208 SALAD PLANTS. 



When full grown, the entire diameter of the plant is fifteen 

 or sixteen inches, and its weight twenty-four ounces. The 

 seeds are white. 



It is considered one of the best of the Gos Lettuces, and, 

 though not so hardy as the Brown Cos, is a good variety for 

 forcing, and furnishes a tender, well-flavored head during 

 summer. Whether for spring, summer, or autumn, it is an 

 excellent sort. It attains a large size, is of a fine green 

 color, and, " from the manner in which the outer leaves 

 cove over the interior ones, blanches well without having to 

 be tied together." 



It has a tender, brittle leaf; is some days earlier than 

 the White Paris ; and is the principal variety employed 

 by the market - gardeners of Paris for cultivating under 

 glass. 



Green "Win- Head elongated, somewhat of the form of 

 terCos. Vil. . ,. 



the preceding variety ; deep green, and not 



forming well, unless the exterior leaves are tied together at 

 the tips. The seeds are black. 



It blanches well ; but the ribs and nerves of the leaves are 

 somewhat coarse and hard. Well adapted to winter cul- 

 ture, but, as a summer lettuce, of little value. 



White Paris The head of this variety has the form of the 

 Vil. Mdnt. Green Paris, and blanches well without tying. 

 DO " E The extreme diameter of the entire plant, when 



SUPERB WHITE 



well grown, is fourteen inches, and its weight 

 nearly twenty-four ounces. The seeds are white. 



This is the sort most generally grown by the London 

 market-gardeners, millions of it being produced annually 

 within a few miles of London alone ; and it has been adopted 

 almost exclusively by the gardeners of Paris for cultivation 

 in the open air. Next to the Green Paris Cos, this is the 

 best, the largest, and the longest in running to seed, of all 

 the summer lettuces. It is tender, brittle, and mild fla- 



