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they must be freely watered until they start to grow. 

 The plantation, the first season, will only give a partial 

 crop; but, as it is a perennial plant, after being once 

 planted, the same bed will remain in bearing for years. 

 The plant may be said to be entirely hardy south of 

 31ason and Dixon's Line, but north of that, it requires to 

 be protected by covering between the plants, with G or 8 

 inches of leaves or coarse manure. 



The Varieties are the Green Globe, and Common 

 Green, differing but little, except in the form of the flow- 

 er-bud, the former being globular, the latter conical. It 

 is claimed by some that the Common Green is more hardy 

 and productive, but Ave have grown them side by side for 

 years, and never have observed any difference, except the 

 very trifling one in the shape of the flower-bud. 



ARTICHOKE.— Jerusalem. — (Eclianthus tuberosus.) 



This is an entirely different plant from the true Arti- 

 choke, though it resembles it somewhat in flavor — hence 

 its name. As it is very often confounded with the true 

 Artichoke, we give an engraving of both. This one is 

 a species of Jlelianthus, or Sun-flower, and the plant has 

 the general appearance of a small Sunflower. The edible 

 part of the plant is its tubers. These are like the potato 

 in appearance, but when cooked, to the taste of most peo- 

 ple, are very inferior in flavor. Their nutritive value is 

 said, however, to be fully equal to that of the potato. 

 Used in the raw state, it is pickled like the cucumber, or 

 sliced, and eaten with vinegar as a salad, but as a culinary 



