50 SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS offkhed iiy WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
CRESS. 
AMERICAN or LAND, very hardy, resembling irater Cress in flavour 
AUSTRALIAN or GOLDEN, mild and pleasing flavour* 
COMMOxN or PLAIN 
EXTRA CURLED 
WATER CRESS, easily grown in a moist situation ... 
How once a tveck all the summer on a shady border, American Cress is a hardy perennialy and w 
usually sown in Jfuy for autumn and winiery and in August for spring use. By successive monthly 
sowings Australian Cress may be constantly supplied throughout the summer. 
Per oz. — 8. 
0 
per pt., \s. Od. 0 
per qt., 2s. Od. 0 
,, , 2s 0^?. 0 
per pkt., 6d. & Is. 
CUCUMBER. Per pkt. — s.d. 
BERKSHIRE CHAMPION, a free-fruiting 
variety . . . . . . . . ..10 
BLUE GOWN, long handsome fruit about 
24 inches in length . . . . . . ..10 
CARDIFF CASTLE, a fine variety, for either 
summer or winter use, the fruit is of a rich 
emerald colour about 18 inches long, per packet 1 6 
CHAMPION (CrtW(?F.v), a good winter sort .. 10 
CUTHILL’S BLACK SPINE, one of the best 1 0 
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, fine for exhibition 1 0 
DUKE OF EDINBURGH {Banieis*)y one of the 
finest white-spined varieties in cultivation, of a 
fine robust constitution and habit, growing 
rapidly to the length of thii*ty to thirty -six 
inches, is very prolific, of a fine rich green colour 
and one of the best for exhibition pui*poses . . 10 
EMPRESS OF INDIA, a fine variety, 30 to 
36 in. long . . . . . . . . , . ..16 
EXCELSIOR, an excellent white-spined variety 1 6 
INVINCIBLE a fine variety .. 16 
LORD KENYON’S FAVOURITE, a veiy 
superior sort . . . . . . . . ..10 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, a magnificent variety 1 0 
MODEL (Carter's), a fine exhibition variety . . 16 
NEEDLE GUN a first-class variety 1 0 
SANDER’S TELEPHONE, a handsome variety 1 6 
SION HOUSE IMPROVED, excellent for winter 
work . . . . . . . . . . ..10 
TELEGRAPH (true), a handsome black-spined 
Cucumber ; a very free bearer, pi’oducing fruit 
from 20 to 26 inches long, thin-skinned, and 
of excellent flavour . . . . ..10 
TENDER AND TRUE, Fii'.st Class Cei’tificate, 
Royal Horticultural Society . . . . ..16 
RIDGE VARIETIES. 
SHORT PRICKLY, for pickling . . ..06 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, fine for open- 
air culture . . . . . . . . . . ..06 
Sow the seeds in pots or pans, and when (he plants 
have produced their seed leaves, pot them off; when 
the pots are filled with )*oots, and the bed at a 
proper temperature , carefully turn them only and 
plant on mounds of rich turfy loam, and give them 
a gentle watering. Keep up a steady groiving 
heat, and attend to stopping, thinning, and setting 
the Jloivcrs. 
EGG PLANT. 
BLACK 0 6 
GI.VNT WHITE 0 6 
L.VRGE PURPLE 0 '6 
SCARLET .06 
Kgg Blunts, when well culiicoted, are curious and 
interesting objects in the greenhouse or conservatory, 
andare also useful as garnishing plants. The time 
of towing and treatment is the same as for Capsicum. 
