cultivated in the Garden of the Society. 567 



Murciana, from the town of Murca, which, as well as Bra- 

 ganza, is situated in the north of the kingdom, in the province 

 of Tras-os-Montes. 



Vanack Cabbage. 

 This Cabbage approaches nearer to the kind cultivated in 

 the Garden of the Society under the name of the Early Rus- 

 sian Cabbage, than to any other in the collection. The outer 

 leaves are large, of a dark green, strongly veined and spread- 

 ing ; the head is somewhat irregular in shape, very broad at 

 the base, and terminating rather sharply ; the colour of the 

 head is a palish green, and the ribs are in general paler than 

 the other part of the leaves. Seeds of this variety were pre- 

 sented to the Society by Mr. Thomas Torbron, Gardener to 

 the Countess of Bridgewater, at Ashridge in Hertfordshire. 

 It was in more general cultivation some years since than at 

 present, and was in particular much grown in Sussex and 

 Hampshire. It is not now to be found in the printed lists of 

 the principal seedsmen, nor is it mentioned in the Gardening 

 Manuals. Mr. Torbron had cultivated it in the garden of 

 the Earl of Egremont at Petworth so long since as the year 

 1776, under the name he still gives to it. It is the only 

 hearting Cabbage he keeps in his garden. By timely sow- 

 ings it is always in season ; it makes excellent Spring Cole- 

 worts, becomes a white hearted Cabbage very early, and 

 pushes fine sprouts from the stump after the Cabbages are 

 cut. In quality it is inferior to none of the best Cabbages. 



