as for lettuce, at intervals from April to July, in a very rich soil. When fully grown, tie over the outer leaves to blanch the heads for use.

54. FENNEL. Anethum, Finochio.

This variety is perennial, a native of Italy. It is propagated by seeds sown in April, or by divisions of roots. In a boiled state it ís served up with fish.

55. FLORIDA COFFEE. Mr Dupont.

Such is the name described in the Florida Herald of an annual plant growing wild in Cuba, and now growing wild in some parts of Mississippi and about St Augustine. The grains, which are produced fifty or sixty in a pod, are of the size of wheat, of an olive color; their flavor superior to the green coffee of Cuba, becoming by age in three months equal to the best of coffee. A plant of the easiest culture in any poor soil. An acre will produce from 1500 to 2000 pounds. This valuable plant is a native, and grows abundantly in Attakapas in Louisiana. Can this be Okra?

56 GARLIC. Allium sativum.

A hardy perennial, a species of onion; a native of the South of France. It is propagated by a subdivision of the bulbs. These are set in rows a foot asunder and five inches in the row. Early in autumn take up the roots and dry them.

57. HORSE RADISH. Cochlearia armoracia.

A hardy perennial plant. The long and branching roots have a very strong and pungent taste; and scraped in vinegar, they are highly esteemed as salads in winter and spring. It is raised from the crowns, each with an inch or two of root. These are planted in a very rich, deep, and humid soil; in rows a foot asunder, the plants nine inches apart in the row. Or it may be raised from small pieces of the roots, placed upright and buried an inch beneath the surface.

58. ITALIAN CORN SALAD. Valerianella eriocarpa.

A new variety, superior to the common kind, and earlier. An annual plant, which is used through winter and early in spring as a salad; it is also valuable early in spring when boiled as greens. Sow in August or September, cover lightly, and thin the plants to

three inches.

1. Early Curled Silesia.

2. Tennis Ball.

3. Royal Cape.

4. Large Drum Head.

5. Savoy Cabbage, or Green Head. 6. Large Imperial.

7. Brown Dutch.

8. Magnum bonum Cos.
9. Ice Cos.

10. White Cos, or Leaf.
11. Green Cos.

finest of salads known. The

A hardy annual plant, one of the milky juice of the plant produces drowsiness, like opium. No. 1 is fine and early. No. 2 is fine and early, with small heads; both

these and the Royal Cape are the kinds best known and most highly esteemed in the Boston market. The Cabbage or Head lettuce grows spreading, with round heads. The Cos lettuce grows upright and oblong, and is sweetest. Sow in February and March in hot-beds, for early use, and transplant in April; and at intervals of three weeks from April to September, in rows a foot asunder; the large headed kinds may remain a foot apart in the row.

60. MARJORAM. Origanum.

1. Sweet Marjoram (majorana.)

2. Pot Marjoram (onites.)

The Sweet marjorum is biennial, a tender plant, a native of Portugal; highly esteemed for its savory taste, in highly seasoned cookery. Sown in April in a hot-bed, or in a warm situation and transplanted. The Pot marjoram is a hardy perennial, a native of Sicily; its uses are the same as the preceding. It propagates by division of roots in spring.

61. MARTYNEA. Martynea proboscidea.

An annual plant with conspicuous showy flowers. The green pods are fine for pickling. Sow in May; the plants may remain two feet asunder.

62. MARIGOLD. Calendula officinalis,

The Common marigold is a beautiful annual, hardy plant, sometimes used in soups. Sow from April to May. The tops may be preserved by drying.

63. MUSTARD. Sinapis alba.

An annual; the young plants of White Mustard are fine for salads. The seed of the Black Mustard, ground, is a strong and most pungent seasoning for meat. A tea-cup of water and powdered mustard is an instantaneous and powerful emetic to dislodge poison from the stomach. Sow in April- -a hardy plant of the easiest culture, and of the tallest kind.

