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Improved LarGe-LEAVED DANDELION. 
DANDELION. 
(Taraxacum Dens-Leonis.) 
Téwenzahn oder Pardeblume, GER. Pissenlit, FR. Amar- 
gon, SP. 
The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resembling 
Endive, and affords one of the earliest and most healthful 
spring greens or salads. The roots, when dried and 
roasted, are often used as a substitute for coffee. ‘The seed 
should be sown early in the spring in drills 12 inches 
apart, about 4 of an inch deep, and thin out to 6 inches in 
the drills; the following spring it will be fit for use. . 
Large-Leaved Improved. Used as spring greens or 
salad. Pkt. 10 ets., oz. 40 ets., lb. $4.00. 
Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging. This variety is dou- 
ble the size of the common, and for salad will soon 
supersede it. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 ets., 1b. $5.00. 

Giant FRINGED ENDIVE. 
ENDIVE. 
Endivien, GER. Chicoree, FR. Endivia 6 Escarola, Sp. 
Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for 
fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills in April for 
_ early use, or for late use in June or July. When 2 or 3 
inches high transplant into good ground, or thin out to 1 
foot apart. It requires no special soil or manure, but after 
being transplanted must be cultivated and kept clear of 
weeds until it is full grown, when the blanching process 
begins. his is done by gathering the leaves together into 
the hand and tying with yarn or bass, to exclude the light 
and air from the inner leaves, which must be ‘done when 
quite dry, or they will rot; in three or four weeks they 
will be sufficiently blanched. At the approach of winter 
the growing crop may be taken up carefully, with a ball 
of earth to each plant, and planted close together in a 
frame or dry cellar, when it can be used during the winter 
prepared and dressed like a salad. 


EN DIVE—Condiniced. 
Broad Leaved Batavian. Leaves broad, light green, 
nearly plain, used in stews and soups. 
Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 25 cts., + 1b. 60 ets., Ib. $2.00. 
Giant Fringed (Oyster Endive). A strong-crowing va- 
riety with a large white heart and broad stems; the 
best sort for decorating. 
Pkt. 10 ets., oz. 25 ets., + 1b. 60 ets., Ib. $2.00. 




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Baten 
Wuite CurLep ENDIVE. 
Improved Green Curled. An improvement on the 
old Green Curled variety. The leaves are finely 
fringed, of a bright green color, and are tender and 
crisp. Pk. 5 ets., oz. 25 cts., = 1b. 60 ets., Ib. $2.00. 
White Curled (Self-blanching). This is the finest white 
curled variety, grows to a large size, always crisp and 
very tender. ; 
Pkt. 10 ets., oz. 25 ets., t lb. 60 ets., lb. $2.00. 
New York Improved EGG-PLaAnt. 
EGG-PLANT. 
Hierpflanze, GER. Aubergine, FR. Berengena, SP. 
Sow the seed in hot-beds early in March. When 3 
inches high pot the young plants, using small pots, and 
plunge them in the same bed, so that the plants may be- 
come stocky. They can be planted out, from the pots, 
when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or 
June; or they can be transplanted into a second bed to 
make them strong, until the weather is warm enough to 
transplant, about 3 feet apart each way, in thoroughly 
worked and well-enriched soil. Draw the earth up to 
their stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will 

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