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SECT. IX.—PLANTS USED FOR CULINARY PURPOSES. 105

Green Coss. Brown Dutch.

White do. White Cabbage.

Silesia do. Imperial.

Brown do. Hammersmith Hardy.

Egyptian do. Tennis-ball.

' hese are sown every summer month. The brown and Egyptian cossa 'e sown in August, and commonly stand the winter; and in the springar e fit for use.

n( j W6. LOVE-APPLE. Solatium Lycopersicum. —The Portuguese

an d Spaniards are so very fund of this fruit, that there is not a soup? r gravy but what this makes an ingredient in ; and it is deemed cool-"ig and nutritive. It is also called Tomatas, or Tomatoes.'. t The green fruit makes a most excellent pickle with capsicums and

"ther berries. It is annual, and raised in hot-beds, and planted°ut.

447. MARJORAM, Winter. Origanum vulgare. — This is used as" 3 sweet herb, and is a good ap, Q ndage to the usual ingredients in

Huffing, &,e. It is a perennial plant, and propagated by planting outlts roots in the spring of the year.

th 448. MARJORAM, Sweet. Origanum Marjorana, — This is also

»H Ufi ed for the same purpose as the last mentioned. It is an annual, and

ur not of such easy culture as the last, requiring to be raised from seeds

ln an artificial heat. It is usually dried and kept for use.

oa 449. MARYGOLD. Calendula officinalis —An annual plant tisual-

se y sown in the spring. The petals of the flowers are eaten in broths and

in ^ups, to which they impart a very pleasant flavour,

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n. 450. MUSHROOM, Jgaricus campestris. —Is cultivated and well

Known at our tables for its fine taste and utility in sauces. ThesePlants do not produce seeds that can be saved; they are therefore cul-tivated by collecting the spawn, which is found in old hot-beds and::1 meadow lands.

Various methods have been lately devised for raising mushrooms ar-tificially: but none seem to be equal to those raised in beds, as is de-Scribed in all our books of gardening. liaising this vegetable in closej 'ooms by fire heat has been found to produce them with a bad flavour;

an d they are not considered so wholesome as those grown in the opena 'r, or when that element is admitted at times freely to the beds.

451. MUSTARD, White. Sinapis alba. —This is sown early in thespring, to be ealen as salad with cress and other things of the like na-'"re ; it is of easy culture. A salad of this kind may be readily raised°" a piece of thick woollen-cloth, if the seeds are strewed thereon and