Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. 7 7 aes as _|DESCRIBES 4° PRICE of SEEDS, SEEDS FOR FORAGE Crops. MELON SEEDS, | SS | YOU CAN WITH SA FETY THERE has been an enormous growth of the mail order business in the last few years. There are ORDER SEEDS AND HAVE fase some who have not triedit. We make a specialty of this clsss of business, and now have 1 regular THEM SENT YOU BY MAIL customers living 500 or 1,000 miles away who _ order year after year from us. We as honestly and as liberally treat our patrons as if they were purchasing from us in person, over our counters. No seed- man in the country has better facilities than ourselves for the careful aud prompt filling and shipping of orders. An order fora single paper of seed receives the same careful attention as a larger one would. Send us your orders. WE MAKE LIBERAL DISCOUNTS AND ALLOWANCES ON ALL ORDERS FOR VEGETABLE SEEDS AMOUNTING TO FIFTY CENTS OR MORE. Please bear in mind that the discounts naméd below apply only to orders for “ VEGETABLE SEEDS ” in papers, packets, ounces, quarter, half and one pound packages, pints: and quarts at retail Catalogue prices, and not on “FIELD SEEDS,” “‘GRASS SEEDS,” and ‘MELON SEEDS.” Purchaser remitting Fifty Gents: can order Seeds as above, amounting to Sixty Cents. Purchaser remitting $1.00 can order Seeds as above, amounting to $1.25. Purchaser remitting $2.00 can order Seeds as above, amounting to $2.50. Purchaser remitting $3. 00 can order Seeds as above, amounting to $8.75. Purchaser remitting $4.00 can order Seeds as aboye, amounting to $5.00. Purchaser remitting $5.00 can order- Seeds as above, amounting to $6.25. Purchaser remitting $7.50 can order see as above, amounting to $9.50... Pur- chaser remitting $10.00 can order: Seeds as above, . amounting to $13.00. * : HICKS’ ALMANAC FOR 1897 FREE. AGRICULTURAL PRPERS SE So accurately,in the past,has Mr. Hicks pre- dicted storms, tornadoes, cold waves, blizzards, drouths, frosts, ete., that he has gained a na- Free as a premium on orders for Vegetable Seeds, in papers and packets, at retail catalogue prices, we tional reputation. With orders for $1.00 worth F ‘ ae " . . PR ha of seeds, in papers and packets, at retail cata- will send for one year free, ne of the LOMO sit 38 logue prices, we will send free of charge, one of The ‘Home and Farm,” Louisville, Ky., with order his almanacs for 1897. Patron accepting alma- ei 63.00: “Southern Culti 9) nac as premium on $1.00 order is not entitled to UE, UO anDS My 3 Pe Cuore AON any other discount. These almanacs, which Ga., with order amounting to $5.00. Mention which will contain his weather forecast for the year, paper you want when youorder. Vhese orders are are sold at 25 cents each. not entitled to other discounts or allowances. = CONDENSED INDBX. ra Artichoke Roots.......11-.--..00-0+-5 25 | Directions for Ordering............ 1) Paris? Green c--..s ees 36 African Goober...-------.......e eee 26m DiScoumtstenseesreteseeseesee 2diCover, | heas; Gard ene seer cscs eee 12 : ‘Beans, DD) A elise sermoosouemroton SeCaCIONoD 2-3 | Egyptian Wheat....................-- 30 SSC ONC Di reenter mee xe 66 POLE vieseseeceeeettesnescceeee 3 | FOrtilizer sic eecesscessereserncreee es s1ccsassenersa terre BB GS” TON) Geeccccosnoacetennouos oacoacdD 17) | (OnLoni SCC recsrssnceresccvccvivcssucss 10=11' |) Veteh ioairysccc-coces -o=sscy ey peaee ee Cotton Seed ....nccssseseeneeseeeeees 80-82 | Onion Sets............0 Seehpaceseceos 11 | Watermelons.............. snsrsespenseerae Dhoure ........022-005) Merceerencerscmes 28-29 | Orchard Grags.icsscccnscecssenceess 85 — JANUARY, 1897...... NT Y-FOU Sage based cay Th NNUAL SEED CATALOGUE} | 2 Pat. a cae 4 TO OUR PATRONS: ; In sending out this our Twenty-Fourth Annual Seed Catalogue, it is indeed gratifying to be able to say that with each succeeding year we find a large increase in the volume of our business. During the past year we had a much larger number of customers from every Southern State than ever before, an increased num- ber of voluntary testimonials came to us,as the good quality of the seeds we sell, endorsements of our manner of doing business, promptness and fair dealing. It is OBLIGE US upon this record and enjoying the confidence of those who have If you have already scoeived one dealt with us, that we solicit the patronage of those who have of these catalogues, by handing this not dealt with us. The years we have devoted to thestudy of the | one to one of your friends interested seed business, our personal acquaintanceship with many of the_| 17 sardening. largest seed growers in the country and their methods, our earnest desire to combine in each year’s work all that is new and of value, places us ina position to serve our patrons in a most intelligent manner. We solicit your orders, whether large or small, being confident that the service we will render you will be satisfactory. ALEXANDER DRUG & SEED COMPANY, SEED DEPARTMENT. AUGUSTA, GA. A WORD TO MERCHANTS ABOUT OUR SEEDS IN PAPERS. i : Our regular line of seeds are put up in papers which retail at 24 cents each, 25 cents per dozen. These papers contain as much seed as those of some houses whose price is higher. The wide reputation we have for selling the very highest and best quality of seeds, you will find fully sustained in our papered seeds. Mer- chants will find our seeds easy to sell because they are well known. Their sales would be largely increased by selling ours. We make a low price to those who buy in quantity. DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING SEEDS. Write your name, postoffice, county and state on every order or letter sent us. Send cash with order, observe cost of postage and include with your remittance. Remit by Postoffice Order, Express Money Order. Drafts on Augusta or New York, or Register your letter. We accept postage stamps same as cash. Cc. 0. D. ORDERS—We do not ship goods C. O. D. unless one-half the estimated amount of the bill accompanies the order. From this rule we do not deviate. SHIPPING—We can mail packages of seeds weighing up to four pounds. The rate is eight cents per pound. The Express Rate is not any more. If yours is an express office, so notify us, we will send in that way. Heavier Shipments by express or freight as you direct. While we use every effort to procure the best varieties of Seeds, and as such are fresh and genuine, our guarantee does not extend beyond our honest efforts and intentions. We wholesale seed to merchants at low price forcash. Address, ALEXANDER DRUG & SEED COMPANY, SEED DEPARTMENT. AUGUSTA, GA. We take pleasure in recommending THE FRUITLAND NURSERIES, of Rugusta, Georgia, established in 1857 by P. J. BERCK MANS, and is still conducted by him and his sons. Those wanting FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES suited to our Southern climate eannot be better suited than to deal with them, Their Illustrated Catalogue mailed free by addressing them. Mention our Catalogue. corrnienres 1897. ALL RIONTS RESERVED, CHRONICLE JOB PRINT, AUQUSTA, SA» Trem Avexarper Druc & S8Eb LomrAN fs 2 Alexander Drug & Seed Company Vegetable FOR 25 CcNTS. ge Ou Aveusre “ BARLY CABBAGE, OUR GEorGIA “SILVER Pop” BusH BEAN, OUR GENUINE = S S$ ed S N.C. BUNCOMBE CABBAGE and VELVET FIELD BEAN ee) the last named for forage, for 25 cents. $$$ OD We list only such’ Standard Varieties of Seeds as we believe would please the most critical gardners in quality. No better seeds than those sold by us can be obtained. Our Price of Our Seeds in Papers. Those priced at 24 cents each are 2 for 5 cents, 25 cents per dozen, or 60 papers for $1, assorted kinds if you want them. Those priced in 10 cents packets are 3 for 25 cents, 15 packets for $1, all postpaid. In bulk we furnish only such varieties as are priced that way. We pay postage on all papers, packets, ounces and one-fourth pounds. For one- half pound packages add 5 cents; for one pound, 10 cents; for one-half pint peas or beans, add 5 cents; for one pint add 10 ‘cents; for one quart add 15 cents for postage. See our liberal discounts and allowances on all orders for Vegetable Seeds from 50 cents and upwards. 4 Green Globe—Popular only in certain sec- ARTICHOKE tions of the country. Plant seeds in early spring. ,When plants are one year old, transplant in good soil 8 to 4 feet each way. Price, packets 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents, ) Jerusalem Artichoke—Roots—For hogs and pickles.—See under Forage €fops. SOW SEED early in spring in drills about two ASPARAGU inches deep, rows one foot apart. When one year old transplant to permanent beds, which should be made rich with plenty manure. One ounce for sixty feet drill. Conover’s Colossal—A favorite variety, very large and productive. Pa pers, 2 for 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 144 pound, 15 cents; 1 pound, 40 cents. /Patmetto—Earlier than Conover’s, and fast becoming a favorite. Beh 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 pound, 20 cents; 1 pound, 50 cents. // Asparagus Rootse—We can furnish these of above varieties. 100 Torts, - enough to set a bed 10x40. Good strong 2 year old roots. Price, per 100, $1; 250 ASPARAGUS. for $2. ~ 10 CENT For a packet our Augueta “Early Trucker” Cabbage, by mail, post- pala This is one of the best Cabbages, and a reliable eader. Try it. BEANS WE ADVISE planting at inter- vals of two or three weeks, from £ early spring till September, for succession of crops. Do not plant more that two inches deep, in eighteen-inch £ rows, three inches apart in drills. One quart will plant one hundred feet drill. DWARF, OR BUSH SNAPS. If sent by mail, add to price named 5 cents for 4 pint, 10 cents for pint, 15 cents for quart, for postage. —___—==“Best of All”—Very popular; green podded snap and good shell bean. Papers, 2 for 6 cents; 44 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. farly Improved Valentine—One of the bast and earliest, Very productive. Pods round. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; 4 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents, PIRFEOTION KIDNEY WAX BUSH B BEAN, N. R. Witherspoon, Sumter County, S.C., July, ‘96, says: ‘All Seed bought of you for the last four years have given entire satisfaction,’ Vegetable Seeds 8 (BEANS CONTINUED.) Early Mohawk—Very early and productive. MAZZ, Longrgreen-podded, flat. Papers, 2for5 cents; ANS pint, 10 cents; pint, 1b cents; quart, 25 cents. arly Yellow Six Weeks—Popular; very early; full, flat, green pods; goodquality. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; 4 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart. 25 cents. estes: or 1,000 to 1—Medium to late; good variety for main crop; round pod. Papers,?9 for 5 cents; 4 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 26 cents. »Perfection Kidney Wax—The leading waz bean; delicate waxy yellow; fine buttery flavor) entirely stringless. Papers, 2 for5 cents; 44 pint, 10 cehits; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents. b-2) ~pwarf Black Wax—Very early and delio We “ous; round, yellow pods. Papers, 2 for 6 cents) 44 pint, 10 cents; pint 20 f cents; quart, 30 cents- » “Dwarf Golden or DWARF GOLDEN OR OREAM WAX BUSH BEAN. “Cream Wax—Very ear ly ; round golden pods. Papers, 2 for5 cts; }4 pint, 10 cts; pint, 20 cts; quart, 30 cts. \Burpee's Bush (Large) Lima—For description and price, see “Novelties Ze Zz S and Specialties" —_ - enderson’s Dwarf Lima—For description and price, see “Novelties and pecialties.”” utpee’s Stringless Green Pod—For description and price, see ‘Novelties and Specialties.” Georgia “Silver Pod” Bush Bean—For description and price, see ‘‘Novel- nd Specialties>” ——_--— When ordering kindly send us the names of such of your neighbors who plant seeds, and would like to have our Catalogue. ae POLE OR RUNNING BEANS. & sent by mail, add 5 cents to price named for 4 pint, 10 ce for pint; 15 cents fev quart, for postage. mproved Southern Prolific—One of the best pole snap varieties for the South; quick to mature; pods in cluster, brittle and tender. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; 4 pint, 15 cents ; pint, 20 cents; quart, 40 cents. Tal German Black Wax -A yellow poddedsnap of great merit. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; pint, 15 cents; pint, 20 cents, quart, 85 cents. Fat Horee or Crease- ack—The old reliable, round-pod, Georgia bean; a plump stringless snap and /@ good shell bean; bears till * frost. Packet, 10 cents; 44 pint, 15 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 40 cents. < - EAELY IMPROVED VALENTINE BUSH BEAN. eee sc cetel a= Early and highly esteemed; septs and very full. Papers, 2 for5 cents; 44 pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; a , 40 cents. Large White Lima—Papers, 2 for5 cents; 44 pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 oexits; quart, 40 cents. @mall Lima or Sewee—Papers,2 for 5 cents; : ; Sash al conta. pers, nts; 4 pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; * Sam’! Aldridge, Randolph Co,, N. C., July, a sa “I am well pleased with the Callaway Turnip; t ll winter good till April.” the best Turnip I have ever seen; they grow a 4 Alexander Drug & Seed Company BEET SOIL should be rich 2nd well spaded. Sow at any time from March to November, in in drills twelve to eighteen inches apart. . Cover about one inch; thin when a month old. Soak seed over night. One ounce will sow one hiuindred feet drill. If by matt, add 5 cents for half pound and 10 cents for one pound, for postage. arly Blood Red Turnip—Of fine quality and very produc- ive. Will make in 7 or 8 weeks from sowing. Boils red, tender and sweet. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; one ‘pound, 60 cents. i Extra Early Lentz—Of perfect turnip form; smooth root, dark blood flesh, tender and sweet at all times and very productive. Pa- ex* 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents,44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. Early Dark Blood Turnip—A little later than above, but of superior quality. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, pat pound, 60 cents. Extra Early Eclipse—Very rapid grower; smooth; intense blood-red skin and flesh; fine grained and sweet. Papers, 2 for 5 cemts; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. aiproved Long Blood—RepD—very rich. Flesh dark red; much esteemed for table in winter. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce. 10 cents; Yypound, 25 cents; pound, 60 cents. / Half Long Blood—Follows the red turnip in maturity; dark } blood red; excellent for winter. Papers, 2for5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. White French Sugar—Grows large, and very sweet. Papers, 2 for 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 15 cents; pound, 40 cents. EARLY DARK BLOOD TURNIP BEET. Mi i HK Mi ti Before making your order, look over our list ‘‘Novelties and Specialties.’’ Many new and valuable seeds described there. MANGEL WURZELS THE VALUE of Mangel Wurzels i \ and Sugar Beets for feeding cat- tle, sheep and swine, especially in winter months cannot be too highly esteem- ed. By their use stock will improve in health and condition, yield of milk from cows be materially increased, and hay saved. Seeds should be planted in early spring or late summer months.’ Cultivation is simple, yield enormous and cost trifling. Eyery farmer should have a patch. To saye them for winter use, bank carefully in dry situation, as you would potatoes. They should be sliced before feeding; mix well with a little bran, and if convenient steam them. For deep soil the long varieties are best. Globes for sandy soil. Sow in rows two feet apart; thin to twelve or fifteen inches in rows. Manure well. Five pounds of seed will sow anacre. Price ofeither of the following, viz: ounce 10 cents; 14 pound, lic.; ae 4 pound, 20c.; ‘ YS A ‘Ss pound 50 cents, postpaid. TD, MANGEL WURZEL. Manomoth Long Red Mangel—One of/the/largest and best. \ Golden Globe Mangel—Very large; exéellent feeding qualities. Golden Tankard Mangel—Half long; large, bright yellow and sweet. A a ~ Orange Globe Mangel—Large; (2z2ZeZ productive; keeps well. “ia —— B OCC OLI ESTEEMED bya few. Planted to buf a limited extent. Cultivate it as you uld a cauliflower, Early Purple Cape—Papers, 2 for 5c. Ww. H, Pearson, Chambers County, Ala. 96, says: ‘'The Choice Havana Tobacco Seed I bought of you germinated and grew splendidly. T obaccois fine; I will cut them next week.” " Vegetable Seeds 8 \ A VARIETY of the Oabbage femily. Bears upon its stalk BRUSS ELS SPROUT a large number of small heads, resembling miniature eab- bage; should be more popular. Plant and treat as you would cabbage, one ounce seed to one hundred yard rows. Sold only in papers, 2 for 5 cents. ‘6 B B G AS AN EVhi A A E DENCE of the quality of Cabbage seed sold by us, we ean point with pride to the very large increase of our sales each year over the preceeding one. No item in our Seed Department receives more care, thought and careful investigation, than doesour Cabbage seed. Every pound of the seed we sell is grown for us by the best grower in the United States—one of many years experience. Under no circumstance would we permit seed of questionable eharacter to go out ofour house. Those who purchase Cabbage seed from us can depend on having crops of large, fine heads, and of best quality. We caution our friends against cheap imported seeds—GET THE BEST. Culture—The soil should be deep rich and heavily manured. For main crop sow thinly in beds from February == to November. August is a good month THE GENUINE BUNCOMBE (NORTH OAROLINA) CABBAGE. for winter crop. Keep the plants well watered. In transplanting, set the plants in the ground up to first leaf, no matter how long stems may be. Set in rows two feet apart and eighteen inches in row. Constant cultivation of the growing*’crop is essential to success. One ounce of seed will produce about 3,000 plants. OUR AUSUST EARLY TRUCKER” CABBAGE We claim that this is the best large early Flat Head Cabbage in existence, a variety which will not on ivé the most satisfactory results in “home gardens,” but will prove of greatest value to the Market Gardeners of South Carolina, Geor- ig CABBAGE SEED. gia, Florida and other Southern States. Jt¢sutts all Except where priced in 10 cents packets, we seasons. in fact no cabbage grown approaches it in | send by mail, postpaid, 2 papers for 5 cents; 12 for so many desirable qualities. Sown in spring it 25 cents; 6 ounces for $1.00; assorted varieties if makes the a summer crop. Sown in late sum-_| YOU want them. mer monthdt makes a most reliable winter Cabbage, which will keep through severest cold. Price, Packet Pa 10 cents wounce, 85 cents; 4 ounces, $1; § ounces, $1.75; pound, $3.50, postpaid. URBUNGOMBE(N C WINTER The genuine seed, grown for us especially by an experienced 0 PE BS | sve grower in the mountains of North Carolina. Large firm heads, very hardy; a good keeper, reliable to make solid heads when properly treated. For winter use, Sow from March to-June, for spring heads, sow in July, August or Septe er. Packets, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; ounce, 25 Ss; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. . Sure Head—(Genuine Stock from Originator)—Re- markable for if8 certainty to head. Produces very large, flattened heads, weighing from 10 to 15 pounds; very uni- form and firm—a favorite everywhere. Price, packets, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents; 6 ounces, $1.00. { AENTS Fora packet our ‘‘Georgia Silver Pod” Bush Bean, by mail, post- id. This is a delicious Bean for the table. orld Beater—(Genuine Stock from Originater)—It roduces more witformly large heads, hard and solid, than any Cabbage known. Sure to head, and solid as a rock: == fine grained and tender; stalk short. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 256 cents, ounce, 25 cents; 4 ounces, 75c.;6 ounces, $1. yr Brill’s None-Such—New variety, and originated ==| with one of the best cabbage growers on Long Island; = sown inthe fall with great success in this section. Second early with best qualities of most improved Flat IMPROVED SURE HEAD. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25c.; 4 Ba Reaa tees pound, meee D. B. Jones, Bibb County, Ala. Collard Seeds especially.” » July, ’96, says: ‘‘Your Seeds beat all I ever tried, your Cabbage and 6 of Alexander Drug & Seed Company [CABBAGE CONTINUED.) f Early Large York—Farlier than the two fol- Towing varieties, but smaller heads. Papers,2 for 6 cénts; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 65 cents. arly Winningetadt—Very early. Heads of ood/Size and solid. Very sure header. Papers, 2 ‘or’S cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 60 cents; und, $1.75. Early Jersey Wakefield —Select Stock. Market gardners consider this the best Early Cab- bage, and from our experience we think it fully entitled to its great popularity. Thestratn of seed sold by us ts the best to be had. Heads conical and large for so early a Cabbage; hard and solid. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cepits ; pound, $2.00. Vearly Charleston Wakefield—A few days later than the Early Jersey; heads larger and stands longer. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents ; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2. Improved Early Summer—Best Second rly variety. Heads up very uniformly, with few outside leaves. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2.25 IMPROVED EARLY WAKEFIELD, GN 5O-CENT ORDERS fe" . Veee: at retail Catalogue prices, patrons can select 10 cents worth of Seeds extra without charge. For other discounts see inside front cover of Catalogue. VFottler’e Brunewick—A reliable, popular variety, following the Early Summer in maturing. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents. / Perfection Drumhead Savoy— eads large, slightly flattened; foliage dark green, with coarse wrinkles; short stalk. The best Savoy in existence. Papers, 2for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents. » /@reen Glazed (Genuine) — Very \/generally cultivated in the South. Not Nkely to be attacked by bugs and cater- ars. Papers, 2 for 6 cents; ounce, 20 mts ; 4 ounces, 75 cents. \ ed Dutch (for pickling)—Papers, $ for 5 cents. : W. A. Welch, Hardin County, Texas, August, '96, say: \ Hf, Bz= C= AS Improved Early Drumhead—Later than the summer, but at least three weeks earlier than the Late Drumhead. Papers,2for5 cents; ounce, 20 sents; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2. mproved Early Flat Dutch—Very desira- le third early. Two to three weeks earlier than the lgte variety, which it closely resembles in shape. Price, papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 gfiinces, 75 cents; pound, $2. All Seasons Cabbage—Can be planted for itherearly or late crops. Heads of great thick- nesgyand superior quality. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ougice, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2.00. Vimproved Premium Late Drumhead— rize stock, very hardy. Betteradapted, we think, than most other kinds for Fall and Winter plantin and for/Spring use; very large heads, nearly round, Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2.00. Improved Premium Late Flat Dutch— Prize stock. One of the most popular of all kinds old. Grows to very large size; solid flat heads, often weighing 20 pounds. Papers, 2 for5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents; pound, $2.00. ~ “The Melon Seed I bought of yeu in the spring proved to be fine. Have raised melons weighing as high as 50 lbs. or more, and it being very dry. Vegetable Seeds 7% rae ONE of the most valuable root crops for the table CARROTS as well as for feeding horses and milch cows. Can — be sown from March to October. Light, deep sandy loam best. One ounce ilisow 100 feet drill. These are the best varities. Wew Chantenay—Deep scarlet. ‘Improved Long Orange— VAfariet Short Horn— Danvere—Skin dark orange. Any of theSe, 2 papers, 5 cents; ounce, 10 centé; 34 pound, 25 cents; pound, 85 ts. Large White Belgian—For stock, and very highly recommended. Ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 50 cents. CAULIFLOWER ZEN? A Succeeds well, especially in States Sf (| bordering on the Gulf. Sow from July PARIS CAULIFLOWER. to October. Transplant in wet weather to very rich soil. Cultivate early and often. Requires plenty of moisture when heads begin toform. Best AB ATL varjéties are: NEW CHANTENAY CARROT. rly Paris, Extra Erfurt—Packets, 2 for 5 cents. ? ELER THIS delicious vegetable is not culti- vated as generally in the South as it should be. It isa successful crop here, and pays handsomely. Culture—For early transplanting sow in May or June; for later crop, in August or September. Soil should be rich and deep, and plants in rows three feet apart, six to eight inches in row. Plants should be set when about six inches high. elery requires moisture; keep well watered. Blanch by earthing up when large enough. One ounce will make about,000 plants. New Giant Paschal—Mammoth Silver White Stalk, very Solid crisp, tender and of rich flavor. Bleaches easily. a as White Solid—A solid, crisp variety; most gen: erally cultivated. “Boston Market—A favorite here, and remarkable for its tender succulent stems and mild flavor. VWhite Plume—A good kind, requiring but little banking up to blanch. ; olden Self-Blanching—Solid, crisp and brittle; com- pactin growth; self-blanching to a large extent. Price of either of above: Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 60 cents. KILL THE CABBAGE WORMS. HAMMONDS’ SLUG SHOT will kill them and eve other Worm or Bug that destroys Vegetables, Mel- ons, ete. Full directions. Safe to use. Price, 1 pound cartoons, by mail, postpaid, 80 cents. \/ IMPROVFD WHITE GEORGIA COLLARD fs bage Collard on account of its close bunching growth and light green leaves, resembling a Cabbage—combining the hardiness and reality of the Collard with the whiteness and FOR ONE DOLLAR We will send by mail orexpress, paid, sixty of our reguisr 24 cents papers seed, your own assortment of varieties, fur $1. NEW GIANT PASOHAL, crispness of the Cabbage. A great improve- ment over the old Long Green. You will never know how good a Collard can be until you use this seed. Crop very short this year again; stock limited. Packages, 10 cents; 8 for'25 cents; 4 ounces, 50 cents; 4 pound, 85 cents; pound, $1.50. True Long Georgia Collard—The old-fashioned variety, so much esteemed; but does not compare with “White Georgia.” Papers, 2 for6 cents. E, J. Stewart, Freestone coanty, Texas, Aug., '96, says: ‘I have been planting your Garden Seeds two years. I am well pleased with them, and recommend them to friends.”’ B\S Alexander Drug & Seed Vompany a fa ma AL enntnyh Hi q me zg 4) cam nimi : Hii He Wa ann me = ned a | KENDEL'S Sid] EARLY GIANT |i SWEET CORN. Abii sD) Zaina DN Kw ~quality. YEartly &dame—Same as abeve but larger ear; few days later. roduces large and attractive ears. \ For Field or Crop Corn and Pop Corn, see in another part of ‘the Catalogue. We list all the best varieties,and some new kinds, to which we call special attention. Large Early White Flint—A good garden variety; OUCUMBE Foxir ounces to 100-yard rows. nd, 75 cents. er BEARING CUCUMBER Japaneee Climbing Cucumpber—For descrip- dantand press “geé under head of “Novelties and Specialties.” RULE AS GR Seats Se ee PC EE C Rk K S \ Sow early in spring, very thickly in shallow Grills. Repeat at short intervals, as Cress m runs to see wen, nd Creas—Thrives in any good garden soil, wet or i, ‘apers, 2 for 5 cents. ater Crese—Deliciously flavored; thrives best in shal- low water. Papers, 2 for 6 cents. For a packet our Genuine BUNCOMBE 10 CENT NORTH CAROLINA WINTER CABBAGE by mail, postpaid. This is the popular Winter variety. A START SEED in boxes or hot EG beds, and when weather be- comes’ warm set out three feet by two. Keep well watered for a few days, and protected from cold. One ounce seed to 100- yard rows. JwWhice “Pearl” Egg g Plant (New)—For description and price see under head of “Novelties and Specialties.’ wetttine New York Improved Egg Plant—The standard Patio variety. Papers, 2 for5cents; ounce, 40 cents; 44 pound, $1.25, I One of the best salads. Sow in spring ny after danger of frost. Can be sown fill @etober. Drill seed amd thin to six or eight inches apart. ®rceen Curled—This is the best for salad and garnishing. SWEET CORN sx" lowing varieties are best. Pricein pa pers, 2 for 5. cents; 25 cents a dozen; half- pint, 10/cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, % cents.“ If by mail, % pint, 15 cents; pint. ; quart, 40 cents, postpaid. endel’se Early Giant Sweer (New)—For description and price see er head ‘“‘Novelties and Specialties.” Country Gentleman—Said to be the best, and sweetest of all the sweet vapleties. Three to five ears to the’ stal.. fStowel’s Evergreen (Sugar) — One ofthe most popular kinds; remains green for a long time. aa mmoth Sugar—Very large ears and largely planted. Extra Early Adame—Grown extensively all over the country for the table on account of its early WE LIST only the best varieties. Plant after danger of frost,in hills four feet apart; ma- nure Well. Should be sown every two or three weeks for succession of crops. ‘Thorburn’e Everbearing (New)—Valuable variety. While the fruit is rather small, it is enormously productive. Vines said to blossom and fruiftill frost. Papers,2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 265 cents; Improved Early White Spine—One of the best, and more largely planted than any other for market or home gardens. Papers,2for5 cents; ounte, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. ichol’s Medium Green—Very fine table sort, and perfect shape. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 26 cents; pound, 75 cents. (London Long Green—The old popular long and crisp variety. Papers, ) for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 26 cents; pound, 75 cents. iant Pera—Long variety,and one of the best for table use. Papers, Jb r5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 4 ounces, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. afly Cluster—Medium size fruit; very prolific. Papers, 2 for 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 25 cents; pound, 80 cents. ersey Pickle—Favorite kind for pickling. Papers, 2 for 5 centn. Gherkin or Burr—Only for pickles. Papers, 2 for5 cents. WHITE “PEARL” EGG | PLANT. When leaves are full size, tie up to blanch, Papers, 2 for 5 cents, Vegetable Seeds 9 MN VJ VERY ORNAMENTAL and serviceable as climbers. Useful formany household pur GO iS RD poses. Plant after danger of frost is over. Disk Cloth Gourd—This, after fruit is dried, makes a natural Dish Cloth, which is very porous, aponge-like and durable. Have grown very popular. Price, packet, 10 cents; 8 for 25 cents. Dipper Gourd—Very valuable for making dippers. Grow on fence or trellis, and train fruit to hang down; in this way handles will be straight. We have had these from our crop over four feet in length. Price, packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. Sugar Trough Gourd—Grows to a very large size; holds from four to ten gallons each; used for a great variety of purposes, such as buckets, baskets, soap and salt dishes, nest boxes, packing lard, ete. The; are planted as you would Field Pumpkins, and as easily grown. Price, packet, 10 cents; 8 for 25 cents. KALE or BORECOLE vise wrcens tov winter and spring use, much more tender and delicate than Cabbage. Improved by being touched by frost. Can be sown as late as October. Sow in beds and transplant as you would Cabbage. s » Dwarf Green Scotch—Is the best vartety, es Papers, 2 for 6 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, $5 cents; pound, $1. a KORE RABT soe E NS Us ») rooted Cab= [SS page—Sowinrowseizhteen to twenty inches apart, afterwards thinning to ten inches apart, Don't allow to become old; should be used for cookie when the thickened stem above growhd is two or three inches through; should b Boon in every garden. One ounce to 10 rd rows. White Vienna—Very showy and delicate Papers, 2 for 6 cents. — E K SOW IN SPRING in drills six inches apart; thin out to two inches. When six or eight L E inches high, transplant in rows twelve inches apart; put as deep as you can without cover tng the centre leaves. Can also be sown in Fall. Two ounces seed to 100-yard row. == Mammoth Flag—A popular sort; very hardy. Papers, 2 for 5 cents. LETTUC B CAN BE PLANTED with success yi nearly every month in theyear in the lower Southern States, and in this section as late as Octo- pte sea should be protected in severe weather. Two w opfices seed to 100-yard row. hite Cabbage or Butter—The standard sort. It is earlyy forms a beautiful solid head, crisp and tender. y Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 144 pound, 40 cents. - SRE Hanson—One of the best for heading, large, tender and erisp; stands summer well. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 16 gents; 44 pound, 40 cents. : WPennie Ball—Favorite for forcing. Makes fine heads gq andew outer leaves, can be planted close under glass. Hard and crisp. Papers,2 for 6 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 poun 40 cents. Tomhannock—Of recent introduction. Entirely distinet om other varieties, and of the finest qual- ity. One of the TRY QUR SEED reece most ornamental will send postpaid our “Garden| and beautiful in Collection” No. 1. Containing 12] appearance. papers and packets vegetable 1 seeds, worth 40 cents. For de-| Grows quickly scription see back of cover. and keeps well. Papers, 2 for 6 cts.; WHITE OABRAGE OF BUTTER LETTUCE. aunee, 15 cents; 4 pound, 40 cents. Mienderson’s New York (Genuine Stock)—Very ge, solid, crisp and tender; excellent flavor, and nehes itself. A great favorite here. Packet, 5 cents; onnce, 20 cents; 4 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. EARLY HANSON LETTUCE. W. L. Beall, Laurens County, Ga, July, ’96, says: ‘The Seed I bought from you first of the year gave perfect satisfaction; that G-orgia Silver Podded Bean you sent me on trial is the finest bean I ever saw.”’ Alexander Drug & Seed Company AR ; (LETTUCE CONTINUED.) : GL KET y Denver Market—Large solid heads; good light, green if uz) color. Slow to seed. Leaves beautifully marked. A ys very fine variety. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 7 4 ownces, 60 cents. &. ig Boston—Identical in shape, size and general ap- Ey pearance of the Boston Market, but double the size. i k Heads well at all seasons. Very crisp and tender. ee) Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents. rianon” or Celery Lettuce--New variety from France. ead long, conical and very large, having a crispness, tenderness and flavor peculiarly its own; when plant matures tie up to bleach. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 4 ounces, 50 cents. MELON FOR WATERMELON AND CAN- TALOUPE see for description and rice under head of ‘“‘Watermelon and Canta- oupe,” in another part of this Catalogue. MUSHROOM SPAWN MUSHROOMS can be easily and successfully grown to perfection in an ordinary cellar, wood shed or barn. We call special attention to the subject, as it is being much discussed in the South, and there are many engaging in its culture, both for pleasure and profit. The Spawn is 6old in bricks of about a pound and a quarter each, and directions for planting and culture will be sent with each purchase. English Milltrack Spawn—Price per brick, 25 cents; by mail, postpaid, for 35 cents. AR LARGELY grown in the South. ¢ MUST Used the same as Spinach, or fi boiled with meat for greens, makes a popular dish. Sow in fall, winter or spring, in rows six inches apart. The following are the best varieties: wma Curled Southern or Creole—Very popular in all sections of the Been Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 potnd, 2Qcents; pound, 75 cents. Y White or English Mustard— Black (Brown) Mustard—Lither of the two last, in papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 15 cents; ‘pound, 40 cents. OKR SOW in rich ground, after danger of frost is over, in A drills three feet apart; thin out to twelve inches. Twelve ounces seed to 100-yard row. White Velvet—Long, delicate, smooth pods. Not prickly to touch. ‘Best and most prolific kind ever offered. Ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. Dwatf White—Very popular kind. Papers, 2 for 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. Y/v Long Green—A favorite in the South. Papers,2 for5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. THIS PLANT delights in rich, sandy ONION SEE soil. One ounce will sow 100 feet drill. Large Onions can be made the first season by sowing seed of the Italian and Spanish varieties thinly in beds in early spring and fall months. Transplant in rows eighteen inches apart and six inches in drill. The following named varieties, in papers, 2 for 5 cents; 25 cents per dozen; assorted if you wish them: ITALIAN OR SPANISH VARIETIES. Prize Taker or Spanish King—This is a beautiful straw-colored Onion which grows to immense size. Ounce, 20 cents; yy pound, 70 cents; pound, $2.25. _ WHILE VELVET OKRA. E. L. Sutton, Lincoln, County, Miss OLN. 96, says: “I expect to give you a-large order for seed mext - spring, for my entire community thinks there's nothing to equal your Seed. Vegetable Seeds ll ONS CONTINUED.) ~ Mammoth Silver King—Very fine. Grows to large size, often wéighing two pounds and over. Snowy white; ounée, 20 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.25. Vian White Tripoli—Large; beautiful shape, with fine white skin. Ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 70 cents; pound, $2. Viant Red Tripoli—Rich Red color; otherwise similar to the white. Ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 70 cents; pound, $2. White Bermuda—This Spanish variety is of great popu- larity.in the South; shape oval; early and of mild flavor. Ousice, 20 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50 Red Bermuda—Similar to above, except in color. Ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. AMERICAN VARIETIES ONIONS.. Weathersfield Red—Very productive, and keeps well; large size and fine flavor. Ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.50. Yellow Danvers—Considered the most profitable for ; market. Early; keeps well. Ounce, 15 cents:4 pound, PRIZE TAKER OR SPANISH KING ONION, 50 cents; pound, $1.50, White Silver Skin—More sought for, and most desirable for family gardens. Silvery white; delicate, flavor. Ounce, 25 cents; 144 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.25. - White Pearl—Very early. Flat shape; deli- cate pure white. Ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 70 cents; pound, $2. GARDEN COLLECTION NO 2, Exes We will mail postpaid 18 papers and Pack- ets our “Garden Collection,’’ No. 2. All vegetable seeds. worth 75 cents. For des- eription see back of cover. ONION SETS sere rin: White Silver Skin, Danvers Yellow and White ae \\\ \\\ ) Multiplier Onions from October to April. Write Wy : for price by peck or bushel. We forward sets by MAMMOTH “SILVER KING” ONION. mail to most distant States. White Silver Skin and Danvers Yet- low—Either variety; one quart, 15 cents. If by mail 25 cents, postpaid. White Multiplier Onion Sets—Very productive; often as many as twen- ty bulbs from a single set planted; remarkable keepers. One quart, 25 cents. If by mail 35 cents, postpaid. Pearl Onion Sets—These we can furnish only from September to November. Should not be planted later than October 15th. Very quick to mature; at least six weeks before ordinary kinds. Write for price in season, PARSNIPS rex'ein rich, well- worked soil in April, in drills eigh- teen inches apart; thin out to eight or tep/inches; keep down the weeds. e ounces seed to 100-yard rows. ollow Crown—One of the best. apers, 2 for5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; \% pound, 20 cents; pound, 50 cents. Wars soe Alexander Drug & Seed Company PARSLE CAN BE SOWN with ad- BY vantage from early Spring until Pauly. Soak seed and sow in drills twelve oft apart. Thin plants to4 inches, Two ounces 5 to 100-yard rows. Double Curled—Superior variety; very fine in ap- earance. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 pound, 25 cents. : P A FOR SUCCESSION of crops, peas E can be planted every two weeks, from January to August. Last crops should be of endl Sscerniber alanine (ice Momren (ace coapEete One quart will vat 125 feet of drill, GPILND Os DOWIE AN ESN EN Price of any of these varieties, in papers, 2 for 5 cents. For price in bulk, see after description of varieties. Tf sent by mail add to price named 5 cents for ¥4 pint, 10 cents for pint; 15 cents for quart, for postage. oY Sielee Extra Early also called “First and Best’”—Earliest; prolific and uniform,in ripening; grows 2)¢ feet. Price, 44 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. s==sthampion of England—The standard wrinkled variety; grows 4% feet. Prige, 4 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. go Hero—Very prolific and hardy; a favorite everywhere; grows t feét. Price, % pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. warf Blue Imperial—One of the most esteemed of the old varieties; ) grows 214 feet. Price, 34 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. i,_“Carter’s Telephone—Pods of extraordinary size; pea of best quality; ani three feet. Price, 4 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 30 cents. 0 White Marrowfat—Very heavy cropper; grows four feet. Price, 44 pint, ents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 20 cents. ewer Marrowfat—Prolific and hardy; grows 8)4 feet. Price, 44 pint, 10 eénts; pint, 15 cents; quart, 20 cents. ( American Wonder—An extra early, prolific dwarf variety; very popular; grows one foot. Price, % pint, 15 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 30 cents, PREMIER EXTRA EARLY PEA. Carter’s Stratagem—Pods of immense size; pea, first-class dwarf; grows i4feet. Price, 4 pint, 15 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 30 cents. \MeLean’s Little Gem—Very early; more planted here than any other dwarf; grows 144 feet. Price, }4 pint, } cents;. pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. : wv Tom Thumb—Extra early dwarf; grows about one foot. Price, }4 pint, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 85 cents. WE willsend 15 packets $1.50 for $1.0 of our Novelties and Specialties or other seeds priced in 10 cent packets, your own selection of kinds, by mail, postpaid, for $1.00. SOW in boxes or hot beds early PEPPE in spring. Set out when warm weather comes on, in 2-foot rows, and about eighteen inches apart; keep free of weeds. One ounce seed to loo‘yard rows. New “Celestial”—A Chinese Pepper. For descrip- tion and price, see under “Novelties and Specialties.” Sweet Golden Dawn—For description and price, see under “Novelties and Specialties.” Large Bell or Bull Nose—Large and flavor mild. Pa- pers,2 for 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents. /large Sweet Mountain—Delicate flavor; large and V4 sweet. Papers, 2 for 5 cents. y/Long Red Cayenne—Very prolific; bright red pods. Papers, 2 for 5 cents. /Red Cherry—Used for pickles; pod small cherry shaped. Papers, 2 for 5 cents. if NEW OELESTIAL PEPPER. W. J. Patterson, Calhoun County, Ark., 1896, says; ‘‘Give us room to recommend your Seed, They proved to be allO. K. The White Georgia Collard Seed we had from you grew to be large white heads, All gardens failed but ours. We think your Seeds the best. The Buncombe Cabbage is as fine as I have ever seen.” Vegetable Seeds i3 SEED POTATOES SU% snus eS ww increased sale of Potatoes, comes from the fact that those who have once planted ours, come for them again. The Potatoes offered by us were grown especially for seed and are not such as the promiscuous stocks usually sold by the Grocers and Com- mission Houses. With ours you will have increased yield and superior eating quality. We give price on application. Early Rose Potatu—This has long been the leading variety in this section for earliness, quality and productiveness. Early Beauty Hebron Potato—Very rapid vigorous grower, ripening early and very productive. Excellent for the table. Bliss’ Triump Potato—Extra early; very desirable on account of its large —= _ /y handsome shape, productiveness and _——S—_= fine eating quality. Said to be earlier er aloe wae o than the Rose by ten days EARLY BEAUTY OF HEBRON POTATO. Early Ohio—Deservedly one of the most popular; very early. Cooks dry and mealy. WE will mail FO R 28 e GENTS r A Gaatiia “Silver Pod” Bush Bean, Our Augusta “Barly Trucker’ Cabbage, Our Genu- ine Buncombe Cabbage,and The Vel- vet Bean, this last the new forage Bean. See description. PUMPKINS trict: think, have been too much neglected by our farmers and gardeners. All of the varieties named here can be grown with little trouble or expense on our farms, and will repay us in an abnndance, of fine vegetables, which can be kept for use during the winter by storing in dry places, away from frost. Manure liberally. Do not plant Pumpkins and Squashes together, as they mix and the orisspoiled. Any of these in large 10 s packet; 3 for 25 cents; 15 for $1. arge Georgia Field—This is our large yellow stock Pumpkin so largely grown ere in this State;a profitable crop. Ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 20cents; pound, 40 cents. Kiag of the Mammoths—This is the largest of all pumpkins. Has reached the weight of 245 pounds. Flesh bright orange color, fine grained and firm; a good keeper. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 4 ounces, 50 KING OF THE MAMMOTH PUMPKIN, cents ; pound, $1.25. Cheese—One of the best for cooking. Shape flat,and very productive. Packet, 10 cents; 44 pound, Bost, pound, 60 cents. ewessee Sweet Potato—Bell-shaped, thick white flesh; one of the best for pies. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. Bright Red Etasps—Grows very latge; flattened shape; flesh rich in color, and of excellent cooking qual- ity’ Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 40 cents; pound, $1. shaw Crookneck—An old fayorite; salmon flesh. Packet, 10 cents; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. All Kinds of Pumpkins Mixed—For those wishing to make a planting of all the above named kinds, we have put up a packet combining all these varieties, mixed. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. RADIS THE soil should be rich, light and mellow, well broken by digging, as the tender and mild quality depends on rapid growth. Beginning with early Spring, plant every two weeks for succession of crops. Forsummer planting, use the Early Scarlet Turnip, White Vienna, Early Long Scarlet and French Breakfast. For Winter, sow in August or September the Black Spanish and Chinese _ Rose varieties. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. Any of the following in papers, 2 for 5 cts.; 25 cts. dozen. as. Hutches, St, Laundry Parish, La., July, ‘9 ahd “T never have had better success with any ‘ Seed than with what I bought from you; all proved satisfactory.” ey Alexander Drug & Seed Company aah CONTINUED.) Long White Vienna or Ladies Finger—This new Radish is one of the best in cultivation. Beautiful shape; snow white. Crisp and of rapid growth. One ounce 10 cents;44 pound. 25 cents; pound, 85 cents. Early Scarlet Turnip—Small top; quick growth; crisp and mild. Bunce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 25 cents; pound, 65 cents. larly Long Scarlet Short Top—A popular variety; short top and brittle. Ounce, 10 cents; 4 pound, 25 cents; pound, 65 cents. »“mproved Chartier—A handsome variety, which grows to a large size without becoming pithy. Ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 25 cents, pownd, 75 cents. J French Breakfast or Scarlet Olive Shaped—EKarly-and desirable “ variety; very tender. Ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 25 cents; pound, 65 cents. _f ~ Black Spanish-Large- ely planted in fall and winter; stands cold Wy well ; grows to a large size and of firm text- ure. Ounce, 10 cents; 1% pound, 25 cents; i pougid. 75 cents. LONG WHITE WIBAN ANZ LADIES FINGER 5 Wehinese Rose (Winter)—Considered the best for Winter. Shaped conical and smooth; rose colored. Ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. THIS is perhaps the most RAPE, or GEORGIA SALAD delicate and delightful early spring ‘‘greens” that can be grown. Sow tolerable thick in drills as early in the spring as you can, in rows eighteen inches or two feet apart,in well prepared and rich soil. When six or eight inches high, thin out enough for a “‘boiling” every day or two, leaving astand in the rows. When 12 inches high cut off = about six inches above the ground and use the tops; when you SS finish your last row you may go back and cut again,as it grows s very rapidly. It may be sown also to advantage in August and | September, for fall salad. Price, papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 SCARLET TURNIP RADISH. cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 50 cents. A DELICIOUS Vegetable, which ought SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT to be more largely cultivated. When properly prepared, very much in taste and flavor of the oyster. Sow in early spring or fall, not later than middle of October, in drills ten inches apart, and thin out/rom three to four inches in the row. Soil should be light and deep. One oynee will sow fifty feet of drill. \/ Mammoth Sandwich Island (New)—Of much larger size than the old kinds, and of superior quality. Grows quickly. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 60 cents; pound, $1. SPIN A 0) MORE largely planted than any other kind of “greens.” A good crop for market gardners, and finds a ready place in all of our gardens. It is more tender and succulent when grown in rich soil. Best sow, from Sept. to March. Don’t sow in dry, hot weather. Seed requires moist- upé and cool nights to make them germinate. One ounce will sow 160 feet of drill. Y Bloomsdale Savoy—Leaf wrinkled and large. A great favorite. Papers,2 for 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 50 cents. ) Broad Leaf Flanders—A standard variety and largely grown. Papers,2 for & ents; ounce, 10 cents; 4% pound, 20 cents; pound, 40 cents. a bush kinds four feet apart; the runners five feck apart. Three ounces seed to 100 yards. Z Z _ eee Improved Yellow Summer Crookneck—A great favorite with all gardeners, = ri Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 65 cents. MAMMOTH SALSIFY. S U AS PLANT in hills when all danger of frost is over—the ; J. W. Langley, Hinds County, Miss., July, ’96, says: “Your Augusta Market Cantaloupe is of good size and excellent flavor, I think I shalltry an acre next spring, as {t is a good seller.”” J / Vegetgble Seeds 15 (SQUASH CONTINUED.) _ Early White Bush Scallop—Largely planted in home gar- dens and for shipping. Papers,2 ford cents; ounce, 10 ts c ; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. y” Early Feltow Bush—Not as early as white, but a very fine summer variety. