. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1884. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN 283 anything near it. It does not require many plants to supply an ordinary family with what they would usually make use of during the season. We have found it to do well at the outlet of a sink drain, and also upon the sides of a ditch leading from the barn yard to a mowing lot. Its preparation for use is very sim- ple, although not very agi'eeable, if attempted in a warm room, in conse- quence of its ai'omatic properties. The roots should be dug as soon as the frost will admit in the
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1884. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN 283 anything near it. It does not require many plants to supply an ordinary family with what they would usually make use of during the season. We have found it to do well at the outlet of a sink drain, and also upon the sides of a ditch leading from the barn yard to a mowing lot. Its preparation for use is very sim- ple, although not very agi'eeable, if attempted in a warm room, in conse- quence of its ai'omatic properties. The roots should be dug as soon as the frost will admit in the spring, or at any other season if desired, (we prefer it in spring) and washed and scraped clean and white, and then passed over a grater until the whole is reduced to a pulp, which should be placed in open mouth- ed bottles, and thoroughly saturated with good cider vinegar. As a matter of taste, we much prefer to mix with it a little sugar befoi'e using. Its use with meats gives a gi-atifying relish, and so long as it can be procured so easily every farmer's family should have a full supply.—Nev) England Far- CYCLAMEN FOll THE WINDOW. Florists cannot understand why the cyclamen has not been more exten- sively grown for window gardening. There is scarcely a plant used for this purpose that can excel it in any of the features so necessary for show. It has a pleasant fragrance, is graceful in bloom ; the colors are various and often unique; the foliage is very attractive, and, to crown all, it is easily grown. Autumn is the proper time to sow the seeds, which should be thinly scattered over the surface of a pan of light, turfy, peaty soil. The covering must be care- fully done, and should be accomplished by shaking a little light soil through a fine sieve, merely sufficient to pai-tially protect the seed from the air. Water well at first, and never thereafter allow the seed to become dry; but, on the other hand, do not deluge the soil so as to rot the seeds. If the seeds are f
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