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No. 84. Common GREEN CUTTING, b. s., Vil., 84. 
Young plant clear green, remarkably vigorous; leaves nearly half 
erect, broadly spatulate, dentate in the lower two thirds, obscurely 
sinuate above, apex retuse, outer leaves smooth, inner ones puffed 
and blistered. 
Mature plant about twelve inches in diameter, of a peculiar al- 
most glaucous deep green; leaves very large, often ten inches long, 
and five inches wide, waved and blistered, very loose and spreading, 
the outer ones nearly half erect; plant shows no inclination to head, 
the outer leaves all tending to grow outward; stem tall, corymbose. 
This variety is very rapid in its development, and very early runs 
to seed. 
No. 85. ComMMON GREEN CUTTING, w.8., Vil., ’85. 
Synonyms. Crisp Small Early Cutting, w. s., Vil.,’84; Orisp 
Small Harly Frame, w. s., Vil..’84; Fr. Laitue blonde a couper, 
Vil., ’85; Petite laitue crépe, Vil. 
Plant pale yellowish green; leaves glossy, spatulate, becoming 
roundish as they increase in size, puffed towards the base, borders 
undulate, inner ones finely blistered. Ifthe leaves are not cut when 
the plant is young, the central ones fold themselves about one anoth- 
er, but do not form a true head ; stem smooth, corymbose ; seeds 
white. The flower stalk appears very early. 
This variety is chiefly used for frame culture. 
No. 86. Curtep Currine, Vil., 84. 
Synonyms. Small Curled Cutting, Vil.; Fr. Laitue frisée & cou- 
per agr.n., Vil.,’85; Ger. Vollherziger gekrauster Schnitt Lattich, 
Vil. 
Young plant clear green, leaves pinnately lobed, the lobes erosely 
dentate with ruffled borders, surface smooth, midribs greenish white, 
veins not conspicuous. 
Mature plant about six inches in diameter, very compact, the inner 
leaves crumpling together, forming no defined head; leaves blanched 
towards the base ; stem slender, short, smooth, corymbose, stem 
leaves cut to the top; seeds black. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 316. 
No. 87. Oak Lraven, Hend., ’85. 
Synonyms. Fr. Laitue acaréme, Vil.; L. a feuille de chéne, Vil.; 
L. alareine, Vil.; L. épinard, (d.), Vil. 
Young plant clear green, compact, spreading; leaves deeply and ir- 
regularly pinnately lobed,the whole width nearly equaling the length, 
with along projecting rounded retuse apex, borders somewhat undu- 
late, surface usually strongly puffed, inner leaves often folded upon 
the midrib. 
Mature plant eight to twelve inches in diameter, very compact, 
forming no head, but a very dense tuft of foliage, of which the 
leaves appear crowded together in much disorder; inner ones very 
pale yellowish green; stem more or less striate, usually broad through 
fasciation, paniculate, stem leaves very numerous, oblong, irregu- 
larly lobed, upper ones lanceolate, with prominent pointed ears ; 
seeds black, 
