SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS okfekku iiv WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
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SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
In tlie following; Gonoml List of Vegetable Seeds, Mr. William 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 liome and on the 
Continent, and their growth having been effectually tested, they are confidently 
offered as being the very best that can be jirocured. 
ARTICHOKES. Peroz— * a 
GREEN GLOBE 10 
PURPLE GLOBE 10 
Sow in April in rich and transplant when strong. In making a plantation^ procure in 
March welUrooted suckers^ trim the straggling tops and roots^ but do not shorten the perfect leaves; 
plant in rows ifect aparty and 30 inches from plant to plant. 
ASPARAGUS. 
rev oz. — s. d, 
COLOSSAL (Connover' s) . . . . . , ..04 
READING GIANT or BATTERSEA per lb., 4i’. ..0 4 
During the third week in Marchy sow the seed in 
drills 12 or 1.5 inches aparly on well-drained light ground 
that has been heavily manured the previous autumn ; the 
seed mag be covered to the depth of half an inch ; when the 
plants are up thin out to 6 inches apart. 
BEANS. 
* Per qt. — d. 
DWARl^ GREEN GEM {lieck's)^ 1 foot high, 
branching habit, and abundant cropper . . 13 
EARLY LONG -POD, a good early sort 0 8 
EARLY MAZAGAN, very hardy, best for early 
crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G 
GREliN LONG-POD NONPAREIL, early 0 10 
MONAKCH LONG-POD, large, an excellent 
bearer . . . . . . . . . . ..08 
SEVILLE LONG-POD, an excellent eaxly 
variety . . • . • . . . . . ,.13 
WONDERFUL LONG-POD {Johuson''s)y very 
prolific . . . . . . . . . . ..09 
AVINDSOR, BROAD, IMPROVED, pods broad 
Asparagus, Coxnover’s ColosSzIX. and short ; is considered the best for suiumer 
crop . . . . , . , . . . . . ,.10 
WINDSOR, GREEN, rather smaller than the preceding, but of a deep gi*een colour. . ..13 
For successional and muin cropSy sow in February and every month until June. The later kinds 
should be planted in drills 3 inches deepy 4 /e 6 inches apart in the roivSy the rows to be Z feet apart. 
A deep strong tenacious soil is most suitablcy trenched 2 feet deepy and liberally manured. 
BEANS, FRENCH or KIDNEY. 
Per qt. — a. d. 
CANADIAN WONDER, extremely prolific variety for general crop 0 
DARK DUN or LIVER-COLOURED, long piodded ; an abundant cr-oppe^r .. .. ..0 9 
I’ULMER’S FORCING, an excellent variety . . . . . . . . . . . . ..16 
NEGRO LONG-PODDED, very productive for general crop .. .. .. .. ..16 
OSBORN’S FORCING, for early forcing 16 
PALE DUN or CREAM COLOURED, early and prolific, excellent for general crop . . 0 10 
SION HOUSE, suitable for out-door culture or early forcing . . . . . . . . ..16 
SIR .TOSEPH PAXTON, excellent for forcing . . . . . . 10 
For open gt'ound cropa aow the beginning of Mug to the end of June for ancceaaion. The aitnation 
ahould be open^ the ao\l f ree~\oorking y moderatelg manured ; the dritla ahould not be leaa than 2 feet 
apart, 2 inehe$ deep, and Seana placed at regular diatancea not exceeding 4 <« 6 inches. 
