r; flowers nearly sessile, small, yellow, five-petaled; seeds
angular, pointed, and of a greenish color,--fourteen thousand are
contained in an ounce, and they retain their vitality four years.

_Soil, Propagation, and Culture._--The plant requires a light, warm
soil; and should have a sheltered, sunny place in the garden. It is
grown from seed sown annually. The sowing may be made in March in a
hot-bed, and the plants set in the open ground in May; or the seed may
be sown the last of April, or first of May, in the place where the
plants are to remain. The drills, or rows, should be fifteen inches
apart, and the plants five or six inches apart in the rows. No further
attention will be required, except the ordinary labor of keeping the
soil loose and the plants clear from weeds.

_Use._--The leaves are eaten as a salad, and are also boiled and served
at table in the form of greens or spinach. They may be cut as soon as
they have reached a height of five or six inches.

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CORN SALAD.

Fetticus. Lamb's Lettuce. Mache, of the French. Valeriana locusta.

This is a small, hardy, annual plant, said to derive its name from its
spontaneous growth, in fields of wheat, in England. It is also
indigenous to France and the south of Europe.

When in flower, or fully grown, it is from twelve to fifteen inches in
height. The flowers are small, pale-blue; the seeds are rather small, of
a yellowish-brown color, unequally divided by two shallow, lengthwise
grooves, and will keep six or eight years.

_Soil and Culture._--It is always grown from seed, and flourishes best
in good vegetable loam, but will grow in any tolerably enriched garden
soil. Early in April, prepare a bed four feet wide, and of a length
according to the quantity of salad required; having regard to the fact,
that it is better to sow only a small quantity at a time. Rake the
surface of the bed even, make the rows across the bed about eight inches
apart, sow the seed rather thinly, and cover about one-fourth of an inch
deep with fine, moist soil. If dry weather occurs after sowing, give the
bed a good supply of water. When the young plants are two inches high,
thin them to four inches apart, and cut or draw for use as soon as the
leaves have attained a suitable size.

As the peculiar value of Corn Salad lies in its remarkable hardiness, a
sowing should be made the last of August or beginning of September, for
use during the