posed manure, surrounded by a frame covered with glass or shutters. The frame should be 

 surrounded with straw or litter of some kind; also the glass or shutters should be covered 

 with mats or dry straw in severe weather, observing to give plenty of air on mild and pleas- 

 ant days to prevent the plants from drawing or damping oft at the neck; should be kept 

 ]f* well watered: soap-suds is beneficial. For a late autumn crop they require i> r -articular 

 care or skill. 



, per oz. 



Early Paris. Heads rather large, white, and compact; leaves large, stalk short; a 



very early sort; should be planted in spring. Per pkt., .15 . . .1.00 

 Carter's Dwarf Mammoth. A very early hardy variety, of dwarf and compact 



habit, with a firm white head; one of the finest. Per pkt., .15 . .1.00 

 Erfurt Earliest Dwarf. One of the best for early forcing and open ground ; very 



dwarf, leaves small, heads large and very firm; pure white. Per pkt., .50. 8.00 

 Erfurt Large Early White. An excellent variety, compact heads. Per pkt., .25 . 1.50 

 Walcheren. A very early variety, with close, compact head; a general favorite. 



Per pkt., .15 75 



Le Normand. A French variety; heads large, compact, and fine flavor; a superior 



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nd. A Krencn variety; heads large, compact, and tine flavor; a superior u » 



variety in all respects. Per pkt., .15 1.00 1 



Lemaitre. A fine variety; producing a large, firm head, very white, and of superior 



quality; much esteemed by the Paris gardeners. Per pkt., .25. 

 Boston Market. This is one of the finest varieties of this delicious vegetable 

 grown, and is very popular with the market-gardeners about Boston, who 

 find it particularly suited to this climate. It has been brought to its 

 present state of perfection by a careful system of cultivation, and selec- 

 tion of specimens from which to grow seed. It is very early; produces 

 uniformly large and fine solid flowers, or heads, of snowy whiteness and 

 excellent flavor. Weight of specimens, seven and a half pounds; diame- 

 ter, ten and a half inches; circumference, thirty-one inches ; length of 

 foliage, tweuty-nine and a half inches. Per pkt, .25. (See cut.) . . 1.50 

 CARROT (Daucus Carota). 

 German, Mohre. — French, Carotle. — Spanish, Znnahoria. 

 The Carrot in its cultivated state is a half-hardy biennial. It is generally served at table 

 boiled with meats; it also makes an excellent ingredient for soups. As an agricultural 

 root, it is not surpassed for feeding cattle. 



Culture. The Carrot flourishes best in a good, light, well-enriched loam. If possible, 

 the ground should be stirred to the depth of twelve to fifteen inches, incorporated with a 

 liberal application of well-rotted compost, and well pulverizing the soil in the operation. 

 The surface should next be levelled, cleared as much as possible of stones and hard lumps 

 of earth, and made mellow and frif.ble; in which state, if the ground contains a sufficient 

 moisture to color the surface when stirred, it will be ready for the seed. This may be sown 

 from the first of April to the twentieth of May. 



per oz. 



Earliest French Short Horn. A very early variety; small size, and of excellent 



flavor. Fine for forcing; one of the best. Per pkt., .10 20 



Early Horn. A verv early variety, and as a table carrot is much esteemed on ac- 



count of the smallness of its heart, and tenderness of its fibres. Per pkt., .5 .16 



Orange Intermediate. Size medium; skin bright orange-red; flesh orange-yellow; 



well flavored, and, while young, excellent for the table. Per pkt., .5 . .16 



Improved Long Orange. A well-known standard sort. Roots long, thickest at or 

 near the crown, and tapering regularly to a point; one of the best for ta- 

 ble or field culture, and requires a very deep soil. Per pkt., .5 . . .15 



Large White Belgian. Very large, and valuable for field-culture. Per pkt., .5 . .10 



Improved White Green-top Orthe. An improved variety of the White Belgian. 



with shorter and much larger roots; perfectly smooth, cylindrical, and 

 tapering to a rather blunt point. It is easily pulled out, and yields ve>-y 



large crops. Per pkt., .6 16 



CELERY (Apium Graveolens). 

 German, Sdcri. — French, Cihri. — Spanish, Apio. 

 Celery is one of the most popular salads used in this country. 



Culture. — The seed should bo sown in hotbeds in March, or In the open ground the 

 last of April or first of May; but, when sown in the open ground, it vegetates vers - slowlv, 

 often remaining in the ground several weeks before it comes up. A bushel or two of stable 

 manure put in a hole in the ground, against a wall or any fence facing south, and covered 

 with a rich fine mould three or four inches deep, will bring the seed up much sooner. Suf- 



