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GAKDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



seven to nine inclies long, leaving the others to come on in 

 succession, affording a supply all winter. Its only enemy 

 is the aphis or cabbage louse, for which try Scotch snuff 

 and oil of turpentine. 



Seed. — Select some of the best heads and leave for seed, 

 at a distance from any others of this family, and proceed 

 as with cabbage. The seed will keep four years. 



Use. — This vegetable affords very delicate winter and 

 spring greens, far superior to cabbage, and nearly equal 

 to the Savoy. It boils well and is most delicate, sweet 

 and tender when touched by frost. 



To boil. — Put in boiling water with a little salt, boil 

 briskly twenty minutes, and serve as other greens. 



Brassica Oleracca Botrytis — Oauliflovter. 



This plant was introduced into England from the Island 

 of Cypress, in the early part of the seventeenth century. It 

 is a kind of cabbage with long pale green leaves, surround- 

 ing a mass or head of white flower buds — ^in-short, " a giant 

 rose Avrapped in a green surtout," but much more like a 

 mass of fresh curds than a rose. Since its introduction, it 

 has been much improved by the skill of the gardener. 

 The seed is generally imported from Europe. 



Varieties. — There are several varieties early and late, 

 but the late are the only ones that generally come to any- 

 thing in this climate. Of the latter, there is the old variety. 

 Late Dutch or Late London, which I have succeeded with, 

 and is perhaps as good as any, though the late Walcheren 

 comes highly recommended for hardiness, and may be 

 worth a trial. 



The ashes of Cauliflower have been analyzed by 

 Eichardson, and found to be composed of the following 

 constituents • 



