366 SALAD PLANTS. 



The plant sends out numerous side-shoots, or suckers, and 

 sometimes produces several distinct heads ; these, however, 

 are generally loosely formed, and not of the fine, tender 

 quality of the Paris varieties. 



Oak-leaved The Oak-leaved Lettuce produces no head, 

 Cos. Vil. 



but forms a loose and open heart at the centre 



of the plant. The leaves are numerous, bronze-green, and 

 deeply cut, or lobed, on the margin, in the form of the leaves 

 of some species of the oak. The seeds are black. 



The plants put forth fresh sprouts after having been 

 cut ; but the quality is inferior, and the variety is rarely 

 cultivated. 



Red 'Winter Foliage deep brown, smooth, and glossy, 

 gathered at the centre of the plant into a loose 

 heart, rather than head. Seeds black. 



The hardiness of this lettuce is its principal merit. It is 

 little affected by severe weather, and, as a sort for winter 

 culture, is desirable. When grown in summer, it is of 

 poor quality. 



Spotted Cos. This variety is similar to the White-seeded, 

 seeded.) Vil. and, like it, forms no head ; the leaves are 



BED-SPOTTED. 



ALEPPO.' green, much stained or clouded with brown- 

 ish-red, erect, firm, rounded at the ends, concave or spoon- 

 shaped, and grouped at the centre into a long and compara- 

 tively close heart. 



It is crisp and well flavored, but attains its greatest perfec- 

 tion only when the outer leaves are tied loosely together 

 about the top of the plant. 



Spotted Cos. Like the preceding, this variety forms no 

 seeded. 1 ) & ~Vil. head; but the interior leaves are formed into 



