. Dreer's garden calendar : 1889. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. FOR THE VEGETABLR GARDEN. 19 CUCU M B^^^—ContinucJ. Sninll Gherkin, or Uiirr. Also known as tlie West India or .lerusalem Pickle; used only for i)icklin£; while younir. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 2/) cts., J lb. 75 cts. ENGLISH PRIZE OR FRAME CUCUMBERS. Leading varieties for foreiiia;, attaiiiini; a U'iiL,'tli of 20 to 30 inches; they cnii be srowii in hot-beds where the temperature does not fall below ()5 decrees at


. Dreer's garden calendar : 1889. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. FOR THE VEGETABLR GARDEN. 19 CUCU M B^^^—ContinucJ. Sninll Gherkin, or Uiirr. Also known as tlie West India or .lerusalem Pickle; used only for i)icklin£; while younir. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 2/) cts., J lb. 75 cts. ENGLISH PRIZE OR FRAME CUCUMBERS. Leading varieties for foreiiia;, attaiiiini; a U'iiL,'tli of 20 to 30 inches; they cnii be srowii in hot-beds where the temperature does not fall below ()5 decrees at night. Sow the seed in small pots about the middle of January ; when they have grown to three leaves, ])lant in a prepared hill of rich loose soil in tlie centre of a sash. Our packets contain from five to twelve seeds each, according to the varietv nine Gown. Carter's Model. Champion of England, illnrqiiis of Lome (New). Pearson's Long Gun. Sion House, Improved. Telegraph. Tender and True. Each, per pkt., Water Cress. CRESS. Gurten und Brunnen Kresse, Ger. Cresson, Fe. Mas- tuerzo 6 Lepidio, Sp. Peppergrass is extensively grown and used as a small salad. Sow thickly in shallow drills, early in the spring and at intervals throughout the season, for a succession, as it soon runs to seed. The Cresses are excellent salad plants. The Water Cress requires a stream of running water, ditch or pond, in which it will grow without care, except at first keeping weeds from interfering with it. It is easily introduced by planting along the margins of ditches or streams, and increases rapidly by the spreading of the roots or from the seed. The leaves are eaten with salt, and are of an agreeable, pungent taste, relished by most people. Extra Curled, or Peppergrass. Fine flavor, and the best sort for dry soils. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 4 lb. 25 cts. Erfurt Water, True. A perennial aquatic plant, with small oval leaves and prostrate habit. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 Please note t


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