LEEK. 



POIRREAU. Allium porrum. 



VARIETIES. 



Scotch, or Flag j Large London. 



THIS is a wholesome and useful herb, and is so hardy as 

 "to endure the extremes of heat and cold without injury. The 

 seed may be sown in March, or early in April, on a bed of 

 rich earth, in drills about an inch deep, and of a sufficient 

 distance apart to admit of a small hoe working between the 

 rows, allowing one ounce of seed for every three thousand 

 plants that may be required. 



If the ground be kept loose and clean around the plants, 

 they will be fit to transplant in June, or early in July, and 

 should be set out in good ground, in rows twelve inches 

 asunder, and the plants five or six inches apart in the rows. 

 They will grow well in a warm border, which at this season 

 is useless for many kinds of vegetables. After the plants 

 have taken root, they should be frequently hoed, and kept 

 free from weeds. 



Those who wish to have leeks blanched, may plant theiii 

 in trenches three or four inches deep, ^and as the plants 

 progress in growth, the earth should be drawn by a hoe into 

 the trenches. 



LETTUCE. 



LAITUE. Lactuca saliva crispa. 



VARIETIES. 



Large Green head. 

 Dutch, or. Cabbage. 

 Tennis Ball, or Rose. 

 Madeira, or Passion. , g-3 

 Large Green Curled. ' ff 



Egyptian Green Coss. 



Early Silesia. 

 Imperial, or Sugar Loaf. 

 Pale Green, or Butter. 

 Grand Admiral. 

 Large Summer Silesia. 

 Brighton, or Loaf Coss. 



IT would be easy to furnish a more extensive catalogue 

 of Lettuce, as the varieties are numerous ; but as this is one 

 <of those kinds of vegetables that can only be raised in per- 



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