RETROSPECTIVE VIEW. 



This summary view of estimates is annexed, in order to aid 

 the Seedsman and Gardener in making out a bill of seeds for 

 the purpose of planting any given quantity of ground, under 

 the regulations suggested in the preceding chapters of this 

 \rork, to which the reader is referred fora more concise view 

 of the subject. Page. 



Artichoke ; an ounce of seed will produce 600 plants 

 Asparagus ; one ounce will be sufficient tor 1,000 plants, 27 

 Beans, English Dwarf; one quart of seed wttl be required 



for every sixty feet of row, 32 



Beans, Kidney Dwarf; one quart of seed will plant from 

 350 to 400 hills, or from 230 to 260 feet of row, as ex- 

 plained in page ... . . .34 



Beans Pole, or Running; one quart of Lima, or large run. 

 , ning Beans, will plant 100 hills. One quart of the 



small runners will plant about 300 hills, or 250 ft. of row, 35 

 Beet ; one ounce may be allotted for every perch, or pole 37 

 Borecole, or Kale ; an ounce will produce, 4,000 plants, 38 

 Broccoli ; one ounce is sufficient for 4,000 plants, 41 



Cauliflower; an ounce of this seed will produce 4,000 plants, 44 

 Cabbage; one ounce will produce 4,000 plants, 46 



Cardoon Artichoke; an ounce will produce 600 plants, 48 

 Carrot; half an ounce may be allotted for every pole, 50 

 Oelery ; an ounce of seed will produce 10,000 plants, 51 



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



about two poles of ground, . .54 



Cucumber ; one ounce of seed is sufficient for 200 hills, 56 

 Egg Plant; an ounce of seed will produce 4,000 plants, 57 

 Endive, or Succory ; an onnse will yield 5,000 plants, 58 

 Leek; one ounce of seed may be allotted for 3,000 plants, 61 

 Lettuce ; an ounce will produce, say 10000 plants, t>2" 



Melon ; one ounce of seed will plant from 120 to 150 hills, 64 

 Melon, Water ; an ounce will plant from 40 to 50 hills, 65 

 Onion ; one ounce of seed may be allotted for every pole, 67 

 Parsley ; two ounces may be allowed for three perches, 69 

 Parsnip; two ounces may be allotted for three perches, 70 

 Pepper; one ounce of seed will produce 3000 plants, 71 



Peas ; one quart will plant from 150 to 200 feet of row, 73 

 Potatoes; from twelve to sixteen bushels may be alloted 



for an acre, , . . .74 



Potatoe, Sweet; half a peck of seed, properly managed, 



will produce 15 bushels, . 75 



Pumpkin; one quart of field Pumpkin will plant from 

 5 to 600 hills, and one ounce of the finest kinds will 

 plant from 50 to 80 hills, . .76 



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

 broadcast, and about half the quantity if sown in drills. 77 

 Salsify; two ounces of this seed will plant three perches. 81 

 Shallots ; four bushels of bulbs will plant forty pole .... 85 



Spinach ; if cultivated in drills, four ounces will plant five 

 perches of land. If broadcast, it will require double the 

 quantity. . 86 



Squash ; an ounce of seed will plantfrom50 to 100 hills, 



according to sorts and size. .... 88 



Tonaatoe ; one ounce of seed will produce 4,000 plants 89 

 Turnip ; one pound of seed is sufficient for an acre of land. 02 



