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HORSE-RADISH. 



Select in the spring a moist situation, having 

 a sandy or light soil. Take out a trench two feet 

 wide and eighteen inches deep ; put in the bottom a 

 good layer of decomposed manure, which mix with a 

 little of the earth at the bottom ; cover this with an 

 inch or two of soil ; cut up the roots into portions 

 about three inches long and place them along the 

 centre of the trench six or eight inches apart, then fill 

 up the trench to the level of the surrounding soil. 



LEEK. 



The Musselburgh and London Flag are the best 

 sorts. The soil should be rich, deep, well dug, and 

 manured with well decomposed manure. Sow the 

 seed in April and May, in drills six inches apart and 

 half-an-inch deep. When about eight inches high 

 transplant them into a bed previously prepared for 

 them. Shorten the roots to about an inch from the 

 plant, and cut off two inches or more from the 

 extremity of the leaves. In drills, fifteen inches 

 apart and six deep, plant them with a dibble deep in 

 the bottom of the drill, nearly up to the leaves, at a 

 distance of eight inches apart. Cut back the leaves 

 once a month during their growth, to make their 

 necks swell out. As the plants grow, level down the 

 soil in the process of loosening it. Late sowings may 

 be made with advantage, in favorable seasons, during 

 August and September. 



LETTUCE. 



The sorts most approved for general cultivation 

 are the Neapolitan, the Drumhead Cabbage Lettuce^ the 

 Silesian, and the Paris Cos, 



