250 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



For earliest use I often set a row of cold-frame-wintered (or 

 hot-bed-grown) plants between two rows sown with early 

 cabbages, which is merely a modification of the method of grow- 

 ing lettuce for early market in alternate rows with cabbages. 



VARIETIES. 



These are exceedingly numerous ; and many nev. varieties, 

 both for market and home use, are being introduced every year. 

 Indeed we have so many really good sorts that the selection of a 

 few is not without difficulty. Yet we can take any one out of 

 dozens of them, and feel perfectly satisfied with our bargain. 



Tennisballj Boston Market. 

 — Well adapted for forcing under 

 glass ; very early, of medium size, 

 and a reliable header. 



Salamandefo — A favorite with 

 eastern market gardeners, and j'^et 

 in the front rank as a market 



Green Fnnged Salamander 



variety, as it makes 

 large and firm heads, 

 and endures the sum- 

 mer heat well, although 

 in the latter respect 

 it is now surpassed 

 by many newer intro- 

 ductions. 



Hanson. — An old 

 favorite for market in 

 the New England 

 States. A good, reliable 

 header, but perhaps 

 surpassed in many Ohio Cabbage, 



characteristics by the recently introduced Improved Hanson. 



Boston Curled and 



Green Fringed. — These form somewhat loose heads, and 

 therefore not adapted for market purposes ; but their curled or 

 fringed masses of foliage make them attractive for the home garden. 



Buttercup. — The most delicate appearing of any lettuce I 

 am acquainted with. Only medium in size, but the heads are 

 firm, and foliage of a most pleasing beautiful golden color, which 

 would naturally suggest the name given it. It is one of the 

 varieties that has come to stay in my garden. 



Ohio Cabbage. — A beautiful summer lettuce, of very large 

 size, firm head, tender and reliable. Also good for early. 



