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MY GARDEN. 



that grown against walls in this country. There are many varieties, 

 but I prefer, from trials which I have made, the large red sort. Tomato 

 plants may be propagated by cuttings as well as from seed. The fruit 

 ripens in August, September, and October, and makes excellent sauce 

 for winter use. It is a capital vegetal when boiled, and a delicious 

 salad when cut in slices, flavoured with shallot, and eaten with vinegar 

 and pepper. Abroad it is used as a fruit, but it is not so employed 

 in this country. 



Horse-radish (Cochlearia Armoracea, fig. 214) is a condimental vegetal, 

 the root of which, when scraped or made into sauce, is invariably 

 used in England with roast beef. To grow it fine we require rich, 



FIG. 216. Absinthe. 



FIG. 215. Aconite. 



deeply trenched ground. The crowns are 

 planted about a foot below the surface, 

 and they form the stalks which are used. 

 The root of the Aconitum Napellus has 

 been mistaken for it with fatal results, for 



this latter plant is most highly poisonous. I have figured it (fig. 



215); but I strongly recommend it to be eradicated from ordinary 



gardens. 



Absinthe (Artemisia absinthium^ fig, 216) is now much used by the 



FIG. 214. Horse-radish, ^ diam. 



