170 RETROSPECTIVE VIEW. 



Beans Pole, or Running ; one quart of Lima, or large running Beans 



will plant about 300 hills, or 250 feet of row, .... 43 



Beet ; one ounce may be allotted for every perch, or pole, 45 



Borecole, or Kale , an ounce will produce 4000 plants, 46 

 Broccoli; one ounce is sufficient for 4000 plants, - - . - -50 



Cauliflower ; an ounce of this seed will produce 4000 plants, 63 



Cabbage; one ounce will produce 4000 plants, .... 65 



Cardoon Artichoke ; an ounce will produce 600 plants, - - 63 



Carrot ; half an ounce may be allotted for every pole, 69 



Celery ; an ounce of seed will produce 10,000 plants, 60 

 Corn Salad, or Fetticus ; one ounce of seed will sow about two poles 



of ground, . . 63 



Cucumber; one ounce of seed is sufficient for 200 hills, 65 



Egg Plant ; an ounce of seed will produce 4000 plants, 67 



Endive, or Succory ; an ounce will yield 5000 plants, ... 68 



Leek ; one ounce of seed may be allotted for 3000 plants, - - 71 



Lettuce; an ounce will produce, say 10,000 plants, 73 



Melon ; one ounce of seed will produce from 120 to 150 hills, - 74 



Melon, Water ; an ounce will plant from 40 to 50 hills, - - 75 



Onion ; one ounce of seed may be allotted for every pole, 73 



Parsley ; two ounces may be allowed for three perches, 80 



Parsnip; two ounces may be allotted for three perches, - - 81 



Pepper ; one ounce of seed will produce 3000 plants, 82 



Peas ; one quart will plant from 150 to 200 feet of row, 84 



Potatoes ; from twelve to sixteen bushels may be allotted for an acre, 85 

 Potatoes, Sweet ; half a peck of seed, properly managed, will produce 



15 bushels, 86 



Pumpkin ; one quart of field Pumpkin will plant from 500 to 600 



hills, and one ounce of the finest kinds will plant from 50 to SO hills, 87 

 Radish; four ounces will do for every three perches, if sown broad- 

 cast, and about half the quantity if sown in drills, 89 

 Salsify ; two ounces of this seed will plant three perches, 93 

 Shallots ; four bushels of bulbs will plant forty poles, 9S 

 Spinach j if cultivated in drills, four ounces will plant five perches of 



land. If broadcast, it will require double the quantity, 99 

 Squash; an ounce of seed will plant from 50 to 100 hills, according 



to sorts and size, ........ 100 



Tomato ; one ounce of seed will produce 4000 plants, - - 101 



Turnip ; one pound of seed is sufficient for an acre of land, - 105 



QUANTITY OF GRASS SEED SUITABLE TO THE ACRE. 



Clover, sown alone, - - 12 pounds. 

 Timothy, ------ l peck. 



Herds Grass, 1 bushel. 



Orchard Grass, - - - 2 bushels. 

 Rye Grass, 2 bushels. 



Lucerne, -'* 8 pounds. 



For a pasture for grazing, the following mixtures of seed would be found 

 excellent, viz : 6 pounds of clover seed, 1 peck of herds grass, and half a 

 bushel of Orchard grass s*eed or 6 pounds clover, half a bushel of rye 

 , and half a bushel of tall meadow oat seed. 



