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slice them up
Bullnose.
the same.

Cayenne Pepper.-{0z. 2c; |b. 33.00.

Much called for, for seasoning soups, pickles, ete.

POTATOES.
} Early Ohio. Per peck, 50c, or $1.25 per bushel.
The Experiment Station. Columbus. O., says there is noth-
ing earlier.

Our whole crop of Early Ohio last season was sold at®.40a
bushel. Of course we could not offer the seed at the above
prices were in not that we procured our seed of a neighbor
/ who raises potatoes largely.

Early Pearl. Per peck, 75c, or $2.50 per bushel.
The Experimental Station finds this about as early as the
Early Ohio, and perhaps yields a little better. *
Lee’s Favorite. Per peck, 50c, $1.25 per bushel.
This is a few days later than the foregoing. but yieldsa
little better still.
Empire State. Per peck, 40c, =1.25 per bushel.
This. the Experiment Station considers as good a late or
medium late potato as any before the public. They decide
that the above four varieties are the cream of the List.
Snowflake. Per peck, +) cts.; per bushb., $1.00.
This is an old variety. but is such a universal favorite we
have thought best to add it to our list. On our wagon. more
peopie prefer the Snowflake than any other variety.
Dakota Red. Per peck, 40 cts.; per bush., $1.00.
This, though a late potato. is an enormous yielder, and the
quality is veryfair. Larger yields per acre have been made
with this potato than perhaps any other potato ever intro-

duced
RADISHES.
White-tipped Scarlet Turzip?9z. 5c; Ib. 60¢

A fancy variety of the scarlet bulb with white bottom:
very showy. 35>
Scarlet Turnip-rooted. 02. 5c.: |b. 60c.
Larger and later than the preceding.

Lady Finger2%x. l0c.; Ib. $1.00.

One of the standard long radishes. Sometimes it grows as
large as a parsnip, and yet is of excellent quality.

_Becker’s Chartier Radish.©0z. l0c.; 1b. $1.00.

A novelty, and one that has given us the greatest satisfac-
tion; of rapid growth and good size, both at the bottom and
top. In favorable soil it will grow to a large size, and still be

7 . excellent in quality. The Chartier radish has been to us an
acquisition during the past year. They are remarkably cer-
ty ¥% tain to make a good bulb.
y > J SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT.2¢0

A vegetable that is aoe to be called for, where it is once

introdnced. Oz. 5c.; 1b. 7.

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PEPPERS. SPINACH.
Spanish Pepper.#0z. 25c.; Ib. $3.00. | Bloomsdale Extra Curled.f0z. 5c: lb. 50c. — .
Anew variety, 80 large that the natives of warm climates It combines as many of the good qualities as any other.
nd fry, as an article of food. SOUASH
z. 25¢e; Ib. $3.00. Q zi
A larger variety than the above, but in every other respect SUMMER VARIETIES. > 7
| Early White Bush, or Patty Pan.7-0z. ic.;—~ he &

ib. 60c. FZ
Not surpassed by the Golden Summer Crookneck. One of
the old staples. x f
Golden Summer Crookneck-##. 5c: Ib. 50c. — 4 INE

The standard summer squash.
WINTER VARIETIES.

Perfect Gem.}0z. 5c; Ib. 50c. 2 eo

| A round squash, about 6 inches in diameter. The quality
is excellent, and it will keep till spring.

Hubbard.7®z. 10c; lb. 60e.. ————— = Zz

Too well known to need comment.

Boston Marrow-} 0. 5c: Ib. 7c.

An old standard staple, especially in and around

Ax TOMATO.
Mikado.’~0z. 40c; Ib. $6.00.

This tomato is so distinct from the ordinary sorts that it
has a different -shaped foliage that can be recognized at
once. The tomatoes are of immense size,and the greater
part of them smooth; besides, they are about as early as any
thing we have. Some of the first last season sold at 8 cents
apiece, and it does not take many such to fill a basket.

Acme 0z. 2c; lb. $2.00c. ~———__ 7? x

Too well Known to need comment f F
Trophy-70z. 20c; $2.50.—~ ay 4 *€

A compahion to the Acme. 5 7 ZA ae
Livingston's Beauty. ~ Oz. 40; Ib. 35.00. ~~ / gY

This is a production of the same Livingston who brought out
the Acme, Trophy, Favorite. and Periection; but he pro-

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nounces this superior to them all. The specmens at the
Ohio State Fair last season were certainly all that could be

desired in the tomato. Z a4 f
Pear-Shaped Tomatoes.0z. 20e: $3.00. M5 “ud .

These are handsome for pickles’and preserves. We have
them of two colors—red and yellow. They are immense (Mh gre
bearers, and of good quality. °

TURNIP. 3x
Early Bloomsdale Red Top+0z. de: Ib. 600e. J G

One of the best for the first turnip in the market.

