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Average Time required for Garden Seeds to Germinate. 



Days. 



Asparagus ... 14 to 21 



Beans 7 to 14 



Beet ... 10 to 18 



Brassicae (all sorts) ... 5 to 10 



Carrots ... 12 to 18 



Chicory 5 to 10 



Cress 4 to 6 



Cucumbers (in the open) 7 to 14 



Do. (in heat) ... 2 to 4 



Endive 5 to 14 



Leeks 10 to 14 



Lettuce 6 to 10 



Average Longevity 



Years. 



Asparagus 3 



Basil 8 



Beans 3 



Beet 6 



Borage 8 



Brassicae 5 



Cardoons 7 



Carrots 4 



Chicory 8 



Cress 5 



Cucumbers 6 



Endive 10 



Fennel 4 



Leeks 3 



Lettuce 5 



Marjoram, Sweet 3 



Do. Winter 5 



Melons .. 5 



Melons (in heat) 3 to 6 



Mustard 3 to 4 



Onions 10 to 16 



Parsley 15 to 26 



Parsnips 10 to 20 



Peas 7 to 14 



Radishes 3 to 6 



Spinach 7 to 10 



Tomatoes (in heat) ... 6 to 10 



Turnips 4 to 10 



V. Marrows (in the open) 7 to 14 



Do. (in heat) ... 3 to 5 



of Garden Seeds. 



Years. 

 Mustard 4 



Onions -.. ... 2 



Parsley 3 



Parsnips 2 



Peas ., 3 



Radishes 5 



Rhubarb 3 



Rosemary ... 4 



Sage 3 



Salsify 2 



Savory, Summer or Winter ... 3 



Scorzonera 2 



Seakale 1 



Spinach (all varieties) 5 



Thyme > 3 



Tomatoes 4 



Turnips 5 



Vegetable Marrows 6 



Number 

 in Cast. 



72's Thimbles 



Diameter 

 inside. 



I'm. . 

 7jin. , 



Approximate Sizes of Flower Pots. 



NOTE. The numbers and sizes of Pots vary with different makers. 



Diameter Depth Number 



inside. inside. in Cast. 



2in. ... 2in. 24's 



72's Thumbs ... 2in. ... 2in. 18's 



60's Small ... 2|in. ... 2fin. 12's 8in. 



60's Medium ... 3in. ... 3|in. 8's lOin. 



60's Large ... 3in. ... 3fin. 6's llin. 



54's 4|in. ... 4|in. 4's 12in. 



48's Sin. ... 5in. 3's 14in. 



36's SJin. ... Sfin. 2's 16in. 



32's 6lin. ... 6in. 1's ... ... ... 18in. 



Depth 

 inside, 

 6|in. 



7in. 

 Sin. 



llin. 

 12in. 

 13in. 

 14in, 



