62 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



hext spring. But had I known it in time, I should have done much 

 better with solne sowed in a hot-bed in spring, which did not come up 

 that season at all, and I thought the seed had all rotted, till in the 

 following spring, when the old hot-bed was scattered over the ground 

 as manure, I found all or nearly all the seeds had made a start. 



The purple-leaved variety^ which is not propagated from seed, is 

 Very ornamental, and would look well planted at Regular intervals 

 along with the common kind: 



BEST VAEIETIES OF CABBAGE; 



The Editor of Seed-time and ilarvest, published at La Plumej 

 Lackawana Co., Penn., who has had lat^ge experience in the growing of 

 vegetables, says, " do not attempt to grow cabbage in old gardens which 

 have been long in cultivation, if a good new sod can be obtained; A 

 deep sandy loam seeded to clover and pldwed Under early in autumn 

 inakes the best possible foundation on which to produce a crop thd 

 following season, with the aid of manure or special fertilizers." 



Early Jersey WAkefield. — ^This variety he considers the best 

 fearly sort, being the earliest of any that produces a solid head. The 

 Seed may either be sown in the fall and the plants wintered over iii 

 frames, or sown in March in a hot-bed, pricked out into a cold-frame 

 in Aprili and planted iti the open ground as soon as the weather will 

 iadmit. 



Henderson's Early Summer-^^Hc speaks very favorably of this 

 newly introduced variety, which is but a very little later than the 

 preceding, growS to a much larger size, and is very sure to form good 

 feolid heads. We tnay add that it is somewhat difficult to manage if 

 the seed be sown in the fall and the plants wintered over, for if the 

 iautumn be a little warmer than was expected and extended a little 

 longer, the plants have a strong tendency to rUn to seed. The bettei^ 

 Way with this sort is to rely on spring sowing in hot-bed; It possesses 

 the good quality of standing a long time withbut bursting. 



Newark Early Elat Dutch is used as a second early sort by the 

 inarket gardeners of New Jetsey, who supply the great cities, and id 

 (considered by our authority to be the beSt strain of Early Elat Dutch} 

 yielding large and solid heads. 



Early Winningstadt. — Of this sort, he says that it is more sure 

 to produce a head under any and all circumstances than any other) 



