PETER HENDERSON & CO.— VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR FALL SOWING. 29 



T§g£t0Mg ^tis, for Fall Sqwiiyi. Continued. 



RADISH.— Continued. ° z i lb- lb- 



White Spanish '5 3° l °° 



California Mammoth Winter, o 3° 2 5° 



Black Spanish '5 3° io ° 



Rose China Winter. . ij '5° 



Grey Long Winter 10 3° ' °° 



SPINACH. Per oz - Per * lb. Per lb. 



New Thick Leaved 10 15 50 



Round Leaf 10 15 40 



Prickly 'o 15 40 



Large Round-leaf Viroflay 10 20 50 



Savoy leaved 10 '5 4° 



Grass and Clover Seeds for Fall Sowing. 



(For forming new lawns, from three to four bushels per acre are required.) 

 {If by mail, add 16 cents per lb. for postage.) 



(Prices subject to variation ) Per Quart. Per Bushel. 



Red Top 15 1 75 



Kentucky Blue Grass (extra clean) 15 250 



Orchard Grass 15 300 



Rhode Island Bent 20 4 00 



Hungarian Grass 2 



Timothy about 350 



Red Clover about 12c per lb. 



White Clover 50c per lb. 



Alsike, or Hybrid Clover 40c per lb. 



Scarlet Clover 50c pc r lb. 



Yellow Trefoil 50c per lb. 



Alfalfa 40c per lb. 



Lawn Grass (Central Park Mixture) 25c quart, $5 00 bushel. 



Rhubarb Roots. 



LINNAEUS. Early, very productive, of excellent spicy flavor, and the least acid of all the varie- 

 ties. By express, 25 cents each ; $2 00 per dozen. 



Asparagus Roots. 



(Ready in October.) 



Plant in rows three feet apart, and let the plants be one foot apart in the rows, taking 15,000 

 to an acre. 



COLOSSAL, two year old roots. By express, §1 00 per 100 ; $8 00 per 1,000. 



Mushroom Spawn. 



Mushrooms may be grown in a warm cellar or shed in Winter, or in the open air in Summer. 

 Take partially dry fresh horse manure, and lay it in a heap to ferment, turn and mix it well every few 

 days, and when well and equally fermented, which will be in from ten to fifteen days, it may be made 

 into a bed four feet wide and about two feet deep, mixing it well together, and beating or treading it 

 firmly. As soon as the temperatuie of the bed fails from 75 degrees to 50 degrees, the spawn mav be 

 inserted in pieces about the size of a walnut, about two inches deep and six inches apart. Cover with 

 loamy soil about two inches deep, and beat it down evenly and firmly. Fin sh off with a covering of 

 clean straw or hay about a foot thick. Water when necessary with luke-warm water, and expect mush- 

 rooms in from tour to six weeks 



English, 15c per lb., 8 lbs. $1 00 ; by mail 30c per lb. 



French, 2 lb. boxes, 75c each; by mail, $1 10. 



Cauliflower. Cabbage, and Lettuce Plants. 

 (Ready 1 ^th of October, for pricking out in cold frames.) 



CAULIFLOWER. Henderson's Early Snowball and Erfurt $0 75 per 100 $5 copericoo 



CABBAGE. Early Jersey Wakefield, and Henderson's Early Summer . . 30 " 200 " 



LETTUCE. Bos'.on Market, S mpscn and Butter 30 " 200 " 



ONION SETS. Per Quart. Per Peck. 



White §0 30 



Yellow 25 2 co 



