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JOHNSON, BOBBINS, & Lus. 
There are two species. Tlie While, which is principally em- 
ployed for garden purposes, and for the seed, which is" used 
medicinally. The Black or Brown is of the same flavor, and 
is considered equally as efficacious as the " "White." 
Cultivation. — This vegetable, when employed as a salad, 
is cultivated in the same manner as recommended for cress. 
As a field crop, intended for seed, it should be sown as early 
in the spring as the soil will admit. It succeeds best in a fine 
rich, mouldy loam, in which there is a regular supply of mois- 
ture. The seed may be thickly sown, broadcast, at the rate 
of fifteen to twenty quarts to an acre, lightly harrowed or 
brushed in after the manner of sowing flax. It requires no 
further attention than thinning out the larger weeds until 
ready for harvest 
NASTURTIUM, OR INDIAN CRESS. 
Tropaolum mnjui ....Or Botanist*. 
Capuoin...... FnENcn. 
Nanturoio Spanish. 
Kaperiinerblum, German. 
I This is a hardy annual, much cultivated in gardens for sal- 
ads and pickles, and for the gay colors which enliven its vineB, 
The flowers and young leaves have a sharp, warm taste, resem- 
bling the curled cress. The seeds, when gathered in a green 
state, on a dry day, and pickled in vinegar, form an. excellent 
substitute for capers. 
Cultivation. — The seeds may be sown during the period 
of the flowering of the common orchard fruits, (see table on 
page 8,) in a warm, rich soil, in shallow drills, six or eight 
inches from a building, wall, or fence, on which the vines may 
be trained ; or it may be sown in open gardens or fields in 
drills two feet apart, and cultivated in the same manner as 
peas. They require to be hoed frequently and kept free from 
weeds. 
