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VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE. 
CABBAGE VARIETIES. 
Lettuce, New Premium Cabbage, good solid 
head, keeping in good condition without going 
to seed longer than any other variety ; excellent 
for all uses and seasons ; per oz., 30c., .... 5 
Malta Drumhead, or Ice Cabbage, very large 
and superb ; per oz. 15 cents,. 5 
Imperial White, large Cabbage; hardy, desira¬ 
ble for winter sowing; oz., 20 cts.,. 5 
All the Year Round, a very hardy, compact 
growing Cabbage Lettuce, with small, close 
heads ; in perfection a long time; oz., 30c., . . 5 
Satisfaction, a new English variety, large, un¬ 
usually tender; remaining in head a long time ; 
per oz., 35 cents, . 10 
Early Tennis Ball, one of the earliest and best 
heading varieties ; per oz., 25c.,. 5 
Green Curled, a very beautiful sort for garnish¬ 
ing, fair quality, early ; per oz., 25c. 5 
White Silesian, early; rather loose head ; ten¬ 
der; per oz., 15c., . 5 
Early Egg, very early ; the very best for forcing ; 
small, beautiful yellow head ; per oz.,30c., . . 5 
Hardy Green Winter, the old Hammersmith; 
considered the best Winter Lettuce; oz.,25C.,. 5 
Lace Leaved, a new and beautiful Lettuce, that 
will keep in eating so late in the summer it is al¬ 
most impossible to grow seed in the open ground, 10 
Cut Leaved, a new, handsome, hardy sort, that 
will keep in eating all through the summer, . . 10 
COS VARIETIES. 
Carter’s Giant White Cos, new; superb, 
large and exceedingly tender; per oz., 35c., . . 5 
Paris White Cos, one of the best of the Cos 
varieties ; per oz., 35c., . ’. 5 
LEEK. 
Seed is generally sown in the spring in a seed-bed, 
and young plants transplanted July 1st. The Leek is 
prized for soups, and is thought for this purpose to be 
superior to the Onion. 
Leek, Broad Flag, per lb. $1.25 ; peroz. 15 cents, 5 
Musselburg, per lb. £4.00; peroz. 40 cents, . 15 
MELONS. 
The Melon, being of tropical origin, reaches perfection 
only in a warm temperature. In this latitude we must 
give the Melon every possible advantage to secure 
carlincss and thorough ripening. The same culture 
as recommended for Cucumbers will insure success. 
It is desirable also for the North to secure early 
ripening varieties. There are two distinct species of 
Melons, the Musk and the Water Melon. The former 
WATER MELON. 
are the most easily grown, though, with a selection of 
early sorts and a little attention at forwarding the young 
plants early in the season, a good crop of either can be 
secured almost anywhere. The Melon will grow and 
ripen well in a warm, sandy, poor soil, but when grown 
in such a situation the hill must be thoroughly enriched 
with plenty of available food for the roots. The en¬ 
gravings show the Prolific Nutmeg Muskmelon, and our 
Early Watermelon, which we introduced several years 
since, and which has become exceedingly popular all 
over the country. The collection below embraces the 
very best known varieties. 
MUSK MELONS. 
Musk Melon, Early Christina, early, yellow 
fleshed; per lb. £1.50; peroz. 15 cents, ... 5 
Prolific Nutmeg, a very good, hardy and pro¬ 
lific variety, fruit medium size, sometimes pret¬ 
ty large, roundish, netted, flesh thick, green and 
of very excellent flavor; per lb. $1.25 ; oz. 15 cts. 5 
Large Green Nutmeg, medium size, round, flesh 
green, of good quality ; !b. Ji.co; oz. 10 cents, . 5 
White Japanese, deliciously and delicately 
sweet, flesh thick, very pale green, skin creamy 
white and very thin ; per lb. $1.50 ; oz. 15 cents, 5 
Green Citron, large, with thick, green flesh, 
good flavor; per lb. $1.00; oz. 10cents, .... 5 
Casaba, or Persian, oblong, and very large, 
fine flavor, yellowish green flesh and netted 
skin; per lb. $1.00; peroz. to cents,. 5 
Pineapple, dark green, oval, netted, flesh thick, 
sweet and juicy ; per lb. $1.00 ; oz. 10 cents, . . 3 
WATER MELONS. 
Vick’s Early. Long, smooth, rather small, flesh 
bright pink, solid, sweet, and the earliest Melon 
we are acquainted with ; per lb. $1.50; per oz. 
15 cents,. io- 
Strawberry. This is a rather small variety, 
sent us by a friend at the South, and which we 
have grown several years. At an Exhibition 
we made at the N. Y. State Ag. Fair, of thirty 
varieties of Melons, this was awarded by judges 
the sweetest and richest ; lb. £1.50; oz. 15 cts., 10 
Mountain Sweet, dark green, flesh red, sweet 
and rich, early and hardy ; lb. 8 o< 5 ts. ; oz. 10 cts. 5 
Mountain Sprout, long, striped; scarlet flesh, 
one of the best, but not quite as early as Main¬ 
tain Sweet; per lb. $1.00 ; per oz. 10 cents, . . 5 
Black Spanish, an old variety and one 
of the richest;'round, rather small, dark green ; 
red flesh, sweet and rich ; per lb. 1.00 ; oz., iec., 5 
Ice Cream, or Peerless, is a first class.Melon, 
flesh pink, sweet and melting ; white seed ; per 
lb. 80 cents ; per oz. 10 cents, . 5 
Orange. The flesh separates easily from the 
rind, fair quality ; per oz. 15 cents,. 5 
Citron, for preserves ; per lb. $1.25 ; oz. 15 cents, 10 
