378 SALAD PLANTS. 



Green Purs- Leaves an inch and three fourths in length, 

 lain 



and upwards of an inch in width ; deep green. 



Large-leaved Leaves pale yellowish-green, larger than those 

 Golden Purs- 



lain. of the preceding sorts. The plant is a strong 



. grower, and the leaves attain a remarkable 



size ; but the stalks are often comparatively tough and hard, 

 and, for salad purposes, much inferior to those of the Green 

 or Golden variety. 



RAPE. 



This plant is generally cultivated for its seeds, like Mus- 

 tard. It is, however, sometimes grown for salad ; the seeds 

 being sown in April, and, for a succession, once in three or 

 four weeks till August or September. Sow thickly, in drills 

 ten or twelve inches apart, and cover half an inch deep. 

 The soil should be rich and moist, in order to induce a rapid 

 growth, and thus to give a tender, succulent character to the 

 young leaves, which are the parts eaten. They are served 

 like Lettuce, or boiled and treated as Coleworts or Spinach. 

 For mixing with Cress or Lettuce, the plants are cut to the 

 ground before the development of the second leaves. 



The species are as follow : 



Annual Root fusiform, small, hard, and woody ; the 



Hough- 

 leaved Sum- radical leaves are lyrate, vivid green, and with- 

 mer Kape. 



Laic. ou k an y appearance of the glaucous bloom for 



TURNIP RAPE. 



BKASSICA KAPA. w hj c h the biennial sorts are so distinguished ; 

 the stem-leaves are slightly glaucous, smooth, or nearly so, 

 the lower ones cut on the borders, the upper entire ; the 

 seeds are small, and similar to those of the common field 

 turnip, of which it seems to be either a variety or the source 

 from which the latter has been derived. 



