1839] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



47 



CoaiFREY, Symphytum, from sun gr. cum, and 

 fiu) gr. to grow to, as it is very good in healing o}' 

 wounds, it being a vulnerary, is to be propagated 

 by parting the root and planting them in the iall, 

 eighteen inches asunder, or Irom the seed. Tis 

 hardy, will grow any where, and will last long. 



Cresses, water, ifnot sysymbriiim, grow in 

 standing water, and may be propagated by throw- 

 ing the seed in a standing Avater, and not cutting 

 it the first year. From its agreeable warm taste, 

 it is much esteemed in England, and is very good 

 eating in scorbutic cases, and is a great diuretic. 



Cress, Indian, Nasturtium indicum nasis 

 torinentum, because the seed when bruised is apt 

 to cause sneezing, known to the botanists, by the 

 name of acriviola, a sharp violet, should be sown 

 in April or March, being extremely tender. If 

 stuck, they will climb a great height, and will last 

 till the frost come, and then totally perish. It is 

 thought the flower is superior to a radish in flavor, 

 and is eat in salads or without. My method is to 

 plant the seeds in hills three in a hill, leaving a 

 space in the middle to put the stick, on which 

 they are lo grow, and 1 have Ibund they succeed 

 very well in a rich light soil. 



Elecampane, Helenium, is a medicinal plant, 

 the root of which is much used by the apotheca- 

 ries. It may be propagated from the seeds, which 

 are to be planted just when ripe, about ten inches 

 asunder, and will remain in the ground till the suc- 

 ceeding spring when they will riiake their appear- 

 ance, and conquer all weeds. They may likewise 

 be propagated from the oflsets with a bud at the 

 top; they are to be put in a hole unbent, and the 

 earth thrown over the crown of the plant with the 

 foot; the tops are killed in winter, but they revive 

 in the spring. 



Endive, Endivia dehor ium. succory, from 

 Choros gr. a place, because (bund every where, ! 

 in order to have an early crop should be sown in 

 the beginning of May, (though it is apt to go to 

 seed when sown early,) and when it is large 

 enough, which will be probably about the latter 

 end of June, plant it out either "in rich trenches as 

 you do celery, or in beds, and when it is grown 

 to its full size, tie the leaves up, and earth it up to 

 the crown of the plant. In June sow more seed 

 than July, and when fit, transplant it at about a loot 

 distance as is before directed. When you tie it up 

 observe that the leaves are not wet and are sound, 

 because if tied up at that time they are apt to rot. 

 In December and other cold months, cover the 

 plants with pea haulm, boards or other thing that 

 will shelter them; otherwise, the fi-ost will destroy 

 them. In January or February, or rather March, 

 prick out twelve of the most flourishing plants, 

 and they will run to seed in July, thoughl believe 

 if they are permitted to stand undisturbed they 

 will seed as well. It does not last above a month 

 after being tied up. In February the plants 

 should, with a flat pointed dibble, he put into the 

 side of a trench, with the crown to the sun. 



Eschalot, vide cives, under title Onion. 



Featherfew, Mulricaria, from Matrix, be- 

 ing good against diseases ol" the womb, or Far- 



thenium fronj Parthenos gr. a virgin, is to be pro- 

 pagated from seed or roots; if the former, they 

 should be sown in March, and if the latter the 

 roots should be pricked out about eight inches 

 asunder in May. If you do not want the seed, 

 cut the stems ofl" when the flowers are past, as 

 they olten decay the roots. 



Fennel, FcBnicidum, gr. small hay. This 

 may be propagated from seed, or the plants, aa 

 featherfew, and nothing more is necessary than 

 to keep it from seeding; because it will overrun 

 the garden, the roots being very strong, and con- 

 tinues a long while in the ground. 



Garlick, j4Iliu7n, vide Onion. 



Gooseberrv, Groffularia, by some Vva, and 

 by others Crispa, because villose and hairy. 

 There are many species and seminal variations 

 amongst the species themselves to be met with, 

 but the two sorts principally cultivated are the 

 hairy gooseberry, and the large white Dutch. 

 They are propagated from the suckers or cuttings, 

 but the latter is preferable, as they produce much 

 better roots than the former, which are apt to be 

 woody. Autumn, belbre the leaves betrin to fall, is 

 the proper time lor planting the cuttings out, 

 taking the same from the bearing branches, about 

 eight inches in length, and plant mg three inches 

 deep, observing to nip ofl^ all the under branches, 

 so as to raise it to a head on a single stalk; in Oc- 

 tober, you are directed to remove them into beds 

 about 3 feet asunder, and having been one year in 

 the nursery, they are to be removed to the places 

 where they are to remain six feet asunder, and 

 eight, row from row, observing to prune their roots, 

 and all the lateral branches about JMichaelmas. The 

 London gardeners prune their bushes and cut 

 them with shears into hedges; but this method is 

 not approved of by Miller, who advises pruning 

 with a knife, thinning the bearing branches and 

 shortening them to about ten inches, cutiing away 

 all the irregular ones; by this culture, I doubt not 

 the gooseberries would be as good as any in Eu- 

 rope. There is a small gooseberry very leafy, and 

 which bears its leaves and fruit a long time, that 

 is, not vvorth cultivation, wherefore I would ad- 

 vise the banishing them from the garden. 



Ground ivy, Iledera terrestris or Glechoma, 

 will grow in any shady place, where the roots are 

 transplanted, and will overspread the ground if 

 not restrained. 



Horse radish. Cocklearia, from Cochleare, 

 lat : a spoon, because the leaves are hollow like a 

 spoon, is a species of the scurvy grass. It is to 

 be propagated from buds or cuttings from the sides 

 of the old roots, in October or February, the forn)- 

 er for dry land and the latter tor moist. The ofl- 

 sets should have buds on their crowns, and the 

 heads planted out should be about two inches in 

 length. The method of planting them is in 

 trenches about ten inches deep, about five distance 

 each waj', the bud upwards, covering them up 

 with the mould taken out of the trenches. Then 

 the ground is to be levelled with a rake, and kept 

 tree from weed?;, and the second year af'ier plant- 

 ing the roots may be used; the first year the roots 

 are very slender. When you have cut fionj a 



