Chap. XXVIII.] 



SALADS IN PAEIS. 



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and when planted under cloches or in frames at the end of 

 February, towards the middle of April. 



The Passion Lettuce — -Laitue de la Passion, as it is called — is 

 the only Winter Lettuce grown in the neighbourhood of Paris in 

 the open air. It is sown from the 15th of August to the 15th 

 of September, according to the soil which is to receive it, and is 

 pricked out rather thinly in October. It is generally left unpro- 

 tected through the winter ; however, it is prudent to defend it 

 against severe frosts by covering it with long litter, which is taken 

 off and put on again as often as necessary. This Lettuce is 

 generally fit for gathering towards Passion Week, from which 

 circumstance it derives its name. As regards the best varieties of 

 Lettuce of the Paris gardens for the different seasons, I am indebted 

 for the following note to M. Henri Vilmorin of Paris. " Forcing 

 kinds : Crepe a Graine Noire (Petite Noire) and Gotte ; for spring 

 use, Gotte a Bord Eouge and Blonde d'fite ; for summer use. Blonde 

 de Versailles and Batavia Blonde; for autumn. Palatine; for 

 winter and early spring. Passion and Morine ; and for all the year 

 round, White Paris Cos. 



The Babbe de Captjcin is the most common of all salads in Paris 



Barbe de Ca^ucin. 



in the winter and early spring. It is perhaps too bitter for some 

 r L. !,,■,+ i^ well worthy of culture m small gardens, being so 

 fefy'eSSy forced when other salads are scarce. This salad 

 may be had with the least amount of trouble in a cellar, or 

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