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NASTURTIUM. This is either grown from cuttings or seed, and 

 merely requires to be protected from the hot winds to be in 

 flower all the year round ; it grows much better in beds than 

 pots. The flower and leaf are eaten mixed with other salads, 

 and the seeds when green are pickled. 



KNOLKHOL Is a plant of the cabbage species, and must be 

 sown exactly in the same manner as that recommended for cab- 

 bage, broccoli, &c. It comes in early, and remains in season 

 until April. If watered during the hot weather and taken care 

 of, it will, when the rains commence, throw out sprouts, and 

 form other knolkhol on the old stalk, which may either be 

 used, or slipped off and planted: they will not be so fine aa 

 those raised from seed, yet are fit for use. 



ONIONS. Hind. PEEAZ. This vegetable is common all over 

 India, and is sown broad-cast. When about six inches high it 

 is pricked out into beds six fingers' breadth apart ; they are 

 sown at almost all seasons of the year, and go to seed without 

 difficulty. 



OBACHE, OR MOUNTAIN SPINAGE. Of these there are several 

 varieties, commonly known as red and green sag the leaves are 

 slightly acid ; both sorts are boiled as spinage, but the red is 

 most esteemed. 



Propagated by seed no particular soil required. 



PARSLEY Is cultivated from seed : may be sown in beds or 

 rows, where it is to remain. The plants, when about two or 

 three inches high, should be thinned, and a space of at least a 

 foot left between each. It will, if watered and taken care of, 

 continue all the year round. A good plan is occasionally to cut 

 down the leaves to within four inches of the root, as it makes 

 the parsley throw out young and fresh leaves. It bears trans- 

 planting well. Always give the preference to Europe seed. 

 The common parsley of the country is very insipid. The roots 

 of parsley are much used in French cookery. 



PARSNIPS. This vegetable is very difficult to rear, as it does 

 not often happen that the seeds come up ; they should be sown 

 broad-cast in beds of a rich soil, and the plants, when of a sum- 



