J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s Catalogue of Seeds. 



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Pole or Running Beans. 



Haricots a Rames. Frijole de Bejuco. (Stancjen^Bofyncn. 



Culture.— Sow as the soil becomes warm and dry, from the first part of May (for all except Limas ) to 

 the latter part of May, in hills four feet apart each way. Limas should not be 

 planted until warm weather has fairly set in. One quart of Limas will plant about 

 100 hills, allowing four or five beans to a hill, and of the smaller sorts about 200 hills. 

 Poles eight or ten feet long should be firmly set in the center of the hills before 

 putting in the seed. 



Challenger Lima. Thick and productive ; the best 



of all 



Large White Lima. Largely grown and highly 



esteemed 



King of the Garden Lima. Large in pod and 



bean ; productive 



Dreer Lima. Thick and of fine quality 



Early Jersey Lima. A few days earlier in matur- 



Horticultural Lima. A cross between the Horti- 

 cultural and Dreer Lima. It matures much earlier 



than the Lima 



Small White Lima or Sieva. Small, but very 



good quality 



Horticultural or Speckled Cranherry. Showy 

 and excellent, either as a snap or shell bean . . . 

 Speckled Cut-Short or Corn Hill. Used for 



planting among corn 



Dutch Case-Knife. Pods long, green and flat ; 



can be either snapped or shelled 



Southern Prolific A continuous bearer ; of good 



quality 



Scarlet Runner. A popular English pole-bean ; 



very ornamental 



Southern Crease-Back. Long, round, stringless 



pods, fleshy and tender 



White Dutch Runner. Same habit as the Scarlet 

 Runner, flowers and beans being white 



154 Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead). Podsgreen, 

 very long ; a very prolific variety 



Golden Andalusia. (New.) Most productive of 

 all the pole varieties ; beans pure white, round. . 



White Algerian Wax 



Black Algerian Wax 



Black German Wax. Has yellow pods ; a superb 



snap bean 



Flageolet Wax Pole 



Mont d'Or or Golden Cluster. Early, productive ; 



golden wax pods 



French Asparagus 75 



French Yard-Long. Pods sometimes grow from 

 two to three feet long ; very curious ; should be 

 ' grown on pea-brush per gill, 25 cts. . 1 00 



Borage. 



Bourrache. Borraja. 33orretd). 



The young leaves of this annual, which smells omewhat like a Cucumber, are used as salad, or boiled like 

 Spinach. Should be sown at intervals, as the leaves are palatable only when young. Sow in the spring, i n 

 light soil, and transplant in shallow drills, a foot apart, when of about six weeks' growth. 



Per oz. Per % lb. Per lb. 



183 Borage $0 20 $0 40 $1 50 



Per qt. 



% 



pk. 



Per pk. 



Per bu. 



1 0 40 



%\ 



25 



$2 00 



$7 50 



40 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 50 



40 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 50 



40 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 50 



40 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 50 



50 



1 



75 



3 25 



12 00 



35 



1 



00 



1 75 



6 50 



3° 







1 75 



6 00 



40 



1 



25 



2 25 



8 00 



35 



1 



00 



1 75 



6 50 



3° 





90 



1 5° 



5 50 



35 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 00 



35 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 00 



35 



1 



25 



2 00 



7 00 



50 



1 



50 



2 50 



9 00 



40 



1 



25 



2 25 



8 00 



60 











60 











40 



1 



25 



2 25 



8 00 



50 



1 



75 



3 00 



12 00 



40 





25 



2 25 



8 00 



Burnet. 



PlMPERNELLE PETITE. Pi?7lpincla . %\VCC$VCX\.Z\\ . 



The leaves have a warm, piquant taste, and are useful for salads and soups. Sow early in spring, half an 

 inch deep, thinlv in rows 



Per oz. Per 14 lb. Per lb. 



191 Garden $0 10 $0 25 $0 75 



