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of February and continuing good through 
the following month y the Early Purple, 
Danish White, Hammond’s White, 
Knight’s Protecting, and the Sprouting, 
all arrive at perfection in the course ol 
the six or seven weeks beginning at the 
end of February and continuing till near 
the middle of April; to succeed these, 
Chappel’s Cream should be selected—a 
very beautiful and highly-flavoured 
variety, arriving at perfection from the 
middle to the end of April; of equal 
quality is the Wilcove, and being a fort¬ 
night later is very desirable; the Dwarf 
Russian will carry the supply through to 
May, when the Walcheren may be had 
to continue it on till the first Card i flowers 
are fit for use : the latter variety when 
required at this season should be sown 
in August, and treated in the manner of 
its relative the Cauliflower—by protect¬ 
ing the young plants through the winter 
in frames—-and will not fail to yield a 
rich return. We are indebted to several 
eminent horticulturists for the foregoing 
selection, who conjointly state it to be 
one of the best that can be made. 
In the general management of Brocoli 
it is essential that they have plenty of 
room, determining the space allotted to 
each according to the quality of the soil 
they are growing in; two feet may be 
taken as the most proper on light soils, 
while on stronger three feet will not be 
too much. Frequent hoeings will be 
found beneficial, and by drawing the 
earth up round the stems they are kept 
steady, and the roots protected from 
frost and drought. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Brassica 
bullata j?> gemmifera (DeCandolle.) Hat. 
Ord. Crucifer<2. This vegetable is evi¬ 
dently a variety of the Savoy, from which 
it differs in producing, besides the central 
head, numerous small ones from the sides 
of the stems ; in flavour it is very supe¬ 
rior to its parent. It is very generally 
thought, to have Brussels Sprouts true, 
that it is necessary to import the seed, 
as it is said to degenerate with us ; this 
is one of those popular mistakes for 
which little reason can be adduced for 
its adoption. If proper care is taken in 
the selection of the seed-bearing plants, 
so as to have only the best for the pur¬ 
pose, there can be no doubt of equally 
good strains being produced and conti¬ 
nued here as on the Continent. It is 
quite likely, however, where this is 
neglected, in a subject which, like the 
present, dates its origin in a chance 
variation, -that each successive genera¬ 
tion will continue to evince a disposition 
to return to its normal character, the 
force of this tendency increasing as it 
gets farther from the artificial condition. 
The middle of March is, perhaps, the 
best time to sow Brussels Sprouts; and 
as it is desirable to give them plenty of 
time and every opportunity to become 
well grown before the winter, the seed 
should be sown thinly, the young plants 
separated as soon as they are up to equal 
distances one from another, that each 
may grow vigorously, and as soon as 
they can be handled it will be best to 
transplant them where they are to stand 
without loss of time. Here they will 
require plenty of water in dry weather, 
and frequent hoeing to keep the _ earth 
free from weeds, and pervious to air and 
moisture. Like the Brocoli they do 
best on strong rich land, though they do 
not equally refuse the opposite; only 
growing so much smaller, as may natu¬ 
rally be supposed. As these plants do 
not extend such large leaves as the class 
previously spoken of, it is not necessary 
to plant them so far apart: if the rows 
are made two feet from each other, and 
the sprouts stand about eighteen inches 
distant it will be sufficient, and in small 
gardens, where space is limited, may be 
considered the maximum, though, like 
all vegetation, there is no doubt of their 
being benefited by a free admission of 
air among them. 
BULLACE. B, -units insititia (De 
Candolle.) Hat. Ord. Amygdalinece . 
The fruit of this tree is very austere in 
flavour, but as it may be kept for a long 
time in the manner of bottled fruit, is 
still grown where a full collection is de¬ 
sired. The tree is a very spare-growing 
one, very subject to moss and decay in 
parts; when this happens it should be 
severely pruned, that additional vigour 
may be thrown into the subsequent new 
