ggg ADORNACEOTJS ESCULENTS. 



5n anf afford a second supply. A few plants .ill produce abundance 

 of seed, which will keep good two years. 



SuBSECl. III.-TA<= Man Cress, Borage, and Marigold. _ 

 These plants are annuals, and only a very few of each are reqmred for 



"Lif TAe miar. ores., or — Trop^olum (CaP-^^; 

 Fr^X a tvop^olaceous trailing or climbing annud a nat.ve of Peru, bu^ 



make a beautiful gainish alone, oi aio , ^^^^ 

 gold, oxalis, dahlia, &c.; „f7 "taste ike the common 



tender slwots are eaten in ^^l^-^^' ^''""Ip.^^'^t „^t,iered green, and 

 cress, whence the name "^.ajj jr^^^^^ 



pickled like capers, for which ' f y f"™ ^he two sorts best worth 



are preferred to the true caper by ma y persons. 11 ^^^^^^ ^^ 



cultivating are '''<^/«»"'»" "^i onSi March, and transplanted 

 flowered. The seed may ether be so. u n hea ui A , ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ 

 in May, or sown mMay where it is finallj to len a , 



the flowers and ^"^;!-;: „ ^ ^-J^^^' flower's, should 



themamier of peas J^^ ^^^^'^^X; ^,„a the fruit for pickling, 



- '^'---'^ >-'p-^^-^-'=^ 



of seed, which will keep two y^ars. T,„un.ache Fr Y Is a boragina- 



1M5. The borage, Borago officmaU (B"'^^'''*^^ .^uivated 

 ceous annual, indigenous 0—^^^^^^^^^ i ' ut'ul line flowers. The 



;^-^;!^1fa-rttr-^^ 



lemon juice, and sugar. The ^^^'^keops four year^^ 



1540. The marUjold, P"':™'''"^"''^' ^,'''^X "doubk-Cered varieties of 

 Jardins, Fr.) is a '-'-""^^ ^^,1^ plants, for their 



g^tCd, diSd in the sun, and put up in paper for winter use. 



SliBSECT. W.-The Horse-radish. 

 1547. Tke horse -radUh, Cochlearia Armoracea ^- (C-~'i„^;S; 

 llai ort, Fr.), is a cruciferous perennial, a no^v f E >S a. d in . J 

 places, long cultivated for its roots J"*^^!;"'^^ J t^^^^^^^^^^ 

 Lap^d into shreds, as a garnish and a *~ ,30 ,3 it is eaten 



an ingredient in winter salads and '^^'^'J lf ^lJ^^^^ If ,he root, either 

 • raw, with bread and butter. It is J^'^l^" ^^^^^^^^ Xd or of the root, 

 of the crown, with one or two .ne .es „.ith the 



without any visible buds, about the 1^"=,^^^ cuttings may either 



upper end uppermost, as in --l^f . '^^f,,^ r^/e^Mc'en inches in 

 be dropped into holes, made by a d.bbu, tiuten 



