18 DREER.S GARDEN CALENDAR 



LETTUCE. 



Laitue^ Fr. Lechuga^ Span.. Garten Salat, Gee. 



Early Curlkd, per oz. 25 cts. Paris Green Coss, peroz. SOctft. 

 Early Stoneiiead, *' 25 " Brown Dutch, " 30 " 



Early Tennisuall, '' 30 " Curled India Head, '' 50 " 

 Early White Cabbage, " 40 " New Perpignan, *' 40 •* 



Eoyal Cabbage, " 40 " Pved Edged Victoria, " 50 " 



White, OR Ice Coss, " 30 " Hardy Hammersmith. 30 " 



The Early Curled is used as a cut. salad, for wliicli purpose it is sowa 

 iliickly in frames, early in the spring, and somewhat later in the open 

 borders. The Early StonehSad, is one of the earliest heading varie- 

 ties; the Early Cahhage, or Butter, is also a fine, early Head Salad; the 

 Royal Cabbage is a little later, and produces fine solid heads, and is 

 much esteemed. The Curled India and Perpignan produce fine solid 

 heads, and stand the heat well. To grow Read Lettuce fine, sow the 

 seed in September: protect the plants during the winter, in frames, 

 and plant out early in April, in rich moist ground, or sow in hot-beds 

 in February or March, and afterwards transplant. 



MUSHEOOM SPAWIT. 



Sold in the form of Bricks, at 30 cts. each. 



Champignon, Fr. Seta, Span. Champignon brut, Ger. 



Culture. — Mushroom beds are best made under cover. A dry cellar 

 or shed will do. Collect fresh horse-droppings without straw, turn 

 them over three or four times, to get rid of the heat, dig out a foot 

 deep of the space to contain the bed, lay some long manure at the bot- 

 tom, and then the prepared dung, a little at a time, evenly and well 

 beaten down until it is a foot above the ground; put a layer of light 

 earth on this, two inches thick; after a few days when the rank heat 

 has passed off, place the spawn in the bed in lumps about two inches 

 square and six inches apart, then cover with light earth an inch thick; 

 beat it gently down all over. Cover the bed thickly with straw, and 

 if out of doors, keep off rain, and protect from the cold with mats or 

 boards. In about five weeks the mushrooms should make their ap- 

 pea-rance. 



MUSK-MELON. 



Melon Jluscade, Fr. Melon Muscatel, Span. Kantalupen, Ger. 

 Jenny Lind, per oz. 10 cts. Large Nutmeg, per oz. 20 cts. 



Netted Citron, '<■ 10 " Persian, (very fine,) " 25 " 

 Pine Apple, " 10 ** White Japan, *' 25 " 



Mango, (for pickling only.) per oz. 20 cts. 

 All the above varieties can be recommended. The Jenny Lind is a 

 small variety, and with the Citron and Pine Apple, are the leading va- 

 rieties in our market, and are of exquisite flavor; the Persian is a late 

 variety of large size and superior quality. Plant early in May, in 

 hills of rich light soil, six feet apart each way ; allow three plants to 

 each hill. When about a foot long, pinch off the tips, to make them 

 branch. Observe not to plant pumpkins or squash near them. 



For Hanson Lettuce, see page 27. 



