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being very nutritious, but like peas and beans, do not al- 

 ways agree with persons of weak digestion. From seed 

 obtained by me of the Patent Office, plenty of vine was 

 raised but not much seed. 



Fedia Olitor'm — Corn Salad, or Fetticus. 



Corn Salad, or Fetticus is a small annual plant, a native 

 of English wheat-fields. It has long, narrow leaves of a 

 pale glaucous hue, and very small pale blue flowers col- 

 lected in a corymb. It has long been cultivated in Eng- 

 lish gardens as a winter and spring salad. 



Culture. — Corn Salad likes a loam of moderate fertility 

 not too heavy. It is raised from seed, one quarter of an 

 ounee of which will sow a bed four feet by fifteen. Sow 

 seed of the preceding year's growth early in October, in 

 drills six inches apart. The only culture needed is to thin 

 the plants when well up to four inches in the drills, and 

 keep free from weeds by frequent hoeing. Gather the 

 leaves to eat while young, taking the outer ones as you 

 would spinach. It will be fit for use all winter. If de- 

 sired, another sowing may be made the first of February 

 for spring use. 



For Seed. — Leave some of the plants to shoot up to seed 

 in the spring. 



Use. — It is used during winter and early spring, to in- 

 crease the variety of small salads, and as a substitute for 

 lettuce. In France it is boiled like spinach. 



Helianthus Tulerosus — Jerusalem Artichoke. 

 This is a hardy perennial plant, a species of sun-flower, 

 a native of Brazil, introduced into England in 1617, and 

 was much esteemed as a garden vegetable until the Irish 

 potato took its place The crops obtained in good soils 

 are enormous 



