entre; the outer leaves are large and broad,
glossy-green, and coarsely blistered; the mid-ribs and nerves are large
and prominent. The extreme diameter of a full-grown plant is about
sixteen inches, and the weight from twenty to twenty-four ounces. The
seeds are white.

The variety heads readily, blanches naturally, and is crisp, tender, and
well flavored. It is hardy, but not early; and remains long in head
without running to seed.

It is extensively cultivated in England; and in some localities succeeds
better, and is of finer quality, than the White Silesian or Marseilles
Cabbage. The name is derived from the glazed or polished surface of the
leaves.

NEAPOLITAN.

Naples Cabbage.

Plant dwarfish; head of large size, round, regularly formed,
solid,--when in perfection, resembling a well-developed cabbage; the
exterior leaves are broad and large, green, frilled on the margin, and
coarsely blistered. If well grown, the plants will measure sixteen
inches in diameter, and weigh from twenty to twenty-four ounces. Seeds
white.

The Neapolitan Lettuce blanches naturally, is well flavored, and so slow
in the development of its flower-stalk, that the heads are sometimes
artificially divided at the top to facilitate its growth, and to secure
the seeds, a supply of which is always obtained with difficulty; as,
aside from the tardiness of the plant in flowering, the yield is never
abundant.

It is not so good for forcing as many others, and must be classed as a
summer rather than as a winter variety.

PALATINE. _Vil._

Brown Cabbage.

A variety of medium size, with a round, somewhat depressed head, stained
with red about the top. The foliage is yellowish-green, strongly marked
or clouded with brownish-red. Extreme diameter of the plant ten or
eleven inches; weight about twelve ounces. The seeds are black.

It is remarkably crisp and tender; of excellent flavor; yields a large
quantity of salad in proportion to its size; flourishes well at all
seasons, even during winter; and must be classed as one of the best, and
recommended for general cultivation.

SPOTTED CABBAGE (BLACK-SEEDED).

Sanguine a graine noire. _Vil._

The heads of this variety are of medium size, round and regular in their
form, and comparatively solid; the sides are brownish-red, but at the
crowns the color is changed to clear, bright-red; the outer leaves are
short, broad, and round, and strongly marked or clouded with
brownish-red, li