| Plant late variety in early Fall. | | | | _Cos or Romaine lettuce_ is easily | | grown, and stands the heat better | | than the other varieties. It has a | | very crisp fleshy rib in the leaf, | | but the leaf part is not so delicate | | as of the other varieties. | | | | _All lettuce needs very rich soil._ | ---------------------+--------------------------------------+--------- _Parsley._ | Plant in early Spring. | 5c. | | Buy “Dwarf Curly.” | Soak seed overnight in warm water, | | mix sand in the water, and fling | | sand and seed over the prepared | | ground. Sometimes it takes six weeks | | for parsley seed to “come up.” | | Except far north, it lives over | | winter if well covered with leaves. | | | | Plant some parsley every year, as | | what has “wintered over” goes to | | seed very easily. | ---------------------+--------------------------------------+--------- _Onions._ | “Onion sets” are tiny little onions | 10c a | which are set out in early Spring, | pint. Buy yellow “Onion | about 2 inches apart in rows. | sets.” | Usually when they are partially | | grown, they are pulled, and green | | tops and bulbs are used for salads | | and in soup. | ---------------------+--------------------------------------+--------- _Thyme._ | A very pretty low-growing herb, used | 5c. | to flavor soup, and “stuffing” for | | meat. Grows easily from seed if | | sowed early. Lives over winter | | --except far north--if covered with | | leaves. Is, therefore, a | | “perennial.” | | | | Plant in the Spring in the northern | | states. | | | | Plant in the Fall in the southern | | states. |