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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Chinese Curled Mustard. A curious variety of the Cabbage- 

 leaved Chinese Mustard. It has the good qualities of the type, 



Chinese Curled Mustard. 



and its elegant foliage is very useful for garnishing, 

 the culture are the same as for the type. 



The uses and 



NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS (TALL or LARGE) 



Tropceolum majus, L. Tropceolacece. 



French, Capucine grande. German, Kapuciner Kresse. Flemish and Dutch, Capucien- 

 kers. Italian, Nasturzio maggiore. Spanish, Capuchina grande. Portuguese, 



Chagas. 



Native of Peru. Annual. Stems 

 climbing, sometimes nearly 10 ft. 

 long when they find a suitable 

 support ; leaves alternate, long- 

 stalked, peltate, entire or bluntly 

 five-lobed, almost smooth ; flowers 

 long-stalked, large, with five orange- 

 coloured petals spotted with purple, 

 especially the two upper ones ; seeds 

 large, triangular, almost kidney- 

 shaped, convex on one side, furrowed 

 and wrinkled, and yellow-coloured. 

 Their germinating power lasts for 

 five years. The plant flowers con- 



***y almost a n through the 



flower, natural size). summer. 



