Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
RAM PION 
( Campanula rapunculus). 
CULTURE. — Rampion is a vegetable which may be used cooked or 
as a salad, hut it is not nearly so much grown as it should he, especially when 
considered what a good substitute it is for Radishes during the early Autumn 
months, and when owing to heat and drought the latter are sometimes difficult 
to obtain in a tender condition. Sow seed on a light porous soil in drills 
1 not less than G inches apart, and having covered them with about a quarter 
of an inch of soil, well tread the bed over and rake down smoothly. When 
the seodlings are well through the ground, thin them out to not less than 
4 inches apart. After about three weeks, give the bed a thorough soaking 
with water, and the crop will be assured, unless the weather prove dry for a 
very long period, when duplicate waterings will be of great benefit. To 
secure a continued supply it is well to make several sowings, one early in 
the month of April, one about the third week in May, and a third and last 
about the same time in June. 
3d. and Gd. per packet. 
SCOKZONERA. 
SCORZONERA 
( Scorzoncra htspanicd). Composite:. 
CULTURE. — Same as for Salsafy. The 
loots are boiled or stewed in the same way as 
1’arsuips. A delicious vegetable. 
lOd. per oz. 
RHUBARB (Seed) 
( Rheum r/iaponticum.) Poi.YGONH.as. 
CULTURE. — Sow in drills in April about 1 inch deep thin out to 
G inches apart, and transplant in Autumn into a bed well manured 3 feet, 
apart each way. Seed sown in this way will produce good roots the second 
year. 
Per packet — s. d. 
Finest Mixed Varieties 0 6 
Rhubarb Roots, see page 44. 
SALADS. 
We supply seeds of plants generally used at various times of the 
year in the preparation of this now recognised necessity on the (lining table. 
Descriptions will be found under the various headings — Barbe de Capucin, 
Celcriac, Ch'ervil, Chicory, Chives, Corn Salad, Cress, Cucumber, Dandelion, 
Endive, Lettuce, Mustard, Nasturtion. Purslane, Radish, Rampion, Salsafy, 
Shallot, Tarragon, Tomato, Watercress, Witloof. 
SALSAFY ( VE 0 G v^r) 
(Tragopogon porrifolius). Co.vii'Osit.f.. 
CULTURE. — Although Salsafy is not usually cultivated in small ! 
gardens, there is no reason why it should not be, as the roots form a valuable 
addition to the somewhat limited list of winter vegetables. They are easily 
cooked, merely require scraping, steeping in vinegar and water, then boiled 1 
until tender, after which they may be served up with white sauce. The j 
culture is quite as simple. Choose a piece of ground that has been well dug ! 
and manured previously, the surface also should be well pulverised. Sow 
the seed first week in April, iu drills 15 inches apart and about 2 inches 
deep. As soon as the plants arc large enough to handle, thin out to about 
9 inches apart. Beyond this, except keeping clean from weeds, this is all 
the treatment required until growth is completed in Autumn, when the roots 
may be lifted and stored iu sand, or allowed to remain in the ground until 
required for use. Those left in the ground will produce flower steins in 
spring, and these if cooked when young make an excellent table vegetable. 
8EA KALE, 
SEA KALE, SEED. 
( Crambe maritinia.) Crucii'ERjE. 
CULTURE — Sow iu March or April 
in rows, about 15 inches apart, and keep the 
plants clear of weeds. Transplant to good,. well 
trenched, and rich ground, in clumps of about 
4 or 8, and between each lot so planted leave a 
space of about 3 feet, so that any one can move 
between them during the growing season. 
Ud. per oz. 
For Plants, see page 44. 
SPINACH. 
(Spinacia oleraceci.) Ciiknopodiaceie. 
CULTURE. — Should the weather he favourable, a small sowing of 
the round variety may be made in January, another in February, and a 
larger one in March. Successive sowings may then be made every three 
weeks till the beginning of May, and afterwards weekly to the end of July. 
For Winter use, sow the prickly variety weekly during the first three weeks 
in August. The “ New Zealand ” should he sown in heat and transplanted, 
and he protected till the beginning of June, wheu it may be planted out 
without shelter. 
CANNELLS’ ROUND SPINACH. 
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