CABBAGE LETTUCE 



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Malta, or Ice, Drumhead Lettuce 

 (\ natural size). 



green. An excellent winter Lettuce, keeping well and very pro- 

 ductive. Although hardy enough for the Paris winter, in mild 

 climates its good qualities are seen to perfection. Being of 

 compact growth, it may be planted 

 close. 



Lebceuf Lettuce ( White- 

 seeded). Young plant dark green ; 

 leaves very large, the first spa- 

 thulate and flat, the succeeding 

 ones shorter, crimped at the base, 

 with broad white midribs, and 

 more like the leaves of a Cos 

 than those of a Cabbage Lettuce. 

 Head of full-grown plant tolerably 

 like that of a Cos Lettuce, com- 

 posed of leaves pressed close to, 

 but not regularly overlapping, 

 one another ; outer leaves elongated, erect for a portion of their 

 length, and then turned backwards near the end, all more or 

 less folded in the direction of the midrib, and folded, crimped, 

 and often twisted at the edges. The plant is 7 or 8 in. in diameter, 

 and as much, or even more, in height. Except that its leaves are 

 somewhat stouter and larger, this variety is tolerably like a Ground 

 Cos Lettuce. It has the peculiarity of frequently producing shoots 

 at the base of the head. 



In addition to the summer Lettuces already described, the 

 following varieties appear to us the best and most distinct: 



Bellegarde Cabbage Lettuce ( White-seeded}. A tall, broad 

 plant, the head surrounded with large leaves, which are cut and 

 deeply toothed on the edges. In general appearance it resembles 

 the Large Bossin Cabbage Lettuce, but is smaller and rather more 



deeply coloured. 



Brown Cabbage Lettuce 

 ( Yellow-seeded}. This variety comes 

 very near the Brown Dutch Lettuce 

 in shape, colour, and general ap- 

 pearance, but differs from it in 

 having the leaves more crimped 

 and of a rather redder tinge, and 

 differs entirely from it in the yellow 

 colour of the seed. In Anjou there 

 is another yellow-seeded kind grown, 

 which must not be confounded with 

 this one. The Anjou variety is small, entirely green, and is chiefly 

 adapted for winter culture, but it is not very extensively dis- 

 tributed, nor does it seem deserving of being more so. 



Lebceuf Lettuce. 



