!^<S  Practical  Hints  on  Vectctahle  Varntind. 
List  ok  Vauieties  ok  the  Vegetables  deschibeil 
The  following  list  may  he  helpful  to  some  readers,  who  are 
emharrassed  by  the  large  number  of  varieties  mentioned  in 
many  seed  catalogues  : — 
Asparagus  : Comiover’s  Colossal,  I’alnietto.  Beet  : Dell’s  Crimson, 
Pragnell’s  Exhibition.  Beans  : Broad — Bunyard's  Exhibition  ; French — 
Magnum  Bonum,  Canadian  Wonder;  Runner — Neal’s  Ne  Plus  Ultra,  Painted 
Lady.  Borecole  : Improved  Curled,  Cottager’s  Kale.  Broccoli  : Veitch’s 
Self- Protecting,  Leamington,  Tamworth,  Ledsham’s  Latest  of  All.  Brussels 
Sprouts  : President  Carnot,  Covent  Garden,  Imported.  Carrot  : James’s 
Scarlet  Intermediate,  Guerande,  Early  Nantes.  CABBAGE:  Early  Ofienham, 
Wheeler’s  Imperial,  Drumhead  Savoy,  Red  Dutch.  Cauliflower  : Early 
Snowball,  Early  London,  Veitch’s  Autumn  Giant,  King  of  Cauliflowers. 
Celery  : Leicester  Red,  Yates’  Excelsior  Pink,  Wright’s  Grove  White. 
Endive  : Improved  Green  Curled,  Moss  Curled.  Lettuce  : Cabbage — 
Schofield’s  Winter  White,  Tom  Thumb,  Champion  ; Cos — Champion  White 
Cos,  Balloon  Cos.  Leek  : The  I>yon,  Musselburgh.  Onion  ; For  sowing  in 
March — Rousham  Park  Hero,  Bedfordshire  Champion,  Veitch’s  Main  Crop  ; 
For  sow’ing  under  glass  in  December  or  January — Ailsa  Craig,  Cranston’s 
Excelsior.  Parsnip:  Elcombe’s  Improved,  Student,  Hollow-crowned.  Peas: 
Early — Eclipse,  William  Hurst,  Gradus  ; Main  crop — The  Stanley,  Sharpe’s 
Queen,  Telephone,  Veitch’s  Perfection,  Ne  Plus  Ultra.  Potatoes:  Early 
Kidney — Shar[)e’s  Victor,  Sutton’s  Ringleader;  Late  Kidney — Reading  Giant, 
British  Queen ; Early  Round — Plarly  Regent,  Early  Puritan ; Late  Round — 
Up-to-date,  Windsor  Castle.  Radish  : Wood’s  Early  Frame,  Ne  Plus  Ultra, 
Turnip  (white  and  red).  Rhubarb  : Myatt’s  Victoria,  Early  Scarlet,  John- 
stone’s St.  Martins.  Seakale  : Lily  White,  Ordinary  Purple.  Spinach  : 
Improved  Victoria  Round  Seeded,  Prickly  Seederl.  Tomato  : Early  Eve.sham, 
Chemin  Rouge,  Early  Ruby,  Challenger.  Turnip:  Early  Milan  Purple-top, 
Early  Snowball,  Green-top  White  Stone.  Vegetable  Marrow  : White  and 
Green  Bush,  Long  White  and  Long  Green,  Moore’s  Cream. 
Manlikial  Experiments  with  Vegetables. 
I)(*tails  as  to  manuring  liave  already  been  given  ; but  it 
may  be  of  further  interest  if  I add  the  re.sults  of  experi- 
ments in  the  manuring  of  various  crojts  during  a period 
of  five  years.  These  experiments  are  being  conducted  at 
the  Worcestershire  County  (Council  Experimental  Garden  at 
Droitwich,  and  they  consist  of  two  series.  (1)  Four  jtlots 
manured  with  (a)  stable  manure  alone  ; (h)  mixed  chemical 
manure  alone,  consisting  of  mineral  superj)hosphate  of  lime, 
kainit,  nitrate  of  soda,  sulphate  of  ammonia,  sulphate  of  soda, 
sulphate  of  magnesia,  and  sulphate  of  iron  ; (c)  garden  refuse 
only  ; and  (d)  stable  manure  supplemented  by  mixed  chemical 
manures.  (2)  Four  small  j)lots  manured  only  with  one  kind 
of  chemical  manure,  viz.,  nitrate  of  soda,  kainit,  sulphate  of 
fimmonia,  and  mineral  su{)erphos])hate  of  lime. 
An  analysis  of  the  soil  of  the  first  four  ])lots  mentioned, 
made  by  Mr.  Cecil  Duncan,  County  Analyst  for  Worcester- 
shire, in  August,  DdOd,  shows  that  the  jdot  most  liighly 
