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CORN SALAD, OR LAMBS’ LETTUCE. 
Extensively cultivated for the markets of Covent Garden and Paris, forming an exceedingly agreeabU 
variety in salads during the autumn, winter, and spring months. 
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Large-leaved per oz. o 3 | Italian, or broad-leaved per oz. 
CRESS. 
Australian Salad, or Golden-Leaved, delicately tender , and with an agreeable piquant flavour. 
Par summer and autumn use, sow in succession from March to August, and in dry weather, 
water freely, and thin out the plants sufficiently. For winter use, sow in September and 
October , thinning out 3 to 6 inches apart. In spring the leaves are succulent and refreshing... o 
Broad-leaved Garden, larger-leaved than “ Plain Cress,” and by some preferred o 
Plain. leaved, or Common, sow at intervals of a few days all the year round per quart 2 s. o 
Triple- Curled ; the flavour of this Cress is very agreeable for the first two or three cuttings/and 
on the breakfast table it is always acceptable per quart, 2/6 o 
Winter, or American, this resembles the Water-Cress, and is quite as agreeable. By sowing in 
july and August, a constant supply may be had throughout the winter and spring months ... o 
Water-Cress, sow in prepared places in sluggish brooks, and moist situations per pkt. 6 d. 1 
Water-Crees, true Erfurt Sweetest, a small delicate green variety, more esteemed than the 
ordinary sort, from its being less pungent and of a more agreeable flavour, per pkt. is. & 2/6 
ENDIVE. 
This valuable plant should be grown by all who devote even a small portion of ground to salads. The Scarole 
or Batavian Endive is described in " The Parks, Promenades, and Gardens of Paris," by Mr. W. Robinson , as 
occupying a first position amongst French salads, the Paris markets being supplied abundantly with it in autumn 
winter, and spring , the growers tie it up to blanch five days before cutting. pcr pkt> per oz> 
Frasers Improved Bread Leaved, a very hardy superior variety of Batavian o 4 1 o 
Batavian Imperial Green, smooth broad leaves o 
Batavian Imperial White, large and very superior .^ 11 . o 
Extra fine Green Curled, a very superior variety o 
French Moss Curled o 
Digswell Prize, a very fine green variety ... ...... o 
White Curled, very useful o 
Guilande (new) extra fine firm heads " o 4... 
Pencallcre (new), very large variety, with broad green crisped leaves . . ... ...... ........................ ... o 4! 
LETTUCE. 
In our Experimental Grounds in 1871, we grew about 600 different samples of Lettuce, and those enumerated 
area selection of the best, but any others offered in the trade can be supplied, if requited. 
To have Lettuce of really fine quality, the ground should be trenched and thoroughly enriched with manure, 
and during dry weather the plants should r.ceive abundance of wahr. 
COS LETTUCE. per pkt. per oz. 
Covent Garden Summer Giant White Cos, a first-class variety, forming large compact hearts, s. d. s. d. 
crisp and fine-flavoured, does not soon run to seed 61. Sc 1 0...2 6 
Covent Garden Winter Giant Green Cos, a first-class variety, large , crisp, and fine-flavoured, form- 
ing close compact hearts , like Giant White Cos, is the best of tin Green Cos varieties ...6d. Sc 1 0...2 6 
Covent Garden Winter Brown Cos., black-seeded, the hardiest and best of the Brown Cos varieties, 
specially recommended for autumn-sowing ; it is crisp, rich, and nutty in flavour, and should 
be tied up for a few days before being cut. In families, where a dry nutty-flavoured lettuce 
is preferred, this is the one grown throughout the year 6 d. Sc 1 0...2 6 
Covent Garden Summer Brown Cos. white-seeded ; this fine variety possesses the excellent qualities 
of the Covent Garden Winter Brown Cos, but is self-folding , and does not soon run to seed, 
it being very hardy may be sown in spring and autumn ... 6d 8c 
Covent Garden Winter Giant White Cos. This exceedingly fine varietv possesses all the good 
qualities of the Summer Giant White Cos, with the hardiness of the Winter Brown Cos ; it is, 
therefore, confidently recommended both for autumn and spring-sowing 6 d. Sc 1 
Leviathan Cos (Cooling), this fine new lettuce is remarkable for its great size, broad leaves, hardiness 
and remaining a long time in good condition x 
Walker s Covent Garden Sugarloaf Cos, or self-folding Brown Cos, an excellent seif -hearting 
lettuce , suitable for summer culture on good soils, but as a winter lettuce it is most valued. 
It. is very hardy, and one of the best of the self-folding Black- Seeded Brown Cos varieties o 
Jefferies' Little Queen Cos, forms a small solid heart, and is earlier than any other Cos 1 
Northern King White Cos is described as standing the severest winter, and coming into use early 
tn spring , with the good quality of not soon running to seed 1 
Moor Park Cos, syn. Prince of Wales, a robust hardy White Cos, for summer or winter use, 
forming large, crisp, fine-flavoured hearts, and not soon running to seed 1 0...2 
Paris White Cos, selected stock, a very superior self-folding variety o ' 
Paris Green Cos, selected stock, a good hardy self-folding variety for autumn-sowing o 
Bath Cos, black-seeded, very fine hardy variety for autumn-sowing o 
Bath Cos, white-seeded ; this fine variety is self-folding and excellent to sow in spring and autumn o 
Mixed Summer Cos, per pkt., 4d. ; per oz., $d. | Mixed Winter C03 o 
OUR OWN SELECTION. 
6 packets in 6 best varieties of the above 3/6 & 5/6 | 3 packets in 3 best varieties of the above 
CABBAGE LETTUCE. 
Tho<ic who have passed through the markets of London and Paris, when the ground has been frost-bound for 
iveeks, have no doubt been struck with the quantity of delicate, succulent, light green Lettuce in hampers ; these 
are the Laitue Petit Noire, produced by the Paris market gardeners under the Cloche. For details of culture, see 
Robinson's "Parks, Promenades, and Gardens of Paris." 
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William Robinson, a fine globular-formcd, compact-growing lettuce, extremely hardy, and 
literally all heart, tender, sweet, delicate, and solid 1 
Barr s Paragon, compact medium size, very firm, all heart, sweet and tender, docs not soon run to 
seed. By successional sowings this fine variety may be had eaily in Spring to late in Autumn 1 
Covent Garden Winter White, larger and finer than “ Hardy Hammersmith," turns in more freely, 
is equally hardy and a most desirable variety o 
Covent Garden Summer White, a fine hearting variety, which does not soon run to seed o 
All the Year Round, a very hardy compact summer or winter Lettuce, solid and crisp o 
Marvel, an 11 all the year round " variety, of a dark green colour, tinged bronzy red o 
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