196 SALAD PLANTS. 



Brown Head green, tinted with brown, remarkably 



Marseilles large, not compactly, but regularly formed. 



BKOW!?BATA-* ^ ie diameter of a well-grown plant is eighteen 



inches, and its weight twenty-eight ounces. 



The seeds are white. 



This Lettuce, though somewhat hard, is brittle and mild- 

 flavored, but is better when cooked than when served in its 

 crude state as a salad. It is a hardy, late sort, succeeds 

 well in winter, and retains its head a long period, but is 

 rarely employed for forcing, on account of its size, one of 

 the plants occupying, in a frame or hot-bed, the space of two 

 plants of average dimensions. 



Early or Head roundish, usually well formed, and 



Summer , . ., _ ' 



Cape. moderately close and firm : when divided, it 



ROYAL CAPE. ig vellowisll to the centre . The plants, when 

 fully grown, measure nearly a foot in diameter, and weigh 

 from six to ten ounces. 



The variety is not well adapted for forcing, or for early 

 culture in the open ground. As a summer Lettuce, it is one 

 of the best, enduring the heat well, and not running soon to 

 seed. Though not so crisp and brittle as some of the winter 

 or spring grown varieties, it is well flavored and of good 

 quality. It is similar to the Summer or Royal Cabbage. 



Early White A small spring Cabbage Lettuce, growing 



Spring or 

 Black-seeded close to the ground. Its heart is hard and 



Trans'. firm, and measures four inches in diameter 

 when stripped of its outer leaves ; color pale 

 green ; weight rarely above four ounces. 



This Lettuce comes early into use, and, besides, is of ex- 

 cellent flavor ; but its chief merit is that it remains longer 

 than almost any other sort before running to seed, and even 

 sometimes bursts before the flower-stem is formed. It is 

 one of the smallest of the Cabbage Lettuces, and somewhat 

 resembles the Tennis-ball. 



