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Virginia Gazette and Richmond Daily Advertiser
November 5, 1792
Minton Collins
Richmond, October 15, 1792
JUST IMPORTED,
Garden & Grass Seeds, &c.
Minton Collins
1792
Virginia
MINTON COLLINS, respectfully informs the ladies and gentlemen of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has just
received form London, in the ship Bowman, an assortment of the following SEEDS, and an choice collections of
FLOWER ROOTS, which are warranted to be of the last summer’s growth, and may be had by applying to him at Mr.
Richard Denny’s store (only) at the west end of the bridge.
Red [clover] [Trifolium pratense]
white clover [Trifolium repens] seed
Lucern [Lucerne, Medicago sativa]
burnet [Sanguisorba officinalis]
rye grass [Lolium multiflorum (annual) or L. perenne]
Rape [Brassica napus]
Canary [Phalaris canariensis] seed
Early York [cabbage] [Brassica oleracea ‘Early York’]
sugar loaf [cabbage] [B. oleracea ‘Sugar Loaf’]
Battersea [cabbage] [B. oleracea ‘Battersea’]
Scotch [cabbage] [B. oleracea ‘Scotch’]
Alnwick [cabbage] [B. oleracea ‘Alnwick’]
Madeira [cabbage] [B. oleracea ‘Madeira’] cabbage seed
Broccoli [B. oleracea]
Cauliflower [B. oleracea]
Green [lettuce] [Lactuca sativa ‘Green’]
white cross [lettuce] [L. sativa ‘White Cross’] lettuce
Large Roman [lettuce] [L. sativa ‘Large Roman’]
Mixed [lettuce] [L. sativa] lettuce
Spanish [onion] [Allium cepa ‘Spanish’]
White silver skin’d [onion] [A. cepa ‘Silver-skinned] onion]
Salmon [radish] [Raphanus sativus ‘Salmon’]
short top [radish] [R. sativus ‘Short-top’]
Turnip [radish] [R. sativus ‘Turnip-rooted’] raddish [radish]
Round [spinach] [Spinacia oleracea var. inermis]
Prickly [spinach]] [S. oleracea var. oleracea] spinnage [spinach]
FLOWERS, ROOTS, ETC.
Animonies [Anemone, Anemone coronaria],
Persian Iris [Iris persica],
Mixed tulips [Tulipa cvs.],
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