Picridium. Picridium.

No. 1126. - A hardy biennial plant, from the southern part of Europe. The stem is eighteen inches high, and the leaves about eight inches long, irregular in form and generally broad at the ends, heart-shaped and clasping at the base. The leaves have a pleasant agreeable odor, and while young and tender are mixed with salads. Sow the seed in May in drills a foot apart and half an inch in depth. The plants, when allowed to run to seed, produce but little foliage. Nip off the flowering shoot as soon as it makes its appearance.