KITCHEN GARDEN. 



It has a very strong scent, and was formerly used in me- 

 dicine. A wine is made from the herb or flower, boiled 

 with sugar, which has a flavour not unlike Frontignan. 

 The seeds should be sown in the open part of the 

 garden in March or April ; and when the plants are 

 three or four inches high, they should be thinned out, 

 leaving them six or eight inches apart. From this time 

 nothing further will be necessary than to keep the plants 

 clear from weeds till the time of their flowering, in July 

 or August in the following year, when they become fit 

 for use. 



23. CORIANDER. 



Coriandrum sativum, or Coriander^ is an annual 

 plant, a native of England. 



The leaves are strongly scented ; the fruits, which 

 are slightly aromatic, are used to conceal the taste of 

 senna, and in spices as currie powder ; and they are 

 also covered with sugar as a sweetmeat. 



The seeds require to be sown in March or April, in 

 an open part of the garden, and will require nothing 

 further to be done than to be kept clean from weeds : 

 the fruits will be ripe in August or September. 



24-. CORN SALAD, OR LAMB'S LETTUCE. 



The common Corn Salad, J^alerianella olitoria, is 

 an annual plant, a native of England. It is used through 

 the winter, and early in spring, partly as a substitute for 

 small lettuces, and partly to increase the variety of small 

 salad herbs. Till lately this species was the only one 

 cultivated in our gardens. We have now, however, 

 another species which has been introduced from France. 

 It is superior to the common sort in the quality of its 

 foliage, which is milder in flavour, and in coming earlier 

 into use. The two sorts may be stated thus : 



