Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
RAM PION 
{Campanula rapunculus). 
CULTURE. — Itempion is a vegetable which may be used cooked or 
as a salad, but it is not nearly so mneb grown as it should be, especially when 
considered what a good substitute it is for Kadisbes 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 
not less than 6 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 seedlings arc well through the ground, thin them out to not less than 
i inches apart. After about three weeks, give the bed a thorough soaking 
with water, and the crop will bo 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 6d. per packet. 
RHUBARB (Seed) 
{Rheum rhaponticum.) Polygonka:. 
CULTURE. — Sow in drills in April about I inch deep thin out to 
6 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— 8. d. 
Finest Mixed Varieties 0 6 
Rhubarb Boots, see page 46. 
SALADS. 
We supply seeds of plants generally used at various tiines of the 
year in the preparation of this now recognised necessity on the dining table. 
Descriptions will be found under the various headings — Barbe de Capuciu, 
Celeriac, Chervil, Chicory, Chives, Corn Salad, Cress, Cucumber, Dandelion, 
Endive, Lettuce, Mustard, Nai>turtium, Purslane, Radish, Hampion, Salsafy, 
Shallot, Tarragon, Tomato, Watercress, Witloof. 
Can supply collections of Seeds in 12 varieties, i/s. 
„ „ .V 25 „ 9s. 
SALSAFY C OYSTER. J 
(Tragopogon porrifolius). Composit.<1!:. 
CULTURE. — Although Salsafy is not usually cultivated in small 
gardens, there is no reason why it should not be, as the ■I’oots form a valuable 
addition to the somewhat limited list of wiuter vegetables. They are easily 
cooked, merely require scraping, steeping in vinegar and water, then boiled 
until tender, after which they may be served up with white sauce. The 
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, in drills 15 inches apart and about 2 inches 
deep. As soon as the plants are largo 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 in snnd, or allowed to remain in the ground until 
required for use. Those left in the ground will produce flower stems in 
spring, and the?e if cooked when young make an excellent table vegetable. 
8AL8AFV, OANNELLS’ MAMMOTH. 
Cannells’ Mammoth— Best (luality 
Per< 
SCORZONERA 
{Suorzonera htspanica). CompositvE. 
SCOnZONEBA. 
CULTURE. —Same as for Salsafy. The 
roots are boiled or stewed in the same way as 
Parsnips. A delicious vegetable. 
9d. per oz. 
SEA KALE, SEED. 
{^CTainhe mavitinia.) CuuciFERiic. 
CULTURE — Sow in 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 
i or 5, 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. 
Gd. per oz., 2s. per pint. 
For Plants, see page 40. 
SEA KALE. 
SPINACH. 
(Spiiiacia oleracea.) Chenopodiacea:. 
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 be sown m heat and transplanted, 
and be protected till the beginning of June, when it may be planted out 
without shelter. 
-s. d. 
0 9 
cannells' bound spinaou. 
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