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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
Spinach. 
Cultivation. — Bound Spinach should be sown for Spring and 
Summer use at intervals from February to May ; Prickly Spinach in July 
and August for Winter use. Tho New Zealand variety requires to be raised 
on a gentle hot-bed in April, and planted out in May on a good rich soil in 
a warm situation. Sow the Bound and Prickly varieties in drills about an 
inch deep and a foot apart in good rich soil, the richer the better for the 
Summer crop. Abundance of moisture and an occasional dose of weak liquid 
manure will improve the crop. 
peroz.— 8. d. 
Long Standing. A most valuable variety for Summer use, as it 
stands the dry weather, and keeps longer fit for use than any 
other sort ... ... ... per qt. 3s. Gd., per pt. 2s. 0 6 
Monstrous Italian or Viroflay. Large and superior; leaves 
dark green, and extremely thick and fleshy 
per qt. 2s., per pt. Is 3d. 0 4 
... 0 6 
... 0 8 
per qt. Is. 9d., per pt. Is. 0 3 
„ Is. 9d., „ Is. 0 3 
per pkt. 6d. — 
New Zealand. Large and succulent 
Perpetual or Spinach Beet 
Prickly. Por Winter use 
Round. Por Summer use 
Orach or Mountain. Green 
„ „ Bed 
White 
Salsafy and Scorzonera. 
Cultivation. — To grow nice plump straight roots of Salsafy, the ground should be prepared in Autumn in a similar way to that 
recommended for Parsnips. Sow in April in drills fifteen inches apart, and thin out the plants to eight or ten inches apart in the row. 
Keep clean by hoeing, &c., during Summer, and take up for storing in November in same way as Carrots. The roots are scraped and 
boiled in the same way as Parsnips, and are of a mild sweetish flavour. Much esteemed on the Continent. 
Scorzonera will thrive under similar treatment to that recommended for Salsaf}', which it somewhat resembles, but should be 
allowed a little more room in the drill. 
per oz. — s. d. v er d. 
Salsafy. Common ... ... per pkt. 3d. 0 9 Scorzonera per pkt. 3d. 0 » 
„ Sandwich Island Mammoth. Splendid „ Russian Improved ■ ... l o 
variety, lately introduced ... per pkt. Gd. 1 6 
Chives and Garlic. 
per pkfc.— s. d. 
Chives. Pine strong clumps ... ... each 6d. — 
Gariic, Golden Yellow (Seed). Used in same 
way as Common Garlic; the taste is much milder; 
excellent seasoning for mutton, sauces, &c. .. . ... 1 0 
Garlic Bulbs Is. per lb. 
Shallots. 
(Sow and Cultivate as Onions.) 
Far superior to Onions for pickling. 
Bulbs. Fine sound bulbs ... ... per lb. 8d. ; 12 lb. G/- 
Seed. New Jersey ; extra large ... per pkt. Gd. and 1/- 
Fruit Seeds, &c. 
(various.) 
per pkt.— s. d. 
Currant. Fine mixed, from a good collection Gd. and 1 0 
Gooseberry. Various kinds, mixed ... Gd. and 1 0 
Grape. From fine hot-house varieties ... Gd. and 1 0 
Strawberry. Mixed varieties, from a fine collection 
Gd. and 1 0 
Raspberry. Various kinds, mixed ... ... Gd. and 1 0 
Apple Pips. In great variety, mixed ... Gd. and 1 0 
Pear Pips. In great variety, mixed ... 6d. and 1 0 
Cardoons. 
per pkt,— s. d. 
Smooth Solid. Cultivated for the mid-rib ©f the leaf 0 G 
Large Spanish ... ... ••• ••• 0 6 
Rhubarb (seed). 
Mitchell’s Royal Albert 
Myatt’s Linnaeus 
Myatt’s Victoria 
Mixed ... 
per pkt. Gd. and Is. 
„ 6d. and Is. 
„ 6d. and Is. 
„ Gd. and Is. 
Plants, see page 105, 
Sea Kale. 
Sow early in April. Thin out the plants when strong 
enough. The ground should be thoroughly well hoed, and an 
application of weak liquid manure applied; occasional doses of 
manure water during the Summer months will greatly improve 
the size of the roots. The plants should bo taken up in Spring, 
tho roots shortened, and replanted upon deep, well-trenched, and 
manured grouud, placing the plants in rows 3 to 4 feet apart, 
and about 2 feet between each plant. 
New Seed ... ... per pint 2s. ; per oz. Gd. 
Strong planting roots per doz. Is.; per 100, 7s. Gd. 
Good strong roots, for forcing 
per doz. Is. Gd. ; per 100, 10s. Gd. 
Extra strong roots, for forcing per doz. 2s. ; per 100, 15s. 
