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bed may be cleared every year. Some cultivate Horseradish in 

 a permanent bed ; in which case, if, in taking up the roots, some 

 offsets be left in the ground, they will produce a successive 

 supply for future years. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHQKE. 



POMME DE TERRE. Helianthus tuberosum. 

 This plant is a native of America. The tubers of the 

 root, which are generally abundant, were, before Potatoes 

 became improved by cultivation, in great esteem, and are 

 yet considered a fine-flavored and nutritious food, when 

 boiled and mashed with butter. They may be easily propa 

 gated by cutting the roots into sets, with two eyes in each, and 

 planting them in the same manner as Potatoes, in March 

 and April. To have them in perfection, they should be hoed 

 frequently, and the ground kept loose around them. In dig 

 ging them for use, care should be taken to gather them out 

 clean, as the least particle left will grow the year following, and 

 encumber the ground, without producing a crop worth raising. 



INDIAN CORN. MAIS. Zea mayz. 



The different varieties of early Corn intended for boiling 

 when young, or others as curiosities, may be planted in the 

 garden the last week in April, or early in May, in hills four 

 feet apart, or in drills. If some of each esteemed variety be 

 planted in separate beds at the same time, they will come in 

 for the table one after the other in regular succession. After 

 this, if any particular variety be preferred, it may be planted 

 at different times in the month of May and June. If the 

 ground be poor, mix a shovelful of old manure with the earth 

 in each hill before the kernels are planted, and after the plants 

 are up strong, scatter a teacupful of wood-ashes around each 



