CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER'S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
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CELERY. 
For earliest crop sow in February on a moderate hot-bed, to be pricked out on bottom heat when ready and transferred to 
trcnchcsin June ; for main crops sow in March, and in April for late crops ; the trenches should be filled with rich manure, 
and the plants abundantly watered ; Saline manure is very beneficial. 
Giant red per 02. 
— white „ 
Champion white „ 
Cole’s solid red 
— Crystal white 
Hood’s Imperial dwarf red 
Incomparable, dwarf white 
Ivery’s Nonsuch „ 
Goodwin’s solid white 
1 0 
C 
Read’s Matchless red per oz. 
Large-rooted Celeriac „ 
Laing’s Mammoth red , 
Law’s White Giant , 
Manchester red...., „ 
— white,,,.,.,. „ 
Seymour s white „ 
Solid red 
— white 
. d. 
6 
6 
6 
0 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
English 
Superb Dwarf White per or. Is. 
CORN SALAD. 
Sow for succession in February and March ; in August and September for main crops. 
per oz. 3 | Italian .....per oz. 
CRESS. 
Sow once a week all the Summer, out of doors ; and through the Winter and early Spring, under cover : sow American 
Cress towards the end of August to stand tlirough the Winter, 
shady border in Spring and keeping it well watered. 
Common per qt. 1 6 
Triple curled 1 G 
Golden per oz. 3 
New Australian Garden „ 6 
Water-Cress may be very successfully grown by sowing on a 
Normandy per oz. 3 
Perennial American „ 3 
Water per pa. G 
Broad-leaved Garden per oz. G 
CUCUMBER. 
Information respecting the Frame varieties will be found in the Calendar of Operations (page 73). Sow the ridge varieties 
under hand-glasses on a gentle heat in May. 
Hardy Ridge varieties. 
Long prickly per oz. Is. Gd., per pa. 3 I Stockwood, extra fine .....per pa. 6 
— Ridge „ Is. 6<f., „ G I Short prickly per oz. is., „ 3 
Frame varieties. 
Ayre’s Perpetual black spine per pa. 1 0 
Berkshire Champion 10 
Carter’s Champion „ 10 
Cuthill’s black spine „ 1 0 
— Highland Mary 1 0 
Lord Kenyon's Favourite 10 
Stilwell’s Matchless 1 0 
Phenomenon „ 10 
Rifleman ........per pa. 
Dr. Livingstone „ 
Ipswich Standard „ 
Walker's Rambler „ 
Lynch's Conqueror of the West 
— Star of the West „ 
Mill’s Jewess „ 
Sion House, improved „ 
White . 
EGG PLANT (for garnishing). 
per pa. 3 | Purple 
..per pa. 
ENDIVE. 
Sow for early crops in the middle of May, and in succession to the beginning of August ; transplant from the seed-bed into 
warm situations, and give ample protection to the late crops for Spring use. 
Batavian, green per oz. i> 
— white „ 0 
Green curled, extra fine French 9 
Green curled winter per oz. 
New mossy green „ 
White curled „ 
FRENCH BEANS. 
Sow in April under hand-glasses, and in May and June in the open border j also in pots under glass from December to the 
end of March. Scarlet Runners from the beginning of May to the first week in June. 
Dwaxf Kidney Varieties. 
Canterbury 
1 6 
1 6 
1 6 
Light Dun 
Negro, long-podded 
Earliest Victoria 
Early forcing 
1 G 
1 6 
1 6 
Newington Wonder 
Royal Dwarf 
Sion House 
Fulmer’s forcing 
2 0 
Speckled..... 
1 G 
2 0 
