The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
Spinach. 
Cultivation, — Hound Spinach should be sown for Spring aud 
Summer use at intervals from February to May ; Prickly Spinach in July 
and August for Winter use. The New Zealand variety requires to be raised 
on a gentle hot-bed in April, and planted out iu May on a good rich soil in 
a warm situation. Sow the Round and Prickly varieties in drills about an 
inch deep and a foot apart in good rich soil, the richer the bettor for the 
Summer crop. Abundance of moisture and an occasional dose of weak liquid 
manure will improve the crop. 
per oz. — b. 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., per pt. Is. 9d. 0 4 
Monstrous Italian or Viroflay. Large and superior; leaves dark 
green, and extremely thick and fleshy per qt. 2s., per pt. Is 3d. 0 4 
New Zealand. Large and succulent ... ... ... ... o 6 
Perpetual or Spinach Beet ... ... ... ... ... o 6 
Prickly. For Winter use ... ... per qt. Is. 9d., per pt. Is. 0 3 
Round. For Summer use ; best for general crop 
per qt. Is. 9d., per pt. Is. 0 3 
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 Salsafy, which it somewhat resembles, but should be 
allowed a little more room in the drill. 
per oz. — s. d. 
Salsafy. Common ... ... per pkt. 8d. 0 9 
„ Sandwich Island Mammoth. Splendid 
variety, lately introduced ... per pkt. 6d. 1 6 
per oz. — s. d. 
Scorzonera ... ... ... per pkt. 3d. 0 9 
„ Russian Improved „ 4d. 1 0 
DANIELS' LARGE CREAM. 
_ . I'ol 1'U u . Oi U. 
Long Green. Good variety, forms a striking contrast 
with other kinds ... ... ... ... o 4 
Long White-ribbed, or Bush. Good; a prolific 
Mod ... ... ... ... ... ... o 4 
Vegetable Marrow. 
Cultivation. — This esteemed vegetable is so nearly related to 
the Gourd that we may say but little in regard to it. Its treatment as 
regards sowing and the early transplanting, &e., should be identical 
therewith. Few plants delight more iu copious manurial waterings 
than do these. Too generally the produce is permitted to become 
much too large before it is cut for use. This is excusable in the 
case of growers for market. Where, however, persons are enabled 
to grow their own, it seems strange that the same method should 
be followed. Every Marrow should be cooked whole, and this fact 
should alone suggest the most desirable size to grow them to. By 
cutting young a more abundant supply will be constantly forming 
than is possible when all are permitted to become more or less “seedy.” 
per pkt. — 8, d. 
Pen-y-byd (The best in the World), Awarded two 
First Class Certificates. This distinct variety is enormously 
prolific and a continuous bearer. The vine is extremely 
short-jointed, setting a fruit at every joint. The fruit is 
of handsome appearance, almost globular in form, some- 
times very slightly ribbed, averaging about six inches in 
diameter, and is of a delicate creamy white colour, with 
thick firm flesh, which when cooked is of finest quality 
and delicate flavour ... ... ... 6d. and 1 0 
DANIELS’ GOLDEN CREAM. Very fin* 
and prolifio ... ... ... ... ... 0 6 
DANIELS’ LARGE CREAM. Best for 
general use, fine-flavoured ... ... ... ... 0 6 
Green Bush. Very prolific, compact habit of growth ... 0 6 
| Custard-shaped. Prolific, ornamental-shaped variety 0 6 
Moore’s Vegetable Cream. Very prolific, delicious 
flavour ... ... ... ... ... 0 4 
Vegetable Marrow and Squash. Various sorts 
mixed... ... ... ... ... ... o 3 
