USEFUL TABLES. 



The following tables may be useful to the Farmer and Gardener in showing the number of 

 plants or trees that may be raised on an acre of ground ; also the quantity of seed required for 

 an acre, with the number of plants that can be grown from an ounce of seed, should the weather 

 be favorable and the seed be preserved from the destruction of insects. We would however 

 recommend a slight increase on the quantities to allow for these contingencies. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS OR TREES TO THE ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES. 



DISTANCE APART. NO. OF PLANTS. 

 4 ft 174,240 



1 " 43,560 



14 " 19,360 



" by 1 ft.... 21,780 



" 10,890 



" 6,969 



"by lft 14,520 



" " 2ft.... 7,260 



" 4,840 



" 2,722 



" 1,742 



DISTANCE APART. 

 6 ft 



9". 



10". 

 12". 

 15". 



18". 

 20". 

 25". 

 30". 



NO. OF PLANTS. 



1,210 



680 



537 



435 



302 



193 



134 



103 



70 



48 



QUANTITY OF SEED USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



Beans, Dwarf, drills 14 bu. 



" Po.'.3, hills £ 



Beet, drills 4 



Broom Corn, hills 8 



Buckwheat, broadcast „„ 1 



Cabbage, hills J 



Carrot, drills... 3 



Corn Salad, trills 6 



" Field, hills.... 6 



" Sweet, hills 8 



" " (for soiling), drills 3 



Cucumber, hills 14 lbs. 



Melon, Musk, hills 2 " 



" Water " .. 3 " 



Onion (for bulbs), drills.. . . .... ....... . ! * /. ". 6 " 



" (for sets), drills 30 " 



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Onion Sets (small), drills 10 



Parsnip, drills... 5 



Peas, drills..... 2 



" broadcast... 3 " 



Pumpkins, hills ,; 3 lbs 



Potatoes (cut tubers), hills 10 bu 



Radish, drills 5 lbs 



Rye, broadcast \\ bu 



Salsify, drills 8 lbs 



Spinach, " 15 " 



Squash (bush varieties), hills 3 " 



" (running varieties), hills 2 *' 



Turnip, drills 14 " 



" broadcast 2 " 



Tomato (to transplant) \ 



Wheat, broadcast 2 



bu. 



QUANTITY OF GRASS SEEDS USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



White Clover 10 lbs. 



Red " . 15 " 



Lucerne " 20 " 



Alsike " .......! 15 " 



Timothy, alone J bu. 



Hungarian 1 " 



Millet 1 bu. 



Blue and Green Grass.... 3 " 



Rye " .. 2 " 



Orchard " 2 " 



Red Top or Herd " 3 " 



Mixed Lawn " 4 " 



NUMBER OF PLANTS PRODUCED FROM ONE OUNCE OF SEED, AS FOLLOWS: 



Asparagus about 500 



Broccoli. 



Cabbage 



Cauliflower. 



Celery 



Egg Plant.., 

 Endive 



2,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 3,000 

 1,000 

 3,000 



Kale about 2,000 



Leek .... 

 Lettuce. 

 Pepper. 

 Tomato. 



Sage 



Thyme.. 



1,000 

 3,000 

 2,000 

 3,000 

 1,000 

 5,000 



SPRING GROVE NURSERIES AND SEED FARM, RIVERTON, N. J. 



We invite our friends and patrons to visit our establishments at No. 714 Chestnut street, and 

 Riverton, N. J. In the former may be found Vegetable and Flawer Seeds of undoubted character, 

 and every requisite for the garden and conservatory. The latter, which is located on the Dela- 

 ware River, opposite the city, is reached by the steamboats Columbia and Twilight, except in 

 mid-winter, steamboats leave Chestnut street wharf ; and the Pennsylvania Railroad (Amboy 

 Division) by hourly trains leaving Market street ferry. The trip up the river (30 minutes) 

 makes it one of the most delightful excursions that can be had around Philadelphia. Informa- 

 tion as to the running of trains and boats will be given at the Store, or by consulting the daily 

 papers. The grounds are within five minutes' walk of the Railroad Station or the Steamboat 

 Landing. 



Our Plaut Department contains one of the largest and finest selections of plants in the country. 

 Direct correspondence with and personal visits to the leading houses in Europe enable us to 

 import every novelty as it appears. Especial attention is paid to the introduction of the best 

 new varieties. Nearly fifty acres are devoted to the growing of the more hardy kinds of Shrubs, 

 Roses, Dahlias, Bulbs, and Flower Seeds, and upwards of 50,000 square feet of glass are em- 

 ployed in the propagation and cultivation of choice Exotics and plants suitable for the house or 

 garden. The Seed and Trial Grounds are under our personal supervision. Every new variety 

 is fully tested, and all new and choice varieties grown with great care for seed stock, thus insur- 

 ing our customers at all times from loss by spurious or defective seeds. 



