Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . og. See Porpoise. Sea-holly. See Euyngo. Sea-horse. See Hippocampus, Walrus. Sea^kale (d-ambe maritimit: see Ckambe), aperennial plant with large roundish sinuated sea-green leaves, found on the sciishores in various parts of Europe, and in Britain. The blanchedsiirouts have iiecome a very favonrite esculent inBritain. It is commonly forced in the wintermonths in ilark sheds or pits heated with ferment-ing manure or leaves, or with hot water circulatingin pipes. The plants when to be treated thus arereared annually from cuttings o
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . og. See Porpoise. Sea-holly. See Euyngo. Sea-horse. See Hippocampus, Walrus. Sea^kale (d-ambe maritimit: see Ckambe), aperennial plant with large roundish sinuated sea-green leaves, found on the sciishores in various parts of Europe, and in Britain. The blanchedsiirouts have iiecome a very favonrite esculent inBritain. It is commonly forced in the wintermonths in ilark sheds or pits heated with ferment-ing manure or leaves, or with hot water circulatingin pipes. The plants when to be treated thus arereared annually from cuttings of the roots or fromseed ; the latter is sown in March in rows 18 inchesasunder, the seed being dropped, three or four to-gether, at 15 inches apart, the seedlings to betbinneil to one at each juunt. The cuttings aredibbleil into tlie ground at the same distances apart,and by liberal cultivation they are quite strongenough to be forced the foll()wing winter. (Ifcourse the roots are lifteil when to be forced in thisway, and are thrown away afterwards. When they. Sea-kale(Crambe maritima). are to he blanched in the position in which theygrow the rows are planted at 3 feet by 2 feet apart,the plants are coveredwith pots or boxes, whichare also covered withleaves, tan, spent bops,or mildly termentingmanure. Plantationstreated in this way lastfor several years. Dark-ness is essential to theproper blanching of thesprouts. Seal (Lat. sigillum,Fr. sceitK), an impressionon wax or other soft sub-stance made from a dieor matrix of metal, agem, or some othermaterial. The stampwhich yields the imjires-sion is sometimes it-selfcalled the seal. In Egj-ptseals were in use at anearly period, the matrixgenerally forming part ofa ring (see Gem, Ring).Devices of a variety ofsorts were in use at Rome, both by the earlieremperors and private individuals. The emperois,after the time of Constantine, introduced bullaor leaden seals, and their use was continued afterthe fall of the western empire by the
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