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tivated, and has several varieties, of which it is un- 

 necessary to speak. Deep and humid soils are most 

 favourable to its production. After the preliminary 

 labours of digging and smoothing, the square in- 

 tended for it should be formed into four-feet beds, 

 and the seeds be sown and covered in rows eight, 

 or ten inches apart. This should be done as soon 

 as the frosts are over in the spring, for the earlier 

 the sowing the finer will be the crop. Two hoe- 

 ings, and frequent watering during dry and hot 

 weather, are indispensable. It is only in the au- 

 tumn that the plants attain to their full size. In 

 mild climates they winter where they grow, like 

 parsnips ; but in cold regions they must be taken 

 up and preserved in roothouses or cellars, under 

 coverings of sand or litter. Plants intended to give 

 seed should be left to winter in the ground where 

 they have grown, and be there protected by leaves, 

 straw, &c. 



SALSIFY BLACK (Scorzonera Hispanica) affects the 

 same kind of soil, and requires the same kind of 

 culture and management as the preceding kind, and 

 is of the same family. 



SAVORY (Satureja). Of this plant Millar describes 

 nine species, but two of which come within our 

 views, and which are denominated from two of the 

 seasons, winter and summer. The former is a per- 

 ennial plant, and is propagated from seeds or slips ; 

 the latter is an annual, and is propagated from seeds 

 only. For either process, sowing or planting, April 

 is the time. Neither sort is nice with regard to 

 soil ; and it is said of one of them (the winter spe- 

 cies) that it grows best in barren sands and bleak 

 situations. 



SEAKALE* (Crambe Maratima) is a native of the 

 seashore, growing vigorously in sands occasionally 



* We have found by experience that good seakale, like Frank- 

 lin's whistle, costs more than it is worth. We have given up 

 its culture. J. B. 



