CUCUMBERS. 
CHIVES. 
In this latitude it 
is useless to plant in 
the open ground un¬ 
til nearly the first of 
June. Make rich 
hills of well-rotted 
manure, two feet in 
diameter, and plant a 
dozen or more seeds, 
covering half an inch 
deep. When all 
danger from insects 
is over, pull all but 
three or four of the 
strongest plants. The 
middle of June is 
early enough to plant 
for pickling. Make 
the hills about six 
feet apart. For early 
Cucumbers, the hot-bed is necessary ; but the simplest 
and surest way to produce a tolerably early crop of the 
best kinds is, where it is designed to place a hill, dig a 
hole about eighteen inches deep and three feet across ; 
into this put a barrow of fresh manure, and cover with a 
small box-like frame, on the top of which place a couple 
of lights of glass. When the plants grow, keep the 
earth drawn up to the stems. Water, and give air. 
AM URIC AN VARIETIES. 
Cucumbers, Early Russian, very early, hardy 
and productive; small, growing in pairs; per 
lb. $1.75; per oz. 20 cents, . 10 
Early Netted Russian, new, and very promising 10 
Early Green Cluster, next in earliness to the 
Russian ; small, prickly, in clusters, produc¬ 
tive; per lb. $1. 00; per oz. 10 cents, . 5 
Early Frame, a go»d variety for pickling and 
table, of medium size; per lb. $1.00; per oz. 
10 cents,. 5 
Early White Spine, an excellent variety for 
table ; very pretty and a great bearer ; a favor¬ 
ite with market growers ; per lb. £i.oo 1 P cr oz - 
10 cents, . 5 
Improved Long Green, a very fine long fruit of 
excellent quality; per lb. $1.25; per oz. 15 
cents,. 5 
FOREIGN VARIETIES. 
Cucumbers, Long Green Southgate, a fine 
old English sort, grown here so long it is 
almost as hardy as the natives ; per oz. 50 cents, 10 
Chinese Long Green, long, productive and 
hardy,. 15 
Stockwood, fine, hardy, standard sort; every 
way superior,. 15 
Wood’s Long Ridge, a fine, hardy variety, . 15 
Bedfordshire Surprise, hardy and excellent, . 15 
Giant of Arnstadt, one of the finest, good bearer, 25 
Rollisson’s Telegraph, one of the best, ... 25 
General Grant, new and excellent, . 25 
Carter’s Champion, a fine winter variety, . . 25 
Lord Kenyon’s Favorite, a very fine, large, 
black-spined English variety,. 25 
Cuthill’s Highland Mary, very superior and 
productive ; hardy ; fine for forcing,. 25 
Sion House Improved, fine; constant; good 
bearer ; one of the best English sorts, .... 25 
Mills’ Jewess,. 25 
Sir Colin Campbell, fine, large, black-spined, . 25 
Swan Neck, a new variety; very promising, 25 
The Chives are small and not 
very important members of the 
Onion tribe, quite hardy everywhere. 
The leaves are slender, and appear 
very early in the spring, and may 
be shorne several times during the 
season. They are propagated by 
divisions of the root. The Chives 
makes the very best border for beds 
in the vegetable garden, and arc not 
only ornamental, bearing pink flow¬ 
ers, and a mass of green leaves, but 
equal to the Onion for flavoring soups 
Roots, per bunch,. 
mm 
and salads. 
25 
CORN SALAD. 
Seed sown in August 
and protected by leaves 
or straw during the 
winter. Corn Salad 
can be used in the 
spring very early. Sow 
in rows, as for Lettuce. 
Corn Salad, per lb. £1.00 ; per oz. 10 cents, ... 5 
CRESS. 
Cress should be 
sown in a hot-bed 
or in a sheltered 
spot in the garden, 
quite thick, in shal¬ 
low drills, and in a 
short time it will 
be fit for cutting- 
It gives a pungent 
relish to Lettuce 
and other salad 
plants. A fresh lot 
should be sown 
every week. 
Cress, Fine Curled, superior; will bear cutting 
several times ; per oz. 10 cents, . 5 
Plain - Leaved, tender and delicate, fine for 
salad ; per oz. 10 cents, . 5 
Broad - Leaved Garden, sometimes used for 
soups ; per oz. 10 cents, . .. 5 
Australian, leaves delicate green, flavor mild 
and fine ; per oz. 10 cents,. 5 
Perennial American, resembles the Water 
Cress ; may be cut through the season ; oz. 10 cts. 5 
Water, does pretty well in moist situations, 
but better on the edges of streams in shallow 
water; per oz. 50 cents ; per half oz. 30 cents, 10 
ENDIVE. 
Endive is an ex¬ 
cellent autumn and 
winter salad. Sow 
seed late in the 
spring, or even as 
late as July, in 
shallow drills, and 
when plants are 
strong thin out to 
about a foot apart. 
Endive, Moss Curled, per lb. $2.75; per oz. 30 
cents,. ic 
Green Curled, per lb. $2.00; per oz. 20 cents, 5 
White Curled, per lb. $2.00; per oz. 20 cents, 5 
Batavian, per lb. $2.00; per oz. 20 cents, ... 5 
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