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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Black-seeded Florence, or Magnum Bonum, Cos Lettuce. 



Leaves of young plant spathulate, large, longish, bluntly toothed, 



and tinged with pale 

 brown at the base and 

 on the veins and edges. 

 The plant is throughout 

 much paler in colour 

 than the young plant 

 of the preceding variety. 

 Head of full-grown 

 plant elongated, seldom 

 forming unless tied up; 

 outer leaves very long 

 and broad, pale green 

 or yellow, slightly tinged 

 with russet on the parts 

 exposed to the sun, 

 finely crimped, more 

 pointed, and apparently 

 White Long-standing Cos Lettuce. thinner in texture, than 



those of the preceding 



kind. They also form a broader rosette, this being often 20 in. 



in diameter. 



White Long-standing Cos Lettuce (B lack-seeded}. Young 



plant pale green, leaves spathulate, with long stalks, curved 



outwards and moderately 



toothed. Resembles the 



Florence Cos Lettuce, but 



its leaves are more numerous 



and stouter, and its head is 



firmer. Much grown in the 



south-west of France, and 



it keeps its heads well during 



the hot summer, when some 



popular varieties head badly 



and run rapidly to seed. 

 Balloon Cos Lettuce 



(Black - seeded). Young 



plant a pale, clear green 



colour ; leaves erect, rather 



narrow, toothed on the en- 

 tire margin, the teeth on 



the lower half being long 



and sharp, while those to- 

 wards the end of the leaf are faintly marked ; the veins of the 



leaf, also, are not very clearly defined there. Full-grown plant 



Balloon Cos Lettuce ( natural size). 



