86 CARAWAY SEEDS. 



not come to perfection until the second year ; 

 so that the coriander may be harvested without 

 injury to them. It is cultivated solely for the 

 sake of the small globular seeds, which are 

 used by distillers, druggists, and confectioners, 

 to impart an aromatic or pungent flavour. It is 

 sometimes mixed with dough to flavour bread. 

 It is raised only in small quantities in the United 

 States, and chiefly in gardens. 



CARAWAY SEEDS, I need not say, are em- 

 ployed in the same way ; although, as substi- 

 tutes for plums or currants, I always thought 

 them, when a boy, quite an imposition of the 

 cook. The plant grows wild in many places in 

 England, of which country it is a native. It is 

 harvested in July, and threshed out in the field. 

 We raise it only in our garden, or in small 

 patches in the field. 



