tui-luun 



THE INDIAN CEESS, 



TrajKCitliiii! iiKijH^ and T. niiims. 



11 g'ai'den uastiirtiuni is not 

 the nasturtium of the botanist, 

 for the true nasturtium is the 

 water-eress. It is, periiaps, 

 hardly necessary for me to ex- 

 ])lain hei-e how tlie fnijjwnlniii 

 came to lie called a nasturtium, 

 udt being one, fur anybody who 

 will eat a leaf or flower of the 

 I rojjiL'd/inii will in a moment 

 understand the reason of it. It 

 has the fresh pungent flavour of 

 a cress, and is at the same (ime 

 perfectly wholesome. Thus, in 

 days gone by it acquired the 

 name of " Indian Cress," and 

 by a misuse of the Latin word 

 for cress, it was called a nas- 

 turtium. The term " Indian 

 Cress " is quite as improper as 

 it suggests that the plant came from 



