i io MY GARDEN. 



We grow also two varieties of Sorrel (Rumex acetosa, fig. 154), the 

 narrow-leaved and the broad-leaved, which is much more esteemed in 



FIG. 153. Silver Beet, ^ diam. FIG. 154. Sorrel, \ diam. 



France than in England. They are perennial plants of the Rhubarb 

 race, and may be propagated by dividing the root. They may also be 

 propagated by seed sown half an inch deep and the rows fifteen inches 

 apart. Sorrel likes a rich, good soil. 



THE CABBAGE TRIBE. 



The Cabbage tribe (Bmssica oleracea capitatci] are important, as in 

 one form or another they are in use all the year round. There are 

 many varieties of the common cabbage. The largest is the Drumhead, 

 chiefly used for cattle. The smallest is the Little Pixie or the Early 

 York. Intermediate sizes are to be obtained in the Cocoa-nut (fig. 155), 

 Enfield Market, Battersea, and Nonpareil. The red cabbage, although 

 used chiefly for pickling, is a good culinary vegetal, and a partridge with 

 red cabbage is no bad dish for an epicure. We usually sow in January, 

 in the orchard-house, the seed of red cabbage and of one or two other 

 kinds of cabbages. We sow again in March, and again in August, 

 although the orchard-house-sown may take the place of the August- 

 sown ones. 



We grow also a collard which is extremely hardy, and which has 

 been selected over a period of years ; it is very difficult to seed, and 



