. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 86 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. Martynia. {Sec page Si:.) Mushrooms. (See page 85.) MUSTARD. [S
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 86 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. Martynia. {Sec page Si:.) Mushrooms. (See page 85.) MUSTARD. [Sinapis, LiN. Moutarde, Fr. Senf, Gkk. Mostaza, Sp.] One ouuce will sow about eighty feet of drill. Culture.—For early salads, sow on a slight hot-bed in March, and for a general crop at intervals through the Spring, in rows six inches apart, and rather thick in the rows; cut it when about an inch or two high. Ifiy mail in quantities of 4 ounces and, upwards, postage must be added at the rate of 16c. per pound. Chinese.—Leaves twice the size of the ordinary Black or Brown.—For culinary use. Per oz., 10 White Mustard, of a deeper green, Havor pleas- cunts; '4 lb., 15; lb.,40. antly sweet and pungent, and preferable as a salad. White or Yellow.—For salads or medicinal pur- Peroz., 10 cents; lb., 20; lb., 75. poses. Per oz., 10 cents; *4 lb., 15 ; lb., 40. NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS. [Tropceolum majus, IjVS. Capucine grande,VVL, Kre.'ose Indianische, Ger Maranuelia, Sf ] , One ounce will sow about twenty feet of drill. Culture.—Sow early in the Spring in drills one inch deep, the Tall variety by the side of a fence, trellis- work, or some other support, to climb upon, and the Dwarf to form borders or edgings. They will thrive In almost any situation, but are most productive in a light soil. The seeds, while young and succulent, are pickled and used as capers. If by mail in quantities of 4 ounces and upwards, postage must be added at the rate of 16c. per pound. Tall.—Pe
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