48 SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS offkhed iiy WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
Per oz. — 8. d. 
AMERICAN or LAND, very hardy, resembling If'ator C)rs8 in flavour 0 3 
AUSTRALIAN or GOLDEN, mild and ifleasing flavour .. .. perpt., l.s. 9^^ 0 3 
COMMON or PLAIN pei- qt. 2.. 0./. 0 3 
EXTRA CURLED „ 2,v 0./. 0 3 
WATER CRESS, easily grown in a moist situation .. .. per pkt., 6^^. & l.v. 
Sow oucc a week all the Hummer on a shady border. Amciioan Cress is a hardy perennial^ and 
usually sow)i in May for autumn and winter^ and in Auyust for spri)iy use. Iiy sucecssive monthly 
sowinys Australian Cress may he constanily supplied ihrou 'yhout the summer. 
Duke op Edikburgh. 
C U C U IVI B G K. . Per pkt. — s. d. 
BERKSHIRE CPIAMPION, a free-fruiting 
variety . . . . . . . . ..10 
BLUE GOAVN, black spine, about 24 inches 
louK • • . . . . . . . . . . ..10 
CARDIFF CASTLE, a fine variety, for either 
Slimmer or winter use, the fruit is of a rich 
emerald colour about 18 inches long, per packet 1 6 
CHAMPION {C'arier\)y 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 EDINilURGH {BanieVs), one of the 
finest white-spined varieties in (niltivation, of a 
fine robust constitution and liabit, growing 
rapidly to the length of thirty to thii'ty-six 
inches, is very prolifi(\ of a fineritOi gi’een colour 
and one of the best for exhibition purposes . . 10 
EMPRESS OF INDIA, a fine variety, 30 to 
30 in. long.. .. .. .. .. .,10 
EXCELSIOR, an excellent wliite-spiiied variety 1 G 
INVINCIBLE {Uamilton'' s)^ a. fine variety . . 16 
LORD KENYON’S FAVOURITE, a very 
superior sort . . . . . . . . ..10 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, a ma^ifi(!ont variety 1 0 
MODEL (Cw/'^rr’.v), a fine exhibition variety .. 1 6 
NEEDLE GUN (/frtwuV^oa’A), a first-class variety 1 0 
SANDER’S TELEPHONE, a handsome variety 1 G 
SION HOUSE IMPROVED, excellent for winter 
work . . . . . . . . . . .,10 
TELEGRAPH [irue^y a handsome black-.spined 
Cucumber ; a very free bearer, producing fruit 
from 20 to 2(5 inclics long, thin-skinned, and 
of excellent flavour . . . . . ..10 
TENDER AND TRUE, First Class Certificate, 
Royal Horticultural Society . . . . . . 1 G 
RIBGE VARIETIES. 
SHORT PRICKLY, for piedding . . ..06 
STOCKWOOD LONG RIDGE, fine for open- 
air culture . . . . . . . . . . ..06 
Sow the seeds in pots or paus^ and when the plants 
have produced their seed leaves., 2)ot them off; ivhen 
the pots arc filled tvith roois^ and the bed at a 
proper temperaturCy carefully turn them oaty and 
plant on mounds of rich turfy loam, and yive them 
a gentle tvateriny. Keep up a steady growing 
heat, and attend to stopping, thinning, and setting 
thejloivers. 
EGG PLANT (Aubergine). 
BLACK. — A very robust-growing variety from 
Pekin, 2| to 3 feet high, with very dark foliage, 
and black stems and fruits, the latter some- 
times attaining the weight of seven or eight 
pounds ; spherical in form. 0 G 
GIANT AVHITK 0 3 
LARGE PURPLE 0 3 
SCARLET . . ..03 
Egg Idants, when well cultivated, are curious and 
intere.stmg ohjevls in the greenhouse or conservatory, 
and arc also useful as yarnishiny plants. The time 
of mowing and treatment is the same as for 'Capsicum. 
