Btirr and Sugde/t, 1871.] 



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Dlgswell Prize, a very fine green curled variety i o 



Very Fine Curled, a nice little frame or forcing variety o 4...1 o 



White Curled, very useful o 4...1 e 



IiETTUCE. 



X^iose who are hitcrested in the French mode 0/ cultivating the lettuce under the " Cloche" for supplying 

 Paris market and Covent Garden with superior lettuce during winter and spring, will find every information on 

 the subject in Robinson's " Parks, Promenades, and Gardens of Paris." 



COS LETTUCE. 



Covent Garden Summer Giant White, a first-class variety, forming large close compact hearts, crisp 



and fnefiazvured, does not soon run to seed ,■ confident[y recommended 6d and i 0...2 6 



Covent Garden Summer Giant Green, a first-class variety, large, crisp, and fine-fiavoured, forming 



close compact hearts, like Giant White Cos; recommended (>d. and I 0...2 6 



Covent Garden Winter Giant Brown, black-seeded, the hardiest and best of the Broivn Cos varieties, 

 specially recommended for autumn sowing; it is crisp, rich, and nutty in flavour if tied up 

 for a few days before bein^ cut. In some establishments, where lettuce is highly esteemed, this 



is almost the only one grown the year round (>d. and I 0...2 6 



Covent Garden Winter Giant Wllite. This exceedingly fine variety possesses all the good qualities 

 of the Summer Giant White, but with the hardiness of the Giant Brown Cos ; we confidently 



recommend it for autumn sowing, and also for spring sowing 6d. and r 0...2 6 



Dr. Living'stone, an exceedingly fine stock of "the old black-seeded Brown Cos," the most hardy, 

 robust, and least-easily affected by heat ; when tied up for a few days there is no lettuce equal to 



it for its crisp, rich, 7iutty flavour ; suitable for summer or winterwork I 6. ..3 6 



Walker s Covent Garden Sugarloaf, or self-folding Brown Cos, an excellent self-hearting lettuce, 

 suitable for summer culture on good soils, but as a wittier lettuce it excels. It is very hardy, 

 and by far the best of the self folding J}. S. Brown Cos ; it tvas awarded a First-class Certificate 



from the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1869 I o 



Squire's Wiltshire Cos, black-seeded, the introducer says of this variety " it is a superior self-folding 

 Brown Cos, attaining a good size, and crisp, and good flavour at all seasons, perfectly hardy, 



and slow in running to seed" i 0...2 6 



Duckett s Perfection, black-seeded Brown Cos, an exceedingly fine stock, requires tying i o 



Ivery's Nonsuch Green, syn. Di.xon's Essex Champion, a very large distinct Cos lettuc-e, greatly 



esteemed by many, and by some considered the finest of all, but not by us o 4... I o 



Moor Park, a robust hardy White Cos, suitable either for summer or winter, forming large hearts, 



crisp, and of fine flavour, and not soon running to seed I 0...2 6 



Holme Park, syns. Can't-nm-to-Seed and Rowden's Brown Cos, the most distinct of all lettuces, 



leaves metallic green, the last to go to seed, valuable alike for summer and winter i o 



Dimmick's Victoria White Summer, very large, exceedingly crisp, and of good flavour i o 



Scott's Giant White Cos. It would be impossible to speak too highly of this exceedingly fine 



lettuce ; under good cultivation the hearts are very large, crisp, and sweet 2 6 



Acme White (new), forms a large close fine heart, which is crisp and sweet i 0...2 6 



Vaux' Self -folding' Green Cos ; this variety is described as " of very superior quality and not soon 



running to seed" i 0...2 6 



Paris White, a very superior fine heartmg variety... o 6...1 6 



,, Green, a good variety, only suitable for autumn sowing o 6...1 6 



Bath Cos, black. seeded, very fine o 4...1 o 



„ ,, white seeded, very fine o 4...1 o 



Florence, or Magnum Boniun, black-seeded, very fine variety o 4...1 o 



,, „ ,, white ,, very fine variety o 4...1 o 



" Laitue Vert Maraichfere," recommended by Mr. Robinson for autumn sowing i 0...2 6 



Myatt's Hardy Green, for winter I These lettuce are very highly recommended by Mr. Gilbert, f o 6...1 6 



Simimer White ( Gardener to the Marquis of Exeter. J o 6...1 6 



Bunney s Incomparable Hardy White (green) Cos, a first-class variety, in the way of Moor Park i 6 



Mixed varieties of the Cos o 3...0 9 



OUR OWN SELECTION. 



6 ozs. in 6 best varieties of the above Lettuce 7/6 | 6 pkts. in 6 best varieties of the above Lettuce .., 2/6 



CABBAGE LETTUCE. 



William Robinson (new), a fine globular-formed compact growing lettuce, extremely hardy, and 

 literally all heart, tender, sweet, delicate, and solid ; in a collection of 150 samples it was by 

 far the best in every respect, and throughout the spring months was conspicuous in its distinct- 

 ness from all others. It is a good summer lettuce, but as a wittier lettuce it excels. From its 



compactness it may prove a good "Cloche" variety ij. and 2 6 



Covent Garden Winter, one of the best hardy growing winter Cabbage Lettuce o 6...1 6 



„ „ Summer, a fine hearting variety, which does not soon run to seed o 6...1 6 



,, ,, long-standing Summer, a first-class light green variety, with large compact hearts 



of excellent quality ; does not sooti run to seed i 0...2 6 



All the Year Round, a very hardy compact summer or winter Lettuce, solid, and crisp i o 



Berlin White Summer, an excellent compact, white, solid, and crisp variety o 6...1 6 



Drumhead, syn. Malta, and Ice Cos, afine crisp, light green crinkled summer Lettuce o 4...1 o 



Neapolitan, large and very fine dark green crinkled summer Lettuce o 6...1 6 



Bossin, the largest Lettuce cultivated ; a monster variety of White Batavian, of excellent quality, 



and where quantity is an object, is exceedingly useful i o 



Leyden White Dutch, a first-rate variety, literally all heart, compact and light green o 6...1 6 



,, Green Dutch, resembles the above, except in colour, which is dark green o 6.,.i 6 



Wheeler's Tom Thumb. This is the long-stander of the miniature Cabbage Lettuce tribe, a good 



"Cloche" variety, with nice little white solid hearts o 6...1 6 



Victoria, an excellent hardy variety, suitable for summer or winter o 6...1 6 



Bro'wn Dutch 'White Seeded, a very fine variety, for summer and winter use o 4...1 o 



Lee's Immense Hardy Green Winter, said to attain twice the size of " Hammersmith " i o 



Hardy Green, or Hammersmith, the hardiest variety for winter o 4...1 o 



Nonsuch, a large and very fine early spring variety o 4...1 o 



Stanstead Park Eclipse, one of the hardiest and best varieties for winter 6d. and i 0...2 6 



Stone Tennis Ball, a nice little Lettuce, with a solid white heart, like "TomThumb'' o 4...1 o 



'"Laltue Blonde d Etii ;" Mr. Robinson describes this as a fine summer variety i 0 . 2 6 



" Laitue de la Passion," the Paris market winter lettuce i 0...2 6 



" Laitue Gotte, or Gau," Mr. Robinson describes this Paris variety as a " nice little lettuce" i 0...2 6 



