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have buttoned, but not the Walcheren, at least at 

 present. I hear, too, this is the case in many parts 

 of the country. I have for years noted that after a 

 cold severe winter and a warm spring both cauli- 

 flowers and cabbages ' bolt,' but this season having 

 been quite the reverse I thought they might have 

 escaped." 



Another writer calls attention to the fact that 

 plants which have been nursed or protected too 

 much dui'ing winter are more apt to button when 

 set out in the spring than those which have been 

 more exposed. 



