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flowering stems. It is perennial, but affords a better supply 

 of young leaves when treated as an annual ; it must be sown 

 in drills. 



Italian Corn Salad. 

 This new Corn Salad was received from M. Vilmorin, 

 under the name of Mache d'ltalie, and is very distinct from 

 and superior to the Common Corn Salad, which is known in 

 France under the simple name of Mache. This last is the 

 Valerianella Locusta of botanists ; the Italian Corn Salad is 

 a distinct species, and called Valerianella eriocarpa. It is 

 superior to the common Corn Salad, in the quality of its 

 foliage, which is milder in flavour, and in coming earlier 

 into use. The leaves are oblong, spatulate, entire, of thin 

 texture, and a pale yellowish green colour. The principal 

 difference in appearance between this and the Common Corn 

 Salad is in the colour of its leaves, and the greater length of 

 its footstalks. Besides its use in a crude state in salads, this 

 herb, when dressed in early spring as a Spinach, is very good, 

 and has been in much request for that purpose. 



Blistered-leaved Sorrel. 

 This variety of garden Sorrel, Rumex Acetosa, is of French 

 origin. It was sent to the Society by M. Vilmorin, under 

 the name of Oseille a feuilles cloquees. Its difference from 

 the other varieties of garden Sorrel, the Common and the 

 Broad-leaved, consists in the surface of the leaves, which in 

 this are blistered. The root leaves are about nine inches in 

 length, and four inches in breadth, ovate, hastate, growing on 

 longish footstalks ; the stem leaves are more blistered than the 

 root leaves. The flower stems are short. Its principal merit 