White Egg:f-02z. ic; Ib. 50c. 76 Re

Very showy and handsome, as well as quite early. st
season they sold readily fora dollar a bushel in our rket
as fast as we could get hold of them.

Yellow Aberdeenf°0z. 5c: Jb. 50c. —

We consider this the best table turnip grown. When cock-
ed it is so yellow that it will sometimes be mistaken for
squash. 2.

Bloomsdale Swede. 02. 5c; ip. 50e. ——- 2 RK

Perhaps the best of the Rutabaga varieties.

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VEGETABLE PLANTS.

These are one of our great specialties, and we are prepared to furnish cabbage and lettuce plants from
the first of February till the first of August; celery-plants from the first of March till the first of Septem-
ber; tomato-plants from the first of April till the first of August.

PRICES AND VARIETIES.

_ CABBAGE-PLANTS.

We keep in stock during the months of February, |

March, April, and May, varieties as below:

SELECT VERY EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD, HENDERSON’S
EARLY SUMMER, and WINNINGSTADT. 5c per 10; 100, 40c;
1000, $3.00; 10,000, 325.00. During May, June, and
July, FLAT DUTCH, LOVISVILLE DRUMHEAD, prices same

LARGE RED DRUMHEAD ready in May, June, and July,
8c per 10; 60c per 100, or $5.00 per 1000.

Extra-strong, twice-transplanted plants, double
above prices. If these are to be shipped by express,
the expressage will be extra, on account of the
great weight of the large plants. 5

COLD-FRAME CABBAGE-PLANTS.

When we have these they will be double the price
of the plants raised in the greenhouse. During the
presen! seaso.1 we have only two kinds of cold-
frame cabbage-plants: viz., JEBSEY WAZEFIZELD, and
HENLESSON'S EARLY SUMMER.

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as above. PERFECTION DRUMBEAD SAVOY CABSAGE, and |

{ CAULIFLOWER.

We have confined our attention to the one kind—
| HENDERSON’S EARLY SNOWBALL. Price of plants, 10c
| for 10; 75e per 100, $6.00 per 1000. These will be ready
| in March, April, May, and June.

| LETTUCE-PLANTS.

We can furnish BOSTON MAREET, CINCINNATI LETTUCE,
| HENDERSON’S NEW YORE, and DEACON LETTUCE. Prices,
5e per 10; 40c per 100; 32.50 per 1000, except the New
York, whick will be double the above prices.
TOMATO-PLANTS.

These will be ready from April first till August
first. We have the following varieties:

} CME, LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY, und MIEADO. The two
former will be 10c for 10; 75c per 100; $6.00 per 1000;
or $50.00 per 10,000.

The MIZADO will be a half more than the above
| prices. The difference in foliage readily indicates
a the above is different from the common to-

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PEAR-SHAPED TOMATOES, for pickles and preserves. |
Plants, both red and yellow, 8e for 10; 75e per 100;
or $6.00 per 1000.

All the above plants are once transplanted,

are strong-rooted.
CELERY-PLANTS.

We keep in stock HENDERSON'S WHITE PLUME, GOL-
DEN DWARF, BOSTON MAREET, and MAJOR CLARK’S PINE.
Prices, 5e per 10; 40ec per 100; $3.00 per 1000; or
$25.00 per 10.000.

Extra-strong, twice-transplanted plants, double |
above prices. If these are to be shipped by express,
the expressage will be extra, on account of the
great weight of the large plants.

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CATALOGUE FOR 1887.

PEPPER-PLANTS.

We expect to keet in stock BULLNOSE, CAYENNE, and
SPANISH PEPPER. The price will be lic tor 10; $1.25
per 100, or $12.00 per L000,

KOHLRABIL,.

During the summer of 1886 we had quite a nice
trade in this vegetable, raised from plants started
in the greenhouse. They were ready to use fully as
soon as the earliest cabbages, and were preferred
by many of our customers. The price of plants will
be 10e for 10; 75¢ per 100; or $6.0) per 109).

Asarule, we do not recommend plants by mail.
We can, however, send them so if enough more is
added to cover postage and packing.

Any of the above plants, will be taken directly from the seed-bed, without having been transplant-
ed at all, at half the above prices.

Boxes for Starting Squashes. Melons, Cucumbers, Etc.

During my visit to Arlington, in July, 1886, ] noticed that the squash-growers had a plan for getting

Boston Marrow squashes on the market very early.
ing cut.

glass slides in the top.

ing but little room when stored away, or drawn out on the wagon.

It is by means of the boxes shown in the adjoin-

These, as you notice, are made so as to nest one in the other, occupy-

An 8X10

These boxes can be used for putting over hills of early
potatoes in March and April; and when the potatoes are out of danger the boxes
will do good service in forwarding squashes, melons, and cucumbers.

Atter

= all danger of frost is past, the glass may be drawn out, but the box is left on,

again at night, when frost

as a protection against bugs.
long job to slide them all back when the weather is mild, and close them up

edges, it makes quite a miniature cold frame.

