GREENS AND SALAD VEGETABLES 



continued for a succession at intervals throughout 

 the summer until August. The plants should be 

 thinned out to eight or ten inches apart in the rows 

 if fine heads are wanted. The rows should be kept 

 free from weeds and the soil loose and open at all 

 times. In dry spells water should be flowed over 

 the ground, and an occasional watering of liquid 

 manure will be of benefit. By picking the outer 

 leaves the inner ones will continue to develop, and 

 in this way a very small patch be made to furnish 

 a considerable amount of lettuce. 



Lettuce is a useful crop for following other vege- 

 tables or for filling in vacant places left by the 

 maturing of other plants or the failure of seeds to 

 germinate. The hotbed may be devoted to the 

 growing of radishes and lettuce as soon as the 

 plants started therein have been transferred to the 

 open ground. When used for this purpose, it will 

 be well to provide a shade of light cotton cloth to 

 cover the frames in the heat of the day, as the sun's 

 rays are liable to prove too strong in the vicinity 

 of the hotbed, which is selected for its sun and 

 warmth. 



A few hills of lettuce may be started around the 

 melons and squashes and will become of size to use 



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