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, . - 53 



Cabbage ; one ounce will produce 4000 plants, .... 55 



Cardoon Artichoke ; an ounce will produce 600 plants, .- 53 



Carrot ; half an ounce may be allotted for every pole, 59 



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, 78 



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 80 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 ; if cultivated in drills, four ounces will plant five perches of 



land. If broadcast, it wiil 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, 1 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 seed or 6 pounds clover, half a bushel of rye 

 s?, and half a bushel of tall meadow oat seed. 



