114 VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



Culture. Parsley succeeds best in a rich, moist 

 soil, medium to heavy in texture. It may be grown 

 in separate beds, or along the edges of vegetable 

 breaks. No rank manure should be used; but de- 

 cayed manure, vegetable compost, or rich soil may 

 be dug in. To maintain a supply, sow three times, in 

 March, May, and July. Sow thinly in shallow drills 

 about 15 inches apart, and thin the seedlings early 

 to 6 inches apart in the rows. Suppress flower stems, 

 and in early autumn cut off the old leaves from the 

 first sowings, to induce the plants to make fresh 

 growth. 



Varieties : Dwarf Perfection, Giant Curled, and 

 Hyatt's Garnishing. 



Purple Sprouting Broccoli. 



This vegetable is grown for the sake of its purple 

 sprouts. It requires the same cultivation as hearting 

 broccoli. 



Rhubarb. 



Botanical Name : Rheum hybridum. 

 Natural Order : Polygonacece. 



This is a native of Central Asia, and was first 

 grown as a vegetable in this country in the sixteenth 

 century. Rhubarb can be well grown in any good 

 garden soil, if not too light and dry. Trench deeply 

 and manure heavily in the top two spade depths. It 

 is best propagated by division of the roots, each 

 division with one or two good buds or crowns at- 

 tached. Plant from November to February, 2J feet 

 apart each way, and so that the crowns are 2 inches 



