KITCHEN-GARDEN PLANTS. ClIAP. 



on towards a state of producing. These are all the 

 same as directed in the case of the CABBAGE, under 

 which head I shall give full and minute instructions rela- 

 tive to all these operations. But, there is this difference 

 between the cabbage and the broccoli, that the latter, 

 being a much larger plant than any of the garden cab- 

 bages, must have a greater space to grow in. The rows 

 ought to be three feet apart, and the plants at two and 

 a half feet apart in the rows. The broccoli plants have 

 long stems ; and, therefore, the earth should be, at dif- 

 ferent times, during their growth, drawn up to them, not 

 only for the purpose of keeping them upright, but for 

 the purpose of nourishment also j for roots will start out 

 of the sides of the stem and communicate great vigour 

 to the plants. The same ought to be done, indeed, in the 

 case of cabbages 3 but with more care in the case of the 

 broccoli. 



1-27. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. The plant that has 

 generally had this name given to it in England, is a thing 

 quite different from the real Brussels sprouts. This plant 

 rises up with a very long stem, which has a spreading 

 open head at the top, but which sends out from its sides 

 great numbers of little cabbages, round and solid, each 

 being of the bulk of a large walnut, and each being a 

 perfect cabbage-head in itself. This little cabbage comes 

 out just above the leaf which starts from the main stem, 

 and it is in fact lodged in the socket of that leaf j and, 

 as the leaves are numerous, there are frequently from 

 thirty to fifty cabbages coming out of each stem. The 

 large leaves are broken down in the month of August in 

 order to give the little cabbages room to grow j and in 