As the glass is to move loosely, it is not a very

If the earth is banked around the lower
I was astonished while at Ar-

comes.

lington to see squash-vines fully a month ahead of the usual time; but I was told these boxes were

the explanation of it.
‘“Gregory on Squashes”’).
for 10, $7.50 per 100.

Don’t fail to have a big lot of good manure under every box (see our little book,
Prices of these little boxes without glass, in the flat, 10 ets. each: 85 cts.
Glass to match, $2.50 per box of 50 square feet.

There are about %) lights in a box.

Cuttings for Concord Grapevines.

In trimming our grapevines we had a great number of nice well-ripened woods which we cut up in-
to cuttings with two or more strong buds on each. These are packed in damp sawdust, so as to keep

nicely for spring planting.
by mail, add 16 cts. per 100 extra for postage. Full
with each package. With proper care they will, in
$6.50 per 100.

We can send them for 5 c. for 10, 40 ec. per 100, or $2.50 per 1000.

) A : { If wanted
instructions for planting them will be furnished
two years, furnish such grapevines as we sell for

SEEDS OF ' HON EhY-PLANTS.

I have for years had dreams of a honey farm, with acres of flowers of different colors, blooming
at different seasons, and keeping the bees away from the stores and groceries when we have a dry

spell in the fall.

The dream has been partially realized with the Simpson honey-plant, Mollie O.

Large’s spider plant, and the seven-top turnip, and I am pretty well satisfied it will pay to cultivate

these for honey alone.
tested, but am still doubtful in regard to them.

tS For Alsike Clover, Buckwheat, White Dutch |
Clover, and Rape seeds, see our regular price list of |
bee-supplies, mailed on application.

BORAGE.—A strong, hardy, rapidly growing plant,
bearing a profusion of blue flowers. It may be sown
any time, but will, perhaps, succeed best, at about
corn planting time. As it grows tall, and branches
out considerably, it should have plenty of room. |
I know that bees are very busy on it, all the day
long, from July until Nov., but [ do not know how
much honey an acre of it would furnish. It is easily
tried, because it grows so readily, andif sowed on
the ground after early potatoes are dug, you will
get a nice crop of fall bloom. Sow broad cast, or in |
hills like corn. Price 10c. per oz., or 75¢e per pound.
[f wanted by mail. add 18ce. per lb. for bag and poctage.

CATNIP.—This has been very much talked about,
and we have record of some experiments with an
acre or more, but if lam correct, no one has ever
yet seen a barrel of catnip honey. Still, some one
may raise catnip honey by the barrel, and make
money atit. If you wish to try, we can furnish you
good seed, that we have tested ourselves, for 10c per
OZ., OY $1.00 per lb.; 18¢ per lb. extra, if wanted by
mail. Sow in the fall.

DANDELIONS.—I presume every body ean get
dandelion seeds and roots without buying them.
but for all that, | have much faith in an acre of
cultivated dandelions. Vilmorin’s improved, is su-
perior. for ‘‘greens,’’ and by the way our bees take
to our ‘“‘patch”’ of it, I think it must be superior for
honey. Price of seed, 5c per package, or 35 c. per oz.

FIG-WORT, OR SIMPSON HONEY PLANT.—This is a
queer tall weed that grows in fields and woods, and |

Mignonnette, catnip, motherwort, borage, melilot, and some others, IT have

bears little cups full of honey. It has pro-
duced so much honey under cultivation on our
honey farm during the past two years, that | am
much inclined to place it at the head of the list of
honey-plants. It bears honey all the day long from
July to October. Very hardy; blooms first. year,

, and after that shoots up from the root every year,

but needs planting anew, about every three years.
The seed sometimes lies inthe ground many months
before germinating. If sprinkled on the top of
damp leaf-mold, packed hard in a box, and rolled

hard, being kept dark and damp in a warm place, ©

they will sprout in a week ortwo. Then give all the
light and air possible, but not too much water. Price
of seed, from cultivated plants, 20e per oz., $2.00
per lb. If by mail, 18c per lb. extra, for postage.

HONEY PEA.—This is the stock pea of the South,
and often yields much honey. It is also used fur
food. Price, $1.75 per bushel; $1.00 per balf-bushel;
60c per peck, packages included: per Ib.. 10¢e; by
mail, 18c extra. A bushel weighs about 30 lbs.

HORSEMINT, the celebrated honey-plant of Texas.
Per oz. 20e; per lb., $2.00; postage, 18¢ per lb. extra.
. Ca@RULEA, bee clover. This latter blossoms in
about six weeks after sowing, and bears a smail blue
flower.

Price of seed, 10c per 0z., or 75c per |b.; if wanted
by mail, add 18c for bag and postage.

LippiA NODIFLORA.—For description see Dee. “79
GLEANINGS. Per oz., $1.00. Per pkt.,5c. Give hot-
bed treatment.

