powerful antiscorbutic and highly relished by all who become accustomed to it, when boiled with beef.

Savoy cabbages are deemed nearly equal to cauliflowers. No. 10 is said to be the best of all, and cabbages set in spring, produce fine prouts. The Red Dutch, after being salted fortyeight hours, forms a good article when pickled in vinegar. The Large Dutch and Drumhead are profitable to raise for the food of cattle; 44 tons were raised in 1821, by Mr E. H. Derby, of Salem, on an acre. For early cabbages, sow in March, in a hot-bed. For a late crop, sow in May, stamping the ground hard. Set the small kinds two feet asunder each way the large kinds three feet apart every way, and hoe often. In autumn strip the outside leaves and set the cabbages in earth in compact beds, protect by a covering of straw or seaweed.

33. CARDOON. Cynara cardunculus.

1. Spanish Cardoon.

2. Cardoon of Tours.

A gigantic plant, rising from four to five feet, much esteemed and cultivated in France. The thick ribs, or stalks of the leaves when full grown and blanched, are tender and of a delicate flavor. Sow the seeds in April or May, in the bottom of trenches which are dug six inches in depth, and in rows four feet asunder and eighteen inches apart; leaving finally but a single plant in a place. The soil deep, light, and rich; water in dry weather. When the plant is nearly full grown, or in September, and in a dry day, tie up the leaves lightly, bringing the ribs in contact with strong matting. Cover the whole two thirds of its height, by winding closely a twisted hay band, an inch and a half in diameter, from the bottom, upwards; they will soon become blanched and tender. To secure from hard frosts, earth up, in a dry day, against the bands, and otherwise secure the plants in winter. It is used in stews, soups, and salads.

34. CAULIFLOWER. Brassica oleracea botrytes.

A species of cabbage, of a most superior kind, the head or flowers only being used. Sow in September, and preserve the young plants during winter, for an early crop. For a late crop, sow in April. Transplant into very rich, and rather moist loan), three feet asunder every way. Tie up the tops gently, but close over the head to blanch them. Boiled in a linen cloth, and eaten with melted butter, this vegetable is superior.

35. DANDELION. Leontodon taraxacum.

A well known and extremely wholesome vegetable for early greens and salads, of a slightly bitter, but agreeable taste. It is reputed to possess valuable medicinal properties. Sow in April or May, in a rich soil, or it may be propagated by division of roots, and improved by blanching.

S. S. 36. EGG PLANT. Solanum melongena.

1. Purple (useful.)

2.

An annual plant which rises two which is produced in abundance, is an egg, in size that of an ostrich.

White (ornamental.)

feet or more in height; the fruit very beautiful, in form that of Sliced and properly fried with

ham, it is a delicious vegetable. Sow the seeds in a hot-bed in March, and transplant to the distance of two feet asunder in the open air, in May. A good portion of heat and of moisture are necessary, otherwise the seeds do not readily germinate.

37. HIBISCUS. Hibiscus esculentus. (Gombo.)

A tender annual variety of Hibiscus, a native of the West Indies, and now cultivated in the South of France. It rises four or five feet, and produces capsules which are used while green in soups or eaten with butter.

38. INDIAN CORN. Zea mays.

1. New Early Dwarf.

2. Sweet, or Sugar.

These are the two principal kinds used at table. The New Early Dwarf is very early and good for boiling. The Sweet is a kind well known; it shrivels in drying, and is superior to all others for boiling. To preserve this kind for boiling in winter, it is first boiled in the husk, at the time while the kernel is yet tender, and after being husked it is hung up by the husks in the sun, till thoroughly dry, it is shelled and laid by for use. When wanted, the corn is steeped in water over night, and to this same water beans are afterwards added, and the whole are boiled together. A delicious article; it is called Succatosh. Plant as soon as the ground becomes warm, in April or May, in rows four feet asunder, and in hills two feet apart in the row; eight kernels in the hill; cover two inches deep. · 39. KALE. Brassica oleracea sabellica. Cæsarean Kale, or Cow Cabbage.

