221 BHASSICACEOU3 PLANTS. 



although the thermometer in the time had indicated a tem- 

 perature approaching to zero." Hov. May. 



Varieties. The varieties, which are numerous, and in 

 many instances not well marked or defined, are as fol- 

 low : 



Buda Kale, The Buda Kale somewhat resembles the Fur- 

 or Borecole. 



Wiomp. pie; but the stalk is shorter. JLhe leaves are 



RUSSIAN KALE. 



KAL^ A MANCHES- purplish, somewhat glaucous, cut and fringed. 



TEK BORECOLE. rr ,. . i n n i 



DWARF FEATHER The variety is not only hardy and well flavored. 



KALE. OAK- J J J 



LEAVED KALK. j^ con tj nues to produce sprouts longer than 

 any other sort. It is sometimes blanched like sea-kale. 



Cabbaging This is a new variety, and resembles the 

 Kale, or 

 Borecole. Dwarf Green Curled in the nature, color, and 



Thomp. 



IMPERIAL HEART- general appearance of the leaves; the heart- 

 leaves, however, fold over each other, some- 

 what like those of a cabbage, but, on account of the 

 curls of the margin, not so compactly. The quality is 

 excellent. 



Cockscomb Stalk about twenty inches high. The leaves 



Kale. . . . 



CURLED PROLIF- differ to a considerable extent in size, and are 



EROUS KALE. 



of a glaucous-green color. From the upper 

 surface of the ribs and nerves, and also from other portions 

 of the leaves, are developed numerous small tufts, or fascicles 

 of leaves, which, in turn, give rise to other smaller but 

 similar groups. The foliage thus exhibits the form of a 

 cock's comb ; whence the name. 



The variety is hardy, but more curious than useful. 



Cow-Cabbage. This variety generally grows to the height 



BORECOLE SA c R ifs A A > - ^ a k llt six feet ; although in some places it is 



reported as attaining a height of twelve feet, 



