GARDEN MANUAI, FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



large, white and compact, and of de- 

 licious flavor. We recommend it to 

 all who have not tried it. When 

 sown at the proper season, it will 

 head with certainty, and will not fail 

 to give satisfaction. 



I/ate Italian Giant. This is the 

 largest of all Cauliflowers, and grown 

 to a considerable extent in the neigh- 

 borhood of New Orleans. It is very 

 large and compact; should not be 

 sown later than June, as it takes from 

 seven to nine months before it heads. 



Early Snowball. An extra early 

 dwarf varieiy similar to the Dwarf 

 Erfurt; good to sow for last in spring. 

 It will produce flow-ers as early as the 

 Extra Early Paris, but larger. Le Normands Short Stemmed Caulifiower. 



CARROT. 



Carrotte (Fr.), MoEHRE OR Gei.be Rube (Ger.), Zanahoria (Sp.) 



Eary Scarlet Horn. 

 Half Long Scarlet French. 

 Improved Long Orange. 

 Long Red without core. 



St. Valerie. 

 Half Long Luc 

 Danvers Intfrinediate. 

 Chantenay Half Long Scarlet. 



Requires a saud}^ loam, well manured the previous year, and deeply spaded up. 

 Should be sown in drills ten to twelve inches apart, so the plants can be worked after 

 they are up. Gardeners here generally sow them broadcast, and often the roots are small 

 from being crowded too much together. 



Long Red Carrot without core. 



Danver's. An intermediate American 

 kind of recent introduction. It is of a 

 bright orange color; very smooth; sym- 

 metrically formed; somewhat stump-rooted 



Ha]f Long Scarlet 

 French Carrot. 



Danver's Intermediate Carrot. 



like the Half Long Luc. It will produce 

 more in weight to the acre than any other 

 Half Ivong variety. 



SIJ^D SOWBRS, AI,I< MAKES. 



