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FERRY &. GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



FOREIGN NAMES OF VEGETABLES AND HERBS— Continued. 



ENGLISH. GERMAN. FRENCH. SPANISH. ITALIAN. DUTCH. POLISH 



Lettuce Lattieh, Kopfsalat.Laitue Lechuga Lattuga Kropsla Salata. 



Marjoram Majoraii . Marj olaine Me jorana Maggioraua Marjoli jn Majyranek. 



Jlelon Mftione Melon Melon Popone Meloen. Melon. 



Melon, Water Wasser-Melone Melon d'eau Sandia Melone d'aqua. . .Water Meloen . . .Melon, vvodny. 



Mushroom Schwamm Champignon Seta Fungo pratajolo.Kampernoelie . ..Grzyb. 



Nasturtuim Kapuciner Kresse..Capucine Capuchina ., Nasturzio Capueine-kers . ..Nasturcya. 



Olcra Oeher Goinbaud Gombo Ocra Glinka 



biatozotta. 



Onion Zwiebel Ognon . Cebolla Cipollo Uien Cebula. 



Parsley Peter.silie Persil Pereji! Prezzemolo Peterselie Pietruszka. 



Parsnip.. Pastinake Panais. .Chirivia Pastinaca Pinksternakel Pasternak. 



Peas Ei-bsen, . , Pois Giiisante Pisello . Erwten ( iroch. 



Pepper Pfeffer Pimeut Piniiento Peperone Spaausche Peper Pieprz. 



Pumpkin Melonen-Kiirbiss.. Potiron , . Calabaza totanera.Zucca Pompoen . Bauia. 



Radish.. Radies Radis Rabanito Ravanello Radijs . Rzodkiew. 



Rluibarb Rhabarber Rhubarbe.. Ruibarbo P^abarbaro .Rabarber ....... .Rul)arbarum, 



Rosemary Rosmarin Romarin Ronsero ..Rosmarino Rozeniarijn Rozrnaryii. 



Rue Raute Rue Ruda Wijnruit ...R)ita. 



Saffron Safran Sat ran , . , .Azafran Zaffcrano Saffraan Szafi'an. 



Sage Salbei ...Sauge Salvia Salvia Salie..... . . ..Szalwija. 



Salsify Haferwurzel ...Salsifis Salsili bianco... . .. .Sasset'rica Salsefy Jarzynvwa 



ostryga. 



Sorrel Sauerampfer ...... Oseiile Acedera , Aeetosa . . Zuring Szczaw. 



Summer Savory . Bohnenkraut. Sarriette annuelle.. Ajedrea comini Stmtoreggia Boonenkruid Caber. 



' , ogroiiowy. 



Spinage. Spinat Epinard Espinaea Spinace ..Spinazie Szpincik. 



Squash Kiirbi.ss Courge Calabaza Zueca Kalebas M iekui'z. 



Tan.sy GemeinerRainfarn.Tanaisie Tanaeeto Atanasia. Wonnkruid Wrotycz 



'. pospolity. 



Tliyine Thymian Tliym Tomillo Timo Tijm Macierzanka. 



Toiiiato Liebesaptel Ponuned'Amour...Tomate .Poino d'oro Tomaat Pomidor. 



Turnip . . Weisse-Riibe Navefc Nabo Navone Rapen Rzepa.brukiew 



Wormivood Wermuth . . Absinthe Ajenjo Assenzio Alsem., Piotun. 



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CELERY GROWING AND MARKETING, by Komer L. 

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FIRST BOOK OF FORESTRY, by Filibert RoTH,Cbief of 

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HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS ON FLOWERS AND 



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MUSHROOMS, HOW TO GROW THEM. A practical 

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TOBACCO LEAF. Its Culture and Cure, Marketing and 

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Bulbs and Tuberous-Rooted Plants, by C. L. Allen 1 



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Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener. paper 



Farming with Green Manures, by C. Karlan 1 



First Book of Forestry, by Filibert Roth 



Gardening for Profit, by Peter Henderson 1 



Ginseng. Its Cultivation, Harvesting and Marketing, by 



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Grape Culturist, The, by A . S. Fuller i 



Grasses and How to Grow Them, by Prof. Thos, Shaw. , 1 



Gregory on Onion Raising paper 



Hand Book for Fruit Growers, by F. R. Elliott paper 



Hop Culture in the United States, b.y E. Meeker . , 1 



How to Destroy Insects on Flowers and House 



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How to Grow Onions on Muck Soil, by C C. Taylor; paper 

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Our Farm of Four Acres paper 



Play and Prr.fit in My Garden, by E. P. Roe 1 



Practical Floriculture, by Peter Henderson 1 



Robinson's Mushroom Culture 



Silos, Ensilage and Silage, by Manly Miles 



Small Fruit Culturist, by A. S. Fuller 1 



Strawberry Culturist, The, Illustrated, by A. S. Fuller. . . 



The Rose; Ell wanger " 1 



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