. The amateur's practical garden-book;. Gardening. SALPIGLOSSIS—SAN JOSE SCALE 195 heat in February or March, the seedlings grown along until May, when they may be planted out. It is usually best to pinch out the centers of the plants at this time to cause them to branch. Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster. Sal- sify is one of the best of winter and early spring vegetables, and should be grown in every gar- den. It may be cooked in several different ways. The seed should be sown as early in the spring as possible. Handle the same as pars- nips in every way. The roots, like parsnips, saisify are the
. The amateur's practical garden-book;. Gardening. SALPIGLOSSIS—SAN JOSE SCALE 195 heat in February or March, the seedlings grown along until May, when they may be planted out. It is usually best to pinch out the centers of the plants at this time to cause them to branch. Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster. Sal- sify is one of the best of winter and early spring vegetables, and should be grown in every gar- den. It may be cooked in several different ways. The seed should be sown as early in the spring as possible. Handle the same as pars- nips in every way. The roots, like parsnips, saisify are the better for the winter freeze, but part of the crop should be dug in the fall, and stored in soil or moss in a cellar for winter use. Salvia. The Scarlet Salvia (or Sage) is a well known tender perennial, blooming late in the fall and mak- ing a fine effect in beds or borders. It is easily transplanted, and large plants removed to the house continue in bloom for some time. The blue and white species are both desirable summer-flowering plants, and the low- growing Silver Leaf Sage is well adapted for edging. Propagated from seed, cuttings, or by division. Height 2 to 3 feet. San Jose Scale has now become a wide- spread pest. It has been introduced into the eastern states from the Pacific slope. It is a minute scale insect the size of a small pinhead, shield-shaped, with a raised center. There are various native and comparatively harmless scales which look very much like it, and an expert is usually needed to distinguish them. The San Jose Scale can usually be distinguished, however, by its very serious results. In favorable seasons it spreads with enormous rapidity, covering the branches of many kinds of plants, sapping their juices, and either killing or reducing them to such a low state of vitality as to render. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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