Green Curled Scotch Kale. The Cæsarean Kale, in congenial soils and climates, is a gigantic plant of the cabbage tribe; a most profitable article for the food of

1. Bishop's Early Dwarf. 1 foot.

2. Russell's New Early Dwarf Prolific. 1 foot.

3. Dwarf Blue Imperial. 1 feet.

4. Dwarf Blue Prussian. 2 feet.

5. Dwarf Scymetar.

6. Knight's Dwarf Marrowfat. 2 feet. 7. Knight's Tall Marrowfat. 6 feet.

8. Woodford's New Tall Prolific. 5 feet. 9. Dwarf Sugar (eatable pods.) 3 feet. 10. Tall Sugar, (eatable pods.) 4 feet. 11. Egg Pea.

12. Spanish Morotto.

Sow Early Peas as soon as the ground will admit in March. A quart of Early Dwarf Peas will sow a row of 300 feet, rows three feet asunder. Nos. 1 and 2 are reputed the finest of the early kinds. Nos. 3 and 5 are very productive and of delicious flavor. Nos. 6 and 7 are most superior late kinds for flavor and productiveness. No. 8 is of a fine green color, and bears well a long time. Nos. 9 and 10 or the Sugar or String peas, are fine, sweet, and productive kinds, the pods and peas being of delicious flavor. The Egg Pea

and Spanish Morotto are famous for their hardiness and productiveness. The tall species of peas are sustained by brush wood set in the rows. Some sow them in small circles; as they rise, they support each other.

41. PUMPKINS. Cucurbita pepo.

1. Connecticut.

2. Mammoth.

Plant the seeds in April or May, in very rich ground; two plants to a square rod are sufficient. Pumpkins are valuable food for the table either baked or stewed; and valuable for fodder for fattening cattle or swine. Great crops are raised in cornfields with Indian Gorn, by dropping a seed in every eighth hill. The seeds produce a valuable oil on expression. The Mammoth Pumpkin has weighed 226 pounds.

42. SEA KALE. Crambe maritima.

A hardy perennial plant; a delicate and superior vegetable, as yet but too little known. It is said to grow wild on various parts of the sea shore of Britain, where it is eagerly sought after in early spring. The young, tender, and unexpanded leaves and stalks, in a blanched state, are extracted from the pebbles and sand in which they are found buried, and out off several inches beneath the surface, at the crown of the root. It will yet grow well in the interior, in any good, deep, dry soil, for the root goes deep. The plants should be placed in rows four feet asunder, and a foot or eighteen inches in the row. In March cover it with sand or earth, in boxes or pots, to blanch it-this renders it more beautiful to the eye, more tender, and delicate. Or it may be forced, by covering the pots or boxes with hot manure. Boil it thoroughly in water, or milk and water is better; serve it up with melted butter like the cauliflower. Sow the seeds as soon as ripe, and they readily vegetate, but if kept till spring they require to be cracked. Plantations are readily formed of pieces of roots two inches long, placed upright beneath the soil.

43. SPINACH, OR SPINAGE.

1. Round Leaved, or Summer. 2. Prickly Leaved, or Fall.

Spinacia oleracea.

3. New Winter.
4. New Zealand.

A most superior vegetable for greens; an annual plant. The seeds of No. 1 may be sown in a rich soil, from April to July. No. 2 may be sown in August or September for early spring. The New Winter is a kind, not common, from France; the leaves fourteen inches long, eight inches broad, very thick and succulent. The New Zealand, Tetragonia expansa, is a fine spreading plant, yielding a supply of leaves during the whole summer. Sow this last early, in a hot-bed, or warm situation, in April or May, and transplant, giving them three feet space.

A superior vegetable for boiling, baking or stewing; a native of the warm latitudes.

1. Early Orange.

2. Early Long Warted. 3. Early Scallop.

4. Acorn.

5. Canada Crook Neck.

6. Long Yellow Crook Neck.
7. Commodore Porter's Valpa-
raiso.

8. Autumnal Marrow.

The Early Orange is a new summer variety, very early and of superior quality. The Canada Crook Neck is without doubt far superior to any and all others, for the late or main crop. It is fine grained, mealy, and of a sweet, excellent flavor. By being kept in a dry and suitable temperature, they may be preserved till the following summer. Sow in April or May, as soon as the frosts are over, and the earth becomes warm. The Early or Summer varietie's, in hills six feet asunder; the winter varieties in hills eight feet asunder, and four plants may remain in a hill.

