A Charleston Wakefield cabbage, a pointed head cabbage popular among Florida growers.

Charleston Wakefield cabbage

A Charleston Wakefield cabbage, a pointed head cabbage popular among Florida growers.

An annual plant cultivated in gardens, and which serves as a salad. There are many species, most of which attain a height of two feet, bear yellowish flowers, and have variously formed leaves.

Lettuce

An annual plant cultivated in gardens, and which serves as a salad. There are many species, most of…

Illustrated is a heading type of lettuce.

Lettuce

Illustrated is a heading type of lettuce.

Illustrated is a clustering type of lettuce.

Lettuce Type

Illustrated is a clustering type of lettuce.

An 18th century English variety of Romaine lettuce.

Bath Cos Lettuce

An 18th century English variety of Romaine lettuce.

Cabbage lettuces have broad, rounded leaves forming a low, spreading head nearly close on the ground.

Cabbage Lettuce

Cabbage lettuces have broad, rounded leaves forming a low, spreading head nearly close on the ground.

Cos lettuces grow upright. The leaves have an oblong shape.

Cos Lettuce

Cos lettuces grow upright. The leaves have an oblong shape.

A head of Romain lettuce.

Romain lettuce

A head of Romain lettuce.

An illustration of a head of romaine lettuce.

Romaine Lettuce

An illustration of a head of romaine lettuce.

A plant used both as a salad and for manufacturing into table mustard.

Black Seeded Mustard

A plant used both as a salad and for manufacturing into table mustard.

Also known as Campanula rapunculus. "A hardy biennial, cultivated for the use of its fleshy roots in salads, either boiled or in a raw state, generally the latter; the leaves are also used in winter salads."—Nicholson, 1884

Rampion

Also known as Campanula rapunculus. "A hardy biennial, cultivated for the use of its fleshy roots in…

Root hairs of lettuce, with adherent soil grains.

Lettuce Root

Root hairs of lettuce, with adherent soil grains.