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Brown or Bath Ccs, a very hardy sort, can be cultivated 

 under a wall or fence all Winter, when it will come to use very 

 early in Spring. 



Paris Cos, a fine variety, grows strong and upright, very 

 crisp, and one of the best of the Cos. It is improved by tying 

 up eight or ten days before it is cut. 



Green Cos, a very hardy sort, rather coarse-growing ; but 

 when tied up a few days before being cut, it becomes much more 

 tender. 



CULTURE. The soil best adapted for the growth of Lettuce, 

 is a light, deep, rich, sandy loam, well worked and manured. 

 The roots are very fibrous, and go in search of food to a great 

 depth and breadth. Where there are only a few sorts culti- 

 vated, they will require a continued succession of sowings, but 

 where there is a proper variety, four or five sowings in the year 

 will keep the table well supplied. It is one of the few vege- 

 tables that can be had in perfection throughout the year, by 

 judicious management. It is a crop too that can be introduced 

 b-etween other crops, without any disadvantage, by transplanting 

 from the seed-bed on every suitable occasion. For sorts that 

 will be in use in June, July, and August, sow Early Cabbage, 

 Royal Cabbage, Drumhead, Silesean, and Indian, on a bed of 

 rich, light ground, as early in March as the season will admit. 

 Sow a few of each again about the end of April. Sow Early 

 Cabbage, Royal Cabbage, and Victoria, in August, and about 

 the fifteenth of September a general sowing of all the sorts. 

 The Brown Dutch, and other heading kinds for planting in 

 drills, to stand out all Winter, as recommended for Early York 

 Cabbage ; the Early Cabbage Lettuce, for heading in frames 

 during Winter ; and the other sorts to be transplanted into 

 boxes, very closely, about the middle or end of October, and 

 protected with boards or shutters during Winter, giving plenty 

 of air every mild day. See that they are not preyed upon by 

 slugs ; if so, a dusting of air-slacked lime or soot will destroy 



