104 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



Valmount Bomare, calls it Chou Marin 

 sauvage d'Angleterre. 



Gerard observes, in his Herbal, that 

 " The sea colewort groweth naturally vpon 

 the bayche and brimmes of the sea, where 

 there is no earth to be seene, but sand and 

 rowling pebble stones. I found it growing 

 between Whystable and the Isle of Thanet, 

 neere the brincke of the sea ; and in many 

 places neare to Colchester, and elsewhere by 

 the sea-side/' 



It is often found, at the present time, 

 growing out of the crevices of our highest 

 cliffs, and this is observed to be the most 

 delicate ; but it is only procured with the 

 greatest danger, by boys who let themselves 

 down by means of a rope, which is lowered 

 or shifted by others standing on the top, the 

 very sight of which makes the most indif- 

 ferent observer tremble, while it excites the 

 wonder of others, that so great a risk should 

 be ventured for so small a reward as a dish 

 of this marine vegetable. 



Sea kale is now cultivated in all good 

 gardens, and forms a profitable article with 

 market-gardeners ; as, when forced, it meets 

 a ready sale, and bears a high price in the 

 metropolis. 



