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of each variety may happen now and then not to be readily 

 distinguished. The first is the Brassica ramosa* Cavalier 

 branchu, (Branching Cabbage), differing only in size from the 

 Wild Cabbage. There is also scarcely any difference dis- 

 cernible between this ramous plant and Daubenton's Chou 

 vivace. The second variety is the Brassica vulgaris, Cavalier, 

 or Chou vert commun; this shoots up higher than the preced- 

 ing one, its stalk remaining nearly single ; but these two va- 

 rieties have little to distinguish them from each other : the 

 latter is most generally cultivated in the western part of 

 Europe, as food for cattle, and sometimes as a garden vege- 

 table ; the amazing height to which it grows may be attri- 

 buted to two causes ; the custom of stripping off the lower 

 leaves to give them to the cattle, and to their being planted 

 in close rows in a rich and fertile soil, whereby they often 

 reach four or five feet in height, and continue in vigour for 

 two years together, and sometimes last even three years ; 

 this variety is generally known by the names mentioned 

 before, as being applicable to the whole series of the Cavalier ; 

 those which are peculiar to it are Chou en arbre, Chou d 

 chevrc, Grand Chou vert, and Chou vert de Touraine. The 

 common Cavalier is for the most part green, (Brassica vulga- 

 ris viridis) : it takes a reddish cast (Brassica vulgaris purpu- 

 rascens) in the sub-variety designated by Caspar Bauiiin, 



* This variety appears to be described by Mr. Morgan in the Transactions 

 of the Horticultural Society, Vol. ii. page 3 1 4, as the Thousand-headed Cabbage. 

 The French, who also call it Chou a m'rile fetes, seem to have lieVeral sub-varieties, 

 which are respectively denominated in the Bon Jardinier for 1821, page 145. 

 1st. Le grand Chou a vache; 2nd. Le Chou moellier ; 3rd. Le Chou vert 

 branchu de Poitou; 4th. Le Chou vivace de Dattbenton. Sec. 



