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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK. 
CU CU MBER— Continued. 
Early Cluster. Early ; extremely 
productive ; growing in clus¬ 
ters. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 10 
cts.; ^ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
Green Prolific. One of the best 
pickling sorts. Per pkt., 5 cts. • 
oz., 10 cts. ; y lb., 20 cts.; lb’ 
60 cts. 
Early Russian. The earliest vari¬ 
ety ; small) hardy and produc¬ 
tive. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 
cts. ; y lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
Long Green. A fine long fruit, of 
excellent quality; dark green. 
Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. ; y. 
lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
Nichols’s Medium Green. An ex¬ 
cellent new variety. Per pkt., 
5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; y lb., 20 
cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
West India Gherkin or Burr. Used 
only for pickels. Per pkt., 5 
cts.; oz., 15 cts.; y lb., 40 cts.; 
lb., $1.25. 
The following sorts we offer at the 
uniform price of, pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 
cts.; y lb., 20 cts. ; lb., 60 cts. 
Tailby’s Hybrid, Boston Pickling, 
Chicago Pickling, Commercial Pic¬ 
kling. 
TELEGRAPH. 
Duke of Edinburgh. 
Giant of Arnstadt. 
Ipswich Standard. 
Lord Keynon’s Favorite. 
CUCUMBER, FRAME OR 
FORCING. 
Sow in small pots from the middle 
of January, in hot-bed or hot-house. 
When grown to three leaves plant 
out in a previously prepared hill of 
loose, rich soil, in the center of the 
sash. Keep a temperature of 65 de¬ 
grees at night, to 75 or 80 degrees 
with sun-heat. 
Burnett’s Perfection, splendid. 
Conqueror of the West. 
Covent Garden Perfection. 
Cuthill’s Black Spine. 
Marquis of Lome. 
Sion House Improved. 
Telegraph (True.) 
Walker’s Rambler. 
Per packet, each 25 cts. 
DANDELION. 
German, Pardeblume. —French, Pissenlit. —Spanish, Amargon. 
The dandelion affords one of the earliest and most health¬ 
ful spring greens or salad. It is best when blanched. The 
roots, when dried and roasted, are often used as a substitute 
for coffee. Sow early in spring, in drills 18 inches apart, and 
thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear of weeds and 
the following spring it will be fit for the table. 
Dandelion, French. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 20 cts. 
Improved, Large-Leaved. A new, thick-leaved variety, of 
great productiveness and fine flavor. Per pkt., 10 cts,; 
oz., 50 cts. 
ENDIVE. 
Germar , Endivien. —French, Chicoree. —Spanish, Endivia. 
One ounce will sow 60 square feet. 
A highly esteemed winter salad. For the first crop sow 
about the middle of May, and for succession in June and 
July. When the plants are 2 or 3 inches high, thin them out 
or transplant into moderately rich and rather light soil, 1 foot 
apart. When nearly full grown, and before they are fit for the 
table, they must be blanched, an operation which is simply- 
performed by tying the leaves loosly together, or by covering 
with boards, slates or flower-pots. 
ENDIVE. 
Green Curled. Beautifully curled, tender and crisp. Per pkt., 
5 cts. ; oz., 15 cts.; y lb., 40 cts. ; lb., $1.50. 
Moss Curled. More finely curled, and a heavier and more 
dense plant than Green Curled. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz , 15 
cts. ; y lb., 40 cts. ; lb., $1.50. 
White Curled. Very tender when cut young; blanches readily. 
Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; y lb., 40 cts. ; lb., $1.50. 
Broad-Leaved Batavian. (Escarrolle). This variety is chiefly 
used in soups and stews; requires to bo tied up in 
blanching. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. ; y lb., 40 cts.: 
lb., $1.50. 
IMPROVED NEW YORK SPINELESS EGG PLANT. 
EGG PLANT, 
German, Eirpflanze. — French, Aubergine.— Spanish, Bercngena, 
One ounce will produce about 1,000 plants. 
The Egg Plant is a tender vegetable, and must not be 
planted out until the weather is warm andsettled. Sow early 
