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patch, at equal distances, to form the 

 crop. If the plantation be made from 

 one-year- old plants, then three plants 

 should he planted triangularly in each 

 patch, the patches, as "before directed, 

 two feet distant from each other. If the 

 plantation is made with pieces or slips 

 of crowns, which will do nearly as well, 

 plant in the same way ; and the best 

 times are the end of March or beginning 

 of April. Should the weather be dry, 

 watering will be required. With good 

 attention to earth-stirring during the 

 summer months, the plants will be suffi- 

 ciently strong to force the following 

 season, and may remain to cut from for 

 many years. 



In sowing for transplanting, the drills 

 should be at least two feet from drill to 

 drill, and two inches deep, and seeds 

 about five inches apart in the drill, and 

 the seedlings attended to as before during 

 the summer. 



To force Sea-Jcuh. Some prefer taking 

 up plants either one year or more old, 

 and placing the roots carefully on a gentle 

 hotbed made up for the purpose, or care- 

 fully planting them in pots or boxes, to 

 be placed in other warm structures, of 

 course, in either case, to be kept in the 

 dark ; but we prefer, in all cases, to force 

 this vegetable in the open ground, by 

 inverting pots over the crowns, and cover- 

 ing over them dung or leaves. If dung 

 is employed it should be well worked, 

 as for other forcing purposes; but the 

 best materials for covering the crowns 

 and pots are leaves, which we yearly 

 collect in a corner for the purpose; no 

 turning over is requisite. A dry, calm 

 day should always be chosen for covering 

 up; and the whole of the work should 

 be done at the same time, first placing 

 the pots all ready to suit each crown ; 

 then with the lime-bag give each crown 

 a good dusting over with quick-lime, 

 which will destroy all worms and slugs; 

 put on the pots immediately, and the 

 warm leaves over them. The pots should 

 be covered with the driest parts first. 

 When leaves are used, these should be 

 covered over witli some long, littery 

 material, to prevent their being blown 

 about by winds. The whole covering 

 should be from a foot to a foot and a 

 half thick every way round the pots, and 

 p\it together snug and tight. We always 

 make our first covering (to be ready to 

 cut kale by Christmas day) during the 



first fortnight in November. Of course the 

 weather has something to do with the 

 covering required. The heat had better 

 be too low than too high ; the best 

 temperatures are from 50 to 60, and 

 should never exceed 65. We at all 

 times use a few coal-ashes, just enough 

 to cover the crowns. When we cut the 

 kale, this prevents the slugs, &c.. eati- 1 ^ 

 into the crowns. This remains mu.i 

 cutting ceases, and the materials ana 

 pots are cleared away ; then the whole is 

 carefully forked over, and the ashes 

 spread about with the hand, and all is 

 made tidy for the summer growth. Sec 

 SEA-KALE. 



CRANBERRY. Oxyco'ccus palu'stris. 



CRANE'S-BILL. Gera'nium. 



CRA'SSULA. (From the diminutive of 

 crassus, thick, or succulent ; in reference 

 to their leaves, &c. Nat orcl., Homeletks. 

 [Crassulacecs]. Linn., b-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia.} 



Greenhouse plants from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, except where otherwise mentioned. 



ANNUALS. 

 C. d : /fn'sa (diffuse). . Pink. June. 1774. 



Ky;i;i'nsa (expanded). . White. June. 1/74. 



gla'&ra (uawth-chater). . White. August. 



1774. 



glomcra'ta (round-TieaJerf). ^. White. Sep- 



tember. 1/74. 



Magno'Ui (Magnol's). . White. June. 



South Europe. 1800. 



moscha'ta (musky). . White. September. 



N. S. Wales. 1794. 



pulchfflla (pretty). Red. May. 1310. 



retrofit 1 xa, (bent-back). \, Yellow. June. 



1788. 



ru'bens (red). . Pink. May. Italy. 1751). 



sulmla'ta (awl-shaped). . June. 1SOO. 



verticilla'ris (whorl-flowered). $. Pink. July. 



South Europe. 17^8. 

 BIENNIALS. 

 C. aloi'des (aloe-like). White. July. 1774. 



capitella'ta (small-headed). White. July. 



1774. 



centawni'des (centaury-like). . Pink, May. 



1774. 



corymbulo'sa (sub-corymbed). 1. White. No- 



vember. 181 8. 



lineola'ta (small-lined). $. Yellow. July. 



17/4. 



lingucefo'lia (tongue-leaved), i White. Au- 



gust. 1803. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-feared). White. June. 



1818. 



pertu'sula (dottecWeamf). 1. White. Oc- 



tober. 1824. 



spa'rsa (scattered-/eaed). . White. 1774. 



tomento'sa (downy). White. April. 1818. 



tu'rrita (tower-formed). White. March. 1818. 



EVERGREENS AND HERBACEOUS. 

 C. acutifo'lia (pointed-leaved). . White. July. 

 Greece. 1795. 



ulbiflo'ra (white-flowered). . White. June. 



1800. 



arbor e'sce us (tree-like). 3. Pink. May. 173fi. 



