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THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. XXIX. 



low ; Russian ; Grecian or Athenian ; 

 snake ; Arada. 



Dandelion, improved. 



Egg-plant, long and round purple, 

 long white, striped, black. 



Endive, Italian, Ruffec, Rouen ; 

 Batavian en cornet, for winter. 



Evening Primrose, salad. 



Fedia cornucopia, salad. 



Fennel, sweet (in the south). 



Gourd, potiron jaune. 



Holy Thistle (young leaves for 

 salad). 



Hops (young shoots like Asparagus). 



Ice-plant, salad 



Kohl Rabi, Artichoke-leaved. 



Leek, yellow Poitou. 



Lentil. 



Lettuce, early Paris market (for 

 forcing only) ; yellow Berlin ; brown 

 Genoa ; blonde Versailles ; Bossin ; 

 Perpignan ; spotted ; winter, large 

 white cabbage. 



(Cos), spotted ; blood-red for 



winter ; Artichoke-leaved. 



(for cutting young), Oak- 

 leaved ; yellow Dutch ; curled ; Lactuca 

 perennis ; Lactuca augustana. 



Lotus tetragonolobus. 



Martynia proboscidea, pickling. 



Melon (Open ground), cavaillon, 

 maraicher, and de Tours. 



(Cantalou]}), uoir des 



Carnies, prescott a chassis, fond blanc 

 (these three chiefly for Paris market). 



Nettle (young and tender leaves 

 for salad). 



Nigella aromatica (seasoning). 



Okra, long and short (for pickling 

 and sauce). 



Onions, pale red Niort ; Pear-shaped ; 

 Trdbons ; Catawissa. 



OxALis, yellow, white, and red 

 (roots and leaves). 



Patience Dock (like Sorrel and 

 Spinach). 



Peas, clamart, early and late ; purple 

 podded, Sabel, Leopold 11. 



(Sugar), tall ; giant grey- 

 seeded ; grey seeded ; white podded ; 

 yellow podded; very dwarf; dwarf 

 white wrinkled. 



Pepper or Capsicum, all the varieties, 

 chiefly in the south for pickling, also 

 roasted with oil and vinegar. 



Physalis pubescens (yellow Alke- 

 kengi). 



Picridium vulgare, salad. 



Plantago coronopus, salad. 



Potato, Marjolin (the earliest) ; 

 Saucisse ; Reine blanche ; Vitelotte 

 (salad). 



Purslane, yellow, for salad ; green, 

 for boiling. 



Radish, early rose turnip ; exti'a 

 early white turnip ; purple turnip ; 

 black turnip ; large Gournay ; long 

 white green top ; long purple ; long 

 Rave tortille'e du Mans. 



Rampion, salad. 



Raphanus caudatus. 



Rocket (Brassica eruca), salad. 



Rush Nut (roots). 



Salsify (leaves blanched for salad). 



ScoLYMus hispanicus (like Salsify). 



Shallot (the true kind, not that 

 now used in London). 



Skirret, for the roots. 



Sorrel (daily in Paris). 



Spinach, Lettuce-leaved ; large 

 Viroflay. 



Sweet Potato (in sorts). 



Swiss chard, curled. 



Turnip, des vertus marteau ; de 

 Means ; de Teltau ; long black ; early 

 white strap leaf; de Bortsl'eld. 



Water Chestnut, boiled. 



Yams (in varieties). 



