. NASTURTIUM. (Indian Cress.) Indianische Krrsse, oder Kapvziner, Ger. Capucien grande, Fk. Capnchina 0 Berro Indio, Sp. Cultivated both for use and ornament. The seed pods, which resemble capers, are gathered while green and tender for pickling, and the leaves are nsed for mixing with salads. Sow early in the spring, in drills about 1 inch deep, in light rich .soil, when all danger of frost is over; train the Tall on brush, trellises, or fences, and grow the Dwarf in beds. The flowers are very beautiful and of varying shades of yellow, brown, orange and scarlet. Tali Orange. The most profitab
. NASTURTIUM. (Indian Cress.) Indianische Krrsse, oder Kapvziner, Ger. Capucien grande, Fk. Capnchina 0 Berro Indio, Sp. Cultivated both for use and ornament. The seed pods, which resemble capers, are gathered while green and tender for pickling, and the leaves are nsed for mixing with salads. Sow early in the spring, in drills about 1 inch deep, in light rich .soil, when all danger of frost is over; train the Tall on brush, trellises, or fences, and grow the Dwarf in beds. The flowers are very beautiful and of varying shades of yellow, brown, orange and scarlet. Tali Orange. The most profitable pickling variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., i lb, 50 cts., lb. $ Dwarf. Beautiful colors; mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20cts., i lb. 50 cts., lb.' $ 4iOnionsi^ Zwiehel, Gee. Ognon, Fe. CeboUa, Sp. For sets, sow the seeds as early as possible in the spring, very thickly, in drills. As soon as the tops die off in sum- mer, remove them to a dry, airy place; and early in the following S|)ring replant by placing the sets in shallow drills 12 inches apart, and about 4 inches apart in the drills ; the Onions, by this process, are obtained of a large size early in the season. They may also be grown to full size during the first season by sowing thinly in drills 1 foot apart, and about i inch deep, in March, or early in April, in strong land, well manured, and thinning them out to stand 3 or 4 inches apart in the drills, keeping them well hoed and free from weeds; for this purpose the Fied Wethersfield and Yellow Danvers are usually preferred. They delight in a strong, rich, deep, loamy soil, and succeed well if grown successive years on the same ground. See<l can be sown in August and September, in drills wide enough apart to admit of working; -when the plants have grown of sufficient size to be fit for table use thin out to 4 inches apart, to secure a crop of large Onions. This plan works admirably in the South, but will not prove successful where the ground freezes deeply
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