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Catalogue of Plants, Seeds, Trees, Bulbs. 
French, Concombre. German, Gurke. Spanish, Pepino. 
Culture. — One ounce will plant one hundred hills ; two pounds will plant one acre. They succeed best 
in a warm, moist, rich, loamy soil. Plant in hills four feet apart 
Beach way. Leave four of the strongest plants to each hill, but do 
■not thin out until plants are strong enough to resist the attacks of 
'insects. The English forcing varieties can be grown in hot-beds 
where the temperature does not fall below sixty-five degrees at 
night. Many of this class grow from twenty to thirty inches in 
O.. «-lb. Lb. 
Bo.ston IMckliiig-. Of uniform size ; dark 
green, tender and productive $o to Jo 25 $0 75 
Karly Cluster. Excellent variety ; very productive ; 
grows in clusters to 25 75 
Early Kiissian. One of the earliest ; fruit small and 
produced in pairs 10 25 75 
E.vtra-Ijons Green. Handsome in shape and color ; 
very desirable 10 3° i 00 
Gherkin. Used only for pickles. Known also as 
West India Burr 20 60 2 00 
Grt'eii I'roliflo. Resembles Boston Pickling, but 
much earlier 10 25 75 
Improved AVhite Spine. Very popular; flesh crisp 
and of good flavor to 25 75 
NichoPs Mtuliuin Green. Of beautiful color ; very 
uniform in shape and size to 30 i 00 
Thorbnrn’s Everbearing-. Very early and enor- 
mously productive ; the peculiar merit of this va- 
riety is that the vines continue to flower and pro- 
duce fruit, whether the ripe Cucumbers are jticked 
off or not, thus becoming almost a perpetual bearer 3° t 00 3 00 
ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBERS— These require to be grown in a frame or green- 
house, and, so provided for, produce wonderfully large and fine fruits. The varieties 
oflered are the best known. Duke of Edinburgh, Telegraph, Tender and 
True, and Sion House Improved each, per pkt., 25 cts. . 
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French, Pissenlit. German, Pardebhim. Spanish, Amargon. 
Culture. — One ounce will sow two hundred feet of drill. Sow in drills h.alf an inch deep and twelve 
inches apart, and thin out the plants to twelve inches. When about one 
year established the leaves may be cut, and form a most desirable spring 
salad. The roots, when dried and roasted, are often employed as asubsti" 
tute for coffee. 
Oz. K-lb. Lb. 
Improved Irargo-Leaved. Twice the size of the 
common variety $0 40 $i 50 $5 00 
French, Aubergine. German, Eierpftanze. Spanish, Berengena. 
Culture. — One ounce will produce two thousand plants. A strong, 
uniform heat is required to germinate these seeds, and a thoroughly pul- 
verized, well-enriched soil is necessary to perfect the fruit in. Transplant 
to three feet apart each way, and when about a foot high, support the 
iflants by drawing earth up around them. 
Oz. Lb. 
Black IVkin. Fruit round and solid, and jet-black . $0 50 $150 $500 
Ijoiig Purple. Early ; hardy and productive .... 30 i 00 3 50 
New ATn-k Improved. The best ; very large and of 
fine quality 5° '5° 5 00 
EGG-PLANT. 
Everbea,ring Cucumber is Worthy of a Trial. 
