KITCHEN-GARDEN PLANTS. CHAP. 



bed of fine rich earth j but still in a warm part of the 

 garden. The bed should have hoops placed over it ; the 

 plants should be shaded by mats every day for about a 

 week, if the sun be hot ; and if the nights be very cold 

 afterwards, the beds should have a little shelter in the 

 night for a fortnight or three weeks. The plants will be 

 in bloom in July, and, in the month of October, their 

 pods, which have a strong peppery taste, would be fit to 

 gather for pickling. There are several sorts of the cap- 

 sicum, some with red pods, some with green ones, I do 

 not know which is the best in quality 5 and a very small 

 quantity of these plants will suffice for any family. 



135. CARAWAY is cultivated for its seeds, which are 

 used in cakes, and for some other purposes. Sow the 

 seed in the spring, about the first of April, and leave the 

 plants at about seven or eight inches apart in every direc- 

 tion. A small quantity of this plant will be sufficient, as 

 it is not a thing in very general request. 



136. CARROT. -Read the article BEET j for the same 

 soil, the same manure, the same preparation for sowing, 

 the same distances, the same intercultivation, the same 

 time of taking up, and the same mode of preserving the 

 crop, all belong to the carrot ; but, the carrot ought to 

 be sowed as soon as possible after the coming of mild 

 weather in the spring -, and great care must be taken to 

 watch the coming-up of the plants ; for there are several 

 kinds of weeds, the seed-leaves of which are so much 

 like those of the carrot, that it requires long experience 

 and attentive observation to distinguish one from the 

 other. Carrot-seed lies long in the ground ; and, there- 



