COMMON CORN-SALAD, OR LAMB'S-LETTUCE 253 



Round-leaved Corn-salad (5 natural size). 



USES. The whole of the plant is used as a salad, and an 



excellent and distinct salad it is, far too little used in England. 



This forms with the oujer 



stalks of Celery one of the 



best mixed salads. 



Round - leaved Corn- 

 salad. A very distinct 



variety, differing from the 



Common kind in having 



much shorter leaves, which 



are narrow at the base and 



widen upwards into an oval, 



almost rounded, blade. They 



also stand half-erect, instead 



of spreading on the ground, 



like those of the Common 



kind, and are lighter green 



in colour, with the veins 



much less marked. The 



plant is productive and of rapid growth, and is the kind which 



is almost exclusively grown by the market-gardeners around Paris. 



When sown in good soil in August, and kept carefully free from 



weeds, it is wonderfully 

 productive. 



Large-seeded Corn- 

 salad. A strong-grow- 

 ing kind, differing from 

 the Common Corn-salad 

 in the greater size of 

 the plant, and also of 

 the seed, which is nearly 

 twice as large as that 

 of the other kind. The 

 leaves, like those of the 

 Common kind, are com- 

 paratively narrow for 

 their length, and are 

 slightly gray-green, and 

 marked with numerous 

 secondary veins. This 

 variety is very much 

 grown in Holland and 



Large-seeded Corn-salad. 



Germany. 



Golden Corn-salad. 



This variety probably sprang from the Round-leaved Corn-salad; 

 which it resembles in size and habit, but differs from it in the 



