VTCICS FLORAL GUIDE. 
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GARDEN PEAS. 
Peas should be put in ns early as the soil can be got 
ready. Sow in drills not less than four inches deep, 
about a pint to forty feet. The drills must not be nearer 
than two feet, except for the lowest sorts. Those 
growing three feet high or more, should not be nearer 
than three or four feet, and should have brush for their 
support. The large, fine wrinkled varieties arc not as 
hardy as the small sorts, and if planted very early, 
should have a dry soil, or they are liable to rot. It is 
best to sow the earliest Peas just as soon as possible- 
They are hardy and frost will not harm them. In about 
two or three weeks after, make another sowing, a few 
more early, a good lot of second early and some for late 
cro/>. The second sowing of early comes in very handy. 
EARLIEST. 
Peas, Vick’s Extra Early, one of the best of the 
very early Peas : of good quality, very early, 
productive and true : per quart, 70 cents, . 10 
Carter’s First Crop, earliest and quite pro¬ 
ductive; height, 30 inches, and giving a large 
crop for so early a Pea , per quart, 70c., ... 10 
Kentish Invicta, round, blue Pea, and the ear¬ 
liest blue variety grown, as early as First Crop, 
excellent for family or market; 2 feet in height; 
per quart, 70c.,. 10 
Early Kent, 3 feet; the common early market 
Pea here ; per quart, 60c.,. 10 
Waite's Caractacus, one of the best and most 
productive early Peas; per quart, 6a cents, . 10 
Tom Thumb, very dwarf, 8 or 10 inches; per 
quart, 8 >c.,. 10 
Blue Peter, habit like Tom Thumb, but more 
robust, almost as dwarf, and immensely pro¬ 
ductive. It has proved the most promising of 
the new Peas for the American grower: per 
quart, 80c.,. 10 
McLean’s Little Gem, a green, wrinkled, 
marrow dwarf Pea, of a delicious, rich, sugary 
flavor ; very early ; per quart, 70 cents, . ... 10 
Laxton’s Alpha, an excellent wrinkled Pea, 
earlier than Little Gem, growing about 30 
inches ; per quart, 70 cents,. 10 
McLean’s Advancer, a dwarf, green, wrinkled 
marrow, of fine flavor and very prolific; per 
quart, 70 cents,. 10 
LATE CROP. 
Champion of England, 5 feet; rich; sweet; 
popular every where ; per quart, 60 cents, . . . 10 
Yorkshire Hero, a very fine, large, dwarf, 
wrinkled variety, of good quality and product¬ 
ive; per quart, 80 cents,. 10 
Peas, Dwarf Waterloo Marrow, a splendid 
Pea, of very dwarf Tom Thumb habit; qt. 80 cts. 10 
Dwarf Sugar, 3 feet; pods skinless and edible ; 
good quality shelled ; per quart, 80 cents, ... 10 
Tall Sugar, 5 feet; edible pods, very large and 
long; per quart, 80 cents,. 10 
PEPPERS. 
Sow the seeds early un¬ 
der glass, if possible, and 
transplant only when the 
weather has become stead¬ 
ily mild. If no hot-bed is 
to be had, prepare a seed¬ 
bed in a warm place in the 
garden, and sow, in the 
Middle and Northern 
States, in May, and trans¬ 
plant when the plants are 
about three inches in 
height. As usually only a 
few plants are needed, it is 
well to sow the seed where 
the plants are to remain, 
and thin them out to about 
a foot apart. The fruit is 
often used green, but will 
ripen in September 
There are several varieties. 
Peppers, Tomato-formed Red, large — 3 inches 
in diameter and 2 inches in length — ribbed ; flesh 
thick, mild and pleasant; per oz. 30 cents, . . 5 
Large Bell, very large — nearly 4 inches long and 
3 in diameter; glossy red, early, flesh thick and 
very mild; per oz. 30 cents,. 5 
Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth, much like 
Bell, perhaps a little larger; per oz. 30 cents, . 5 
Monstrous, or Grossum, a French variety, the 
largest we have ever grown ; per oz. 30 cents, . 5 
Long Red, beautiful and productive, four 
inches long and an inch or more in diameter; 
flesh thick and pungent; per oz. 30 cents, ... 5 
Long Yellow, similar to the above except in 
color; per oz. 30 cents,. 5 
Cayenne, small, pungent; the Cayenne Pepper 
of commerce ; per oz. 30 cents,. 5 
Cherry-formed small, round, very productive, 
makes a pretty plant; very hot: per oz. 30 cts., 5 
Red Chili, very small, bright red. hot Pepper, 
the prettiest and best for Pepper Sauce ; peroz. 
30 cents, . ... 5 
