SALAD PLANTS.— 
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Cress.— 5 « page 36. 
Cucumber.— 5 « pages 37 to 39. 
Dandelion. — The common Dainlelion is a 
useful salad plant, especially when Kndive and 
Lettuce are scarce in winter. The roots are grown 
in a similar manner to Chicory, and large quantities 
of the blanched leaves are sold in the markets for 
this esculent. The roots best adapted for culture are 
thooe of robust size, such as are found in ditches and 
other moist places. Many country people eat the 
leaves green as growing wild, notwithstanding the 
bitter taste, which is absent in those that are blanched. 
End ive.— -SVe pages 40 and 4 1 . 
Lettuce.— .See pages 46 to 50. 
Mustard.— page 56. 
Nasturtium, of which the green seeds make 
a delightful salad. This plant is both a dwarf and a 
climber, and very ornamental as well as useful. The 
flowers are often used in salads, occasionally for 
decorating, and the leaves and young green plants arc 
frequently pickled. It requires a warm position, 
light rich soil, and the seed sown thinly in April. 
The bed of the tall variety should be near a fence or 
wall in order to hold up the stalks, which gro.v long. 
If in the open, sticks from 6 to 8 feet high will be 
rerpiircd. 
Price 3<1. and 6d. per packet. | 
Pursl&in is a succulent plant and raised from | 
seed, which may be sown in light garden soil in 
klarch on a warm sheltered border in a bed, and 
attended to in the same way as for Chervil. 
Price id and 6d. per packet. 
Radish. — See pages 88 to 91. 
3'W, tel, & 97, High HoesoaM, I.ondok. — 1907 
Rampion. — A plant producing a spindle-shaped 
root of light colour and of agreeable flavour. It 
may be raised from seed if sown in a bed in an open 
warm aspect, anti in soil of a rich compost, of a light 
open texture. Water well in dry weather. Should 
the season prove mild, the plants will be ready for 
use in November. 
Price 3<1. and 6d. per packet. 
Shallots. — The Shallot is much in favour as a 
relish for soups and for pickling. Offsets ate often 
planted in the autumn, but the main crop is usually 
got in early in the year. The bulbs may be planted 
at any suitable time during this peried, 12 inches 
between each row, and 6 inches Ironi set to set. 
The bulbs should be firmly ])ressed in just beneath 
the surface of the soil, and here they remain. As the 
growth matures in spring, gently draw away the soil 
round the bulbs when they have become established, 
and if they look sickly, a)>ply soot to the surface soil 
for maggots, and use the hoe for weed.s. Lift, dry, 
and store crop as soon as ready, probably the end of 
June. Fur exhibition, twenty-five cloves or bulbs 
should be placed on a large plate, and see that they 
are firm, of medium size, ripe, of good colour, and 
nice small necks. There are two types, the Mammoth 
and the ordinary Shallot. 
p'or price of bulks, see page 246. 
Tomato.— .V« pagts 95 to t)-j. 
Watercress. — Watercress may be successfully 
grown from seed if sown in a shaded border and kept 
well watered when started. It is, however, so easily 
procured from sellers in towns, and from streams in 
country districts, that it seems almost a waste of 
energy to attempt to cultivate it in an ordinary 
garden. 
Price 3<1 and OJ. per packe 
