. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. THE CULTURE OX SALADS. 493 Fro. possible in winter. At present the produce is so inferior and so dirty at that season, that it is generally avoided, and rightly so; for Lettuces when hard and wiry from alterna- tions of frost, sleet, and rains—slug-eaten and half-covered with the splashings of the ground, above which they hardly rise—are not worth eating or buying. And though they may be grown well in frames and pits, the meth
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. THE CULTURE OX SALADS. 493 Fro. possible in winter. At present the produce is so inferior and so dirty at that season, that it is generally avoided, and rightly so; for Lettuces when hard and wiry from alterna- tions of frost, sleet, and rains—slug-eaten and half-covered with the splashings of the ground, above which they hardly rise—are not worth eating or buying. And though they may be grown well in frames and pits, the method herein described is better and simpler than that, and the Lettuces thus produced are far finer than those grown in English gardens in winter. My first acquaintance with this mode of growing salad was made early in 1867. Since then I have had further opportunities of studying the subject, and it now appears to me that to discuss it in a general way is not sufficient. To under- stand the cloche and its use will not suffice; we must observe the cul- ture of the varieties suited for each season, beginning with the Lettuce Petite Noire, a distinct winter kind, and requiring peculiar treatment. Culture of the Lettuce Petite Noire.—This kind is grown to an enormous extent. Before leaving Paris in the first week of October last I saw beautiful crops of it growing, four plants under each cloche, each about five inches across, and without a speck of disease or dust. These plants, sown in August, are fit for cutting about the end of October, and prove very different to the rabbit food that serves us for salad as soon as the cold rains of autumn prevent its growing naturally to perfection. But this crop was an exceptionally early one; few sow it before the first days of September. It is sown on light, rich ground, well and deeply stirred, and covered with an inch, or a little more, of thoroughly decomposed and fine stable manure. The surface is made level and a little firm, and th
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