Southern Plant Lists - Southern Garden History Society

Virginia Gazette and Richmond Daily Advertiser
Richmond, January 24, 1793
Garden and Grass Seeds
With a choice collection of Flower Roots, & Seeds,
Just Imported.
Minton Collins
1793
Virginia
MINTON COLLINS, most respectfully informs the ladies and gentlemen of Virginia, that he
has just received by the Ships Grand Duke, and Birmingham, from London, a fresh assortment
of the following SEED AND FLOWER ROOTS, which he is now selling for real money, at his
Seed and Flower store (ONLY) north side of the Main Street, between the post-office, and the
bridge; where Country storekeepers may be supplied with an assortment, upon moderate terms.
GRASS SEEDS ETC.
Red Clover, [Trifolium pratense]
white clover [Trifolium repens]
Lucern, do. [Lucerne, Medicago sativa]
Rye-grass, do. [Lolium multiflorum (annual) or L. perenne]
Burnet, do [Sanguisorba officinalis]
Rape [Brassica napus] and
Canary [Phalaris canariensis]
PEAS & BEANS,
Early Frame pease, [Pisum sativum ‘Early Frame’]
do. Golden hotspur [P. sativum ‘Golden Hotspur’]
do. Charlton [P. sativum ‘Charlton’]
Dwarf Marrofat [P. sativum ‘Dwarf Marrowfat’]
Spanish Moratto [P. sativum ‘Spanish Morotto’]
Large Windsor beans [Fava Bean, Vicia faba ‘Large Windsor’]
Mazagan, do. [V. faba ‘Mazagan’]
Long podded, do. [V. faba ‘Long-podded’]
Canterbury Dwarf [Kidney Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Canterbury Dwarf’]
Snap, do. [P. vulgaris]
Speckled French [P. vulgaris ‘Speckled French’]
CABBAGE SEEDS
Early Cabbage [Brassica oleracea ‘Early York’]
late York Cabbage [B. oleracea ‘Late York’]
Early Sugar loaf do. [B. oleracea ‘Early Sugar Loaf’]
Late do do. [B. oleracea ‘Late Sugar Loaf’]
Early Battersea, do. [B. oleracea ‘Early Battersea]
Late, do [B. oleracea ‘Late Battersea]
Large Madeira, do. [B. oleracea ‘Large Madeira’]
Green curled Savoy [B. oleracea “Green Curled Savoy’]
Yellow curled do. [B. oleracea ‘Yellow Curled Savoy’]
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