RaiABL^VttETABLE SEEDS- \M 



DREER'S 



RELIABLE 



English Milltrack flushroom Spawn. 



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best results are obtained liy the use of our superior English Mushroom Spawn, which is largely used by the most successful 

 i around Phiiadelphia. The quality of our Spawn is well known. Full and explicit instructions for growing Mushrooms 

 found in Dreer's " Vegetables Under Glass." By mail, 25 cts. Everyone who has a cellar or outside buildings not in use 

 by all means, grow this most delicious esculent, considered by most people a luxury. One of the best places to grow these 

 r a o-reenhouse bench, where the thermometer does not run too high. ^ 



English riilltrack Spawn. Per brick, 15 cts.; by mail, 25 

 CIS. By express, 12 bricks, ^1.75; 50 bricks, $6 50; lOd 

 bricks, $12.50; 25 lbs., |2.50; 60 lbs.. $4.75; 100 lbs., $9.00. 

 French Spawn. 3 lb. boxes, §1.25, by express. 



Dreers Muslirooni Circular Free on Application. 



NEW BOOK ON flUSHROOnS. 



Mushrooms, Edible ami Poisonous, by Gto, F Atkinson. 



Contains ovtr "^iJO hali-lone engravings and several colored plates, being 

 the finest illustrations of American Mushrooms ever published. The 

 most dangerous varieties are fully illustrated. Full cultural directions,, 

 with flashlight photos of Mushroom houses, cellars, coves, etc. Price, 



if3 0(1, poslpaiii. 



MAM.TYBJIA Cemfenhorn, Ger. 



The seedpods are used for pickling, when gathered young 

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

 anart each way, or in a hotbed, and afterwards transplant. 

 riartynia Proboscidea. Pkt., 10 cts; oz., 30 cts,; Jib., 



85 cts. 



Mint Plants. (See p^ge 51 ) 



A KicE Ckop op Mltshroiims. 



Senf, GiCR. 



MUSTARD. 



Moiitaid, Fr. 

 Mostaza, Sp. 

 One ouacs will sow al)oat eighty feet of drill. 



A small pungent saia 1 us;d with cres^ ; the seed is also used for 

 ■flavoring pickles, pepper-sauce, etc. For salads sow thickly in shal- 

 low drills, 6 niches apart, or in frames or boxes durino- the winter 

 where frost can be partially excluded. Successive sowin<Ts may be 

 mide every week or two. To grow seed, sow in April, in rows one 

 biit apart, an I thin out to 3 inches apart when 2 inches high. 

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

 Chinese, L-aves twice the size of the white, flavor sweet and 



pu.igent. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz , 10 cts.; \ Ih., 25 cts ; lb., 75 cts. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Four ouncs:! of seed to cue huudi-ed feet of row. 



Cultivated both for use an 1 ornament. The seedpods, which re- 

 semble capers, are gathered while green and tcider for picklinn- and 

 the leaves are used for mixing with salads. Sow early in the sprinr- 

 in drills about I inch deep, in light, rich soil, when all danger of 

 ^osl i^over^ Train tall on trellises, and grow the Dwarf in beds 

 Tall riixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; i lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00'. 

 Uwarf nixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 



{^Special colors, name i varieties, see Flower Seed Department.) 



:S.0-^'vGer. OKRA.OR GUMBO. ^n"''7'^'I\ 



'-~'^^' (Jinmopnibo, SP. 

 This vegetable is eUeiisively grown for its green pods, which are 

 ■used m 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 Mxy, 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, (See cut.) Handsome, large green pods. 



Pkt., 5 cts.;. oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 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 • i lb 

 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. ' 4 ■. 



"White Creole {White Velvet). Pods free from ridges and very 



tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; o^., 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 

 •Llmproved Long Green. Very productive; bears long pods, 

 which remain tender a long time and are free from hard ridges' 

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



