LOWS RETAIL CATALOGUE, 
Useful and Practical Tables, 
FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES. 
Vitality of Seeds. 
The following schedule gives the length of time that seeds will grow freely, noted from actual experiments made 
by us. It is true that some varieties will even keep longer than the period mentioned, but their strength will be 
greatly impaired. Cucumbers, melons, and squashes produce larger crops from seeds three years old than from the 
new, fiom the fact that they make less growth of vine, and set their blossoms more freely. Seeds cf all kinds should 
be kept in dry situation, and in sacks in preference to barrels. 
Asparagus 4 yews 
Means 2 “ 
Meets 5 “ 
Morekole 3 *’ 
Mrocoli 4 “ 
Brussels Sprouts 8 “ 
Cabbage 4 “ 
Carnt 2 “ 
Cauliflower 3 “ 
Celery 3 “ 
Corn 2 “ 
Cress 
Cucumber 
Egg Plant 
Endive 
Kab 
Lettuce 
Melon 
Nasturtium 
Onion 
Parsl 
Parsnips 
3 years 
5 !! 
3 ‘ 
3 
8 “ 
5 !! 
2 
3 “ 
1 year 
Peas . .... 
2 years 
Peas, wtinkled . 
1 year 
Pepper .... 
2 years 
Pumpkin . . . 
4 “ 
Radish .... 
. . ... 4 
Rhubarb . . . 
1 year 
Salsify .... 
2 years 
Squash .... 
5 ;; 
Spinach . . . 
Tomato . . . 
5 ;* 
Turnip .... 
5 
Quantities of Vegetable Seed Required to Produce a Desired Number of 
Plant3 for a Given Number of Hills, or a Given Length of Drill. 
Asparagus . 
. . . 1 ounce 
Meet . . . 
... 1 “ 
Means, Dwarf 
. . . 1 quart 
Means, Pole. 
... 1 “ 
Carrot . . . 
Cucumber . . 
Corn . . . . 
M elon, Water . 
. . . 1 ounce 
M don, Musk . 
... 1 “ 
Onion 
. 1 “ 
Onion sets . . 
. . . 1 quart 
Parsl ev . . . 
. . . 1 ounce 
Pumpkin . . 
Dandelion . . 
... 1 “ 
60 feet of drill 
* 53 “ 
. 100 
. 150 hill * 
. 150 f ;*t of drill 
. 50 hill > 
. 203 “ 
• 30 “ 
. 60 “ 
. 100 feet of drill 
• 40 “ 
. 150 “ 
. 40 hills 
. 200 feet of drill 
Parsnip 
Peas 
Radish 
Spinach 
Squash, Early .... 
Squash, Late . . . . 
Turnip 
Cabbage 
Cauliflower 
C’eLrv 
Egg Plant 
Lettuce 
Pepper 
Tomato 
ounce 
quart 
ounce 
200 feet of drill 
75 
100 
100 “ 
50 hills 
16 “ 
1 50 feet of drill 
23oo plants 
1500 " 
2500 
1000 
3000 
1500 
2000 
Quantity of Seed Usually Sown per Acre. 
Bariev, broadcast 
2 to 3 bushels 
Mustard, broadcast 
Means, dwarf, in drills . . . 
i£ busheh 
Melon, Musk, in hills 
Means, pole, in hills . . . . 
10 to 12 quarts 
Melon, Water, in hills 
Millet, common, broadcast . . . 
Meets, in drill i 
5 to 6 pounds 
. . . 1 bushel 
Muck wheat 
1 bushel 
Oats, broadcast 
. . . 2 to 3 bushels 
Cabbage, in l»*ds to transplant 
5 lb. 
Onion, in drills . 
Onion, for Sets, in drills . . . . 
Carrot, in drilU 
2 to 3 lbs. 
. . . 30 lbs. 
Chinese Sugar Cane .... 
12 quarts 
Onion Sets, in drills 
Parsnio, in drills 
Clover, red. alone 
1 5 to 20 lbs. 
Clover, whit e, alone .... 
12 to 1 e, lbs. 
Peas, in drills 
Clover, A hi Ice, alone .... 
S to to lbs. 
Peas, broadcast 
. . . 3 bushels 
Clover, 1. uc erne or Alfalfa . . 
20 lbs. 
Potato, cut tubers 
Corn, in hills 
8 to 10 quarts 
Pumnkin, in hills 
Corn, for soiling 
3 bushels 
Radish, in drills 
Cucumber, in hills 
2 pounds 
Rve, broadcast 
Grass, Kentucky Blue . . . 
3 bushels 
Sa ,T e, in drills 
Grass, Orchard 
3 bushels 
Spinach, in drills 
Grass, English Rye .... 
2 bushels 
Squash, bush varieties 
. . . 4 to 6 lbs. 
Grass, Fowl Meadow .... 
2 bushels 
Squash, running varieties . . . . 
Tomato, to transplant 
. . . .3 to 4 lbs. 
Grass, Red Top 
3 bushels 
. . . jib. 
< Jrass, Timothy 
£ bushel 
Turnip, in drills 
(irass, Hungarian 
2 busheh 
Turnip, broadcast 
Grass, Mixed Lawn .... 
Hemp 
3 bushels 
1 £ busheh 
Wheat, broadcast 
The Number of Plant3, Trees, etc.. Required to Set an Acre. 
Distance Number 
1 foot by t foot 43»5'x> 
i£ feet by i\ feet 19*36° 
2 f et bv 2 feet 10,890 
fen by 2\ feet 6,070 
3 feet by 1 feet 14. 5 20 
3 f jet by a feet 7*260 
Di«iam*c Number 
3 feet by 3 feet 4.84° 
4 feet by 4 feet .... . . 2,722 
5 feet by 5 feet 1,742 
6 feet by 6 feet 1,210 
9 feet by 9 feet 537 
i2 feet oy 12 feet 302 
Distance Number 
15 feet by 15 feet 194 
18 feet by 18 feet 134 
20 feet by 20 feet 105 
25 feet by 25 feet 70 
30 feet by 30 feet 40 
40 feet by 40 feet 27 