64. NASTURTIUM, OR INDIAN CRESS. Tropæolum majus.

An annual plant, a native of Peru. Its flowers of a beautiful orange color, serve as a garnish for dishes; the leaves are excellent in salads, and the green pods make a pickle esteemed by many superior to capers. Sow the seeds in April or May, an inch deep, on the borders of fences or palings, as they are low climbers; or sticks of brush may serve as their support.

65. OKRA. Hibiscus esculentus.

An ornamental plant, extensively cultivated in the tropical countries of America; an ingredient in soups. The seeds when ripe and roasted form by infusion a drink difficult to distinguish from coffee. Sow early in May, cover an inch deep. Cultivate like peas.

66. PARSLEY. Apium petroselinum.

1. Curled or Double.

2. Dwarf Curled.

3. Hamburg or Large Rooted.

A hardy biennial plant, a native of Sardinia. A well known and

agreeable savory herb in stews, soups, and the gravy of roasted meat. Sow in rows a foot asunder, from April to July. Soak the seeds in a warm place for twelve hours to make them vegetate, water till the plants appear, as often as the ground becomes dry.

67. PEPPER. Capsicum annиит.

1. Long or Cayenne. 2. Squash.

3. Cherry or West India.
4. Sweet Spanish.

A tender annual plant, rising two feet or more in height; the fruit round or oblong. The whole fruit and seeds, all but the Sweet Spanish, have a most pungent and fiery taste. No. 1, when dried and ground, forms the Cayenne pepper of commerce. No. 2 grows large, has a thick shell or pulp, and when fully grown and still green, it is the best of all for pickling. No. 3 is a very small variety, from the West Indies. It is used for pepper sauce, a seasoning for meat. A quart bottle of peppers will last a family for years, keeping it filled with fresh supplies of vinegar. No. 4 has a delicate taste, and is used as a salad. Sow in March in a hot-bed, in April or May in the open air; transplant at the end of spring into a rich soil, the plants two feet asunder every way.

68. RADISH. Raphanus sativus. 1. Early Frame.

2. Early Short-top Scarlet. 3. Early Long Salmon.

4. Purple Short-top.

5. Long White Summer, or Naples.

6. Scarlet Turnip-rooted.

7. Violet-colored Turnip-rooted.
8. White Turnip-rootod.
9. Black Fall, or Spanish.

An annual plant; the root is long, of a pleasant and pungent flavor; it is used in salads. Sow every fortnight, from April to September, in a sandy, well manured, and finely pulverized soil. Nos. 6, 7, and 8 are best for early sowing.

69. RAMPION. Campanula rapunculus.

A hardy biennial plant, a native of Europe. It rises to the height of two feet, with handsome blue flowers. The root is long, white, and in the shape of a spindle; like the radish it is eaten raw, having a nut-like pleasant flavor. In winter the root and leaves are cut into salads. Sow the seeds in May, a quarter of an inch deep, in a warm situation, and water occasionally. Finally thin the plants to four inches asunder.

70. RAPE. Brassica napus.

A hardy biennial plant, valuable for greens early and late in spring. It is used, mixed with mustard and cress or peppergrass, as salad. Sow from April to Junė.

71. RHUBARB. Rheum undulatum.

2. Elford (var. undulata.)

3. Wilmot's Early Red.

A hardy perennial plant, a native of Asia. The leaves are very broad and two feet long. Their petioles or stalks are large, and these only are used. They are agreeably acid and vinous, very wholesome, and much admired, whether stewed alone with sugar, for tarts and puddings or pies, or combined with other fruits. Its

use with us is fast increasing, and although its introduction to the London market did not take place, it is said, till 1815, yet now, we are told, a thousand cartloads are there annually sold. Sow the seeds in September, an inch deep, in a rich, dry, deep, sandy loam, and they vegetate with certainty. In spring their vegetation is less sure. Water frequently, but very moderately, and shade from the scorching sun till their roots are strong. But the particular and finest named varieties are only raised by dividing the roots. Plant the roots in a rich, very deep soil, in rows four feet asunder, and three feet distance in the row. Young seedling plants only need to be protected the first winter by soil. Rhubarb may be forced very early, by being covered with boxes or barrels, surrounded by horse manure at the top and sides. The rhubarb is highly deserving of cultivation by every family.

