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and they will give you an abundance of fine greens to- 

 wards file end of April. 



Lastly, as to the saving of cabbage seed. The cab- 

 bage is a biennial. It brings its flower and its seed the 

 second year. To have cabbage seed, therefore, you 

 must preserve the cabbage, head, root and all, through- 

 out the winter ; and this must be done, either in a cel- 

 lar, or under covering of some sort out of doors ; for, the 

 root must be kept in the ground all winter. It is possi- 

 ble, and, I think likely, that seed from the stump is just 

 as good as any ; but a single cabbage will give seed 

 enough for any garden for three, four, or five years. 



CALABASH. 



An annual. Cultivated like the cucumber, which 

 see. 



CAMOMILE 



Is a medicinal herb of great use. It is a perennial, and, 

 though it may be propagated from seed, it is easiest pro 

 pagated by parting the roots. One little bit of root will 

 soon make a bed sufficient for a garden. The flowers 

 are used in medicine. They should be gathered before 

 they begin to fade : and be dried in a gentle sun, or in 

 shade ; and then put by, in paper bags, in a dry place. 



CAPSICUM (or peppers). 



An aimual plant, sown early in fine earth, in drills a 

 foot apart, and at six inches apart in the drills. It is 

 handsome as a flower, and its pods are used as a 

 pickle. 



CARAWAY. 



The seeds are used in cakes. The plant is an an- 

 nual. Sow in the spring, in fine rich ground, and leave 

 the plants eight inches apart each way. 



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