USEFUL TJ^BLE0. 



The following tables may be useful to the Farmer and Gardener in showing the number of 

 plants or trees that may be raised on an acre of ground, also the quantity of seed required for 

 an acre, with the number of plants that can be grown from an ounce of seed, should the weather 

 be favorable and the seed be preserved from the destruction of insects. We would, however, 

 recommend a slight increase in the quantities to allow for these contingencies. The number of 

 square feet contained in an acre of ground is 43,560 feet. 



DISTANCE APART 



NUMBER OF PLANTS OR TREES TO THE ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES. 



NO. OF PLANTS. 



NO. OF PLANTS. 



I 



2 

 2 



3 

 3 



3 

 4 



ft 1 74,240 



" 43>5 6 o 



" 19,360 



"by 1 ft 21,780 



" . ., 10,890 



" 6,969 



"by I ft 14,520 



" " 2 ft 7,260 



" 4,840 



" 2,722 



DISTANCE APART. 



,742 

 ,2IO 

 68O 



537. 



435 



302 



193 

 103 



48 



QUANTITY OF SEED USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



Barley, broadcast 3 



Beans, Dwarf, in drills 



'■H 



" Pole, in hills 10 



Beet, in drills 6 



Broom Corn, in hills 8 



Buckwheat, broadcast I 



Cabbage in beds to transplant y 2 



Carrot, in drills 4 



Corn Salad, in drills 6 



" Field, in hills 6 



" Sweet, in hills 8 



• u (i or Field (for soiling), drills. I 



" " " " " broadcast. 2 



Cucumber, in hills ....... 2 



Melon, Musk, in hills 3 



" Water, in hills 4 



Oats, broadcast 3 



Onion (for bulbs), in drills 6 



bu. 

 bu. 

 qts. 

 lbs. 

 qts. 

 bu. 

 lb. 



qts. 

 bu. 

 lbs. 



bu. 

 lbs. 



Onion (for sets), in drills . . .30 



" Sets (small), in drills IO 



Parsnip, in drills 5 



Peas, in drills 2 



" broadcast 3 



Potatoes (cut tubers) IO 



Pumpkins, in hills 4 



Radish, in drills 8 



Rye, broadcast .'. 2 



Sage, in drills IO 



Salsify, in drills 8 



Spinach, in drills 1 5 



Squash (bush varieties), in hills 4 



" (running varieties), in hills... 3 



Turnip, in drills I */ 2 



" broadcast . .. 2 



Tomato (to transplant) % 



Wheat, broadcast 2 



lbs. 

 bu. 

 lbs. 

 bu. 



lbs. 



bu. 

 lbs. 



QUANTITY OF GRASS SEEDS USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE 



White Clover, alone 10 lbs. 



Red 



Lucerne " 

 Alsike " 

 Timothy, alone, 

 Hungarian .... 



% bu. 



Millet 



Blue and Green Grass , 



Rye " . 



Orchard " . 



■ Red Top, or Herd " , 

 j Mixed Lawn " , 



bu. 



bu. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS PRODUCED FROM ONE OUNCE OF SEED, AS FOLLOWS: 



Asparagus about 500 



Broccoli " 



Cabbage . " 



Cauliflower " 



Celery " 



Egg Plant " 



Endive " 



2,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 3,ooo 

 1,000 

 3,000 



Kale about 2,000 



Leek " 1,000 



Lettuce .. " 3,000 



Pepper.. " 1,000 



Tomato " 2,000 



Sage " 1 ,000 



Thyme. " 5,000 



Spring Grove JIurseries and Seed farm, ftiverton. 



The Plant Department at Riverton contains one of the largest and finest collections of plants 

 in the country. Especial attention is paid to the introduction of the best new varieties. Nearly 

 fifty acres are devoted to the growing of Plants, Bulbs, and Flower Seeds, and upwards of 50,- 

 600 square feet of glass are employed in the propagation and cultivation of plants for the green- 

 house, conservatory and garden. The seed tests are here made to insure the sending out of only 

 the highest percentage of germinating seeds. The Seed and Trial Grounds are under our 

 personal supervision. Every new variety is fully tested, and all new and choice varieties grown 

 with great- care for seed, stock, thus insuring our. customers at all times from loss by spurious 

 varieties or defective seeds. 



