Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds. 
Southern Rattlesnake, an exceedingly popular variety, on account of its fine 
shipping qualities ; of oblong shape; light green color, beautifully striped; 
remarkably thin rind, giving a deep flesh, which is scarlet, solid, and de 
liciouslv sweet. 
Pkt. 
Ox. 
21 
Lb. 
.10 .15 $1.50 
MUSHROOM. 
German, Champignon. —French, Champignon. —Spanish, I/ongo. 
Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally supposed. They may be grown 
in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared in the open air in the same manner as hot-beds. Take 
fresh horse manure, add to every barrow load about the same weight of fresh loam that has not 
been manured, shake the whole well apart, and lay it into a heap to ferment. Turn and mix it 
well every three or four days , by shaking togther the outside of the heap which is cold, and the in¬ 
side which is hot, so that every part of it may be equally fermented and deprived of its noxious 
quality. When the dung is in a fit state to be made into a bed, which will be in two or three weeks 
after it has been put together to ferment, select a dry spot for a foundation. Mark out the bed, 
which should be four feet wide, and as long as you choose to make it. In making the bed first 
spread over it a thin layer of the prepared dung; pound this firmly down with a brick, then anoth¬ 
er layer pounded down as before, and so on until the bed reaches a depth of eight inches, no more 
and no less. In this state it may remain until the temperature is about 74 degrees. Divide the 
large cakes of spawn into small lumps, plant two inches below the surface six inches apart, let it 
remain in this condition ten or twelve days, then cover with two inches of fine light soil, and press 
down evenly and protect from heavy rains. The mushrooms will make their appearance in from 
four to six weeks, according to the season. After the bed has been spawned do not water unless 
quite dry ; use lukewarm water only, Price, 15 cents per pound; 8 pounds for $ 1 .00 in bricks ; 
by mail/ to cents per pound. 
MUSTARD. 
German, Sen/.— French, Moutarde. —Spanish, Mostaza. 
Cultivated as a salad. The leaves are used like cress, when very young. Sow thickly in’ 
rows at different times from April to June, and cut when about two inches high ; for use during 
winter, it may be sown at intervals in boxes, in the green-house, or in a frame. 
White London,.*. : . 
Brown or Black, more pungent in flavor than the white.05 
Chinese, leaves twice the size of the ordinary White Mustard, of a deeper green, 
flavor pleasantly sweet and pungent, and profitable as a salad.15 
NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS. 
German, Indianische Kresse. —French, Capucine. —Spanish, Capuchina. 
Cultivated both for use and ornament; the seeds, while young and succulent are pickled and 
used as capers. The young leaves are also useful in salads. Its beautiful scarlet and orange col¬ 
ored flowers, which bloom freely all summer, add a chariYi to the garden. 
Tall, excellent for covering fences, trellis work, &c.05 
Dwarf, good for borders.-.05 
OKRA, or GUMBO. 
German, Essbarer. —French, Gumbo. —Spanish, Quibombo. 
This vegetable is extensively used wherever its merits are known; its long pods, when young, 
are used in soups, stews, etc., and are believed to be very nutritious. It is of the easiest culture, 
and grows freely, bearing abundantly in any ordinary garden soil. Sow early in May, in drills two 
inches deep, setting the plants from two to three feet apart. 
Pkt. Oz Lb. 
Improved Dwarf Green, early and productive . 05 .10 $1.00 
Tall White, about six feet high ; pods eight to ten inches long, an inch and a 
half thick at the stem tapering to a point.05 .10 1.00 
ONION. 
German, Zwiebel. —French, Ogtion. — Spanish, Cebolla. 
The Onion is one of the best products of the garden. It thrives best in a rather strong, deep, 
rich, loamy soil, and succeeds well when cultivated on the same ground for successive years. The 
ground should be well enriched with very old stable manure or compost, or what is better, deeply 
trenched and manured the previous autumn, and laid upon ridges during the winter to soften. 
As early in spring as the ground is in working order, level the same with an iron rake, and tread 
Oz. 
Lb. 
.05 
$ .20 
.05 
.20 
•*5 
.50 
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Oz. 
Lb. 
.05 
.10 
$1.25 
.05 
.20 
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