Dandelion 



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the crown; even in this case, the main crop may be had 

 the following spring. 



The roots of the garden-grown dandelion are some- 

 times taken up in autumn and removed to the hotbed or 

 forcing-house, and greens may be had in cold weather. 

 They may be forced 'in this way in a dark place to pro- 

 vide blanched leaves. Even in the field the leaves may 

 be tied up to blanch the inner part of the crown, much 

 as endive is treated. 



The cultivated plant is a developed form, or series of 

 forms, of the common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, 

 Weber. The dandelion itself is with us a naturalized 

 weed from Europe. 



