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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Fern-Leaved. The quality of the Celery is very fin- 
the leaves are finely cut and fringed, almost like 
Fine for decoration of table, being as beautiful as \ 
Pkt.. 10c.: 07... r*k-.. 
Ciant Turnip-Rooted, or Celeriac. Stalks hollow, 
and worthless. I in lbs like a small turnip, with 
noiinced celery flavor, excellent sliced and coo 
A vegetable, at once healthy, tooth mu* and beautiful. 
Said by physicians to be of great, benefit in all diseases of 
the nerves and kidneys. Deliciously fresh, crisp and nutty 
to the taste, and with the broad stalks i\ory-white, waxy- 
yellow or rosy-red, tipped with finely compound leaflets of 
pale, glauceus green, are ornaments to the finest table. Sow 
early in house or hot-bed, and transplant or sow outdoors 
when the ground becomes warm, making the soil very 
smooth. When plants are four or five inches high, trans¬ 
plant. giving six inches between plants in the row. Have 
the soil very fine and rich, plant in trenches, and us the 
plants grow, draw the earth closely around them to blanch 
the stems. Never do this in wet weather, or the steins will 
rust. South ol' the Ohio, Celery can remain in the ground 
all winter, with a little protection. In the North, plants 
should be taken up and stacked closely together with soil 
tinned around the roots, and kept in cellar or nit for use. 
Ciant Puscai. A sport from the Golden Seif-B.anching. of 
immense size, broad, thick, stringless stalks, remarkably 
crisp and nutty, easy to blanch, and the very best keeper 
of any Celery. The huge stalks of this kind will “snap" 
almost like glass, they are so tender, and they never are 
watery or strong. Fine market sort, and one of the very 
best for the home garden. Pkt., 10c.; oz.. :J0o.; Ih., 
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BfJ.I. ChlUOS ^ 
ppciyras*.) 
jXgt£L Extra Curled. An appetizing 
tWKT j|U| i relish, of fresh, piquant 
taste, often added to lettuce 
and other fresh salads for 
variety. Splendid for cana- 
ri.es. who are verv partial 
t" it. and keep healthier for 
its use. Very easy to grow, 
‘■i' and can be sown in any lit- 
BuX'CA t| ( . nook or vacant spot. 
Bgtf, Pkt. 5c.; oz.. 10c.; lb.,50c. 
Ste Water Cress. Grown in 
fN uoist. wet places, or at the 
of running streams. 
qU*' -cSS Increases rapidly, is very 
hardy, and as it is of an 
evergreen nature, can be 
ffifeSsfe. used all winter. A salad 
bowl heaped full of this 
< 'ress. of uark-green leaves, 
is a pretty sight, in.January. 
Pkt.. 10c.; oz.. 35c. 
Dandelion. 
Improved Large Leaved. The old "greens" of our grand¬ 
mothers, now improved to large tufty plants, with wide, 
long leaves of superior quality. These make a very 
healthful, nutritious and pleasant food, that can be used 
very early in the season. Pkt., 10c.; oz., (50c. 
GOLDEN SKt.P-BL A NCI 1 tN'O. 
White Plume. One of the most beautiful of all. and the 
earliest. Brittle, fine grained, and the easiest known 
sort to blanch. Pkt.. 10c.: oz., 30c.; It-.. $ 8 , 011 . 
Golden Self-Blanching. Fine to follow White Plume. 
An exceedingly fine-flavored sort, blanches easily to a 
beautiful golden yellow, and i< very brittle and crisp. 
No garden complete without, it. Pkt.,10c.: oz.lb..$3.50. 
New Rose. A fine rose-colored Celery of high flavor, crisp 
and nutty. Much liked. Pkt.. 10c.: oz..,'iUc. 
Kale, r)\Vacf Qeripap. 
Kale is verv easily grown and much hardier than any 
Cabbage, standing the winters well. If protected by a little 
light litter or straw. The action of frost improves their 
flavor wonderfully, and they are particularly fine for winter 
Wild early spring greens. Sow seed in May or June and 
transplant, as for Cabbage. For spring use they may be 
sown as late as September. Pkt.. 5c.; oz.. 10c.; If*., Hoc. 
