GARDENING CATALOGUES Catalogues are convenient and valuable aids for planning a garden and accessing unusual edibles and ornamentals. Many mail order businesses offer unique and exclusive varieties. But keep in mind that local garden centres are handy, community-based sources for a good selection of seeds, plants and garden supplies. Unless a price is listed, the catalogue is free. The complete catalogue listing, including those from British Columbia, can be found in the main Marketplace section, reached from the home page. ABUNDANT LIFE SEED FOUNDATION, Box 772, Port Townsend, Washington 98368. Catalogue $2 U.S. All open-pollinated seeds including many heirloom and endangered varieties. Vegetables, herbs, flowers, wildflowers. Extensive selection of books. INSIDE PASSAGE, Box 639, Port Townsend, Washington 98368. Seed for 150 species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers of the Inside Passage (the protected interior-coastal waterways between Washington's Puget Sound and Glacier Bay in Alaska). Books on native plants and related subjects. J.L. HUDSON, Star Route 2, Box 337, La Honda, California 94020. Catalogue $1 U.S. Send catalogue requests to Box 1058, Redwood City, California 94064. Rare seeds from all parts of the world, all open-pollinated, with emphasis on the preservation of genetic bio-diversity. Includes vegetables and ornamentals, many heirloom varieties. THE REDWOOD SEED COMPANY, Box 361, Redwood City, California 94064. A catalogue of endangered cultivated plants. Seed for old-fashioned and unusual vegetables and herbs, Ayurvedic medicinal plants. Specializes in exotic herbs and hot chilis. BOUNTIFUL GARDENS, 18001 Shafer Ranch Road, Willits, California 95490-9626. Catalogue $2 U.S. Untreated, open-pollinated seeds including rare and heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs, flowers. Videos, books and other literature on biointensive gardening.

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Specialty Catalogues SHEPHERD'S GARDEN SEEDS, 30 Irene Street, Torrington, Connecticut 06790-6658. A catalogue for the gardener who loves to cook. Flavourful, disease resistant vegetables, fine culinary herbs, old-fashioned flowers and interesting new varieties from around the world. Great recipes. THE COOK'S GARDEN, Box 535, Londonderry, Vermont 05148. Vegetable, herb and flower seeds for the kitchen gardener. Unusual and hard to find varieties of lettuce and salad greens. Vegetables and herbs selected for flavour from around the world. Exceptional, easy to grow flowers. Interesting recipes. DE GIORGI SEED CO., 6011 N Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68117-1634. Catalogue $2 U.S. Seeds for vegetables, herbs, annual flowers, ornamental grasses, perennials, wildflowers. SEEDS OF CHANGE, Box 15700, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506-5700. Organically grown seeds for open-pollinated vegetable, flower and herb varieties chosen for beauty and taste. Rare, heirloom, and endangered species. Tools, books, kitchen equipment. RICHTERS, 357 Highway 47, Goodwood, Ontario, L0C 1A0. Seed for over 700 culinary, aromatic and medicinal herbs, many rare, and over 200 plants. Gourmet vegetables, herbal gifts, dried herbs, books. SEED SAVERS INTERNATIONAL, 3076 North Winn Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101. Catalogue includes over 100 heirloom vegetable and flower varieties from the U.S., Russia, and Eastern European countries. Thousands of additional varieties are available through membership in Seed Savers Exchange. Send $1 U.S. for a brochure detailing this nonprofit organization's projects and publications. BECKER'S SEED POTATOES, R.R. 1, Trout Creek, Ontario, P0H 2L0. Over 30 varieties of potatoes in various skin and flesh colours. New releases and heritage potatoes. Collections of selected varieties. CRUICKSHANK'S, 780 Birchmount Road, Unit 16, Scarborough, Ontario, M1K 5H4. Cost of a two-year, six-catalogue subscription $4. Beyond-the-ordinary flowerbulbs and perennials. Gardening accessories. JACQUES AMAND, Box 96, 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1N1. Catalogue $3 for two issues. Rare, unusual and new as well as traditional bulbs in magazine size, full-colour catalogue. Gold Medal winner at the 1995 Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows for best bulb exhibits.

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British Catalogues CHILTERN SEEDS, Bortree Stile, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 7PB, England. Catalogue $5 Canadian. Informative, chatty catalogue describing over 4,000 items including annuals, perennials, climbers, shrubs, trees, wild flowers, cacti, house plants, exotics for the greenhouse, oriental and uncommon vegetables, herbs. W. ROBINSON & SONS, Sunny Bank, Forton, Nr. Preston, Lancashire PR3 0BN, England. Specialist range of vegetables selected for size and flavour with emphasis on onions, leeks, and unusual tomatoes. "Home of the Mammoth Onion". ROBERT BOLTON & SON, Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex CO9 4BQ, England. Sweet pea specialist since 1901. Over 50 named varieties including dwarf, old-fashioned, mixed selections and collections. Some varieties bred by Bolton. Many award-winners.

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