120 The TraBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



ler leaves, but more indented than any 

 of the former ; which undoubtedly be- 

 longs to the borecole, broccoli, or fea- 

 kele. 



Thofe that arc skilled in botany 

 tell us, the BraJJica has its appellation 

 from feveral words in the antient lan- 

 guages, which fignify its efficacy, or vir- 

 tue againft the difeafes of the ftomach. 

 And our Englip Herbals take notice of 

 fix kinds that were heretofore cultivated 

 in gardens, and two that are wild, and 

 growing on the fea-fhorcj viz. the Br af- 

 fica fativa vulgar is ^ or common cole- 

 wort 5 the BraJJica capital a alba, or white 

 loaf cabbage; BraJJica capitata rubra, or 

 red cabbage ; the BraJJica Jlorida, or col- 

 ly flower s and the BraJJica S ah audi crifpa, 

 or the Savoy cabbage 5 all of thefe to be 

 found defcribed by Gerrard, /. 312, to 

 315. and by Tarkinfon, p. 503, to 505. 

 To which they add, as before faid, the 

 BraJJica felinoides feu laciniata, parfley 

 colewort, the BraJJica marina Anglica^ 

 the fea colewort, and BraJJica fylvejirisy 

 the wild colewort. But late experience 

 has produc d other kinds, which are, the 

 common cabbage or colewort, the fu- 

 gar-loaf cabbage, on account of its fhape. 



