viously made rich, light, and friable. Thin out the
young plants from four to six inches apart; and, in the absence of rain,
water freely. During September and October, the table may be supplied
directly from the garden. For winter use, the roots should be harvested
before freezing weather, and packed in earth or sand, out of danger from
frost. Before being used, they should be immersed for a short time in
cold water.

_To raise Seed._--Seeds of the Winter Radishes are raised by allowing
the plants to remain where they were sown. As fast as they ripen, cut
the stems; or gather the principal branches, and spread them in an open,
airy situation, towards the sun, that the pods, which are quite tough in
their texture, may become so dry and brittle as to break readily, and
give out their seeds freely.

_Use._--All the kinds are used as salad, and are served in all the forms
of the spring and summer radishes.

_Varieties._--

BLACK SPANISH. _Trans._

Bulb ovoid, or rather regularly pear-shaped, with a long tap-root. At
first the root is slender, and somewhat cylindrical in form: but it
swells as it advances in age, and finally attains a large size;
measuring eight or ten inches in length, and three or four inches in
diameter. The outside is rough, and nearly black; the flesh is pungent,
firm, solid, and white; the leaves are long, and inclined to grow
horizontally; the leaf-stems are purple. It is one of the latest, as
well as one of the hardiest, of the radishes; and is considered an
excellent sort for winter use.

LARGE PURPLE WINTER. _Trans._

Purple Spanish.

The Large Purple Winter Radish is a beautiful variety, derived, without
doubt, from the Black Spanish; and may therefore be properly called the
Purple Spanish. In shape and character, it much resembles the Black
Spanish: but the outside, when cleaned, is of a beautiful purple, though
it appears black when first drawn from the earth; and the coat, when cut
through, shows the purple very finely. The footstalks of the leaves
have a much deeper tinge of purple than those of the other kinds.

LONG BLACK WINTER.

A sub-variety of the Black Spanish. Root long and tapering. With the
exception of its smaller size, much resembling a Long Orange Carrot.

LONG-LEAVED WHITE CHINESE. _Vil._

Root fusiform, sometimes inversely turbinate, about five inches in
length, and an inch in diameter; skin white, and of fine texture; flesh
fine-grained, crisp, and thou