SJ5CT.IX,—PLA.NTS USED IOR CULINARY PURPOSES. 10g

455. SALSAFY. Tragopogonportifaiiiim. —Abieneial, sown in March,and is usually in season during winter. I'he roots an; the pars used,which are very sweet, and contain a large quantity of milk? juice:it is a good vegetable plain boiled, and the professors of cookery makemany fine dishes of it.

466. SAVORY, Summer. Satureja hmtensis.

467. SAVORY, Wistcb. Satureja montana.

Both sorts aie used for the same purposes, as condiments among otherherbs for stuffing, and are well known to cooks. The former isan an-nual, and raised by sowing the seeds in March and April. The other,being perennial, is propagated either by the same means or by cuttingsin the spring of the year. It is also dried for winter use.

468. SAVOY CABBAGE. Brassica oleracea, (var.)

Tlie Green Savoy.

The White or Yellow Savoy.A well-known species of cabbage grown for winter use, and is oneof our best vegetables of that season. It is raised by sowing the seedsin May, and planting the plants in any spot of ground in July after acrop of peas or beans. Savoys stand the frost better than most otherkinds of cabbages with close heads.

469. SCORZONERA. Scnrxonera tingilana. —The roots of thij arevery similar to salsafy, and its culture and use nearly the same.

470. SEA KALE. Crambe maritima. —This grows wild on our sea-coasts, particularly in Devonshire, where it has- long been gatheredand eaten by the inhabitants thereabouts. It was used also to be cul-tivated ; but it was in general lost to our gardens, till my late partner,Mr. Curtis, having paid a visit to his friend Dr. Wavell at Barnstaple,found it at that gentleman's table; and on his return he collectedsome seeds, and planted a considerable spot of ground with it at Bromp-ton in 1792; at which time it was again introduced to Covent-Garden,but with so little success, that no person was found to purchase it, andconsequently the crop was useless.

This celebrated botanist, however, published a small tract on its usesand culture, which met with a considerable sale, and introduced itagain into general cultivation.

The seeds should be sown in March, and the followingyear the plantsare fit for forming plantations, when they should be put out in rows aboutthree feet apart, and one foot in the row. The vegetable is blanchedeither by placing over the crowns of the root an empty garden-pot, orby earthing it up as is usually done with celery. It is easily forced,by placing hot dung on the pots; and is brought forward in January,and from thence till May.

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