OF THEIR GUIDE TO THE KITCHEN GARDE X. 



Per qt. 

 *. d. 



Newington Wonder, the best of all for forcing, very productive, 1 ft 1 G 



Sion House, a fine forcing variety, 1 ft 1 0 



Variegated Dun, a very productive variety, very much esteemed, 1 ft 1 0 



Colchester Red Speckled (Perkin's early Warwick), a well-known prolific variety, I ft 1 0 



RUNNERS, OR TALL FRENCH BEANS. 



Eclipse, or Giant White, very long pods, produced in clusters, and in great abundance 1 G 



Scarlet, exceedingly prolific 1 V 



York and Lancaster, or Painted Lady, very ornamental and prolific 1 I 



White, Dutch, or Case Knife, very productive 1 0 



Section II. — EDIBLE LEAVED A\D EDIBLE FLOWERED PLANTS. 



(By Edible Flowered Plants aro meant tliose, the inflorescence of which is used as a vegetable, such as Cauliflower, &c.) 

 For Cultural Directions, see "Our Guide to the Kitchen Garden." 



ARTICHOKE, GLOBE. 



Green per packet, Ad, per oz. Is. Purple per packet, 4d.. per oz. Is. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Grayson's Covcnt Garden Giant Asparagus per oz., 3tf per lb., 2s. 6d. 



Large Early Batavian ,, 6c/. 



BEET (Edible Leaved). per P kt. P eroz. 



v 1 s. d. s. d. 



Perpetual Spinach Beet, the leaves are gathered throughout the summer, as Spinach . . 0 4. .0 9 

 Beck's Improved Seakale Beet, the mid -rib of the leaf is from two to three inches broad, 



very white, delicate in flavour, and an excellent substitute for seakale 0 4. .0 9 



For Beetroot, see page 63. 



BORECOLE, OR KALE. 



Ter pkt. pevoz. 



Albert Sprout3 (new), one of Mr. Melville's successful hybrids, between the Drumhead 

 Savoy and Brussels Sprouts; it is a most valuable winter vegetable, enduring the 



severest winters, and is in use when other sprouts are over I 0 6. .1 6 



Asparagus, or Chou de Milan, a valuable sprouting hardy variety 0 3. .0 G 



Buda Kale (sometimes called Asparagus), an extremely hardy winter kale 0 3..0 G 



Cottager's Kale, extremely hardy and prolific, the stem being covered with shoots 0 3. .0 G 



Covent Garden Garnishing, very beautifully variegated colours, varying from white to 



crimson. Highly ornamental in shrubbery borders, 8fc ««. 0 6..1 G 



Dalmeny Sprouts (new), a hybrid between the Cabbage and the Brussels Sprouts ; 



stems being thickly 'set with sprouts, and terminated by a cabbage of medium size 0 6.°. 1 6 

 Feathered, or Dwarf Curled German or Scotch Greens, valuable for small gardens .... 0 3. .0 6 

 Fearnought Cabbage, an extremely hardy hybrid, between the Dwarf Cabbage and 



Hearting Kale. The heads, when cooked, arc tender and fine flavoured 0 4..1 0 



New Imperial Hearting, somewhat resembling the Scotch Kale, but with larger sprouts 0 3. .0 6 

 Melville's Variegated Triple Curled Improved, the most beautiful of all for garnishing 

 and for embellishing the flower garden and shrubbery borders during winter and 

 spring. Soav in April or May, and transplant 6 inches apart on a poor soil in 

 an open situation ; from thence remove to where required when the ground is 



ready, planting them so deeply that the foliage will touch the ground 1 O. . 



Ragged Jacks, a very hardy winter kale 0 6 



Scotch, or Tall Green Curled, very valuable winter green 0 G 



Victoria Marrow, a useful winter kale 0 3..0 G 



BROCOLI. 



Division I— For cutting during the Autumn and early Winter Months. 



_ Perpkt.peroz. 



Grange s White Cape, the best White Cape variety for succeeding the cauliflower 0 6 . . 2 0 



Early Purple Cape, very useful, may be cut from August to December 0 4..1 0 



„ New Large Headed, a very superior early purple Cape variety .. 0 6..1 G 



Walcheren(Syn. W. Cauliflower), a valuable variety for cutting in September and October 1 0 . . 2 6 



Dancer's Late Pink Cape, a valuable succession to the Early Purple Cape 0 6..1 6 



Division II.-Eor cutting during the Winter Months. 

 Snow's Winter White, fine heads may be cut from this variety in November, December, 



and January 1 0..2 6 



Backhouse's Winter White, large white compact heads, coming into use with Snow's . 2 6. . . . 



Covent Garden Winter White, the variety supplied to the Covent Garden Market 1 0. .2 6 



Early Purple Sprouting (Asparagus Brocoli), a fine sprouting hardy variety 0 4..1 0 



Lee's Early White Sprouting, a fine sprouting variety 0 4..1 0 



Osborn's Winter White, a fine early and mid-winter Brocoli, heads as white as a cauli- 

 flower, hardy, and self-protecting. Sown in March, can be cut in November ; and, 

 by snccessional sowings, may be had in use till April or May 1 0..3 6 



