58 PETER HENDERSON & CO.'s CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



(CUCUMBER— Continued. 



Per pkt. 

 Early Russian. The earliest variety ; fruit produced in pairs ; 



small, hardy and productive 5c. 



Long Green. A fine long fruit of excellent quality, dark green, 



firm and crisp 5c. 



Short Green, or Gherkin. Similar to Early Frame ; good for 



pickling 5c. 



Small Gherkin, or Burr. Used only for pickles 10c. 



Russian Netted. A new and interesting kind, very prolific, 



hardy and ornamental 25c. 



CUCUMBER-FRAME, OR FORCING. 



Sow in small pots from middle of January, in a hot-bed or hot-house. When grown to three 

 leaves, plant out in a previously prepared hill of loose, rich soil, in the centre of the sash. Keep 

 a temperature of 65 degrees at night, to 75 or 80 degrees with sun-heat. The following selection 

 includes some of the leading English varieties: 



Oz. 



&lb. 



Lb. 



15c. 



50c. 



$1 50 



15c. 



40c. 



1 25 



15c. 

 30c. 



30c. 

 1 00 



1 10 

 3 00 



Berkshire Champion. 

 Carter's Champion. 

 Improved Sion House. 

 Dale's Conqueror. 

 Lord Kenyon's Favorite. 

 Telegraph. 

 Marquis of Lome. 



Duke of Edinburgh. 

 Cuthill's Black Spine, 

 Invincible. 

 Master's Prolific. 

 Long Gun. 

 Prince Albert. 

 Munroe's Rabley. 

 Price per packet, 25 cents. 



DANDELION. 



German, Pardeblume. — French, Pisse-en-lit. — Spanish, Amargon. 

 The Dandelion resembles Endive, and is sometimes cultivated for spring greens, or for 

 blanching for salad. The roots, when dried and roasted, are often employed as a substitute for 

 coffee. The seed should be sown in May or June, in drills half an inch deep, and twelve inches 

 apart. The plants will be ready for use the following spring. 

 Dandelion, Common Per pkt,, 10c. ; per oz., 40c. 



EGG PLANT. 



German, Merpflanze. — French, Aubergine. — Spanish, Berengena. 



The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay good treatment, The 

 seed should be sown in hot-beds the first week in April, care being taken to protect the young 

 plants from cold at night. Plant out about June 1st, about two and a half feet apart. If no 

 hot-bed is at hand, sufficient plants may be raised for a small garden by sowing 

 common flower pots, or boxes in the house. 



Per pkt. 

 New York Improved. (See cut.) The leading market variety; 



excellent and very productive 10c. 



Early Long Purple. (See cut.) Differing in shape from the 



foregoing; early, hardy and productive 10c. 



Black Pekin. The fruit of this handsome variety is jet black, 



round in form, and very solid ; it is quite early, and a very 



superior variety 15c. 



Scarlet Fruited. An exceedingly ornamental variety 10c. 



ENDIVE. 



German, Etidioien. — French, Ghicoree. — Spanish, Endivia. 

 Endive is one of the best salads for fall and winter use. Sow for an early supply about 

 the middle of April. As it is used mostly in the fall months, the main sowings are made in 

 June and July, from which plantations are formed at one foot apart each way, in August and 

 September. It requires no special soil or manure, and after planting is kept clear of weeds 

 until the plant has attained its full size, when the process of blanching begins. This is effected 

 by gathering up the leaves and tying them by their tips in a conical form, with bass matting. 

 This excludes the light and air from the inner leaves, which, in the course of from three to six 

 weeks, according to the temperature at the time, become blanched. Another and simpler method 

 consists in covering up the plants, as they grow, with slates or boards, which serves the same 

 purpose, by excluding the light, as the tying up. 



Per pkt. Oz. -^lb. Lb. 

 Green Curled. (See cut.) Very hardy; leaves dark green, ten- 

 der and crisp 10c. 



White Curled. Leaves pale green ; should be used when young, 10c. 

 French Moss Curled. A beautiful curled variety, of fine qi lality. 10c. 

 Broad-Leaved Batavian. (Escarolle.) Chiefly used in soups 



and slews; requires to be tied up for blanching 10c. 25c. 75 2 50 



sowing 



a few 



seeds in 



Oz. 



34 lb. 



Lb. 



$0 75 



$2 50 



$9 00 



40 



1 25 



4 00 



1 00 



75 



3 00 



10 00 



25c. 



$0 75 



$2 50 



25c. 



75 



2 50 



30c. 



1 00 



3 00 



