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Young plant clear green, borders of inner leaves very slightly 
tinged brown; leaves oval, approaching spatulate, erosely dentate in 
the lower third, obscurely dentate above, apex entire, inner leaves 
somewhat blistered, with undulate borders, midribs whitish, veins 
not conspicuous. 
Mature plant twelve to fourteen inches in diameter eight to ten 
inches high, pale yellowish, almost golden green; outer leaves very 
long and broad, very slightly tinged with light brown on the borders; 
inner leaves densely and finely blistered; does not form a head with- 
out tying though the inner leaves grow erect; stem often flattened, 
striate, sometimes tinged purple, paniculate, stem leaves nearly erect, 
numerous. 
An excellent summer cos; very slow in running to seed, very brit- 
tle and tender in quality, and extremely productive. 
As Magnum Bonum Cos mentioned by Fessenden in 1828. 
No. 71. FLORENCE Cos, w. s., Vil., 84. 
Synonyms: Magnum Bonum Cos w. s., Vil., °84; FR. Romaine 
Alphange @ gr. bl. Vil., 84; GER. Ganz gelber Alphange Binde-Sa- 
lat, Vil. 
Closely resembes the Florence Cos, b. s. The plant is a little 
larger, a shade deeper green, the leaves are slightly less spreading, 
more compact, and less blistered; the stem is smooth, tinged purple 
above, the stem leaves are half erect. Like that variety, it rarely 
heads without tying. Its qualities are the same. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 311. 
No. 72. GoLDEN Hart, Zill., 84. 
Synonym: Burpee’s Golden Heart, (d.), Bliss. 
Young plant clear green, distinctly wheelform; leaves oval or 
ovate spatulate, apex retuse, outer leaves strongly waved, little if 
any blistered, sometimes puffed below, inner leaves somewhat undu- 
late, much puffed and blistered. 
Mature plant about twelve inches in diameter, six inches high, 
clear glossy green, the inner leaves inclining to yellowish; head not 
defined, the small densely blistered inner leaves crowded in disorder, 
forming a rather compact bunch; outer leaves very numerous, much 
waved, little blistered, but very much puffed, leaves about the cen- 
ter nearly erect; stem often flattened, striate, paniculate, stem leaves 
numerous, pointing outward, strongly waved, smooth; seeds white. 
A summer lettuce that is rather slow in growth and runs to seed 
rather early. It may be called intermediate between the Cos and 
cabbage lettuces. 
Introduced by our seedsmen in 1884, and figured in Bliss’s and 
Benson, Maule & Co’s catalogue of that year. 
No. 73. Gray Paris Cos, Vil., ’84. 
Synonym: Ice Parisian Cos, w. s. (d.), Dam.; FR. Romaine grise 
maraichére, Vil., 85; R. grise de Paris, gr. bl. (d.), Dam.; Graier 
selbstschliess Pariser Binde-Salat, w. k. (d.), Dam. 
The young plant differs little from that of Paris White Cos, ex- 
cept that it is perceptibly deeper in color. 
Mature plant eight to twelve inches in diameter; leaves nearly 
erect, forming a large, oblong head about six inches long and three 
inches in diameter, neatly rounded at the top, moderately compact, 
