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much esteemed both by Europeans and Natives. It is generally 

 sown at the commencement of the rains, and requires no parti- 

 cular care ; the soil should be light and good. When young, 

 about the size of a goose egg, if cut and boiled, it will be found 

 to resemble the artichoke-bottom dressed in the same way. 



PURSLANE. PORTULACA SATIVA AND OLERACEA. Hind. CHOO- 

 LEE. Round stem, fleshy leaves, and slightly acid. It is used 

 as an ingredient in salads. It is reared by seeds sown at the 

 commencement of the rains, and will thrive in any soil. 



RADISH. Hind. MOOLEE. This vegetable may be sown at the 

 commencement of the rains, either in beds broad-cast, or on 

 ridges of beds where other vegetables have been planted. I 

 prefer the ridges in the rainy season, as I think they grow 

 better. You may continue to sow them until February. The 

 turnip-radishes are of various colours white, red, Spanish black, 

 and purple : also long, white, red and purple. The seed should 

 be trodden in, or beaten down, and then a good watering given 

 to them. When about three inches high, they must be care- 

 fully thinned, leaving at least a space of five fingers' breadth 

 between each plant. They take from three to five weeks to 

 come to perfection, and require a good share of watering. The 

 seed pods are often used for pickles when green. 



ROSEMARY. This plant is an evergreen, and highly aromatic, 

 and grown precisely the same as lavender, or oyster plant. 



SAGE. A perennial, native of South of Europe ; it grows in 

 all the gardens, and is propagated by seeds, layers, and slips, 

 without any difficulty. It is used for seasoning. 



SCORZONERA AND SALSAFY.* This is a long milky-juiced root. 

 Grows without any difficulty after the rains. It is an annual 

 from the South of Europe. It should be sown either in beds, 

 broad-cast, or planted out in rows at a distance of a foot apart. 

 The root when boiled and dressed is rather a delicate vegetable. 

 It comes to perfection in three or four months. 



SHALLOT, Hind. GUNDHUND. Propagated in the same way 

 as the chive, 



* SALSAFY. This is the black scorzonera, and requires the same treatment. 



