Archive image from page 231 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 293 Wild Cabbat; 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 lar
Archive image from page 231 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 293 Wild Cabbat; 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 Choii, and the Germans treat them under A'o7iZ. These various tribes may be classified as follows (cf. De CandoUe, Trans. Hort. Soc. London, 5, 1-43 ; Prodr. ): Var. acSphala, DC. The various headless Cabbages. It comprises the Kales, in many types and varieties, as the tall or tree Kalcs. Curlfd or Kales, and Col- lards. The ('â'.ââ 'â â ,:, (â .A]:,i,\~. rr.,v, I, in i1m' and shipped to nciili. . ,: i.: , i â¢,. i n r jm,-,. its likeness may li'- i 'â â ;- n. ⢠.nith- Var. gemmifera, Hort. The bud-bearing Cabbage, or Brussels Sprouts (see Fig. 273). In this group, the main stem or axis is tall and erect, and the axillary bud
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