StUCiptS alba. Natural Order: Crucij'erce—Mustard Family. 
ECEIVED into this country probably from Germany or England, 
s it is a very ancient European herb, it has always been 
esteemed as a condiment for the table and for its excellent 
medical qualities. It is exceedingly prolific, and wherever once 
yk sown, will take care of its own reproduction. In England 
* it is cultivated in quantities for its seed, and on a small scale 
in some parts of America. It is sometimes grown in hotbeds as a salad, 
and the young leaves of the garden Mustard are frequently boiled as 
greens. It sends up a strong, branching stalk, about four feet high, 
which is in summer covered with numerous small, sulphur-colored flowers. 
pj T- he seeds are formed in small, delicate pods, which, when ripe, burst, and 
I let their contents scatter over the ground. The seeds are very pungent 
to the taste; but those of the Sinapis nigra, or Black Mustard, are still 
f 1 more so; the flour of mustard, the form in which it is used as a condi¬ 
ment, is a combination of both — two-fifths black, and three-fifths white. The 
pungency is developed only where the flour is brought under the influence of water. 
Ininffercnq* 
/VLAS! my lord, if talking would prevail, 
1 I could suggest much better arguments 
Than those regards you throw away on me. 
— Young. 
T ET me this fondness from my bosom tear; 
^ Let me forget that e’er I thought her fair; 
Come, cool indifference, and heal my breast; 
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T)UT in those lands where people are, 
^ Few men at all take any heed; 
While still he sings, and from afar, 
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Wearied,, at length, I seek thy downy rest — 
Not all her arts my steady soul shall move, 
And she shall find indifference conquers love. 
— Lyttleton. 
GRACIOUS person; but yet I cannot love him: 
He might have took his answer long ago. 
— Shakespeare. 
So beautiful is the song, indeed 
That twilight loiters hours to hear, * 
Eavesdropping with a roseate ear. 
— Edgar Fawcett. 
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