be transplanted to the
distances before directed. In dry soil, the plants will continue for
many years; requiring no further care than to be occasionally hoed, and
kept free from weeds. It may also be propagated by dividing the roots;
but, as it is easily grown from seeds, this method is not generally
practised.

_Use._--The leaves have a warm, piquant taste, and, when bruised,
resemble cucumbers in odor. They are sometimes used as salad, and
occasionally form an ingredient in soups. The roots, after being dried
and pulverized, are employed in cases of internal hemorrhage.

It is very little used in this country, and rarely seen in gardens.

_Varieties._--There are three varieties; the distinctions, however,
being neither permanent nor important.

HAIRY-LEAVED BURNET.

Leaves and stems comparatively rough or hairy; in other respects,
similar to the Smooth-leaved. Either of the varieties may be propagated
by dividing the roots.

LARGE-SEEDED BURNET.

This, like the others, is a sub-variety, and probably but a seminal
variation.

SMOOTH-LEAVED BURNET.

Leaves and stems of the plant comparatively smooth, but differing in no
other particular from the Hairy-leaved. Seeds from this variety would
probably produce plants answering to both descriptions.

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CATERPILLAR.

Chenille, of the French. _Vil._ Scorpiurus.

All of the species here described are hardy, annual plants, with
creeping or recumbent stems, usually about two feet in length. The
leaves are oblong, entire on the borders, broadest near the ends, and
taper towards the stem; the flowers are yellow, and quite small; the
seeds are produced in caterpillar-like pods, and retain their vitality
five years.

_Cultivation._--The seeds may be planted in the open ground in April or
May; or the plants may be started in a hot-bed, and set out after
settled warm weather. The rows should be fifteen inches apart, and the
plants twelve or fifteen inches apart in the rows; or the plants may be
grown in hills two feet and a half apart, and two or three plants
allowed to a hill.

_Use._--No part of the plant is eatable; but the pods, in their green
state, are placed upon dishes of salads, where they so nearly resemble
certain species of caterpillars as to completely deceive the uninitiated
or inexperienced.

_Species._--The species cultivated are the following; viz.:--

COMMON CATERPILLAR.

Chenille grosse. _Vil._