OOlTTElNrTS. 



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Introductory 3 



Description of our Business 5-13 



The Vegetable Garden 14 



Selection of Seeds 16 



Sowing Seeds 16 



Formation and Management of Gar- 

 dens 17 



Situation 17 



'I'he Size, Soil, Form, Fencing 18 



Cultivating the Soil, and Manures.... 19 



Cold and Hot Frames 21 



Preparing Manures for IIot-'Sc<!s 21 



Transplanting, Watering, Und'rdran'g 22 



notation of Crops 22 



Profits of Gardening 23 



Valuable Tables 23-24 



Weight of Various Articles 25 



Artichoke 2G 



Asparagus 26 



Picans, Dwarf 27 



Eeans, Pole or Running 29 



Beet 29 



Brocoli 33 



Brussels Sprouts C3 



Cabbage 33 



Carrot 38 



Cauliflower 40 



Celery 41 



Chicory 42 



Collards 43 



Corn 43 



Corn Salad 45 



Cress 45 



Cucumber 45 



Egg Plant 43 



Endive 48 



Garlick 49 



Gourd 49 



Kohl Rabi 49 



Kale 50 



Leek 50 



Lettuce 51 



Martynia 53 



Melon — Musk 54 



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Ivlclon— Water 55 



Mustard 57 



Nasturtium 57 



Okra 58 



Onion 58 



Parsnep 62 



Parsley 63 



Peas 68 



Pepper C6 



Pumpkin 67 



Radish 67 



Rhubarb 69 



Salsify 70 



Spinage 70 



Squash 71 



Tomato 73 



Tobacco 75 



Turnip 76 



Herbs 80 



Grass Seeds 85 



Miscellaneous Farm Seeds 87 



The Flower Garden 89 



Sowing and Cultivating Flower Seeds, 92 



Annuals 93 



Biennials and Perennials 93 



Designs for Flower Beds 94 



Terms for Flov/er Seeds 95-96 



Flower Seed Catalogue 97 



Flowers Blooming First Season. .181-186 

 Flowers Blooming Second Season. 186-187 

 Ornamental Grass, Foliage Plants.187-188 



Ornamental Climbers 188 



Everlasting Flow^er Seeds 189 



Seeds Designed for Greenhouse . . 189-190 

 Everlasting and Dried N:.tural Flow- 

 ers 190 



Terms of Bedding Plants, Roses, &C.191 

 Catalogue of Bedding Plants, Roses, 



&c 192-197 



Trellises and Plant Supports .... 198-200 



Agricultural Books 201 



Terms of Vegetable Seeds 202-203 



Retail Price List of Vegetable 



Seeds 204-213 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by D. M. Ferry & Co., in the office 

 ot the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



