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SELECT LIST OE YEGETIBLE SEEDS. 
ARRANGED AND CLASSIFIED ON A NEW PRU^CIPLE, AND EMBRACING ALL THE BEST VARIETIES OF VEGE- 
TABLES IN CULTIVATION, ESPECIALLY SUCH AS ARE MOST APPROVED IN COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
All orders for Vegetable Seeds amounting to 21s. and upwards, carriage may be deducted at settlement of 
account. Vegetable Seeds offered under the heading “per packet," will be sent prepaid by post, or if sent by 
Rail ( however small the amount of the order), carriage may be deducted at settlement. By this arrangement 
purchasers are enabled to obtain from our Warehouse small quantities of really superior seeds. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS ARE PRINTED UPON EVERY PARCEL OF SEED. 
Section LEGUMINOUS PLANTS, dc. 
NEW PEAS. 
Most of these have been awarded Tirst-class Certificates, and having seen them In growth, we have 
confidence In recommending them. s. d. 
Dr. Maclean, Dr. Hogg says of this pea : — “ It is the finest I ever saw grown, and in quality I cannot 
name a better, in productiveness unequalled,’’ 4 ft per oz. /\d., per pint is. 6 d., per quart 2 6 
Duchess of Edinburgh (Sutton), a prolific wrinkled Marrow of excellont flavour, having large well filled 
pods, 5 ft per oz. e^d., per pint i 6 
Giant Emerald (Sutton), the most distinct of wrinkled Marrow pens, 5 ft per oz. 4<f., per pint 2 o 
Little Wonder (Carter), as early as Adva?ieer, and with podsdike G. B. Wilson, 2. first class dwarf wrinkled 
Marrow, 2 ft per oz. 6 d., per pint 3 6 
Challenger (Carter), described as one of the handsomest, most prolific, and best flavoured of green 
Marrow peas, 2^ ft per oz. 6 d., per pint 3 6 
Culverwell's Telegrajiii, a cross between Veitch’s Perfection and Laxtori s Prolific •, when cooked, the 
peas are of a fine deep green colour, flavour excellent, pods very long and very productive, 
4 ft per oz. Cd., per pint 3 6 
Criterion (Standish), this was one of the late Mr. Standish’s favourite seedlings ; it is of a strong robust 
branching habit, 5 to 6 feet high, the pods in pairs, and. the peas of a deep green colour 
• per oz. td. , per pint 3 o 
Harbinger (Laxton), a cross between Dillistondi Parly ond Alpha, with the habit of the former; pods 
small, slightly curved and well filled, good colour and fine flavour, 2^ ft. ...per oz., is., per ^ pint 3 6 
The Shah (Laxton), an early white wrinkled Marrow, coming into use with Pirsl Crop, an abundant 
cropper, and of excellent flavour, 2 ft per oz. Cd., per pint 3 o 
Unique (Laxton), a dwarf form of William the First, and coming into use with Little Gem, very prolific, 
and of good flavour, 2 ft per oz. td., per pint 3 o 
Standard (Laxton), Mr. Gilbert describes this as “ the best Pea." It has long curved pods, very handsome, 
prolific, and of excellent quality per oz. td., per -pint 3 o 
Dr. Hogg (Laxton), quality equal to Ne Plus Ultra, and coming into use about a week after First Crop, 
3 ft ■. per 07, 6rf., per pint 3 o 
Balmoral Castle, in the way of Supreme, but with longer pods, well filled and borne from top to bottom 
of haulm, flavour excellent, 4 ft per oz. e^d., per pint i 6 
Conunander-in-Chlef (Carter), a fine greenish blue wrinkled Marrow, in the way of G. F. Wilson, with 
long slightly curved pods, and frequently containing as many as 10 large-sized peas in a pod, 4 ft. 
per oz. per pint 1 6 
FlUbashet (Laxton), extremely productive, with long well filled pods, dwarf and profuse, 3 ft. ...per quart 2 o 
Ike above New Peas, 1 oz. of each, 5i-. Cd. 
FHAS. 
The arrangement and descriptive matter following are the results of personal observations at our E.x- 
perimental Grounds, and at the Chiswick Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
A ll new Peas, or old Peas with new names, which are not quoted by us, can be supplied at advertised prices ; 
but intending purchasers of either of these two classes would do well to read the Report of the. last important Pea 
Trials conducted at the Royal Horticultural Soeiety's Gardens at Chiswick. ItwiUbe found in theyoumal of 
Horticulture, i^ih and 21st Nov., 1872. The Report is very full, fair, a?id utibiassed in dealing with the 
would-be novelties in Peas which for years past have been foisted upon the public, unintentionally, perhaps, on 
the part of the introducers, but complimentary in the highest decree to the Peas which they had re-christened. No 
two Peas, perhaps, have more synonymes, and no two Peas are to be matched in quality with the British Queen and 
Ne Plus Ultra. Nine-tenths of the new Peas, excepting, of course, Mr. Laxton' s hybrids, are either British 
Queen or Ne Plus Ultra. The Vegetable Trials at Chiswick, which are being conducted under the very able 
management of Mr. Batron, the superintendent, will prove of great advantage to the gardening community, 
exposing, as these trials do, the fabrication of nsw' itames to standard varieties, giving due importance to bond 
tide introductions, and also encouraging growers to maintain pure "stocks." 
The varieties of Peas, and also other vegetable seeds which we enumerate and describe, are the best repre- 
sentatives of their classes. We mention this as, in our present edition, we have omitted the descriptions to many 
names, but have fully described the varieties most worthy of cultivation. 
Division I.—THE EARLIEST ROUND SEEDED PEAS. perqt. 
If sown from November to February, will be ready to gather ui May and June. s. d. 
First Crop, syn. Ringleader, and Diltistones Early, the earliest variety. 2 ft i 6 
Sangster’s No. 1 Improved, seven days later than Dillistone's Early, 2| ft i 6 
Daniel O’Rourke, a fine early variety, 2.^ ft i o 
Qem (Beck), syn. Tom Thumb, for small gardens, for forcing, or sowing in sheltered situations, i ft i 3 
Kentish Invlcta, a valuable blue pea, three days earlier than Sangster’s, and finer flavoured, 2^ ft 2 o 
Blue Peter (Maclean), a first early blue seeded Tom Thumb, fine variety, lA ft 2 o 
The following is. to is. 6 d. per quart : — Early Emperor, Sutton's Early Champion, Carter's Earliest, Dicksons 
First and Best, Caractacus, Hooper^ s Early Rival, Taber's Perfection, Early Warwick, Early Frame, &c. 
For very early Wrinkled Marrow Peas, see Division IV. 
Division II.— SECOND EARLY ROUND SEEDED PEAS. 
If sown from January to April, will be ready to gather in June and July. 
Auvergne, syn. long well-filled pods, a good succession to the above section, 4 ft. ... i o 
Bishop’s Long-podded Dwarf, a fine branching variety, with long, well-filled pods, 2 ft r o 
Hundredfold, an exceedingly heavy cropper, with well-filled, dark green pods,, a ' ‘ Prizetaker," 4 ft i 6 
Laxton's Supreme, long scimitar-shaped well-filled pods, literally covering the foliage, 4 ft i 6 
Laxton’s William the First, in the way of Supreme, but earlier by ten days, 4 ft * 6 
