REFERENCES.
In the following works and articles certain points in connection with the cauliflower and its cultivation are more fully treated than in the present work.
Bon Jardinier, (1859, p. 449).—A good article on the origin and varieties of the cauliflower, and its cultivation in France.
Brill, Francis.—"Cauliflowers and How to Grow Them," (16 pp., price twenty cents. Published by the Author, Riverhead, N. Y., 1886). A well written account of cauliflower growing on Long Island and the methods used.
Burpee, W. A.—"How to Grow Cabbages and Cauliflowers," (W. A. Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 1890). A pamphlet of eighty-five pages, price thirty cents, consisting of prize essays on the Cabbage and Cauliflower, by Mr. G. H. Howard, of Long Island, N. Y., and Mr. J. Pedersen, of Denmark; together with directions for cooking these vegetables by Mr. S. J. Soyer, chief cook at the Court of Denmark; and a chapter on varieties by W. A. Burpee.
De Candolle, Augustin Pyramus.—"Memoir on the Different Species, Races and Varieties of the Genus Brassica, and of the Genera Allied with it which are Cultivated in Europe" (read in 1821).—Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Vol. V, p. 1.
Don, Geo.—"General History of Dichlamydeous Plants," (4 volumes, London, 1831). Volume I, pp. 233-241, contains a good account of the 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.—"Encyclopædia 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.