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Rhubarb 
Rhubarbe. Rhabarber. Suibarbo. 
One ounce will sow one hundred and twenty-five feet of drill. The seed bed should be of light, rich soil. 
Sow very thinly in rows one foot apart, and cover the seed about one inch. When the plants are two inches 
high, thin to the distance of six inches in the drill. In about six months they will be strong enough to set out 
in their permanent location, the distance allowed being about three feet each way. 
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Linnaeus $0 20 ?0 50 $1 75 
Mammoth Monarch 25 75 2 50 
Tictoria 20 50 176 
Boots of either variety, $1.50 per dozen, by express, at purchaser's expense. 
Salsify or Vegetable Oyster 
Salaifii. Haferwurzel. Osira Vegetal. 
One ounce will sow a drill sixty feet ; five pounds will sow one acre. The soil should be rich and well 
worked to a depth of at least eighteen inches. Sow in drills fifteen inches apart, covering the seeds with fine 
soil an inch and one-half in depth. When the plants are strong enough, thin them out to about nine inches 
apart. 
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Large White French. Small-growing, but of good flavor $0 10 $0 30 $1 00 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. A great improvement on the old variety ; very large. . 15 50 1 60 
5orrel 
Oseille. Sauerampjer. Acedera. 
An ounce will sow one hundred and fifty feet of drill. Sow in rows fifteen inches apart and one half inch 
deep ; thin the seedlings out to ten inches apart in the row. Cultivated for its leaves, which possess a very fine 
flavor boiled and served like spinach ; also much used as salads. 
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French Broad-Leaved. Much valued on account of its large leaves and pleasing 
acidity $0 15 $0 40 $1 25 
Spinach 
Epinard. Spinal. Espinaca. 
One ounce will sow one hundred feet of drill ; ten pounds will sow an acre. An exceedingly rich, well- 
worked soil is necessary. Sow thinly in drills one foot apart and half an inch deep. When the young plants 
are established, thin out to the distance of three or four inches in the row, and in a future thinning every 
alternate plant may be removed, as spinach does not do well when crowded. 
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Long Standing. An improved variety of great merit, with large, thick leaves of a 
dark ereen color ; greatly appreciated because it goes to seed much later than any 
othervariety.... $0 10 $0 15 $0 40 
Prickly. A very hardy variety ; strongly recommended 10 15 40 
Perpetual or Spinach Beet. Produces a great abundance of green leaves, and as soon 
as one gathering has been made, a fresh crop appears, thus insuring a constant sup- 
ply of this valuable vegetable 10 25 75 
Viroflay. A large-leaved variety ; grown largely in many localities 10 15 40 
New Zealand. Withstands heat and drouth and produces leaves in great abundance 
throughout the summer in the hottest climates, where ordinary spinach will not do 
well ; should be transplanted three feet apart each way, into light, rich soil 10 30 1 00 
