Cruss.—Frequent sowings should be made of Triple Curled Cress a 
light soil ina box or bed. Of course, you know that the use of this e, 
salad, and a most healthful adjunct it is to the table. If you mean to Ot 
up a constant supply of this, you will have to lay in a quart of seed, an! 
will only be necessary to sow a small quantity at a time. i 
Envive.—This capital salad vegetable is not so much grown as it shoul! 
be. It requires to be sown in a rich seed bed, and transplanted out in iin 
18 inches apart with 1 foot between the plants. While the plants are grow)” 
they will be improved by watering with liquid manure. When full grown, 
plants should be blanched. This is done for exhibition purposes by covellle 
them with some opaque vessel, such as a large flower-pot, about a fortnigt 
before they are wanted. hey are blanched in large numbers by tying UP, 
outside leaves around the heart, so as to exclude the light and air for a fort 
or three weeks before they are cut. ut 
One and a-half ounces of seed will suffice as a fair proportion for Y™ | 
garden of 1 acre. Az 
Escuators.—Any light well-drained soil will suit these. Beds 8 ia | 
wide should be thrown up with alleys between. Then plant sets, which a 
like small onions, in drills 9 inches apart, and 9 inches from set to set. at ; 
when bulbs are ripe, and select strong bulbs to plant again. 
Herns.—Every garden should have a herb border. This should be jaid of 5 
in small beds about 3 feet wide, and each should have its own herb gt 
in it. The principal in use are :— J 
Angelica (Angelica archangelica).—Sow in the plot where it is to 17 
and thin out to 1 foot apart. y.| 8 
Balm (Melissa officinalis).—Chiefly used in the manufacture of a coolit A 
and anti-febrile drink. It can be propagated from the cuttings with a piec® 
root attached or from seed. { 
Basil (Ocymum basilicum).—Sow in a seed bed or box, and plant of 
12 inches apart. 
Betony (Betonica officinalis),—Propagate by divisions. Not much used. 
Borage (Borago officinalis)—Champagne cup and claret cup, so mue the 
evidence at social events, can hardly be said to be correctly made without) 
presence of Borage, but I do not remember to have seen it used for vat 
purpose in this country. It grows wild in England, and is a very pretty PY” 
with a sky-blue flower. Sow and thin out to 9 inches apart. FE. 
Camomile (Anthemis nobilis).—A famous old-fashioned remedy in cote 
&e. The flowers are used. They are got from seeds, but better from divi! 
of the plant. Will grow anywhere. a 
Caraway (Carum Carui).—Sow thinly. Thin out to 9 inches apart. Us ¥ 
in confectionery. Bi 
Ohervil (Cherophyllum sativum).—For cookery purposes, and jin wy 
salads. Sow and thin out. The plant does not last long, and fresh 80¥ 
must be made. 1 
Chives (Allium Schenoprasum).—Propagated by division. A few, sho" | 
always be grown, as they are good for salads ; lack the bitter taste of oniol® 
Clary (Salvia sclarea).—Not much used, but for some soups they © 
required. Sow in lines and thin out. di 
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum).—Largely used in soups, and the 
in confectionery. Sow. 
Fennel (Vooniculum yulgare).—Propagated by divisions or from seed: us 
in fish sauces. fot 
Garlic (Allium sativum).—Much liked by some people in soups, and ad 
other purposes. The cloves or bulbils which are formed on the stems sho, 
he planted 6 inches apart, in drills 1 foot asunder. Likes a light, drys > 
olis. 
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