ith the Mountain Sorrel or Patience Dock.

COMMON SORREL.

R. acetosa.

This is a hardy perennial, and, when fully grown, is about two feet in
height. The flowers--which are small, very numerous, and of a reddish
color--are dioecious, the fertile and barren blossoms being produced
on separate plants; the seeds are small, triangular, smooth, of a
brownish color, and retain their germinative properties two years. An
ounce contains nearly thirty thousand seeds.

Of the Common Sorrel, there are five varieties, as follow:--

BELLEVILLE SORREL.

Broad-leaved. Oseille Large de Belleville. _Vil._

Leaves ten or twelve inches long by six inches in diameter; leaf-stems
red at the base. Compared with the Common Garden Sorrel, the leaves are
larger and less acid.

The variety is considered much superior to the last-named sort, and is
the kind usually grown by market-gardeners in the vicinity of Paris.

It should be planted in rows eighteen inches apart, and the plants
thinned to a foot apart in the rows.

BLISTERED-LEAF SORREL. _Trans._

Radical leaves nine inches long, four inches wide, oval-hastate or
halberd-shaped, growing on long footstalks. The upper leaves are more
blistered than those attached to the root; the flower-stems are short.
The principal difference between this variety and the Common, or
Broad-leaved, consists in its blistered foliage.

It is slow in the development of its flower-stem, and consequently
remains longer in season for use. The leaves are only slightly acid in
comparison with those of the Common Sorrel. It is a perennial, and must
be increased by a division of its roots; for being only a variety, and
not permanently established, seedlings from it frequently return to the
Belleville, from whence it sprung.

FERVENT'S NEW LARGE SORREL.

Oseille de Fervent. _Vil._

An excellent sort, with large, yellowish-green, blistered leaves and red
leaf-stems. It is comparatively hardy, puts forth its leaves early, and
produces abundantly.

The rows should be eighteen inches apart.

GREEN OR COMMON GARDEN SORREL.

Root-leaves large, halberd-shaped, and supported on stems six inches in
length. The upper leaves are small, narrow, sessile, and clasping. A
hardy sort; but, on account of its greater acidity, not so highly
esteemed as the Belleville.

Sow in rows fifteen inches apart, and thin to eight or ten inches in the
rows.

SARCELLE BLOND SORREL.

Blond de Sarcelle. _Vil._