16(3 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



In household use, peppers are in i.lemand chiefly for making 

 or fla\'oring pickles. The squash pepper answers l)oth these 

 pui'poses, for the former of T\'hich its thick, fleshy character 

 especially fits it. 



The bell and sweet Spanish peppers grow lai'ger, hut are com- 

 pai'atively thin, though they are often used and esteemed for 

 the same pm'poscs as the former, particularly in making man- 

 goes. 



The long, or " Cayenne," is chiefly used in the manufacture 

 of the condiment known by that name ; and the bird pejjpjer is 

 used to make the familiar "pepper-sauce." 



Peppers, whether sown in the open ground or transplanted 

 from the hot bed, should stand in rows eighteen inches wide, 

 leaving the plants at least twelve inches apart. They should 

 be often hoed, and the earth gradually but moderately raised 

 around them, so as to afford support to them when top-heavy 

 with their fruit. 



PEPPERGRASS. 

 Freucb, Cresson A/enois. — German, Knsse. — Spanish, Mastuerzo. 



1. CURLED. 2. PLAIN. 



DniEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow in shallow drills, twelve inches apart. Cover lightly, 

 and if dry, give water. Keep perfectly clear of weeds. 



Time : every two weeks throughout the season, if it is de- 

 sired. 



Between the above varieties there is but dight difference, 

 though the first named is esteemed of better quality and pret- 

 tier appearance than the last. It may be successfully raised 

 as above directed, and the ground upon which it is so'satl in 

 spring can be used for some later crop. 



There is a ?jroad-leaved cress, sometimes known as roquette, 

 somewhat resemUing the water cress, Ijy some called land 

 cress, and by others garden cress, which is a hardy biennial 

 that yields a strong pepjjery salad through the fall and very 

 eaiiy in the following spring, if sown and cultivated as parsley 



