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BRO 



B. Clu'sil (Clusius's). l. Apetal. June. South 

 Europe. 1820. 



ma'xima (greatest). l. Apetal. June. South 



Europe. 1633. 



mi'nor (smaller). . Apetal. July. England. 



ru'bra (red). 1. Apetal. June. South 



Europe. 1820. 



BROADCAST is a mode of sowing now 

 rapidly falling into disuse in the garden 

 as well as in the field. It has no one 

 advantage over sowing in drills, except 

 that the work of sowing is done more 

 expeditiously. Subsequently, the saving 

 is all on the side of the drill-system. (See 

 DRILLING.) We know of no sowing where 

 the broadcast-mode is preferable, except 

 in the case of grass-seeds upon lawns, 

 and small seed-beds. The operation of 

 broadcast-sowing is thus performed: 

 Take up the seed in portions in the 

 hand, and disperse it by a horizontal 

 movement of the arm to the extent of 

 a semicircle, opening the hand at the 

 same time, and scattering the seeds in 

 the air, so as they may fall as equally 

 as possible over the breadth taken in 

 by the sower at once, and which is 

 generally six feet, that being the dia- 

 meter of the circle in which the hand 

 moves through half the circumference. 

 In sowing broadcast on the surface of 

 his beds, and in narrow strips or borders, 

 the seeds are dispersed, between the 

 thumb .and fingers, by horizontal move- 

 ments of the hand in segments of smaller 

 circles. 



BROCOLI. (Bra'ssicaolera'cea botry'tis.} 

 Varieties. Mr. Thomson, of the Chis- 

 wiek Gardens, has published the follow- 

 ing list of these, with their synonymes, 

 or other names, by which they are known. 

 Those marked with an * we consider the 

 most desirable : 



PURPLE OR GREEN BROCOLI. 



1. *Early Purple Cape. Synonymes, 

 Grange's Early Cape, Purple Silesian, 

 Purple Sicilian, Blue Cape, Violet, Nain 

 Hatif of the French. Comes into use 

 during September, and until January. 

 Sow the first and third week in April, 

 and second week in June. 



2. * Green Cape. Syn., Hardy Cape, 

 Late Cape, Autumnal Cape, Improved 

 Cape, Maher's Hardy Cape. Comes into 

 use in October and November. This 

 may be sown about the middle of April 

 and the middle of June. 



3. Green Close-headed. Syn., Late 

 Green, Late Hardy Green, Dwarf Ro- 

 man, Siberian, Late Green Siberian. 



From November to the end of February. 

 Sow about the second or third week in 

 April. 



4. Sprouting. Syn., Italian Sprout- 

 ing, Grange's Early Purple Sprouting, 

 Early Branching, Lisbon Autumn Sprout- 

 ing, North's Early Purple. Very hardy,, 

 and in use from November to April, it' 

 sown at different periods from April to 

 the end of June. 



5. Danish, or Late Green. Syn., 

 Dwarf Danish, Late Danish. Very 

 hardy ; produce in April and May ; best 

 suited for standing severe winters. Sow 

 about the second or third week in April. 



6. *Late Dwarf Purple. Syn., Dwarf 

 Danish, Purple Cockscomb, Dwarf Swe- 

 dish, Late Purple, Italian Purple, Dwarf 

 Hardy Siberian, Dwarf Close-headed 

 Purple. Very hardy, coming into use in 

 May. Sow this and the next about the 

 same time as the preceding. 



7. Dwarf Brown. Syn., Late Danish, 

 Late Dantzic, Late Brown, Lewisbam 

 Brown. Very hardy, from March to May. 



SULPHUR. 



8.*Portsmouth. Syn., Cream-coloured, 

 Belvidere, Southampton, Maher's New 

 Dwarf. In use during March and April,, 

 and is very hardy. Sow about the se- 

 cond or third week in April. 



9. Sulphur. Syn., Brimstone, Late 

 Brimstone, Edinburgh Sulphur, Fine 

 Late Sulphur. In use during April and 

 May. Sow at the same time as the pre- 

 ceding. 



WHITE. 



10. *Grange's Early Cauliflower Bro- 

 coli. Syn., Cup-leaved, Hopwood's 

 Early White, Early Dwarf White, Invisi- 

 ble White, Bath White, Italian White, 

 Marshall's Early White, Blanc d'ltalie 

 of the French. In use from the end of 

 September to Christmas, if the weather 

 proves mild, and is the earliest of all the 

 White kinds. This and the next should 

 be sown at three different seasons, viz. r 

 about the first and third weeks in April, 

 and the second week in June. 



11. Early White. Syn., Neathouse, 

 Devonshire White, Autumn White. Dif- 

 fers from the preceding, in being smaller 

 and much later. Season from November 

 to February, if the weather prove mild. 



12. * Knight's Protecting. Thehardiest 

 and largest of all the White kinds. Its 

 season from March to the beginning of 

 May, if planted at different times. Sow 

 about the third week in April. 



