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SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
CUCUMBER — Continued. 
RIDGE VARIETIES. 
A 1 RIDGE, an excellent variety for open air culture, possessing hardiness of constitution, 
robust growth, and a most abundant and continuous bearer . . p 0 6 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling ..03 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, very fine for open-air culture . . . . . . .06 
Sow the seeds in pots or pans , and when the plants have produced their seed leaves , pot them off, either 
singly, or two or three round the sides of a pot ; when the pots arc filled with roots , and the bed at a 
proper temperature , carefully turn them out , and plant on mounds of rich turfy loam , and give them a 
gentle watering. Keep up a steady growing heat , and attend to stopping , thinning , and setting the 
flowers. 
The seed of Ridge Cucumbers is usually sown in pots or pans , and placed on a gentle heat ; the plants 
when strong enough are potted off, and about the end of May should be planted out into prepared trenches 
filled unth manure in 'a state of fermentation, over which a layer of rich light soil, 9 inches deep, has been 
placed. 
EGG PLANT (Aubergine). 
BLACK. A very robust-growing variety from Pekin, 2$ to 3 feet high, with very dark foliage, and 
black stems and fruits, the latter sometimes attaining the weight of seven or eight pounds ; spherical 
in form. 6 d. per packet. 
GREEN, from Thibet (new ). — A beautiful and excellent variety, producing green fruit of a remark- 
able character. 6 d. per packet. 
GIANT WHITE .... 
GIANT STRIPED, from Guadaloupe 
LARGE PURPLE .... 
SCARLET 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
. 0 3 
. 0 3 
. 0 3 
. 0 3 
Egg plants , when well cultivated , arc curious and interesting objects in the greenhouse or conservatory , 
and are also useful as garnishing plants. The time of souring and treatment is the same as recommended 
for Capsicum. 
ENDIVE. 
BATAVIAN GREEN, a smooth broad-leaved variety ...... 
BATAVIAN, IMPERIAL WHITE, a very superior broad. leaved variety 
DIGSWELL PRIZE, vide page 38. 
GREEN CURLED, very hardy, blanches readily ....... 
IMPROVED BROAD-LEAVED, an excellent variety, very hardy .... 
MOSS CURLED, beautifully curled, like moss 
WHITE CURLED, very tender when cut young, but grows tough and hitter with age 
For first crop sow about the middle of May, and for succession in June and July. When the plants 
are 2 or 3 inches high thin them out, or transplant into moderately rich and rather light soil, 1 fool apart. 
Water freely in dry weather. 
Per oz. — s. 
. 0 
. 0 
. . 0 
. 0 
. 1 
. 0 
GOURDS. 
MAMMOTH 
ORNAMENTAL VARIETIES, vide pages 35 and 36. 
ICE PLANT, for garnishing per pkt 
To cultivate this plant successfully, adopt the treatment recommended for Capsicum. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
. 0 3 
0 3 
KOHL RABI. 
EARLY GREEN VIENNA 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA 
These varieties are especially adapted for garden cultivation. 
Sow early in May, and transplant in rows about the end of June. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
. 0 9 
. 0 9 
. . 0 9 
