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he culture and varieties of broccoli and cauliflower. Fifteen varieties of broccoli and three of cauliflower are described. JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, (1878, p. 61).--A good article on the cultivation of cauliflower in England. LOUDON, J. C.--"Encyclopaedia of Gardening" (5th edition, London, 1827). This standard work contains a very full account of the cauliflower and its allies, including quotations from various English authorities. MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, (1839, p. 53).--A good article on the cultivation of the cauliflower in England. MAHER, JOHN.--"Hints relative to the Culture of the Early Purple Broccoli" (read in 1808).--_Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London_, Vol. I, pp. 116-120. An account of the culture and varieties of broccoli, with remarks on its improvement, and on the liability of broccoli and cauliflower to mix with cabbage. MCINTOSH, CHARLES.--"Book of the Garden" (2 volumes, London, 1853). The second volume contains the best account of cauliflower cultivation in England written up to that time. ROGERS, JOHN.--"The Vegetable Cultivator" (London, 1843). Contains a good account of the cauliflower and the methods of growing it in England. STURTEVANT, DR. E. L.--In his "History of Garden Vegetables," in the _American Naturalist_, this author gives the history of cauliflower and broccoli, including the earliest recorded evidences of their cultivation, and the names applied to these vegetables in different countries. The broccoli is treated in the volume for 1887, p. 438, and the cauliflower in the same volume, p. 701. SUTTON & SONS, Reading, England.--These seedsmen publish a work on Gardening, price five shillings, in which the subject of cauliflower culture in England is fully treated. VILMORIN--ANDRIEUX, ET CIE.--"_Plantes Potagers_" (Paris, 1883). This work by Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., the Paris seedsmen, was translated into English, and published under the title of "The Vegetable Garden," by Murray, of London, in 1885. It contains full descriptions of varieties of cauliflower, based on trials at the experiment grounds of this firm at Paris, and also includes information on the cultivation of this vegetable in France. INDEX. Page. Analysis, 196 Blackleg, =105= Blanching, =39= Broccoli, 10, 11, 13, =189= Buttoning, =57= Cabbage, history, 9 Cabbage, wild, 9 Cabbage maggot, =96= Cabbage worm, =98= Ca
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