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favoured by a warmer season than this has been, it will doubtless 

 prove a very fine Nectarine. 



4. Cos Lettuces. 



Waiters White Cos.' — A very good lettuce, greener than the 

 White Paris Cos, but not of so dark a green as the Green Paris 

 Cos. Seems intermediate as regards these two ; and like them 

 does not readily run to seed. 



Common White Cos. — Runs to seed much earlier than the 

 preceding. 



Wellington Cos. — Proves to be the same as the Green Paris 

 Cos. 



White Paris Cos. — Of all the varieties of Summer Cos 

 Lettuces, this was the largest., the best, and the longest in running 

 to seed. It was sown April 10th, and had not commenced to 

 run July 27th, when all the other Cos Lettuces, sown on the 

 same day, were showing flower. 



5. Cabbage Lettuces. 



Swedish or Sugar Lettuce. — Received from Schertzer of 

 Haarlem ; proved to be the same as the Laitue de Versailles 

 from Vilmorin. 



Victoria Cabbage Lettuce. — Worthless ; soon runs to seed. 



Laitue de Russie, received from Bossin and Co., Paris. — Too 

 soft and loose ; does not form a crisp, compact heart. 



" A very handsome Cabbage Lettuce." — Received from Mr. 

 Cattell. This appears to be the same as that called by some the 

 Belle Bonne. Leaves fringed, and tinged with reddish brown, 

 and hence objectionable. 



Malta — Laitue de Malte, from Messrs. Vilmorin. — Seeds of 

 this have been frequently distributed by the Society. Sown 

 April 10th ; it was only running partially July 27th. A good 

 Cabbage Lettuce, larger than the Neapolitan ; leaves dentate, 

 their margins not curled, 



Neapolitan Cabbage Lettuce. — Laitue Chou de Naples, from 

 Messrs. Vilmorin. — Sown April 10th ; still remained in the 

 cabbage form, without running, July 27th. Compact, finely 

 blanched, crisp, and tender. Leaves having the margins dentate 

 and a little curled. As in the last season, so in this, it has proved 

 the best Cabbage Lettuce. 



From the investigation of summer Lettuces above detailed, it 

 appears that, for summer use, the White Paris Cos is the best of 

 the Cos Lettuces; that the Malta and Neapolitan are the two 

 best Cabbage Lettuces ; and that various others, reputed new 

 and good, are not deserving of cultivation. 



