SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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The soil in which Pens luxuriate most, is a free, light , but rich loam , abounding with vegetable mattei * ; 
when necessary to manure at the time of sowing , it should be wOll mixed with soil , particularly at the 
bottom of the trench. For the earliest crop sow about the middle of November , in situations where they 
can be protected in severe weather, another sowing about, the end of January, and for a regular succession 
during summer and autumn sow every three merits up to the end of June. The lute wrinkled varieties 
should be sown during April and May, and for the last crop sow a good sort out oj the second early 
section, in exposed and open situations. When the plants are about 3 inches high , the soil should be 
drawn against them on both sides. The distance between the rows is generally regulated by the extent of 
ground at disposal, the earlier varieties A- feet, and the late and tall kinds not less than 6 feet apart, so 
that both sides of the rows may have full belief i of light and air. In very dry weather, watering with 
liquid manure will be beneficial . 
RADISH. 
BLACK SPANISH, a hardy sort for autumn sowing 
CHINESE ROSE COLOURED, an excellent variety for winter use 
EARLY FRAME (Wood’s), best for forcing and early use . 3*. 6 d. per qt. ; 2*'. Od. per pt. 
FRENCH BREAKFAST RADISH, vide page 58 
LONG SALMON 2s. Gd. per qt. ; Is. 6 d. per pt. 
LONG WHITE NAPLES 
SCARLET OLIVE-SHAPED, very mild and tender 
SUPERB SCARLET SHORT-TOP, best for general crop 
RED TURNIP . . ( , , „ , . . 
best for summer and late crops . 
. . . 2s. 6 d. per pt. 
2s. 6 d. per qt. ; Is. 6 d. ,, 
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WHITE TURNIP . ( 
Sow in frames for early crops in December and January, and on a rearm border in February, giving 
'protection with litter during frosty weather, removing it every mild day. For successional crops sowings 
may be made every three weeks until the end of August.. Black Spanish is used in winter, and should be 
sown in August. A rich light soil, not recently manured, suits Radishes best, and during hot dry 
weather give copious supplies of water, as rapidity of growth is requisite to ensure tender roots and mild 
favour. 
RAMPION. 
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Sow in drills 6 inches apart, on well-worked rich soil, during April and May , and thin out to 4 
inches apart. 
RAPHANUS CAUDATUS. 
Vide page 58. 
RHUBARB (Seed). 
Per 07,. — s. d. 
LINNiEUS (Myatt’s) . . . .10 
ROYAL ALBERT (Mitchell’s) . .10 
Per oz. — s. d. 
TOBOLSK 10 
VICTORIA (Myatt’s) . . . .10 
Sow in April in drills 12 inches apart, arid when up thin out to about, the same distance in the rows — 
by the following spring the roots will be large enough to transplant. The ground should he rich and well 
prepared, and the seed covered with fine soil. 
SALSAFY. 
SELECTED SEED per oz. 1 0 
Choose ground which has not received manure for at least one year. Trench this ground 18 inch's deep, 
place a good thickness of well-decomposed manure at the bottom of the trench, slightly mixing it with the 
soil: cause pulverisation by frequently forking over the surface . Sow early (say from the middle to the 
latter end of April), but let the temperature of the climate, locality, and state of the weather be a 
consideration, for a day too early under severe changes produces dec rapid and deformed roots, from which 
state no cultivation afterwards will produce good crops. Sow in drills 15 inches apart, covering the seed 
with fine soil, which press down firmly, and thin out when the plants are strong enough to G inches apart. 
In all cases sow the seed in dry weather. The roots may be taken up and stored in November. 
