130 GAEDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



Cultivated principally by the natives, frequently upon the 

 edge of a tank. 



Trichosanthes dioeca. 

 Pulwul. 



A small, oblong, green Gourd four inches long and two 

 broad. Boiled whole or in quarters, it affords rather an insipid 

 dish, but being in season during the Kains, when little else 

 of the vegetable kind is to be had, it proves very acceptable ; 

 not cultivated in gardens, as it is usually to be had cheaply 

 from the bazar. 



HYPOGYNOUS EXOGENS. 



MORINGACE^E. 

 Hyperanthera Moringa. 



HOKSE-KADISH TKEE. 



Suhujna. 



The root of this tree is generally used throughout India as 

 a substitute for Horse-radish, to which, however, in flavour it 

 is much inferior. Plants are easily raised from seed, and are 

 of exceedingly rapid growth. The long, unripe seed-pods 

 are greatly consumed by the natives in their curries. When 

 cut into pieces about four inches long and boiled, they have 

 a most agreeable flavour, hardly to be distinguished from that 

 of Asparagus, and would be an excellent vegetable for the 

 table, were they not of so fibrous a nature. They are produced 

 in the month of March. 



BEASSICACE^]. 

 Nasturtium officinale. 



WATEECKESS. 



Watercress thrives well in Bengal, and abundance of it may 

 be easily raised in the Cold season for salad. The plants are 

 propagated from seed or cuttings. In gardens where there is a 

 tank the best plan, perhaps, is to sow the seed or plant the 

 cuttings in rather shallow pans with a few small holes in their 

 bottom, and half filled with soil. Place the pans along the 



