Cauliflower 



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Cavendishia 



luteola, 6", Nov., Dec., 

 lemon yel., wh. (.'/. 

 Holfordi). 



MacMorlandii (fonn of 

 Mossiae). 



nobilior (v walkeriana). 



Schroilene (a form of 

 labiata). 1', Mcli., Ap., 

 lil., lip HI., or. Pretty 

 vars. of this are alba, 

 aninhilis, eximia, high- 

 buryensis (see p. 184), 

 and "Temple's. 



echofieldiana (we granu- 

 losa). 



8])eciosa (referred to liiil- 

 demauniaua) . 



speeiosissima (referred to 

 Imldemanniana). 



Principal Hybrids : 

 Apollo, Oct. (Mossin; X 



AclnudiiL 1 ). 

 Atalanta, Jy. (guttata 



Leopoldi X \Vars- 



ccwiczii). 

 Brabantije. Jy. (Aclamlhe 



X Loddigesii). 

 bryineriana, My., natural 



hybrid. 



calummata, Jy. (inter- 

 media X Aclandiae). 

 chamberlainiana, Aug. 



(guttata Leopoldi X 



dowiaua auroiO. 

 dominiaua, Oct., Nov. 



(maxima X inter- 

 media). 

 Empress Frederick, Jy. 



(Mossite X dowiaua 



aurea). 

 Eros, Aug. (Mossia? X 



walkeriana). 

 Euphrasia, Sep. (Wars- 



cewiraii X superba). 

 Fernaud Denis, My. 



(Aclandi:r X Wars- 



cewiezii). 

 Fowleri, Aug. (guttata 



Leopoldi X hardy - 



ana) . 

 Harrisii, Oct. (guttata 



Leopoldi X Mendelii). 



Wageneri (form of Mos- 



si;p). 



Wallisii (form of El- 

 dorado). 



walkeriana, 6", Dec., lil. 

 or rosy pur., lip wh., 

 dark pur. apex. Choice 

 vars. are dolosa, grandi- 

 flora, uobilior, and 

 schruderiana. 



Warneri (a form of labi- 

 ata), 1', Je., ro. pur., 

 lip pur., yel. The finest 

 forms are formosa, 

 Hardy's, Pilcheri, and 

 Kuckeri). 



wai'Dcqueana (referred to 

 labiata vera). 



kienastiana, Aug. , Sep. 



(luddemaimiana X 



dowiana aurea) . 

 Lam berhurst Hybrid, Oct. 



(intermedia X citrina). 

 Le Czar, Oct., uaturnl 



hybrid. 

 Lord Rothschild, Oct. 



(gaskelliana X dowi- 

 aua aurea). 

 Maggie Raphael, Dec. 



(dowiana aurea X 



Triause). 

 Mautinii, Oct. (bowringi- 



ana X dowiana 



aurea). 

 Marouii, Oct. (velutina 



[natural hybrid] X 



dowiana aurea) . 

 Parthenia, Sep. (calum- 

 mata [hybrid] X 



"\Vageneri). 

 Triumph, Oct. (liidde- 



manniana X law- 



renceana). 

 Victoria Hegina, My., 



natural hybrid. 

 Whitei, Jy., Aug., natural 



hybrid. 

 William Murray, Ap., 



My. (Mendelii X 



lawrenceaua, p. 183). 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Though not so hardy as the Broccoli, the Cauli- 

 flower (Brassica oleracea botrytis cauliflora, ord. 

 Crnciferse) is more highly esteemed for its greater 

 delicacy of flavour. 



Soil. A sandy loam, deeply dug and liberally 

 enriched with farmyard manure, forms the ideal 

 staple for the production of fine Cauliflowers. 

 Heavy land should be well worked and exposed; 

 and hot, dry, sandy soil rendered more tenacious 

 by placing a good supply of cow manure at the 

 bottom of the trench when the land is dug. 



The first sowing should be made towards the 

 end of January on a gentle hotbed, and the plants 

 pricked out in a cold frame tilled with good soil ; 

 or on a very warm, sheltered border, seeing that 

 the plants are so protected that no check is ex- 

 perienced, otherwise buttoning," as the premature 

 production of small, useless heads is called, may 

 ensue. When large enough the plants should be 

 planted out on the best piece of ground available, 

 booing and watering .is necessary, and snapping 

 one of the large leaves to protect the head should 



very hot weather prevail when the plants are 

 turning in." 



Successional crops are obtained by sowing in 

 April and May, pricking out the se'edlings into 

 nursery beds, and ultimately planting in permanent 

 beds which may be somewhat damper and heavier 

 than those allotted to the earliest plants. Plants 

 from this sowing are very productive, and if 

 afforded water during periods of drought will 

 furnish nice heads for cutting towards the end of 

 summer. The variety Autumn Giant, sown in 

 April, yields, under treatment similar to that 

 advised above, remarkably fine heads, which carry 

 on the supply until the frosts of winter intervene. 

 If cold pits are available they may be filled with 

 plants of this variety packed rather thickly in any 

 light soil, which will carry on the supply of useful, 

 albeit small, heads of Cauliflowers for many weeks. 

 Where no frames or pits are available, plants may 

 be suspended by the roots in a cool, dark shed, 

 when they will retain their freshness for a week or 

 ten days, or the plants may be completely buried 

 in sand, when they will keep for perhaps a month. 

 Where the convenience does not exist for January 

 sowing, a batch of plants may be raised on a 

 border in August or September, pricked out into 

 nursery beds, .and ultimately potted singly in 3" 

 pots and wintered in a cold frame from the middle 

 of October. Plants thus wintered are planted out 

 from their pots into good, rich soil in April, and 

 generally head-in towards the end of May. Plants 

 are also wintered in the borders, covered with 

 hand-lights, which form a fairly efficient substitute 

 for cold frames, and dispense with the need of 

 potting. Early London, though an old variety, is 

 still most extensively employed for this crop. (For 

 enemies, see CABBAGE.) 



A Selection of Varieties : 



Pearl. 



Snowball. 



Veitchs' Autumn Giant. 



Early London. 

 Extra Early Forcing. 

 Maguum Bonum. 



CAULOPHYLLUM. 



Uncommon tuberous hardy perennials (ord. 

 Berberideae), which come from North America and 

 Manchuria. The principal species is thalictroides, 

 1 ', April, yellow. It bears blue berries, and is an 

 interesting plant grown in sandy peat in the rock 

 garden. Propagated by seeds sown when ripe or 

 in spring, or by division of the roots after flowering. 



CAUTLEYA. 



This genus (ord. Scitaminere), sometimes placed 

 under Kosccea, contains one notable species, a 

 stove perennial herb, requiring similar treatment 

 to and propagated in the same way as the Alpinias. 

 The flowers are showy, but the plant is of no great 

 value. It has been variously described as Roscoea 

 gracilis and R. lutea. 



Only Species : 



lutea, 9" to 18", Aug., red, yel. 



CAVENDISHIA. 



A genus (ord. Vacciniacere) embracing about 

 thirty species of stove evergreen trees and shrubs, 

 natives of tropical America. Very few of them 

 are known in gardens, and those usually under the 

 old name of Proclesia. Increased by cuttings in a 

 close frame in bottom heat. Soil, equal parts of 

 turfy loam and fibrous peat, with sand. 



