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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



HOREHOUND 

 Marrubium vulgare, L. Labiates. 



French, Marrube blanc. German, Andorn. Italian, Marrubio. 



Native of Europe. Perennial. A common roadside plant, often 

 growing on slopes with a southern aspect. Stems numerous, erect, 



entirely covered with a 

 white down ; leaves almost 

 square, with roundish 

 angles, toothed and netted, 

 and of a gray -green 

 colour ; flowers white, in 

 compact rounded whorls, 

 growing in numerous tiers 

 to the top of the stem ; 

 seed small, oblong, brown, 



*!i ^WS^S^i^^S^ p inted at one end and 



<*&> ^HPl^^^^^^ rounded at the other, 



compressed, and with two 

 or three faces. Its ger- 

 minating power lasts for 

 three years. The seed is 

 sown, where the plants 

 are to stand, in spring ; 



Horehound. or tne 7 ma 7 be propa- 



gated by division of the 



tufts at the same time. The plants are perfectly hardy and require 

 no attention while growing. The leaves are used for seasoning, or 

 as a popular cough remedy. 



HORSE-RADISH 



Cochlearia Armoracia, L. Crudfercs t 



French, Raifort sauvage, Cran. German, Meerettig, Kran. Flemish, Kapucienen mostaard. 

 Dutch, Peperwortel. Danish, Peberrod. Italian, Rafano. Spanish, Taramago. 

 Portuguese, Rabao de cavalho. 



Native of Europe. Perennial. Root cylindrical, very long, 

 penetrating deeply into the ground, with a slightly wrinkled 

 yellow-white skin ; flesh white, somewhat fibrous, very hot to the 

 taste, something like mustard ; radical leaves long stalked, oblong 

 oval, about 16 in. long and 5 or 6 in. broad, toothed, light green in 

 colour, and shining. The first leaves, which make their appearance 

 immediately after winter, are reduced to mere nerves and resemble 

 a small comb. As the season advances, the blade of the leaf 



