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Mature plant about twelve inches in diameter. Very similar to 
the Bath Cos, w. s., but the leaves are a little shorter, and form a 
more spreading rosette, are more dentate on the borders, and form 
the head later; the stem is short, paniculate. 
It does not always head unless tied. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 313. 
No. 68. BatH Cos, w. s., Vil., ’84. 
Synonyms: Bearfield Cos, Burr; Brown Bath Cos, Thomp. ; Brown 
Cos, Vil.; Giant Brown Cos, w. s. Chis. trial., Imperial Brown Cos, 
Vil.; Sutton’s Berkshire Brown Cos, Burr; Wheeler’s Improved Cos, 
w. s., Chis. trial.; White Seeded Bath Cos, Hort. Soc.; White Seed- 
ed Brown Cos, Burr; Wood’s Improved Bath Cos, Burr; Fr. Romaine 
brune anglaise & gr. bl. Vil., “84; R. d’Angleterre, Vil.; R.imcom- 
parable, Vil.; Gur. Brauner Bath Binde-Salat, w. k.; Rothgriiner 
Englischer Binde-Salat, w. KEeyvake 
Young plant clear green, the outer leaves slightly tinted with 
brown; leaves spatulate, the outer ones half erect, margin dentate 
throughout, apex entire or pointed, slightly undulate; veins brown- 
ish, midrib white above, usually somewhat speckled with red below, 
where it is often slightly prickly. 
Mature plant eight to twelve inches in diameter; leaves nearly 
erect, oblong, outer leaves washed or spotted with brown, inner ones 
green, neither puffed nor blistered; head oblong, almost pointed, 
pale green, very slightly tinted with dull brown; stem smooth, rather 
tall, strongly washed with purplish red, paniculate, stem leaves nu- 
merous, half erect. 
‘Extremely hardy and succeeds well in summer and autumn. 
Though it heads moderately well left to itself, we are in the habit of 
tying it to hasten the production of tender white leaves.” Vil. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 312. 
No. 69. DEER TONGUE, Greg., 783. 
Young plant clear green; leaves lanceolate, nearly erect, about 
three times as long as broad, margin erose dentate in the lower part, 
entire towards the summit, leaves neither puffed nor blistered, the 
inner ones closely folded on the midrib. 
Mature plant nearly or quite eighteen inches in diameter, the 
longer leaves often a foot in length. It does not form a true head. 
The leaves spread more and more until the plant attains its full size, 
atter which the central ones lift again inclosing the embryo flower 
stalk in a sort of loose imperfect head; stem very tall, much striated, 
often flattened, whitish green, paniculate; seeds black. 
The leaves are very thick, tender and mild, and preserve their 
sweet flavor even after the flower stalk starts, and the lower ones 
have become dead. 
Figured in its essential features in Bauhin’s Prodromos 1671, p. 
60. 
No. 70. FLORENCE Cos, b. s., Vil., ’84. 
Synonyms: Golden Cos, (d.), Thomp.; Magnum bonum Cos, d.s., 
Vil., 84; Fr. Romaine alphange agr. n., Vil.,’85; RB. Sagan, Vil.; 
R. Truque, Vil.; Ger. Florentiner Binde-Salat s. k. (d.), Dam. 

