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a salad ; it is also valuable early in spring, when boiled as greens 

 Sow in August or September, cover lightly, and thin the plants to 

 three inches. 



65. LETTUCE. Lactuca sativa. 



1. Early Curled Silesia. 7. Brown Dutch. 



2. Tennis Ball. 8. Magnum Bonum Cos. 



3. Royal Cape. 9. Ice Cos. 



4. Large Drum Head. 10. White Cos, or Leaf. 



5. Savoy Cabbage, or Green Head. 11. Green Cos. 



6. Large Imperial. 



A hardy annual plant, one of the finest of salads known. The 

 milky juice of the plant produces drowsiness, like opium. No. 1 is 

 fine and early. No. 2 is fine and early, with small heads; both 

 these and the Royal Cape are the kinds best known and most highly 

 esteemed in the Boston market. The Cabbage or Head lettuce 

 grows spreading, with round heads. The Cos lettuce grows up- 

 right and oblong, and is sweetest. Sow in February and March, in 

 hot-beds, for early use, and transplant in April ; and at intervals of 

 three weeks, from April to September, in rows a foot asunder; the 

 large-headed kinds may remain a foot apart in the row. 



66. MARJORAM. Origanum. 



1. Sweet Marjoram. 2. Pot Marjoram. 



The Sweet marjoram is biennial, a tender plant, a native of Por- 

 tugal; highly esteemed for its savory taste, in highly-seasoned 

 cookery. Sown in April in a hot-bed, or in a warm situation, and 

 transplanted. The Pot marjoram is a hardy perennial, a native of 

 Sicily; its uses are the same as the preceding. It propagates by 

 division of roots in spring. 



67. MARTYNEA. Martynea. 



An annual plant, with conspicuous, showy flowers. The green 

 pods are fine for pickling. Sow in May ; the plants may remain 

 two feet asunder. 



68. MARIGOLD. Calendula ojficinalis. 



The common marigold is a beautiful, annual, hardy plant, some- 

 times used in soups. Sow from April to May. The tops may be 

 preserved by drying. 



69. MUSTARD. Sinapis alba. 



An annual ; the young plants of White mustard are fine for sal- 

 ads. The seed of the Black mustard, (S. arvensis,) ground, is a 

 strong and most pungent seasoning for meat. A tea-cup of water 

 and powdered mustard is an instantaneous and powerful emetic to 

 dislodge poison from the stomach. Sow in April. A hardy plant, 

 of the easiest culture, and of the tallest kind. 



70. NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS. Trop<Eolum majus. 

 An annual plant, a native of Peru. Its flowers, of a beautiful 



orange color, serve as a garnish for dishes ; the leaves are excellent 

 ;n salads, and the green pods make a pickle esteemed by many su- 



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