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B, aTtd S, test tht growth of all Vegetable Seeds immediately they are received from the growers, 
SELECT LIST OP VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
ARRANGED AND CLASSIFIED ON A NEW PRINCIPLE, AND EMBRACING ALL THE BEST VARIETIES OF VEGE- 
TABLES IN CULTIVATION, ESPECIALLY SUCH AS ARE MOST APPROVED OF IN COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
PARCELS POST, SEEDS POST FREE TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 
The Parcels Post offers great facilities in forwarding small packages, especially to families residing outside the 
radius of the Railway delivery. We shall avail ourselves of tnis mode of transit when the articles ordered 
weigh under seven pounds, and admit of being packed for safe transmission by ''Parcels Post," In the 
case of plants and heavy packages we shall, as hitherto, send by Rail. Sec Special Notices, page 2. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS ARE PRINTED UPON EVERY PARCEL OF SEED. 
Section L-^LEGUMINOUS PLANTS, dc. 
NEW PEAS. 
Most of these have been awarded First-class Certlflcates, and having seen them In growth, we have 
confidence In recommending them. 
British Lion (Laxton), a hybrid between Telephone and Omega, a high-class late Wrinkled Marrow, a s. d. 
heavy cropper, pods nearly to the ground, 4J ft per oz. <^d., per half pint 2 6 
Alfred the Great (Laxton), a prodigious cropping, white, second early Wrinked Marrow, of magnificent 
quality, second early, first-class certificate R. H. S., 4 ft per oz. <^d., per half pint 2 6 
Sharpe’s Triumph. No less than 69 pods have been counted on one plant, each pod containing 9 to 11 
peas of exquisite flavour, pods bright green and in clusters of 2 to 3. constitution robust and 
hardy, not soon affected by drouglit, 2 to 3 ft per oz. <^d., per half pint 2 o 
Sharpe’s Early Paragon. A remarkably fine medium early variety, with long broad pods, containing 
12 to 14 large peas of superior flavour, the pods produced in such quantity as almost to hide the 
foliage, 4 to 5 ft per oz. 6</. , per pint a o 
Abundance. The remarkable feature in this new dwarf Pea is its branching habit and bountiful crop. 
Individual plants have 6 or more branches, and these are covered with pods,ii ft per 02. td., pint 1 6 
Giant Marrow (Culverwell). This grand Pea, like Telegraph and Telephone, has monstrous pods {7 by 
inches), whicli are sliglitly curved and dark green, crowded with large peas of the finest 
quality, exceedingly productive, 5 ft per oz. ^d., per pint 2 6 
Telephone (Carter), differing from Culverwcll's Telegraph in the seed being wrinkled ; an immense 
cropper, pods long and broad, peas very large, and of exquisite flavour, 4 ft. ..per oz. Cd,, per pint 2 o 
Telegnraph (Culverwell), between Veitch's Perfection and Laxton s Prolific i the cooked peas are deep 
green, large, of e.xcellent flavour, pods long, broad, and very numerous, 4 ft per quart 2 o 
John BuS (Laxton). Mr. Laxton considers this main crop blue wrinkled Marrow his most important 
introduction ; pods of great size, and in pairs, produced abundantly, each pod containing 9 to 13 
peas of excellent quality closely compressed, 2^ ft. per oz. gd., per half-pint 2 o 
Minimum (Laxton), a fine Wrinkled Marrow, of excellent quality, with 6 to 8 peas in apod. Themostdwarf 
of all Peas ; admirable for small gardens and pot-culture, i ft per oz. gd., per half-pint 2 0 
Duke of Albany (Abbott), a splendid new main crop Pea, a great cropper, with very handsome large 
well -filled pods, quality excellent, 5 ft per oz. 6tf. , per quart 2 6 
Evolution (Laxton), pods larger and deeper green than Telephone, very handsome, very productive, and of 
superior quality, very late, 3^ ft per oz. half pint 2 6 
William Hurst (Laxton), the most prolific, largest podded, the earliest and handsomest of all the 
dwarf Wrinkled Marrow Peas, requires no sticks, 1.^ ft per oz. gd., half pint 2 o 
Stratagem (Carter), certificated 1879. Mr. Barron says of this Pea, “ It has large well-filled pods, and 
excellent when cooked, its height 2J ft., robust and branching, an e.xtraordinary cropper ” 
per oz. (id., per pint 2 6 
Pride of the Market, differs from Stratagem, in having deeper green pods and round blue peas, 2 ft. 
per oz. td., per pint 2 o 
Laxton's No. 1, earlier and more hardy than Alpha, with straight pods, which are abundant, and quality 
excellent o 9 
An ounce each of the above 16 New Peas sent by post for 8/6. 
PEAS. 
The arrangement and descriptive matter following are the results of personal observations at our Ex- 
perimental Grounds, and at the Chiswick Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
All new Peas, or old Peas with new names, which are not quoted by us, can be supplied at advertised ptices. 
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. 
If sown from November to February, will be ready to gather in May and fune. 
First Crop, syn. Ringleader, and Dillistone's Early, one of the earliest varieties, 2J ft 
Sangster *8 No. 1 Improved, syn. Dickson's First and Best, very prolific and early, 3^ ft 
Daniel O’Rourke (syn. Sangstcr’s No. 1), a fine early variety, 3 ft 
Earliest of All (Laxton), a fiist-class early blue pea, a heavy cropper, and excellent quality, 2^ ft. 
Harbinger (Laxton), “ First Crop Blue Pea,” very early, prolific, and of a superior flavour, 3 ft 
Kentish Invlcta, a valuable blue pea, three days earlier than Sangster’s, and finer flavoured, 3 ft. 
Blue Peter (Maclean), a first early blue seeded Tom Thumb, a fine prolific variety, ft 
William the First (Laxton), a first rate, first early pea, in the way of Supreme, 3 ft 
Day’s Early Sunrise, a good sort to sow late or early, productive, and fine flavoured, 2^ ft 
For very early Wrinkled Marrow Peas, see Division IV. 
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If sown from January to April, will be ready to gather in June and July. 
Dickson's Favourite, long well-filled pods, very prolific, and a good succession to the foregoing section, 4 ft. 
Bishop’s Long-podded Dwarf, a fine branching variety, with long, well-filled pods, 2^ ft 
Hundredfold, an exceedingly heavy cropper, with well-filled, dark green pods, a ' ' Prizetaker," 4 ft 
Lazton's FlUhasket, extremely productive, with long well-filled pods, a very fine sort, 3 ft 
Laxton’s Superlative, the longest and largest podded pea in cultivation, 6 ft. 
Laxton’s Supreme, long scimitar-shaped well-filled pods, literally covering the foliage, 4 ft 
Pilncess Royal, a very productive fine variety, with long well-filled pods, 4 ft 
Prizetaker Green Marrow, a very productive, fine dark green-podded variety, 4 ft 
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