SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS offered by WILLIAM BELL, E.L.S. 53 
MUSTARD. 
WHITE, for salad 
per qt., 2s. ; per oz., 2d. 
ONION. Peroz.— s. d. 
BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION, aa excellent keeping variety 13 
BLOOD RED, a good keeper, strong flavour . . .. .. .. .. .. .. ..0 8 
BROWN GLOBE, large, mild, and an excellent keeper .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 
DANVER’S EARLY YELLOW, very fine, early variety 0 10 
DEPTFORD or STRASBURG, brown-skinned, large, and a good keeper . . . . . . • 0 6 
GIANT ROCCA, very large, globular-shaped . . . . . . . . . . . . ..10 
,, ZITTAIJ, an excellent keeping variety, of handsome shape, and clear yellow colour .. 0 9 
GLOBE, WHITE, a very fine mild sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..10 
JAMES’S KEEPING, excellent, keeps longer than any other variety . . . . . . ..10 
NXJNEHAM PARK, large size, mild flavour, excellent keeper . . . . . . . . ..13 
SILVER-SKINNED, for pickling 10 
SPANISH, WHITE, or READING, one of the best for main crop, very mild flavour . . 0 9^ 
THE QUEEN, a small and distinct silver-skinned onion .. .. .. .. per pkt. Is. — * 
TRIPOLI, Red Italian or Barsana large, for autimm sowing . . . . . . . . ..09 
„ LARGE GLOBE, nuld flavour 0 9 
,, NEW GIANT, one of the largest Onions grown ,. .. . .. ..10 
,, WHITE FLAT MONMOUTH, large silvery white, particidarly mild .. 1 0 
and fine . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . ..16 
WHITE LISBON, a mild flavoured variety, sown in autumn for spring use . . . . ..06 
Ai early in March ae the soil is in .working order, commence operations hy levelling the ground with 
a rake, and tread it firmly ; draw shallow drills 9 inches apart, along xvhich sow the seeds thinly and 
regularly. Cover the seeds with fine soil, pressing it down on the drills or beds by the use of a light 
roller or the back of a spade. When the young plants are strong enough, thin them gradually so that 
they stand, after the final thinning, 5 or 6 inches apart. 
PARSLEY • Per oz . — ». d. 
CHAMPION MOSS CURLED, extra fine curled 0 9 
FERN-LEAVED {Carter's) 0 9 
To grow Farsley well the ground should be trenched 18 inches deep, and plenty of manure worked in; 
sow the seed — in March for summer use, and in June for winter — in rows 1 foot apart, and thin out 
or transplant from 6 9 inches apart. A dressing of soot occasionally in showery weather will greatly 
increase the growth of the plants. 
PARSNIP • Per oz. — «. d. 
HOLLOW-CROWNED, IMPROVED, the most useful sort for gardens 0 6 
THE STUDENT, a fino-flavoined variety 0 8 
About the end of February sow in drills 12 inches apart on rich deep soil, trenched and manured 
the previous autumn, and cover slightly with fine soil ; thin out the young plants early to about 9 inches 
apart, and keep the surface of the ground open and free from weeds. 
PEAS. 
NEW SORTS, vide pages 43 & 44. 
EARLIEST SORTS. 
ADVANCER [Maclean's), a green wrinkled Mnn-ow, of excellent flavour 
alpha [Laxton's), an early and productive variety . . 
AMERICAN WONDER, a first early, grownng about 10 inches high, fine for forcing 
DANIEL O’ROURKE or SANGSTER’S No. 1, a well-known early variety 
EARLY SUNRISE, a large-seeded early dwarf white wrinkled Mairow . . 
FILLBASKET (laxton’s), a large handsome and prolific Pea 
FIRST AND BEST EARLY (Dickson’s), verj- early and productive 
KENTISH INVICTA (Easfe’s), a blue round early variety .. 
LITTLE GEM (Maclean’s), a blue wrinkled Manow, excellent quality 
SUPREME (Laxton’s), a green Marrow, )f excellent quality . . 
WILLIAM THE FIRST (Laxton’s), very early, one of the best . . 
SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 
CHAMPION OF PARIS, very prolific long-podded Pea 
DICKSON’S FAVOURITE or AUVERGN^E, a well-known sort . . 
Db. MACLEAN (Turner’s), a wonderfully productive blue wrinkled Marrow 
ESSEX RIVAL (Elcy’s), very productive and fine flavoured . . 
PRIZETAKER, a weU-kuown prolific sort 
VICTOR, vide page 44. 
Per Qt. 
It. 
>. d. 
2i 1 6 
3J 1 6 
— 2 0 
3 0 10 
2k 1 0 
6 
3 
6 
1 
1 
1 
1 9 
ik 1 6 
3“ 1 3 
4 0 10 
b 0 10 
3i 1 9 
3' 0 10 
5 0 10 
