of the Genus Biassica. 93 



characterized, I do not think proper to confound them. In 

 the C/iou dfeiiilles de chenc, the lobes ai'e deep, broad-oblong, 

 plain, and entire, or nearly so ; the extremities not irregularly 

 scolloped, nor the foliage inclined to a reddish hue ; it is uni- 

 formly of a pale green; this variety is far from being gene- 

 rally cultivated*. The fourth variety is the Brassica\Jim- 

 briata, Chou f range % (fringed Cabbage), remarkable for its 

 numerous lobes, the edges of which, from being much and 

 closely cut, have the appearance of a fringe; the depth, the 

 number, and form of these incisures vary considerably, and 

 have given rise to as many different names. Chou vert frise, 

 Chou Jrisc, Choufrange dii Nord, Chou frise non pomme, Chou 



frise d ' Allemagne, may be all referred to this variety. The 

 Brassica pinnata, Chou plume, or Chou aigrette {feathered 

 Cabbage), can only be looked upon as a sub-variety. The 

 fringed Cabbages vary considerably in colour ; some are green, 

 Brassica fmbriata viridis, Chou vert frise, some red, Brassica 



Jimhriata jmrpurasccns, Chou rouge frise, and some streaked 

 with green and red, others with gi'een and white, and others 

 again with green, red, and white, Brassica fimbriata versicolor; 

 each of these sub-varieties is to be found springing from the 

 same seed. This Cabbage, though excellent food, is often cul- 

 tivated for mere ornament, on account of the diversities of its 

 form and colour. It has also been tried with success as an 

 oleiferous plant, and though less useful in that resj^ect than 

 the Colsa, it ma}' be allowed an honourable place in the cul- 

 ture of plants in general, if we take into consideration the 

 produce of its seeds and leaves together. The fifth variety, 

 which, like the preceding, is sometimes, though not so fre- 

 quently, admitted into ornamental gardening, is the Brassica 

 pahnifolia, C'/w?<7w/wiV/- (Palm-leaved Cabbage) §, known by 

 its elongated leaves, having a few incisures, and irregularly 

 swelled out ; in this latter property it bears some resemblance 

 to the Mihui Cabbage (Savoy), but differs fi-om it in its leaves, 

 which never form into a head, and in its stalk, which is long, 

 like that of tije Cavalier; its foliage is of a deep purplish 



« The tall Cabbage known generally in England under the name of 

 Chou dc Milan, and desci-ibed in Mr. >!lorgan's paper before alluded to, 

 (Horticidtural Transactions, vol. ii. page 315,) is probably a sub-variety of 

 the Chon ufcuillcs dc c/uiir. — Si'c. 



+ lirasiwa Sa/jc/iira. De Cantlollc, licg. Veg. Sj/st. Xal. vol. ii. p. .')84. 



I The Circcn Borecole, or Scotch Kale of the Enjilish gardens (see Mor- 

 gan in 'IVansactions of the Horticultural Society, vol. ii. |)iige .^lii,) is evi- 

 dently this variety; and the Purple Borecole of the English, or Brown Kale 

 of the (iernians, also described by Mr. Morgan, is a coloured sub-variety 

 of the same. — Si:r. 



*5 This plant i-- not, I believe, cultivated in the English gardens.— .Vtr. 



green, 



