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the best for cultivation are the Green Curled, the 

 Caesarean Kale, and the Thousand-headed Cabbage. 

 The two last grow several feet in height, throwing 

 out numerous branches, which yield a plentiful sup- 

 ply of leaves and sprouts for winter and spring. For 

 the garden they may be treated as winter cabbages ; 

 but as the mode of culture, or even the plant itself, 

 is but little known in this country, the following con- 

 cise directions from Bridgeman may be acceptable. 

 Those who wish for more ample directions may find 

 them in Loudon on Gardening. 



" The seed may be sown from about the middle 

 of May to the first week in June, and the plants aro 

 set out in the month of July, in good, rich ground 

 They are never so delicious as when rendered ten 

 der by smart frosts ; they are valuable plants to cul- 

 tivate, particularly in the more southerly states, as 

 they will there be in the greatest perfection during 

 the winter months. They will also, if planted in i» 

 gravelly soil, and in a sheltered, warm situation, beai 

 the winters of the Western States ; and may be kepi 

 in great perfection in the Easteni States if taken up 

 before the frost sets in with much severity, and 

 planted in trenches up to their lower leaves, and are 

 then covered with straw or other light covering. 

 The heads may be cut oflT as they are required for 

 use ; and in the spring, the stems being raised up, 

 will produce an abundance of delicious greens. One 

 ounce of good borecole seed will produce about four 

 thousand plants, and may be sown in a border four 

 feet by ten, or thereabout." 



BRUSSELLS SPROUTS. Brossica Oleracea. 

 This plant produces from the stem small heads 

 like miniature cabbages, being from one to two inch- 

 es in diameter. The time of sowing and transplant- 

 ing, and the after-culture, must be the same as that 

 of the Borecole. These heads are very tender and 

 fine when touched bv the frost ; they also yield 



