46 KENDALL AND WHITNEY^ 
MUSTAKD. 
A pungent salad. Sow thickly in boxes in the green-house once a 
week all winter, or in a frame, or the open ground after a frost, cov- 
ering very lightly. 
Per Oz. 
White LoMon........ 5c. 
Black liOndon.— . 5c. 
NASTURTIUM. 
The seeds are used while young, and pickled as capers. In shrub- 
bery borders, or trained against trellis work, the plant is highly orna- 
mental ; sow one inch deep in rows five feet apart, and gather the 
crop every few days. 
Perpkt. Oz. 
Tall.— 5c. 15c. 
Dwarf.— 10c. 20c 
ONION, 
No vegetable is more extensively known and cultivated than the 
Onion. It has been the common seasoning for soups and meats of all 
nations from the earliest period to the present. In cookery it is in- 
dispensable. 
The soil, in general, cannot be too rich for this vegetable ; and, 
however good it may be, it requires more or less manure for every 
crop. Unlike most vegetables, it succeeds well when cultivated on 
the same land for successive years, provided it is liberally supplied 
with nutrition. Previous to sowing, the ground shonld be thorough- 
ly spaded over, or deeply ploughed, and the surface made smooth and 
even. The seed should be sown as early in spring as the soil may be 
m good working condition. Sow in drills fourteen inches apart, and 
half an inch m depth. When the plants are three or four inches 
high, thm them out to two inches apart. Four pounds of seed will 
plant one acre. 
To grow Onion "Sets," sow the seed thinly in March or April. No 
further culture is required, except hand-weeding, as their thickness in 
the bed wdl prevent their growing large, and well cause them to come 
to maturity sooner. When the tops die down, the small onions are 
gathered, and kept spread thinly in a dry, airy loft. 
. ° ni ™ set l top* *r* placed on the surface in shallow twelve- 
inch drills, about four inches apart, slightly covered. 
thfmfn i°o? 0nS Sh T M *Z P l anted in A P riL Select the Place 
onlftS for seed > and the small 
ones tor early table-use and market in August. 
