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B. verbascifo'lia (verbascum-leaved). 6. Pale 

 red. July. Guiana. 1810. 



volitUlis (twining). 10. Yellow. August. 



West Indies. 1793. Twiner. 

 BYSTROPO'GON. (From byo, to close, 

 and pogon, a beard ; in reference to the 

 throat of the flower being closed up with 

 hairs. Nat. ord., Labiate [Lamiaceae]. 

 Linn., \-Didynamia, \-gymnospermia. 

 Allied to Thyme). Greenhouse evergreen 

 under-shrub ; cuttings of stubby side- 

 shoots, in sandy soil, under a glass ; 

 peat and loam. Summer temp., 50 to 

 70 ; winter, 40 to 48. 

 B. canarie'nsis (Canary). 1. Pale purple. 

 July. Canaries. 1714. 



origaniftflius (Origanum-leaved). 1. Pale 



purple. July. Canaries. 1815. 

 plumo'sus (f eather j-flowered}. 1^. Pale 

 Canaries. 1779. 



purple. June. 

 puncta'tm (dotted). 1 

 Madeira. 1775. 



Pale purple. June. 



BYTTNE'KJA. (Named after Buttner, 

 a German professor. Nat. ord, Byttne- 

 riads [Byttneriaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria, \-monogynia}. Cuttings; the two 

 first species require the greenhouse, the 

 others require the routine of the plant 

 stove. 



B. dasyphi/lla (thick-leaved). 3. White. June. 

 Van Diemen's Land. 1780. 



hermanniftflia (Hermania-leaved). 4. White. 



July. New Holland. 1823. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 5. White 



purple. South America. 1816. 



sca'bra (rough-leaved). 6. Purple. July. 



West Indies. 1793. 



CABARET. See Asarum. 



CABBAGE. (Brassica oleracea). 



Varieties. But few should be planted 

 of the early varieties, as they soon harden 

 and burst ; but the large York and others 

 that are mentioned in the middle class, 

 though not far behind the others in quick 

 cabbaging, continue long in a state fit for 

 the table. 



For First Crops. Early Dwarf, Early 

 Fine York, Early Dwarf Sugar Loaf, 

 Battersea, Imperial, East Ham. 



Midsummer Crops. Large Early York, 

 Large Sugar Loaf, Wheeler's Nonpareil, 

 Atkinson's Matchless, Shilling's Queen, 

 Penton this is valuable in late summer, 

 when other varieties are strongly tasted. 

 Antwerp, Russian to have this in per- 

 fection, the seed must be had from abroad, 



as it soon degenerates in this country. 

 Early London Hollow. Musk is excel- 

 lent at any period, but is apt to perish in 

 frosty weather. Couve Tronchuda, for 

 its leaves and stalks used as Sea Kale. 



For Autumn Crops. Pomeranian, 

 Large Hollow Sugar Loaf, Large Oblong 

 Hollow, Long-sided Hollow, and any of 

 the preceding. Red Dutch for pickling. 

 (B. oleracea rubra). Large Round Win- 

 ter, Great Drum Head. Great Pound 

 Scotch, or Strasburg, employed for sour 

 krout in January. 



Times of Sowing. Some gardeners sow 

 almost monthly, and employ many varie- 

 ties ; but we only employ Wlieeler's Non- 

 pareil, Shilling's Queen, and Atkinson's 

 Matchless of one of which a sowing 

 should be made about the 21st of July ; 

 for final planting out, early in September; 

 many plants of which will be turning in 

 between Michaelmas and Christmas, and 

 in early spring. The second and most 

 general time of sowing to raise plants for 

 almost the whole year's supply, and of 

 any kind, including the Red Dutch and 

 its varieties, is from the 6th to the 12th 

 of August, of which the seedlings may re- 

 main in the seed-bed all the winter, if not 

 too thick ; or any number may be finally 

 planted out into the open quarters from 

 October to November, or pricked out into 

 nursery-beds, banks, &c., so as to have 

 a good stock plants for final planting out 

 whenever favourable opportunities offer. 



Should the winter be so severe as to 

 have destroyed many of the autumn- 

 sown plants, then early spring- so wing 

 becomes of importance. Sow towards 

 the middle or end of January, so as to 

 have good plants for final planting out 

 if the weather be mild and open, about 

 the end of February. To effect this, 

 either a pinch of seed may be sown in 

 pans or boxes, and placed in some steady- 

 heated structure, and when the seedlings 

 are up large enough to prick out have a 

 warm border or very gentle hotbed ready 

 to prick them out upon, to be protected 

 either by a little glass or hoop and mat. 

 To sow on a larger scale make up gentle 

 hotbeds, to be protected with either glass, 

 which is best, or mats; the pricking out 

 attend to as before mentioned. Also 

 any kind may be sown in the open warm 

 border in February and March, should 



