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except that the seed is very dark in color and the 

 leaves are a trifle more pungent. It is used both as a 

 salad and for manufacturing into table mustard. 



Nasturtium {Tropceolum viajus) is but little grown, 

 either in the market or home garden ; but the shoots 

 and flower buds make an excellent salad, and the seeds 

 of the Dwarf variety {T. invius) when pickled in 

 vinegar can hardly be distinguished from caper sauce. 



It can be easily grown in any garden soil, and ^vill 

 twine around brush, or any other support that may be 

 near. It is sown in drills, in early spring, being cov- 

 ered about one inch deep, 



A large number of varieties may be found catalogued 

 in the published flower-seed lists ; but the Tall and 

 Dwarf are the only kinds grown in the vegetable 

 garden. The former grows to a height of eight or 

 nine feet ; and is a first-rate ornamental plant to set for 

 climbing over rock work or on a trellis. The Dwarf 

 never grows above three or three and a half feet 

 in height ; and this, when sown in drills, should be 

 bushed like early peas. 



Okra ( Hibiscus esculent us) is grown for its seed pods, 

 which, when young and tender, are used in soups and 

 stews. 



It is of very easy culture, as it succeeds on almost 

 any soil, and after the plants are once up and growing 

 is quite hardy. But the seeds should not be put in till 

 the weather is warm and fairly settled, — say about the 

 loth of May, — as they are liable to rot if placed in the 

 soil when it is cold and soggy. In this one respect 

 they are very tender, and are found difficult to start ex- 



