Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . IJlLAND CRE-SS. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. 1-4 lb., 20 cts. Australian. — This is a superior variety, with fine, delicate green leaves, ofa piquant flavor. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., cts.; 1-4 35 cts.; lb., § Cress (see cuO. — The plant is cultivated by sowing the seeds by theside of running water, near springs which are not severely frozen in winter. Trans-planting, how-ever, is alwayssurer than sowing,and is thereforepreferred. Thismay be done fromMarch till distance be-t\veen the plan
Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . IJlLAND CRE-SS. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. 1-4 lb., 20 cts. Australian. — This is a superior variety, with fine, delicate green leaves, ofa piquant flavor. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., cts.; 1-4 35 cts.; lb., § Cress (see cuO. — The plant is cultivated by sowing the seeds by theside of running water, near springs which are not severely frozen in winter. Trans-planting, how-ever, is alwayssurer than sowing,and is thereforepreferred. Thismay be done fromMarch till distance be-t\veen the plantsshould not gener-ally be less thanten or fifteeninches. Stirringthe earth ahout theroots from timeto time is useful;but having oncetaken root, no fur-ther care is neces-sary. The leaves are universally used and eaten as an early and wholesome salad inspring. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 1-4 lb., § Water Cress. DANDELION. \Pisse-en-lit, Fr. Loewenzqhn, Ger. Amargon, Sp.]One ounce will sow 100 feet of by mail, in quantities of 8 ounces and uptvards, postage must beadded at the rate of 8 cts. per —The dandelion resembles Endive, and affords one of theearliest, as well as one of the most healthful, of spring greens. Sow asearly as the weather will permit, in good, well-enriched soil, in rows twelveinches apart, covering seed one fourth of an inch deep, and firming thesoil well over them. Thin to two or three inches apart in the rows. Byso doing, the roots will be larger, and a great amount of time wiU besaved the next spring in trimming or gathering the crop. One pound peracre is sufficient. French, Thick-Leaved (seeciif ). — As dan-delions are animportant cropfor Bostonmarket, wehave grown allkinds, and theone known asFrench Thick-Leaf is far su-perior to anyvariety nowbeing stock hasbeen carefullyselected, a n dmost of itgrown on ourArlingto
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