KITCHEN-GARDEN PLANTS. ClIAP; 



the first summer after this, none of the leaves ought to i 

 be stripped off for use. If the plants throw up seed- 

 stalks, these should be kept cut down. During this i 

 summer, the plants will become very strong, and the 

 next spring, they will produce leaves, the stalks of 

 which will be fit for use. They will stand and flourish 

 for any length of time on the same spot, and their pro- 

 duce will be prodigious. When taken off for use, their 

 leaves should be stripped off, and not cut. It is perfectly 

 hardy, and all that it requires, is, digging the ground in 

 the intervals and between the plants in the month of 

 November, and again early in April, and giving a mode- 

 rate supply of manure, once in two years. If propa- 

 gated from offsets 5 that is to say, shoots taken off 

 from the sides of the old stools, the offsets ought to be 

 planted at the distance before-directed ; and, if they be 

 stout, and planted out in the fall, you may begin using 

 the leaves the next spring. 



178. ROSEMARY is a beautiful little shrub. One of 

 them may be enough in a garden. It is propagated from 

 dips, taken off in the spring and planted in a cool place. 



179. RUE. Still more beautiful. Propagated in the 

 same manner. One plant of the kind is enough. 



180. RUTABAGA. (See Turnip.) 



181. SAGE is raised from seed, or from slips. To 

 have it at hand for winter, it is necessary to dry it ; and 

 it ought to be cut, for this purpose, before it comes out 

 into bloom, as, indeed, is the case with all other herbs. 



