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cultivated in France in 1586, for other and later figures are improve- 

 ments. (Fig. 13.) 



Gerard separates this kind from the Colewoortes or Cabbage tribe as 

 "Rape Cole," Caulorapum rotundum, and reproduces Matthiolus' 

 figure, adding a second, in which a few leafy shoots proceed from the 

 axils of the leaf-scars on the tuberous stem. This being oblong instead 

 of globular, he calls it C. longum, or Long Rape Cole. (Fig. 14.) 



He gives as the countries of cultivation Italy, Spain, and some 

 places in Germany, omitting France. ' They are accounted for daintie 

 meate. " 



There is another kind of cabbage with a peculiarly formed swollen 



tta manna. 



ifti fea Colewoorts. 





FIG. 12. WILD CABBAGE (GERARD, 1597). 



stem, being tapered at both ends, and called Chou Moellier Blanc, or 

 the " white Marrow Cabbage." * " The Chou Moellier," Mr. Button 

 tells me, " is used in France for cattle food, and both leaves and stems 

 are employed for this purpose, the latter being chopped up. This is a 

 favourite crop with some French farmers." The stem swells to 

 about four times the diameter at the base, then tapers again a4> the 

 summit. The foliage is that of the wild plant. Pliny's description of 

 the Pompeian cabbage seems to tally with this as to the stem. 



The fact that the cabbage plant has a conspicuous and thick stem 

 is the reason why caulis (Latin for a " stem ") supplied the later name. 



* Illustrations are given in present-day French catalogues. 



