SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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CRESS. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
AMERICAN or LAND, very hardy, resemhling Water Cress in flavour. . . . .06 
AUSTRALIAN or GOLDEN, mild and pleasing flavour 0 8 
COMMON or PLAIN-LEAVED per qt., 2s. Od. 0 3 
CURLED-LEAVED 2s. 6rf. 0 3 
AVATER-CRESS, easily grown in a moist situation per pkt., 6rf. 
Sow tile plain a/nd curled-learcd varieties once a week all the summei’, on a shady border. American 
Cress is a hardy pereimial, and is usually sov/n in May for autumn and winter, and in August for 
spring use. By successive mosithly sowings Australian Cress may be constantly supplied throughout 
the summer. AVater Cress is a native plant, and groion to mast advantage by the edge of a running 
stream. 
CUCUMBER. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
BERKSHIRE CHALLENGE, a good white-spined variety . . . . . ■ .10 
BLACK SPINE (CuthilVs), one of the best for general use ; an abundant bearer . . .10 
BLUE GOAVN, black spine, about 24 inches long 10 
CHAMPION {Carter's), a good rvinter sort 10 
CLIMAX, vide page 35. (Strongly recommended) 16 
DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Monro’s), a free bearer of fine quality . . . . • .10 
HEATHERSIDE RIA^AL, a first-class variety . . . . . . . . .16 
INVINCIBLE (Samilton's), a fine variety for exhibition 16 
MARKET FAVOURITE {Hamilton's), fruit about 16 inches long ; a liandsome variety . .10 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, unequalled as an exhibition vai iety 16 
NEEDLE GUN {Hamilton’s), handsome black spined variety, 20 to 24 inches long . .10 
SION HOUSE IMPROVED, a greatly esteemed variety ; excellent for winter . . .10 
TELEGRAPH, handsome black-spined variety, 20 to 26 inches long 10 
RIDGE VARIETIES. 
A 1 RIDGE, an excellent variety for open-air culture, possessing hardiness of constitution. 
robust gro^vth, and a most abundant and continuous bearer 0 6 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling 0 3 
STOCKA\''OOD LONG RIDGE, very fine for open-air culture 0 6 
Soio the seeds in pots or pans, and when the plants have produced their seed leaves, pot them off, cither 
singly, or two or three roumd the sides of a pot ; when the pots are filled with roots, and the bed at a 
proper temperature, carefully turn them out, and plant on mounds of rich turfy loam, and give them a 
gentle watering. Keep up a steady gromng heat, and attend to stopping, thinning, and setting the 
flowers. 
EGG- PLANT (Aubergine). 
BLACK — A very robust-growing variety from Pekin, 2J to 3 feet high, with very dark foliage, and 
black stems and fruits, the latter sometimes attaining the weight of seven or eight pounds ; spherical 
in. form. 6d. per packet. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
GIANT Al'HITE 0 3 
LARGE PURPLE 0 3 
fiCARLET 0 3 
Egg plants, when well cultivated, arc curious and imtercsting objects in the greenhouse oi' conservatory, 
and are also useful as garnishing plants. The time of sowing and treatment is the same as recommended 
for Capsicicm. 
lOE PLANT, for garnishing 
per pkt. 0 3 
