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MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES. 
At Chiswick, 1809. 
Caulifloweks. 
A LAEGE collection of Cauliflowers were sown in gentle heat. The 
whole germinated well, and when large enough to handle they were 
pricked out in cold frames, and from thence planted out on rich and 
deeply worked ground. For a time the plants grew well, but when the 
drought set in they all " buttoned " prematurely, in spite of constant 
supplies of water, the whole collection thus proving a failure. 
Onions. 
1. Barnet Hero (Cutbush). — Large, firm, heavy, flattish round, with a 
bronzy yellow skin. 
2. Cestrian (Dicksons). — Medium size, firm, heavy, globular, with a 
deep coppery brown skin. 
3. Cranston's Excelsior (Watkins & Simpson). — See Vol. XXII. 
page 229. 
4. Empson's Champion Globe (Wingfield). — Large, heavy, deep globe 
shape, with a pale brown skin. 
All the above stocks were remarkably true and good. 
5. The Wildsmith (R. Veitch).— See Vol. XXII. page 231. 
Parsley. 
1. ]\Ioss Curled (Watkins & Simpson). — An excellent strain of the 
ordinary type. 
2. Fern-leaved (Watkins & Simpson). — Foliage much cut and 
divided, almost feathery. Very pretty in the green state, shading off 
with age to a beautiful crimson and brown, which should make it useful 
for decoration. 
Chicoey. 
Fringed Perpetual (Carter). — Foliage deeply fringed. It was said 
that the stems were very palatable when cooked in the same manner as 
Asparagus. 
Beeteoot. 
1. Crimson Willow-leaved (Watkins & Simpson). — Very similar to 
the Dracaena-leaved, and, Hke it, very handsome for bedding purposes, but 
the roots are too small to be useful. 
2. Brazilian (Watkins & Simpson). — A very fine selection of this 
bedding plant. 
3. Cutbush's Crimson (Cutbush). — Roots pyriform, with a deep 
crimson flesh ; foliage dwarf, and very dark. 
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