486 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. XXVIII. 



planted out, a few Eadishes, Leeks, or Carrots are sown between 

 the Lettuces. Generally speaking, these Cos Lettuces are fit to 

 gather towards the end of April or the beginning of May. Some 

 market-gardeners also sow Cos during the month of August, 

 which, planted out in hotbeds under bell-glasses, are generally fit 

 for gathering in December and January. 



GoTTB Lettuce. — This Lettuce cannot be raised in the same 

 way as the Petite Noire, because it will not come to perfection 

 without plenty of air. It is not so early as the Petite Noire, but 

 is much esteemed, growing larger and more perfect than that 

 variety. The Gotte Lettuce is sown from the 20th to the 25th 

 of October on a sloping bed, and the 

 same method of after-treatment is adopted 

 as in forcing the Petite Noire, although 

 it is less damaged by frost. Being a later 

 kind, it may be left in the bed until the 

 Letu^e cctie. pg^.^^.^ jj^j^.^ jg ^^ gathered, when it may 



be used to fill the vacant places in the hotbeds. The manure of 

 the hotbeds should be left undisturbed, but the soil in the frames 

 should be well forked and made even. Towards the end of 

 January or beginning of February the Gotte should be planted in 

 the frames. It should have plenty of air, whenever the weather 

 will allow it, by propping up the back of the light. If the 

 Lettuce does not heart early when protected, the light should be 

 removed as soon as the fine weather makes its appearance, so as to 

 allow it to come to perfection in the open air. Instead of planting 

 the Gotte Lettuce in a fraine, it may be planted on a hotbed under 

 cloches arranged in three rows, three plants being placed under 

 each, taking care to preserve them from frost in the usual way, 

 and to give them air whenever the weather will permit. It may 

 also be planted in the open ground under a cloche. The earth is 

 well dug and raked, and an inch and a half of well-decomposed 

 stable-manure thrown over it, smoothed and flattened. The 

 cloches are then placed in alternate lines, with three plants under 

 each. "When the plants have struck, air should be given them 

 whenever possible. This variety when planted in frames at the 

 end of January, arrives at perfection by the end of March ; when 

 planted under cloches in February, at the beginning of April ; 



