HORSE-RADISH. 
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Sow the seed in April in drills half an inch deep, and about 
eighteen inches apart ; tliin out the plants to six or eight 
inches in the rov . The plant produces beautiful blue flowers, 
and is worthy of a place in the flower garden. The roots when 
dried, roasted as coffee, and ground, may be mixed in the 
proportion of two ounces of the powder to a pound of coffee 
HORSE-RADISH. 
Raifort. Cochlearia armoracia. 
This plant is propagated by cuttings from the root, either 
cut from the top about two inches long, or by offsets, or 
otherwise useless parts, from the sides of the main root, re- 
taining the crowns or top shoots in as many parts as possible. 
These should be planted as early in the spring as practicable, 
in rows two feet apart, and six or eight inches from each 
other in the rows. 
Select for the bed a good depth of soil, said such as will 
retain moisture, manure it with well-rotted dung, plough or 
dig it deep, and with a drilling machine or other convenient 
implement, draw drills a foot apart ; then plant with a dibble, 
cuttings as above described, in every alternate drill, from two 
to three inches deep. The intermediate drills may be planted 
with Beet or Carrot seed, or that of any other root, but Tur- 
nip Beets are the most suitable to cultivate between the rows, 
as they will grow quick, and can be pulled out without dis- 
turbing the Horse-radish. 
The Beets must of course be thinned out wdiile young, and 
kept cultivated by hoeing between the rows, which will also 
benefit the Horse-radish. After the Beets are pulled, hoe 
the ground again, and keep it clear of weeds, by which 
method the bed may be cleared every year. 
Some cultivate Horse-radish in a permanent bed, in which 
case, if, in taking up the roots, some offsets be left in the 
ground, they will produce a successive supply for future years 
