54 NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Novelties & Specialities in Vegetable Seeds. 
The following choice vegetables may be relied on as possessing sterling merit. 
Any novelties not here enumerated can always be supplied at current prices. 
ASPARAGUS, COIjOSSAIj (CONNOVER’S), new, — An improved variety of American origin. 
It is a most vigorous gi'ower, and at two yeara old can be cut, producing shoots from half an inch to- 
one and a half inches in diameter. The colour is deep green. 6d. per packet. 
beet, dwarf BDACE-DEA'V ED. — This is one of the finest Beets in cultivation, either for 
flower-garden decoration or for culinary use. It is perfectly uniform in habit and colour, and grows 
about 1 ft. high ; the leaves, which are intense purjdish black, have a brilliant metallic lustre, 
and are gracefully recurved, somewhat like the Dracainas. fid. per packet. 
BEET, DIMMICK’S DWARF GREEN TOP. — A perfectly distinct variety ; foliage gieen and 
very dwarf, root medium size and well formed, colour deep crimson, very bright and rich, without 
the purple stains and rings which prevail in other varieties ; Ilavour excellent. Is. per packet. 
BORECOLE, IIEOPHAM COURT. — A very useful variety, growing about 2 to 2J feet high, the 
stems studded with sprouts about 2 inches long when at their best ; lit for use in Januaiy and 
February. Is. per packet. 
BORECOLE, VAAIEGATED TRIPLE CURLED, extra selected. — This stock includes all 
the sorts thought most worthy for decorative purposes — for garnishing, the embellishment of the 
flower garden, and for the dinner table. To keep it dwarf and comiiaot, and to bring out the true 
colours, it should be treated in the following manner Sow the beginning of March, thinly ; after 
the plants are a moderate size, transplant them in poorish soil in an open space of ground, but not 
too close together. They may remain there till wanted for use, when they can be removed at any 
time to the winter garden. In planting the heads, with their foliage, should be close to the gi'ound. 
fid. per packet. 
BROCCOLI, IMPERIAL HARDY WHITE (HAMMOND’S).— “ The heads are large, even in 
outline and hemispherical, so close that there is not space anywhere for so much as the point of a 
pencil, the colour creamy white ; average weight when trimmed for cooking 3 lbs., in finality 
first-rate, as mild and sweet as a Cauliflower.” Is. per packet. 
BROCCOLI, LEAMINGTON, new.— A remarkably fine late, self-protecting variety, the heads 
being 8 or 9 inches in diameter, globular, perfectly solid, and very pure in colour, owing to the 
admirable manner in which the leaves fold over and protect them. It was awarded a First Class 
Certificate by the Iloyal Horticultural Society, March Ifith, 1873. 2s. fid. per packet. 
BROCCOLI, NEW SURPRISE (ELLETSON’S). — A great improvement upon the Mammoth 
Broccoli, possessing the hardiness of that variety, but surpassing it in size and (piality. Is. per 
packet. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, GIANT (SCRYMGER’S). — A very excellent variety, which in the Eoyal 
Horticultural Society’s Keport of the Chiswick Trials of Vegetables was referred to as follows : — 
“ Scrymcfcr’s Giant Brussels Sprouts is of robust habit, though not very tall, the general height 
being about 2 feet, leaves rather large and flat, sprouts rather above the ordinary size, very firm and 
close, and thickly set on the stem.” Is. per packet. 
CAULIFLOWER, VEITCH’S AUTUMN GIANT. — A valuable variety of compact growth ; the 
heads are beautifully white, large and firm, and being thoroughly protected by the foliage remain 
longer fit for use than those of many other kinds. If sown in April or May it will come into use 
between the IV alchcren and Snow's Winter Broccoli. Is. fid. per packet. 
CELERY, HARRISON’S LEICESTER RED. — The foliage of this iine new variety gi’ows in a 
very compact form, each stem the same height, giving it a neat and regular appearance ; the leaves 
are also much more serrated than any other kind, while in quality it cannot be surpassed, being , 
distingui.shed from other kinds by its fine flavour, crispness, solidity, &c. Is. per packet. 
CELERY, SANDRINGHAM DWARF WHITE. — An excellent dwarf white variety, very 
crisp, and of first-rate flavour. Is. per packet. 
CUCUMBER, BLUE GOWN, new. — This is a verj' superior black-si)ined variety, growing to the 
length of 2fi inches, of a unifoim size, and with a very fine bloom. It has been awarded three Fii’st 
Class Certificates. Is. fid. per packet. 
