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buist's family kitchen gardener. 



Brown Dutch. — Two kinds, the White and the Yellow Seed- 

 ed : the latter the best : both very hardy: resists the severity 

 of the Winter without any protection. 



Earli' Cabbage or Itliite Butter, a very early sort : does ex- 

 cellent for forcing on hotbeds : the leaves of a pale green : the 

 heads white. 



Royal Cabbage, a large, dark green variety ; two weeks later 

 then the former. There are two kinds of it— the White and 

 the Black Seeded, the latter prefer ed. It does very well for 

 a Summer salad, while the early Cabbage goes to seed without 

 heading. 



Drumhead is a very fine, large variety, does well in Summer, 

 and forms a noble plant for a dish. 



Green Hammersmith is a very hardy variety, heads well, 

 and matures early. 



Victoria is a new Cabbage Lettuce, that promises well, 

 having large heads of a white, crispy nature. It appears to 

 withstand the heat. We have only grown it one season. 



White Silesia, though not so delicate in flavor as some of 

 the former, yet is very acceptable in the heat of July, when 

 nearly every other variety fails. It is early, hearts well, and 

 very crisp. 



Large Indian. This appears to be the only variety we have 

 that is perfect through the whole heat of Summer : in fact, 

 it requires heat to make it eatable, for in May and June it is 

 much too coarse for the table, along with the other fine sorts. 



The following are Cos Lettuces, all very celebrated in Eu- 

 rope, but with us they do not appear to retain their reputation. 

 Our long. dry. warm Summers, prevent their coming to a crisp 

 head : in fact, many of them never head, unless very early in 

 the season. They should be tied up like Endive, eight or ten 

 days before they are cut. unless they show a disposition to head. 



Whtie Cos. of strong, upright growth, stands the heat well 

 and if tied for ten days, blanches beautifully. 



