134s Cultivation of Broccoli and Borecole. 



recommended for planting in situations where they will stand 

 singly as ornamental objects ; for which purpose they are well 

 adapted, on account of their elegant and magnificent habit. Too 

 much cannot be said in their favour for such situations : yet how 

 seldom do we see them ! There may be some examples larger 

 than these ; but none can be more perfect specimens of their 

 several kinds, particularly the Turkey oak and purple beech. 



At Newby Hall, the seat of Earl De Grey, are several fine 

 specimens of Platanus occidentalis, which I believe to be su- 

 perior to anything of the kind in this country. Their girt, at 

 4 ft. from the ground, as near as I now recollect, is about 9 ft. 

 (not less) ; and their height, I should say, from 40 ft. to 50 ft. 

 These are situated near the mansion, which renders them very 

 attractive objects. In the same grounds is a collection of 

 American varieties of oak, of about 40 years' growth, and of a 

 size much larger than anything of the sort I am acquainted 

 with. Their height may be about 30 ft., and their girt in pro- 

 portion : they are now apparently in the zenith of their growth. 

 There are, also, some of the rarer species of ^'sculus : one of 

 J^. flava, a fine tree, standing singly on the lawn, flowers beauti- 

 fully in May. Its height may be about 15 ft. ; and it is well fur- 

 nished with lower branches. Of Magnolm tripetala there are 

 some fine specimens, about 10 ft. high, which bloom freely, and 

 are very conspicuous in the season ; as are some fine old spe- 

 cimens of J?hododendron ponticum (true variety), one of which 

 is 20 ft. high, with branches which sweep the ground over a cir- 

 cumference of 40 ft. When in bloom, it is an object indescri- 

 bably splendid, being one complete mass of purple flowers. The 

 present countess is a great amateur in trees and plants, and is 

 adding many new and good things to these already well-furnished 

 grounds. 



At Scniton Hall, the seat of Mrs. Coore, are some of the 

 largest cedars of Lebanon in this country. For size and beauty, 

 nothing I have seen in the least approaches them. There is a 

 clump of ten or twelve of them together, the average height of 

 which will be from 30 ft. to 40 ft. ; and their girt about G ft, with 

 clean straight boles for 20 ft. high ; a circumstance which rarely 

 occurs with the cedar of Lebanon. 



Hope Nursery, Leeming Lane, near Hipon, Jan. 28. 1838. 



Art. IX. On the Cultivation of Broccoli, and Borecole or Scotch 

 Kail. By A. Forsyth. 



Broccoli. — In order to be concise, and also that readers may 

 have confidence in what I advance, I shall copy from my note- 

 book the selection of sorts, and the system of culture adopted, by 