MIGNONNETTD.—This is a great favorite with the
bees, and also with those who are raising plants for
their bees; but, although we have sold considerable

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of the seed for bee pasturage, I am not sure that any
one has ever made it pay in dollars and cents, for
the honey alone. It will pay, without any doubt, to
raise the seed, especially if the price keeps up any
where near what it is now; but for honey alone—
who will demonstrate its value beyond doubt? The
tall varieties seem best suited to the bees, but are
not as fragrant. It should be sown in the spring,
and as the seed is small, it should have fine clean
soil, and be covered lightly. This plant seems to
have a rare capacity for standing frost, and bees
may often be seen busy upon it clear into October.

e seed is 20c per oz., or $2.00 per Ib.
If wanted by mail, add 18¢ for postage.

MOTHERWORT.—This 1s a near relative of the cat-
nip and is probably equally valuable as a honey
plant. Prices of the seed, same as forcatnip. Sow

_ any time.

MUSTARD.—The honey from this is said to be very
light, equal to any in flavor, and to command
the highest price in the market. We can furnish
the common, (either white or black) for 10c per oz.,
or 25¢c perlb. Add 18c per I|b., if to be sent by mail.

RASPBERRY.—A pretty good honey plant, too well
known to need description. The Red Raspberries
are thought to yield most honey, and of these the
Gregg and Cuthbert varieties are said to be best.
Price of plants, per ten, 60c: per hundred, $3.00. If
wanted by mail, 3c each extra.

RocKY MOUNTAIN BEE PLANT (Cleome integrifo-
lia).—_Is closely connected with the noted Spider
Plant (C. pungens), these two being the only species
of the Cleome. With us, it is much inferior to the
Spider Plant as a honey producer. We have reperts
from some localities of its yielding large quantities
of honey, hence, quite a demand for the seed is the
result. Price per lb., $1.25, postage 18c. extra. Per
ounce, lic. 2

SAGE, WHITE (Salvia argentea).—Is called the hon-
ey plant of California, and belongs to the Labiatze
or Mint family, the same as Rosemary, Balm. Hoar-
hound, &c. Price per ounce, 35c. per |b., $4.00.

SWEET CLOVER (Melilotus alba, or Melilot).—This
has some valuable traits, as standing frost and
drouth, but many times and seasons, the bees will
hardly notice it at all. The statement has been
made that an acre will support 20 colonies of bees,
and afford from 500 to 1000 . of honey. Such state-
ments, although they muy be bonestly given, I
think should be received with due allowance; about
four pounds of seed are needed foran acre; sow like
Alsike. It will grow on almost any barren hillside,
but itis a bad weed to exterminate; if, however, it
is mown down to prevent seeding, the roots will
soon die out. Sowin spring or fall. We have it on
our honey-farm, butit is rather behind the Simpson
honey-plant in this locality.

Common Sweet Clover, per |b., 18e; 10 lbs., $1.50;
100 1bs., $12.00: if wanted by mail, add 18c for bag
and postage. This is sold with the hulls on; the
Bokhara is hulled.

Bokhara clover, seed received from D. A. Jones:
10e per oz., or 35¢ per lb.; 10 Ibs., 33.00; 100 Ibs.,
$25.00. If by mail, add 1&c per Ib.

SUNFLOWER.—This plant is visited by the bees in
great numbers in some seasons. while, in others, it
is scarcely noticed; but, as the seeds usually pay all
expenses of cultivation, i holds its place as a honey
plant. The mammoth tussian bears by far the
largest blossoms, as well us the largest seeds. Price
of seed 5c per oz. or 15¢ per f.; 10 lbs. or over, 12c;
100 lbs., 10c. if wanted by mail, add 18¢e for bag and
postage.

SPIDER PLANT.—This plant, under favorable cir-
cumstances, yields more honey than anything that
ever before came under my observation.

In Oct., 1879, each floweret yielded drops so large
that a bee had to make two or more journeys to get
it all, and I succeeded in cipping: the honey from
the plant with a spoon, until I half filled a bottle
with it, for experiment. As it only yields this honey
early in the morning, and late in the evening, it will
go nicely with the Simpson honey plant. I should
think it quite probable that 5 acres of each of these
plants would keep 100 colonies busy enough to be
out of mischief during a dry fall, when bees are so
apt to be robbing. For particulars concerning both
plants, see ABC of Bee Culture.

The Spider plant is an annual, and should be sown
every year. It grows most quickly with hotbed

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treatment, but will blossom in August if sown in
the open ground in May.

Price of seed — per package, 5 c.; per 0z., 20 c.;
per lb., $2.00. Postage 18c per lb. extra.

SEVEN-TOP TURNIP.— This plant, although not
equal to the spider plant and Simpson honey plant,
is entitled to a place next to them, because it bears
its crop of honey in the spring, between fruit blos-
soms and clover. It should be sown in Aug. and
Sept. It bears no root like the ordinary turnip, but
only foliage that is used for greens. Price of seed,
10c per oz., or 50c. per lb. If wanted by mail, 18 c.
per lb..extra.

