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SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
■ l’er oz. — ,v. cl. 
CHOU DE MILAN or MILAN CABBAGE 0 6 
Hk. William Bull has placed this protific and fmc flavoured vegetable away from the Borecoles , as 
it is better known under the above name, but being really a Borecole, the time of sowing and mode of 
cultivation may be the same. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
CORN SALAD or LAMB'S LETTUCE, COMMON or ENGLISH . . .06 
CORN SALAD or LAMB’S LETTUCE, ITALIAN . . . . . .09 
Sow in March and April for summer use, and in August and September for winter salads. 
CRESS. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
AMERICAN or LAND, very hardy, resembling Water Cress in flavour 0 6 
AUSTRALIAN or GOLDEN, mild and pleasing flavour 0 6 
COMMON or PLAIN-LEAVED per qt., 2 s. 0 d. 0 3 
CURLED-LEAVED „ 2s. 6d. 0 3 
WATER CRESS, easily grown in a moist situation .... per plct., 6d. & 1«. 0(1. 
Sow once a week all the summer on a shady border. American Cress is a hardy perennial, and is 
usually sown in May for autumn and winter, and in August for spring me. By successive monthly 
sowings Australian Cress may be constantly supplied throughout the summer. 
CUCUMBER. 
CUCUMBER, CLIMAX. — A handsome white-spined variety, of hardy constitution, from 18 
to 20 inches in length. A thoroughly practical gardener, in whose hands Mr. VV. B. placed seeds of 
this variety for trial, writes thus respecting it : — “ I cannot speak too highly of your Cucumber.” As 
a reliable variety for market, it cannot be too strongly recommended. Is. per packet. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
BLUE GOWN, black spine, about 24 inches long 10 
CHAMPION (Carter's), a good winter sort 1 0 
DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Daniel’s), a really first-class variety 10 
DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Monro's), a free bearer, of fine quality 10 
EXCELSIOR, an excellent white-spined variety ; strongly recommended 16 
INVINCIBLE (Hamilton's), a fine variety for exhibition 16 
KIRKLEES HALL DEFIANCE, white spine ; excellent for summer and winter use , .10 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, a magnificent exhibition variety (true stock) 16 
NEEDLE GUN (Hamilton's), a first class variety 10 
SION HOUSE IMPROVED, a greatly esteemed variety ; excellent for winter . . .10 
SIR GARNET WOLSELEY (Hamilton’s), an esteemed variety 16 
TELEGRAPH, handsome variety, 22 to 26 inches long 10 
TENDER AND TRUE, First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society . . . .16 
RIDGE VARIETIES. 
A1 RIDGE, an excellent variety for open air culture, possessing hardiness of constitution, 
robust growth, and a most abundant aud continuous bearer 0 6 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling 0 6 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, very fine for open-air culture 0 6 
Sow the seeds in pots or pans, and when the plants have produced their seed leaves, pot them off ; 
when the pots are 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. 
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. 6d. per packet. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
GIANT WHITE 0 3 
LARGE PURPLE 0 3 
SCARLET 0 3 
Egg plants, when well cultivated, are curious aiul interesting objects in the greenhouse or conservatory, 
and arc also useful as garnishing plants. The time of sowing and treatment is the same as for Capsicum. 
