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III. On the Cultivation of the Crambe Maritima of Lin- 

 neus, or Sea Kale. By Mr. John Maher, F. H. S. 



Read November 2, 1805. 



If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only 

 one grew before, is to be esteemed an important benefactor 

 to his country ; he who teaches us how to improve a palatable 

 and nutritious vegetable, hitherto often neglected upon the 

 barren cliffs of our sea-girt isle, has surely no small claims to 

 our gratitude ; as such, I must ever regard those of the late 

 Mr. Curtis, from whose pamphlet upon the Crambe Mari- 

 tima, or Sea Kale, I first learnt how to grow this early escu- 

 lent ; but as his useful directions are yet in the hands of 

 comparatively few of my brother gardeners, and as the young 

 shoots have been obtained at Edmonton, of a size and deli- 

 cacy greatly superior to what generally appears at the table, 

 I venture to offer a particular account of the method of cul- 

 tivating it there to the Horticultural Society. For the botani- 

 cal description prefixed, I am indebted to our Secretary. 



CRAMBE. 



Or do Naturalis. 



Cruciferae. Juss. Gen. p. 242. 

 Sect. II. Fructus brevis, siliculosus. 



Calyx incurvo-patulus. Petala breviter unguiculata, ampla. 

 Filamenta longiora bifurca apice altero antherifero. 

 Torus inter eadem biglandulosus. Stigma sessile. Peri- 



