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JOHNSON, ROBBLNS, & CO'S. 
The seeds of common garden cress, immersed in oxygenated 
muriatic acid, will germinate in six hours; -whereas, when 
immersed in water alone, they will not show signs of vegeta- 
tion in less than thirty hours. 
Steeping in tepid water for twenty-four to forty-eight hours, 
and then coaling them in plaster or ashes, will hasten the ger- 
mination of most dry and hard seeds. 
Seeds may be safely kept in boxes or bags, in a dry, airy 
place, out of the reach of rats and other vermin, for at least 
two years. Many kinds may be thus preserved from three to 
five years. If kept in cellars or damp wall closets, or trans- 
ported far by river or sea, they should be soldered or sealed 
up tight in tin cases or glass jars. 
The following table shows the quantity of seeds usually 
sown in a garden of half an acre, which will supply a moderate- 
sized family with vegetables during the year : — 
Asparagus, 1 oz. 
Beans, an assortment, 3 quarts..,--. - 
Beets, an assortment, 4 oz. /f} 
Broccoli, oz. rV 
Cauliflower, X oz. 
Cabbage, an assortment, 4 oz. 
Celery, & oz. 
Cress B oz. 
Cncumber, # oz. 
Carrot, .' 1 oz. 
Early Corn, 1 quart. 
Jigg Plant 1 paper 
E»°>o a oz. 
Leek, % oz. 
Lima Beans, 1 quart. 
Loltucc. an assortment 1 oz. 
Mustard, 4 oz. 
Melons, i<f oz. 
Okra, x oz. 
Onions, an assortment, a oz. 
Par»ley, I piper. 
Par.nipa, 1 ozf 
J>P«-ni - T paper. 
Poialoes, bushel. 
^"H-kin X oz. 
Teas, B quarts. 
Hadish, 8 oz. 
H»l«£i X oz. 
Squash, % oz. 
Spinach, a oz. 
T-Omaloos, 1 paper. 
Turnip 2 oz. 
1'ot and Sweet Herbs G papers. 
By other calculations, a pint of peas will sow fourteen yards 
in a drill ; a pint of small beans will sow twenty-two yards in 
a drill ; an ounce of onion seed will sow ten square yards ; 
