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esteemed of cabbages for general use, not quite 
so large as Enfield Market, but of mucli tlie 
same character.” 
6. Eosette Colewoet. Syn.: Rose Cole- 
wort.—Small and compact, with a very distinct 
style of growth ; the deep green leaves tipped 
with rose, cupped or incurved, and hooding over 
the heart, thus forming a flat or square top. 
Much esteemed in the London Market Gardens. 
It should be sown in May, and planted out 
about 15 in. apart, for use in autumn as Cole- 
worts or small cabbages, but is inferior, if 
sown at other seasons. 
7. St. John’s Day. Syn .: St. John’s Day 
Drumhead, St. John’s Day Early Drumhead, 
Chou Joannet. Selections: St. John’s Day 
Late Drumhead, St. John’s Day Early, Large 
St. John’s Day, Drumhead Early Dutch.—A 
very dwarf variety, the plant entirely resting 
on the ground, seldom exceeding G in. or 7 in. 
in height, and about 18 in. to 20 in. in breadth ; 
the leaves deep green; the hearts broad, flat, 
solid, crisp, and tender. One of the very best 
Cabbages for autumn use. Sow in April, and 
plant out 15 in. apart. 
8. CouYE Tronchuda. Syn. : Tronohuda, 
Portugal, Braganza, Couve Pucco.—A medium¬ 
sized variety, growing on short, thick stems ; 
the leaves large, pale green, with pure white 
ribs ; the hearts irregularly formed, sometimes 
solid. “ Of excellent quality ; the fleshy 
midribs of the leaves are the only parts eaten, 
being cooked like Sea-kale. The plant is 
somewhat tender, and requires to be sown early 
in spring, for use in autumn ; flowers white.” 
9. Enfield Market. Selections — early : 
Sprotboro’, Raymeadow, Improved Cabbage; 
large late: Daniel’s Defiance, Early Battersea, 
Wright’s Market, Harrison’s Victoria, Victoria, 
Plaw ; ordinary stocks: Blenheim, East Ham, 
David’s No. 1, Myatt’s Early, Large Nonpareil, 
McEwen’s Early, Kemp’s Incomparable, Early 
Rainham, Cattell’s Reliance, Vanack.—A large, 
short-stemmed variety, with broad, bright- 
green leaves, and large, solid, crisp, tender 
hearts. “ This is the great London Market 
Cabbage, and the one most generally cultivated 
throughout the country under many names, 
which differ only in proportion to the purity 
of stock, and early or late selections. Formerly 
it was bettor known as Vanack, subsequently 
Fulham or Battersea, but at the present time 
Enfield Market is the best known.” 
10. WiNNiGSTADT. Syn.: Early Winnigstadt. 
—A medium-sized, short-stemmed variety, with 
large, deep green, fleshy leaves, carrying a 
heavy bloom, and forming broad, conical, solid 
hearts, of excellent cjuality. A very distinct 
and excellent cabbage for late summer and 
autumn use ; should be sown in August, or very 
early in spring. 
Mr. Barron adopts 17 typical varieties of 
garden cabbages, as being at present in culti¬ 
vation, and these he arranges in three groups, 
according to their seasons, as follows :— 
Early. —Atkins’s Matchless, Early Boulogne, 
Early York, Little Pixie, Nonpareil, St. John’s 
Day, Sugar Loaf. 
Mid or General Season. —Enfield Market, 
Large York, Prompt de St. Malo, Tourlaville, 
Eosette Colewort, Winnigstadt. 
Late. —Bacalan, Hardy Green Colewort, 
Pomme d’Orion, Pomeranian.—M. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM VEXILLARIUM. 
)N all probability no one genus of flowering 
rj plants is destined to hold a more perma¬ 
nent place in heated glass structures than 
the family of Orchidaceous plants known as 
Odontoglossums. They are highly prized in 
the gardens of the wealthy, and they are just as 
much admired by those whoso means will only 
allow of their having a tiny orchid-house in 
which to grow them. The plants in question 
require very little artificial warmth, and pro¬ 
vided they are kept cool and moist, there is 
scarcely any difficulty attached to their success¬ 
ful culture. A temperature resembling that of 
an ordinary May day is all they require,—moist 
cool, refreshing, balmy. On a hot day the 
temperature in a properly constructed Odonto- 
glossum-house is about as pleasant a place as 
one can find in order to escape the great 
heat one sometimes has to bear in the 
summer; since the ventilation and evapora¬ 
tion just balancing one another, cause the 
temperature to feel deliciously cool and re¬ 
freshing. 
The subject of the present illustration, 
Odontoglossum vexillarium., requires a tem¬ 
perature not falling below 55°, nor rising above 
