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succession of medium-sized hearts will be forthcoming. Much 

 also might be done by lifting and replanting on a border where 

 the plants could be hooped over and protected with mats. By 

 these means the supply might easily last till the end of January, 

 and a succession could be had with the aid of Snow's Winter, 

 which, though hardier than Veitch's Autumn, yet requires to be 

 protected from severe frosts. Where many err is in raising the 

 plants of this variety too early, a rough and comparatively 

 worthless lot eventually resulting. The first week in May is the 

 time to sow the seed, and liberal after-treatment will do the rest. 

 Transplant to pits and rough frames according as there is room 

 for them, and a useful lot of hearts will be obtained at a time 

 when Broccoli as a rule are very scarce. 



Savoys or Savoy Cabbage are more appreciated on many 

 dining-tables than are Brussels Sprouts, and if not grown too 

 large they are undoubtedly very tender and mildly flavoured 

 when cooked. They ought, therefore, to be grown extensively, 

 especially seeing that they are tolerably [hardy. At the same 

 time it frequently pays well to transplant and protect a few score 

 or hundreds of fully grown plants, especially if the hearts are 

 much blanched. 



Any varieties of the ordinary Cabbage may be had in 

 perfection during most winters, but the Kosette and other Cole- 

 worts are perhaps the most serviceable. In each and every case 

 the seed ought to be sown during the first fortnight in June, and 

 the plants got out early, thick planting being resorted to. Only 

 exceptionally severe frosts injure or destroy them. 



Chou de Burghley, a hybrid or sport with the growth of 

 a Broccoli and the heart of a Cabbage, raised early and grown 

 strongly, becomes so very coarse as to be of little value ; but if 

 the seed is sown late in April or early in May, and the plants 

 treated more as Cabbages than Broccoli, they will not grow too 

 large, and a serviceable and fairly hardy lot of hearts may be ob- 

 tained. They will not stand an arctic winter, but not unfrequently 

 a capital supply of hearts are available during January and 

 February, so that Chou de Burghley must be considered a 

 desirable winter vegetable. 



As before hinted, many amateur and professional gardeners 

 rest contented with their endeavours to grow a few (or many) of 

 the foregoing, which I term " green vegetables " to distinguish 



