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kidney-shaped, with a rough and irregular surface. Their germi- 

 nating power lasts for five years. The seed is sown in April, 

 either where the plants are to stand or in a seed-bed, from which 

 the young plants are transplanted when they are from 2 to 4 in. 

 high. They require no particular attention. When this plant is 

 once grown in a garden it generally continues to reproduce itself 

 from self-sown seed. No part of the plant is eaten, but the leaves 

 are sometimes used for garnishing desserts, etc., and a few plants 

 may be worth having in the kitchen-garden. 



JEWS' MALLOW 



Corchorus olitorius, L. Tiliacece. 



French, Corette potagere. German, Gemlise-Corchorus, Nusskraut. 



Native of Africa. Annual. Stem cylindrical, smooth, more or 

 less branched at the base, and about 20 in. high ; leaves alternate, 

 broader near the base, narrowing for a considerable length to a 

 point, and sharply toothed ; flowers yellow, axillary ; seed-vessels 

 cylindrical, rather long, and smooth ; seeds very angular, pointed, 

 greenish, and very small. Their germinating power lasts for five 

 years. As this plant is a native of a very warm country, it does not 

 succeed very well in the climate of Paris. The seed is sown in the 

 open ground, in a warm position, in May, or may be sown earlier in 

 a hot-bed. The plant, however, is more valued in tropical countries, 

 where it can be grown in the open air without any trouble. The 

 leaves are used for salad while they are young and tender. 



MARIGOLD (POT) 



Calendula officinalis, L. Composites. 



French^ Souci des jardins. German, Ringelblume. 



Native of Southern Europe. Annual. Leaves lanceolate, 



oblong, entire, rough, and of a rather 

 gray-green ; stems short, branching 

 from the base, and bearing broad 

 orange-coloured flower-heads ; seeds 

 gray, much wrinkled, covered with 

 small round protuberances, almost 

 spiny, and curved into the shape of 

 a bow or ring. Their germinating 

 power lasts for three years. The seed 

 is sown where the plants are to stand, 

 in March or April, in drills 14 to 

 16 in. apart, and the seedlings are 

 thinned out to a distance of 10 to- 

 12 in. from one another in the drills. 

 Marigold (Pot) (,v natural size). The plants commence to flower in 



