KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Countess of Bridge water, at Ashridge, in Hertfordshire. 

 It was cultivated some time ago by the gardeners 

 in Sussex and Hampshire. By timely sowings the Va- 

 nack Cabbage is always in season ; it makes excellent 

 spring Coleworts, becomes a white-hearted Cabbage very 

 early, and pushes fine sprouts from the stump after the 

 Cabbages are cut. In quality it is inferior to none of 

 the best Cabbages. 



13. CAPSICUM. 



The Capsicum cultivated in the garden for its fruit, 

 is an annual plant, a native of India. The pods are 

 used in a green state for pickling ; and, ripe, for mixing 

 with other ingredients, as Tomatos, &c. to form sauces. 

 They are also dried and ground, and used like Cayenne 

 pepper. 



There is a great number of varieties, some of which 

 are yellow, others red, and others black. The colour, 

 direction, and figure of the fruit is also very variable ; 

 the sorts with small oblong erect pods are the hottest, 

 and are commonly called .Chilies. 



The seed should be sown in March or beginning of 

 April, on a moderate hot-bed. When two inches high, 

 they should be pricked out into small pots of three 

 inches diameter, afterwards to be repotted and placed 

 under a frame, where they may be hardened to the open 

 air by degrees. In June, they should be turned out of 

 the pots into a south border of light rich soil, at twelve 

 or fifteen inches asunder. Should the nights prove cold, 

 they must be sheltered with a mat, otherwise they will 

 require no further trouble ; and their fruit will be fit to 

 gather green in August, and ripe in September. 



14. CARAWAY. 



Carum Carui, or Caraway, is a biennial plant, a 

 native of Britain. It is cultivated both in agriculture 



