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SELECT GENERAL LIST OP VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Mr. william BULL’S 
SELECT GENEHAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
In the following General List of Vegetable Seeds, Mr. WiLtiAM Bull has excluded 
all varieties of doubtful origin and quality, only the most distinct and useful varieties 
in each section being quoted. The Stocks of all seeds have been carefully selected 
from the most eminent cultivators at home and on the Continent, and their growth 
having been effectually tested, they are confidently offered as being the very best 
that can be procured. 
ARTICHOKES. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
GKEEN GLOBE 
PUKPLE GLOBE 1 
Sow in April in rick soilj and tra^isplant when strong. In making a jdantation, procure in March 
welhrooted suckers^ trim the straggling to^ys and roots, hiit do not sho^'ten the perfect leaves ; plant in 
l otos 4 feet apart, and 30 inches from plant to plant. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
COLOSSAL (Connovef’s) ® ® 
READING GIANT or BATTERSEA per lb., 3s. 6cZ. (y 3 
During the third week in March, sow the seed in drills 12 or 15 inches apart, on well-drained 
light ground that has Veen heavily manured the previotis autumn ; the seed may he covered to the depth 
of half an inch ; when the gilanU are up thin out to 6 inclus apart. 
BEANS. 
DWARF GREEN GEM (Beck's), 1 foot high, branching habit, and abundant cropperj 
EARLY LONG-POD, a good early sort 
EARLY MAZAGAN, veiy hardy, best for early crop 
GREEN LONG-POD NONPAREIL, early, and mild in flavour . . . 
MONARCH LONG-POD, large, an excellent bearer ; one of the best for main crops 
WONDERFUL LONG-POD (Johnson's), very prolific 
WINDSOR, BROAD, pods broad and short ; is considered the best for summer crop 
WINDSOR, GREEN, rather smaller than the preceding, but of a deep green colour . 
Per cjt. — s. d. 
. 1 6 
. 0 8 
. 0 8 
. 1 0 
. O' 9 
. 0 10 
. 1 0 
. 1 0 
For successional and main crops, sow in February and every month until June. The later kinds 
should be planted in drills 3 inches deep, i to 6 inches apart in the rows, the rows to be Z feet apart. A 
deep, strong, tenacious soil is most suitable, trenched ‘I feet deep, and liberally manured. 
BEANS, CLIMBING or RUNNING. 
Per (jt. — s. d. 
CHAMPION SCARLET RUNNERS, a fine variety, producing very large pods . . .20 
SCARLET RUNNERS 2 0 
WHITE DUTCH or CASE KNIFE, long imds and of excellent flavour 16 
These arc planted in the open ground in rows 3 or i feet apart, about the beginning of May. TFhcn 
3 inches high, earth up ami stake ; the stakes used to be about 8 feet high, and when the plaids have 
reached the required height, they should be stopped to cause them to produce laterals. 
