2 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
SIBERIAN CraB.—Pyrus malus prunifolia, s, yellow and red, Sep- 
tember. Transparent Crab, P.m. astracanica, M, yellow-white, brisk, 
October. 
Prars.—Baronne de Mello, Lt, brown-russet, rich, October. 
Beurre @’ Aremberg, M, cinnamon, rich, December. Beurre d’ Amanilis, 
L, brown-red, melting, September. Beurre Easter, i, green, buttery, 
February. Bon Chretien (Williams’s), t, yellow, August. Citron 
des Carmes, s, yellow and red, melting, July. Colmar van Mons, m, 
green, buttery, November. Comte de Lamy, m, yellow and red, 
buttery, October. Doyenne d’Ete, s, yellow and red, sugary, July. 
Forelle, M, lemon-yellow, crimson-cheek, melting, November. Jose- 
phine de Malines, , yellow, vinous, February. Lowise Bonne of Jersey, 
mM, yellow and crimson, sugary, October. Warie Lowise, 1, green- 
yellow, juicy, October. night's Monarch, a, yellow, piquant, 
December. Zephyrin Gregoire, M, green-yellow, rich, December. 
GOLDEN RULES FOR CROPPING THE KITCHEN 
GARDEN. 
BY A KENTISH GABDENER. 
5) W NERS of small gardens generally grow too many sorts 
% of each of the classes of vegetables cultivated, and in 
consequence much of the limited space at their disposal 
is devoted to things that are decidedly second-rate. It 
is, of course, necessary to have several varieties of some 
of the vegetables, for the purpose of maintaining a succession 
throughout the season in which they may be had in perfection, but 
no good excuse can be made for the large number of sorts usually 
grown. The seed catalogues contain such long lists of the principal 
kinds—the peas and potatoes, for example—that it is not to be 
wondered at if the amateur purchases twice as many sorts as he 
should have, and in his selection includes a proportion of decidedly 
inferior sorts; for the seedsmen appear to lack the courage needful 
for describing any of the things included in their lists as “ second- 
rate,” “inferior to others,” andsoon. Knowing the difficulties under 
which amateurs labour in making up a list of vegetables for sowing 
during the season, I have prepared a list of vegetables that should 
be grown in small gardens, and in this list I have been careful to 
include none but those of first-class quality, and which yield very 
heavy crops in proportion to the space occupied, and are the best 
adapted for maintaining a long succession. A few hints will also be 
given on the best times for sowing to obtain good crops, and in the 
case of those which may be had over a long period, the times men- 
tioned for sowing to maintain a good supply without any break. 
The list will doubtless appear very meagre, as compared with an 
ordinary trade catalogue ; but those who depend upon it may rest 
assured that quite sufficient are enumerated for the purpose of those 
who have a kitchen-garden ranging from a« rter of an acre to two 
acres in extent. 