AUTUMNAL MARROW SQUASH. Cucurbita melopepo.

Introduced to notice by John M. Ives, Esq. of Salem. A fine new variety, of an ovate form, pointed; the skin extremely thin, of a cream color; the flesh orange; the grain delicate, flavor excellent; seeds large, pure white. Average weight, eight pounds. It keeps well in winter.

45. SWISS CHARD. (See Beets, No. 2, Poirees.)

The finest kind of beet for greens is the Swiss Chard. The stalks of this are of large size, white, tender, and excellent; they boil like asparagus. It is sometimes called "Sir John Sinclair's beet."

CLASS III-SALADS, PICKLES, SAVORY. HERBS, &c.

46. BASIL. Ocymum basilicum.

An annual plant from the East Indies, sometimes used in salads in France, but principally and extensively used in that country in high seasoned dishes and soups. The leaves are aromatic and have the strong flavor of cloves. Sow early, in a hot-bed or warm exposition transplant into rows a foot asunder, and a few inches apart in the row.

CARAWAY. (See Vegetable Roots, No. 6.)

47. CELERY. Apium graveolens dulce.

1. Large White Solid.

2. Rose Colored Solid. 3. Large White Hollow.

4. Italian.

5. New Silver Giant. 6. Celeriac, or Turnip rooted. The stalks of the leaves, when blanched, are used as salads, from autumn to spring; they are also boiled to flavor soups, and sometimes to be used at dinner. Celeriac is cultivated for its root alone; it is excellent sliced in soups, for its peculiar flavor; or, boiled till tender it is eaten with oil and vinegar; or it is stewed to flavor rich This last kind is sown in April, in a hot-bed or warm exposition, and transplanted to fifteen inches asunder every way, in moist, rich ground, but the plants are never earthed up. The

sauces.

former kinds are sown in April or May, in fine rich earth, and shaded or covered with a board till the seeds vegetate. Transplant to trenches a foot wide, a foot deep, the plants a foot asunder; preserve every leaf, but destroy offsets. Earth up in dry weather, to blanch the leaf stalks.

48. CHERVIL. Ciosma cerefolium.

1. Common.

2. Curled leaved.

An annual plant; the leaves have a warin and aromatic flavor, and are esteemed for salads; also in high seasoned dishes and soups. Sow in rows a foot asunder, every three weeks, from April to September.

49. CHIVES OR CIVES. Allium schænoprasum.

A beautiful perennial; a species of small onion. The tops are used in early spring for salads, and the tops and roots as early onions. It is cultivated by divisions of the roots, set six inches asunder.

A hardy annual plant; the leaves are fragrant, the seeds aromatic, of a pleasant spicy flavor. They are used as spices and in confectionery. Sown in April.

51. CRESS. Lepidium sativum. 1. Peppergrass, or curled.

2. Broad leaved Garden.

3. Water.

A hardy annual plant, of a spicy taste; used as a garnish, and in salads. It may be highly improved by cultivation. Sow as for lettuce, and at intervals from April to September.

52. CUCUMBER. Cucumis sativa.

1. Early Frame.

2. Early Short Prickly. 3. Early Green Cluster. 4 Long White Spined.

5. Long Green Turkey.

6. Long White Turkey.
7. Long Green Prickly.
8. Girkin, or West India.

A tender vine, an annual plant. The fruit is used raw, in its green state, sliced in vinegar When young they are extensively used in pickling Sow as soon fas the ground becomes warm in spring; cover a half an inch deep; plant in hills six feet asunder every way-a dozen seeds in a hill, but leave finally but three. The ground must be rich and manured well in the hill. For very early use, sow in small pots, in a hot-bed; turn them into the open ground in May, protecting from the sun and late frosts. pickling, plant from 10th of June to 10th of July, after a crop of early peas, or a crop of hay. No. 3 is a short and productive kind for open ground. The Green and White Turkey are fine, either in the open ground or for early forcing.

53. ENDIVE, OR SUCCORY.

1. White Curled.

3. Broad leaved Batavian.

Cicorium endivia crispa scarole. 2. Large Green Curled.

For

A hardy annual from the East Indies; esteemed for salads. Sow