GARDEH 
LETTUCE 
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CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER LETTUCE 
^'^ShTnn'^'''-^'? ?"«P,SON (SILESIA)-Forms a close, compact 
"1 are large and broad, crimped and blistered, and 
bght pen m color. Not desirable for forcing with bottom heat 
It IS. however, recommended for planting in cold frames, and exten- 
sively grown m, the open, a lb. 7Sc.j oz. 2Sc. pkt. ioc. 
''''sfo^rn^ri'^n^;\Ter^iiVb^:Tsi7i>^^?5i; Tor '^-^'^"^ ^"^^ 
cos or ROMAINE 
LETTUCE 
PARIS WHITE COS— Cos Lettuce is 
quite distinct and popular on ac- 
count of their tender, crisp leaves 
and delicate flavor. The leaves are 
long and narrow, and need to be 
tied up, when they soon form solid 
heads, and bleach snow white. \4 lb. 
80c.; oz. 30c.; pkt. 10c. 
GREEN PARIS COS— A fast-growing 
variety, not quite so large as the 
Paris White Cos. but somewhat 
earlier. Head is long and of a dark 
glossy green color. lb. 80c.; 
oz. SOc; pkt. 10c. 
SELECT BIG BOSTON LETTUCE 
MUSHROOM 
— Fr. CHAMPIGNON. 
When ordered by mail, add 15 cents per brick to price of Mushroom Spawn, for postage in the Dominion. 
MUSHROOM CULTURE.-Can be successfully grown at any 
season m either shed or cellar where a temperature of 46 to 55 de- 
" ^ maintained and providing the place be dry. Procure the 
Sni°M"' necessary of fresh horse droppings, as free from straw as 
possible and moist with urine if it can be got that way. Turn this 
over, say 3 or 4 times in a week, covering the heap to prevent wash^g 
iT^ h„'ll'°„t" .''■•yrs the sun. To this then add a fourth of 
h.^ 1?, u""" 'P'^'^X ""'^'ns all carefully together. The 
bed should be made 4 ft. wide and whatever length is required Put 
twelve inches or so in the bottom of the bed of rough manure tramped 
down, and on top of this 4 to 6 inches of the preplred manure whin 
the temperature has declined to 130, the latter being put on in Uyers 
?o fo?™TK ^J'^l^ ^"f smoothly. Then put planks on edge 
ov/r°;Tth^<^e°an^h°ay1,;'stra:' ^"^ "^^'^ '^^'^ 
h.i "'^''^d "^"s made registers 90 to 95 degrees a few inches 
below the surface, then break a brick of spawn into 12 pieces and 
place these pieces IK inches deep and 8 iSches apart When tem- 
^h„Y."? i reaches 85 degrees, remove the straw and cover the 
fi"?"" ""^ of fi"e sifted loam, beatine it 
down 6rmly and smoothly, .then put on the covering aga n WateJ- 
mfdl wL'.''^ importance. If dung was moilt when bed was 
^ve^ thf t '•'■''y be necessary till after spawning, but bok 
over the bed weekly and give a thorough watering, with water at " =^B^g^M 
in/oiftTo'-Jlte"/ ttrt^Sf^L^=^°efars\"b^y«l"tlr?;g"w'^en'i1.t S^ls ^hefS ^V"" ^f '^f °' "^-^^ '< bed shows any signs of dry 
M TusrooSL^ul^Sw^TbTM^n^^^ 
FINEST AMERICAN MUSHROOM SPAWN.-Per brick, 30c.; per doz., $3.00. 
MUSTARD 
-Fr. MOUTARDE. 
CULTURE— When used for salads, sow thickly in shallow drills 6 inches annrt 
forTs'/ir.'!"!!!"^' '"'"'^ '"o- When ^oJ^ to produce'^^'i 
Ipartln thrrow!''''''^"'"""'''"'^""'^'''^^ « apartSs fnch^ 
""^v^of frsL^^Xrge'nt" 'jS'.i:f'^7rc.?L°:te^^k'i'."io^."='"''- ""'^ 
*"J^cfi^r^T£! «!7^fii^^?"6oc":i''oz!"lo^!r;itTloc.^°""^^ ^--^ 
PICKLING MUSTARI>-For flavouring. Lb. $1.00. 
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OKRA or GUMBO 
One ounce of seed for 100 feet of drill. 
CULTURE — This vegetable is extensively grown for its ereen nods aMr-h o— 
nutriUour''&>:'the%l^d-V^%'^"f'' ""^"^ rich°Vavorind''Irl'c:n^s de?S 
Th, ™ j u l ^^^'^ thickly in nch ground, about the middle of Mav or wh™ 
ZlrfT^^' 'XJ^^'^J^ 1 ^eep; thinno''i0°^io''cSrs 
'"°wLh''a''rf^orgT^d%°uL1;t1r^<5r2t^^^ bears long pods. 
