resembles
the Yellow-seeded Brown Dutch, but is not so early, and the head is
looser and larger.

BROWN SILESIAN OR MARSEILLES CABBAGE. _Vil._

Brown Batavian.

Head green, tinted with brown, remarkably large,--not compactly, but
regularly, formed; ribs and nerves of the leaves large and prominent;
the leaves disconnected with the head are large, bronze-green, coarsely
blistered, and frilled and curled on the margin. The diameter of a
well-grown plant is about eighteen inches, and its weight twenty-eight
ounces. The seeds are white.

This Lettuce, though somewhat hard, is brittle and mild flavored, but is
better when cooked than when served in its crude state as a salad. It is
a hardy, late sort; succeeds well in winter, and retains its head a long
period; but is rarely employed for forcing, on account of its
size,--one of the plants occupying, in a frame or hot-bed, the space of
two plants of average dimensions.

BROWN WINTER CABBAGE. _Vil._

Large Brown Winter.

Head of medium size, green, washed or stained with brownish-red,
regularly formed, and moderately compact; the exterior leaves are round
and short, much wrinkled, and coarsely blistered. When grown in winter
or in cool weather, the plants measure fourteen inches in diameter, and
weigh from fourteen to sixteen ounces. The seeds are white.

Hardy, and well adapted for winter culture. The heads are not so firm as
those of some varieties; but they are well retained, blanch white and
tender, and are of excellent flavor.

EARLY OR SUMMER CAPE.

Royal Cape.

Head roundish, usually well formed, and moderately close and firm; the
outer leaves are large, loose, golden-green, undulated, and coarsely
blistered; the interior leaves are more finely blistered, and nearly of
the same color as those of the outside; head, when divided, yellowish to
the centre; the plants, when fully grown, measure nearly a foot in
diameter, and weigh from six to ten ounces.

The variety is not well adapted for forcing or for early culture in the
open ground. As a summer Lettuce, it is one of the best; enduring the
heat well, and not running soon to seed. Though not so crisp and brittle
as some of the winter or spring grown varieties, it is comparatively
well flavored and of good quality. It is similar to the Summer or Royal
Cabbage.

EARLY SIMPSON.

Hative de Simpson. _Vil._

Head large, pale-green, a little irregular in its form, and only of
medium solidity; the o