Watermelons, Mushrooms, Etc 
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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
MELON, WATER—Continued 
Florida Favorite. A superb strain; improvement on Rattlesnake; 
intermediate. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Cole’s Farly. Enormously prolific and delicate in texture of flesh, 
which is bright red in color clear to the rind, which is thin and brittle; 
of medium size, nearly round; green, striped with lighter shades. Pkt. 
5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Gipsy, or Rattlesnake. A large, striped variety of oblong shape; 
flesh scarlet, and of superior quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., 
lb. 75 cts. 
Citron. For preserving. Handsome round fruit of small size, highly 
esteemed as a table preserve. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., y 25 cts., 
lb. 75 cts. 
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White-Seeded Ice Cream. Very early; red flesh. Pkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 10 cts., X / A lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Dixie. A Melon of excellent quality; extremely sweet, juicy and 
tender; very early, hardy and productive. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 
25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Cuban Queen. Solid and heavy; skin marked regularly; excellent 
quality; early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Black Spanish. Large, roundish, nearly black; dark red flesh; 
early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb* ^5 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Mountain Sweet. An old and reliable sort; flesh red; late. Pkt. 
5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
MUSTARD 
Moutarde. Mostaza. 
One ounce will sow about 80 feet of row. 
Mustard in a green state is a refreshing salad, mixed with cress, lettuce or other salad plants. It 
is necessary to make frequent sowings of it, as it should be cut and used in a very young state, even 
before the first rough leaf has appeared. For early crops the seed may be sown in a hotbed in 
March ; and for general crops at frequent intervals through the spring, in drills, from. 8 to 12 
inches apart. 
If by mail, add at the rate of 8 cts. per pound for postage. 
White or Yellow. The best variety for salads; the seed is also used medicinally and as a 
seasoning for pickles. Oz. 5 cts., % lb. 10 cts., lb. 30 cts. 
Bout hern Giant. Curled. We offer a fine strain of the true Curled-Leaf variety so popular in 
the South for planting in the fall to furnish an early spring salad. Pkt. 5 cts. oz. 10 cts., X A lb. 
20 cts., lb. 50 cts. 
NASTURTIUM 
Capucine. Maraneula. -Jcajturtium. 
One ounce will sow about 20 feet of row. 
The Nasturtium is both ornamental and useful, the tall variety forming a showy and graceful 
climber, and the dwarf an exceedingly beautiful and attractive border flower, while the young seeds of either, when pickled, furnish an excellent 
substitute for capers. As soon as ail danger of frost is past, sow the seed in drills one inch deep; the tall should be grown by the side of a fence 
or supported by a trellis. Tall Mixed. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., % lb. 25c., lb. 75 cts. Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., % lb. 30c., lb. $1.00. 
For Complete List of Other Nasturtiums, See Flower Seeds 
White Mustard 
ELLIOTT’S SURE-CROP MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Ten pounds will spawn about 10 feet square. 
Mushroom beds may be made in a warm, dry cellar, or in any building where the frost does not penetrate, and in the open air during the summer 
and fall months. Having procured the spawn, the next thing to be attended to is to make preparations for the beds. About a fortnight or three 
weeks before the beds are to be made, collect a quantity of fresh horse manure without the straw; place it in a heap under cover, and as it heats 
keep turning it over once or twice a week, until the fiery heat has become exhausted, which will require from ten to fourteen days’ time. When 
the manure is in a condition to be made up, lay out your bed according to your requirements, say three feet wide, ten feet long, and from two to three 
feet deep; beat it well down with the back of the spade 
as the process of building goes on. When the bed has 
been made some time, say a week or thereabouts, and 
the heat sufficiently declined to a temperature of 65 or 75 
degrees, the spawn may be put into it. Break the 
spawn in pieces two inches square, and put them six 
inches apart, all over the bed, then cover the bed with 
two inches of rich soil, the stronger the better, but of a 
loamy quality, beating it down firmly with a spade. 
The soil used for this purpose should be in a pliable 
condition, and not too wet or over-dry. Cover the bed 
with a foot of dried straw or hay; examine once a week 
to see if the manure is not heated while in this con¬ 
dition ; if so, it will destroy the spawn, and necessitate 
spawning a second time. If everything goes on well, 
you may expect Mushrooms in about five or six weeks. 
When the soil looks dry, give a gentle watering with 
tepid water, using a rose on the watering-pot. If the 
beds are made out-of-doors, protect them from rain by 
covering them with shutters or sashes. Good crops of 
mushrooms can be obtained by spawning the hotbeds 
in spring. They can also be raised in pots, boxes, or 
anything capable of keeping the materials together, and 
placed in a cellar, closet or greenhouse. We have on 
hand a choice lot of English and French spawn. 
If by mail, add 10 cts. per pound for postage. 
English Spawn. Lb. 15 cts., 8 lbs. $1.00. Frices 
of larger quantities on application. 
French Spawn. In 3-lb. boxes, $1.25 each. 
lied of Mushrooms Grown From Blliott’s Sure-Crop Mushroom Spawn 
MUSHROOM CULTURE standard authority on this suh- 
giving methods of growing in houses, sheds, cellars and 
outdoors. Mailed for GO cts. 
