316 On the Varieties of Winter Greens. 



are of a dark green, like those of the Swedish Turnip, and 

 much resemble them in flavour. This plant may be often 

 observed in cottage gardens, but is little grown elsewhere. 



The plant called Ragged Jack is very well known also in 

 cottage, and farm-gardens; but in the seed shops it is a 

 greater stranger, for I was not able to procure the seeds in 

 London, last spring, except under an erroneous appellation. 

 This plant grows short on the ground, and in the spring 

 shoots up strongly from the crown and sides. The leaves 

 are very glaucous, and much cut or divided ; the edges are 

 marked with small obtuse serratures, the under side is ra- 

 ther paler than the upper, which has a peculiarity I have 

 only observed before in some of the varieties of the Varie- 

 gated Scotch Kale ; it is, that from several points on the sur- 

 face of each leaf, and particularly on the larger ones, arise 

 small pieces of leaf of similar texture and appearance with 

 the main leaf. 



The Jerusalem Kale is much superior, in quality and 

 produce, to either of the preceding, which it agrees with in 

 habit and growth. The leaves are long, with several deep 

 indentations on each side ; their edges are serrated, but 

 not deeply so, the upper surface having a purplish hue, the 

 under being a pale green, and the veins are purple, inclin- 

 ing to a pink colour. The whole plant, when growing, 

 appears of a dingy purple ; it is extremely hardy, and were 

 it not, that its use, as a late green, is superseded by the next 

 plant I have to describe, it ought to be universally culti- 

 vated. When the taller winter greens have ceased to be 

 good, by running to flower, the shoots of this are ready to 

 take their place, at the table. 



