DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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CORN, BROOM. 



{Hoicus Saccharatus.) 



Requires similar land but later planting than corn. 

 It may be planted in hills one and a half feet apart in 

 the row, and the rows three feet apart ; is also frequently 

 sown in dnlls, dropping the seed three or four inches 

 apart, and the rows three feet apart. If sown in drills, 

 one bushel will sow about ten acres ; if in hills, ten 

 pounds per acre. 



Dwarf Broom Com. — Grows from three to five feet 

 high, and produces short fine brush, without any coarse 

 center stalk : suitable for making whisk brooms and 

 brushes. Our stock is pure, and will prove a great ac- 

 -quisition to broom makers. 



Improved Evergreen Broom Corn.— Improved 

 from the common Evergreen by carefully selectmg the 

 best for seed for a number of years, with a view to fine- 

 ness of brush, earhness, and a pure green color ; the 

 grower assures us it will never grow red or red tipped 

 under any circumstances. Grows to a height of seven 

 to nine feet ; brush fine, of good length, and commands 

 the first price in market. 



CORN SALAD. 



Fr. Mache^ Salade de ble.—Qj^x. Ackersalat Lam- 

 rnarsalat. 



Corn Salad, Fetticus, or Lamb's Lettuce.— Is 

 •used during winter and early spring to increase the va- 

 riety of small salads, and as a substitute for lettuce. In 

 France, it is boiled like spinage. 



Corn Sa ad. 

 Culture. — Sow the seed from August till cold weath- 

 er, in drills six inches apart. Thin as wanted for con- 

 sumption, to four inches in the drill. In milder sections, 

 where the cold is not severe, it will be fit for use all 

 winter. 



CRESS, or PEPPERGRASS. 



Fr. Cresson.—<^^x Kresse 



Curled. — This plant is extensively used as a small 

 salad ; the leaves, while young, have a warm, pungent 

 taste. Sow rather thick, in shallow drills, and at short 

 intervals during the season. 



True "Water. — A water plant with small, oval leaves, 

 much used, and universally esteemed as a wholesome 

 salad in spring. The seed should be sown in a very wet 

 situation or by a running brook, and the plants well 

 covered with water during the wmter. 



CUCUMBER. 



Fr. Co7icombre — Ger. Gurken. 



Early Russian. — Fruit three or four inches long, an 

 inch and a half m diame- 

 ter ; generally produced 

 in pairs ; flesh tender, 

 crisp, and well-flavored ; 

 comes into use abo-:t ten 

 days earlier than any 

 other variety, and makes 

 a fine, small pickle. 



Early "White Spine. 

 — An excellent variety for 

 table use : verj" early, 

 grows uniformly straight 

 and smooth ; light green 

 and excellent-flavored. 



Early Russian, 

 h white prickles ; tender 



Early White Spine. 

 Early Frame. — Fruit straight and well formed ; flesh 

 greenish-white, rather seedy, but tender and well-fla- 

 vored. It makes a beautiful pickle, that keeps well. 



Early Pram 5 



Early Short Green.— Excellent variety for table 

 use. being tender and well-flavored, and keeps green 

 longer than any other variety ; also makes splendid, 

 hard, green pickles ; comes into use a few days after the 

 Early Cluster. 



Early Cluster.— A ver^' popular early 

 cucumber. producing its fruit in clusters, 

 near the root of the plant. Its usual length 

 is about five inches ; skin prickly ; flesh 

 white, seedy, tender and well-flavored. It is 

 a great bearer, and comes to maturity the 

 earliest on the jlist, excepting] the Early 

 Russian. 



Cress, Curled 



True Water. 



Early Short Green. 



