XII. 



"GREENS" AND MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS 



MOST persons like greens, especially in spring 

 when the system seems to demand a change 

 from the somewhat heavy and restricted diet 

 of winter. We gather dandelions from road- 

 side and pasture, but they are so small that it 

 takes a bushel basketful to make a "mess," 

 so many have to be discarded as worthless, and 

 a great deal of work is involved in " looking 

 them over," and preparing them for cooking. 



Now this plant can be grown to perfection 

 by cultivating it in the garden. By treating 

 it as well as other plants are treated, it grows 

 to good size, each crown forming a thick mass 

 of foliage, and one plant will furnish ten times 

 the amount of material for cooking that you 

 get from a wild plant. 



It can be had very early in spring by invert- 

 ing a box over it, as soon as the frost is out of 

 the ground. Leave the box in place for several 

 days. The exclusion from light will blanch 



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