440 Culture of the Co'w Cabbage. 



Anx. XXIV. On destroying Slugs by Lime Water, in preference to 

 chopped Straw. By Mr. W. P. Vaughan. 



Sir, 

 - In your Magazine (Vol. V. p. 143.) I find cut straw recom- 

 niended as an effectual mode of destroying slugs ; which plan 

 has been since copied in several newspapers. The idea of having 

 our flower-beds and gardens strewed over with cut straw, as 

 nothing can look more unsightly, has induced me to lay down 

 the following efficacious method. Immediately after sunset, 

 particularly on damp evenings, slugs are in motion towards 

 their feeding place, and by nine o'clock they are all on the 

 plantSj or on the face of the ground near them. In the after- 

 noon previous to my applying my remedy (lime), I have a 

 tub containing 40 gallons of clean water, and half an hour be- 

 fore commencing I put 1 peck of fresh-slaked lime into it, and 

 as soon as it is clear it is fit for use. I then take a watering- 

 pot, with a rose on it, and sprinkle the beds of seedlings and 

 borders of flowers all over, where I have seen any trace of 

 them. If there is liarht enough for distina-uishing the borders 

 and rows of plants, it is all I want. A watering-pot containing 

 4 gallons will water a bed of 4 ft. by 30 ft., or rows of cauli- 

 flowers, cabbages, &c., of double the length. All worms that 

 are out share the same fate, without leaving a vestige behind, 

 except the dead bodies of the sufferers, which, I will answer 

 for it, will be more the first time, than a man could behead 

 with a straw knife in a month. The remedy is perfectly harm- 

 less to vegetation; in fact, I fancy my beds ofpinks to produce 

 a finer green and more healthy appearance. 



I am. Sir, &c. W. P. Vaughan. 



Archdeaco7i)y, Brecon, April 22. 1829. 



Art. XXV. On the Cidture of the Ccw Cabbage, or Cesarean 

 Cole. By Mr. Bernard Saunders, Nurseryman, Island of 

 Jersey. 



Sir, 

 Observing an article at p. C4. on cow cabbage, or Cesarean 

 cole, communicated by Mr. J. Murray, permit me, through the 

 medium of your miscellany, to offer a few remarks on the 

 subject. Having resided in this island about twenty years, I 

 have had an opportunity of appreciating the great advantage 

 this variety of 7>Vj)ssica is to the small farmer as well as to the 

 large one, and will, with your permission, give your readers a 

 brief account of its culture and uses. The seed is sown, from 



