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and cut for greens when six or eight inches high. See Greens, 

 page 143. Cabbages of various kinds being sometimes sown 

 in the same manner and for the same purpose, all young non- 

 heading early cabbages have come to be called " cole worts," 

 corrupted to " collards." 



In certain sections the colewort is sown largely for its seeds, 

 on account of the oil they yield, and for feeding to birds. 



ROQUETTE. 

 See Pepper-grass, page 166. 



SAGE. 



French, Sauge. German, Salbey. Spanish, Salvia. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow in a shallow drill, in rich soil. Cover lightly, and if 

 dry, give water. When the plants are from two to four inches 

 high, transplant and set them in a bed or in rows a foot apart 

 each way, and keep clean. 



Time : in all spring. 



Sage is used largely in sausages, and for various purposes in 

 cookery. It is also used in medicine, and formerly its virtues 

 were so highly esteemed that it passed into a proverb, " Why 

 should a man die who has sage in his garden ?" The moderns 

 do not think so highly of it, but it is still used in the form of 

 sage-tea as a drink, and with alum as a gargle. 



Sow the seed and transplant as above directed. Cut and 

 dry the leaf for use when at full size, which will generally be 

 after mid-autumn, taking care not to trim the plant too closely. 



SALSAFY (or Vegetable Oyster). 

 French, Salsafis. German, Bocksbart. Spanish, Ostra o Ostion vejetal 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow the seed in rich, well-prepared soil, in drills fifteen to 

 eighteen inches apart, and an inch deep ; cover it carefully, and 

 press the earth lightly upon it, and when well up, thin the 

 plants to four or five inches apart, and hoe and weed often, un- 

 til the tops meet across the rows. 



