[3] These plants thrive in the open air, and commonly attain a height of ten or twelve feet; they may be seen trained on the front of some of the houses in Penzance to double that height. A sufficient quantity of cuttings was obtained from a tree of this description, covering one of the houses, in the course of six weeks, to supply the oven with fuel for three months! [4] The following catalogue was drawn up by the _Rev. T. Bree_, of Allesley, Warwickshire, _viz._ Amaryllis Vittata. Arum Colocasia. Azalea Indica. Buddloea Globosa. Bocconia Cordata. Coronilla Glauca, &c. Calla Æthiopica. Cistus Salvifolius. Chrysanthemum Indicum. Camellia Japonica. Cyclamen Persicum. Canna Indica. Cheiranthus Tristis. Dahlia (many varieties.) Daphne Indica. Eucomis Striata. Fuchsia Coccinea. Geranium (several species of the African G.) Hypericum Coris. ---- Crispum. ---- Balearicum. Hydrangea Decolor. Haustonia Coccinea. Hemerocallis Alba. Lavandula Viridis. Lobelia Fulgens. Myrtus Communis. Mesembryanthemum Deltoideum. Melianthus Major. Mimulus Glutinosus. Magnolia Tripetala. Metrosideros Lanceolata. Olea Fragrans. Pittosporum Undulatum. Phylica Ericoides. Protoea Argentea. Punica Nana. Solanum Pseudo-Capsicum. Teucrium Frutescens. ---- Marum. Verbena Triphylla. Westringia Rosmarinacea. [5] _Cabbages_ are ready for the table as early as February; _Turnips_ before the end of March; _Broccoli_, against Christmas; _Green Peas_ are generally ready by the middle of May. But the most remarkable exception, perhaps, to the ordinary routine of the culinary calendar is to be found in the growth of the potatoe. It is customary for the gardeners in the vicinity of Penzance to raise two crops in one year. The first being planted in November is gathered in April, May, and June; the second crop is planted immediately on taking up the first, and as late as to the middle of July. The first or spring crop has, in general, no other defence from the cold of winter than the stable dung used as manure, and it is rarely injured by the frost! Such is the ordinary practice of the market-gardener; but Mr. Bolitho of Chyandour, has constantly new potatoes at Christmas, and through the whole of January and part of February, raised _in the open garden_, with no other shelter than that afforded by some matting during the coldest nights. [6] Mr. Boase has lately published, in the 2d volume of the Transactions of the Cornish Society, a very interesting letter upon this subject, (in the possession of Mrs. Ley of Penzance, who is the present representative of the Daniel family.) It was written, in the reign of Charles II. to the then proprietor of an estate, which included part of the "_Western Green_;" and that _part_ is there estimated at _thirty-six acres of pasturage_! [7] See "A memoir on the submersion of part of the Mount's Bay, by H. Boase, Esq." in the 2d volume of the Cornish Transactions.