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spring as ground can be worked, and every tw- 

 weeks throughcu': the season, for a succession c 

 crops. A warm, san.iy loam, made rich and ligh 

 by some good, strong 

 manure, wi be most 

 likely to afford them 

 brittle and free from 

 worms. Sow m twelve- 

 inch drills, and thin to 

 two or three inches 

 apart. I he plant? 



Black Spanish 



California Mammoth. 



China, Winter. 



shoylt' be copiously watered, in dry weather, which 

 tends t^ their rapid growth, thus securing their excel- 

 lent uali'.ic-. 



li c':o!U se home in 7nind that radishes must have 

 plc'iiy of rcom^ and be i^rown quickly^ or they "will 

 invariably be tough and Tvor7tty. 



RAPE. 



This plant is extensively cultivated in England, both 

 foi forage and -or the seed, from which is manufactured 

 rape seed oil. The seed: are aizo much used as . >jd for 

 canary birds, j.. is also sometimes used as a salad pLint 

 like mustard. - forarje plant, the yic.d i- abunb.nt, 

 and Ted green, it Is /cry nutritious, and ;.~nrb- .ill ani- 

 mals are very fond of it. Sow in May, eith: ■ broadcast 

 or in drills ; if the .3rmer, ten pounds, and he latter, 

 four pounds per acre. 



RHUBARB, or PIE PLANT. 



Fr. Rhubarbe. — Ger. Rhabarber. 



Rhubarb, familir.rly hnown as Pie Plant, 's cultivate:! 

 in garden: lor leaf stalks, which are used for pic; 



and t.-.rts. Vv'ithin a few years the cultivation of this 

 vci;- grateful and wholesome vegetable has been extens- 

 ive!" ; icreascd ; immense quantities are nov,^ annually 

 sold in all the lar^c markets. No private garden should 

 be v/ithout a bed of it. 



Linnc^us. — The earliest of all, and very productive 

 and high-flavored. It possesses little acidity, and has 

 so thin a skin that removing it is scarcely necessary. It 

 continues equally crisp and tender throughout the sum- 

 mer and early autumn. One of the best sorts for a small 

 garden or family use. 



Victoria, — Very large leafstalks, two or three inches 

 in dir.'^ *^rr at the broadest part, and often two or three 

 feet in length. A well developed stalk, divested of the 

 leaf, will weigh about two pounds. They are stained 



M. Ferry &. Co's Per- 

 petual Market. 



and finely spotted to the nerves of 



with red at the 

 the leaf 



Giant. — This is a very large and late green variety, 

 with round stalks of great length and thickness ; pro- 

 duces a succession of stalks the whole seas;n , held in 

 high estimation by market sjardeners. 



Rhubarb, or Pie Plant. 

 Culture. — Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, somewhat 

 retentive soil. The richer its condition, and the deeper 

 It I; stirred the better. Sow in drills an inch deep, and 

 thin out the plap.ts to :ix inches apart. In the fall, 

 trench a piece of round, and manure it ' vll ; then 

 transplant the young plants intc it /.irce feet apart each 

 way. Cover with leaves cr I:,tter -!ie fr:; r.ter, and 

 give a dressing of coarse manure every . -■. Ihc seed 

 cannot be relied upon for the reproducti'- - u, the same 

 variety. The stalks should rot be plucked till the third 

 year, and the nlant never allowed tc exhaust itself by 

 running to seed. 



