. 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. 358. Flower of Mustard. (X3.) be primarily due to the va- rtHJ riation of the species or groups, but it is often to be charged to superficial study or insufficient ma- terial. Onr manuals contain too few rather than too many species of W tilM Wi'l Brassica; at all events, the miscel- laneous dumping of rutabaga
. 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. 358. Flower of Mustard. (X3.) be primarily due to the va- rtHJ riation of the species or groups, but it is often to be charged to superficial study or insufficient ma- terial. Onr manuals contain too few rather than too many species of W tilM Wi'l Brassica; at all events, the miscel- laneous dumping of rutabagas, tur- nips, rape and other plants into yS Brassica campestris is unnatural, v| and, therefore, unfortunate. One of the best presentations of the true 259. Pod or siliaue Brassicas is that of De CandoUe's of MustardâBrassica Prodromus, as long ago as 1824 (also juncea (X2). in Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. vol. 5, and in Systema, 2: 582-607), and the following schenae closely follows that outline. Some of the forms which are here kept separate as species may be derived from their fellows, but the evidence of such 12 260. Flo^vers of Cabbaee â Brassica oleracea (X K). in some measure due to the different vernacular names which they bear in different countries. The French use the word chou generically to include all forms of B. oleracea and the rutabagaâthat is, all the blue, thick- leaved Brassicasâwhile in England the rutabaga is called the Swedish Turnip. A tabular view of the dif- ferent vernaculars may be useful: French. Chou Cabas, Chou de Milan, Chou de Bmxelles, Choux-verts, Chou-rave, Chou-navet, Chou-fleur, Navet(orChou-navet), Turnip, English. Cabbage, Savoy, Brussels Sprouts, Borecole or Kale, f Tui-nip Cabbage 1 or Kohlrabi, f Turnip-rooted 1 I Cabbage or ^Rutabaga. ( Swedish Turnip, J Cauliflower, Cauliflower. American. Cabbage. Savoy Cabbage. Brussels Sprouts. Borecole or Kale. Kohlrabi. Turnip. A. Whole plant glattcoifs-hlue when in flower: Ivs. of the flower-stems
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