4. 'And I like the biting,' said Harry. 'Why is this called mustard, mother?'
'Because the yellow mustard comes from it. The seeds are ground to powder.'
'And we eat the leaves. It is a useful plant.'
Lettuce.
5. After tea, mother took some cress-seed and mustard-seed out of two little packets. Then she cut up one or two corks, put them into a deep plate, filled it with water, and sprinkled seed on the cork.
6. 'This is for you, Harry,' she said. 'You will soon have a little crop of mustard and cress. And here is one for Dora!'
In Dora's plate she laid a bit of flannel, poured water on it, and sowed seed. The children carried off their plates to a safe place, and thought it would be fine fun to see roots and leaves come out of the tiny seeds.
7. Then mother called them into the garden to see her parsley. She told them that hares and rabbits would come a long way to feed on a parsley-bed if they could get at it.
8. Close by grew mint, sage, and thyme. 'All these are herbs,' she said. 'They are not like trees, are they?'