372 SALAD PLANTS. 



/" se . Besides the use of the flour of the seeds as a 

 condiment, the seed-leaves are used as salad, in the manner 

 of those of the White species ; and the young plants, cut to 

 the ground, are used as spring greens, either boiled alone or 

 mixed with Spinach. 



Chinese or A hardy annual, introduced from China. 

 Pekin Mus- 

 tard. Stem four feet high, with remarkably large 



SINAPIS PEKIN- 



ENSIS. leaves ; the flowers, which are produced in 



loose, terminal spikes, are yellow and showy ; the seeds are 

 small, and retain their vitality five years. 



Cultivation. The seeds are sown in April or May, in 

 shallow drills ten or twelve inches apart. If cultivated for 

 its seeds, the drills should be eighteen inches or two feet 

 apart, and the plants thinned to six or eight inches in the 

 drills. 



Use. The leaves are employed in salads, in the manner 

 of Cress ; and they are also sometimes boiled and served as 

 Spinach. 



Cabbage- A hardy, annual, Chinese plant, similar in 

 leaved Mus- 

 tard, habit to the species last described. Stem from 



three to four feet high ; leaves large, roundish, 

 lobed, and wrinkled ; flowers yellow ; the seeds are small, 

 reddish-brown or black, and retain their powers of germi- 

 nation a long period. 



Cultivation and Use. This species is cultivated in the 

 same manner, and is used for the same purpose, as the 

 Chinese Mustard. 



Curled Mus- A comparatively small species. Stem two 

 WEST-INDIA feet and a half high ; flowers bright yellow ; 



CRESS* 



seeds small, blackish-brown, scarcely distin- 

 guishable from those of the Black Mustard. The leaves are 



