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king the cask frequently, then draw it off, mixing the last 

 with the first liquor." — Domestic Encyclopedia. 



Dr. Cooper adds, in the last edition — It is best made 

 with the small wild black cherry." Cattle, it is said, have 

 been killed by eating leaves of the wild cherry-tree. For 

 a method of making cherry wine, see N. E. Farmer^ ii. 27. 



CHERVIL. — ChoirophyUum. — This is an annual plant, 

 with leaves resembling those of double parsley. It is used 

 for salads and in soups, and is sown occasionally in rows, 

 like parsley, from April to September. 



CHIVE. — Allium schoinoprasum. — " The ckive^ or cive^ is 

 a hardy perennial plant, a native of Britain, and found in 

 meadov/s and pastures, though but rarely. The leaves rise 

 from many small bulbous roots connected in bunches ; are 

 awi-shaped, thread-like, and produced in tufts. The flowers 

 are white, tinged with reddish-purple, and appear on round 

 stalks in June." — Loudon. It is of common and easy cul- 

 tivation. 



COLEWORT. — Brassica oleracea viridis. — The origi- 

 nal variety of cabbage, called colewort," says Loudon, " is, 

 or seems to be, lost, and is now succeeded by what are 

 called cabbage-coleworts. These, Abercrombie observes, 

 are valuable family plants, useful in three stages ; as young- 

 open greens, as greens with closing hearts, and as greens 

 forming a cabbage growth." The culture and uses of the 

 cabbage-colewort are so similar to those of the common 

 white cabbage, that details on the subject would seem un- 

 necessary. 



It is said in Gleanings on Husbandry^ &c. that cole- 

 wort is " a name given by gardeners to a cabbage plant, to 

 be cut for use from the time the leaves are as broad as a 

 man's hand, till it begins to form a close head. They are 

 generally raised from seeds of any of the best kinds of 

 heading white cabbage ; but those of the sugar-loaf are 

 preferable to all others for eating," 



CORIANDER. — Coriandrum sativum. — Coriander is a 

 hardy annual plant, which originated in the East. 



Culture. — This plant delights in a sandy loam. It is 

 raised from seeds, which may be sown in March, or as soon 

 as the frost will permit, when the weather is mild and dry. 

 The quantity of seed requisite for a bed six feet long and 

 four feet wide, sown in rows nine inches apart, is half an 

 ounce. The seed should be buried half an inch. 



Use, — The seeds have a pleasant flavour, and, when en- 



