plant is from two to three
feet high, and a strong grower; the leaves are comparatively short,
spreading, and of a purplish-green color; the head is quite open from
the leaves. Small leaves are sometimes intermixed with the head, and the
plant produces sprouts of flowers from the alae of the leaves.

It succeeds best in rich soil, and the plants should be set three feet
apart.

EARLY SPROUTING. _M'Int._

Asparagus Broccoli. North's Early Purple. Italian Sprouting. Early
Branching.

A strong-growing, hardy sort, from two to three feet high. The leaves
are spreading, much indented, and of a purplish-green color. The flower
is close-headed, and, in the genuine variety, of a rich purple on its
first appearance. It is, however, liable to lose its color, and to
become greenish; and sometimes produces numerous small, green leaves,
intermixed with the flower, particularly if grown in soil too rich.

The variety is extensively grown by the market-gardeners in the vicinity
of London.

ELLETSON'S GIGANTIC LATE WHITE.

Elletson's Mammoth.

One of the largest and latest of the white broccolis. Leaves spreading;
stem short.

FINE EARLY WHITE. _Thomp._

Early White. Devonshire White. Autumn White.

Plant tall, with erect, dark-green, nearly entire leaves. The heads are
very white and close.

This variety, in common with a few others, is sometimes cut in
considerable quantities by market-gardeners previous to heavy frost, and
preserved in cellars for the supply of the market.

FROGMORE PROTECTING. _Hov. Mag._

Head pure white, scarcely distinguishable from the finest cauliflower;
size large,--when well formed, measuring from seven to nine inches in
diameter.

A recently introduced sort, promising to be one of the best. The plants
are extremely hardy and vigorous, and rarely fail to develop a large and
fine head, having a rich, curdy appearance, and, as before observed,
similar to a well-grown cauliflower. It is of dwarf growth; and the
outer leaves, closing over the large head of flowers, protect it from
the action of severe weather.

GILLESPIE'S BROCCOLI. _Thomp._

A fine, white, early autumn variety, much grown about Edinburgh.

GRANGE'S EARLY CAULIFLOWER BROCCOLI. _M'Int._

Grange's Early White. Hopwood's Early White. Marshall's Early White.
Bath White. Invisible.

This is an old variety, and, when pure, still stands in high estimation;
having a head nearly as large and as white as a cauliflow