. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CABBAGE. Brdssica oler&cea, Linn., is a crucifer- ous plant which grows wild on the sea-cliffs of western and southern Europe. Figs. 293 and 294, from nature,. 293. Wild Cabbage on the cliffs of the English Channel. show the common form as it grows on the chalk cliffs of the English Channel. It is a perenni
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CABBAGE. Brdssica oler&cea, Linn., is a crucifer- ous plant which grows wild on the sea-cliffs of western and southern Europe. Figs. 293 and 294, from nature,. 293. Wild Cabbage on the cliffs of the English Channel. show the common form as it grows on the chalk cliffs of the English Channel. It is a perennial plant, or per- haps sometimes a biennial, with a very tough and woody root, a diffuse habit, and large, thick, deep-lobed leaves in various shades of green and reddish, and more or less glaucous. The leaves of this plant were probably eaten by the barbarous or half-civilized tribes; and when history begins, the plant had been transferred to culti- vated grounds and had begun to produce dense rosettes or heads of leaves. It appears to have been in general use before the Aryan migrations to the westward. There were several distinct types or races of the Cabbage in cultivation in Pliny's time. From the one original stock have sprung all the forms of Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Brussels Sprouts and Kales. For this family or group of plants the English language has no generic name. The French include them all under the term Chou, and the Germans treat them under Kohl. These various tribes may be classified as follows (cf. De Candolle, Trans. Hort. Soc. London, 5,1-43 ; Prodr. ): Var. ac^phala, DC. The various headless Cabbages. It comprises the Kales, in many types and varieties, as the tall or tree Kales, Curled or Scotch Kales, and Col- lards. The Georgia Collards, grown in the south and shipped to northern markets, is shown in Fig. 295. Its likeness may be found wild on the cliffs of the south- eastern coast of England to-day. A Curled Kale is shown in Fig. 296. The thick, te
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