100 ON THE CUXTIVATION OF SEA KALE. 



V. 



On the Cultivation of the Cramhe Maritima of LinncuSj or 

 Sea Kale. By Mr. John Maher, F. H. S.* 



Culture of sea -^ F the man wlio malces two blades of grass grow where 

 "^^ only one grfew before, is to be esteemed an important bene- 



factor to his country ; he who teacher us how to improve a 

 jialatable and nutritious vegeta1)le, hitherto often negiected, 

 upon the barren cliffs of our sea-girt isle, has surely no small 

 claims to our gratitude: as such, I must ever regard those 

 improved by of the late Mr. Curtis, from whose pamphlet upon the 

 Cramhe Maritima, or Sea Kale, I first learnt how to grow 

 this early esculent; but as his useful directions are yet in 

 the hands of comparatively few of my brother gardeners, 

 Verv fine pro- ^"^ ^* *^^ young shoots have been obtained at Edmonton 

 duced at Ed- of a size and delicacy greatly superior to what generally 

 monton. appears at the table, I venture to offer a particular account 



of the method of cultivatiiig it there to the Horticultural 

 Society. 

 Places where ^^^^ particular places on record where this plant grows 

 fbuo^Y?!.**' wild, are below Maryport ; also between Ravenglass and 

 '^: \ ' 5oof/e, in Cumberland ; at Jiooseheck, in Low Furness, 



"'^' "" '" Lancashire; near Conumy, plentifully, but in the most in- 

 accessible rocks; promontory of Llyn, and near Cruccaethf 

 in Caernarvonshire; between Rhuddgaer and Llandwyn, in 

 the isle of Anglesea ; about Port Inon, in Glamorganshire; 



Mr. Curiis. 



near Mcgavissey, in Cornvvall ; marly cliHs, near TeigU' 

 mouthy and Sidmouth, in Devonshire ; on Chesil Bank, chalk 

 cliffs at Weymouth, lAilworth Cove, and about Poole, in 

 Dorsetshire; at IFestern Court, in Hampshire; near Wor- 

 thing and Shoreham, cliffs at Beachy Head, and near Has^ 

 tivgs, in Sussex ; between Folkstone and Dover, at St. Mar- 

 garet's and Laugdon Bays, between Whitstable and the hie 

 of Thanet, at Lidde", in Kent ; near Harwich, in Essex ; on 

 the north coast of Norfolk^ abundantly; near Fast-castle, 



• From the Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 

 !';>. I, Part I, p. 13. For an account of the- objects of this society see 

 Sffxirnal, Vol.XlV, p. 150. 



Berwickshire. 



