FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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The Wilson's Albany do not make many- 

 runners here, but they form a stool, something 



like the plants of violets, and these stools have 

 to be taken up and divided. 



NOVEMBER. 



Continue to sow Spinach, Corn Salad, Rad- 

 ish, Lettuce, Mustard, Roquette, Parsley, 

 Chervil, Carrots, Salsify, Parsnips, Cress and 

 Endive, also Turnips and Cabbage. Superior 

 Flat Dutch and Improved Drumhead, sown in 

 this month, make line Cabbage in the spring. 

 — Artichokes should be dressed, if not already 

 done last month. 



Sow Black Eye and other late varieties of 

 Peas. Frost does not hurt them as long as 

 they are small, and during this time of the 

 year they will grow but very slowly. English 

 Beans can be planted; frost does not hurt 



them, and, if not planted soon, they ^dll not 

 bear much. 



Manure for hot-beds should be looked after, 

 and ought not to be over one month old. It 

 should be thrown together in a heap, and, 

 when heated, forked over again, so the long 

 and short manure will be well mixed. The 

 first vegetables generally sown in the hot-beds 

 are Cucumbers; it is best to start them in two 

 or three inch pots, and when they have two 

 rough leaves, transplant them to their place; 

 two good plants are sufficient under every sash 



DECESVIBER. 



Not a great deal is planted during this 

 month, as the ground is generally occupied by 

 the grovdng crops. 



Plant Peas for a general crop; some Potatoes 

 may be risked, but it is uncertain whether they 

 will succeed or not. 



Sow Spinach, Roquette, Radish, Carrots, 

 Lettuce, Endive and Cabbage. 



Early varieties of Cauliflower can be sov/n 

 in a frame or sheltered situation, to be trans- 

 planted in February into the open ground. 



Early Cabbages, such as York, Oxheart and 

 Winningstadt, may be sown. 



To those who wish to force Tomatoes I will 

 say that this is the month to sow them. The 

 best kind for that purpose is the Extra Early 

 Dwarf Red. It is really a good acquisition; it 

 is very dwarfish, very productive, and of good 

 size, and bears the fruit in clusters, but will 

 sell only for the first, as the fruit is not so 

 large as the Livingston varieties, which come 

 in later. 



FLOWER SEEDS. 



The following list of Flower seeds is not very large, but it contains all which is desirable 

 and which wHl do well in the Southern climate. I import them from one of the most celebrated 

 growers in Prussia, and they are of the best quahty. There are very few or no flower seeds 

 raised in this country, and Northern houses, which publish large lists and catalogues, get them 

 from just the same sources as myself; but they, on an average, sell much higher than I do. 

 Some varieties, which are biennial in Europe or North, flower here the first season ; in fact, if 

 they do not, they generally do not flower at all, as they usually are destroyed by the continued 

 long heat of summer. Some kinds grow quicker here and come to a greater perfection than in 

 a more Northern latitude. 



Flower seeds require a little more care in sowing than vegetable seeds. The ground should 

 be well pulverized and light enough not to bake after a rain. Some of the more delicate and 

 fijier varieties are better sown in boxes or seed pans, where they can be better handled and 

 protected from hard rains or cold weather; the other kinds do not transplant well, and are better 

 sown at once where they are to remain, or a few seeds naaj be sown in small pots to facilitate 

 transplanting into the garden without disturbing the plants, when large enough. Some have 

 very fine seeds, which the mere pressing of the hand or spade to the soil will cover; others may 

 be covered one-fourth of an inch, according to their size. Watering should be done carefully, 

 and if not done with a syringe, a watering pot, where the holes of the spout are very fine, should 

 be used. 



By setting the plants out, or sowing the seeds in the border, consideration should be taken 

 of the height, so that the taller varieties may be in the middle and the dwarf kinds on the edge 

 of the bed. 



The seeds are put up at ten cents a package, fifteen packages for one dollar, except a few 

 rare or costly kinds, where the price is noted. All flower seeds in packages are mailed free o£ 

 postage to the purchaser. Where there is more than one color, I generally import them mixed, 

 as I find that most of my customers do not wish to purchase six packages, or more, of one 

 variety, in order to get all the colors. One package of Asters, Zinnia, Phlox, Chinese Pink, 

 German Stocks, Petunia, Portulaca, and others, will always contain an equal mixture of the 

 best colors. 



