is propagated by cuttings from the root, either 

 cut from the top about two inches long, or by offsets, or 

 otherwise useless parts, from the sides of the main root, re- 

 taining the crowns or top shoots in as many parts as possible. 

 These should be planted as early in the spring as practicable, 

 in rows two feet apart, and six or eight inches from each 

 other in the rows. 



Select for the bed a good depth of soil, and such as will 

 retain moisture, manure it with well-rotted dung, plough or 

 dig it deep, and with a drilling machine or other convenient 

 implement, draw drills a foot apart ; then plant with a dibble, 

 cuttings as above described, in every alternate drill, from two 

 to three inches deep. The intermediate drills may be planted 

 with Beet or Carrot seed, or that of any other root, but Tur- 

 nip Beets are the most suitable to cultivate between the rows, 

 as they will grow quick, and can be pulled out without dis- 

 turbing the Horse-radish. 



The Beets must of course be thinned out while young, and 

 kept cultivated by hoeing between the rows, which will also 

 benefit the Horse-radish. After the Beets are pulled, hoe 

 the ground again, and keep it clear of weeds, by which 

 method the bed may be cleared every year. 



Some cultivate Horse-radish in a permanent bed, in which 

 case, if, in taking up the roots, some offsets be left in the 

 ground, they will produce a successive supply for future years. 



