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I HEHRTA DRBR 4>HllADaPH^fi\- W R^WBL^ VEGETABLE SiDTTHl 



Dreer's Reliable English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn. 



The best results are obtained by the use of our superior English Musliroom Spawn, which is largely used by the most success, 

 ful growers around Philadelphia. The quality of our Spawn is well known. Full and explicit instructions for growing Mushroom" 

 can be found in Dreer's "Vegetables Under G/ass.'' By mail 25 cents. Everyone who has a cellar or outside buildings not il"^ 

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

 these is under a greenhouse bench, where the thermometer does not run too high. 



Best Eitglish Milltrack Spa\vii» 



Per brick, 15 cts.; by mail, 25 cts. By 

 express, 12 bricks, §1.75; 50 Inicks, 

 S6 50; 100 bricks. SI 2.50; 251bs., $2.50; 

 50 lbs., 94.75; 100 lbs., $9.00. 

 Frencli Spawn. 3 lb. boxes, $1.25, 

 by express. 



Dreer's 3Iitshroom Circitlar Free on 

 Ap2>lirfitl(>n. 



IMPORTANT BOOKS ON 



MUSHROOM CULTURE: 



"Mushrooms: How to Grow Them," 



by Wm. Falconer. Price, poslpaid. ?1 00. 



"Mushroom Culture," Revi>ed Edition, 

 bv Wm. Robinson (England). Price, postpaid. 

 50 cts. 



**Dreer*s Teg^etables Under Glass," 

 Price, postpaid, 25 cts. 



A Plate of Well-grcwn Ml'shrooms. 



Moittard, Fr. 

 Mostaza^ Sp. 



Sen/, Ger. mustard. 



One ounce will sow about eiglity 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 shal- 

 low drills, 6 inches apart, or in frames or boxes during the winter, 

 where frost can be 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 3 inches apart when 2 inches higli. 

 "White Lontloil. For salads and flavoring purposes. Oz.. 5 cts.; 



\ lb., 15 cts.; lb., 40 cts. 

 Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the white, flavor sweet and 



pungent. Oz., 10 cts.; -} lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Four ounces of seed to one hundred yards of row. 



Cultivated bolh for use and ornament. The seed pods, which re- 

 semble capers, are gathered while green and tender for pickling, 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 the Tall on brush trellises, or fences, 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., 35 cts.; lb., §1.25. 

 (^Special colors, named varieties, see Flower Seed department.) 



Sa/ran. Gn.. OKRA, OR GUMBO. ^:^;!:JX. 



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. 

 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.; J lb., 



25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 

 White Creole ( IV/iite Velvet). This variety is largely grown in 



the South, and is preferred by many to the green-podded sorts, is 



considered more tender and of better flavor. Pods free from ridges. 



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

 Improved Long- Green. (See cut.) A very desirable sort for 



market gardeners; of medium height; 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., 50 cts. 



MARTYNIA, Gem/e,i/ior,!, Ger. 



The seed pods are used for pickling, when 

 gathered young and tender. Sow iji the 

 open ground in May, in hills 3 feet apart 

 each way, or in a hot-bed, and afterwards 

 transplant. 



Martynia Proboscidea. Pkt., 5 cts.; 



oz., 30 cts.; i lb., §1 00. 



Improved Long Gheen Okra. 



VEGKTABLE PLANT.S AND ROOT.S.-Many who are interested 

 raising plants and roots of different vegetables. A complete list of 



in gardening liave not tlie facilities or time to devote ilfc 

 Vegetable Plants and Kuots is offered on page 185. 



