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The growiny quality of the Seed is tested before being sent out, 
SELECT LIST OF^YeGETABLE SEEDS. 
AIlfiANGED AND CLASSIFIED ON AN ENTIRELY NEW PRINCIPLE, AND EMBRACING ALL THE 
BEST VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES IN CULTIVATION, AND ESPECIALLY SUCH AS ARE 
MOST APPROVED OF IN COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
CULTUUAL BIHEOTIONS ARE PRINTED UPON EVERY PARCEL OF SEED. 
All Vegetable Seeds priced “ per packet” are sent post paid, or carriage alloioed, however small the amount 
oj the order; by this arrangement purchasers are enabled to obtain small quantities of really superior 
seeds from our Warehouse without incurring the expense of cai'riage, 
CABKIAOK ALLOWED UPON ALL ORDERS FOR VEGETABLE SEEDS BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE, WHEN THE 
AMOUNT IS 2U. AND UPWARDS. 
Section I.— Legumixous Plants, &c. 
PEAS. 
The arrangement and desadptive matter are the resuUs of our personal observation at our own Expert 
mental sample grounds, and at the Chiswick gardens of the lioyal Horticultural Society. 
Division I. — T*HE RjARLIEST* HOUND SEEDED PEAS. per 
If sown from November to February, will be ready to gather in Afay and June. s. d. 
First Crop, syn. Ringleader and Dillistone’s Early, the earliest variety, 2 ft 2 0 
Songster’s No. 1 Improved, syn. Sutton’s Improved Early Champion. In our Experimental grounds 
this proved one of the best of this Section, long-podded and very productive, and all but 
the first early, 2i ft I ^ 
Taber’s Early Perfection, syn. Dickson's First and Best, a few days later than “ First Crop,” 3 ft.... 1 6 
Daniel O’Eourke, syn. Sangster’s No. 1, a fine early variety, 2^ ft 1 0 
Dunnett’s First Early, syn. Koming Star, A'c., a fine cropper, later than “Daniel O’Rourke,” 3 ft. . 1 0 
Beck’s Gem, syn. Sutton's Tom Thumb, an excellent pea for early forcing and for small gardens, 1 ft. 1 6 
See Division IV. fot' Jirst early Wrinkled Marrow Peas. 
Division II.— SECOND EARLY ROUND SEEDED PEAS. 
If sown from January to April, will be ready to gather in June and July. 
Auvergne, syn. Dickson’s Favourite, long well-filled pods, a good succession to the above, 4 ft 1 0 
Bishop’s New Long-podded Dwarf, a fine branching variety, with long, well-filled pods, li ft 1 0 
Blue Surprise, Carter’s, or Fairbeard’s, fine flavoured, and a good cropper, 4 ft 1 0 
Champion of Paris, syns. Paradise and Excelsior Marrow, an excellent second early, 4 ft 1 0 
Essex Eival, syn. llingwood Marrow, a first-rate variety, 3^ ft 1 0 
Harrison’s Perfection, fine flavoured and productive, 3 ft 1 ^ 
Hundredfold, described in the Gardener^s Chronicle as a hybrid, between Laxton’s Prolific and 
Ne Plus Ultra. The sample grown at the Horticultural G ardens, how'ever, had all the appear- 
ance of being the green variety selected from Laxton's Prolific. The pea is also called 
“ The Cook’s Favourite,” a somewhat homely title, which, probably, has been suggested by 
its well-filled pods. 4 ft ^ Jj 
Laxton’s Prolific Long Pod, a heavy cropper, with long well-filled pods, 4 ft 2 0 
„ Supreme, a new green Marrow, with extremely long scimitar-shaped well-filled pods, 
w'hich are produced in such quantities as literally to hide the foliage, 4 ft per pint 4 6 
Princess Royal, a most productive first-class variety, with long well-filled pods, ft 1 0 
Frizetaker Green Marrow, syn. Bellamy’s, Ac., a productive variety, with dark green pods, 4 ft. ... 1 0 
Division III.— ROUND SEEDED PEAS SUITABLE FOR MAIN CROP. 
If sown from Feh'xiary to A/oy, will be ready to gather from the middle oJ July to the middle of Avgust, 
Blue Scimitar, a well-known and esteemed variety, very productive, 2^ ft 1 0 
Burbridge’s Eclipse, a dw'arf robust growing variety, with well-filled pods, 2 ft 1 0 
Flack's Victory, syn. Bedman’s Imperial, branching, productive, and of fine flavour, 3 ft 1 0 
The Peabody, a very dwarf branching and a very prolific late variety, 1 ft 2 6 
Victoria, syn, Waterloo Tall Marrow, large pods, fine flavoured, and very productive, 6 ft 1 0 
Waterloo Dwarf Branching Marrow, a productive fine-flavoured late dwarf variety, 1 ft 3 6 
In addition to the JirsUclass round‘setded Peas enumerated in the three preceding Sections, we can supply 
all the other sorts advertised. 
Division IV.— THE EARLIEST WRINKLED MARROW PEAS. 
If sown in March or April, will be ready to gather in June and July. 
Little Gem (McLean^, veiy dwarf and full-flavoured, as early as “ First Crop,” and, being of minia- 
ture growth, 18 a first-class variety for early forcing, 1 ft. 
Advancer, a fine early green marrow, comes in a few days after Daniel O’Rourke, ft 
Nutting’s No. 1, a new early dwarf man*ow of excellent flavoiu” and prolific, li ft 
„ Multum in Parvo, an improved variety of Little Gem, witli larger and broader pods, more 
productive, and quite as early ; we confidently recommend it, ft 
Laztons Alpha (new), the earliest long-podded wrinkled marrow, an important acquisition ; was 
awarded a First-class Certificate by the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
being the earliest and most productive of this class, 3 ft per half-pmt 
Division V. — SECOND EARLY WRINKLED MARROW PEAS. 
IJ' sown in Alarch and April will be ready to gather in July and Atigust. 
Champion of England, an abundant cropper, fine flavoured, first-class variety, 4 ft 
Forty-Fold, a first-class fine flavoured variety, with long well- filled pods, 4 ft 
Ne Plus Ultra, peas dark green, and of very superior flavour, a first-class variety, G ft 
Prince of Wales (McLean), a first-class variety, fine cropper, and fine flavour, 3 ft. 
The Prince, robust, and much branched, fine flavoured, long-podded, and productive, 3 ft 
Wonderftil, an excellent rich flavoured productive pea, 3 ft 
Division VI.— WRINKLED MARROW PEAS, the best for Main Crop. 
If sown in April and May will be ready to gather in August, September, cjc. 
British Queen, a favourite variety of superior flavour, and a fine cropper; during mild seasons it 
continues blooming and podding, sometimes as late as Christmas, G ft. 
Champion of Scotland, syn. Strathmore Hero, a strong growing^ fine ^voured vanety, with large 
well-filled pods ; continues blooming and*podding, sometimes till Christmas, 6 ft 
Epicurean, a first-class variety, fine flavoured, and a free beiirer, 3 ft - 
Imperial Wonder, a very late, first-class, fine-flavoured olive-green pea, a heavy cropper, o it 
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