SORGHUM, EARLY AMBER.—This is not Strictly a
honey-plant, but sugar can easily and cheaply be
made from it, for feeding bees or other purposes.
About 6 lbs. (4 qts.) are wanted for an acre of ground.
Price best Southern-grown seed, per’oz.,5¢.; per lb..
15c. If wanted by mail, 18c per |b. extra: 10 Jbs. or
more, 10¢ per Ib.

Any of the above seeds will be sent in 5c packages,
to those who would like just a few to try.

OTHER HONEY PLAXTS.

The following are recommended as honey plants,
but I have not thought them worthy of a more ex-
tended notice for cultivation. Some of them have
been tried on our grounds but either yielded no
honey at all, or very little, and I have thought best
to put them in here until we could give them a more
extended trial. We keep the seed for sale in 5c.
packages; if larger quantities are wanted, we will
give prices on application.

BLUE FLAG (Iris or Flower de Luce).—A perennial,
about 2 feet in height, comprising butfew wild spe-
cies, and grows better when cultivated.

CLOVERS, foreign.

ALFALFA, grown principally in the Pacific States.
(This is virtually the same as Lucerne). Prices same
as White Dutch clover. -

ITALIAN OR SCARLET (T. incarnatum), introduced
from Italy and France. The flowers are most
beautiful, much resembling a large luscious
strawberrv. Blossoms first year.

LUCERNE OR FRENCH (Medicago sativa), best for
sandy soils.

YELLOW TREFOIL (Medicago lupulina), a weed or
pasture plant, in dry or sandy fields.

FERYStMUM (False Wall Flower).— Belongs to the
Crucifere or Mustard family, and comprises but
three species.

FULLER’S TEASEL (Dipsacus fullonum).—A variety

| of teasel, usually cultivated: is valuable for carding

woolen cloth, as well as for honey.—See A BC.

Hyssop (Hyssopus).—Only one species (H. officina-
lis), and belongs to the Mint family; is cultivated,
and was brought from the Old World.

MOLLIE HEATH honey plant, a species of acacia,
having a most beautiful ornamental foliage, and
ealled a very valuable honey-plant. We have never
yet got it to blossom here, but the beauty of the
plant pays for cultivation.

PORTULACA.— Best mixed; makes a _ beautiful
plant for the flower garden, blooms for months, and
attracts swarms of bees every morning.

PHACELIA (Name derived from Greek word mean-

ing cluster; it has no common name).—Flowers in
spring or summer, and belongs to Hydrophyllacer
or Waterleaf family.

SPRING VETCHES OR TARES (Vicia sativa).—Seems
to be a cross between the Pea and Clover, partaking
of the peculiarities of each, and belongs to the same
family, Leguminosze. Does not yield honey with us.

PYRETHRUM, the plant that furnishes the Persian
insect powder. Seed, per packet, 10c.

SLUG SHOT.

We have used this during the past season, and
find it a complete remedy for cabbage-worms. It is
also recommended particularly for potate-beetles,
and every other kind of worm or insect. It is also
a fertilizer for the ground, but is so harmless that
you can use it for toothpowder, if you choose. Be-
sides, it is very cheap. One pound, 6c; 5 Ibs., 25c;
10 lbs, 45¢; per barrel of 235 |bs. shipped from fac-
tory. 2%e per |b.

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MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS FOR GARDENERS, BEE-KEEPERS, Etc.

AX with HANDLE, for boys, 50c; for men .........$1 00 |

BASKETS, splint, 44, 14, and % bush., 5c each; 10
for 40 cts., 100 $3.50.
Two-bush., 25¢c.; 1-bush., very strong....... 25¢c.
bush., 25c; 1 bush., very strong........... 25

FORCEPUMP or Sprinkler, postage 60e. ..._.....

Two for $1.75; three, $2.25., 10 for $6.00.
FOUNTAIN PUMP, Whitman’s........... ..... ..... 7 50
FORES; Manure-fork, 4 tine, 50c; Hay fork, 2 tine 35

GARDEN-SIEVE, for getting fine soil[{to start
jelbimet hee ENO NS us pao eonsor- nooner 0
GARDEN-RAEE, cast steel, 10 teeth, 25c.; 12 teeth 35

GARDEN-TROWEL, best steel. 5in., 5c; 8 in. : 10

We have sold the 5 in. at 10¢ for years, but have been able to
get such figures that we can now offer them as above. If
wanted by mail add Sc for small one and Ic for large.

GARDEN-WEEDER, a very good one for BG one a
little larger and tinned for...... F 15
By mail 7e each extra for postage.
GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTH, 4 and 8 meshes to inch,
per sq: ft’; 10c> 10; ft, 85c; 1O0:ft ......-.6.

