D. M. FERRY & GO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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A hardy annual, worthy of more general use for flavoring and 
garnishing. The curled variety is even more beautiful than parsley, 
and can be used to great advantage in beautifying dishes of meat 
and vegetables. 
Culture— Sow in early spring in rich, well prepared soil, and when 
plants are well established transplant to about one foot apart. 
r \mi pH Greatly superior to the old, plain variety, being earlier, 
V/UI\J-«L<L/ more handsome and having fully as fine fragrance and 
flavor. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
.. CHICORY.. 
CORN SALAD 
Georgia, Or Southern Collards. 
LARGE=R00TED, OR COFFEE 
Our stock is the im¬ 
proved type, with 
very much larger, smoother, whiter and proportionately shorter 
roots than the old kind. The dried and prepared roots are 
used quite extensively as a substitute or adulterant for coffee. 
Sow the seed as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, 
ki a rather light, moderately rich soil, in drills fifteen inches apart 
for garden, and two to two and one half feet for field culture. When 
the plants are sufficiently large, thin to four to six inches apart in the 
row. Keep clear of weeds, and in the fall, dig the roots, slice them 
and dry in an apple evaporator, or kiln constructed for the purpose. 
Where the roots are grown in quantity for the manufacturers of the 
“ prepared " chicory, they are usually brought to the factory in the 
“green " state and there dried in kilns constructed for the purpose. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 
CORN SALAD. 
CHERVIL .. 
EETTICUS, or LAMB’S LETTICE 
This small salad is used during the winter and spring months 
as a substitute for lettuce and is also cooked and used like 
spinage. In warm weather the plants will mature in four to 
six weeks. Sow the seed in shallow drills about one foot apart, 
during August and September. If the soil is dry it should be 
flrinly pressed over the seed in order to secure prompt germi¬ 
nation. On the approach of severe cold weather, cover with 
straw or coarse litter. The plants will also do well if the seed 
is sown very early in the spring, and like most salad plants, 
are greatly improved if sown on very rich soil; indeed, the 
ground can scarcely be made too rich for them. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 
COLLARDS 
A variety of cabbage known in different sections as “Cole," 
“Colewort," or simply “Greens." It is extensively used in 
the South, where it continues in luxuriant growth all winter. 
Georgia, Southern, or Creole or*™™ 
stemmed sort so extensively used in the South, where it fur¬ 
nishes an abundance of food for man and beast. Forms a 
large, loose, open head, or a mass of leaves on a tall stem. 
Freezing does not injure but rather improves their quality. 
Sow thick in drills, in rich ground, transplanting when four 
inches high, or sow in drills where the plants are to remain, 
and thin to two or three feet apart in the row, when of proper 
size. In the South sow from January to May, and August to 
October. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c. 2 Oz. 20c; ‘<4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
CURLED, OR PEPPER GRASS 
which its warm, pungent taste makes a most agreeable addition. The 
seed should lie sown in drills about sixteen inches apart, on very rich 
f round, and the plants well cultivated. It may be planted very early, 
ut repeated sowings are necessary to secure a succession. Keep off 
Insects by dusting with Pyrethrum Powder. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
TDIIF VVATFK T k* 8 is quite distinct from the last, and only thrives 
■ nut. vvrtiL.ii w hen its roots and stems are submerged in water. 
It is one of the most delicious of small salads aud should be planted 
wherever a suitable place can be found. The seed should be sown and 
lightly covered in gravelly, mucky lands, along the borders of small, 
rapidstreams. The plants will need no subsequent culture, as under fa¬ 
vorable conditions they increase very rapidly by self-sown seed and exten¬ 
sion of the roots. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; % Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.00 
WATER CRESS. 
