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Tills peniis of plants 5s ranged in the firft feaion of 

 LinncEUs's fourth clafs, intitled Tetrandna Monogy- 

 nia, the flower having four ftamlna and one ftyle. 



We have but one Species of this plant, viz. 

 ^ABE]VM.(SieUatifolium.)Hort. Cliff. Amygdalus^thi- 

 pica, frudu holoferico. Breyn. Cent. Jfrtcan, or 



Ethiopian Almond. , ^ ' 



This tree is a native of the country about the Cape 



of Good Hope. . 



In Europe it feldom grows above eight or nine feet 

 hio-h, but in its native foil it is a tree of middbng 

 growth ; but as it mufl be kept in pots, or tubs, 

 beincT too tender to live through the winter in the open 

 air, k) we cannot exped to fee it grow to a great fize. 

 It rifes with an upright ftem, which is foft, and full 

 of pith within, covered with a brown bark. From 

 the flem are fent out horizontal branches at every 

 joint, the lower being the longeft, and every tier 

 diminifliing to the top, fo as to form a fort of py- 

 ramid. I'he branches are garnifhed with leaves at 

 each joint, which are from four to five inches long, 

 and half an inch broad in the middle, of a deep green 



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has joined the Turnep, NaVfew, Snd Rocket, wklch 

 by their generical characters, mayin a fyftem of bo-^ 

 tany, come under the fame title ; but in a trcatife 

 of gardening, it may occafion confufion ; therefore 

 I fhall treat of them under their former titles, by 

 which they are generally knov/n. 

 The Species are, 



I. Brassica {Oleraced) radice caulefcente tereti carhofa.' 

 Hort. Cliff. 338. Cabbage with a tapr fiejhyfialk. Braf- 

 fica capitata alba. C. B. P.^ iii. ne common ^ivhiti 



Cabbage, 



{Napohrajpii 



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carnofo, fohis feffilibus. Cabbage with a round fiejhy 

 Jlalky and leaves growing clofe to the Jlalks, BraflTica ra- 

 dice napiformi. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 219. Turnep- 

 rooted Cabbage, 

 3. Brassica iBotrytis) radice caulefcente tereti car- 

 nola, floralibus multicaulis. Cabbage with a taper fiejhy 

 fialk at the root^ and many branching flower-ftalks. This 

 is the Braffica Cauliflora. Cafp. Bauh. Pin. iii. 216^ 



CauM 



(Syhefi: 



on their upper fide, but of a pale ruifet colour on J perenni foliis alternis marginibus incifis. Cabbage with 

 their under, indented on their edges, {landing on very j ^ branching perennial fi:alk and root^ and haves growing 



alternate^ which are cut on their edges. Braffica mari- 



fliort foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced toward 

 the end of the ihoots, coming out from between the 

 leaves quite round the branches, which are of a pale 

 colour, inclining to white •, thefe appear early in the 

 fpring, and fall away without any fruit fuccecding 

 them in this country. 



Mor 



Taller (h 



5. Brassica [Violacea) foliis lanceolato-ovatis glabris in- 

 divifis dentatis. Hort. Upf. 19 !• Cabbage with entire^ 

 ' fpear Jhaped^ fmooth 



This plant is, with difficulty, propagated by layers ; j 6. Brassica^ {Purpurea) foliis oblongo-cordatis amplexi- 



roots 



enough to be taken from the old plants ; when the 

 branches are laid down, it will be a good method to 



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oblong heart-Jhi 



BralTica 



campeftris perfoliata {lore purpureo, C. B. P. 112. 



flit them at ajoint (as is praftifed in laying Carnations) j J- "Q^assiq a {Orient alis) foliis cordatis amplexicaulibua 



which will promote their taking root 



Thefe muft have but little water given them, efpe- 



heart-Jhaped fmooth 

 leaves which embrace the ftalk. Braffica Grientalis 

 perfoliata flore albo filiqua quadrangula, Tourn. 