Suitable for outlets to carp-ponds, sieves, drying fruit, ete.
By mail, 10 cts. per square foot for postage.
GRINDSTONE, small hand, very useful............ 75
HOE, steel.zood size and Spreng, 25¢e; ladies’ size 25
HOE, best cast steel... 50

JUTE GRAIN-BAG, handy for fruit eu peperanlos 15 |

ENIVES, Budding-knife, 25 c; Pruning-knives, 3
sizes, 25c, 35c, and 50c each, all very best
quality. Postage, 2, 4,4, and 6e respect-
ively.

| STRAW CUFFS to keep your ‘shirt sleeves clean
| THERMOMETER, 7 in. for 15c; 10 in.

| WATERING-POT, % gal.,

| than where baskets are used.

POWDER-GUN, insect-destroyer. Postage, 2c.... 10
With rubber bellows and zine nozzle, a
DOREY: <.. <0... scene es eee ene tebe. te ie & l5e.

Insect-powder, 10c per package.
PRUNING-SAW, lightning, with teeth on both
edges. By mail, 1k8c extra.. ae 75

' PRUNING-SAW, on pole, Smith’s..................- 200

PRUNING-SHEARS, an excellent tool with steel
blades!: ‘Postage I6c¢. ........ipessmane cme 50

PICK, steel-pointed ruilrcad pick with handle. . 60
Without handlewet: cs. oer 50

SHOVEL, short bandle, 50c; long handle, 75¢e; ex-

tra large for ashes, ‘sawdust, eter 1 00

Scoop shovel .. . sida 75
SPADE, boya’ size, 35¢; men’s short handle...... 50

long handle, 75c; tile-drain spades, either

long or short handle.. 75

when workipvg in the garden. Postage 4c¢ 5
Postage ic. 20

WIRE FOR GRAPEVINES, on 1-lb. BOS: Postage 18¢ 15
25e; 1 gal., 35c; same,
painted 50c; 2 gal. , 15e; same, ait pi h(t

POTATO. B c XES.
(TERRY’S).

These are made of
basswood, bound with
galvanized iron. The
galvanized iron gives
strength, and the
basswood strength
- and lightness. These
hold exactly a bushel
when level full, and
may. be piled one on
top of another. Al-
though they are made especially for potatoes, they
can be used for fruit, vegetables, picking up stones
on the farm, and a thousand other purposes. When
piled one above the other, they protect the contents
from the sun and rain; and from their shape a
great many more bushels can be set into a wagon

They are also much
more substantial than baskets.
Price 25 c each; 10, $2.25; 100, $20.00. In the flat,
ineluding nails and galvanized iron, $1.75 for 10;
NO $16.50; A $150.

A LAWN - MOWER
FOR ONLY £5.00.

Isn't it true, that a neatly kept lawn is evidence of
an intelligent and progressive spirit possessed by
the owner? A lazy and shiftless man seldom has

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any lawn at all. Many whose occupation keeps |
them indoors a great part of the day, derive health
and enjoyment in taking care of a lawn, even
though it be just alittle one. And what makes life
pleasanter than to see pleasant homes as we happen
to puss along our country roads or village streets:
Where you see a handsome lawn outside, you will
almost always find the magazines and progressive
journals of the day inside. One impediment in the
way of these handsome lawns is the expense of a
lawn-mower; and as we have spent some time in
looking the matter up, and trying the different
kinds, especially those adapted to mowing around
bee-hives, I herewith give the result of it.

The one pictured seems to please us best of all
for working in the apiary; and another thing that
pleases me is that it costs for the 10 inch, only 35.00;

12 inch, the standard size, $5.50, and the 14 inch,

—+36.00. The 10-inch one runs a little easier, of course,

and it may therefore be preferable for a lady or for
achild. Its simplicity isan advantage in the apia-
ry, for it wi}l run up close to the entrances, and it
will cut weeds and grass of a considerable height
without difficulty. Wecan furnish them promptly
atthe prices named. As the machine weighs but 50
ibs., it will probably go cheaper by freight.

TRANSPLANTING-BOXES FOR SEEDLINGS.

To give drainage and strength, we have the bot-
tom made of slats only three or four inches wide,
and only 4inch thick. They are nailed on crosswise,
as you will notice. Such light stuff would not be
strong enough if put on lengthwise of the box. The
sides of the box are 1% x %inch. These are very
easy to carry about, and answer just as well for
small plants. From one of these boxes, we, in the
spring of 1886, got 7503 celery-plants. * After the
first leaf had formed they were taken up and plant-
ed under similar boxes, as shown below:

A BOX OF WHITE-PLUME CELERY-PLANTS AS IT
APPEARS WHEN FIRST TRANSPLANTED.

Price of seed-boxes, as shown above, made com-
plete, 15c each. Price of stuff in the flat, in lots of
10, 8c; 100 in the flat, $8.00.

