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GARNISHING HERBS —continued. 
Brazilian Beet, beautiful for garnishing in summer and decorative in shrubbery and flower borders 
Borecole, Melville’s Improved variegated ' Trr ’ 
„ Covent Garden variegated 
„ New Perennial variegated 
We know of no garnish that is more beautiful during ( 1 
the autumn, winter, and early spring months, than < o 
the inner leaves of variegated Borecole. ' - 
New Moss Triple Curled, densely curled light green foliage , a fine garnish 
Cress, Triple Curled, used in small salads and for garnishing 
Curled Mallow, useful for garnishing dishes .3 d. & 
per pkt. per oz. 
s. d. 3 . d. 
4. . .1 o 
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Section V/l,— ROOTS, PLANTS, Etc. 
THE POTATO. 
High-Class New Varieties of the Potato. 
Which have been awarded First-Class Certificates by the Royal Horticultural Society, and which we offer and 
recommend with the utmost confidence of giving satisfaction. 
Early Dimmisk, large round , nearly smooth , and very handsome; flesh white, floury, and of superior s. d. 
flavour, a heavy cropper , and uniform in size, the best of early round potatoes for exhibition per peck 4 6 
Covent Garden Perfection (Hooper), of this fine variety Mr. Shirley Hibbcrd says : — “ It is distinct, of 
fine quality , and the very model of a potato for a gentleman's table." per lb. is. 6 d., per 7 lbs. 15 o 
Porter 's Excelsior, a first-class exhibition variety, very handsome, of good quality, a great cropper, and 
very early per lb. is. 6d. , per 7 lbs. 8 6 
Schoolmaster, a high class variety of the Regent type, a valuable potato .per lb. is. 6d., per 7 lbs. 7 6 
Fenn’s Perfection Kidney, a handsome smooth form of Lapstone, the produce of a graft of the Yorkshire 
Hero and Onwards, the earliest and handsomest of the Lapstone family per lb. 9 d., per peck 7 6 
Fenn’s Rector of Woodstock, tubers fiattish round, and handsome, one of Mr. Fetin' s famous varieties, 
floury, and of excellent flavour per lb. 6d., per peck 5 o 
Fenn’s Bountiful, true kidney shape, exceedingly handsome, and of a reddish colour, flesh yellow, very 
floury, and of more than usually fine flavour, second early per lb. 6 d., per peck 6 o 
Fenn’s Early White Kidney, a first early handsome variety, of first-rate quality per lb. 9 d., per peck 7 6 
Fenn’s Early Market, large fiattish round, of superb quality, dwarf haulm per lb. is., per peck 10 o 
Alpha, a high-class dwarf early American potato, adapted for garden or frame culture, flesh very 
white, dry, and firm, flavour excellent, a good acquisition per lb. is., per 7 lbs. 6 o 
Snowflake, above an average size, half round, very even and regular, skin slightly rough ; flesh white 
and floury, very handsome, and an immense cropper, second early per lb. 8 d., per peck 6 o 
Eclipse Kidney, very handsome, white, floury, of fine flavour, and medium size, very prolific, second 
early per lb. gd., per peck 7 6 
Brownell’s Beauty (Vermont Beauty), light red and very large ; flesh white, and of excellent quality, a very 
heavy cropper, in the way of Red-skinned Flourball, but superior per bush. 11s. 6d., per peck 4 o 
Climax (Bresee), flesh white, floury, and of exceedingly fine quality; having been in cultivation now several 
years, its reputation is established as a high-class variety per bush. 12s., per peck 3 6 
Round Potatoes. * per peck 
The following standard varieties are well known and highly esteemed : — 
Early Giant King, the earliest round potato, an immense cropper, and not liable to disease 
,, Red Emperor, this is a most distinct second early variety, a great cropper, and of high class 
quality , very free from disease, and should be universally cultivated for main crop : we have 
this season a fine stock of this very valuable potato per lb. 6d. 
The Marchioness of Lome, a Scotch seedling of Victoria, a good cooker, and of fine quality, resists 
the disease well 
Model, an extremely handsome variety, very prolific, flesh white, boiis meaiy, flavour excellent. 
Other varieties of round Potatoes can be supplied at the usual prices. 
Kidney Potatoes. 
The following standara varieties are well known and highly esteemed : — 
Gloucestershire Kidney ) First-class Potatoes, 'but resembling each other 
T? irrar-a ' P A 0V1 1 no f I . 1 . j i -it r . r . .r r , .1 
Rivers' Royal Ash-leaf 1 . 
Veitch's Improved Ash-leaf 
so ( 
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closely that it has been asserted that the best autho- 
rities fail to distinguish the one from the other. 
Almond’s Yorkshire Hero. Mr. Fenn says of this variety : “ it is the best garden Potato in culti- 
vation, and stands at the top ring of the ladder of the Lapstone section," and adds, “it assisted 
me to gain an extra prize for tubers at the Royal Horticultural Society’s show at Bury St. 
Edmunds, also to gain a silver Banksian medal, a gold Banksian medal, a special certificate, 
and a first-class certificate at South Kensington.” With such a character from such an 
eminent source, we feel that any remark of our own would be unnecessary, simply adding that 
it is the longest-keeping Potato known, and we are pleased to say that this year we have a 
fine stock of this most valuable variety per lb., 6d. 5 
Champion, earlier than the Ash-leaf, very prolific, excellent flavour, and very handsome 5 
Flat King, or Birmingham Prizetaker, second early, a very handsome first-class flat variety 3 
Webb s Imperial, or Daw’s Matchless, very handsome, and a great cropper for light soils 4 
Reliance (Cattell), large handsome tubers, flesh white, floury, and of excellent flavour, per lb. 9 d„ 5 
Red Skinned Fluke, an immense cropper, flavour excellent, and fine constitution 3 
Other varieties of Kidney Potatoes can be supplied at the usual prices. 
American Potatoes. 
per peck, per bush. per peck, per bush. 
of 14 lbs. bush. 
s. 
d. s. 
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Bresee' s Prolific 3 6... 12 
,, Peerless 3 6. ..12 o 
Eureka per lb. 6d. 50 
Paterson’s Bovinia 3 0...10 6 
Red Skinned Flourball 3 0...10 6 
Extra Early Vermont 4 0...12 6 
Compton’s Surprise ...4 0...12 6 
Early Gem 6 0...18 o 
per peck, per bush. 
Early OneltTa 5 0...17 6 
Early Rose 3 6... 12 o 
Late Rose 3 6. ..12 o 
We dojiot anticipate any change of prices in potatoes during the season, but circumstances may arise to 
