SPECIALITIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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BORECOLE, VARIEGATED TRIPLE CURLED (MELVILLE’S). 
(EXTEA SELECTED.) 
This stock includes all sorts thought worthy for decorative purposes — for garnishing, the embel- 
lishment of tho flower garden, and for the dinner table. To keep it dwarf and compact, and to 
bring out the true colours, it should bo 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 tho winter gardon. In planting, the heads with their foliage 
should bo close to the ground. Price Is. per packet. 
BROCCOLI, ALEXANDRA (WILLIAMS’). 
An excellent white and extremely hardy variety, producing large solid heads, somewhat conical 
in shape, and as white as most Cauliflowers. A Special Certificate was awarded to this Broccoli by 
the Eoyal Horticultural Society, May, 18G7. The Committee considered it of first-class excellence, 
and worthy of every recommendation. If sown at the end of April, it will be ready for nso the first 
week in May of the following year. Price Is. Gd. per packet. 
BROCCOLI, ECLIPSE (CATTELL’S). 
The hardiest and latest white Broccoli in cultivation. Awarded tho First Prize at the Inter- 
national Horticultural Exhibition, South Kensington, May, 1866. Price Is. Qd, per packet. 
BROCCOLI, IMPERIAL HARDY WHITE (HAMMOND’S.) 
“Tho heads aro 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 croamy white, average weight when trimmed for 
cooking 3 lbs., in quality first-rate, as mild and sweet as a Cauliflower.” Price Is. per packet. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, GIANT (SCRYMGER’S). 
A very excellent variety sent out two years ago, and in tho Eoyal Horticultural Society’s Eeport 
of the Chiswick Trials of Vegetables was referrod to as follows: — “ /Scryimjer’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. It is an exceedingly woll-solocted stock.” Price Is. per packet. 
CABBAGE, INCOMPARABLE DWARF (HILL’S). 
A most distinct and valuable variety, and extremely hardy. It is of a most remarkable dwarf and 
closo habit, and produces a medium-sized head. As a sprouting variety it is unequalled. Price 6 d. 
per packet. 
CABBAGE, PRESIDENT EARLY DWARF. 
A very fine early dwarf Cabbage, of medium size, good close lieaTt, and excellent marrow flavour ; 
a capital sort for winter. Price Is. pel' packet . 
CELERY, MATCHLESS RED (WILLIAMS'). 
A new and very superior variety, strong grower, very solid, crisp, and juicy, and of a most de- 
lioious flavour; stands to the end of April, without the least tendency to run to seed. Price Is. per 
packet. 
