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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



GARNISHING HERBS. 



per pkt. per oz. 



BEET— BORECOLE— CRESS. s. d. e. d. 



Beet, varie°rated for Rarnishirif]; I /04..10 



Borecole, Melville's Improved Garnishing, beau- / Those are vory effective during I 



ti fully variegated ) winter in large beds or riblious / 0 6.. ,. 



„ Covent Garden Garnishing, beautifully \ in flower and shrubbery borders, i 



variegated I 1 0.... 



Cress, Xiiple Curled 0 3 



ICE PLANT. 



Ice Plant, valuable for garnishing, also for growing on rockwork 3(i. and Qd. per packet. 



MALLOW, CURLED. 



Curled Mallow, useful for garnishing 3rf. and 60!. per packet. 



PARSLEY. "''td. """"i. 



Covent Garden GamisMng, a very beautifully curled variety, the best for garnishing . . 0 4. .0 6 



Dunnott's Garnishing, beautifully curled 0 3..0 4 



Myat!,'s extra fine Curled, very fine 0 3..0 4 



Hamburgh, or Turnip-rooted ; the roots are used for flavouring soups 0 3..0 4 



SUNDRY SEEDS. 



INDIAN CORN, MAIZE, OR ZEA. 



The ears, when young, are delicious. Tliey should be cooked and served up like asparagus. 



Per pkt. 

 ». d. 



Early Maize {variety, Sam Slick) ; this variety ripens well in England 0 C 



ROOTS, PLANTS, &c. 



POTATOES. 



The following varieties we offer as most worthy of cultivation : — per peck per 



ROUND POTATOES. of U lbs. bush. 

 Early Handsworth, the earliest and best dwarf-topped round variety for forcing ; 



also an excellent sort for the open ground 2 6.. .. 



Covent Garden Prolific, a first-class potato, an extremely heavy cropper, fine 



flavoured, with a dwarf compact top. A fine succession to the above 3 6.. 12 0 



„ Covent Garden Blue, a first-class late variety, in use till June ; a heavy cropper 



and fine flavoured 3 6.. 12 0 



„ Frame, very early 3 0 



„ Oxford, a very fine variety 3 6.. 12 0 



,, Shaw Improved, a very productive early variety 2 6.. 10 0 



Daintree's First Early 2 6.. 9 0 



Dalmahoy, a first-rate second early 2 0.. 7 0 



Flour Ball, a very fine second early 2 6.. 9 0 



Scotch Regents 2 0.. 7 0 



Pink-eyed Regents 2 6.. 9 0 



Red Regents, a very heavy cropper 2 6.. 9 0 



KBDNEY POTATOES. 



Early Ash-leaf, </Ke, the best for forcing. A very fine stock 3 6. .12 0 



„ Webb's Telegraph (new), this excellent prolific variety we consider the earliest 

 in cultivation ; last spring it was planted by Mr. Webb the first week in April, 



and a fine crop dug tlie last week in May 5 6.. 



„ Hyatt's Covent Garden Prolific Ash-leaf, a first-class variety, very handsome, 



an abundant cropper, and in our opinion superior to Mono's Pride 2 6.. 9 0 



„ Champion (Carter), a very early excellent forcing variety, with very little haulm 3 6 . . 



„ Eacehorse (Sutton) 5 0.. 



Webb's President (new), a first-class second early, exceedingly productive, handsome, 



mealy, and fine flavoured 4 6 . . 



Queen of the Flukes, fine full-flavoured handsome variety, an excellent cropper, ready 



for use in September 3 0..10 6 



The King of Potatoes (Lapstone. true), a handsome second early, heavy cropper 3 0..10 6 



Webb's Imperial, or Daw's Matchless, a great cropper, resists the disease better than 



most others, is very handsome, and may be cooked from July to June 2 6.. 9 0 



Fluke, a heavy cropper 2 0.. 7 0 



England's Fair Beauty, an excellent flavoured variety, very handsome, white and floury 3 6.. 12 0 

 Wheeler's Milky White, a very fine flavoured second early 4 0. . 



A SAMPLE CASE OF PATERSON'S SCOTCH SEEDLING POTATOES, 



On exiiibition at our Warelwuse. 



