NASTURTIUM. 



GAPUCINE. Tropceolum. 



Tins is an annual plant, a native of Peru, and is highlv 

 deserving of cultivation for the sake of its brilliant orange 

 and crimson coloured flowers, as well as for the berries,, 

 which, if gathered, while green and pickled in vinegar, 

 make a good substitute for capers, and are used in melted 

 butter, with boiled mutton, &c. 



The seeds should be sown in April, or early in May, in 

 drills about an inch deep, near fences or pales; or trellises 

 should be fixed on which they can climb and have support, 

 for they will always be more productive in this way than 

 when suffered to trail on the ground. 



OKRA. 



GOMBO. Hibiscus esculentUs. 



THE green capsules of this plant are used in soups, 

 stews, &c., to which they impart a rich flavour, and are 

 considered nutritious. Its ripe seeds, if burnt and ground 

 Tike coffee, can scarcely lie distinguished therefrom. 



The seed should be planted in good rich ground, the first 

 or second week in May, if settled warAi weather, but not 

 otherwise, as it is a very tender vegetable. Draw drills 

 about an inch deep, and three or four feet asunder, into 

 which drop the seeds at the distance of six or eight inches 1 

 from one another, or rather drop two or three in each place, 

 test the one should not grow, and cover them nearly an inch 

 deep ; as the plants advance in growth, thin them out, eartrr 

 thanvup two or three times^nd they will produce abundantly- 



