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In the western series, devoted to food plants, in bed no. I, 

 located at the north end of the first line of beds, are plants 

 the bulbs of which are useful for food; among these are 

 onions, garlic, chives, and leeks. In the adjoining bed 10, 

 the first of the second line, are those furnishing tubers for 

 food, such as the sweet-potato, Irish potato, and Jerusalem 

 artichoke. In bed 18, the first in the third line, are plants 

 with fleshy roots, such as celeriac, oyster-plant, radishes, 

 turnips, carrots, and beets. In beds 2 and 3 it is the leaves 

 which are edible; familiar examples are cabbage, kale, 

 lettuce, Brussel's-sprouts, collards, chicory, Chinese mus- 

 tard, fetticus, endives, and spinach. In bed 4 are plants, 

 the herbage of which is used; examples here are French 

 spinach or orach, and rocket salad or roquette. It is the 

 stems and leaf-stalks of the plants in bed 11 which are 

 edible; here are asparagus, rhubarb, sea kale, kohlrabi, 

 cardoon, and celery. In bed 5 are cauliflower and broccoli, 

 the flowers being the edible portions. 



Many plants furnish food in the shape of fruits. A fruit 

 is developed from the flower, thus differing from a vegetable, 

 which is the edible portion of some part of a plant other 

 than the fruit. Beds 6 to 8, 12 to 16, and 19 to 27 contain 

 plants which furnish edible fruits. These divide them- 

 selves generally into two kinds, those in which the fruit 

 is more or less fleshy, such as berries, pumpkins and beans, 

 and those in which the seeds only furnish the food value, 

 such as wheat, barley and other grains. In bed 6 are the 

 egg-plant and okra. In bed 8 will be found peas, beans, 

 and fennugreek; in bed 12 the various kinds of tomatoes; 

 in bed 13 the different sorts of peppers; in bed 14 straw- 

 berries; beds 19 to 26 contain each a single kind, as follows: 

 crookneck squash, pumpkin, muskmelon, citron, water- 

 melon, Hubbard squash, English marrow, and cucumber. 



In the group containing the grains are the four common 

 cereals, wheat, rye, oats and barley, all in bed 7. In bed 

 15 are the different kinds of sweet corn. In bed 16 are 

 the field corns, both flint and dent, and popcorn. In bed 

 27 are buckwheat, sorghum, and rape, among others. 



