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Silicic Acid, .06 



Sulpliuric Acid, , . . .1.12 

 Pliosplioric Acid, .... 1.27 



Phosphate of Iron, 12 



Lime, ...... .29 



Magnesia, 35 



Potash, 2.09 



Soda, 3.02 



Chlorine, .08 



The above analysis is by J. H. Salisbury, who also 

 analyzed several other varieties. He found them all to 

 contain a very large proportion of azote ; after evaporating 

 the water, drumhead cabbage gives of azote 17.899 parts 

 in a hundred; savoy 20.763; red 16.212; turnip rooted 

 19.052. We also find this plant remarkably rich in phos- 

 phorus and sulphur, hence its unpleasant smell in decay, 

 like that of animal matter. It abounds also in soda and 

 potash. Hence, common salt to yield soda and chlorine, 

 ■wood ashes for potash, bone for phosphoric acid, and 

 gypsum, to add sulphur and lime together with a soil 

 saturated with manure of animals, especially the liquid 

 excretion, all come in play in making fine cabbage. 

 Frequent stirring the soil, too, will rob the atmosphere of 

 its ammonia for the same purpose. 



Culture. — For early use seeds of the Early York may 

 be sown from January to March. If sown as early as the 

 1st of January, cover them slightly with litter to protect 

 from frosts ; but it is much better to sow them under a 

 cold frame as directed in the article " Beet." If sown in 

 the open air, as soon as the weather grows mild, take off 

 the litter. The seed should be sown in drills, six inches 

 apart, and one inch deep, and the ground deeply dug, but 

 it need not be, for this sowing, very rich. Water in mild 

 mornings if the weather be dry, and give them the advan- 

 tage of the rains ; give the young plants plenty of air 



