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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



or in rotten tan. They will do equally well, either covered 

 or uncovered. In the latter way, they are less likely to be 

 sandy or gritty. Place them in a dry place, as they are apt 

 to damp. 



SOWING NASTURTIUMS. 



Same as Indian cress, see p. 118. 



NORMANDY CRESS. 



A crop of this beautiful and useful salad may be sown in a 

 border of light earth. The seed must be sown thinly, as it 

 grows luxuriantly. 



SOWING LETTUCE. 



Make sowings of the various sorts of lettuce. Sow each 

 sort in a bed separately. The varieties are very numerous, but 

 the majority of them will succeed equally well at this time, if 

 sown on a sheltered border. 



There is a sort not generally known, which we accidentally 

 discovered some years ago in Scotland, among a crop of leeks. 

 The seeds of the leeks were from Messrs. Peacock, nursery- 

 men, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, who on inquiry stated, that the 

 same circumstance was observed by another person, who also 

 had purchased some of the leek-seed from the same bag. This 

 sort Messrs. Peacock called, the New Cape cos. It grows to 

 an extraordinary size, but notwithstanding its magnitude, it is 

 the tenderest and finest lettuce we have ever seen. It requires 

 to be sown in March, and afterwards planted out three feet 

 distant, plant from plant, in a rich soil. We have since had 

 seeds of the same sort from those very respectable seedsmen, 

 and found them to be the finest lettuce, for a principal crop, 

 vrith which we are acquainted. For variety, a number of sorts 

 may be sown. Sow each sort separately, and if to remain in 

 the seed-bed, sow thinly, or transplant a part, and leave a crop 

 on the bed, in which they are reared. Transplanted lettuce 

 run to seed sooner during summer than those, which have not 

 been transplanted. 



