CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS. 
CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS. 
Mache ou doucette. Valeriana locustc. 
variety. — Olitoria. 
This plant grows spontaneously in th® corn-fields of Eng- 
land, hence it is called Corn Salad ; and from its being suf 
ficiently hardy to stand the winter, and affording an early 
pasturage, it has acquired the appellation of Lamb’s Lettuce 
It is cultivated as a salad for winter and early spring use. 
The seed may be sown in rich, clean ground, the latter end 
of August or early in September. 
Some gardeners sow the seed in beds four or rive feet 
wide, with paths between each bed, just sufficient to admit 
of room for hand-weeding ; but it will vegetate more freely 
if sown in drills half an inch deep, provided it be carefully 
covered. The drills may be about six inches apart, or just 
sufficient to admit a small hoe to work between the rows ; 
for if the plants are not cleared of all weeds while young, 
they will be more plague than profit. 
Fetticus must be covered up with straw at the approach 
of severe weather, to preserve it in good condition for use in 
the early part of the ensuing spring, as that is the season 
which most amply remunerates the cultivator. 
The seed of Fetticus is small and light, but it will admit 
of being sown thick, say at the rate of from four to six 
pounds to an acio of land. 