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ¥, pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. < White Pineapple—Comparatively new, and grows in popularity ; aiite skin and flesh. Papers,2 for 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 35 cents; pound, 80 cents. WINTER SQUASHES Can be,Kept for winter use by gathering late and storing = as you would pumpkins. Any of these in packets, 10 cee cect: 8 for 25 cents; 15 for $1. ‘Boston Marrow—Second early; good flavor and keeper. = cet, 10 cents; 44 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. ssex Hybrid—Not only one of the sweetest, richest flay- ored, but one of the best keepers. Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. »/Hubbard—Very largely planted, and a great favorite; @rows toa largesize. Packet, 10 cents; }4 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. i ye Pike’s Peak—New and distinct variety; bright orange SH SCALLOP SQUASH flesh ; rare eating qualities; large; one of the finest winter j | | \\ FARVY WHITE BU A 3; 3 d, 25 cents; pound, keepers Packet, 10 cents; %4 pound, yo! ad of “Novelties and Specialties.” ; mil Kinds of Winter Squashes Mixed—For those wish- ing to make a planting of all the above named kinds, we have put up a packet combining all these varieties, mixed. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. 4 TOBACCO SEED steer aire % Mr. Ragland, the largest and most reliable ] Beter ot tobacco seed in Virginia, and offer only such varieties as he assures us will succeed here. The $100.00 premium offered by the Atlanta Constitution for best crop of Tobacco, was won by party in Arka sas who planted our seed. Price,10 cents per paper, 3 for 25 cents; per ounce, 25 cents; 5 ounces, $1, postage i iicice Havana — This isa very heavy cropper and of finest flavor. E«tra fine. ‘ Sweet Oronko—Best national chewing leaf. == : Yellow Pryor—A good bright yellow leaf ORE. eee Hester—Superior yellow variety. Long Leaf Gooch—One of the best. TOMAT THE cultivation of the tomato is so generally known that we do not deem it necessary to give it here. Wename the best and most im- roved varieties. One ounce seed for 2.500 plants; 4 ounces or acre. Special pee for 10 pounds or more. Moore’s Mammoth Tree Tomato—This is a splendid new variéty. Many plants have known to grow to height of fifteen Jeo Packet, 10 cents. See description and price under ‘‘ Nov- an elgies and Specialties.” Buck-Eye State Tomato—Packet, 10 cents. See “Novelties d@ Specialties.” Li yee MS Dwarf Aristocrat. Tomato—Packet, 10 cents. See No ies and Specialties.” Menderson’s Ponderosa Tomato—Packet, 10 cents. See ‘‘Nov- eléfes and Specialties.” Livingston’s New Stone Tomato—Packet, 10 cents. See ‘“Noy- elties and Specialties.” >» Large Rose Peach Tomato.(New)—Packet,10 cents. See “Nov S “elties are’Spetialties.” ty King of the Earlies—A bright colored, very early variety. apers, 2 for 5 cents. Early New Acme (Genuine Stock)—Very early and one of the best for market gardner’s use; glossy red with purplish tinge. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.25. 14 Livingston’s Beauty (Genuine Stock)—A decided favorite for home, market or shipping purposes; color, glossy crimson. for 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.25. iton’s Perfection—An improved Acme with red skin, somewhat larger and fully as early. Papers, 3 ents; ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 65 cents; pound, $2. - vingston’s Favorite— Zhe canner’s favorite—The largest perfect-shaped red tomato in cultivation. Papers, ner cents; ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 65cents; pound, $2.25. ’ iden Queen Tomato—The most beautiful yellow variety in existence, Ripens early, large and smooth. Its superior flavor makes it popular for eating now, orslicing. Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY TOMATO, R. H. Wheless, Berrien County, Ga., August, '96, says: ‘‘l always order from you, if only in small lots, for I know I am getting good, pure, fresh Seeds.” em Winite Norfolk—Large. f jf Alexander Drug Mé Seed Company } for 5 cents. very prolific. 4 pound, 65 cents. TURNIP NEW STONE TOMATO. good quality and true to name), depends upon Ameri- can seed. Beware of cheap imported seed, from which only small. inferior roots will come. We furnish all varieties {n papers,2 for5 cents; 25 cents per dozen, postage included. Price of all varieties (except our mproved ‘‘Bon Air’ Ruta Baga), 2 ounce, 10 cents; 14 ound, 15 cents; 4% pound, 25 cents; pound, 40 cents. f ordering by mail, add 5 cents tor I pound; 10 cents Ber pound postage. Two pounds will sow an acre. ly White Flat Dutch--Strap-Leved--Old favorite kind. d-Top Strap-Leaved—Has the form of the White 4Dutch, but top is purple. hk omeranian White Globe—Smooth; flesh white; large Ze. Skin white below surface, sometimes greenish above. ed or Purple Top Giobe—Shaped like the White be; of better eating quality and fine for stock. Variety, is dwarf, compact and upright. stiff. Leaves very dark. Fruits early of good size and Papers, 2 for 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; b j sie Turner uybrid or Mikado—Very large, smooth skin; purp- lish “cay Papers, 2 ane Ne et Eauty tiachway Excelsior—Still a great favorite. Papers, lof ¢ cents; ounce, 20 cents; ‘arsacr—Very prolific. brig va Pound: 65 cts.; pound, $2, red, round. apers, 9 Yor, 8 vents. elected Trophy—Very solid, large, late variety. Papers, i Early Large Smooth Red—Papers, 2 for 5 cents. Dwarf Champion Tomato—The growth of this valuable Stalk and stems WE buy only the Choicest Amert can Grown Turnip Seed to be had, and will not knowingly offer for sale any other, believing as we do, that the success of the crop (large, fine roots, of ammoth Purple Top—is destined to become one of he most popular and largely cultivated Turnips for teed; quick growing, large, solid. Early White Egg—Early, tender, crisp; rapid growth and fine quality. (Gow Horn—Long Whtte—Flesh fine-grained and sweet. Sweet German or Rock—Flesh white; solid, well-flayored. »Callaway—Georgia Winter—A favorite in this State. A good keeper; stands cold; delightful eating variety. v opcen Top—Cld, well-known kind, ised only for “Greens.” ePurple Top Aberdeen—Roundish shape, mueple on top, deep yellow below. w/Amber Globe—Well formed; productive variety. Golden Ball—This is the mest delicate and sweetest of yellow-flesh Turnips. Yellow Globe—Color, pale yellow with green top. ¥v & \ i! ——= wy ——————— == OUR BON-AIR RUTA BAGA. RUTA BAGA, or SWEDES, _§ur improved “Bon Air” ta Baga—A very distinctive variety, which combines the useful qualities of the old kinds, and in addition is so much better for the winter table that: THe is no com-. arison. It is a purple top; hesh of a light petion fine grained and solid. Early to mature. and grows to a large size. We want our patrons to try this splendid new variety, upon our recommen- dation. rice, pang), 10 cents; 2,ounces, 15 cents; 4% pound. 20 cents: 14 poms) I 35 cents; pound, 60 cents. all, my, add 10 cents vans extra for postage. ae | u#improved rare Top Ruta — ¢ ga — Very Olce stock; same strain as sold by us for , and which has always =n atisfaction. kefte Ruta Baga or Russian— hile mo: as popular as the On AOGounT APAbeceniee speal account o: aw table quality. ss ae E CANNOT more forcibly recommend the _ “NOVELTIES” and “‘SPECIAL” Seed named Gz here than to say that all of them bear } ~ the highest endorsement after critical trials, and ria any of them will prove an acquisition to our FOR... 1897 gardens. PRICE, of any of them, One Packet, 10 SExXSON cents; 3 for 25 cents; 15 for $1.00. OUR GEORGIA “SILVER POD” BUSH BEAN—Last year we sent out samples of this excellent Bush Bean for trial. ‘We have extended good report from a great many who planted them. We have grown a crop and offer this year tor first time. The Bean origi- mated here. Pods are large, ound and of a beautiful sil- very color. Very prolific, and _#emains in bearing as long or fonger than any we know of. Our stock of seed is limited and we cannot offer in larger _quanities than named here. Price, packets, (0c.; 3 for 25c. __ BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEAN—The only Stringless _ Green Podded Bean in cultiva- tion. Pods very wide, thick and fleshy, surpassing all others in risp, tender flavor. Earlier by wo weeks than the Valentine. Sure to prove of great value to the market gardner, as well as for home gardens. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; pint, ' 30 cents; by mail, postpaid. __HENDERSON’S DWARF LIMA _ BEAN— (Small) —Very valuable. _ Grows withput aid of stakes or _ poles, in bush form; produces normous crops of Lima Beans. single plant has been known have 270 pods on it at one ime; earlier than any of the imbing Limas. Bears con- tinuously until frost. Packet, 40 cents; half pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 on quart, 40 cents. fr by mail, half pint, 20 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 50 cents, Stpaid. , uy os WW Our Georgia “Silver Pod” Bush Bean. _BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA BEAN—(Large)—The bushes grow to eighteen or twenty inches high, always erect, et branching so vigorously that each plant develops into a magnificent circular bush from two to three feet in diamiter. It is an immense yielder, each bush bearing from fifty to two hundred handsome large pods, well filled with very large beans, which are identical in size and lucious flavor to the well-known large Pole Limas. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; hal -pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 ceuts; quart, 40 cents. If by mail, half-pint, 20 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. FAT HORSE, OR CREASE-BACK POLE BEAN—An old reliable, round pod Georgia Bean. Plump, tender, stringless Snap, and a good Shell Bean. A remarkable bearer; lasts till frost. Largely used for growing among corn. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; pint, 25 cents. If by mail add 10 cents a pint for postage. POP CORN NEW RED BEAUTY—A variety which for J rare beauty, extreme earliness, great productiveness, crispness, sweetness, tenderness, great depth of grain and smaliness of cob cannot be equaled. It pops splendidly four months from the time it is planted. Packets, !0 cents; 3 for 25 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. If by mail, pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents, postpaid. POP CORN Crearwhite and very productive: Pops beautifully. Very large, crisp, tender and as light as down. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; pint, (5 cents; quart, 25 cents. If by mail, pint, 25 cents; quart, cents, postpaid. - Burpee’s Bush Lima Bean, 18 «NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES QUR AUGUSTA “EARLY TRUCKER” CABBAGE Yo, ttt te est use ony which will not only give the most satisfactory results in “home gardens,” but will prove of greatest value to the market gardeners of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and other Southern States. It suits all seasons; in fact, no cabbage grown approaches tt in so many ~ desirable qualities. Sown in spring it makes: the best summer crop. Sowa in fate summer months it makes a most reliable winter Cab- bage, which will keep through severest cold. Price, packet, {0 cents; ounce, 35 cents; 4 ounces, $1.00; 8 ounces, $1.75; pound, $3.50, postpaid. : OUR GENUINE NORTH CAROLINA BUNCOMBE CABBAGE—The genuine seed, grown for us specially by an experienced grower, in the = mountains of North Carolina. Large firm» heads; very hardy, and a good keeper. For = winter use, sow from March to June; for spring: ~ = heads, sow in July, August or September. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents. : THE WORLD BEATER CABBAGE—(Seed direct = ists from originator)—The largest Cabbage thatis. — : z grown. The introducer of this Cabbage says. E: I IE HT AL BE SIRT of it: “It produces more uniformly large E heads—hard and solid—than any Cabbage known. Sure to head and solid as a rock; fine grained and tender. Stalk. short.” Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; ounce, 25 cents. : . GENUINE SURE HEAD CABBAGE—Direct from originator. Yery fine quality and uniform relibility in forming solid, firm heads of good size, even in the most unfavorable seasons. This Cabbage produces large, round, flattened heads of the Flat Dutch type, and is remarkable for its certainty to head. It is ‘all head,” and “always sure to head,” even whcre other varieties fail. The heads are very hard, firm and fine to texture, and ordinarily weigh from ten to fifteen pounds each. Price, packet, 10 cents; 8 for 25 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 4 ounces, 75 cents. “8 2 AL eee ~ S FOR ONE DOLLAR we will send, postpaid, fifteen packets, your own selection varieties Novelties and Specialties from these four pink pages. THE GENUINE IMPROVED WHITE GEORGIA COLLARD—Called the “Cabbage Collard” on account of its close bunching growth and light green leaves, resembling the Cabbage— combining the hardiness of the Coliard with the white- ness and crispness of the Cabbage. You will never know how good a Collard can be until you have used this seed. Crop short again this year; stock limited. Price, Packet» 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; 4 ounces, 50 cents; half-pound’ 85 cents. ; HENDERSON'S NEW PINK PLUME CELERY—This new variety is conceded by critical authorities to be an advance in celeries that merits more than ordinary praise. The stalk exquisitely suffused with pink and possessing the crisp- ness, rich nutty flavor, and long keeping qualities for which red celeries are noted and which not only delight the eye but tempt the palate of the epicure. [tisastrong, healthy, compact grower;-stems very solid and crisp, extra early and along keeper. It is a self-bilanching varict in the same sense that “White Plume” and ‘Golden Self- Blanching” are—that is, it requires but a slight earthing up or banking to prepare this variety for the table. Per packet, {0 cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter-pound, 75 cents; pouna, $2.50, postpaid. NEW JAPANESE CLIMBING CUCUMBER—Highly recomended , as a valuable novelty. It climbs to a height of seven feet on poles or fences. Vigorous, hardy and very prolific—as many as twenty or thirty large, fine Cucumbers to a single vine. Fruit fleshy, solid and a TA Sn eating quality, Packet, [0 cents; 3 for 25 cents; 15 for $1.00. Oe) a Se 10 ‘ “19 NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES KENDEL’S EARLY GIANT SWEET CORN—This new variety of early, very large, Sweet Garden Corn was introduced by Mr. Kendet of Ohio, who says of it: “This new and and distinct variety of sweet corn com- bines more merit than any other early variety in cultivation. The ears grow toa tremendous size, measuring eight to ten inches long and having ten to eighteen rows on each cob, the majority having twelve rows; kernels pure white, sweet and tender.”” Truckers are enthusiastic over this Corn. Price, packet, 10 cents: half pint, 20 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents; by mail, postpaid. OUR “PEARL” WHITE EGG PLANT—Intro- troduced by us, and is one of the most "delicious vegetables ever offered. The fruit is pure, creamy white with slight shading of a yery light green near _ the stem; beautiful in shape, resembling somewhat the purple variety, as large or larger in size, and more pro- - lific. In eating quality it is superior, being more delicate, very fine grain and well flavored. Price, packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; (5 for $1.00. 