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SELECT GENERAL LIST OP VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
CUCUMBER — Continued. 
RIDGE VARIETIES. 
s. cl. 
A 1 RIDGE, an excellent variety for open-air culture, possessing hardiness of constitution. 
robust growth, and a most abundant and continuous bearer . . . . . . .06 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling ! ... 0 3 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, very fine for open-air culture 0 3 
Cucumbers to he mcccssfulhj forced mcest leave a brisk bottom heat of 75°, and a moist atmosphere 
ranging from 65° to 70°. Sow the seed in }iots or pans, and when the plants have produced their seed 
leaves, pot them off, cither singly, or two or three rmmd 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 wettering. Keep up a steady (growing heal, and attend to stopping, 
thinning, and setting the flowers. 
The seed of Ridge Cucum bers is usually soion in pots or gians, and placed on a gentle heat ; the plants 
when strong enough are plotted off, and about the ciul of May should be planted out into prepared trenches 
filled with numure in a state of fermentation, over which a layer of rich light soil 9 inches dec}} has been 
placed. After planting, protect with lumd-glnsscs until the plants are established. 
EGG PLANT (Aubergine). 
BLACK. — A very robust-gi’owing variety from Pekin, 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. 
GREEN, from Thibet (new ). — A beautiful and excellent variety, producing green fruit of a 
remarkable character. 6d. per packet. 
Perpkt. — s. d. 
GIANT WHITE 0 3 
GIANT STRIPED, from Guadaloupe . 0 3 
LARGE PURPLE 
SCARLET. 
Perpkt.— .s. d. 
. 0 3 
. 0 -3 
JEgg plants when well cultivated are eurious and interesting objects in the greenhouse or conservatory, 
and arc also useful as (garnishing plants. The time of solving and treatment is the same as recom- 
mended for Capsicum. 
ENDIVE. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
BATAVIAN GREEN, a smooth broad-leaved variety 0 9 
BATAVIAN, IMPERIAL WHITE, a very superior broad-leaved variety 0 9 
DIGSWELL PRIZE, vide page 55. 
GREEN CURLED, very hardy, blanches readily 0 '9 
IMPROVED BROAD-LEAVED, an excellent variety, very hardy 0 9 
MOSS CURLED, beautifully curled, like moss 10 
WHITE CURLED, very tender when cut young, but grows tough and bitter with age . .09 
For first crop sow about the middle of May, and for succession in June and July. When the plants 
are 2 or 3 inches high thin them out, or transplant into moderately rich and rather light soil, 1 foot 
apart. Water freely in dry weather. When the gdants are nearly full grown they must be jnepared 
for the table by blanching, as otherwise they would be too bitter for use ; this is done in different ways, 
some tying them up, others using tiles, slates, or flower plots. 
GOURDS. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
MdMMOTH . . 0 3 
ORNAJIENTAL VARIETIES, vide pages 51 and 52. 
ICE PLANT, for garnishing per pkt. 0 3 
To cultivate this pliant success/ ally, adopt the treatment recommended fm' Capsicum* 
INDIAN CORN. 
s. d. 
A choice assortment of 20 best varieties, separate 7 6 
Einest mixed P<^*' P^'t- ® ® 
Sow in heat in March, and plot off', and finally transpilant into the open ground the last week in May. 
