AMERICAN GARDENER. is? 



dreds of acres are cultivated in England for the 

 flowers to be used in distillation. It may be pro- 

 pagated from seed ; but is easiest propagated from 

 slips, taken off in the spring, and planted in good 

 moist ground in the shade. When planted out it 

 should be in rows three feet apart and two feet 

 apart in the rows. If the flowers be to be preser- 

 ved, the flower-stalks should be cut off before 

 the blossoms begin to fade at all. 



229. LEEK. There are two sorts : the narrow- 

 leaved^ and the flag-leek^ the latter of which is 

 by much the best Some people like leeks better 

 than onions ; and they are better in soup Sow 

 in the fall, or, as early in the spring as you can. 

 About four yards square is enough. Put the rows 

 eight inches asunder, and thin the plants to three 

 inches apart in the row. Hoe deeply and frer 

 quently between the plants till the middle of July, 

 and then take the plants up, cut their roots off te 

 an inch long, and cut off the leaves also a good 

 way down. Make trenches, like those for Celery 

 (which see), only not more than half as deep, and 

 half as wide afiart. Manure the trenches with 

 rotten dung, or other rich manure. Put in the 

 plants as you do the Celery plants, and at about 

 five inches asunder. As the Leeks grow, earth^ 

 them up, by degrees like celery ; and at last, you 

 will have leeks 18 inches long under ground, any 

 as thick as your wrist. One of these is worth a 

 dozen of poor little hard things. If you have a 

 row across one of the Plats it will be plenty, per- 

 haps. Such row will contain about a hundred and 

 sixty. One third may be used, perhaps, before 

 the winter sets in ; another third is taken up and 

 put by for the winter, in precisely the same way 

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