14 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



borders ; the Early Cabbage is a fine early " Head Salad ; " the Royal 

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

 esteemed. To grow Head 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. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Sold in the form of Briclcs, 20 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 rank 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 oflf, 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 ofi" rain and protect from the cold with mats or 

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

 ance. 



MTJSK-MELON. 



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

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



JN"ETTED Citron, 10 cts. per oz. Persian, (very fine,) 25 cts. per oz. 

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

 small early variety, the Citron and Nutmeg have long been the leading 

 varieties 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 lig-ht soil, six feet apart each way; allow three plants to 

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

 branch. Observe not to plant pumpkins nor squash near them. 



WATER-MELON. 



10 cts. per oz. 

 Melon d'Eau, Fr. Zandia, Span. Wasser Melonen, Ger. 

 MorNTAiN Sweet, Bradpord, 20 cts. per oz. 



Early Mountain Sprout, Pomaria, " " 



Black Spanish, Orange, " " 



Citron, (for preserving,) Apple Pie, " " 



The Mountain Sweet is cultivated extensively for the Philadelphia 

 Market, and stands deservedly the first on our list ; when vrell-grown 



