LOW’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
CRESS, OR PEPPERCRASS. 
Culture.— Sow early in the spring, very thickly in shallow drills, and keep well wed. Repeat the sowing 
every week in order to have it for the season, as it soon runs to seed. It is used at boarding-houses and dining-saloons 
as a small salad. 
Pkt. Oz. 1-4 Lb. Lb. 
117 . Curled. — An old standard variety 10 25 $1.00 
DANDELION. 
Culture. — The dandelion is cultivated for spring greens, which are delicious. The seeds should be sown in 
May or June, in drills half an inch deep and twelve inches apart, the earth firmly pressed over the seed. The plants 
will be ready for use the following spring. 
118 . Thick-leaved French. — A fine variety 
119 . American Improved. — One of the best 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
10 
40 
1.25 
5.00 
10 
40 
1.25 
4.00 
ECC-PLANT. 
Culture. — The egg-plant thrives well in any good garden soil, but will well repay a little care bestowed upon 
it. Sow m the not-bed, and, when two or three inches high, prick out into pots or rows, two and one-half to three 
inches apart. W hen the weather will permit, transplant into good, rich soil, thirty inches apart each way. 
120 . New York Improved Purple. — This is the leading market 
variety ; excellent and very productive. 
121 . Early Long: Purple. — Differing in shape from the New York improved; 
very hardy and productive ; extremely early 
122 . Black Pekin. — Fruit jet black, handsome, round in form and very solid; 
it is quite early 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
10 
5 ° 
1.50 
— 
5 
3 ° 
1. 00 
— 
10 
5 ° 
1.50 
— 
of 
ENDIVE. 
Culture. — Endive is one of the best salads for fall or winter use. For an early supply, sow about the middle 
April, as it is used mostly in the fall months ; the main crop should be sown in June or July. 
123 . Imperial Broad-leaved Batavian 
124 . Green Curled 
125 . French, or Moss Curled . 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
V Lb. 
5 
2 5 
75 
3.00 
5 
2 5 
75 
3.00 
5 
2 5 
75 
3.00 
INDIAN CRESS, OR NASTURTIUM. 
The seeds, while young and succulent, are much used for pickling purposes, for which they are considered very 
fine. The plants are also very ornamental as a covering or screen to trail upon a trelliswork, or as an ornamental 
feature of the flower garden. 
Pkt. 
126 . Tall Nasturtium 
127 . Dwarf Nasturtium 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
20 
60 
2.00 
30 
1.00 
3.00 
LEEK. 
Culture. — There is no part of the garden too rich for Leeks. Thev require the richest land, well manured. 
Sow the seed thinly on a bed of light, rich loam, in drills six inches apart, and about one-half an inch in depth. Keep 
well cultivated and free from weeds. 
128 . Largre London. — Hardy and of good quality. It is more generally cultivated 
in this country than any other sort 
129 . Broad Scotch, or Flag. — This variety is extremely hardy and the best 
adapted to open culture. It is large and strong growing with broad leaves 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
t-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
5 
2 5 
75 
3.00 
5 
•5 
50 
>•75 
LETTUCE. 
Culture. — Sow several times during the season for successional crops. For early, sow under glass in cold- 
frames, and transplant in the spring in some sheltered corner. Some of the more hardy varieties may be sown in 
September ; in a dry situation, and with a slight protection during the severest weather in winter, will stand the cold 
very well, and give an early crop in the spring. , y 
130 . Stonehead Golden Yellow. — A new variety from Germany. As early 
as the Whiteseed Tennis Ball, forming larger heads of the finest quality and 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
appearance 
131 . The Deacon. — When properly grown, this is one of the finest, largest, 
10 
3 ° 
1. 00 
— 
tenderest, and best varieties lor market or family use in cultivation 
132 . Silver Ball. — A beautiful lettuce, forming large, slightly flattened heads of 
10 
3 ° 
1. 00 
— 
a pale glaucous green. Beautiful on the table, and of superior quality 
133 . Black-seeded Simpson. — A great improvement on the Curled Simpson, 
growing much the same in shape, but nearly twice as large, and of a light 
10 
3 ° 
1. 00 
— — “ 
green color. Of finest quality, and stands the summer heat remarkable well 
134 . Red Besson. — A new variety of the French Cabbage sorts, forming heads of 
5 
2 5 
75 
3.00 
large size and great solidity ; color is dark green, slightly tinged with red . 
V 
5 
2 5 
75 
3.00 
