1884.] 
SOME GOOD CABBAGES, 
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be found in her productions, could think of 
putting a limit to her power, but in the 
directions indicated it may be permitted even 
for the finite to speak with confidence. It 
will always be of interest to know how this 
excellence has been attained, and in the fact 
that it has come from parents of high descent, 
florists will have the key to further develop¬ 
ments, and enlarged delights. A vigorous 
grower. First bloomed in 1872 ; sent out in 
1876. — E. S. Dodwell, Stanley Road, Oxford. 
tiplication of names which are most confusing 
and misleading,” On the occasion of the trial 
to which these remarks refer, 150 so-called 
distinct sorts were grown, hut many of these 
proved to be synonymous, and even of the few 
distinct types the numher of sorts really 
wanted is very limited. Thus for spring sow- 
riG. 3.—EARLY HEABTWELL CABBAGE. 
ing, after reducing the number to seven, Mr. 
Barron marks, as most to be recommended, 
Early York, Nonpariel, Kosette Colewort, and 
St, John’s Day; and for autumn sowing his 
selection consists of Little Pixie, Enfield Mar¬ 
ket, Nonpariel, and Winnigstadt. The general 
SOME GOOD CABBAGES. 
f NE of the most delicious and wholesome 
of our common garden vegetables is a 
well-cooked Cabbage. It is, moreover, 
one to which very few persons object, 
but which on the other hand meets with general 
if not universal approval. What wonder then 
that there should be a multitude of varieties 
claiming^ the attention of the gardener. On this 
point, Mr. Barron in one of the Chiswick 
FIG. 2.—LITTLE PIXIE CABBAGE. 
reports says, that though “ the number of 
truly distinct and typical varieties is not very 
extended, yet their variability of character and 
appearance has led to an almost endless mul¬ 
FIG. 4.—WINNIGSTADT CABBAGE, 
character of most of these is showm in the 
accompanying figures, for the use of which we 
have to thank Messrs. Carter & Co., of Hol- 
born, and for the descriptive notes we are 
indebted to the Journal of the Horticultural 
Society, v. 150, 
Early York (Fig. 1).—A very distinct type 
of Cabbage of very excellent quality. Plant 
of small compact growth on a short slender 
