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Laege White French. — A fine large white va- 

 riety, catalogued by Gregory and others in 1890. 

 Yilmorin calls it half- early. 



Largest Asiatic. — Taller and larger than 

 the common Asiatic, but apparently no longer 

 grown. The Gardener'' s Chronicle for 1848 men- 

 tions its a being sold by Messrs. Schertzer, of 

 Haarlem. 



^.Laing's Early Advance. — A writer in the Gar- 

 deners Chronicle, for 1891, p. 121, states that he 

 has grown it for the past three years and finds it 

 a good variety, with close white heads of moderate 

 size, protected by many well-incurved leaves, and 

 ready for use about five months from the time of 

 sowing the seed. 



Late Dutch {Large Late Dutch). — Sold by sev- 

 eral American seedmen. Probably distinct from 

 Early Dutch. 



Late Lenormand Short-Stem, see Lenormand 

 Short- Stem. 



Late London (Burpee and Ferry). — Xo descrip- 

 tion. See Asiatic and Large Early London. 

 ' Late Paris (Dur de Paris). — This, said Yilmorin 

 in 1883, is the latest variety cultivated by the 

 market gardeners around Paris. It differs from 

 the Half Early Paris, especially in being a little 

 later, and in having its head remain hard and solid 

 a long time; but it is also distinguished by the ap- 



