502 On the Kohl-Rahi. 
pages of this Journal. It approaches, in so far as the " six-inch 
pedestal stem " is concerned, the plants grown by Mr. Towers in 
1837. Our cut (see fig. 1) is copied from the edition of 
Fig. 1. 
' Gerarde's Herbal,' published in 1633. The accuracy of the 
drawings in this work being unquestioned, a comparison of the 
plant figured therein witli tliose in the pages following, will show 
what cultivation has done in developing the valuable portions of 
the Kohl-Rabi. The bulbs figured by us are from specimens 
