62 



per pkt. per oz. 



s. d. I, d. 



Orach White, or Mountain Spinach 0 3..0 6 



„ Rod, or Mountain Spinach, a highly decorative plant for shrubbery borders .... 0 3. .0 6 



New Zealand, produces leaves in great abundance throughout the summer 0 3..0 6 



Section III.— EDIBLE ROOTED PLANTS. 



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



BEET. 



Covent Garden Improved, extra fine selected, medium sized, beautifully shaped roots, of a 



rich crimson colour, boils tender, and is of superior flavour 0 4..1 0 



Carter's St. Osytli's, medium size, good shape, short top, rich deej) blood-red colour ... 0 4. .0 9 



Cattell's, a good useful sort, of medium size and fine colour 0 4..0 9 



Henderson's Pine Apple, compact short-topped variety, roots medium sized, and of a 



fine deep crimson ; boils tender, and is of very superior flavour 0 4..0 9 



Nutting's Dwarf Ked, medium size, roots of a dark red colour, an excellent variety ... 0 4. .0 9 



White's Black, large root, almost black 0 3..0 6 



Variegated for Garnishing, also efTccti^ c for shrubbery borders 0 4.. I 0 



CARROT. 



Earliest French Short Horn (Covent Garden variety), a favourite little carrot for 



soups, extremely early and of superior flavour ; the best variety for forcing 0 4..0 6 



Early Scarlet Horn, an exceedingly valuable variety 0 3..0 4 



Long Orange, somewhat similar to Surrey 0 3 



Covent Garden Long Surrey, the longest, richest coloured, and best for main crop ... 0 3. .0 4 



New Intermediate, a superior medium sized variety, valuable for shallow soils 0 3..0 4 



James' Scarlet Short Top, a good useful sort 0 4 



Altringham, selected, grows to a large size, and is prized for garden and field culture ... .0 4 



Large White Belgian, best for cattle, produces an immense crop 0 3 



Large Orange Belgian, considered superior to the white variety 0 3 



OUR OWN SELECTION. 



12 ounces in 6 best varieties 3 G | 6 ounces in 6 best varieties 2 0 



LEEK. 



Ayton Castle New Giant (Syn. Henry's Prize Giant), very large superior variety ... . 0 4..1 0 



Rouen, a large and very fine sort 0 4..1 0 



London Flag, large and fine 0 6 



Musselburgh, very superior, may be grown to the weight of 3 or 4 lbs 0 4.. I 0 



ONION. 



White Spanish (true Readhuj), the mildest in flavour, and most useful for main crop. 0 4..0 6 



Deptford, or Brown Spanish, similar to the above but brown, a good keeping variety 0 4 



Brown Globe, a hardy useful kind 0 6 



White Globe, a mild-flavoured and a good keeping variety 0..4..0 6 



Giant Madeira, a fine variety, grows to a great size, and very miid flavoured 0..4..1 0 



Blood Red, a very useful hardy Idad 0 4..0 6 



James' Long Keeping, keeps longer than any other variety 6 4..0..6 



Strasburgh, a very hardy brown skinned variety 0 4 



Covent Garden Small Silver Skinned, the best for pickling 0 6. .1 0 



Tripoli Large flat Italian {true), the best variety for autumn sowing 0 4..0 8 



,, New White, very- fine variety 0 4..1 0 



Danvers' New Yellow, a large brown skinned variety, an excellent keeper, highly 

 recommended. Our specimens of this valuable onion were awarded a First 



Class certificate at the International Fruit Show of the Horticultural Society .... 0 4. . 1 0 

 Trebons, a very large broivn skinned sort ; we believe " Nuneham Park Onion " to be a 

 synonyme, or a selection from this variety, and not a cross bet^^■een Wliite 



Spanish and Flat Tripoli 0 4..1 0 



Nuneham Park, a very large brown skinned variety in original packets 2 6.. .. 



Welch, or Two-bladed Nuneham Park Onion 0 6 



Wliite Lisbon, the variety sown in autumn by market gardeners for spring onions 0 4 



OUK OWN SELECTION. 



12 ounces in 6 best varieties 6 0|6 ounces in 6 best varieties 3 6 



PARSNIP. 



" The student," a superior flavoured variety, with clean handsome roots 0 4..0 6 



Hollow Crown Improved, the most useful for main crop 0 3..0 4 



True Jersey Marrow, a large valuable sort 0 4 



New Parsnip Chervil, much esteemed by some 0 6..1 0 



RAMPION. 



Rampion 0 6. .2 0 



