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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



Per pkt. Ter oz. 

 3. d. s. (I. 



Thousand Headed, a valuable cattle cabbage 0 G 



Wheeler's Imperial, a valuable variety, oi' delicate flavour ; greatly prized for general use 0 3 . . 0 G 

 In addition to the above, we can supply almost any other variety worth cultivating. 



OUU OWN SELECTION. 



6 ounces in 6 best successional varieties. . 3 0 | 3 ounces in 6 best successional varieties. . 1 (i 



KOHL RABBI, KNOL KOHL, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE. 



Early White Vienna, the roots of this variety are excellent when cooked young 0 G . . 1 0 



,,* Purple Vienna, „ „ „ „ „ 0 G..1 0 



Large Green or Purple „ „ „ „ „ 0 3..0 G 



CABBAGE SAVOY. 



New Sprouting Ulm Savoy, this resembles a miniature Brussels Sprout with the Ulm 



Savoy head ; the heads are cut for early use, and the sprouts later in the spring. . 1 0. . . . 



Dwarf Green Curled, the best variety 0 3..0 G 



Drumhead, very large and very fine 0 G 



New Dwarf Ulm, most valuable for small gardens, should be planted one foot apart .. . 0 4..1 u 



New Feather Stem, a hybrid, resembling Brussels sprouts in growth and habit 0 4..1 0 



Golden Savoy, very excellent sweet mild flavoured variety 0 4..1 0 



COUVE TRONCITUDA, OR SEA-KALE CABBAGE. 



Couve Tronchuda, the most delicately flavoured of the cabbage tribe 0 4..1 0 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Covent Garden, this is a very early and exceedingly fine stock of Early London 0 9. .2 0 



New Erfurt Dwarf Mammoth (Syns. Frogniore Forcing, Carter's Mammoth, &c.) 



It produces compact large heads of superior quality, and turns in the quickest of any 0 9. .2 0 

 Knickerbocker (new) ; this valuable late variety is offered for the first time ; it 

 possesses all the fine qualities of Stadtholder, vizMine free growth, compact snow- 

 white large heads, but with a shorter stem and shorter leaves; the stock has been 



selected with much care, and will be found a great acquisition 2 G . . 



Stadtholder, the best of the strong growing kinds, with large compact heads. 



Esteemed by the London market gardeners as superior to Walchcren 1 0..2 6 



Asiatic, a large and very highly esteemed late variety 0 9. .2 0 



Walchercn, a well-known, general favourite 1 0..2 G 



Lenormand's New Short Stemmed " Paris Market Cauliflower ; " this is a great im- 

 provement on the old variety of this name, and very highly recommended for its 



large compact heads, which turn in early t 2 G. . 



Paris Market, medium early, an exceedingly fine variety 1 0..2 G 



Lemaitre's, an exceedingly fine short stemmed variety of Paris Market, producing large 



very fine pure white heads of superior quality 2 G. . 



Ne Plus Ultra, a very fine new early dwarf English variety, heads exceedingly 



large, creamy white, and of a very delicate flavour 1 G . . . . 



RHUBARB. 



Per pkt. Ter oz. Ter pkt. Per oz. 



Myatt's Victoria 0 4 . . 1 0 



Prince Albert 0 4..1 0 



Linnaeus 0 4..1 0 



Early Scarlet 0 4..1 0 



Emperor 0 6 . . 



Mixed 0 4..1 0 



SEA-KALE. 



Sea-Kale 0 4..0 G 



SPINACH, per oz. per qt. 



Round, best for spring and summer sowing 0 2 . . 1 6 



Prickly, best for autumn sowing 0 2..1 6 



Broad Flanders 0 2..1 G 



Prickly „ 0 2..1 G 



Lee's Giant Orach (new); immensely productive, yielding a constant supply of dark p er pkt. Per oz. 

 green leaves of a delicious piquant flavour, a great acquisition as a summer spinach 1 0 . . 



Orach White, or Mountain Spinach 0 3..0 G 



„ Bed, or Mountain Spinach, a highly decorative plant for shrubbery borders .... 0 3. .0 G 



Hew Zealand, produces leaves in great abundauce throughout the summer 0 3..0 G 



For perpetual Spinach Beet, by some more highly esteemed than spinach, see page 56. 



Section III.-EDIBLE ROOTED PLANTS. 



BEET. 



The following embrace the lest varieties only, and were all saved from very carefully selected sleeks. 

 Covent Garden Improved, an extra fine variety, with beautifully shaped small roots, of 

 a rich crimson colour, boils tender, and is of superior flavour. Our stock this 

 season is exceedingly good, great care having been exercised in its selection 0 6..1 G 



