332 GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



KOHLRABI. OR TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE (Brassica okracea var.). 



This vegetable resembles a Turnip, but is regarded as a 

 variety of the Cabbage, with a fleshy, edible stem. Seeds 

 should be sown in rows fifteen or eighteen inches apart, 

 in May or June, and when an inch high, thinned out to 

 nine or ten inches. It is a favorite vegetable with the 

 Germans, and immense quantities are sold in the markets 

 of New York. There are two varieties, White and Purple. 



LEEK (Attium Fbrrum). 



Sow in April, and plant out in June or July, in rows 

 one foot apart and six inches between the plants. It is 

 used mainly during the winter months. It is an entirely 

 hardy plant ; yet, in order that it may be handy to get 

 at in winter, it is better to put it in trenches or boxes, 

 as advised for preserving Celery. 



LETTUCE (Lactuca saliva). 



Lettuce should be sown in a hot-bed or greenhouse, if 

 wanted early. Seeds sown there in .February will give 



Fig. 123. BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON LETTC7CE. 



nice plants to set out in April, to mature in May; or, if 

 it is sown in the open ground in April and planted out in 



