NASTURTIUM — OKRA. 



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NASTURTIUM — INDIAN CRESS, (Tropceolum majm.) 



A highly ornamental plant, cultivated in flower-gar- 

 dens as well as in the kitchen garden. The shoots and 

 flowers are some- 

 times used in 

 salads, but it is 

 mainly grown for 

 its fruit or seed 

 pods, which are 

 pickled in vine- 

 gar and used as 

 a substitute for 

 capers. The plant 

 is of the easiest 

 culture. Sow in 

 shallow drills in 

 May. The tall 

 variety will reach, 

 a hight of ten or 

 fifteen feet if 

 furnished with 

 strings or wires, 

 and makes an 

 excellent screen 

 for shade, or for 

 quickly covering 



up and conceal- 90 -- 

 ing any unsightly place. The dwarf variety is grown 

 like peas, and staked with brush. 



OKRA OR GUMBO, (Abelmoschus esculentus.) 



A vegetable of the easiest culture. Sow in drills in 

 May, three feet apart for dwarf, and four feet for tall 

 sorts, in drills two or three inches deep. The long pods 

 when very young and tender, are used in soups, stews, 

 etc., and are very nutritious. 



-OKRA. 



