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TomatOj (Solanum Lycopersicum,) is a native of South America; 

 it is an excellent vegetable, and is much used in soups, sauces and for 

 pickles, catsup, &c. There is a variety in my garden that came last 

 from Cuba, which I have manfactured into figs of a passable quality; 

 they are likewise used as a vegetable or sauce. The plan my garde- 

 ner adopts with the tomato, is to raise it on a frame, consequently they 

 are free from the earthy taste and smell which they are liable to con- 

 tract if allowed to trail on the earth. 



The Egg Plant, (Solanum Esculentdm,) does not succeed as well 

 in Great Britain as in this country. I imagine the climate there is too 

 moist for it. Those that are grown require to be under glass. It is 

 a South American production. 



Yam, (Dioscorea Sativa,) is grown in Africa, West Indies, South 

 America and the East Indies, where it is eaten as bread. It is much 

 like the potatoe; is a native of the East Indies, from whence it spread 

 through the countries named. As a food it is light and nutritious. I 

 have several varieties growing in my green house. 



The Cabbage belongs to a numerous botanical family of the Cruci- 

 ferae, and was originally a weed growing throughout England, to one 

 of which, by means of careful cultivation, the world is indebted for 

 all the varieties now known. The original wild plant was called sea 

 colewort, (Brassica oleracea,) and is now found growing wild on the 

 cliffs in many parts of the sea coast of England. It is a scanty plant, 

 of small size, weighing half an ounce; it is totally unfit to eat. To 

 many nations the credit of bringing this insignificant plant to what it 

 is now, is due. 



The Romans, the Hollanders, and even the Americans, are entitled 

 to much praise for their exertions. The Cabbage tribe decays very 

 rapidly, and the odor is exceedingly unpleasant. The Dutch make a 

 dish with cabbage called sour-krout, of which they are particularly 

 fond ; they are generally consjidered indigestible, and should be well 

 boiled before eaten. The other cultivated varieties of cabbage are 

 Borecoles, Kales, the headed cabbages, together with red cabbages, 

 Savoys, Brussels sprouts, &c. 



Cauliflower, (Brassica Oleracea,) division Botanytis; this division 

 differs from the other varieties in having small compact flowers on a 

 tall stem, it came from the island of Cyprus. I usually grow the 



