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dull green, short, rounded, and often hollowed like a spoon. The 

 head is compact, of medium size, a little longer than broad, and 

 frequently tinged with red on the upper part ; it preserves its shape 

 for a long time. The axillary buds of the lower leaves sometimes 



become developed into sprouts or 

 shoots, which are rarely of any 

 great size. In Italy this Lettuce 

 is said to grow well all the year 

 round, but, from our experience 

 of it, it is chiefly valuable as an 

 autumn and winter Lettuce in the 

 neighbourhood of Paris. 



Laitue de Neris. A fine 



Mortatella Cabbage Lettuce. sum er Lettuce very much re- 



sembling the Mogul Lettuce, 



except that it is much lighter in colour. It is very much grown 

 and highly thought of in the central parts of France. 



New Gem Cabbage Lettuce. A pretty little kind, with a 

 compact head, almost devoid of outer leaves. It takes up very 

 little space when growing, and produces a comparatively large 

 and very solid head. In general appearance the plant is rather 

 like the Roquette Lettuce, but is somewhat larger growing, and 

 does not bear the winter. 



Pas de Calais Cabbage Lettuce. Young plant of a uniform 

 dark green colour ; leaves elongated spoon-shaped, slightly angular 

 at the margin, and toothed and undulated towards the base. The 

 full-grown plant is stout, and rather like the Mogul Cabbage* Lettuce, 

 but differing from it notably in the total absence of brown spots from 

 the leaves. It is also somewhat taller, and the head is more ovoid 

 in shape and of a bronzy, rather than a red, colour in the parts 

 exposed to the sun. Seed black. x 



Laitue Rose, ou Rouge d'Ete. A very distinct variety, not 

 spotted, but very deeply tinged with brownish red on the edges 

 of the leaves and on the head. It is something like a brown 

 winter Lettuce, but more deeply coloured, and the head is taller. 

 It is very suitable for growing in the latter end of spring, and in 

 summer and autumn, and is often to be met with in the Central 

 Market at Paris. 



Red Cabbage Lettuce (Laitue Rouge Chartreuse}. This fine 

 variety has the same shape and, to a certain extent, the same 

 appearance as the Palatine Lettuce, but it is not spotted, and 

 the colour of the leaves is a much more decided red. It is a 

 good summer variety, and will also bear the winter, if not toe 

 severe. Seed black. 



Spotted Cabbage Lettuce (White-seeded^. A rather compact 

 variety, with rounded, twisted leaves, forming a close and very 



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