PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OP SEEDS. 



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Vegetable Boots asi Plants. 



{Prices on all Vegetable Plants, for larger quantities than here given, 

 made Icnoivn on application.) 



HORSE RADISH ROOTS. 



This is one of the most important and profitable of our market 

 garden roots, and the demand for it is annually increasing. The sets 

 may he planted at any time during spring, in rows 2 feet apart and 

 about 18 inches apart in the rows. The planting is performed by mak- 

 ing a hole about 8 inches deep with a long planting stick, into which 

 the set is dropped, so that its top will be about 2 inches under the 

 surface. It requires no further care, except an occasional hoeing be- 

 tween the rows. For winter use, take up in November, and pack in 

 moist sand in the cellar or outhouse, where it will be out of the reach 

 of frost. About 12,000 sets are required to plant an acre. 



Per dozen, 20c. ; per hundred, 75c. ; per thousand, $6 00. 

 (By mail, $1 00 per hundred.) « 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



{See also page 51.) 



Colossal. Two year roots, $1 50 per hundred; $12 00 per thousand. By mail, $2 50 

 per hundred. 



One year old roots, $1 00 per hundred ; $8 00 per thousand. By mail, $1 25 per 



hundred. 

 Giant, or Purple-top. Two year old roots, $1 00 per hundred ; $8 00 per thousand. 

 By mail, $2 00 per hundred. 



RHUBARB ROOTS. 



Rhubarb roots may be planted early in spring, or in fall, setting the roots three feet 

 apart each way ; if planted in spring on ground well prepared, a full crop may be gath- 

 ered the succeeding season. It requires but little labor; once planted, it will remain in 

 bearing condition for three or four years, only requiring a top-dressing of manure, dug 

 in, in spring or fall. 



Rhubarb is a most simple and convenient plant for forcing, which may be done either 

 by hoeing the crowns, or inverting barrels over them in early spring, say two or three 

 weeks before the weather opens, and covering the whole bed up to the depth of 3 feet, 

 with leaves or other heating material. Rhubarb requires no light in forcing, the stalks 

 being much more tender when light is excluded. Another method is to lift the roots in 

 a mass in the fall, and place them in a back shed or furnace room; such situations as 

 are adapted for the forcing of Mushrooms, will force Rhubarb ; the requirements being 

 moisture, and a temperature of from 45 Q to 60 Q . 



25 cents each, $2 00 per dozen. By mail, 35 cents each, $ 3 00 per dozen. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 



Strong- Tubers - Per qt., 25c. ; per bush., $5 00 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. 



We offer fine plants of the following varieties, that have been wintered over in cold 

 frames, and are ready to plant out at any time from February to end of April, accord- 

 ing to location. 



PER 100. 



Early Jersey Wakefield ) 



Winnins-stadt I &-, Kn 



Ox-Heart f $1 50 



York J 



Summer. (See page 48.).. ■ - 3 00 



Cauliflower, Early Dwarf Erfurt ? o nn 



Extra Early Paris J 6 VJ 



(25 cents per hundred additional by mail.) 

 Hot-bed Plants of the above ready in May, at half of the above rates. 

 Tomato, Sweet Potato, Egg- and Pepper Plants ready in May. 



Celery Plants ready in June and July. See special price list issued June 1st, free 

 by mail on application. 



