DR. ROBERT HOGq's REPORT ON K.VLES. 
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From Messrs. Beck & Co., G. Gribbs & Co., Nutting & Sons, 
Miuier, Nash & Nash, find Mr. Cooper, it was received perfectly- 
true under the correct name. There is a purple variety received 
from Messrs. A^ilmorin under the name of Flanders purple. 
Palm Kale. 
The stem is two feet to two and a half feet high, clothed with large 
oblong obovate leaves, the blade of which is decurrent the whole 
length of the footstalk, of a dark green colour, which curve grace- 
fully upw^ards and outwards, giving the plant the aspect of a minia- 
ture palm. In the spring it throws out a profusion of long slender 
shoots, which are of no value as a vegetable. After these shoots are 
produced, the plant entirely loses its ornamental character. It 
was received from Messrs. Vilmorin under the name of Chou 
Palmier. 
Bagged Jack. 
Like the Cottager's kale this seems to have few synonymes. Its 
character is sufficiently distinct to render it easy of identification, 
being a very dwarf variety with a stock not more than four to six 
inches high, and leaves w^hich are deeply laciniated, the segments 
being trifid or multifid. It is generally of purple colour, and occa- 
sionally green. In the spring it produces a great quantity of 
tender shoots, w^hich are much esteemed as a vegetable. It was 
received from Mr. B. S. Williams as Camberwell Boi^ecole. 
Siberian Kale. 
This is one of the hardiest and one of the best of all the sprout- 
ing kales. It is also very distinct, and can never be confounded 
with any other variety. The stock is very dwarf, being only four 
to six inches high. The foliage is always green. The leaves are 
sinuated, coarsely serrated, and plaited on the margin. In spring 
it produces a large crop of tender shoots, from a foot to fifteen 
inches in length. 
This is one of the varieties the nomenclature of which is very 
confused. Trom Mr. B. S. Williams it was received quite true as 
" Siberian " or Lapland ; from Messrs. Wrench & Son, Sutton & 
Son,William Paul, J. & C. Lee, and Nutting & Sons, it was received 
under the ninne of Asparagus kale, from Mr. George Gibbs as 
