Catturn Satitia. Natural Order: Composite; — Asfcr Family. 



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-•^NE of the most common of vegetables, Lettuce is also among 



' the first to appear on the table in spring, when man as well as 



beast hungers for the green things of the field. Of the many 



kinds, each puts forward some especial claim to our attention, 



oni the loose, curled leaves of the one, to the close, compact 



^ff '^^^ heads of the other; but crisp and tender they must be, to 



'-^C'^ foim the appetizing salads of which they are the chief ingredient. 



li> \^ J-) The} ai e of very ancient cultivation, as they are mentioned by several 



(^ 'j r,^ Latin authors, and the selling of lettuce formed the occupation of people 



'f Ijl^XLin those days as now in our own. Lettuce dealers were called Lactu- 



^Jt-P carius, though they probably sold other vegetables. After the season 



n ] \ v3is over, the plants are allowed to go to seed. The stalk is about two 



^\^ feet high, filled with a milky juice; and the flowers are a pale yellow, 



numerous, but rather small in size. 



HAVE not from vour eyes tliat gentleness 

 And show of love, as I was wont to ha\e. 



—Shaliespcare. 

 VTOUR coldness I heed not, your frown I defy; U^^ heart was all on honor bent, 



^ Your aftection I need not — tlie thne has gone by, ■*■ *■ He could not stoop to love; 



When a blush or a smile on that cheek could beguile No lady in the land had power 



My soul from its safety, with witchery's smile. His frozen heart to move. 



—Mrs. Osgood. — AnoiiymoHS. 



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rOT the basilisk 



More deadly to the sight, than 

 The cool, ingenious eye of frozen ki 



-Gov 



"VTOUR breast is heaped like mountain snows, I do not flatter like a fool — 



^ Your cheek is like a blushing rose, The diamond is a cutting tool. 



Your eyes are black as ripened sloes. The rose is thorny, snow is cool. 



Like diamonds do they glitter. And sloes are very bitter. 



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