THE GOLDEN OR AUSTRALIAN CRESS. 



. Nutting & Son. 

 Sown March 24th; in flower, June 18th ; fit for use, July 5th. 

 Height, 8 feet. Pods, 12—14 on a stem, flattish, nearly 

 straight, not well filled, containing only 4 — 6 peas, light olive and 

 white when dry. 



Ne plus ultra . . . (il^^' , « 



( Nutting & Son, 



Syn. : Jay's Conqueror . . Nutting & Son. 



Paynes Conqueror . . Huhst & McMullen. 

 Sown March 94th; in flower, June 18th; fit for use, July 5th. 

 Height, 7 feet. Pods, 10 — 12 on a stem, large, slightly curved, 

 well filled, containing 7 — 9 large peas of a fine green colour, 

 sugary and excellent; the dried seeds dark olive, and some 

 white. This is one of the best tall marrows. 



Competitor .... Charlwood & Cummins. 

 Sown March 24th ; in flower, June 14th ; fit for use, July 4th. 

 Height, 5 feet. Pods, 8—10 on a stem, lai'ge, straight, cylin- 

 drical, containing only 5 — 6 peas, but these are very large; 

 dry seeds of a nearly uniform olive colour. 



XIV.— THE GOLDEN OE AUSTRALIAN CRESS. 



This plant is of dwarf habit. The leaves when very young, are 

 obovate, entire, afterwards becoming toothed ; tlie older ones 

 oblong-obovate, lyrately-pinnatifid or pinnate, the terminal lobo 

 large, irregularly and deeply cut, the incised portions overlapping, 

 and the whole of the margin finely and sharply serrated ; they 

 are pale or yellowish green; flavour milder than that of the 

 Common, or Curled Cress. 



Samples named as follows were sown for trial, during the past 

 summer, at the garden :— 



Golden Cress ..... L.\wson & Son. 



Australimi Salad Cress . . . E, G. Hendeeson. 



New Australian Cress . . . Caktee & Co. 

 The Golden Cress wfts intrcduced by the Horticultural Society 

 upwards of thirty years ago, as will appear from the following 

 extract from a Report, published in 1820 iu the Society's 



