BEANS, WAX POD or GOLDEN BUTTER. 
Culture. — Should be sown during March and April in boxes or pots under cover, transplanting into open ground when all danger of frost is over • 
or can he sown outdoors from May to the end of July. The pods are of a beautiful creamy colour, stringless, tender, and of a rich flavour. Should 
be boiled whole. 
RUNNER. 
Per quart — s. d. 
Hont d’Or — Long golden coloured pods; very tender and delicious 2 G 
DWARF. 
Per quart — s. d. 
Mont d’Or— Beautiful golden-yellowstringlesspodsof excellent flavour 2 0 
ARTICHOKE (Globe). 
CULTURE . — Sow in March or April in drills, 18 inches apart, and transplant 3 feet apart each way ; or seed can be sown in a' gentle heat, 
picked off into small pots when large jnough, gradually hardening them until the end of May, and then plant out in the beds already prepared for 
them. The first season they will only produce a partial crop ; but as it is a perennial, after being once planted, the beds continue to bear for several 
years. So as to secure fine heads they require good treatment; the soil should be rich, deep, and moist, and protected in winter by placing straw 
bracSen, or other dry material closely round the stems. It is advisable to cut the plants down after the heads are taken. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
Cannells’ Perfection Green— a splendid selection, perfect 
formed heads and delicate flavour ... per pkt., 6d. 1 0 
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus Tuberosus), not being produced 
from seed, Boots are offered on page 20. 
Jerusalem Artichoke — White skinned, see page 20. 
Large Purple Globe— Very useful 
... per pkt., 6d. 1 0 
Chinese Artichoke, see Stachys Tuberifera. 
For plants, see page 20. 
ASPARAGUS (Seed). 
CULTURE .—There is no vegetable more delicious. Choose the highest and lightest ground in the kitchen garden, and stake out in September 
as per diagram, dig out to a foot deep, lay it on each side in the pathway, then wheel in 3 inches of good manure, fork this in about another 
foot, and if dug over deeply two or three times so much the better ; on the top of this place a fair coating of rich soil and soot, and over this 
3 inches of soil from out of the alley, then place one plant to every 9 inches, spreading the roots well out, covering them over with the finest 
soil, free from stones. For the top covering have 6 inches of light friable or even sandy soil. The first year make one cutting only, if the plants are 
three years old, the following winter add more fine soil, so that there is something like 9 inches of earth above the crown of the plants. Asparagus 
beds made in this way with a good coating of manure and a fair amount of salt and soot every other year cannot fail to give abundance of this 
succulent vegetable until the peas make their appearance. 
Per oz. — 8. d. 
Connover’S Colossal— Early, and very large 0 4 
Giant— Good, for general use 0 4 
Cannells’ Exhibition — This cannet be surpassed; of large 
size and equally as well adapted for exhibition as for 
general market garden purposes ; delicate flavour, wonderfully 
productive per pkt., 6d. 1 0 
For plants, see page 20. 
Alley. 
Alley or Pathway. 
Alley. 
BORECOLE, or KALE. 
CULTURE . — For Spring use sow about the middle of March or early in April, and in August for Autumn and Winter use, broadcast over a 
well-prepared bed, and cover lightly with fine soil. When the plants are large enough to be handled, prick out on another prepared bed, about 
G inches apart, and well water them. When strong enough, to be planted out in their permanent quarters about 2 feet 6 inches apart each way. 
CAKNEI.LS’ DWARF OREKR CURLED KALE. 
Per oz.— 8. d.’ 
Cftnnolls’ WintOr Goni — Producing a quantity of side sprouts 
that continue in good condition for a considerable time 
without showing signs of injury by the most severe weather ; 
delicious and tender per pkt.. Is. and Is. 6d. — 
Asparagus — A useful kind ; very delicious and hardy 0 C 
Improved Cottager’s — Very hardy, and produces a large crop ... 0 6 
Dwarf Green Curled (German Greens)— For early and general 
cultivation 0 6 
Tall Green Curled— A useful variety o 6 
Drumhead Kale — The outer leaves resemble the Kale, and the 
heart that of a Cabbage. Dwarf in habit, perfectly hardy, and 
a most useful wdnter vegetable per pkt., 6d. — 
Thousand Headed — Withstands the most severe weather; it is 
beautiful and tender when cooked 0 4 
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