72. SAGE. Salvia officinalis.

A perennial savory plant, extensively used as a seasoning for various meats. It is cultivated by division of the roots, or from the seeds sown in April or May. Before the plant blossoms, the tops are clipped and dried for use.

73. SAVORY. Satureja.

The Summer savory is an annual plant, from Italy. Its leaves have a warm and aromatic taste, and are used in seasoning meats, &c. Sow in April or May, and shade the ground till the plants have taken root. Winter Savory is a perennial, and is raised from seeds or from slips of roots.

74. SESAMUM ORIENTALE, OR BENNE.

An annual herbaceous plant, rising to the height of two feet; the stalk four cornered; the leaves oval, oblong, opposite; the flowers in spikes, like the foxglove; the seed very small, like mustard; they are used like rice for food. Cultivated throughout Asia and Africa, and the West Indies, also in the Carolinas, for food, but more especially for the oil which is obtained from the seeds on expression. Nine pounds of seed, it is stated, yield two quarts of oil, perfectly sweet, and never becoming rancid. This oil is pleasant and equal to olive oil for food. It is also used, mixed in the beautiful varnish of China and Japan. A plant of the easiest culture.

75. THYME. Thymus vulgaris.

A low growing savory plant. The tops, either green or dried, are boiled in soups and used as a seasoning for various meats and sauces. Sow the seeds in April, cover a quarter of an inch. There are two kinds, the Common and the Lemon thyme.

76. TOMATO. Solanum lycopersicum.

An annual; a trailing plant, a native of South America, and now most extensively used in Italy, where it is called Pomi d'Amore, or Love Apple. The fruit which is produced in great abundance, is nine or ten inches in circumference, round, flattened; it resembles the capsicum or pepper. It is used in soups, and stewed it forms a fine sauce of a pleasant acid flavor. The fruit when ripe and red,

is cut in halves and squeezed sufficient to extract the water and seeds, and being put in a pan with a pepper or capsicum, and a small portion of beef gravy or butter, it is stewed over a slow fire for an hour; is afterwards rubbed through a sieve into a clean stew pan and simmered a few minutes, salt and pepper having been added. A superior and wholesome vegetable. The Tomato is reputed to be possessed of highly valuable medicinal virtues, and forms a most wholesome article of food. With sugar they form a very valuable preserve. It may be sown in April, in a hot-bed; or in May in a warm situation, and transplanted as soon as the season will admit. A middling soil produces more fruit and less vines than a very rich soil.

ORNAMENTAL FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS, CLIMBING PLANTS AND HONEYSUCKLES.

I will here briefly enumerate or describe a few of the most orna mental hardy trees, shrubs, &c. Those sorts particularly, which may be easily obtained, and at moderate prices. A just proportion of which are at this day considered indispensable appendages in every handsome garden.

The finest effect is produced where an extensive range of trees is formed in continuous clusters of each particular species; thus masses of Pine may be succeeded, but not too abruptly, by clusters of Larches and these being succeeded by Elms, Lindens or other trees. Outside every tree is allowed space, that thus they may preserve their lower limbs and fine forms entire.

In the disposition of trees and shrubs for avenues and the borders of walks, it is recommended to set them on either, or on both sides, in four ranks or ranges, according to their heights.

The first range, or that nearest to the avenue or walk, to consist of roses and shrubs of the lowest growth.

The second range to consist of shrubs, &c., which never attain to a greater height than from six to ten feet.

The third range, to consist of those trees which never attain to a very great height.

The fourth range, or outer rank, to consist of those trees only which attains to the greatest elevation.

A very broad and extended avenue, thus lined on both sides, with the ranks or ranges at proportionate distances asunder, and rising in regular gradation from the centre, as they will when fully grown, will present to the view of the beholder a spectacle the most striking and beautiful.

Those marked thus *

are evergreens.

will admit of frequent repetition.

being very handsome, will admit of very frequent repetition.

S. S. require protection in winter, in northern climates.