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ing half an inch deep. Light sandy soil is best for this 

 crop ; thin out the plants for use before they begin to 

 crowd each other, ultimately leaving them seven or eight 

 inches apart in the row. The plants soon run up to 

 seed, and it is best to sow at intervals of three or four 

 weeks for succession. 



FENNEL. 



This plant is closely related to, and can be grown as 

 directed for Coriander. 



LAVENDER. 



Lavender is grown solely for its perfume. For home 

 use, the long stems, five or six inches in length, are cut 

 from the bushes when in flower, tied in small bunches 

 and dried. The flowers and stoms are placed in drawers, 

 or closets among table-linen, clothing, etc. The plants 

 are easily grown from seed, or they may be propagated 

 by dividing the roots of old plants. It is better to grow 

 them from seed. 



Sow the seed in a box in the house about the middle 

 of March, in rows one inch apart, dropping two or three 

 seeds to each inch of row. If the plants begin to crowd 

 each other before it is time to set them out in the open 

 ground, transplant into a larger box, pricking them out 

 to two or three inches apart each way. These strong, 

 stocky plants, after hardening off, should be set out on 

 loose, warm, sandy soil, in the garden, from fifteen to 

 twenty inches apart each way. The younger and weaker 

 plants, if the weather is warm, might be set out in a bed 

 in the garden in rows ten inches apart and two or three 

 inches apart in the row. In this bed they may be allowed 

 to remain until the following spring, when they can be 

 taken up with a good ball of earth and set out wherever 



