NOVELTIES WILL BE FOUND ON COLORED INSERT. 



ARTICHOKE. Artischoke.) 



The Globe Artichoke is cultivated for its flower-heads, which, when cooked in a young state, are delicious 

 They are generally baked although there are many methods of cooking them. 



Culture, — The seeds should be sown in April or May and the plants, when large enough, transplanted 

 into rows four feet apait and two feet distant in the rows. They bear the second year and continue as long as 

 they are nourished and cultivated. They require protection during the winter ; the simplest means being to bank 

 them up like Celery, cutting away the very tall tops and covering exposed foliage with any coarse mulch which 

 will not readily rot. 



They may be fruited the first season if sown under glass in February and the seedlings transplanted in May 

 They succeed best in a light, sandy loam, well-enriched. 



Pkt. Oz. Lb. 

 Large Green Globe. The best variety ; heads large, and scales tender and excellent . . . .05 .35 $3.50 

 Jerusalem Artichoke. {Helianthus tuberosus). Cultivated for its tubers. Qt., .20, qt. by mail, .35; peck, Si. 00. 



ASPARAGUS, (spargd.) 



This is one of our most delicious vegetables, and when proper care it 

 taken in making the beds and setting the plants, they will continue produc- 

 tive f ■ »r many years. 



Culture. The permanent bed should be trenched or ploughed ver> 

 deeply, and well manured with rich, thoroughly decayed manure. Wide 

 chills should then be made three feet apart, and deep enough to admit of the 

 top of the plants being covered six inches. Plants, either one or two years 

 old, may be purchased in spring, or may be produced from seed sown ic- 

 drills one inch deep and a foot apart. Set the plants eighteen inches apart 

 in the rows, carefully spreading out and separating the roots. For the sake 

 of convenience, one drill should be made at a time, and the planting and 

 covering completed before another is commenced. In November, the plants 

 should have their annual top dressing of manure after the stalks have been 

 cleared away. The dressing should be forked in as soon as the ground can 

 be worked in spring, and the bed neatly raked. One ounce of seed saws sixty 

 feet of drill. 



moore's giant cross-bred asparagus. 

 Moore's Giant Cr0SS=Bred. Stalks frequently an inch in diameter ; productive, 



excellent 



Conover's Colossal. A standard sort; early; large, and very prolific 

 Columbian Mammoth White. Stalks clear white ; large ; distinct . . 



The Hub. A favorite sort in the vicinity of Boston 



Palmetto. One of the earliest ; of large and fine growth < . 



Pkt. Oz. Lb. 



ender and 



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 •°5 

 •°5 



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.10 £0.75 



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.10 



.10 



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 .10 



.50 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



Moore's Giant Cross-Bred. 

 Conover's Colossal. 

 The Hub. 

 Palmetto. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



One year old, per 100, $0.75; two years, per 100, $1.00. 



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" " " I. OO; " " I.25. 



« u « ^; " " 1.25. 



BEANS, ENGLISH. (Faba.) 



per icoo, $7-OC 



" 7.0c 



7.5c 



" 7.50 



Plant six inches deep as early in spring as the ground can be worked. The rows should be three feet apart and the seed deposited four 

 Inches apart in the rows. Pkt. Qt. Peck. 



Broad Windsor. The best variety; very hardy; height three feet 10 .30 $I«7S 



WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING BULBS. 



Kindly send us a list of your friends who use Seeds and Bulbs, and we will be pleased to 

 mail them our Catalogues. Our new Bulb Catalogue will be ready in September, and as 

 we select our Bulbs personally in Europe, customers may rely on their excellence. 



