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need not be more than two feet or eighteen inches apart. For the 

 first, or autumn crop, the seed must be sown from December to 

 February, and for later crops a little may be sown every month 

 until August ; but heads can rarely be obtained during the hottest 

 months, except in cold districts, or by abundant watering. 



CORN SALAD OR LAMBS' LETTUCE (Valcrinnclln olitoria.) Cul- 

 tivation. The first sowing of this useful small salad, which is 

 chiefly grown by the French, ought to be made at the commence- 

 ment of the autumnal rains, and a successional crop put in at 

 intervals of two months thereafter. Seed may be sown in any 

 waste soil of a light nature, in beds four feet wide, and in shallow 

 drills six inches apart. The seedlings must be thinned to four 

 inches apart, and the outside leaves picked for use as they expand. 

 In summer, seed should be sown every month in a moist, sheltered 

 spot ; the seedlings thinned as soon as lit for handling, and when 

 large enough for use, the heads cut as wanted, close to the surface 

 of the ground. 



CRESS (Lapidhun satinnn.} Curled cress may be grown in 

 winter on a patch of ground at the foot of a fence, or other warm 

 spot, by drawing shallow drills as close as possible with the linger 

 or a small stick ; the seed sown quite thick, and the surface beaten 

 with the back of a spade, barely covering the seeds. A shady spot 

 should be chosen for summer ; or where there is not a garden the 

 seed may be sown in boxes, or between the single folds of a wet 

 flannel. American cress may be sown monthly in drills nine inches 

 apart, slightly covered with earth ; when the plants are bushy, the 

 heads may be cut close to the surface of the ground. Water cress 

 is an excellent salad. Young runners are most commonly used for 

 planting out, but seed may be sown during the autumn and winter 

 months in a moist, shady place. 



CELERY (Apium graveolens^) Cultivation. Celery requires a 

 very rich deep soil, and a moist situation is the best to select, but 

 not \vhere the soil is saturated with water. Seeds may be sown in 

 August for the earliest crop, and at that season require artificial heat 

 to cause them to vegetate. They may be sown in a seed pan or 

 shallow box in light rich soil, and placed in a hot-bed frame, or 

 some other warm place. As soon as the plants are large enough to 

 handle, they should be pricked into other boxes, and continued in 

 heat until well established, then hardened off, and planted out to 

 six inches apart in a bed of rich soil six inches deep, on a bottom of 

 boards or some other hard substance, which the roots cannot 

 penetrate, to facilitate transplanting, where they must be well 

 watered and shaded ; and when of sufficient size, the soil cut into 

 squares with a plant in the centre of each ; then lifted with the 

 balls entire, and conveyed to the trenches, where they must be 

 shaded with boughs, boards, bags, or anything at hand until 

 re-established. During the season of growth water must be applied 

 in unlimited quantities. The second and later sowings may be 



