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THE AMATEURS KITCHEN GARDEN. 
best broccolis in cultivation for general purposes ; they are 
selected from a hundred sorts grown on our trial ground : — 
Baskett’s Late , in use from March 27 to April 16. Brimstone , 
in use April 5 to April 20. Brown’s Incomparable Iiardy, 
in use April 2 to April 30. Garter s Champion, in use April 
3 to May 18. Cattell’s Eclipse, in use April 13 to May 20. 
Early White, in use April 6 to April 26. Grainger s White, 
in use February 28 to March 28. Hammond’ s Improved, in 
use September 4 to December 1 . Large Late White, in use 
April 6 to April 26. Lake’s Fine Late, in use April 20 to 
May 18. Maher’s Giant, in use March 10 to April 15. 
Penzance, in use February 28 to April 2. Beading Giant , 
in use March 17 to April 10. Snow’s Winter White, in use 
April 2 to April 15. Sutton’s Superb, in use February 28 to 
April 12. Walcheren, in use from June 24 to the end of the 
year. 
From the foregoing sixteen we will select six, and they shall 
be Walcheren, Grainger’s, Sutton’s Superb, Lake’s Late, 
Carter’s Champion , Cattell’s Eclipse. The best cauliflowers 
are, Frogmore Forcing, Early London, and Lenormands. 
For special purposes the following deserve attention as 
distinct and good : Autumn Purple Cape, and Hammond’ s 
White Cape , for planting close and insuring early supplies. 
Beck’s Early Dwarf, Hammond' s White Cape, and Miller’s 
Dwarf, for frame culture. Carter’s Champion, Cattell’s 
Eclipse, Dilcock’s Brule, Hammond’ s Improved, Hampton 
Early White , Late Goschen, Maher’s Giant, Malta, Reading 
Giant, and Sutton’s Superb are frequently remarked upon in 
our note-books as beautiful in form and colour, and usually 
attaining to a considerable size. We have dismissed Dancer’s 
Pink Cape as “ not wanted,” but, as it makes extremely 
pretty heads, it may be turned to account for exhibition. 
Enemies op Brassicas. — Club and caterpillar are the only 
enemies that seriously engage our attention. Aphis is des- 
tructive in dry weather, but rarely appears on plants that are 
doing well. It is commonly understood that club is peculiar 
to old garden soil, but it happens with us that in an old 
garden where we raise all our seeds, and have had for many 
years past seed-beds of hundreds of kinds of brassicas, we 
have never seen a club on a single root, while in another 
garden consisting of quite newly broken clay land, club occurs 
frequently. Deep digging and liberal manuring are the surest 
