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Dreer's Reliable English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn. 



The best results are obtained by the use of our superior English Mushroom 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 Mushrooms 

 can be found in Dreer's " Vegetables Under Glassy By mail, 25 cents. Everyone who has a cellar or outside buildings not in 

 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 English Milltrack Spawn. Per 

 brick, 15 cts.; by mail, 25 ets. By ex- 

 press, 12 bricks, SI. 75 ; 50 bricks, §6.50 ; 

 100 bricks, §12.50; 25 lbs., $2.50; 

 50 lbs., $4.75; 100 lbs., §9.00. 

 French Spawn. 3 lb. boxes, $1.25, 

 by express. 



Hreer's Mushroom Circular Free on 

 Application. 



NEW BOOK ON HUSHROOHS. 



Mushrooms, Edible and Foisonotts, by 

 Geo. F. Atkinson. Contains over 250 half-tone 

 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, 

 caves, etc. Price, $3.00, postpaid. 



A Plate of Well-grown Mushrooms. 



Sen/, Ger. 



MISTARD. 



Moutard. Fr. 

 Mostaza, Sf. 

 One ounce will sow about eighty 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 high. 

 White London. For salads and flavoring purposes. Oz., 5 cts.; J 



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

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



pungent. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 els.; \ lb., 30 cts ; lb., §1.00. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Four ounces of seed to one hundred yards of row. 



Cultivated both 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 flixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb.. 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 

 Dwarf flixed. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb.,$1.00. 

 {Special colors, named varieties, see Flo^ver Seed department.') 



&A«»,Ghr. okra,orgumbo. %ZtZLlX. 



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.; \ lb., 



25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 

 White Creole. {Wliite 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 Ions: time and are free from hard ridges. 



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



MARTYNIA. Gemfenhom, Ger. 



The seed pods are used for pickling, 

 when gathered young and tender. Sow 

 in the open ground in May, in hills 3 feet 

 apart each way, or in a hotbed, and 

 afterwards transplant. 

 Martynia Proboscidea. Pkt., 10 cis.; 



oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



Mint Plants. (See page 47.) 



Improved Long Green r KRA. 



" Mushrooms, How to Grow Them," by Wm. Falconer, postpaid, Ji.oo. "Mushroom Culture " fRob'insom, postpaid, 50 cents. 



DREER'S " Vegetables Under Glass," 25 cents. 



