88 GARDENING 



SAGE 



This herb thrives best in a light and well-drained 

 and sandy loam, and is usually raised from cuttings 

 formed of the young- side shoots taken in April or 

 May, inserted under a hand-light, and kept slightly 

 moist and lightly shaded until started. A fresh 

 stock ought to be raised every three or four years, 

 as after that time the old plants get worn out and 

 straggling. If the plants are cut down too closely 

 they die out. 



SALSIFY AND SCORZONERA 



To grow them the ground should be prepared 

 in autumn in the same way as for parsnips, and the 

 seed should be sown in drills fifteen inches apart, 

 and the plants thinned out afterwards to eight or 

 ten inches apart in the row. Hoeing should go on 

 perpetually in the summer, and in winter salsify 

 should be taken up and stored the same as for 

 carrots. 



Scorzonera is similar to salsify, and should be 

 treated in a similar manner. 



Unless a garden is fairly large 1 would not 

 advise either of these being grown, as they are not 

 to everybody's liking. 



RECIPES 

 To Dress Salsify 



Scrape the roots, and lay them in cold water for fifteen 

 minutes. Boil whole till tender, drain, and when cooked 

 mash them to a paste, taking out all the fibres ; moisten 