4 ~ KENDEL'S EARLY GIANT SWEET CORN: NEW CELESTIAL PEPPER—This i isa rare novelty. Fruits early in season and continues bearing until frost. Pro- - fuse bearer. Fruit at first a creamy yellow, turning to a deep vivid scarlet when ripe. Plant is thus covered with both yetlow and red fruit at the same time. Packet, {0 cents; 3 for 25 cents. . NEW GOLDEN DAWN PEPPER—Resembles in shape the Bell or Bull Nose, but is a golden yellow, making a very hand geme PEpEaT ances very sweet. Packets, [0 cents; 3 for 25 cents. j This splendid new variety, originated at Auburn, Ala., by Col. MOORE S MAMMOTH TREE TOMATO M. Y. Moore, formerly Agricultural Editor of the Atlanta Cot stitution. Its record as a fine fruit bearer is unparalleled. Many of the plants grow to be fifteen feet in height, with dense laterals sixteen-and-a-half feet across; a single plant producing over four hundred perfect fruits, some ‘specimens weighing fifteen ounces. There were exhibited at the Atlanta Exposition, three plants which measured fifteen, sixteen and seventeen feet in height, and from which over three hundred pounds Tomatoes hadbeen taken prior to the removal of the plants from Alabama. Very early coming into bearing as soon as May 5th at Auburn. Plants have continued to bear for five months. The fruit is perfect—red, round, perfectly smooth, slightly flattened, skin thin, flesh fine grained and free from woody qual- ‘ity. Eating quality unsurpassed. Fruit often’ formed in clusters; as many in a bunch as gine large Tomatoes. But for want of space we would like to publish a few of the valuable estimonials Col. Moore has of this remarkable Tomato. We furnish seed direct from him. cket, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. mS. LIVINGSTON’S DWARF ARISTOCRAT TOMATO— ‘This fine early variety in habit of growth and } foliage resembles the ‘‘Dwarf Champion” very | much and might be taken for that popular "-yariety if it were not for the color of its beau- tifal rich, glossy red fruit, so much preferred in many lecalities to the purple or rose-colored ‘varieties. The size, solidity, productiveness, _ smoothness, flavor of its fruit, etc.,is up to - the present standard of excellence. Espec- ially desirable for forcing under glass and owing outside for early market purposes. ; it may be planted 3x2 feet or even closer, ing it also suitable for small gardens e every foot of land is to be utilized. Its ar dark green foliage and glossy, red aS s = | attract the attention of every passer-by. Moore’s Mammoth Tree Tomato 6, packet 10 cts;3 for 25 cents, postpaid. Many plants grow to fifteen feet in height. ae D. Lawton Taylor, Santa Cruz de Alays, Mexico, says: ‘‘Please send mea 25 cent packet Mamonth i" Tree Tomato Seed. There would bea large ’sale of thes¢, and Watermelon Seed of Georgia growth, could _ the natives once see the difference, Their Melons are extremely small and worthless,’” < 20 NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES —It averages at least one-half larger than Livingston’s Beauty. Many “mam- moth” sorts have been introduced of late, but on first trial they are rejected on accouut of their rough and unéven surface iffor nothing else. In addition. to its very large size, it is also smooth and uniform, fike ali the other sorts introduced by us. It is even more pro- lific and abundant in frust than most any of the standard sorts now in culti- vation. It is unquestionably the heav- jest cropper known. The tomatoes are borne in immense clusters of four to eight extra large fruits, and occasion- ally ten large fruits have been found meatiness, it has no equal, in desira- ble quality none surpass it. The color is much the same as Ltvingston’s Beau- | I \ Wh Us i Hf i WY, ae blossom end to stem than most other sorts. Price of Choice Select Seed— Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; ounce, 35 cents. : New Buckeye State Tomato. LIVINGSTON’S STONE TOMATO—This variety has obtained great faver with canners, Southern growers and market gardeners everywhere. Its solidity and carrying qualities are remarkable. Its cofor is a desirable red; in shape, perfectly smooth, and thicker from stem to blossom end than most varieties, making it very handsome and salable. Nobody finds any fault of this —S Hie! variety, but all speak in the highest terms of its beautiful color, its wonderful yielding qualities, its unequaled z firmness. ‘Price, packet, 10c.; half-ounce, (5c.; ounce, 25c., postpaid. LARGE ROSE PEACH TOMATO—It has all the general characteristics belonging to this singular and distinct class of Tomatoes, but is much larger than any Peach variety yet brought out. It is a profuse bearer until killed by frost, and has the agreeable mild flavor, as well as the suffused coloring and peculiar peach-like bloom or furze on its surface. Well adapted for certain hot, dry climates where the ordinary tomato cannot be successfully grown. ‘Price, packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. f : HENDERSON’S PONDEROSA TOMATO—Original by Henderson, and claimed 1o be the largest Tomato grown. Seed alirect from originator, who says of it: ‘The Ponderosa possesses every good quality to be found in a tomato. The vines are strong and vigorous and easily carry their enormous weight of fruit. [ts massive, ponderous fruits - are almost perfect in form, and free from ridges or corrugations, The skin ts exceedingly firm, which will cause ‘it to be largely grown for shipping purposes, The color, a rich crimson, permeates the fruit from circumference ‘to centre, so that when sliced for the table its rate beauty never fails to elicit general admiration. A marked peculiarity of this variety is that it is almost seedless, : and while this characteristic commends its use to delicate persons, the same peculiarity makes us pay. five times as much to have the seed grove as that of any other sort. One patron writes that he had splen- did tomatoes of the Ponderosa in one hundred days from sowing of seed. Its flavor is delicious, whether used raw or cooked. A canner who grew it last year Says it is going to be.a grand sort for him.” Wehave seen specimens of this fomato weighing over one and — three-quarter pounds. Packets, {0c.; 3 for 25c. THE FAXON SQUASH—One of the standard Squashes either for summer use or winter keeping. Very early, enormously productive and best possible eating and pie making quality. Ripe fruit varies in color; some are pale yellow, while others are mettied green. Flesh a deep orange yellow. Price, packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. \ WHITE BEAUTY SUNFLOWER—(New)—A Sunflower with pure white seed. This strikingly distinct new mam: moth, pure white-seeded Sunflower is the most beau- tiful and rare novelty of the year—an immense pro- ducer of seed, largely out yielding the old sorts. Price packet, 10 cents; half-pound, 25 cents, postpaid. BLACK GIANT SUNFLOWER—This fine variety is a great improvement over ordinary kinds. Produces mammoth heads. Seeds small, therefore better for poultry. Price, quarter-pound, [0 cents; pound, 30 cents. Wo have also the “MAMMOTH RUSSIAN.” Price, quarter- pound, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; all postpaid. OS WHITE BEAUTY SUNFLOWER. Be in a single cluster. In solidity and — ty. In shape, it is a little thicker from LIVINGSTON’S BUCKEYE STATE TOMATO _ +S Watermelon Seeds 21 WATERMEL THIS, Richmond ON County, is the home of the best, largest and sweetest Melons grown on earth. No other section produces melons of the same color, size and sweetness as are grown on our pine lands. The seed of most varieties sold by us represents the finest stock that can be produced in this county. The reputa- tion of the Georgia Melon in cities of the North and West was won in the first instance by those grown and shipped from Augusta, Ga.,and this county. Conditions existing here seem to be particularly favorable to the perfect I deyélopment of this delicious fruit. Try our seed. ge=)/The “CAROLINA BRADFORD” Watermelon ~* (New)—We offered the seed of this variety for the first time last season, and have again grown a crop for this THE JONES WATERMELON. year. This Melon is the favorite, above all others, in (Cut from photograph of Melon.) South Carolina, and we unquestionably pronounce it a good one. It is the healthiest in growth and most prolific melon we have planted. In very rare instances did we find it inclined to sport—then only in an immaterial change of shape. In selection for seed these of course were thrown out. The Melon grows to a large size and very prolific. Rind medium thick and tough, dark green with darker stripe. Flesh red, remarkably tender and sweet. We specially recommend tt as being one of the best for table and home use, and believe tt will eventually become a popular shipper. The Melon ts certainly worthy of a trial—as such we recommend it to our patrons. Price— per packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 4 , ounces, 40 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid. PECIAL MELON OFFER 25 CENTS We will mail postpai a 10 cent packet each of CAROLINA BRADFORD, GIRARDEAU’S TRIUMPH Select/ Rattlesnake Watermelons, and /AUGUSTA MARKET CANTA- PE, for 25 cente, THE OAROWINA BEADFOED WATEEMELON. (Ont from phoirgraph of Melon from ow’ Orep.) The Augusta Rattlesnake Watermelon—This is pre-eminently the Augusta Melon, and always will be at or near the head of the procession. In Georgia it is known as the “Augusta Rattlesnake.” A favorite everywhere for market and home use. Price, pure seed, ounce,10 cents; 4 ounces,85 cents; 44 pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.00. Postage, 10 cents per pound. Fancy elect Augusta Rattlesnake Watermelon—We have a stock of seed saved from the finest strain of pre- mium’ elons. Packet,10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.50. Postage, 10c. per pound. ‘Whe Genuine Jones Watermelon—(Also called Jones Jumbo)—Unquestionably one of the best of all Melons tér eating,as well as for the market. We have many valuable testimonials regarding the quality of this Melon, and good results from seed sold by us. The rind is dark green, solid color, flesh a yery bright red, par- ticularly sweet, juicy and melting. Grows large, weighing in many instances as muph as seventy pounds, Agoodshipper. Price, ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 85c.; }4 pound, 60c.; pound, $1. Péstage, 10c. per pound, Wride of Georgia Watermelon —Rind dark green: nearly oval in shape and ridged; flesh rich scarlet; very crisp and sweet. Grows to large size, and fairly good shipper, Ounce,10 cents; 4 ounces, 85 cents; pound, $1. Postage,10 cefits per pound, V Augusta Sugar Loaf Water. melon—Greenish white or gray rind; flesh red and very = sweet. Grows large, and is a SSS 5 : standard variety in this city. THE “AUGUSTA EATTLESNAKE” WATERMELON, Ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 85 (Cut from photograph of Melon which weighed 81 pounds.) cents; pound, $1. Postage, 10 cents per pound, Mrs. Clifford Holley, Edgefield County, S. C., says: ‘‘'The Seeds I bought from you last spring were good; I had splendid vegetables from them. I buy all my Seeds from you,” ys ee Alexander Drug & Seed Company Z (WATERMELONS CONTINUED.) irardeau’s “Triumph” Watermelon—We have the seed of this Melon from Mr. Girardeau who originated and says of it: ‘This is a cross between the “Duke Jones” and “Kolb Gem ;” it has the fine appearance of the former and the shipping qualities of the latter. As a table melon much better than the Kolb Gem. Rind dark green. Jt is very early, very large, very prolific, deliciously sweet and of fine flavor. I gathered from two and a half acres 2,418 melons, weighing over forty pounds each.’ Price, packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 144 pound, 50 | cents; 44 pound, 75 cents; pound $1.50. Postage, 10 cents per pound. scaly Bark Watermelon—Rind dark green; somewhat rough in appear- ance, hence its name. A good Melon; fine for keeping and shipping Should be allowed to ripen well on vine. Once, 10 cents; 44 pound, 85 cents; pound, $1. Postage, 10 cents per pound. “Kolb Gem Watermelon—Too well known to require extended de- scription here. Select seed, ounce, 10 GIRARDEAU’S “TRIUMPH” WATERMELON. cents; 44 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1. A (The six Melons weighing 420 pounds. Postage, 10 cents per pound. ‘A k Seminole Watermelon—A variety from Florida which has grown popular. Its claims are ‘Extra early, very productive, large and of delicious flavor; Melons both of gray and light green are found on same vine.” Ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 35 cents; pound, $1. Postage, 10 cents per pound. Blue Gem Watermelon—Originated from the Kolb Gem and by some preferred to that variety for shipping. Color dark bluish and very HQ CENTS ee Be ee attractive. Price, ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 85 cents; }4 pound, 60 | » twoounce ei Bagh ch A ee A mts; poynd, $1. Postage, 10 cents per pound extra. BRADFORD and JONES WATERMEL- Improved Florida Favorite Watermelon—This variety, a hybrid of the | ONS and one ounce package each < A F AuGuSsSTA MARKET and ELROSE Pierson and Rattlesnake, is oblong in shape; grows to a large size; | GanraLOUPE, for 50 cents. rind dark, with light green stripes; flesh light crimson, very crisp and deliciously sweet. Ten days earlier than the Kolb Gem. Ounce, 10 cents; 4 ounces, 85 cents; pound, $1. Postage, 10 cents per pound. We will correspond with parties wanting other kinds that are not listed by us. CANTALOUPES. |/the Augusta Market Cantaloupe—(New)— We grew and-offered this superb Southern Melon last year for the first time. Those of our patrons who planted it were well pleased. It was our purpose in the devel- § opment of this Melon to get uniform shape, with good size; greenish white flesh, gran- ular in texture, well netted rind and of uniform sweetness and high flavor. These points have been fully secured, we think. Our customers will find in it all the sweet- ness and flavor of the choicest small varieties of the Nutmeg. The melons weigh from eight to twelve pounds, and as a delicious table melon we offer it to our patrons. Stock limited; we will not offer in larger lots than named here. Price, packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents. SS ee ee ee Oe y Cantal oe Seeds 28 (CSATALOUPES CONTINUED.) he Nixon Cantaloupe—This splendid Melon originated here and has for years been the favorite in this city. Combining size with flavor, we consider it one of the best. By careful selection, for several years, we have kept it pure in its original type. Round; rough skin; thick meat, of rich flavor and sweetness. Superior keeping qualities. Often weighs eight to twelve pounds. Price, ounce; 10 cents; 4 ounces, 85 cents, 44 pound, 60 cents; pound, $L Postage, 10 cents per pound extra. A Henderson’s “The Banquet” Cantaloupe—This elegant Melon ts medium-sized; flat at both ends; beautifully netted; hag no equal in quality. Flesh dark rich salmon, uniformly deep, and of that granulated character that always indicates a good melon, Packets, 10 cents each; 8 for 25 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 4 ounces, 85 cents. NIXON CANTALOUPE. | abe Melrose Cantaloupe—Of recent intro_ duction, we consider it one of the best Northern varieties offered. It is avery hardy, strong and vigorous grower. The color is rich dark green; the shape is oval. The Melons average in weight about four pounds, and are finely and densely netted. The flesh is clear, light green in color, shading to a rich salmon at the seed eavity. carries its superior quality and sweet § ness to the extreme edge of the skin. Will pro duce more good, salable melons, ‘hold up” longer, stand more handling and rough usage than any other. Per packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50. ‘ected Delmonico Cantaloupe—One of the t offered by Henderson. A red-jfleshed va- riety, of the most dainty and delicate flavor- Melons average about six inches in diameter. Very solid heavy forsize. A strong grower and prolific. Packet, 10 cents, 8 for 25 cents; ~ounges 20 cents. “MELROSE CANTALOUPE. New Green Fleshed, Osage Cantaloupe—A splendid Melon. Originator says of it: “It is superior in ah respect to any other green-fleshed melon now known. Very hardy and prolific; flesh beautiful pea greem and most delicious quality.” Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents. ‘New Early Hackensack Cantaloupe—At least ten days earlier than the old variety,and almost equal to it in size. This very popular Melon is of delicious flayor. Price, ounce, 19 cents; 44 pound, 35 cents; 44 pound, 60 cents; pound, $L Postage, 10 cents per pound. Early Emerald Gem Cantaloupe—New variety and much ought of; extra early and very prolific. Packets, 10 cents; TZ : 8 for 25 cents; ounce, 15 cents. ‘Montreal Market Cantaloupe—A variety very popular among market gardeners North. Ounce, 10 cents; 6 ounceés, 80 cents; pound, $1. Postage, 10 cents per pound. \Winter Pineapple Muskmelon—A novelty; remarkable for its keeping quality; does not ripen on vine; picked before frost, can be laid away and kept formonths. Packet, 10 cents; 8 for 25 cents. SCARR’S FRUIT PRESERVING POWDER joo cet taste unimpaired. Airtight cans ere net essential. Each box preserves twenty pounds fruit. Price, 1 box, 25 cents; 5 boxes, $1, by mail, postpaid. { 0 SPECIAL MELON OFFER.