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plan is to buy a package of any good celery seed 

 and to sow it thickly in rows about a foot apart. As 

 the young plants come up pull the larger ones as 

 you may wish them for the soup-pot. Even when the 

 plants are only a few inches high they make excel- 

 lent flavoring for soups. Another very useful plant is 

 the new Upland Cress. Sow half a paper broad-cast 

 in a little bed, and as fast as you want it for dressing 

 a dish of fish, pull up the larger plants. A little later, 

 cut off the larger leaves as wanted, A few of the plants 

 set out in the border in a row, and about eighteen 

 inches apart will extend the supply. The first sowing 

 should be in April and a second sowing late in May. 



If the family is small and less lettuce is needed, it 

 will be a good plan to omit one row of the lettuce 

 next the fence, and to set out in April a pint of onion 

 sets. Plant them quite thickly, and by the first of 

 June they can be pulled as fast as wanted for soups 

 and stews. Pull every other one along the row, and 

 then every other one again. In this way, in the course 

 of a month, they will be slowly consumed, and those 

 that remain longest in the ground will have room to 

 grow. In crediting your garden with these small 

 "stew-greens," parsley, cress, onions and celery, find 

 out the price at the stores. They are usually sold in 

 mixed bunches, several kinds in a bunch, at from two 

 to five cents a bunch. These may seem trifles, yet 

 they will save many a trip to the store, and many an 

 odd penny that goes to make up a dollar, and help 

 wonderfully in piecing out a " picked-up dinner." 



Another useful plant is the Fetticus or Corn Salad. 

 It can be sown early in the spring, and is ready for 

 the table in about six weeks. Another plan is to sow 

 it in rows a foot apart in September. When the 

 ground freezes it must be covered with leaves or straw, 

 and on approach of severe cold weather it must be 



