. Reliable seeds : plants, bulbs, fertilizers, tools, Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs; Agriculural implements Catalogs. R. &* J. FARQUHAR &> CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 11 DANDELION. (Lowenzahn) Used as early spring "greens" and considered very healthful. The seed should be sown in May or June, in drills half an inch deap and fifteen inches apart. The crop will be ready for use next spring. A moist, heavy soil is preferable. One ounce of seed is suf/icient for two hundred feet of drill. Improved Large=Leaved.


. Reliable seeds : plants, bulbs, fertilizers, tools, Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs; Agriculural implements Catalogs. R. &* J. FARQUHAR &> CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 11 DANDELION. (Lowenzahn) Used as early spring "greens" and considered very healthful. The seed should be sown in May or June, in drills half an inch deap and fifteen inches apart. The crop will be ready for use next spring. A moist, heavy soil is preferable. One ounce of seed is suf/icient for two hundred feet of drill. Improved Large=Leaved. The finest variety; home-grown seed. Pkt., .10; oz., .40; lb., $ EGG PLANT. (Eierpflanze.\: For perfection of growth, a very rich soil, plenty of moisture, and warm weather are required, with the addition of frequent hoeings. Sow in a gentle heat about the first of April. Transplant about the middle of June, setting the plants three feet apart. One ounce to fifteen hundred Pkt. Black Pekin. Very fine, large, globular fruit, of a dark, glossy, purple color; early, solid, and of superior flavor • . , 10 .40 New York Improved. Purple; the best for market and home use; very large, oval, heavy fruit, .10 .40 Early Long Purple. Fruit longer and smaller than the above sorts; hardy, productive, early and excellent 10 .30 $ 4-5° ENDIVE. (Endivien) One of our best salad plants. For a first crop, sow about the middle of April; for successions, small sowings maybe made every month till August, when the main plantation is made. Set out the plants one foot apart, in rows, and when well grown, effect blanching by folding the leaves in their natural position around the heart, and tying the outer leaves together by their tips in cone form. One ounce of seedfor seventy-five feet of drill. Pkt. Oz. Lb. Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled; easily blanched; one of the best' . . . . .05 .20 $ French Moss=Curled. Very finely curled with close, dense leaves .05 .20 W


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