ely small variety, recently introduced.
"Besides being the earliest of all, and remarkably productive as well as
high flavored, and possessing little acidity, it has a skin so thin,
that removing it is hardly necessary; and its pulp, when stewed, has the
uniform consistence of baked Rhode-Island Greenings; and it continues
equally crisp and tender throughout the summer and early autumn." One of
the best sorts for a small garden or for family use.

MYATT'S VICTORIA.

Victoria.

Leaves large, broader than long, deep-green, blistered on the surface,
and much waved or undulated on the borders. Leaf-stalks very large,
varying from two inches and a half to three inches in their broadest
diameter, and frequently measuring upwards of two feet and a half in
length: the weight of a well-developed stalk, divested of the leaf, is
about two pounds. They are stained with red at their base, and are often
reddish, or finely spotted with red, to the nerves of the leaf.

It has rather a thick skin, is more acid than many other varieties, and
not particularly high flavored: but no kind is more productive; and
this, in connection with its extraordinary size, makes it not only the
most salable, but one of the most profitable, kinds for growing for the
market.

It requires a deep, highly-manured soil; and the roots should be divided
and reset once in four or five years. It is about a fortnight later than
the Linnaeus.

NEPAL.

Rheum Australe. _Thomp._ Rheum Emodi.

The leaf-stalks attain an immense size, but are unfit for use on account
of their strongly purgative properties: but the leaves, which are
frequently a yard in diameter, are useful in covering baskets containing
vegetables or fruit; and for these the plant is sometimes cultivated.

TOBOLSK RHUBARB.

Early Red Tobolsk.

Leaves comparatively small; leaf-stalks below medium size, stained with
red at the base. It is perceptibly less acid than most varieties, and
remarkable for fineness of texture and delicacy of flavor.

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SUNFLOWER.

Tall Sunflower. Annual Sunflower. Helianthus annuus.

Stem from five to eight feet or more in height; leaves heart-shaped,
rough, three-nerved; flowers very large, terminal, nodding; the seeds
are large, ovoid, angular, or compressed, nearly black, sometimes
striped with white, and retain their germinative properties five years.

The plant is a native of South America.

DWARF SUNFLOWE