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BOKECOLE. Bra'ssica olcra'cca finibri- 

 a'la. 



Varieties. Of the following, 1, 2, 3, 

 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 15 are the best. 



1. Brussels Borecole, or Sprouts. 



2. Green Borecole, German or curled 

 Kale, or Curlies, Scotch or Siberian Kale, 

 Bra'ssica olera'cca seleni'sia. 



3. Purple Borecole, B. olcra'cea laci- 

 nia'ta. 



4. Variegated Borecole. 



5. Chou de Milan. 



6. Egyptian or Babi Kale. 



7. Bagged Jack. 



8. Jerusalem Kale. 



9. Buda, Kussian, or Manchester Kale. 

 This is greatly improved by blanching 

 under a pot, like Sea Kale. 



10. Anjou Kale. 



11. One-thousand-headed Cabbage, B. 

 olera cea ace'phala. 



12. Palm Borecole. 



13. Portugal, or Large-ribbed. 



14. Woburn perennial. This, and, in- 

 deed, the whole race, may be propagated 

 by cuttings, six inches long, planted 

 where to remain, in March or April. 



15. Barnes's Feathered Savoy. 

 Sowing. The first crop sow about the 



end of March, or early in April, the 

 seedlings of which are fit for pricking 

 out towards the end of April, and for 

 final planting at the close of May, for 

 production late in autumn and com- 

 mencement of winter. Sow again about 

 the middle of May; for final planting, 

 during July; and, lastly, in August, for 

 use during winter and early spring. 



Prick out the seedlings when their 

 leaves are about two inches in breadth ; 

 set them about six inches apart each way ; 

 and water frequently until established. 

 In four or five weeks they will be of suffi- 

 cient growth for final removal. 



Planting. Set them in rows two feet 

 and a half apart each way: the last plant- 

 ation may be six inches closer. They must 

 be watered and weeded; and some of 

 them being of large-spreading growth, 

 the earth can only be drawn about their 

 stems during their early growth. If, 

 during stormy weather, any of those 

 which acquire a tall growth are blown 

 down, they should be supported by stakes, 

 when they will soon firmly re-establish 

 themselves. 



To raise Seed. Select such plants of 

 each variety as are of the finest growth, 

 and either leave them where grown or 



remove them during open weather in 

 November, or before the close of Fe- 

 bruary, (the earlier the better,) into rows 

 three feet apart each way, and planted 

 deeply. The seed ripens about the be- 

 ginning of August. 



BORO'NIA. (Named after Boroni, an 

 Italian servant of Dr. Sibthorp's. Nat. 

 ord., Rueworts [Butacese]. Linn.,'8-06-- 

 tandria 1-Jlfonogynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings, neither 

 hard nor soft, inserted in sand, under a glass, 

 where there is the mildest heat; sandy peat and 

 charcoal. Though greenhouse plants, most of 

 them like a little extra heat in spring. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 70 ; winter, 45 to 50. 

 D. ala'ta (winged). 3. Red. May. N. Holland. 

 182*. 



anemoneefo' Ha (anemone-leaved). 2. Red. 



May. N. Holland. 1824. 



anethifi/lia (fennel-leaved). N. Holland. 1841. 



crenula'ta (scolloped-/eaued). 2. Red. July. 



Kir.g George's Sound. 



denticnla'ta (fine-toothed). 2. Red. N. Hol- 



land. 1823. 



dicho'toma (fork-branched). Rose. October. 



N. Holland. 1841. 

 falcifii'lia (sickle-leaved). Moreton Bay. 1841. 



Fraze'ri (Frazer's). Red. May. N. Holland. 



1821. 



lalifo'lin (broad-leaved). Red. April. N. 



Holland. JS24. 



Icdifo'lia (ledum-leaved). 2. Red. May. N. 



S. Wales. 1814. 



mo'llis (soft). N.Holland. 1841. 



microphy' lla (small-leaved). 2. Pink. N. 



Holland. 1846. 



ova'ta (egg-shape-/eaye<Z). Crimson. May. 



Swan River. 1841. 



pinna' ta (leafleted). 2. Purple. August. 



N. S. Wales. 1/Q4. 



poly g alee fo'lia (polygala- leaved). 2. Red. 



May. N. Holland, 1824. 



sca'hra (rough). Pink. Swan River. 



serrula'ta (saw-edged-teayed). 3. Scarlet. 



June. N. S. Wales. 1816. 



spathula'ta (spathulate-teaued). Pink. Swan 



River. 1845. 



tetra'nda (four-stamened). 2. Red. May. 



N. Holland. 1824. 



tereti fo'lia (round-leaved). Pink. Swan River. 



triphy'lla (three-leaved). 2. Pink. May. N. 



Holland. 1840. 



vimi'nea (twiggy). Pink. Swan River. 



BORRE'BIA. (Named after J. W. Borrer, 

 a British cryptogamist. Nat. ord., Cin- 

 chonads [Cinchonacese]. Linn., 4:-Tetran- 

 drial-Monogynia. Allied to Spermacoce.) 



Stove plants. The biennials from seeds, treated 

 like a tender annual ; and the perennials from 

 cuttings in sand, in heat, under a glass ; light 

 soil. 



B. commuta'ta (changed). . White. June,, 

 W. Ind. 1818. 



stri'cta (upright), f . White. July. E. Ind, 



18-20. 



verlicUla'ta (whorled-./ZoM>ererf). 2. White. 



July. Africa. 1732. 



BO'SCIA. (Named after L. Bosc, a 



