268 NATURAL HISTORY. | 
NASTURTIUM. 
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i HE NAsrurTIUM INDICUM, or Indian creffes, 
are ot two forts, one large, and the other imall. 
‘the large fort is known by the name of monk’s hood : 
it has flowers, variegated with yellow and {carlet: 
‘Lhey run upon the ground, and blow from May to 
September. This plant is raifed with little care. 
‘Phe feed, being large, is fown in feperate grains, at 
four inches diftant from each other. ‘Ihe flowers of 
monk’s hood grow upon fmall reddifh ftalks, and are 
compofed of feveral irregular ‘leaves. The item is 
covered with leaves ; which are fometimes round, and 
jomeétimes angular. The fmall fort of nafturtium is 
frequently eaten as a pickle; but thelarger, which 
is monk’s hood, is confidered as poifonous. 
— SoH TERE 
HOLLYHOCKS 
Consist of fevéral forts. They have a large 
ftem, that riles about fix feet high; which ts deco- 
yated with flowers, in the fame manner as the other 
flower plants are decorated with leaves. The flower 
‘biends the delicacy of the poppy with the richneis of 
the rofe. ‘lhe Ate of thefe flowers are various ; 
‘as the red, white, purple and black. Although the 
{tems of the hollyhock are fo ftrong and large as to 
grow fix feet high, yet they wither every winter to 
the ground. ‘iheir feeds are fown in March, in the 
natural earth ; and notwithftanding they lie not long 
in the ground, they produce no flowers until the next 
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