—We will ' send by Mail or Express, paid, a rs 3-ounce package each Carofina Bradford, Rattlesnake, Jones and Girardeau’s “Tri- umph” Watermelons and a 1-ounce packet each Augusta Market and Melrose Canta- loupes‘for $1.00. Patrons can change t assortment of varieties if they wish. PAPER SHELL PECANS. We have a limited supply of Louisiana Paper Shell Pecans—large, plump nuts. Best quality. If you want these you had better bess place your order early. Price, dozen, 25 cents; 4% pound, 50 cents; pound, 8% cents, by mail, postpaid. W. A. Webb, Caldwell County, Texas, July, ’96, says: ‘“Your Watermelon Seed proved to be ali that you represented them to be. I raised lots this year that weighed from 4oto 50 pounds under anextreme drought, and it is still dry; had it rained sufficient forthe melons I would have had them 75 pounds in- aed of 40 pounds.” E 24 Alexander Drug & Seed Company Wii EY, LMG, Ly Yj EZ 4 (fi f lf Mj YW ji / fi Y}/ vt C ee | ah Cj i x ad yi: “INK ) Yf yj CORN. We offer the choicest varieties of Improved Field Corn to be had, all of them grown especially for seed For several years we have sold several varieties of Select Early Dent Field Corn, grown in extreme Northern latitudes. They mature crop early (usually from ninety to one hundred days) in July before usual drouth begins, and make large, full-sized ears. In this section many plant after oats as late as July with remark- able success. Much of the Dent Corn offered by seedmen at a very low price is of Southern growth, and therefore lacks earliness, the only desirable quality for which it is planted. That grown in the South is but little paras than ordinary fieldcorn. We urge you to devote a few acres of your best corn land to our Im- proved Seed. Price, except where otherwise quoted: Quart, 15 cents; 4 quarts, 30 cents; peck, 50 , cents; 4 bushel, 90 cents; bushel, $1.75. One quart by mail, postpaid, 30 cents. / 3 NORTHERN GROWN CORN--VERY EARLY. ampion White Pearl or Dent—( Genuine Stock)—Thts ts the best very early White Dent Corn tn existence Ear large,cob small and white, grain pure white, wide, deep, firm and heavy. Stalk good size; good yielder tures in one hundred days. gaa Yellow Dent—(New)—The most reliable Yellow Dent Corn grown. A great improvement over the old variety. Heavy yielder; large ear; sixteen rows; grain firm and golden yellow color; cobsmall and red. Will mature crop in one hundred days. \f Hickory King Corn—This new White Field Corn is distinct from all other varieties. It has a very long and wide white grain, produces two to three ears per stalk. Cobvery small. Itisa good yielder, and matures in one hundred and twenty days. (WY Improved Golden Beauty Corn—Ears of perfect shape, well filled out, ten to twelve inches in length, and containing ten to fourteen rows os very long, meditm hard bright yellow golden grains. Cobs so small that two grains willspan them. Matures its Ey 4 ane hundred to one hundred and fifteen days. MAKE A CORN TRIAL. lount’s White Prolific Corn—Clear white, yielding three to FOR 25 CENTS we will mail postpaid a 10 four good ears to the stalk. Foliage wide and abundant, and cents packet each FARMERS’ PRIDE, Mex- | therefore a very desirable variety for Fodder Corn and En- ICAN JUNE, PRIDE OF AIKEN and SHAW’s silége, as well as for ordinary crop. Im PROVED Corns. Clark’s Early Mastodon Corn—Yellow Dent variety, Ear very large and deep grain. In American Agricultural Contest of'1889 it out yielded all others, with a record of two hundred and thirteen bushels shelled corn to the acre. SOUTHERN GROWN IMPROVED CORN. By careful selection, the originators of these varieties have brought them to their present high stateo: perfection. Any of them are worthy of an extended trial by our Southern farmers. Mrs. W. H. Virgin, Bibb County, Ga., August, ’96, says: ‘‘The Hawkins Cotton Seed I bought from you has done finely, and is as tall as a tall man and full of bolls. Farmers who have seenit say. it is sure to make a bale to the acre, or more, I have twenty acres planted init, 1 think I shall get all my seeds from you hereafter, as they are so reliable.’’ Corn and Seeds for Field Crops 25 (IMPROVED CORN CONTINDED.) VW Mexican June Corn—We learned of this Corn through a correspondent of a Western agricultural paper, who stated that it was a variety much used in Mexico and Southwest Texas for late planting. We are of the opinion that in this section it ought to be planted not later than June Ist, and we advise plant- ing it earlier, though it will make after oats. A patch on river land averaged full 16 feet high; we have seen many stalks more than twenty feet, and two good ears to every;stalk, It is a fine White Corn, good grain and good-sized ear, t as hard as our common native varieties of fleld corn. A field of thie a sight to behold, Price, Packet, 10 cents; quart, 25 cents; 44 peck, 60 Quart by mail, postpaid, 40 cents. Stock limited. e Farmers’ Pride Corn—We have this variety from North Carolina, where It originated. We have never seen a more handsome or larger grained White Corn. The originator says of it: “It is pure white, and matures in one hun- dred days, one to three ears to stalk, 16 to 24 rows, grains nearly one inch in length and very wide—stands droutb well—small cob for size of ear, and. will shell more to weight of ear than any other variety; almost weevil-proof Makes beautiful meal and hominy; splendid roasting ears. Will make one- fourthmore per acre with the same cultivation than any other White Corn.” Prigé, packet, 10c.; 34 pound, 15c.; pound, 26c.; 2 pounds, 40c.; 6 pounds, $1; by Pie or express, paid. Peck, 75 cents; 34 bushel, $1.25; bushel, $2.25. ) ee = Ssh Puy CB FOOSR NOL, O00 O96 EY Mosby White Prolific Corn—A variety much esteemed in Mississippi. It is a autiful White Corn, large ear, and acclimated to our Southern clim.te, which is decidedly advantageous where large yield is desired. Sixty-one and a half pounds of this Corn in the ear shelled one bushel. Price, quart, 15 cents; 4 quarts, 40 cents; peck, 65 cents; 44 bushel, $1.25; bushel, $2. One quart by mail for 80 cents, or 4 quarts for $1, postpaid. Pride of Aiken Corn—This Corn, which we offer for the first time, was grown in South Carolina. The originator says of it: “It is a cross between the Jeff Welborn Corn and White Flint. It is prolific,and a very sure cropper in dry weather. Ears very large and handsome, with from twenty to thirty rows ula long and very white grain, making beautiful meal. Cob is white, but a red one will sometimes appear. Resiststhe weavil. Price,quart,l5cents; }4 peck,35 cents; peck, 60 cents; 34 bushel, 61; bushel, $1.75. One quart by mail, postpaid, 80 cents, "Shaw's Improved Corn—This Corn originated in Georgia. In 1895 the Experiment Station placed it among the best for yield. Not an early kind. Ears very large, grains white, firm, wide and deep. Price, quart, 16 cents. If by mail, quart, 80 cents, postpaid. Write for peck and bushel prices. | VALUABLE SEEDS FOR FIELD CROPS. | rtich i es, African Goobers, Chufas, Upland Rice, Peanute, Field Peas, Sweet Potatoes, The New Velvet Bean and Others, ail of Value on Qur Farms. Artichoke—For hogs and pickling. In addition to being largely used for making pickles, there is no root crop which has more rapidly grown in favor for feed- ing stock (and especially hogs) than this one; enor- mously productive; a yield of five hundred bushels to the acre not unusual. Easily and cheaply tended; quick to grow; an acre will fatten twenty-five to thirty hogs easily. Hogs fed on them never have the cholera. Plant during early spring in rows four feet apart, two feet in row. Cutsameas you do potatoes, leaving one eye. Cover about two inches. Three bushels will plant an acre. We furnish the Improved Red Jerusalem and Mammoth White French. Price of either kind, pound, 25 cents; 4 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; 44 bushel, 90 cents; bushel, $1.50. a | 4 Chufas—(For Hogs)—A species of “grass nut” (Cype- rus £ much used to fatten hogs. The nuts | grow underground, near the surface; easily reached | by pigs or poultry,and destroyed by them if they have free access. Easily and cheaply grown; greedily eaten ! by hogs. Plant in April, ten or twelve inches apart, LETIGHOKYS! ‘in two and a half to three foot rows. Should be soaked before planting. Cover lightly. They mature about September Ist, and lay in soil till wanted. One ck of seed peracre. Pound, 15 cents; peck, $1; per bushelat market rates. Pound, by mail, 25c. postpaid. 1 fudorodoets) fT 26 Alexander Drug & Seed Company (SEEDS FOR FIELD CROPS CONTINUED.) THE AFRICAN GOOBER 727 27. (Voand zea Subterranean)—The seeds come in single pods—large bunches of them—and like the peanut is borne underground. Looks and tastes like a common field pea. It is not eatable, but a prolific and abundant crop for hogs. Plant in April in same manner as the common Virginia Peanut, and treat in the same manner. The peas form a mass underground. The tops make ag good forage as the common peanut tops do. Hogs may be turned in to do the har- vesting. The cut shown here was made from a photograph by us this year, and isa plant from one seed. It is a valuable crop, try it. Price, packet, 15 cents; pound 25 cents. If sent by mail, packets, 15 cents; pounds, 35 cents, postpaid. Stock limited. Write for prices in larger quantity. Spanish Peanut—Early; a fine bearer; growth perfectly erect, therefore easily cultivated, the plow doing all the work. The peas hang to the root; can be rapidly gathered. Planted in April, they ripen in August, and planted as late as July 1st to 10th, will mature full crop before frost. Useful to follow oats. Makes the richest quality of hay. The pea is smaller than the Virginia peanut, but very sweet; fills out well. Can be planted close in the rows and in the drill, yielding largely per acre. Splendid to fatten hogs. Pound, 15c.; peck,50c.; per bushel, at market price. By mail, pound, 25c.; 4 pounds, 75c. postpaid. Select Virginia Peanut—This is the large variety, which, in Virginia and North Carolina, is more planted than any other. Price, pound 15 cents; peck, 50 cents; bushel,$1.75. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 4 pounds, % cents, postpaid. Soja Bean—Splendid for forage; easily grown; stands drought well; enormously productive and plenty of forage. Plants three to four feet dn height; stock fond of it. High au- thcrity upon analysis place its feed- ing value above the Cow Pea. Makes a good table dish. It is said, when parched and ground, this Bean makes an excellent substitute for coffee. Price, pound, 10c.; peck, 75c. Pound, by mail, postpaid, 20 cents. FOR STOCK AND HOGS. FOR 25 CENTS we will mail, ostpaid, a large trial packet een BEAN and one of THE AFRICAN GOOBER. See the de- scriptions, THE AFRICAN GOOBER. SPANISH PEANUT. THE NEW VELVET BEAN For Forage—Our attention was called to this Bean by a Florida patron. We have secured a lot of the seed and now offer them for the first time. From our own experiments with it this year, we were well pleased’ and think this Bean, as a forage crop, will be of value. We advise our patrons to try it. A recent Florida Station Report says of it, they having planted a quarter of an acre on very oor soil: “The soil was prepared as for corn. Planted in rows hree feet apart, one foot in row. No special cultivation was given. It proved to be a rampant grower; ground covered with close mass of vegetation; vines began to bloom in Au- gust, producing long cluster of large, purple flowers, which were quite ornamental, these were followed by plump pods of rich, dark green, covered with a close down like velvet. Before frost a square rod of vines and pore gave ninety-three mounes green forage, or 16,680 pounds the acre. It would ave dried two to three tons to the acre. All stock readily ate the green forage, ineln cing the pods with the beans. Vines grow ten to twenty feetin length. Should be fed in conjunction some coarse fodder, such as corn fodder, as the plant is especially rich in nitrogen.” A writer says: “My method is to plant at first plowing and to drop the seed every | fourth or east far ws rom yamee to Ne seed am Sipince one oot apart, and cover with following furrow. es a good PEEP REA MEENA) SLY ornamental climber for fenee or porch. Price of Seed packer Ws.; 4 pint, 16c.; pint, 20c.; quart, 36c. If sent by mail, packet, 10c.; 44 pint, 20c.; pint, 80c.; quart, {} Valuable Seeds for Field Crops. 27 : | (SEEDS FOR FIELD CROPS CONT'D.) White Navy Beans—The Standard Shell Bean for field culture much planted at the South for marketing dry. Plant in May in row three feet apart, dropping two or three seeds one foot apart in rows. Requires repid culture, with care not to work deep or dhs, disturb plant with plow after growing to be four or five inches —sy;2y. in height and while the plant is wet. Price, quart, 20 cents; 4G t=“ ~ peck, 65 cents; peck, $1; 44 bushel, $1.7; bushel, $3. Quart by A *y mail, postpaid, 50 cents. Caroiina Upland Rice—Very largely planted here. Small areas for Sf home use, and as ar auxiliary crop,should be cultivated on every ; % farm in our Southern country. Experience of the last few years ¢ demonstrates that rice can be as successfully grown on highlands as elsewhere. Price, by mail, pound, 80 cents; 4 pounds, $1, post- paid; peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.25. Japan Upland Rice—This has proven to bea fine variety of Rice for upland culture. It is prolific, matures in one hundred days from planting. Sow in March or April, it is harvestedin July. Yields double what oats or wheat would yield on the same soil. A second growth springs at once from the stubble, which will make good grain if seasons permit; or at least makes a large crop of excellent forage. Sow broadcast two bushels, or in drills five to six pecks per acre. Price, 20 per pound; if by mail, 30 cents per pound; 4 pounds, $1, postpaid. Peck, 75 cents; 44 bushel, $1.25; bushel, $2.50. The Conch Pea—Remarkable for the quantity of vine it makes, often thirty feet in lengtk, on good soil. The vine runs close to the earth, shades the land well and produces a great amount of hulme for fertilization. Plant in May. 5 One quart will cover an acre densely with vines, if planted two or three in a 3 hill, six to ten feet apart. Among fruit trees and grape vines it keeps down : the growth of weeds andenriches theland. Price,20cents per pound; 6 pounds _ for$1. By mail, 80 cents per pound, or 4 pounds for $1, postpaid. Quantity prices on application. ] Pea of the Backwoods—Called also “Old Man’s Friend” from its earli- _ ness, productiveness and excellent table qualities. Yields good feod {0 CENTS For a packet our _ six weeks after planting. A bush or bunch pea obtained scme years GEORGIA SILVER sinee from Mr. Edw. Fonville, of North Carolina. Supply very limited. Bon Bain -onononseney toes delicious for eating. One pound, by mail postpaid, 30 cents. Unknown Pea—Called by some the “Boss,” and is identical with the pea so extensively advertised as the “Wonderful Pea.” One of the best Field Peas we know of; by far the largest vine maker and producer of seed. Elegant for cooking. We list again this year, thinking there might be some who would like to test {t. Bushel price on application. Pound, 15 cents; 8 pounds, $1, postpaid. Broom Corn—This is a profitable crop. An acre will give about 500 pounds broom and twenty-five to forty bushels seed, worth as much to feed as Oats. Plant in drills three and a half feet apart, thinning plants to six inches. Cultivate as you wouldcorn. Best variety is Improved Evergreen. Grows from six to ten feet; fibre long and fine. Will not get red in the field before it is cut. Ten pounds seed will sow.an acre. Price, pound, 10 cents; 10 pounds, 75 cents. If by mail, 20 per pound, or 6 pounds for $1, postpaid. Buckwheat—(New Japanese)—This is the most productive of all varieties, and the most profitable to raise. The grain is double the size of the ordinary varieties. Very early; excellent for bees to forage on. Price, pound, 15 cents; 4 pounds, 35 cents; peck, 60 cents; 44 bushel, $1; bushel, $1.75. By mail, pound, 25 cents, or _ 6 pounds for $1, postpaid. T.S. Clifford, Polk County, Fla., August, ’96, says: ‘“‘Your Sceds have given perfect satisfaction.”” Lathyres Siivestris—(Flat Pea)—New Forage Plant. Leguminous and a perennial grown in England and Germany, where it is highly thought of. It is claimed to be particularly well adapted to poor and sandy lands, which it much enriches; has a tremendous root growth, scmetimes as deep as thirty feet; nutritive, higher than the clovers. Heavy yield in hay, top growth three feet, which can be cut several times during the season. Seed is yet quite expensive. Price, packet, 10 cents; ounce, 80 cents. We will correspond with those wanting larger quantity. Wild Rice—Largely used in planting in ponds and along the shores and marshes, as an attraction for ducks and other wild fowls. Should be sown in fall or early spring broadcast in water two to three feet deep. Ripens late in August or September. Price, pound, 25cents. By mail, pound, 85 cents postpaid. Dwarf Essex or English Rape—Cultivated for feeding young cattle, lambs and sheep. Yields abundantly and much relished. Sow in April or May, two to four pounds in drills, four to six pounds broadcast per acre, Price, pound, 20 cents. By mail, pound, 30 cents; 4 pounds, $1, postpaid. The Burt Oats—This variety is more planted in spring than any other. Our stock is not large—best order early. Price, bushel, 85 cents; 5 busheis, at 75 cents. for Other Varieties Oats—Georgia Rye, Georgia Barley, Wheat, Ete., write us. In our Summer Catalegue, tgsued in June, we describe and price all seeds for late Summer and Fall planting. L. W. McRae, Washington County, Ala., June, ’96, says: ‘I have plants from Seed of White Georgia Collard bought from you in April that will measure four feet across, the finest I have ever seen grow in this county, and I have also some very fine heads of Buncombe, N. C. Cabbage, in fact, all the Seeds I had from you did finely.” 