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with a ilower pot, saucer, or piece of slate, a few at a time. The 

 seeds should be sown in January, February, and March, and the 

 plants transplanted with the iirst autumn rains. 



SWEET, POT, AND MEDICINAL HERBS. Cultivation. The 

 best way of growing these with little trouble and expense is 

 to procure a few plants of the required sorts, such as marjorum, 

 sage, thyme, hyssop, etc., and plant them together in a portion 

 of a shady border, in lines fifteen or eighteen inches apart each 

 way. If plants cannot be conveniently had, seed may be sown 

 in a warm border, in lines one foot apart, merely deep enough 

 to cover the seed. When up, thin out to a foot apart, water 

 and mulch the first summer in dry weather, and keep the surface 

 loose. Next autumn, or early in spring, take up and divide 

 the roots, and plant again fifteen or eighteen inches apart, and 

 continue making new plantings every winter, as a means of saving 

 them during the summer drought. 



KOHL RABI, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE (Brassica oleracea 

 canlo-mpti.) Cultivation. This is a delicious vegetable, and highly 

 esteemed by those acquainted with it ; but its merits are not suffi- 

 ciently known or appreciated. It is greatly superior as a table 

 vegetable to any kind of turnip, but must be tested in good condi- 

 tion, and while young and tender. The seed may be sown from 

 January to April, in beds as for .cabbage, and transplanted into 

 good soil. The bulb-like stems will be lit for using during the 

 winter and spring, and should be taken when not more than three 

 or four inches in diameter, or they will become coarse and inferior. 



LEEK (All hi in poiruin.) Cultivation. The leek likes a deep, 

 friable, and rich soil. The first sowing may be made in June or 

 July, and subsequent sowings once a month till December. When 

 the young plants are about the thickness of a goose-quill, they may 

 be transplanted into deep holes made with a dibble or stake, nine 

 to twelve inches apart, in the bottom of a drill drawn with a hoe, 

 into which the plants are dropped and a few crumbs of soil put in 

 to cover the roots, unless the soil is dry, when the holes may be 

 filled with water. In the process of hoeing, the holes become 

 filled up with soil, and, as they grow, soil from each side may be 

 drawn to them to cause the stems to lengthen. The drills should 

 be fifteen inches apart. Large leeks for exhibition may be grown 

 in trenches prepared as for celery. 



LETTUCE (Lactuca.) Cultivation. This popular salad plant may 

 be had all the year round by frequent sowings and plantings. A 

 warm and dry situation should be chosen for the winter crops, and 

 one that is low and damp for those of summer. The soil should be 

 loose and extremely rich, for lettuces are crisp only when grown 

 rapidly. For summer culture, sowings may be made where the 

 plants are to remain as they cannot be safely transplanted in dry 

 weather once a month from August onwards, in rows eighteen 