You will observe that there are 10 rows of plants,
and 30 plants ina row, so it took 25 boxes, with 300
plants to a box, to contain just what grew in one
single seed-box.

TRANSPLANTING-FRAME.

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The above is made by stretching a piece of poul-
try-netting over an iron frame. This is then laid
over one of the plant-boxes shown above, and the |
plants are put in the center of each mesh. Celery-
plant seedlings we put two in each mesh—a plant
In each sharp corner. This spaces them properly,
Without any effort, and lays out the work so that

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even a child may learn to transplant seedlings, and
do it well and rapidly. Price of tranusplanting-
frame, suitable for the above boxes, 25 cts.; for
prices of the poultry-netting, see another column.
You will observe, that the above arrangements
completely fill the ground, and arrange the plants
in the form of the cells in a honey-comb—that is,
each plant is the center of six others, equally dis-
tant from it and from each other. The plants may
stay in these boxes until they are ready to put out
into the open field. If you have no greenhouse nor
hot-bed, these boxes of seedlings may be placed by
asouth window. An east or west window will do,
but it does not give as much sunlight. We start
cabbage, cauliflower, and celery plants, in the fore
part of February; tomato-plants from the middle
to the latter part. If they get too large before the
weather is suitable to set them out, shear off the
tops and let them grow out again. This will have
the effect of making a strong root.

BOOKS ON GARDENING, HORTICULTURE,
FARMING, ETC.

| have indicated my opinion of the books by
characters as follows: Books that I approve I have
marked with a*; those I especially approve, **; those
that are not up to times, +; books that contain but
little matter for the price, large type and much
space between the lines, +; foreign, §. The figures
at the left indicate the amount of postage.

10 | Fuller's Grape Culturist**.... .......-- .31 40
»| A BC of Carp Culture, Peirce**.......... 35
3| A BC of Potato Culture, Terry**.... 3 35
3| An Egg farm, Stoddard**.... ...... 45

10; Barn Plans and Out-Buildings*... 1 40
6 | Cranberry Culture, White’s ........... = 2

| Draining for Profit and Health, Warring 1 50

6 | Fuller’s Practical Forestry?........ eae ore hi!

7 | Farm, Gardening, and Seed Growing, by
Francis Brili#*->-5..-. 2) reckeea ce wate 90

10 | Gardening For Pleasure, Henderson*.. 1 40

12 | Gardening for profit, new edition**....... 1 8
8 | Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** . 90

10 | Cardening and Farm Topies. Henderson**.. 90
5 | Gregory on Cabbages; paper*............... 25
5 | Gregory on squashes; paper*............. 5 25
5 | Gregory on Onions; paper*................. 25

20| How the Farm Pays, by Peter Henderson and
William Crozier. A book of 400 pages, full of pic-
tures of all the late improvements in plants, stock,

| and machinery, and, in fact, every thing pertaining

tothe farm. Price $2.50. By buying them in large
lots Iam enabled to furnish them to subscribers to
GLEANINGS for $1.75. If wanted by mail, 20c extra
for postage. To any one who will send $2.95, we
will send the book and GLEANINGS one year post-
paid.**

2 | Injurious Insects, Cook.... .... age snite ate

Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Or-

ehard Stewart®s2- Sie e sae . s. 5- S585 1 50
Peach Culture, Fulton’s......... ee ee!
1| Poultry for Pleasure and Profit**........... 0
11 | Practical Floriculture, Henderson*......... 1 35
10 | Small-Fruit Culturist, Fuller*....... .. .... 140
3| Strawberry Culturist, Fuller*....... Sa 15
10 | The New Agriculture, or the Waters Led
CDLAVG sees 5. ee cee ee eo Saag 140
3 | Winter Care of Horses and Cattle, Terry** 40
10) | 'Rarmine- For Boys? } a ee - 115
| 10 | Money in The Garden, Quinn* .............. 1 40

GOODS ESPECIALLY FOR POULTRY RAISERS.
PURE BONE MEAL.

Coarsely ground, expressly for poultry. Per Ib.,
5 cts.; 5 lbs., 3 cts. per lb.; 10 Ibs., 234 cts. per Ib.;
100 lbs., 2% cts. per lb; by the barrel, shipped from
factory, 2 cts. per lb. Fowls will eat this almost as

| greedily as corn; and it not only furnishes material

for egg-shell, but it gives them considerable animal
matter besides. Excellent for laying hens. It is

| sure cure for thin-shell eggs.

Bone meal ground fine, for gardening purposes,
same price as the above.
NEST-EGGS. 3 kinds, white glass, china, audpol-
ished wood, each 3 cts.; 10, 28 cts.; 100, $2.50.
The china is too heavy to send by mail. Postage on the oth-
ers is 3 cents.
Sunflower Seed, Mammoth Russian, per b.,
12¢c.: 10 1bs., $1.10; 100 Ibs., $10.00

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FOR POULTRY INCLOSURES, ETC.

