SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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CRESS. 
AMI 1 .KICAN or LAND, very hardy, resembling W’utcT Gtcss in flavour 
AUSTRALIAN or GOLDEN, mild and pleasing flavour , 
COMMON or PLAIN-LEAVED 
CURLED-LEAVED 
WATER-CRESS, easily grown in a moist situation .... 
Per oz. — s. d. 
. 0 6 
. 0 4 
per qt., 2s. Od:. 0 3 
„ 2.S. 6d. 0 3 
per i)kt. , 6d. 
Now the plain a'nd curled-leaved varieties once a week all the summer, on a shady harder. American 
Cress is a hardy perennial, and is usually sown in May for autumn and winter, and in August for 
sprimg use. By successive monthly sowings Australian Cress snay be constantly supplied throughout 
the swmmer. Water Cress is a native plant, and grown to most advantage by the edge of a running 
stream. 
CUCUMBER. 
J>LACK SPINE (CuthilVs) one of tlie best for general use ; an abundant bearer , . .10 
BLUE GOWN, black spine, about 24 inches long 16 
CHAMPION (Ga?*^er’5), a good winter sort 
CLIMAX, vide page 65. (Strongly recommended) . . . , . . . . ,16 
DUKE OF EDINBURGH {Mo7iro's)j a free bearer of fine (piality 10 
HEATHERSIDE RIVAL, a first-class variety •......,,.16 
INVINCIBLE a fine variety for exhibition . . , . . , ,16 
KIRKLEES HALL DEFIANCE, white spine ; excellent for summer and winter use . .10 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, uneq^ualled as an exhibition variety , . , . , , ,16 
NEEDLE GUN (Hamilton's), handsome black spiued variety, 20 to 24 inches long . . ,10 
SION HOUSE IMPROVED, a greatly esteemed variety ; excellent for mnter . . . .10 
STAR OF THE WEST ( Lynch’s), a first-rate winter variety ; very prolific . . . .10 
TELEGRAPH, handsome black-spined variety, 20 to 26 inches long 10 
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 . 0 6 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling !!*.*..* 0 3 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, very fine for open-air culture 0 6 
Sow (he seeds in pots 07' pans, and when the plants have 2}Tod%i<xd their seed leaves, pot them off, either 
or two or three round the sides of a pot ; when the pots are filled with roots, and the hed at a 
proper U,mperatu7'c carefully twm them out, and plaiit on mou7ids of rich twfy loam, and give them a 
gentle watering. Keep up a steady growing heat, and attend to stopping, thinning, aTid setting the 
flowei's. 
EGG PLANT (Aubergine). 
BLACK — A very robust-gi'owing variety from Pekin, 2J to 3 feet high, with very dark foliage, and 
black stems and limits, the latter sometimes attaining the weight of seven or eight pounds ; spherical 
in form. 6d. per packet. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
GIANT WHITE 0 3 
LARGE PURPLE 0 3 
SCARLET 0 3 
^gg plants, when well cultivated, arc curious and interesting objects in the greenhouse or conservatoi'y, 
and are also useful as garnishing plants. The time of souring and treatment is the same as recommended 
for Capsicum. 
ICE PLANT, for garnishing . 
per pkt. 0 3 