 Cor. 16. 



moiflure. The befl time to make the layers is in 8. Brassica {Gon^lodes) radice caulefcente tereti^ foliis 

 April, juft as the plants are beginning to Ihoot; the inferioribus petiolatis fuperioribus femiamplexicau- 



cially in winter, for as the young fhoots are chieflv 

 pith within, fo they are very fubjedt to rot with much 



layers muft always be made of the former year's 



ftalk 



llioots. As this plant is very difficult to propagate, j foot-ftalks., and the upper half embracing the ft 



Na- 



Seed. 



Navew. 



The Varieties of the firft fort are. 



fo it is very fcarce in Europe, there being very few 

 in the Dutch gardens at prefent. 



The plants muft have a good green-houfe in winter, . ^ .^.. ^.w, 



but in fummer fhould be fet abroad in a fheltered fi- i. Brassica {Sabauda) fabauda hyberna. Lob. 1 



tuation, where they will thrive, and annually produce Savoy Cabbage^ commonly called Savdy. 



flowers in the fpring, fo will make a pretty variety 2. Brassica {Rubra) capitata rubra. Ci B. P. iii; The 



among other exotic plants in the green-houfe. 

 B R A N C A U R S I N A. See Acanthus. 

 BRASSICA, the Cabbage. 

 The Characters are, 



ofed of four upright^ fpear-fh 



Red Cabbage, 



3. Brassica {Pyramidalis) capitata alba pyramidalls* 

 The Sugar 4oaf Cabbage. 



4. Brassica {Pr^ecox) capitata alba prascox. The early 

 Cabbage. 



fmall leaves^ which are convex at their bafe^ and fall off, 5- Brassica {Peregrina) peregrina mofclium olens. H. 



The fioiver is crofs-ftjapedy having fc 



which fprec 



neElarious g 



fhcrt ftami. 



ernpale^nent, 



fiaped and 



f^ 



?ing fituated on each fide of the 

 taly and one on each fide the 

 fix ftamina^ which are awl- 

 of which are oppofii 



f the empalement^ the other four are longer \ theft 



^dfi 



It hath a taper germen the 



length of the ftamifia^ having a fhort ftyl 

 the germen^ and crowned by an entire ftigma. The ger- 

 men afterward becomes a long taper pod^ depreffed on each 

 fide^ and is terminated by the apex of the intermediate 



filled 



partition^ which divides it into two cells 

 feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of LinniEus's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia 



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Siliquofa, the flowers having four long and two flior 

 ftamina, and are fuccecded by long pods. 

 I fliall firft enumerate the fpecies, which are diftinft, 

 and afterward mention the varieties, which are cul- 

 tivated for the table ; for although moft of thefe may 

 be continued diftinft by proper care, without altera- 

 tion •, yet as they are liable to vary when planted near 

 each other for feeds, fo we muft not admit of their 

 being diff'erent fpecies. To this genus Dr. Linnceus 



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Mufk 



6. Brassica {Mufcovitica) capitata alba minor Mufco- 

 vitica. H. A. Small Ruffta Cabbage. 



7. Brassica {Capitata) capitata alba comprefl^a* Boerh. 

 Ind. alt. II. The large fided Cabbage. 



8. Brassica {Viridis) capitata viridis fabauda. Boerh. 

 Ind. II. The green Savoy, 



9. Brassica {Laciniata) fimbrlata, C. B. P. iii. The 

 Borecole, 



10. Brassica {Selenifia) fimbriata virefcens. Boerh* Ind.' 

 2.12. Green Borecole. 



11. Brassica {Fimbriata) fimbriata Siberica. Boerh. 

 Ind. 2. 12. Siberian Borecole^ called by fome Scotch 



Kale. 



The fecond fort is undoubtedly a diftinft fpecies, for 

 I have always found the feeds produce the fame, with 

 this difference only, that in good ground the ftalks 

 will be much larger than in poor land. 

 The Varieties of the third fort are, 



Jufl^ Purple 

 Juffi White 



Broccoli. 



The fecond fort, I believe, never varies, for 1 have 

 cultivated it many years, and have not found it to 



alter. 



Broccoli, 



