DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. Yr 



CUCUMBERS— English Prize, or Frame Forcing Varieties. 



These are some of the leading favorite varieties for forcing, attaining a length of 20 to 30 inches; they can bt 

 grown in hot-beds or hothouses where the temperature does not fall below 65 degrees at night and 75 or So degrees 

 during the day. Sow the seed in small pots about the middle of January ; when they have grown to three I 

 plant in a prepared hill of rich loose soil in the centre of a sash. Our packets contain from five to twelve seeds 

 each, according to the scarcity of the variety 



Pkt. I Pkt. 



Champion of England ?o 25 Manchester Prize .£0 23 



Cooling's Prolific 25 Marquis of Lome (New) 50 



Edward's Eclipse (New) 25 Pierson's Long Gun 25 



General Canrobert 25 1 Sion House, Improved -z- 



General Grant 25 > Telegraph 25 



Giant of Arnstadt 25 | Tender and True New) 2^ 



DANDELION — Leontodon Taraxacum. 

 Loewenzahn oder Pardeblunie, Ger. Pissenlit, Fr. Amargon, Span. 



The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resembling Endive, and affords one of the earliest and most healthful 

 spring greens or salads ; blanching destroys somewhat its bitter taste when desired as a salad. The roots, when dried 

 and roasted, are often used as a substitute for coffee. The seed should be sown early in the spring in drills 12 

 inches apart, about ]{ of an inch deep, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear of weeds by cultivation, 

 and the following spring it will be fit for table use. 



Pkt. Oz 



Large Common Variety. Used as spring greens or salad $o 5 25 



Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging. This new variety is double the size of the common, and for 



salad will soon supersede it. (See Illustration.) 10 50 



EGG-PLANT. 



Eierpflanze , Ger. Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Span. 



Sow the seed in hot-beds early in March. When 3 inches high transplant into small pots, and plunge them into 

 the same bed, so that the plants may become stocky ai.d can be readily planted out from the pots when the seasoD 

 becomes sufficiently warm, say June ; or they can be transplanted into a second bed to make them strong, until the 

 weather is warm enough to transplant into thoroughly worked and well-enriched soil about 3 feet apart each way. 



Draw the earth up to their stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will not vegetate freely without a strong 

 uniform heat, and if the plants get the least chilled in the earlier stages of growth, they seldom recover. There- 

 fore repeated sowings are sometimes necessary. Care should be observed in cutting the fruit so as not to distort 

 the roots of the plants, which is injurious to them. 



Pkt. Oz. lb 

 Early Long Purple. The earliest, hardiest and very productive ; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long. ..Jo 10 30 3 00 

 New York Improved Large Purple. The Lading market variety; large, round, dark- 

 purple, free of thorns, excellent and the most productive variety 10 60 6 oc 



Black Pekin. Fruit purplish black, round to globular, large, solid, smooth and glossy, very 



prolific, early, and of fine flavor 10 60 6 00 



Plants furnished in season, see list and prices under head of Esculent Roots and Plants. 

 ENDIVE. 



Endivien,Qv.v.. Chicorce, Fr. EndiviaO Escarola, Spas. 



Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads fur fall and winter use. Sow in April for early use, or for 

 late, in June and July, in shallow drills. When 2 or 3 inches high, transplant into good ground, or thin out at a 

 distance of 1 foot apart. It requires no special soil or manure, but after being transplanted must be cultivated and 

 kept clear of weeds until it is full grown, when the blanching process begins. This is done by gathering the leaves 

 together into the hand and tying near the top with yarn or bass, to exclude the light and air from the inner leaves, 

 which must be done when quite dry, or they will rot ; in three or four weeks they will be sufficiently blanched. At 

 the approach of winter, the growing crop may be taken up carefully, with a ball of earth to each pint, and planted 

 close together in a frame or dry cellar, when it can be used during the winter prepared and dressed like a salad. 



Pkt. Oz. Ih. 



Green Curled. The hardiest and best dark-green very curled variety, tender and crisp $0 5 20 20c 



Ever White Curled. (Self-blanching.) This is by far the finest white curled variety, grows to 



a large size, always crisp and very tender (see illustration) 10 40 4 00 



Broad-Leaved Batavian. Leaves broad, light-green, nearly plain, used in stews and soups.. 5 20 2 o. 



KALE— Borecole. 

 GrUner oder Blatter Kohl, Ger. Ckou Vert, Fr. Breton, Span. 



The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, and make excellent greens for winter and spring use, and are improved 

 by the touch of frost. Sow the seed from May to June, covering it thinly and evenly ; when of suffieier.t size and 

 favorable weather transplant in July, in good, rich, well-manured ground, and cultivate the same as C 

 For early spring use, sow the Dwarf German and Green Curled Scotch, in September, and protect over winter, 

 with a covering of straw or litter, and treat like Spinach. 



Sea Kale is much esteemed in England, in some parts of which it grows spontaneously. Sow the seed early ' 

 the spring, in well-manured and deeply-dug ground, 1 inch deep, and the rows 2 feet apart ; thin out to stand ' 

 inches in the rows ; before winter cover with litter or leaves, and the next spring transplant in hills 3 feet apart eaeh 

 way. A supply may be had all winter by planting the roots closely together in a warm cellar before frost. 



Remit for postage, 16 cts. per pound or 25 cts. per quart or fraction thereof, when ordered to be sent by mail. 



