102 FAliM-GAEDEXING AZSTD SEED-GROWING. 



best plan in growing the seed, and as the plants will 

 grow strong the distance should be fifteen inches each 

 way. Cut when in blossom. The seed is produced in the 

 same manner as Sage, and, like Marjoram, is extremely 

 small. It ripens more unevenly than any other with which 

 we have to do. 



To save it, when the first commences to ripen, which 

 may be known by its dark color and the pods becoming 

 yellow and some dry, place sheets of heavy paper under 

 each plant, well up to the stems ; at noon and evening shake 

 the plants well, causing the ripe seed to fall on the paper, 

 which must be removed at night and replaced in the 

 morning. 



Of course this can not be done during rainy weather, 

 but there is little danger of the seed shelling out when 

 the air is damp. When the bulk of the seed has been 

 thus collected, the stems may be cut, dried, thrashed, or 

 rubbed, and the seed cleaned, all as directed for Sweet 

 Marjoram. 



The variety known as " Spreading Thyme " is the only 

 one fit for cultivation. Herb seeds are not considered 

 good more than two years. 



HORSERADISH. 



This is a very important and profitable crop with mar- 

 ket-gardeners, and is particularly adapted to shipping, 

 hence may be grown remote from market where the soil 

 is suited to its cultivation. It is propagated from sets, as 

 it does not produce seed ; hence there are no varieties. In 

 its native state it is usually found in low places, being fond 

 of moisture. This latter fact formerly induced gardeners 

 to plant it in low ground, which always gave it a luxuriant 

 growth of leaves, but the root, which is the only eatable 

 part, produced laterals and fibers, and the proportion of 

 marketable roots was comparatively small. When planted 



