100 MUSTARD NASTURTIUM. 



MUSTARD, 



Of the two species of cultivated mustard, the white is 

 that generally grown for garden purposes. The young 

 plants, when about three inches high, are used as a salad, 

 ftke cress, on account of their piquancy, and the seeds are 

 used in pickles, to which they impart a pungent, pleasant 

 flavor. 



When grown for salading purposes, the seeds should be 

 thickly sown in the open ground as early hi the spring as 

 the season will permit, in drills six inches apart and half 

 an inch deep. If wanted earlier they may be sown in a 

 frame. A succession may be kept up by sowing- every 

 week or ten days. 



When grown for the seeds, sow early in the spring, in 

 rows about fifteen inches apart. The seed should be quite 

 thinly sown, so that the plants will not choke each other; 

 the new crop will be ready to gather by August. 



Any good garden soil will suit it. 



NASTURTIUM. 



The unripe succulent seed-pods of this well-known plant 

 are used for pickling, being an excellent substitute for 

 capers. Any good garden soil suits it j if it is compara- 

 tively poor it will be for the better, as the plant has a ten- 

 dency to run to growth at the expense of flowering and 

 fruiting freely. 



The seeds should be sown in May, in drills three feet 

 apart, and about six inches apart on the row. The plants 

 should have pea-brush set to them when they are about six 

 inches high, on which they may climb. This preserves the 

 green seed- pods from the sand or soil, and from rotting. 



