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check their productiveness. Tobacco-dust, or fine • 

 ly sifted charcoal powder, will keep off the yellow 

 * fly. The black grub must be sought out and killed, 

 and a daily examination of the vines while young 

 will be usefid in detecting depredators, and promo- 

 ting the growth of the plants. 



EGG-PLANT. Solaiium Meloiigcna. 

 Of this plant there are two varieties ; the purple 

 for cooking, and the white for ornament. The seed 

 must be sown in a hotbed in March ; tlie young 

 3)lants transplanted into pots in May, and placed in a 

 frame until June, when they may be turned out and 

 planted, with the balls of earth from the pots entire, 

 when they will grow readily. They cannot endure 

 a low temperature, and from the first germination 

 of the seed it must be avoided. In cooking the ma- 

 ture fruit, shce and parboil it in a stewpan ; after 

 drawing off the water, it may be fried in batter made 

 with wheat flour and eggs, or in butter with bread 

 grated fine, seasoned before it is put in the pan with 

 pepper, salt, thyme, &c., to suit the taste. Some 

 use marjoram, summer-savory, parsley, onions, &c. 

 Egg-plant seed require steady heat to vegetate free- 

 ly, and the sashes should be kept closed till the 

 plants come up ; afterward air may be admitted. 



ENDIVE or SUCCORY. Ciclwrium Endivia. 

 This is a valuable plant, of China origin, and the 

 kinds principally cultivated are the Green and White 

 Curled. The Green Curled may be sown in May, if 

 an early crop is desired ; but, as these are apt to run 

 to seed, later sowing in July or August is preferred 

 for fall plants. When the plants are five or six 

 inches high, transplant them into a rich soil in rows 

 fifteen inches apart each way. They must be hoed 

 and treated as lettuce. For blanching the heads, 

 select the best plants, draw the leaves carefully to- 

 gether when perfectly dry, and tie them with bass 



