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Vulgo— Head Cabbage. Sugar-loaf Cabbage. York Cabbage. 

 Gall.— Chan en tete. Germ.— Kopfkohl. Hisp.— Berza repolluda. 



Sub-species F. botrytis, DC. Peduncles of the raceme- corym- 

 bose, short fleshy and conglomerate before flowering; flowers often 

 abortive. 



Var. a. cauliflora. Stem low; leaves oblong, bluish glaucous ; heads 

 thick, compact, terminal. 

 Vulgo — Cauliflower. 

 Gall.— CAow fleur. Germ.— Blumenkohl. Uisp.—Serza florida. 



Van b. asparagoides. Stem taller ; leaves elongated, bluish glau- 

 cous ; heads sub-ramose; branches fleshy at apex, or bearing clus- 

 ters of abortive flower-buds. 



Vulgo — Broccoli. 



Biennial. Root coarsely fibrous. Stem 9 to 18 inches high, thick, fleshy, terete, 

 marked with cicatrices of fallen leaves, mostly simple,— brajiching or elongating, 

 the second year, from the sujnmit, or hecul ; branches erect, 2lo3 feet long. Leaves 

 large, suborbicular, oblong, or obovate, repand, sometimes lobed, those at the sum- 

 mit of the stem densely imbricated in a head. Racemes long, loose ; pedicels 

 about an inch long. Petals greenish yellow, obovate, unguiculate, about twice as 

 long as the calyx. Siliques as long, or- longer than the pedicels, somewhat tor- 

 ulose. 



Hab. Kitchen gardens : co> .tnon. Fl. May— June. Fr. July. 



Obs. The varieties of Ci bage, properly so called, are extensively cultivated 

 for the table ; but the Cauliflower and Broccoli are not often to be met with, here, 

 —as they require more care, to e?isure success, tha?i farmers and country garden- 

 ers, generally, are disposed to bestow upon them. 



2. B. campesjris, L. Leaves somewhat fleshy, glaucous ; the 

 lower ones lyrate, dentate, sub-hispid and ciliate, those above cordate, 

 acuminate, amplexicaul. DC. Prodr. 1. p. 214. 



Field Brassica. 



Sub-species C. xapo-brassica, DC. Root tumid, turnep-shaped. 



Var. a. communis. Root white, or purplish. 



Vulgo — Turnep-rooted Cabbage. 



Gallice — Chou-navet. Germ. — Die Kohl-ruebe. Hisp. — JWibiza. 



Var. b. Rutabaga. Root yellowish, subglobose. 



Vulgo — Rutabaga. Swedish Turnep. Yellow Turnep. 



Gallice — Chou de Suede. Navetjaune. 



Biennial. Root thick, turnep-shaped, fleshy. Stem 12 to 18 inches high, terete, 

 smooth, glaucous, branched above. Lower leaves hispid, upper ones glabrous. 

 Racemes loose. Petals yellow. Siliques obsoletely quadrangular. 

 Hab. Gardens, and Lots : not common. Fl. June. Fr. July— August. 



Obs. A few years since, both varieties were frequently to be seen under cultiva- 

 tion; but our farmers are not partial to root crops,— aud the culture of these is 

 now generally ?ie glee ted. 



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