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pees

This wire netting comes in rolls 150 feet in length

and 4feetin width. This would give 600 sq. ft. of

surface, and we are enabled to furnish it at the low
price of one cent per sq. foot, or $6.00 for a roll.
Staples for fastening to the posts are 20 ets. per lb.,
and 1 lb. contains about 400 staples. About 1 Ib. of
these is needed for aroll of netting. The posts to

hold it should be not more than 10 ft. apart, and it |
should be set in the ground at least 2 ft. You can |

put on a top rail, if you choose, but the selvage
edge of the netting makes a pretty strong fence;
and as the fowls can not see it they can not tell how

high to fly; and after being bumped down several |
times they usually giveitup. In putting it on the |

posts, draw the top of the selvage tight, and after-
ward draw the bottom down and fasten that. You
can puta board a foot wide aJlong the bottom, if
you choose. This will prevent small chickens from

getting through, and makes the fence one foot |

piher.

ne advantage this netting has over wooden pick-
ets is, that it does not catch the wind as they do,
and therefore the posts are not so liable to be
tipped over; besides it presents a very much more

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ornamental appearance, as you will see by the cut.
The meshes are two inches across; and where the
wire crosses it is securely soldered together, for
the whole fabric is immersed in melted zine after
the whole is woven together. The size of wire used
is No. 19. This galvanized wire never rusts, so it
will last a lifetime, unless itis damaged by careless
running into it. If you want to make division
fences, so as to keep different breeds from the same
| yard,it is better to have a board at the bottom at

least one foot wide, so the fowls can not be gossip-

ing through the wire, and pecking at one another

You will notice that one roll makes a yard nearly 40

feet square, and this is plenty large enough for 20
_ or 30 fowls.

Another advantage this netting has over wooden
pickets is, that you can see what is going on inside
so readily. The wind, also, has free access, which is
quite an item during sultry weather. It should be
shipped by freight. The weight of a single bale is
about 50 lbs. It may be shipped from here or from
New York or Chicago, as may be convenient.

Tf you want us to cut rolls, the price will be % c. a
foot extra. On two or more rolls, we can give 5 per
cent discount; on ten or more rolls, a discount of
10 per cent. As the above prices are very close in-
deed, they can be given only when cash comes with
order. This wire netting can be used in a hundred
different ways for protec.ing any thing. It makes
very pretty and efficient trellises for running vines.
As it is galvanized wire, the weather has no effect
on it whatever. 4

P.S.—We keep in stock only the one width men-
tioned above; viz.,4 feet high, although you can
| have it made to order from 2 to6feet. The 2-feet
| width is just right for ducks, rabbits, ete. The price
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will be the same; viz.,one cent per square foot.
All other widths come in bales 150 feet in length.
| Where less than a whole bale is sold, the price will
| be 1% cents per square foot. If wanted by mail,
| add 2 cts."per ft.; or 15 cts. postage for 10 ft. Prices
| for smaller mesh, or mesh made of heavier iron, on

application. :

FOR «+ BEE-KEEPERS.¢

WHEELBARROW FOR, WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND

PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VERY STOUT,

I have scveral times felt as if
IT should like to try my hand at
making a wheelbarrow of our
strongest wood and our best
steel, properly braced and ar-
ranged so as to give strength,
and yet not weigh one ounce
more than is absolutely necessa-
ry. Atthe Ohio State Fair last
year J found a wheelbarrow that
came so near filling the bill that
[asked the manufacturers how
cheaply they could make 100.
The wheelbarrow was all I could
desire; but the price, I thought
then, was more than we could
stand. During the winter, how-
ever, they made a proposition

OUR 35-POUND WHEELBARROW, CAPABLE OF CARRYING 500 POUNDS. which I considered very reason-

able, providing they could make

them at their convenience, when times were dull. Well, friends, the wheelbarrows are here, and they are
a surprise to everybody. We show you a picture above. We have two sizes—the smaller one weighing
only 35 lbs., and yet it will carry 500 lbs. safely, and it can be packed so eee together for shipment that

you can take the whole thing under your arm and walk off easily. The whee

has flat spokes instead of

round. The different pieces are all cut and forged by means of dies. The legs are steel, so they will

neither break nor bend, even if you bump them on the sidewalk. The springs ure oil-tempered, with ad-
justable bearings, so you can tighten them up for wear. More than all, the wheelbarrows are the nicest
job of painting and varnishing, I believe, I ever saw, for a farm implement. They are handsome enough
to go around town with. and strong enough to do heavy work; and yet the price of the small size is only
$4.00, the same as our iron wheelbarroyw. The larger size is $4.50. The only discount that can be made
is 5 per cent off for two;, 10 per cent off for five, or 15 per cent off for ten or more. They can be sent
either by freight or express. It is only flye minutes’ work to put one together.

A.T. ROoOoT, Medina, Ohnio.

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