Show MAKE A SALAD GARDEN results are fairly sure to be satisfactory small plot will produce sufficient supply for all summer lettuce Is greatest standby with curly cres next by MARY for a woman amateur a salad garden Is a safe experiment it need not take much room and the hie results remits are fairly sure to be satisfactory besides giving variety to the table and a wholesome interest to the gardener it Is in itself a thing of beauty from start to fini finish sli A plot fifteen or twenty feet square will supply salad through the whole summer for a large family and also yield occasional gifts for the neighbor bors of course lettuce Is the great standby and there should be two or three varieties rie ties one of them russet colored this particular kind does not head up as most of the others it Is howe however er tender and of 0 fine flavor while its color gives it value for use wiuf other salads la in the garden the he great darif ff heads are very effective glowing I 1 in the sunshine like burnished ropper copper lettuce should bo be sowa alwo at least twice during the season first in april or may and agall again the last of june the second crop must be carefully watched and thoroughly watered from the time it first appears if the earth gets dry and hard it must be loosened about the tender plants until the leaver leave 3 spread sufficiently to keep it moist next Is est to lettuce in value Is the curly cress which can be used with nith lettuce or by itself it Is also for certain di alv a more delicately effective garnish than parsley cress comes to maturity very early und and it if let alone will sow itself and produce a second crop by the last of august g but better results are obtained by cutting back the blossoms as soon as they appear and when the stams get too tough for use pull up the plants and make a second sowing sonning in july in fact three crops may be counted on if one wishes to take the trouble one planting of parsley is sufficient it never falls fails grows abundantly and lasts tender and green until the heavy frosts come radishes can be sown every two weeks during the summer the later crops must be well watered and should be pulled as soon as they are large enough for a good bite late grown radishes seem to get wormy more readily than those sown in the moist soll soil of 0 the early spring cucumbers take a good deal of room but are so delicious eaten from the dewy vines tender and crisp without the ghastly chill of the ice fee chest that they are well worth the space they require and are also worth the trouble sometimes the cucumbers need a good deal of looking after in the early stages the young plants even before blossoming bloss oming often turn yellow and if not attended to soon dry up and die the malady Is caused by a tiny insect which attacks the under side of the leaves the remedy Is simple sprinkle the leaves thoroughly with red pepper taking care to pepper well the under side one or two applications will be sufficient after the blossoms appear an insect of squash bug variety sometimes Is 11 found aund on the vines tills this however Is e easily pally discovered and disposed of keep cucumbers well watered and it if ahe the earth cakes loosen it all these salads except the cucumber should bo sown in rows unless the garden Is very small in that case make an outside border for lettuce not forgetting to thin out relentlessly as usual when there are four leaves above the ground sow an inside border of cress which need never be thinned except as it Is used put the cucumbers in each corner and sow the rest in rows as the space allows |