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top shoots are left in. During the winter the horseradish may with 

 advantage be fed with liquid manure. Horseradish is used throughout 

 the winter months & perhaps may be looked upon more as an appetiser 

 than a salad. 



Radishes are commonly grown, the first sowing being made early in 

 February in a warm border, which has been carefully prepared for the 

 reception of the seed. Radishes should be quickly grown and should 

 never be allowed to stop growing through drought. Sowings may be 

 made at intervals throughout the spring & summer months. French 

 Breakfast Radish is good for early work, whilst the Turnip & Long 

 Scarlet varieties are good for later work. 



Lettuce is perhaps the salad above all others that is grown in all 

 kinds of gardens. Small patches may be sown at intervals from March 

 till September out of dcors, at intervals of 2 or 3 weeks. The last 

 sowings should be of hardy kinds like Hammersmith, Hardy Cos Arc, 

 £ these should be pricked out in spring for use during April k May. 

 The early sowing in a warm border wuld be ready a few weeks later. 

 The seed bed requires to be carefully made & the plants want much 

 moisture. The Cos varieties must be tied to blanch the hearts. 



Tomato is a favourite. L'nless one has the use of a small greenhouse 

 or a hot bed it is best to purchase the young plants, selecting those only 

 which are sturdy (but with tender looking rather than woody stems). 

 The young plants should be placed in as sunny a position as possible, &c. 

 For further details see answers to questn 5. Tomatoes form a most 

 useful salad in autumn. 



Mustard & Cress has the advantage that it can be raised practically 

 at all times during the year. Indoors in the winder in a box or pan 

 wherever there is a window handy & frost can be excluded. Outdoors 

 from March onwards. The seed should be sown very thickly, the 

 mustard being planted a few days later than the cress, as it grows quicker. 

 The seed should not be covered with soil, & the soil shuld be moist. 

 Cover with a sheet of glass which can be removed when the seedlings 

 appear. 



Celery is raised in heat in March, in boxes or pan3, the seedlings 

 being pricked out, three or four inches apart as soon as they can be 

 handled. They are hardened off in a cold frame and planted out during 

 the summer months (June especially). Early crops should not be en- 

 couraged, as celery is not fit for use before Sept or Oct. The ground 

 for celery should be deeply dug & very heavily manured, & should be 

 made into trenches. The plants require copious waterings, & as soon 



as sufficiently grown shuld be earthed up to blanch. This useful salad 

 is useful for autumn & winter use. 



