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a half inches in diameter, four inches tall, the leaves composing it 
very pale yellow; the outer leaves of the head do not quite meet. 
at the top ; stem short, faintly washed with brown, compactly cor- 
ymbose ; seeds white. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 293. 
The names Red Bordered, Red Edged Victoria, etc., under which 
this variety has long been known,seem objectionable becanse as grown 
by us, the borders are not red at any stage of growth, and the name 
Victoria has been applied to at least three other varieties. 
A “White Dutch” lettuce was mentioned by M’Mahon in 1806, 
and in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in 1850; a ‘‘Laitue a bord rouge,” 
in L’Hort. Franc., 1824, and in other writers 1826, 1829, etc. Red 
Edged Victoria is described in Gardener’s Chronicle, 1868; Victoria 
or Red Bordered by Burr in 1863, ete. 
No. 50. RED WINTER CaBBaGE, Thord., ’84. 
Synonyms. Hardy Red Winter, Vil.,’84; Fr. Laitue rouge @hiver, 
Vil. ,’85; Ger. Rother fester winter Kopf-Lattich, Vil. 
Young plant low and spreading, often inclining to wheelform, 
clear green, more or less washed with reddish brown, especially in 
the inner leaves, which are often spoonform, with undulate borders; 
leaves roundish or oval, apex retuse, outer leaves somewhat waved, 
nearly smooth, inner ones puffed and blistered. 
Mature plant about ten inches in diameter, open and spreading ; 
leaves where most exposed to light, tinged with reddish brown; head 
large, slightly oblong, compact, forming promptly and enduring 
rather a long time, pale green, very strongly tinted with reddish 
brown ; leaves around the head coarsely puffed and blistered ; stem 
slender, smooth, mostly red, corymbose ; seeds white. 
Heads well only when grown in cool weather. Unless sown very 
early in spring it is of little value. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 289. 
No. 51. RoqueErts, Vil., ’84. 
Young plant intense deep green; leaves roundish, dentate and un- 
dulate in their whole outline, apex retuse, pointing upwards, all 
leaves more or less blistered, inner ones densely blistered and puffed, 
midribs and veins greenish white, the latter conspicuous, slightly 
sunken. 
Mature plant four to six inches in diameter; forms a remarkably 
solid little head about two inches in diameter and three inches long; 
leaves densely blistered, very mild but a little tough; seeds white. | 
This very distinct lettuce is remarkable for the neatness and solid- 
ity of its head, which is almostas hard as that of a Winnigstadt cab- 
bage. Its small size wouid seem to make it desirable for frame cul- 
ture, but it is very late, which makes it undesirable for this pur- 
pose. 
No. 52. SHOTWELL’S BRowN HEAD, Thord., ’85. 
The outer leaves of the young plant are dull pale green, much 
washed with brownish red; inner leaves almost completely red ; 
plant low and spreading; leaves oval or obovate, apex retuse, obscure- 
ly dentate in the upper half, inner leaves often spoonform, much 
blistered and puffed, midribs greenish white. 
