46 WiiDS AND UsEFUL PLANTS. 
heavy, becomes light and spongy. Frequently the stems or stunips, frotit 
which the heads have been removed, are set out 2, neneiens for the pur- 
of procuring a crop of sprouts or “gree These are lateral 
ches, developed from axillary btids, and they will be found to 
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2. B. campes’ tris, [. Leaves slightly fleshy, glaucous; the young lower 
leaves lyrate, dentate, somewhat hispid or ciliate ; those above amplexi+ 
taul and acuminate. 
Frey Brassica. Turnip. ee &e. 
wal. beet thint . $. Hel flodhe Stem 1 
Wy eeye feet reed eechsd Prod acchin aeong “tents ns te 
Gardens and lots cultivated. Fl. June. Fr. July = August: : 
The following afe the principal varieties foutid in ctilti¥ation : 
Sub-species Naro-pras’sica. Boot tumid, turnip-shaped. 
Var. a. commu’nts. Root white or purplish, with the summit and peti 
Var. b. Rurasa’aa. Taras cits subglobose; 
Rutabaga. Swedish Turn nip. 
Sub-species Ra’pa. Rp + p e 5 bruptly ¢ yo ye ai st 
Common Turnip. 
Obs. The Turnip pr He sb Cabbage, by lon rai fee ca abt we 
a peak of marked va ; these pea tociel a iy d 
to different species, but ti att authorities acid i mar a as forms via 
B. wpe L., which is found growing spontaneously fr on the Bale 
‘ie to the Besides those pegie entimierated as 
heir roots, —— Variety (var. otrirera) is latgely eutivated - 
her patts of Enfope, § for the sake of the oil, w 
seeds : this, under the of Col , is for orale, 
bps the manufacture of yee and other Bt seorg “As this oil i is im 
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‘boil. The variots tn eee ifeaatet in in ¢ 
