By John Livingstone, Esq. 



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closely when the plants are to be used young, but when 

 wanted full grown, at about a foot distance. It seems to 

 require no particular management, except frequent watering. 

 It grows best in the cold weather, and doubtless will thrive 

 well in England. Its rapid growth may recommend it to the 

 agriculturist as a cheap food for cattle, but it gives to milk the 

 peculiar taste of its genus. 



6th. For the present, I shall confine myself to notice one 

 more plant, which I think has not been hitherto described. 

 It is a species of Brassica that may be distinguished from the 

 other species of that genus by its procumbent habit, and a very 

 remarkable change of some of the leaves ; about the time the 

 plant begins to flower they become larger and rounder, the 

 ribs broader, and of a more intense white, and the border more 

 thickly and deeply plaited. In several respects it resembles 

 the Scotch Kale. It is fit for the table in September, and 

 continues to supply the green-market very abundantly all the 

 winter. The outer leaves are commonly left on the stem ; 

 from the axillae of these, sprouts quickly shoot, which are very 

 tender, and as well tasted, perhaps, as any of the Coleworts. 

 It is used by the Chinese in every stage of its growth, (which 

 is also very rapid,) even when it shoots into flower. It cannot 

 be supposed that this plant can come into competition with the 

 Cabbages, Cauliflowers, and Broccoli of Europe, but where, 

 from the warmth of the climate, those plants cannot be cul- 

 tivated, I make no doubt it will be esteemed as a good 

 substitute. 



I have transmitted to the Society, together with this com- 

 munication, seeds of all the plants above mentioned, except 