98 Sy Alexander Drug & Seed Company SWEET POTATOES sont. get that Potatoes require a fertilizer rich in Potash. By ita use the yield is largely increased. New Bunch Yam Potato—The popularity of this valuable Yam Sweet Potato increases. Itis very early, hardy and a vigorous grower; very prolific. Vines do not run; grow — A erect. Can be cultivated with a plow as easily as corn. As BUNCH YAM POTATO. the potatoes bunch in the ground, will stand close planting. Can be set between hills of corn, and be cultivated with it with assurance of making a good crop. Good eating quality. The seed offered by us were grown under our own superviston Price, 4 peck, 85 cents; 1 peck, 65 cents; 44 bushel, $1; 1 bushel $1.75. By mail, pound, 20 cents; 8 pounds, 50 cents; 7 pounds. $1; postage or expressage paid. Genuine Georgia Sugar Yam Potato—The king of table Potatoes. Thisis the sweetest and most delicious of all known varieties, but not a heavy yielder. The fleshis a pale golden yellow. Price, peck, 50 cents; bushel, $1.50. By mail, pound, 20 cents; 8 pounds, 50 cents, postage paid. Tennessee Yam Potato—In point of yield the Georgia Experiment Station puts this variety at the head, skin yellowish white, flesh bright yellow and sweet. Price, 4 peck, 85 cents; peck, 50 cents; bushel, $1.50. By mail, pound, 20 cents; 8 pounds, 50 cents, postage paid. FOR STOCK AND HO 6S FOR 25 CENTS we will send by mail postpaid a farge trial pack- swe vee st ae et VELVET BEAN, the new Forage Beans, plendid for Stock and a Packet AFRICAN GOOBER, one of the best and most prolific crops for Hogs. See description. SEEDS FOR FORAGE CROPS. AS FAR AS LIES in our power, our list of Valuable Seeds for Forage Crops is extended yearly. One or more of them named under this head deserves @ place on every Southern farm. The varieties we list pro- duce the most abundant crops of the best Forage, and many of them very large yield of seed. Nothing exceeds them iu value. 1t costs but little to seed an acre; the value returned in rich, nutritious Forage is immense. Early Amber Cane-—More popular than ever for forage. Relished in its green state or cured, by all stock, on account of sweetness of the stalk and leaves. Equals in value any other known crop. Makes good syrup, but as the stalk is smaller than the Orange, that variety is recommended when the intention is to grow for syrup.’ Six pounds of seed will plant an acre. Plant at any time from April to last of July in rows three feet apart, six to ten seeds twelve to eighteen inches apart in row or drill lightly; can be sown broadcast. Price, pound, 10 cents; 8 pounds, 25 cents; peck, 75 cents. Write for quantity price. By mail, pound, 20 cents; 4 pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. Early Orange Cane—Equally as valuable as the Amber for forage, but \n account of its larger growth isconsidered better for syrup making; about ten days later than the Amber. Culture and price the same as the Amber. Teosinte—This plant originated in South America and largely excels all other known plants in size of growth and great amount of forage produced. It throws up fifteen to thirty stalks from a grain, and on rich land reacher fifteen feet in height; a solid mass of foliage. Cut for green feed in any stage, it is found good and wholesome, and the second and third growtns come promptly in equal vigor and abundance. Nothing equals it for an enormous mass of valuable forage. Plant 2 pounds seed to the acre in April, five by six feet, and cultivate as Corn. Price, per ounce, 15 cents; } pound, 50 cents; 34 pound, 76 cents; pound, $1.25, postage paid. Black Rice Corn—New—A novelty among the non-Saccharine Sorghuma, and offered in 1896 for the first time. It is a cross between the White Millo Maize and Jerusalem Corn, combining the good qualities of both. It ts claimed to yield a large amount of grain and fodder than any of the non- Saccharine Sorghums. Grows from five to six feet high, has a stocky stem 3 ; with many side leaves; heads grow on a goose neck stem. Seed white, not ARR S DD SONS as flat as Jerusalem Corn. Plantas you would Millo Maize. Price of seed, pound, 15 cents. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 6 pounds, $1, postpaid. i inston County, Miss., Aug., ’96, says: ‘‘The trial packet of Silver Pod Beaas you Prete nos he first White Hull Bean 1 have ever seen. They are very prolifie and re- main tender so long. They are almost stringless. All the Seeds J have bought of you have given perfoct satisfactien.” Seeds for Forage Crops 20 (FORAGE CROPS CONTINUED.) Red Kaffir Corn—Grows taller than the White; stalks slender, more juicy and leafy; heads long, slender and grows erect. One of the best drouth resisters; does well on poor land, ripens earlier and yields nearly twice as much grain and forage as the White. Plant three to five pounds to acre. Price of seed, 15 cents per pound; 5 pounds for 65 cents; by mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. Yellow Millo Maize, or Yellow Branching Dhoura—Growth is eight to twelve feet, stooling from the ground like the White “Branch- ing Dhoura;” seed head grows to great size on good land, Earlier than the White Millo; yields three to four good “cuttings” in a season. Should be planted in four to five-foot rows, aad two to three feet in the drill, two plants ina hill. Cultivate like Corn; three to five pounds seed to acre. Price, 15 cents per pound; 5 pounds for 65 cents; if sent by mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postage paid. White Kaffir Corn—Plant is stocky; perfectly erect; foliage wide; does not stool, but branches from the top joints, produc- ing from two to four heads of grain from each stalk. Heads are long and perfectly erect. If cut, shoots springs from the root. Plant in rows not over thiee feet apart,even on the best land. Cultivateas corn. Use three to five pounds seed per acre. Price, pound, 15 cents; 6 pounds for 65 cents; if sent by mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1, postage paid. White Millo Maize, or Branching Dhoura—An immense producer uf fodder. Stools largely, sometimes as many as ten to fifteen shoots from one seed; can be cut for green feed several times a season, yield of grain thirty bushels to the acre on land that will make fifteen of corn. Plant in rows four to five feet apart, drop. ping three to five seed eighteen inches apart in rows; plant three to five pounds seed to acre. Cultivate as corn. Price, pound, : 15 cents; 5 pounds for 65 cents; if sent by mail, pound, 26 cents; TEOSINTE. 6 pounds for $1, postage paid, NEEGIAG OFFER tese Forsve Oropsive. will ese by mail or express, paid, 1 pound each Black Rice 5 Kaffir, Pearl Millet and Yellow Millo Maize, and 2 ounces Teosinte for $1. White Dhoura, or Large African Millet—Grows a single stalk eight or ten feet high; easy to cure; keeps well in out-door shocks, and well eaten by stock. It does not stool, yetis much quicker growth than Millo, maturing in ninety or one hundred days. Plant in three-foot rows, leaving one or two plants every twelve inches inthe row and cultivate as Corn. Price, pound, = 15 cents; 5 pounds for 65 cents; if by mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 gounds for $1, postage paid. Jerusalem Corn—Sure grain and forage crop in dry seasons. Grows about three feet high, making one large head on main stalk, and several smaller ones on shoots—sometimes ag many as eight to single plant. For Hominy or Meal and for stock feed it eannot be surpassed. Plant as you would Kaffir Corn. Price, pound, 15 cents; 5 pounds for 65 cents; if sent by mail, pound, % cents; 5 pounds for $1, postage paid. ; PEARL MILLE ,THIS old familiar favorite is known throughout the South as Cat-tail Millet, Horse and Egyptian Millet. It stools largely from the ground and makes a great mass of foliage; can be cut several times ina season, furnishing fresh growth as long as season suits. Useful only for green feeding; does not cure into good fodder. Sow in April or after in drills four feet apart, or drop a few seed in hills FE Ce: two by four feet. Cultivate ascorn. Price of clean seed, 20 cents pound, 6 pounds for $1. By n.../}, 80 cents per pound, 4 pounds for $1, postpaid. L, A. Walton, Caddo Parish, La., May, ’96, says: ‘‘My daughter received the package, and says it is the largest package of Watermeloa Seed she ever saw for 10 cents, I will patronize you next season. Send me a lot of your catalogues and I will distribute them for you. 80 Alexander Drug & Seed Company ee ee (FORAGE CROPS German Millet, Best Southern Grower—When conditions are favorable and a suc- CONTINUED.) cessful crop of German Millet is made, there is no plant for grass or forage that we know of to equal it. We have known five tons of hay to the acre to be made. It should be sown after danger of frost is over, up to the middle of June. Weighs fifty pounds to bushel. Three pecks will sow an acre. Price, 5 cents per pound If by mail, 15 cts. per pound; 8 pounds for $1, postpaid. Bushel price on application. Egyptian Wheat—Popular on account of its productiveness in grain. The seed is formed in loose, branching heads—considered one of the best grains for poultry feed. The stalk makes good green forage and in great abundance. Plantin three feet drills and thin to two or three, stalks every foot. Five pounds to acre. It is doubtful that we will have seed to offer this season. Sacaline—(Polygonun Sachalinense)—This was offered last year for the first time as being a most remarkable Forage Plant. While we are not prepared to say Re OR iy whether or not the claims made forit by the introducer will be sustained, we SY Moe 7 think it well enough to catalogue it again that those of our patrons who desire to We try it may doso. Price Seed—packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. IMPROVED COTTON SEED. WE list the best varieties of long and short staple, and will ask you to read care- fully the description we publish in this catalogue. Except when specified other- wise, we only sell seed from the party who originated that variety, who brands the sacks with his name andis responsible for its being the best and purest stock; we sell at their price. We donot, in any case, sell any seed unless we know by abund- ant evidence that it isas pure, sound and reliable as can be had. The expense incurred in buying pure, improved seed increases to but a slight extent the cost of planting per acre. It cost no more to cultivate and gather it. We have for years advised our friends who plant Cotton to use only such improved varieties as give increased yield, better quality and percentage of lint, thereby decreasing to a very large extent the cost of making Cotton. Get new seeds. WE d the Peterki: PETERKIN IMPROVED COTTON rnme°tnat win not aisappeine tne grower. Itis a vigorous grower, & good producer, withstands dry weather better than the common seed. Prolific, Open Growing or Branching, Excellent Staple, large bolls, small seed and yields full 40 per cent. of net lint cotton. We have sold great quantities of the Seed, and, taking the country at large, from North Carolina geet RZ. ey ae GERMAN MILLET. to Texas, it has given more general satisfaction than any Improved Cotton ever put upon the market. It has continuously sustained the points of merit claimed for it. Peterkin’s has been called by several experienced planters the ONLY REALLY IMPROVED COTTON. We sell the pure Original Stock of the Peterkin Seed. Price, $1.25 per bushel; 5 bushels, $1 per bushel; 10 bushels, 90 cents per bushel. Mail packages, 25 cents per pound,; 5 pounds for $1. KING’S IMPROVED COTTON cio. cotton, which was originated by Mr. T. J. King of North Carolina, has wonderfully increased in popularity. The demand last year was very much larger than the year before and we found difficulty in supplying de- mand. Those to whom we have sold express them- selves in the most flattering way regarding its many good qualities. As well is it endorsed by the Expert- ment Stations, where tt has had extended comparative tests. Mr. King claims for it that itis Zxtra Early, Wonderfully Prolific. Long Limbed, Seed Smal, Lint, 36 to 40 per cent. In 1890 he made three bales to the acre—the largest yield ever known in North Oaro- lina. In addition to its other good qualities, earliness is one of the most important, as crop is less liable to {njury from drouth and worms. Mr. King’s locality, being in the extreme Northern portion of the Cotton Belt, is an advantage in maintaining his claim for earliness—naturally seeds from latitudes north of us come earlier when planted here. In the December 1895 Report of Experiments with Cotton, the Georgia Experiment Station places this variety at the head. We sell seed only directly from Mr. King and are his selling Agents here. Price per bushel, $1.50; 5 bushels at §1.25; 10 bushels at $1.20. By mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. é c Improved Cotton Seeds 31 J MR. TRUITT, now famous asthe Champion Cot- EO, W, TRUITT § IMPROVED COTTO ton Grower of Georgia (the only man who ever made 100 bales of Cotton with two mules.) His seed is the result of his own selection and care, and is now brought to the highest possible degree of production. Mr. Truitt’s widely-spread letters and circulars have made his cotton well known. He claims his cotton the most prolific in the world. Mr. Truitt has sent us his seed, put up by himself and bearing his own brand, to be supplied to our custo- mers in this section at the same price charged at his gin house in Troupcounty. Price, $1.50 per bushel; 5 bashels, $6; 10 bushels, $12; mail packages, 25 cents per pound; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. j THE originator of thissplen HAWKINS’ COTTON did Improved Cotton, Mr. B. W. Hawking, of Putnam county, Ga., thus deseribes it: “BKarliest, most prolific, easiest picked, most superior lint and finest staple; tall grower, long tap root, resisting drouth; from two to four limbs near the surface, branch- ing; two short limbs together all the way up to the top. all literally covered with bolls; large boll,small seed, light gray or dark green, yielding from 38 to 40 per cent.; opens well, growing much taller than other varieties, giving every advantage over other varieties in yield per acre. With judicious manuring, quick and rapid culture up to fruiting time, cotton will grow three bales per acre, planted in Hawkins’ Cotton Seed.” As Mr. Hawkins’ agent, we have sold his seed here for several years. He writes us under date November 12, 1896, that, the seed he offers for this season are the best he has ever sold, and that by careful selection he is improving it from year to year. Those to whom we have sold we have extended good report. So widely advertised and known is this cotton that it seems hardly necessary to offer any certificates from those who value it. We have many to whom we might refer—one of the latest is from Mrs. W.H. Virgin, of Bibb county, Ga., who says under date August 17th, 1896: ‘‘The Hawkins’ Cotton had from you is as tall as a tall man’s head and full of bolls; farm- ers who have seen it, say it is Sure to make a bale to the acre, or more.” (Above cut was made from Photograph of & wWehavea circular, Hawkins’ Mode of Cotton Culture stalk of the HAWKINS’ COTTON which had o it nearly 400 well-developed bolls.) oO ont History of Hawkins’ Cotton,” which we will mai) to those asking for it. We sell the pure original stock of the Hawkins’ Seed, direct from him and kept up to the standard. Price, 61.50 ee papnel 5 bushels for $6; 10 bushels and upward at $1 per bushel; pound, 25 cents; 6 pounds for $1, postpaid. J THE large inquiry and demand last year for this Cotton, which was ONES IMPROVED COTTO originated by Mr.J. F. Jones, of Troup county, Ga.,and the very favorable report and endorsement last year made by the Georgia Experiment Station as to its value, in- faces us to list it this season. We have our seeds direct from Mr. Jones, that our patrons might depend on getting the pure seeds. Mr. Jones says of his cotton: “By eonstant careful selection I have improved and developed this cotton, the original seed of which was obtained by me in 1878 from Algiers. It is of portly growth, limby and prolific. Stalk and limbs bear bolls; fruiting everywhere, bolls cluster among and even to tips of last foliage. Forty bolls will make a pound seed cotton, 1250 pounds a 500-pound bale.” This is the original Jones Cotton, the term ‘‘Re-improved”’ was used by the Georgia Experiment Station wo designate seeds they had selected for their own planting, from their original crop of cotton. Price, peck, 50 cents; bushel, $1.25; 5 bushels at $1. By mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1, postpaid. Bancroft Prolific Herlong Cotton (Green Seed)—A very distinct and fixed variety, healthy and vigorous, tong limbs, bearing bolls along the whole limb and stalk; matures early. Lints 37 to 40 per cent. Price, bushel, $1.50; 5 bushels at $1.25. By mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1, postpaid. DOUGHTY’S EXTRA LONG STAPLE. The original of this cotton came—a few individual costly seed—from one of the Experimental Stations to Mr. J. J. Doughty, a scientific intensive planter in this county. He has nursed the seed for some years, earefully improving the quality each year. He now, through us, puts them on the market for the first time. The stalk isa long limber and branching. His yield this year (1895) was 400 pounds ifnt per acre. Length of staple is 1% inches. Three cents per pound more than short staple is now being asked here for this cotton. re erent is a well-known cotton buyer in Augusta, buying possibly as much Long Staple Cotton as any buyerinall the South. He says this is the longest staple Upland Cotton he has ever seen— HAWKINS? PROLIFIC OTTo}§ 4 certainly the best that has ever come to Augusta market. Price 50 cents peck; $1.50 bushel; 5 bushels, $6; 1@ bushels, $10. By mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. B. B. Nicholsen, Winston County, Ala., Se ,and the Beggar Weed is 4to g feet hig “Your Silver Pod Bean are the best I ever- g seed. I find that all stock loves to eat it,”~ §2 Alexander Drug & Seed Company 5 Mr. TYLER says of it: “I have eight years’ fully say that it is the best by one-third of any I have ever planted, and I believe the bestin existence. It will make one-third more per acre than any I have ever planted.” It is a limbed cluster, very prolific; fruits from the ground to the top, and matures every boll; not liable to dry forms on stalks, like other prolifics; not liable to fall out, like other clusters; makes 88 per cent. lint. We have our seed of this variety direct from Mr. Tyler, who offers the very best references from his eounty. Weare hisselling agents at Augusta, Ga. Price of seed: peck, 65 cents; bushel, $1.50; 5 bushels, @. We will mail 1 pound for 80 cents, or 4 pounds for $1, postpaid. 