SCURVY GRASS. 



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will send out side shoots in search of the manure, which 

 would greatly injure the crop. 



To take them up, a trench is dug along the outside row 

 down to the bottom of the upright roots which are cut off 

 nearly level with the original planting. The earth from 

 the next row is turned over upon them to the desired depth, 

 and so on until finished. The pieces of roots left will 

 send up new shoots, and the same bed will produce well 

 in this way five or six years, when the site of the planta- 

 tion should be changed ; when this is to be done every 

 piece of root should be taken up, for the smallest of them 

 will vegetate and prove troublesome if left. The best 

 roots come from fresh plantations. 



Use. — Horse-radish scraped into shreds with vinegar, is 

 a well known and desirable accompaniment to roast beef. 

 It is also used in fish and other sauces and chicken salads, 

 and is thought to assist digestion. The shreds pickled in 

 strong vinegar and closely stopped in glass bottles will 

 keep for years. Horse-radish in medicine is a valuable 

 stimulant — useful also in hoarseness, sometimes serviceable 

 in rheumatism and is especially valuable in cases of in- 

 cipient scurvy. 



CocJilearia Officinalis — Scurvy Grass. 



A biennial plant, found near most sea-shores in temper- 

 ate climates. Likes a soil similar to the preceding, and 

 equally free from the shade of trees. 



It is propagated from seed sown as soon as ripe in 

 May or June, for if kept long it does not germinate well. 

 Sow in drills eight inches apart and one-half inch deep. 

 When they come up thin them to eight inches apart, trans- 

 planting those taken up, and giving water until estab- 

 lished. Keep free from weeds, which is all the cultivation 



