48 fHflUBIRTADREER -PHILADELPHIA ^>A^ RELIABLE VMTABLE SEEDS 



&/,/, ger. mustard. 



Moutarde, Fr. 

 Mostiiza, Sp. 



One ounce will sow about eighty feet of drill. 



A small pungent salad used with cress; the seed is also used 

 for flavoring pickles, pepper-sauce, etc. For salads sow thickly 

 in shallow drills, 6 inches apart, or in frames or boxes during 

 the winter, where frost can he partially excluded. Successive 

 sowings may be made every week or two. To grow seed, sow 

 in April, in rows 1 foot apart, and thin out to three inches apart 

 when 2 inches high. 



White London. Oz ,5 cts.; \ lb., 15 cts.; lb., 40 cts. 

 Chinese. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz,, 10 cls.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Four ounces of seed to one hundred feet of row. 



Cultivated both for use and ornament. The seedpods, which 

 resemble capers, are gathered while green and tender for pick- 

 ling, and the leaves are used for mixing with salads. Sow early 

 in the spring, in drills about 1 inch deep, in light, rich soil, 

 when all danger of frost is over. Train tall on trellises, and grow 

 the dwarf in beds. 



Tall Mixed. Pkt., 5 cts ; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 

 Dwarf Mixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., 



$1.00. 



For named varieties see pages 108 and 109 Flower Seed De- 

 fartment. 



OKRA, OR GUMBO. 



Essbarer, Eibisch, Ger. Gombaud, Fr. Qiiimbojubo, Sp. 



This vegetable is extensively grown for its green pods, which 

 are used in soups, stews, etc., to which they impart a rich 

 flavor, and are considered nutritious. Sow the seed thickly in 

 rich ground about the middle of May, or when the ground has 

 become warm, in drills 3 feet apart, 1 inch deep; thin to 10 

 inches apart in drills. 

 Perkins Long-Pod. An exceedingly handsome variety of 



Okra. The pods are very tender, long and slim. Pkt., 5 



cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 

 Dreer's Little Gem. The best of the dwarf sorts. Pods 



long, slender, and of a light green color. Pkt., 5 cts ; oz , 



10 cts.; \ lb., 25 .cts.; lb., 75 CIS. 

 Improved Long Green. Very oroductive ; bears long pods. 



Pkt., 5 cts.; oz , 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; lb , 60 cts. 

 White Creole [White Velvet). Pods free from ridges and 



very tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



MARTYNIA Gemfenlwrn, Ger. 



The seedpods are used for pickling, when gathered young 

 and tender. Sow in the open ground in May, in hills 3 feet 

 apart each way, or in a hotbed, and afterw.-.rds transplant. 

 riartynia Proboscidea. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., 75- 



cts.; lb., $2 50. 



MINT PI.ANTS. (See page 61.) 



DRHBR'S reliable: 



MUSHROOM SPAIJVN* 



The best results are obtained by the use of our superior 

 Mushroom .Spawn, which is largely used by the most successful 

 growers. Full and explicit instiuciions for growing Mushrooms 

 are sent by us free with all orders for Spawn. Everyone who 

 has a cellar or outside buildings not in use should, by all means, 

 grow this most delicious esculent, considered by most people a 

 luxury. 



English nilltrack Spawn. For many years we have 'been 

 selling a special make of Engli-h spawn which has given ex- 

 cellent results, producing large crops of fine Mushrooms. It 

 is made with great care and is full of live ^' niyeelitini." It 

 is this that produces the muslirooms. It is made in bricks, of 

 about 1|- lb., and each brick is sufficient for 8 square feet of 

 bed. Per brick, 15 cts. (by mail 25 cts.); liy express, J2 

 bricks, $1.50; 25 lbs., $2.50 ; 50 lbs., $4.50; 100 lbs., $8.00. 

 Pure Culture Spawn. This is an American make of spawn, 

 the method having been discovered by a scientist in 1903. It 

 produces mushrooms of excellent qualily and large size, this 

 being due to the fact that the spawn is obtained by a process 

 oi " g-rafting,'^ only large and vigorous specimens of mush- 

 rooms being used for this purpose. Per brick, 25 cts. (by 

 mail, 40 cts.): by express, 5 bricks, $1.00 ; 10 bricks $1.70 ; 

 25 bricks 8400; 50 bricks, $7.00. 

 French Spawn. This spawn comes from France. It is pre- 

 pared loose, in boxes. 3-lb. boxes, $1.25, by express. 



Dreer's Mushroom Circular Free on Application. 



New Book on Mushrooms. 



Mushrooms, Edible and Poisoiiou.s. by Geo. F. Atkinson. 

 Contains over 250 half-tone engravings, several colored plates, and 

 cultural directions, with flashlight photos of Mushroom houses, cellars, 

 covers, etc. Price, g:i.O(», postpaid. 



