At a November meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, Mr. Meehan exhibited a specimen of a cabbage which had, before blossoming, grown to the unusual height of three feet, the spiral coil of the stem, which was to the left, having been thus drawn out without any corresponding increase in the number of leaf scars. The Cabbage, in its natural condition, is an insignificant plant, without any such head of leaves as makes it of commercial value when cultivated. The desired effect is produced by sowing the seeds of the wild cabbage at a period of the year so late as not to allow the formation of flowers, in which case the vegetative vigor of the plant is expended in the production of the mass of leaves, which become better developed and denser as the process of cultivation continues.