Bee 
Articie XXII. 
Obfervations on Turnip-Cabbage. 
No. I. 
[TO THE SECRETARY. ] 
SIR, Twerton, Nov. 9, 1792+ 
BOUT four years fince I fent you a very bricf 
account of the cabbage-turnip, or as it is 
~ fometimes called the turnip-cabbage. Having pro- 
mifed you the refult of fuch further obfervations as 
I might make upon this plant, I now fulfil that pro- 
mife, by communicating to you fuch remarks as I 
have made upon it ina further acquaintance of 
four years. It is proper, however, that I fhould 
firft correct an error into which I had fallen my- 
felf, and probably may have led many others. I 
find upon enquiry, that this plant has been long, 
though not very generally, known in this country. 
It was introduced fome years ago to the London 
fociety, and premiums offered for its cultivation. 
The refult of the experiments then made, was upon 
the whole very favourable to the plant; yet, like 
many other valuable difcoveries, it has fallen into 
difufe. It is from a conviction, that it did not 
merit fuch treatment, and that it may be cultivated 
as an autumn or {pring feed for fheep to very great 
advantage, (particularly the latter) that I trouble 
the fociety with this letter. 
Dr. 
