lthough the large ribs and veins of the
leaves are comparatively brittle, and of tender texture.

LARGE BROWN CABBAGE OR MOGUL.

Grosse brune paresseuse. _Vil._ Large Gray Cabbage. Mammoth.

Head remarkably large, round, regularly formed, grayish-green, tinted or
washed with reddish-brown at the top: the leaves not composing the head
are large, plaited, coarsely blistered, of a grayish-green color,
stained here and there with spots of pale-brown. The diameter of a
well-grown plant is about fourteen inches, and its weight nearly a
pound; seeds black.

The Large Brown Cabbage Lettuce is crisp and tender, but is sometimes
slightly bitter. Its season is near that of the Versailles; but it is
slower in forming its head, and sooner runs to flower. It is hardy,
good for forcing and well adapted for cultivation during winter. In
summer, the heads are comparatively small, and loosely formed.

LARGE RED CABBAGE.

Rouge charteuse. _Vil._

Head green, washed with red, of medium size, regularly but loosely
formed; the exterior leaves are large, undulated, blistered, and stained
with brownish-red, like those of the head; diameter thirteen or fourteen
inches; weight twelve ounces; seeds black.

Its season is near that of the Large Brown Cabbage. When grown in warm
weather, the head is small, and the plant soon runs to seed: in winter,
the head is much larger, more solid, and longer retained. It resembles
the Brown Dutch, but differs in the deeper color of the leaves.

LARGE WINTER CABBAGE OR MADEIRA.

Laitue passion. _Vil._

Head of medium size, regular in form, not compact, green, washed with
red at the top: the leaves not composing the head are broad and large, a
little undulated or waved on the border, plaited or folded at the base,
thin in texture, somewhat blistered, and stained with spots of clear
brown. When grown in winter, or in cool, moist weather, the plants will
measure about a foot in diameter, and weigh nearly a pound. Seeds white.

It is quite brittle, though not remarkable for tenderness of texture;
hardy; succeeds well when grown in cold weather; and remains long in
head before shooting up to seed. Season, the same with that of the Green
Winter Cabbage.

MALTA OR ICE CABBAGE.

Ice Cos. Drumhead. White Cabbage. De Malte. _Vil._

In its general character, this variety resembles the White Silesian. The
head is remarkably large, somewhat flattened, compact, pale-green
without, and white at the c