6i8 Salmon *s Herbal. Lib. I. 
Cabbage Lettice. 
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XI. The eighth,or Virginian Lettice. It is of the 
Single Kind, and hast very broad reddifh Leaves, 
which by good Husbandry and Tranfplanting, mav 
be very much improved, and be made an excellent 
Lettice. It bears black Seed. 
VI. The third, or Curled or Crifped Lettice. It 
has a Root like the former, ani it has great ani large 
Leaves, deeply cut or gafht on both flies, not flam 
or /month, as the former, but intricately curled, and 
cut into many parts. The Flowers are fmall, or a 
bleak Color, the which do turn into Down, which 
is carried away with the Wind. The Seed is like 
the former, fave that it fometimes becomes black. 
There is a lefler fort of this Cur/ei Kind, which has 
many Leaves, hackt and torn in pieces, very conlu- 
fedly., and withal curled in fuch an admirable lort, 
that every great Leaf feems to be made of many 
fmall Leaves, fet upon one middle Rib, refembling 
a Fan of curled Feathers, which Gentlewomen have 
fometimes ufed. The Roots, Flowers and Seeds a- 
gree with the former. . 
VII. The fourth, or Roman Lettice. It is three- 
fold, i. The green Roman, w bick'tspf eoiark greetr 
Color, growing ‘as low as mof ‘Kinds :• it is an excel- 
lent fort of Lettice, and bears black Seed. t. The 
white Roman Lettice. It has long Leaves, like to a 
Teafil, and is in Goodnefs next unto the Red, but 
muit be whited, that it may eat kindly : the Seed 
hereof is white. 3. The Red Roman Lettice. This 
is the bell and the greatelf of all the reft. John 
Tradefcant was the felt which brought it into Eng- 
land, and fowed it ; and he faid, that after one of 
them had been bound and whited, after the Refufe 
was cut away, the reft weighed feventeen Ounces. 
This has black Seed. 
VIII. The fifth, or Flanders Lettice. This is a 
fort of Curled Lettice, which does Cabbage, and is 
called Flanders Croppers. This grows loweft, and 
has the lowed Head, hut it is very hard and round, 
and white whilft it grows ; and bears black Seed. 
IX. The fixth, or Red Lettice. It is a large Let- 
tice, with larger Leaves , of a red or reidijh Color, 
and an excellent fort of Salletting : it grows up 
ivith a fmooth Stalk, and has Branches, Flowers, 
Seed, and Down, like other Lettices. 
x! The feventh, or Our Winter Lettice. It is a 
very hardy Riant, and able to endure our Cold •, but 
it is Angle, and mull be fown at Michaelmas, but 
will be very good before any other of the mote ex- 
cellent forts, fown in the Spring, will be ready to be 
ufed. It bears white Seed. 
Lettice 
Lettice Savoij Sommer , 
XII. The ninth, or Savoy’s, or Savoy Lettice. 
It hat. W J Urge Leaves, which Spread them/elves 
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