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CHESS (Water) — Continued. 

 the ground where it is intended to be grown, and the thinnings transplanted. The plants should 

 be set not less than a foot apart. The cress will be fit for gathering the second year. 



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Water Cress. True, best variety $0.10 $0.40 $4.00 



CUCUMBER. 



German, Gurken. — French, Concombre. — Spanish, Pepino. 

 One ounce will plant fifty hills ; two pounds will plant one acre. 



Cucumbers succeed best in warm, moist, rich, loamy ground. They should not be planted in 

 the open air until there is a prospect of settled warm weather. Plant in hills about four feet apart 

 each way. The hills should be previously prepared by mixing thoroughly with the soil in each a 

 shovelful of well-rotted manure. When all danger from insects is past, thin out the plants, leav- 

 ing three or four of the strongest to each hill. The fruit should be plucked when large enough, 

 whether required for use or not, as, if left to ripen on the vines, it destroys their productiveness. 

 Sow for pickling from the middle of June to the middle of July. 



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Extra Early Russian. The earliest variety ; small, hardy, and produc- 

 tive . : $0.05 $0.15 $1.00 



Early Cluster. A favorite early sort, growing in clusters, and extremely pro- 

 ductive 05 .15 1.00 



Early Frame. A standard early sort of medium size 05 .15 1.00 



Long: Prickly. _ A well-known variety, with fine long fruit ; color dark green ; 



firm and crisp . .05 .15 1.00 



Peerless White Spine. The fruit is of good size, straight, and well formed ; 

 full at both ends ; skin deep green, holding color until mature ; is very 

 productive and early 05 .15 1.25 



Improved White Spine. The standard sort with market-gardeners ; excel- 

 lent for forcing or out-door culture ; a great bearer 05 .15 1.00 



Tailby's Hybrid. Similar to White Spine ; it is larger, however, very hand- 

 some, and prolific ; valuable for forcing 05 .15 1.50 



Boston Pickling". The popular varietv with Boston market-gardeners, for 



pickling 05 .15 1.25 



Boston Pickling-. E$ctra Pickle- Groivers' Stock 05 .20 1.50 



West India Gherkin or Burr. Small, oval-shaped, prickly variety, resem- 

 bling a burr ; used only for pickling ,05 .20 2.50 



CUCUMBER (English Frame). 



Sow in small pots from the middle of January, in a hotbed or hot-house. When grown to 

 three leaves, plant out in a previously prepared hill of loose, rich soil, in the centre of the sash. 

 Keep a temperature of sixty-five degrees at night, to seventy-five or eighty degrees with sun-heat. 

 The following selection includes some of the leading English varieties: — 



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Bollison's Telegraph . . . . $0.25 I Blue Gown ...... $0.25 



Ihike of Edinburgh . . . . .25 | Marquis of Lome 25 



DANDELION. 



German, Pardeblume. — French, Pisse-en-lit. — Spanish, Amargon. 

 One ounce will sow one hundred feet of drill. 



The dandelion affords 'one of the earliest and most healthful spring greens or salad. The 

 seed should be sown in May or June, in drills, half an inch deep, and twelve inches apart, and the 

 earth firmly pressed over the seed ; thin out afterwards to four inches apart. 



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American Improved. Thick leaf ; the favorite market sort . . ' . $0.10 #040 $5.00 



Thick -Leaved French . . . . . . IO .30 2.50 



