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1612, six; in 1690, twenty-one; in 1829, forty; in 18838, one 
hundred and thirteen. For Holland, in 1720, forty-seven. For 
England, in 1597, six; in 1629, nine; in 1726, nine; in 1763, 
fifteen; in 1765, eighteen; in 1807, fourteen. In America, in 
1806, sixteen ; in 1885, eighty-seven. 
The cabbage and cos lettuces are the sorts now principally 
grown, but various other kinds, such as the curled, are frequently, 
and the sharp-leaved, oak-leaved, etc., occasionally, as novelties. 
In this large class, I shall content myself with offering the syn- 
onymy of a few of the varieties now known, and which shall indi- 
cate the antiquity of our cultivated types. 
I. The Lanceolate-leaved Type. 
Lactuca longifolia. Bauh. phytopin., 1596, 200. 
Lattuga franzese. Cast. Dur., 1617, 244, cum ic. 
Lactuca folio oblongo acuto. Bauh. pin., 1623, 125; prod., 1671, 60, 
cum ic 
Lactuca longo at valde angusto folio. J. Bauh., 1651, ii., 999, cum ie. ; 
Chabr., 1677, 313, cum ic. 
Deer Tongue. Greg., 1883. 
II. The Cos Type. 
Pena and Lobel,! in 1570, say that this form is but rarely grown 
in France and Germany, although common in the gardens of Italy ; 
and Heuze? says it was brought from Rome to France by Rabelais 
in 1537. 
Lactura florescens, Cam. epit., 1586, 299, cum ic. 
Lactuca intybacea, Lombard Lettuce. Ger., 1597, 240, eum ic. 
ca foliis endivie. Matth. op., 1598, 399, cum ic. 
Lactuca Romana longa dulcis. J. Bauh., 1651, ii., 998, cum ic.; Chabr., 
Romaines. Vil,, 1883, 307. 
We can reasonably believe the lettuce of Camerarius to be very 
close to the Florence Cos. The Lombard lettuce was grown as a 
sport in the garden of the New York Agricultural Experiment 
Station, in 1886, and the figures by Bauhin and Chabreeus may well 
be the Paris Cos, I would not be understood, however, as imply- 
, Pena and Lobel. Adv., 1570, 90. 
Heuze. Les Pl. Alim., i., V. 
