COMMON CORN-SALAD, OR LAMB'S-LETTUCE 253 



Round-leaved Corn-salad (| natural size). 



Uses. — The whole of the plant is used as a salad, and an 

 excellent and distinct salad it is, far too little used in England. 

 This forms with the outer 

 stalks of Celery one of the 

 best mixed salads. 



Round - leaved Corn- 

 salad. — A very distinct 

 variety, differing from the 

 Common kind in having 

 much shorter leaves, which 

 are narrow at the base and 

 widen upwards into an oval, 

 almost roundedjblade. They 

 also stand half-erect, instead 

 of spreading on the ground, 

 like those of the Common 

 kind, and are lighter green 

 in colour, with the veins 

 much less marked. The 

 plant is productive and of rapid growth, and is the kind which 

 is almost exclusively grown by the m.arket-gardeners around Paris. 

 When sown in good soil in August, and kept carefully free from 



weeds, it is wonderfully 

 productive. 



Large-seeded Corn- 

 salad. — A strong-grow- 

 ing kind, differing from 

 the Common Corn-salad 

 in the greater size of 

 the plant, and also of 

 the seed, which is nearly 

 twice as large as that 

 of the other kind. The 

 leaves, like those of the 

 Common kind, are com- 

 paratively narrow for 

 their length, and are 

 slightly gray-green, and 

 marked with numerous 

 secondary veins. This 

 variety is very much 

 grown in Holland and 

 Germany. 



Golden Corn-salad. 

 — This variety probably sprang from the Round-leaved Corn-salad, 

 which it resembles in size and habit, but differs from it in the 



Large-seeded Corn-salad. 



