apart
in the rows.

SMALL OX-HEART.

Coeur de Boeuf petit, of the French. _Vil._

Head below medium size, ovate or egg-shaped, obtuse, broad at the base,
compact. The leaves are of the same bright green as those of the York
Cabbage, round, of firm texture, sometimes revolute, but generally
erect, and concave; the nerves are white, more numerous and less
delicate than those of the last-named variety; the stalk is short, and
the leaves not composing the head few in number.

The Ox-heart cabbages--with respect to character, and period of
maturity--are intermediate between the Yorks and Drumheads; more nearly,
however, resembling the former than the latter. The Small Ox-heart is
about ten days later than the Early York.

As not only the heads, but the full-grown plants, of this variety are of
small size, they may be grown in rows two feet apart, and sixteen inches
apart in the rows.

STONE-MASON. _J. J. H. Gregory._

An improved variety of the Mason, originated by Mr. John Stone, jun., of
Marblehead, Mass. Head larger than that of the original, varying in size
from ten to fourteen inches in diameter, according to the strength of
the soil and the cultivation given it. The form of the head is flatter
than that of the Mason, and but little, if any, inferior to it in
solidity. Stem very short and small. Under good culture, the heads,
exclusive of the outer foliage, will weigh about nine pounds. Quality
exceedingly sweet, tender, and rich. A profitable variety for market
purposes; the gross returns per acre, in the vicinity of Boston, Mass.,
often reaching from two hundred dollars to three hundred and fifty.

The Mason, Stone-mason, and the Marblehead Mammoth, severally originated
from a package of seeds received from England, under the name of the
"Scotch Drumhead," by Mr. John M. Ives, of Salem, Mass.

SUTTON'S DWARF COMB. _M'Int._

This is one of the earliest of all the cabbages. It is small and
dwarfish in its habit, hearts well early in the season, and will afford
a good supply of delicate sprouts throughout a large part of the summer.

The plants require a space of only twelve inches between the rows, and
the same distance between the plants in the rows.

The seed of this variety, in common with other dwarfish and early sorts,
should be sown more frequently than the larger growing kinds, so as to
keep up a succession of young and delicate heads, much after the manner
of sowing lettuce.

VANACK. _Li