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is as yet grown to but a limited extent here, being used 

 only by the French and Germans. The Turnip-like root 

 is cooked, or it is sliced and used with vinegar, making a 

 most excellent salad. 



CHIVES. (Allium Schcenoprasum.) 



A small bulbous-rooted plant of the Onion tribe, en- 

 tirely hardy and of the easiest culture, as it will grow on 

 almost any soil for many years without renewal. It is 

 propagated by division of the root, and may be planted at 

 9 or 10 inches apart ; the leaves are the parts used, which 

 may be repeatedly shorn off during the early summer 

 months. They are sometimes used in soups, but more 

 generally in the raw state. 



CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS.-(* oliforia.) 

 A vegetable used as a salad, and sold to a consider 

 able extent in our markets. It is sown on the first open- 

 ing of spring, in rows 1 foot apart, and is fit for use in six 

 or eight weeks from time of sowing. If wanted to come 

 in early in spring, it is sown in September, covered up 

 with straw or hay, as soon as cold weather sets in, and is 

 wintered over exactly as Spinach. The covering is re- 

 moved in March or April when it starts to grow, and ia 

 one of our first green vegetables in spring. 



CRESS, OR PEPPER GRASS. -(Lepidium sativum.) 

 Another early spring vegetable, used as a salad, and of 

 easy culture. It is sown in early spring in rows 1 foot 



