74 KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



The aromatic and volatile qualities of coffee are, by the 

 combination of this root, rendered more mellow and full 

 upon the palate, and its fragrance greatly increased, producing 

 an agreeable tonic and most exhilarating beverage. 



Sow the seed in April in drills half an inch deep and 

 about eighteen inches apart ; thin out the plants to six or eight 

 inches in the row. The plant produces beautiful blue flowers, 

 and is worthy of a place in the flower-garden. The roots when 

 dried, roasted as coffee, and ground, may be mixed in the 

 proportion of two ounces of the powder to a pound of coffee. 



HORSERADISH. 



RAIFORT. Cochearia armoracia. 



This plant is propagated by cuttings from the root, either 

 cut from the top about two inches long, or by offsets, or 

 otherwise useless parts, from the sides of the main root, retain 

 ing the crowns or top-shoots in as many parts as possible. These 

 should be planted as early in the spring as practicable, in rows 

 two feet apart and six or eight inches from each other in the 

 rows. 



Select for the bed a good depth of soil, and such as will retain 

 moisture ; manure it with well-rotted dung, plough or dig it 

 deep, and the draw-drills afoot apart ; then plant with a dibble, 

 cuttings as above described, in every alternate drill, from two 

 to three inches deep. The intermediate drills may be planted 

 with Beet or Carrot-seed, or that of any other root ; but Turnip- 

 Beets are the most suitable to cultivate between the rows, as 

 they will grow quick and can be pulled out without disturbing 

 the Horseradish. 



The beets must of course be thinned out while young, and 

 kept cultivated by hoeing between the rows, which will also 

 benefit the Horseradish. After the Beets are pulled, hoe the 

 ground again, and keep i*, clear of weeds, by which method the 



