SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
43 
CRESS. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
AMERICAN OK LAND, very hardy, resembling fR'aicr CVm in flavour 0 6 
AUSTRALIAN or GOLDEN, mild and pleasing flavour 0 4 
COMMON OR PLAIN-LEAVED per qt., 2s. Od, 0 8 
CURLED-LEAVED 2s. 0 3 
WATER CRESS, easily grown in a moist situation . . . . . . |)er pkt., 6<Z. 
Sow the plain and enrled-leavcd va/rietks once a week all the summer, on a shady herder. American 
Cress is a ha^dy perennial, and is usually sown in May for autu/mn and winter, and in A ugust for 
spring use. liy sueccsswe monthly sotvings Australian Cress nmy he constantly supplied throughout 
the sumnwr. Water Cress is a native plant, and grows to most advantage hy the edge of a running 
stream, 
CUCUMBER. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
BLACK SPINE {Outhill's), one of the best for general use ; an abundant bearer . . ,10 
BLUE GOWN, black spine, about 24 inches long 16 
CHAMPION {Carter’s), a good winter sort 10 
CLIMAX, vide page 37. (Strongly recommended) 16 
DUKE OF EDINBURGH {Monro’s), a free bearer, of fine quality 10 
EXCELSIOR, vide page 37. (Strongly recommended) 16 
HEATHERSIDE RI VAL, a first-class variety 16 
INVINCIBLE {Hamilton’s), a fine variety for exhibition 16 
KIRKLEES HALL DEFIANCE, white spine ; excellent for summer and winter use . .10 
LONG GUN (Pcamre’s), a magnificent exhibition variety 10 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, a good exhibition variety ......... 1 6 
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 growth, and a most abundant and continuous bearer 0 6 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling 0 3 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, very fine for open-air culture. . . . ■ . .06 
Sow the seeds in pots or pans, and when the plants have produced their seed haves, pot them off, cither 
singly, or two or three round the sides of a pot ; when the pots are filled with roots, and the hed at a 
proper temperatu/re carefully turn them end, and plant on mounds of rich turfy loam, and give them a 
gentle watering. Keep up a steady growing heat, and attend to stopinng, thinning, and setting the 
flowers. 
ECU PLANT (Aubergine). 
BLACK. — A very robust-growing variety from Pekin, 24 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 WHITE .03 
LARGE PURPLE 0 3 
SCARLET 0 3 
Kgg plants, when well eultimated, are curious and interesting ohjects in the greenhouse or conservatory, 
and are also usefitl as garnishing plants. The time of solving and treatment is the same as recommended 
for Capsicum. 
lOE PLANT, for garnishing . 
. per pkt. 0 3 
