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Society, that, as soon as the Experimental Garden is esta- 

 blished, some of these should be procured from Breda, 

 with the view of making sure of possessing the genuine 

 variety. — The apples in this garden were chiefly Calvilles ; 

 the red autumn and red winter, and also the white winter. 

 In the borders were some rows of celeriac or knoll-celery, 

 now in seed. When intended for yielding seed, the plant 

 is raised in the spring, as in this case ; when meant for 

 kitchen use, it is not sown till July, is planted out in Au- 

 gust or September, and allowed to swell in the ground till 

 towards the end of November, when it may be taken up 

 and stored. The purple turnip-cabbage, or kohl-rube *, 

 here formed a garden crop ; and we do not recollect to 

 have met with it before, in the course of our trip. 



In returning to our inn, we walked along the ramparts ; 

 and having ascended a wind-mill, erected on a projecting 

 bastion, enjoyed a pretty good view of the works of this 

 strong place, so celebrated in the annals of warfare. The 

 ramparts were formerly adorned with trees ; but many of 

 these have been felled during the late troubles, only a few 

 large elms now remaining. 



From Breda to Antwerp. 



Having last night left notice with the postmaster to fur- 

 nish us with a private carriage and pair for Antwerp, we 



• This also is considered as a variety of the Proteus-like species Brassica 

 oleracea, which has been already mentioned as growing in its native state 

 at the chalk-cliffs of Dover Castle ; and as having given origin to the dif- 

 ferent kinds of white and red cabbages and savoys, which form the leaves 

 into a head ; the various sorts of borecoles, coleworts, and kale, which grow 

 with their leaves loose ; and cauliflower and broccoli, which form their stalks 

 and flower-buds into a head. 



