o * SEA-KALE. 



April, in a good deep soil, the roots will attain perfection in 

 Autumn, and continue good all the Winter. They last from 

 three to four years, according to the quality of the earth and 

 care bestowed on them ; but it is better to raise a few from 

 seed every year. 



SEA-KALE. 



CHOU MARIN. Crambe maritima. 



THIS plant is found on the sea-shore, in the southern parts 

 of England, where it grows spontaneously. As soon as it 

 appears above ground, the inhabitants remove the pebbles or 

 sand, with which it is usually covered, to the depth of several 

 inches, and cut off the young and tender leaves and stalks. 

 as yet unexpanded and in a blanched state, close to the 

 crown of the root ; it is then in its greatest perfection. 

 When the leaves are full grown, they become hard and 

 bitter, and the plant is not eatable, 



It is cultivated in private gardens, and for sale in various 

 parts of England. Cultivators have differed widely res 

 pecting the mode of treating this plant; many conceiving 

 that stones, gravel and sea sand, are essential to its growth, 

 have gone to the expense of providing them ; but it has 

 been discovered that it will grow much more luxuriantly in 

 a rich sandy loam, where the roots can penetrate to a great 

 depth. 



The seed of Sea-Kale may be sown in October, or as 

 early in the Spring as the ground can be brought into good 

 condition, in drills an inch and a half deep, and fourteen or 

 sixteen inches asunder ; the plants should be afterwards 

 thinned out to the distance of six or eight inches from each 

 other in the rows, and kept clear of weeds by frequent hoe- 

 ings through the Summer. When the plants are a year old, 

 every third row may be taken up, and also every other plant 

 in each row, leaving them fourteen or sixteen inches apart ; 

 these may be transplanted into good ground prepared as 

 directed for Asparagus. Plant two rows in each bed, about 

 inches apart j tlje best way is to make two drills 



