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than either, but at the same time not so tender or delicate in 

 flavour. It is especially suitable for the south of France, where it 

 can be grown in winter. 



Romaine Frisee Bayonnaise ; R. Parisienne ; R. du Mexique, 

 — Under these three names two or three kinds of Cos Lettuces are 

 grown which are rather like the Brown Batavian Lettuce. Like it, 

 they are of vigorous and rapid growth, but somewhat leathery in 

 texture. They are suitable for warm climates, and should be tied 

 up in order to blanch the leaves and make them tender. 



Romaine Chicon Jaune Superieure. — This may be considered 

 as merely a sub-variety of the White-seeded Florence Cos, from 

 which it is distinguished by having a shorter and entirely light- 

 coloured head. 



Magdalena Cos Lettuce. — Closely allied to the Giant Cos, but 

 taller and hghter in colour. The leaves are large, pale, and tinged 

 / with red, especially at the edges. The plant almost heads of itself 

 without being tied up. The head is not very solid. Seed black. 



Dwarf ^A/'hite-heart Cos Lettuce. — Of American origin ; 

 resembles the White Paris Cos Lettuce. 



SMALL or CUTTING LETTUCES 



French. Laitues a couper. German^ Schnitt-Salat. Dutch, Snij salade. Italian, 

 Lattuga da taglio. Spanish, Lechuguino. 



A certain number of varieties of Lettuce never form a head, but 

 compensate, as it were, for this by producing a great abundance 

 of leaves, which grow again after being cut, thus furnishing a large 

 supply of green vegetables in a limited space. These are known 

 by the general name of Cutting Lettuces, and a certain number of 

 ^ kinds are in cultivation. Sometimes some of the Early White 

 Cabbage Lettuces are treated as Cutting Lettuces, especially the 

 Crisped Lettuce and the Georges Lettuce, but the varieties which 

 we are about to describe never form a head, and consequently can 

 never be grown except as Cutting Lettuces. 



White Cutting Lettuce ( White-seeded). — A variety with spathu- 

 late leaves, which become shorter and rounder as the plant advances 

 in growth, with almost entire edges, slightly waved and toothed 

 towards the base. If the leaves are not cut when the plant is young, 

 the central ones become folded and rumpled so as to form a kind 

 "of heart, but not a true head. The plant soon runs to seed. This 

 variety is chiefly grown in frames. 



Black-seeded Cutting Lettuce. — A very distinct variety, 

 forming a tuft lo to 12 in. broad, dense and matted, and somewhat 

 resembling a Curled Endive. Leaves cut into rounded lobes, 

 twisted and puckered, of a rather dark green on the upper surface 

 and somewhat gray underneath. This is a hardy and very productive 



