ke those composing the head. If grown in winter or in
cool weather, the plants attain a diameter of about twelve inches, and
will weigh twelve ounces.

It retains its head longer than almost any other variety; and, though
sometimes slightly bitter, is considered superior to the White-seeded.
Compared with the last-named, the head is not so well formed, the
foliage is deeper colored, and it is not so well adapted for forcing or
for cultivation during winter.

SPOTTED CABBAGE (WHITE-SEEDED).

Sanguine a graine blanche. _Vil._

Head yellowish-green, spotted and clouded with brownish-red, of medium
size, round and regular. The surplus leaves are small and numerous,
round, prominently blistered, copper-green, streaked and variegated
with brownish-red. Summer-grown plants will measure ten inches in
diameter, and weigh about eight ounces. Winter-grown plants, or those
grown in cool and moist weather, will give an increase of the diameter,
and weigh nearly a pound.

It is a brittle, well-flavored lettuce, hardy, and well adapted for
growing in frames during winter. When grown in the summer months, the
head is seldom well formed, and the plants soon run to seed.

STONE TENNIS-BALL.

Gotte lente a monter. _Vil._

Plant quite small, with a uniformly green, regular, solid head; all of
the leaves to the heart being strongly wrinkled and coarsely blistered.
The exterior leaves are comparatively few and small, green, undulated,
and prominently blistered. Summer-grown plants measure six or seven
inches in diameter, and weigh about three ounces. When grown early or
late in the season, or under the influence of cool and moist weather,
the plants attain a larger size; often measuring nine or ten inches in
diameter, and weighing eight ounces. The seeds are black.

The Stone Tennis-ball hearts well, is of excellent quality, and, in
proportion to its size, yields a large quantity of salad. It retains its
head a long period, even in warm weather, without shooting up to seed;
and, as most of the leaves of the plant are embraced in the head, it
occupies but a small space of ground in cultivation. Hardy and early.

SUMMER CABBAGE.

Large White Cabbage. Royal Cabbage. Summer Blond. _Vil._ Sugar Cabbage.

Foliage pale yellowish-green; head of medium size, round, somewhat
flattened, firm and close; the leaves composing it are wrinkled and
blistered,--those of the outside being frequently torn and broken on the
margins about the