BORECOLE. 



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BORECOLE. 



rows of peas or potatoes, to occupy the 

 ground when these crops are removed. 



The varieties of this tribe of Brassict? 

 are so numerous and so mixed, that the 

 distinction between them is very indefinite. 

 Dwarf Curled Greens, under half a dozen 

 names, are the old Scotch Curly, very 

 dwarf in habit, and closely curled an 

 excellent variety. The Tall Green Curled, 

 also under a host of names, grow two or 

 three feet high, stand severe frost, and 

 afford the most delicate greens when 

 frosted. Purple, or Sprouting Borecole 

 differs little from the preceding except in 



Caniassia esculent a, &c. In the front, 

 between the roses and the edging, plant 

 ixias, tritonias, watsonias, and sparaxes, 

 which, in such situations, if placed five or 

 six inches deep, will flower well. These 

 intermixed with the beautiful Anoinathcca 

 cruenta and A. juncea ; Calochortus 

 venustus and C. splendent; Vieusseuxia 

 pavonina ; Sternbergia lutea ; Oxalis flori- 

 bunda, O. Boiviei, and 0. Deppei. Patches 

 of Tigridia pavonia and T. conchiflom, 

 planted judiciously here and there, with 

 Anemone Japonica 3d\&A.Japonica hybrida, 

 planted in peat, will also be suitable occu- 

 pants of such a border, in which some of 

 the best dwarf bedding-out plants may be 

 planted out in summer to fill up vacancies. 

 Many of these are surpassingly beautiful, 

 and a portion would be in flower from 

 early spring till the frosts set in, when the 

 whole border should be covered with a 

 layer of decayed leaves four inches thick. 



Borecole. 



Borecole and Curlies are a numerous 

 tribe of Brassicce, cultivated for their 

 leaves in winter, and for their sprouts 

 in spring. The first week in April or 

 May, and again about the second week 



COTTAGER S KALE. 



colour. Variegated borecole is a mere 

 variety, very useful, and even ornamental, 

 in the mixed gardens. Cottagers' Kale is 

 a variety of the Tall Cavalier Cabbage, 

 which was raised at Sherburn Castle, 

 Oxfordshire, from Brussels sprouts crossed 

 with one of the varieties of kale. It is the 

 most tender of all greens, and of exquisite 

 flavour. It stands four feet high when full- 

 grown, and should be allowed an equal 

 space to grow in, being clothed to the 

 ground with immense rosette-like shoots 

 of a bluish-green tint which, when boiled, 

 become a delicate green. The seed should 

 good heart; or they may be planted between ! be sown late in March, or early in April, 



TALL GREEN CURLED BORECOLE. 



in August, is the time to sow. The bore- 

 coles are less exhausting to the soil than 

 cabbages, and will follow peas without 

 fresh manuring, if the ground is in tolerably 



