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is very little cultivated and is used chiefly for medical purposes, or pick- 

 ling. The Largeleaved or Curled has black seed, a distinct kind from 

 the Northern or European variety. The seed is raised in Louisiana. It 

 makes very large leaves. 



NASTURTIUM. 



Capucine, (Fr.) Indianische Kresse, (Ger.) Capuchina, (Sp.) 

 Tall. | Dwarf. 



Xot cultivated here, except for ornament. 



OKRA. 



Tall Growing. | Dwarf. 



This is a highly esteemed vegetable in the South, and no garden, 

 whether small or large, is without it. It is used in making "Gumbo," 

 a dish the Creoles of Louisiana know how to prepare better than an- 

 other people. It is also boiled in salt and water, and served with 

 vinegar as a salad, and is considered a very wholesome dish. Should 

 not be planted before the ground is warm in spring, as the seeds are 

 apt to rot. Sow in drills, which ought to be two to three feet apart, 

 and when up thin out, and leave one or two plants every twelve or 

 fifteen inches. 



Tall Growing Okra. 



Tali Growing* This is the variety most cultivated here. The 

 pods are long, round towards the end, and keep longer tender than the 

 square podded kind. 



Dwarf. Cultivated only as being earlier than the former kind. 

 The pods are short, thick and ribbed, and not so nice in appearance as 

 the Tall Growing variety. 



