FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



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Imj-kovkd Lakge-Llaved Dandelion. 



dandelion! 



(Taraxacum Dens-Leonis.) 



Lowenzahn oder Pardebhnne, Ger. PisscnUt, Fr. Amar- 

 go/i, Sr. 

 The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resemblinsf 

 Endive, and affords one of the earliest and most healthful 

 spring greens or salads. The roots, wiien 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 i 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 cts., oz. 25 cts., lb. $2.00. 

 Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging. This variety is dou- 

 ble the size of the comraon, and for salad will soon 

 supersede it. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts., lb. $5.00. 



Giant Fringed Endive. 



ENDIVE. 



Endivien, Ger. Chicoree, Fr. Endivia b Escarola, Sp. 

 Endive is one of the best wid most wholesome salads for 

 fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills in Ajjril 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. This is done by gath.ering the leaves together into 

 the hand and tying with yarn or bass, to e.xclude 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. 



ENDIVE— Coniin lied. 

 Broad Leaved liatavian. Leaves broad, light green^ 

 nearly plain, used in stews and soups. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., i lb. 75 cts., lb. $2.50. 

 Giant Fringed (Oyster Endive). A strong-growing va- 

 riety with a large white heart and broad stems; the 

 best sort for decorating. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., i lb. $1.00, lb. $3.25. 



White Cukled 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. Pkl. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., i lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50. 



White Curled (Self-blanching). This is the finest white 

 curled variety, grows to a large size, always crisp and 

 very tender. 



Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., i lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50. 



New York Improved Egg-Plant. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Eierpflanzc, 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 t« 

 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 vrili 



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