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in small pots, and finally shifted to 6-in. pots. They will appre- 

 ciate liquid manure when the fruit is swelling. For the rest, atten- 

 tion to watering, warmth, and occasional syringing are the principal, 

 requirements. Purple, scarlet, and white-fruited varieties are- 

 procurable. 



Endive (Cichorium endivia). One of the most useful of salads,, 

 as it is easy to grow, fairly hardy, and of nice flavour, the touch of 

 bitterness which distinguishes it from Lettuce being agreeable rather 

 than otherwise. A great thing in favour of Endive is that it can 

 be had in use in autumn, winter, and spring, and where salads are 

 much in request it should be sown successionally in spring and 

 summer. It requires substantially the same treatment as Lettuce, 

 namely, a friable, fertile soil, thin seeding in a spare plot, trans- 

 planting when 2 or 3 ins. high and quite sturdy to rows 15 ins. 

 apart, and finally blanching. The first outdoor sowing may be- 

 made in April, and thereafter pinches of seed may be sown at 

 intervals until the end of September. The plants from the earlier- 

 sowings will come into use in summer and autumn, those from the- 

 late ones in winter and spring. The latter should be made, and the- 

 plants put out, on a warm, sheltered border. They pass most 

 winters in safety, but as their numbers are liable to be reduced in 

 a severe one, as many as accommodation can be found for should be- 

 lifted in autumn and planted in an unheated frame. These will 

 come in during late winter or early spring, and those left out will 

 be ready, if they survive, early in summer. The summer and 

 autumn plants may be blanched in the same way as Lettuces r 

 namely, by tying the outer leaves up, but not tightly. The winter 

 and spring plants may be lifted and put in a dark place. The two- 

 most useful varieties are Broad (Round) leaved Batavian and 

 Green Curled. The former is the more useful, because if abundant- 

 it can be used as a vegetable for cooking. It is, moreover, easy ta< 

 blanch. The Green Curled makes a more graceful salad, and needs^ 

 less space. 



Garlic (Allium sativum). A white-bulbed member of the Onion. 

 tribe, which is generally treated in the same way as Shallots, i.e. 

 bulbs are planted in late winter about a foot apart, and lifted and 

 ripened in summer. 



Gourd (Cucurbita). The Gourds and Pumpkins are closely^ 

 related to Vegetable Marrows, and the culinary varieties may be 

 grown in just the same way (see Vegetable Marrow). But some 

 gardeners prefer to limit their attentions to the ornamental varieties, 

 and to grow these over arches. They vary greatly in shape, and 

 the colours are brilliant. The seed may fee sown in a frame or 

 house in spring and the plants put out in June. 



Herbs (Sweet and Pot). The good housewife makes ready use or 

 kitchen -gar den herbs, whether for soups, flavouring, garnishing^, 

 or medicinal purposes. The most useful are the following: 



Angelica (s) 



Balm (p) 



Basil, Sweet and Bush (s) 



Borage (s) 



Chamomile (p) 



Chervil (s) 

 Chives (p) 

 Dill (s) 

 Fennel (p) 

 Horehound (p) 



