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been found to produce wool of the finest silken texture, twenty-five 

 inches long; a circumstance which cannot fail immediately to claim the 

 utmost attention and admiration: as such, the cultivator of these cab- 

 bages will not only realize pecuniary profit beyond any previous expe- 

 rience, but the manufacturer will also obtain a material superior to any 

 heretofore produced by the most profitable speculation, the general and 

 extensive demand for which must exceed all present calculation. The 

 commerce of the country, as well as the interest and pleasure of the 

 community at large, will likewise be greatly, if not incalculably, enhan- 

 ced by the cultivation and use of this improved vegetable production. 

 This Waterloo Cfesarean cow cabbage has been pronounced by the 

 father of the agriculturists, whom, from his well known experience, we 

 are all bound to believe, to be the greatest wonder that ever appeared 

 in the vegetable kingdom. It was shown to that very highly esteemed 

 and truly respectable gentleman, T. W. Coke, Esq., Holkham Hall, 

 Norfolk, in October last, when he immediately said — ' Mr. Fullard, 

 you told me, three years ago, agriculturists were only half ivay ad' 

 vanced in improvement: this cabbage makes me say I am bound to be- 

 lieve you. I do sarj it is the greatest wonder the earth ever produced.' 

 Mr. Coke subsequently introduced several dukes and other noblemen, 

 to the number of nine, to view this great production, all of whom ex- 

 pressed their astonishment, and engaged a part of the seed for use this 

 year (1836)." 



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" Further Particulars. — In reference to the length of the wool pro- 

 duced by sheep fed upon the new colossal vegetable, as described in 

 this prospectus, the proprietor, Mr. Fullard, to prove the fact, has now 



a lamb-hog, one year old, to be seen at Mr. , No. , , where 



T. W. Coke, Esq, of Holkham Hall, paid a visit on Tuesday, the 14th 

 instant; and, upon due examination of the said lamb-hog, he declared, 

 in the presence of many witnesses, that he never before saw such a 

 specimen of wool for length and Jine quality. Mr. F. has already been 

 awarded nine premiums, by the Agricultural Societies, for the superi- 

 ority of his sheep and other cattle. 



" (Signed) , No. ." 



The Conductor remarks that " the noise made by Cobbetl's Locust 

 was nothing to this." While the London seedsmen ai'e selling this seed 

 for one shilling the ounce, containing five thousand seeds, the retailer 

 (a wholesale perfumer), takes daily thirty or forty sovereigns, (#150 

 to $200). We have received a few seeds ourselves, and we believe 

 several gentlemen in this vicinity have also: but the true merits of the 

 cabbage are already known: they will grow to the height of six or 

 seven feet, and are a coarse vegetable, suited for cattle, but possessing 

 none of the qualities stated in the advertisement. We hope none of our 

 agriculturists have marvellousness so largely developed as to be per- 

 suaded to believe in its remarkable merits, as set forth in the above puff, 

 and enter into its cultivation. — Conds. 



Art. in. Domestic Notices. 



Premature flowering of several Azaleas and Rhododendrons. — In the 

 collection of Mr. Wilder at Hawthorn Grove, Azalea Zedifolia and indica 

 var. purpiarea pleno have been in bloom for upwards of a month; the 

 former having expanded nearly all the buds upon the plantj the latter 



