SALAD BURNET 



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v^ery erect, i6 in. to 2 ft. high, angular, branching, and ending in 

 spikes of female flowers, the flower at the base being male or 

 hermaphrodite ; seeds oval, four-angled, with more or less pro- 

 minent ridges on the angles, 

 and reticulated on the sides 

 Their germindting power 

 lasts for three years. The 

 Salad Burnet is an exceed- 

 ingly hardy and long-lived 

 plant, and grows wild 

 through the greater part of 

 France. 



Culture.— The seed is 

 sown in spring or at the 

 end of summer, usually in 

 drills 10 to 12 in. apart. It 

 is often grown as an edging 

 to beds of other vegetables, 

 and may also be sown in 

 beds by itself. The plants 

 do not require any attention. 

 The leaves are cut for use with a knife or sickle, and successional 

 cuttings are made so as to have a constant supply of fresh young 

 leaves. Leaves are produced in greater abundance and for a longer 

 time if the plants are not allowed to flower. 



Uses. — The young, tender leaves are used as salad ; they have 

 a peculiar flavour, resembling that of the Green Cucumber. 



Garden Burnet. 



CABBAGE 



Brassica oleracea, L. Cruciferce^ 



French^ Chou cultive. German^ Kohl, Kraut. Flemish and DuUh, Kool. Danish^ Kaal. 

 Italian^ Cavolo. Spanish^ Col. Portuguese, Couve. 



Cabbage, a plant which is indigenous to Europe and Western 

 Asia, is one of the vegetables which have been cultivated from the 

 earliest times. The ancients were well acquainted with it, and 

 certainly possessed several varieties of the head-forming kinds. 

 The great antiquity of its culture may be inferred from the 

 immense numbers of varieties which are now in existence, and 

 from the very important modifications which have been produced 

 in the characteristics of the original or parent plant. 



The Wild Cabbage, such as it still exists on the coasts of 

 England and France, is a perennial plant with broad, lobed, 

 undulated, thick, smooth leaves, covered with a glaucous bloom. 



