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Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
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in the figure. They are erect, and form an angle with the pedicle ; areof the shape of a cone very much elongated, showing, in the lower half,swellings corresponding to the compartments containing the seeds. There isa slight contraction at the base, and the summit is a long conical point orbeak. The shells of the pods are thick and fleshy ; the seeds, single in eachcompartment, are oval, of a bright reddish brown, slightly rough, aboutfour-tenths centimetre long, and three-tenths centimetre thick. This plant was labelled at the Edinburgh Botanical Garden, JRaphanuscaudatus of Linnaaus. M. McNab, the director of the Garden, received theseeds from India with the designation of Madras Radish. It difiers con-siderably from the drawing and description of the Raphamis caudatus asgiven by Linnteus. The Swedish botanist states that the seed pods, calledMougri by the Indians, attain the length 1.65 metre ; but, according toSchkur, they are not often more than 38 centimetres, which corresponds
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with the dimensions noted by M. Courtois-Gerard. In the notice on thissubject presented to the Societe Centrale d^Horticulture, M. Duchartreregards this radish as merely a variety of the common radish (Maphanussatious of Linnaeus). The reasons given by our learned associate do not,howevex, appear to us perfectly convincing. Be that as it may, we do notperceive any objection to its retaining the name of Madras Hadish, bywhich it was introduced by M. Courtois-Gerard. There is a variety of this plant with white flowers, pods of a paler greenand more fibrous texture, and larger roots. The culture is easy. It adapts itself to the most meagre soils, but prefersa good free loam. To be able to gather it for a long time, it is sown atdifferent times from March to the commencement of August, but the end ofJune and beginning of July are the best periods. It is sown where it is toremain, at distances of about two metres each way, placing two seeds ineach place. It is watered a few times, especial

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