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To gather them for ufe, either cut the tops, 

 which will flioot up again in proper fucceflion ; 

 or may ilip the tops and roots together, in fe-. 

 parate iniall plants, like young onions. 



CRESSES. 

 Common Small-leaved. 



BrO A D-LRAVED. 



Curled-leaved. 



/^ R E vS S E S are fmall annual plants, of 

 quick growth and ihort duration, railed 

 from feed in Spring, Summer, or any time 

 6f the year, fowed two or three times every 

 month, to obtain it in young growth for fal- 

 lads, the leaves the parts ufed, which are of 

 a warm agreekble relifh, while young; and^ 

 as they Toon grow too old and hot for eating, 

 require lowing often in the feafon, to have a 

 regular fupply of young in fucceffion. 



Thefe are principal fmall fallad herbs, 

 cfteemed for their warm property, to intro- 

 duce in Winter and Spring fallads, andocca- 

 /ionally in Summer and Autumn, and for that 

 purpofe ftiould be fowed in principal fupplies, 

 m sfTembiage with multard, radifh, rape, &c. 



They are raifed from feed fowed in any of 

 the Spring months, from February till May 

 or Jane: in warm bo'-ders, the early fovvings 

 in February and March, and in cold nights, 

 kc, may be covered with garden mats; or,: 

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