7 - OTHER VARIETIES COTTON SEEDS. We will be glad to correspond with those wishing other kinds than those we have named. Some of them we have in stock, others we can supply from first hands. GRASSES AND CLOVERS. SUGGESTIONS AS TO PREPARATION OF LAND, SELECTION AND SOWING OF SEED. We cannot too strongly urge our friends the desirability of adding Grasses and Clovers to their farm. Our conviction is that more and better grasses can be grown here in the South than else where, and that crops for Hay and Pasturage will pay more bountifully than any other crops that can be planted. We keep in stock the seeds of all the leading varieties of Grasses and Clover; these are men- tioned with special directions for the use of each, as herein named, There are other varieties not named, and not kept in stock, that can be gotton as desired; of these we will be glad to correspond, giving all information in our reach on inquiry from any of our correspondents, SMALL LOTS GRASS SEEDS We have given price in small quantities that those wishing to make trial can order and have Seeds sent them by mail. For peck and bushel prices write to us. Selection of Seed—Select seed with reference to the purpose in view, whether for hay alone, past- urage alone, or for both hay and pasturage; and also with reference to the character of the land. In nearly all cases mixtures of Grass Seeds, or Grass and Clover Seeds, are recommended rather than the sowing of any one kind alone. For per- manent pastures, several kinds must be mixed to furnish some growth for all seasons of the year. For hay and pasturage, mixtures such as come well together are more profitable than one kind alone. Seeding Per Acre—We advise heavy seeding here in the South. There is safety and security ina heavy catch, and such will survive the first sum- mer, when thin seeding would be entirely oblit- THE GIANT BEGGER WED. erated. The greatest cost in grass culture is in the careful preparation and manuring of the land. The additional expense of a liberal seeding rather than @ meager one ought not todeter one. A fair trialis not madein the South unless the land is well filled with seed to make a close sod from the beginning. Preparation of La.d—Free the land of stumps, stones, etc.; break well and deep; harrow and cross-har- row, and roll till free from clods; broadcast manure freely and plough and harrow it in. Stable and cow- lot manure, phosphates and cotton seed and kainit are appropriate EDP ous. Good re are tmportant to economical sowing and harvesting. A roller is very valuable, both in Prebae ng land and sowing seed. Most grass seeds are very fine, and bear the least of coveringin. The roller alone is better for those than the lightest harrow or brush. It presses them into the fresh soil, which is the best for a good catch. Grasses and Clovers 83 (GRASS & CLOVER COND.) Time of Sowing—Grasses that grow In winter may be sown {mn fall or early spring. Those which are strictly sur-mer growers should be sown in spring, after severe weather is over, Fall sowing is to be pre- ferred for all cases in which it is a proper time, because the young grass is not Liable to be choked out by weeds and grasses that are indigenous to oursoils. Therefore we strongly advise sowing in fall. Although you may be ready to sow in spring, we believe it is a safer course to sow land in Peas and let it lie over, and put the grass seed down in Septem- ber and October. Lucerne or Alfalfais the only exception we know to this rule. Sow in February; its growth being upright, it gets ahead of the weeds and holds its own very well. Someof the best results we have seen from it were from February seeding in drills. If it is to be put in broadcast, then September and October are better times for it. Sowing of Seed—In fall seeding, it is not uncommon to sow grass with oats or wheat. We do not recommend this, but it is admissible and may be entirely successful if the landis rich enough to give liberal support to both grass and grain. But the grain ought to be seeded more thinly than if there were no grass to be sown withit. Sow the grain first and plow or harrow it in, then sow the grass seed and harrow or roll the land, To get more uniform destribution it is well tosow one-half the seeds : one way, and then cross-sow with the other half. RED CLOVER, In mixed seeding, as Clover, which weighs sixty pounds per bushel, with Orchard or Red Top Grass, both of whieh weigh fourteen pounds, it is well to sow the light and heavy seeds separately. In scattering seed with the hand, if some are heavy and some light, the heavy seed will be thrown much wider than the light. On well prepared fine soil, surface sowing and rolling is the safest method. Clover, Lucerne. Johnson and Rescue and others of the large grasses will bear light harrowing or brushing in. Blue Grass, Red Top and other of the finer seeds are better surface sown, with or without the roller. Prices of Grass Seeds—On account of constant changes in price, we cannot give bushel or quantity prices of these seeds in advance. All applications for prices, information and suggestions will be promptly am- Gwered and all orders filled with best and freshest seed obtainable. For other information address, ALEXANDER DRUG & SEED CO., \ SEED DEPARTMENT, AUGUSTA, GA, GI ANT BEG ( AR WEED (DESMODIUM MOLLE)—As being the best forage plant for thin, sandy lands and pine barrens Beggar Weed grows in popularity each year. It greatly enriches the land. The Florida Commissioner of Agriculture says: “Beggar Weed has been to Florida what Clover has been to Tennessee and Kentucky, but superior to it in that it will thrive on poorer land.” Senator Pasco, of Florida, says: “It has enriched their lands, and furnished at the same time the best forage known in the South for all sorts of stock.” Ita growth is dense, two to four feet high, sometimes seven feet; the forage crop abundant. Sow at any time after frosts are over, until middle of June,in drills three feet apart, three or four pcunds per acre, or broad- east ten to twelve pounds peracre. Cover one to two inches. When two feet high may be cut for hay or green feed, and will produce successive crops, branching largely from the roots. May be pastured freely in late summerand Fall. Weighs sixty pounds to bushel. Price, pound, 30 cents; if by mail, pound, 40 cents, postpaid. Quantity price on application. Bermuda Grass (Cynodon Dactyon)—It succeeds best on rich bottom lands, and on black prairie soil, where 1t will yield two cuttings in a season, making two to four tons per acre. It is to be sown in March or April, when the ground has begun to be warm; sow on the surface only. Roll the soil down, then sow the seed, and leave the rains tocoverit. It takes two to four weeks to come, depending on the weather; requires some warmth. Weighs about forty pounds to bushel. Sow three to five pounds per acre. Price, pound, $1.00. If by mail, pound, $1.10, postpaid. Bromus Inermis—Sow thirty pounds to acre. Price, pound, 25 cents; 10 pounds and over, 20 cents per pound. Alsike Clover (Trifolium Hybridum)—Called also Swedish Clover; succeeds best on moist strong lands; weighs sixty pounds to bushel. Sow in fall or spring, twelve to fifteen pounds toacre. If by mail, pound, 80 cents; 4 pounds for $1, postpaid. California Burr Clover (Medicago Maculata)—Called California Clover and Hog Clover—a winter growing variety, furnishing pasturage January to March. Should be sownin August and September, two to five bushels peracre. Price, pound, 25 cents. If by mail, pound, 85 cents; 8 pounds, $1. Annual Crimson Clover (Trifolium Incarnatum)—Commonly called Scarlet Clover, Italian Clover, German Clover. Sow on well prepared and well manured land, from August to December, fifteen to twenty pounds of seed peracre. It may pastured in December, January and February, and will still yield its fu crop. Price, pends 10 cents; 10 pounds or more at 8cents per pound. If by mail, pound, 20 cents; 6 pounds, $1, postage pa: Mrs. Jas. B. Watkins, Matagorda County, Texas, July, "96, says: ‘‘I have be Seeds ’ two years and find them superior to any There ever used.” fies curio k da . 64 Alexander Drug & Seed Company (GRASS AND CLOVER CONTINUED.) Red Clover (Trifolium Pratense)—The leading variety 2M of Clover, and is more cultivated for hay, pasture PY und as an enricher of the soilthan any other. Best adapted to stiff soils, but does well on any land rich enough to sustain it. Itis perennial. It should not be cut more than twice, that seed may mature and drop, thus keeping up a good stand. It should be sown in fall orearly spring months, and is frequently used in combination with Orchard Grass and Red Top, 4s they flower and are ready to cut about the same time. Weighs sixty pounds to bushel, and fifteen to twenty pounds will seed an acre. Price, pound, 15 cents. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 444 pounds, $1, postpaid. Japan Clover (Lespedeza Striata)—An annual, but perpetuates itself when once set. While it does best Wea on limesoil, it will also do well on red clay hills, a ey a a where Red Clover will fail. Weighs twenty pounds ; Dy SENN to the bushel. Sow in fall or spring, one bushel to “O. acre. Price, pound, 25 cents. If by mail, pound, 85 cents; 8 pounds for $1, postpaid. White Clover (Trifolium Repens)—Largely used in making “Lawn” Mixtures, and is highly esteemed as forage for bees. Weighs sixty pounds to bushel. Plant in fall or spring, twelve pounds to the acre. Price, pound, 80cents. If by mail, pound, 40 cents; 244 pounds for $1, postpaid. Bokhara Clover (Melilotus Alba)—Weighs thirty-two pounds to bushel. Sow in fall or preferably early spring, twelve to fifteen poundstoacre. Price, pound, ( J 2 cents. If by mail, pound, 35 cents; 8 pounds for : EN oe $1, postpaid, woe nan = Johnson Grass (Sorghum Halapense)—Called alse LEONI Oss LOEWE GIG Mean’s Grass, Guinea Grass, Green Valley Grass, Cuba Grass. This is a perenial which can be propagated from the roots or seed. It makes its best growth on rich bottom lands, and will give three cuttings of about two tons each when in good condition. Starts early and grows continuously till frost. Weighs twenty-five pounds to bushel. Sow in August orSeptember, or in spring, one to one-half bushels to acre. Price, pound, 15 cents. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa Pratensis)—One of the best for a pasture grass. It shows but little the first year, but if the soil is suitable it continues to improve for yearsand isa valuable addition to our perma- nent pastures for winter use. Should be sown with Orchard, Tall Meadow Oat and Clover; requires rich land; will make nothing on thin soil; low ground when the soil is dark colored and contains lime, or on seepy hillsides. Weighs fourteen pounds to bushel. Sow in fall or spring, twenty to thirty pounds per acre. Price, pound, 20 cents. If by mail, pound, 80 cents; 4 pounds, $1. Texas Blue Grass Sets—Recommended as being the greatest winter and earliest spring grass known. Stands heat, cold, and drouth well, and will furnish good winter grazing. Itisa vigorous grower on good lands and stands hoof. Once established, lastsindefinitely, but can be rid of by plowing. Wecan furnish the sets, and they should be planted eight inches apart, in eighteen to twenty-four inch-rows, at any time from early fall till first of May. Twenty thousand sets will plant an acre. We cannot ship in less than lots of 600 sets. Price, 500 sets, $1; if by mail, $1.25, postpaid. 1,000 sets, $1.50; if by mail, $2, postpaid. Lucerne, or Alfalfa (Jfedicago Sativa)—This is one of the most valuable Clovers we haye; does not bear much pasturage; gives four or five successive cuttings, beginning early, of valuable hay during every sum- mer. Itis best suited to rich, sandy lands. Its roots penetrate to great depth, hence no drouth hurtsit, It does well sown broadcast or in drills, take care of it the first summer; after that, with moderate good treat ment, it will take care of itself. When once set it will last a lifetime. Cutitas often as you find it grown; do not letit stand to bloom. We cannot recommend this grass too highly to any one who will giveitsa place on rich lands well prepared. Weighs sixty pounds to bushel. Sow in fall orspring, ten to fifteen pounds per acre, in drills, twenty pounds broadcast. February has proved a very successful season for us here. Price, pound, 15cents. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 4 pounds for $1, postpaid. Meadow Fescue, or English Blue Grass (Festuca Pratensis)—Sometimes called Evergreen or Randall Grass, A valuable perennial grass for permanent pasture or hay; weighs twenty-four pounds to bushel. Sow in | fall or spring, one to one anda half bushels toacre. Price, pound, 20 cents. If by mail, pound, 80 cents; 814 pounds for $1, postpaid. E. L, Jackson, Craighead County, Ark., March,’96, says: ‘‘I bought Seed of you last year and raised the finest and best Watermelons that ever grew in this county; they were all sound and cams upwell, I am glad you have the Bradford Watermelon.” * Grasses and Clovers 35 (GRASS & CLOVER Herds Grass, or Red Top (Agrostic Vulgaris)—Thrives on any good soil, especially CONTINUED.) suited to low damp soils; remains in fair condition throughout the winter; not easily killed by overflows. There can be found no better grass for marshy lands. i Seed weighs fourteen pounds to the bushel. Sow in fall or spring, one and a half bushels to theacre. Price, pound, 1234 cents. If by mail, pound, 2 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata)—The best known and most used of the Grasses. Its rapid growth makes it popular for pasturing and hay. Succeeds well on all soil (not wet) on open lands, in Orchards and open woodlands. Very early and the last to yield to frost. Sown with Red Clover they blossom at the same time, and it will combine well with many other grasses. Weighs fourteen pounds to bushel. Sown in fall or spring, oné anda half to two bushels to acre. Price, pound, 20cents. If by mail, pound, 80 cents; 844 pounds for $1, postpaid. Schrader’s Grass (Bromus Unioloides)—An excellent winter Grass. If sown in September, it is often ready to cut in February, and may be cut once or twice more before June; or you might pasture it, taking stock away in time to allow seed to mature and reseed itself. Sowin early fall, twenty-five to thirty-five pounds to acre. Price, pound, 80 cents. If by mail, pound, 40 cents; 244 pounds for $1, postpaid, Tall Meadow Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum Avenaceum)—Doubly valuable for forage and the excellent winter grazing it affords. Suited to any good cotton land, it does well on sandy, gravelly soils;can becut twice a year. To make good hay, cut as soon as in bloom; much used in combination with other grasses. Weighs eleven pounds to bushel. Sow two bushels toacre in fall orspring. Price, pound, 20cents. If hy mail, pound, 80 cents; 844 pounds for $1, postpaid. Timothy (Phleum Pratense)—Weighs forty-five pounds to bushel. Sow in fall or spring, fifteen to twenty poundstoacre. Price, pound,10cents. If by mail, pound, 20 cents; 5 pounds for $1, postpaid. English Perennial Rye (Loliwm Perenne)—Weighs twenty pounds per bushel. Sow in fall or spring, one to one anda half bushels per acre,or less in combina- tion. Price, pound, 15 cents. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 444 pounds for $1, postpaid. Italian Rye (Lolium Italicum)—Weighs eighteen pounds to bushel. Sow in fall or spring, one and a half | to two bushels toecre. Price, pound, 15cents. If by mail, pound, 25 cents; 444 pounds, $1, postpaid. Sweet Vernal (Anthozanthum Odoratum)—A perennial hardy grass of sweet odor when cured. Weighs six pounds to bushel Sow in fall or spring, three or four pounds per acre, in combination with other grasses. ORCHARD GRASS. FOR $I 0 WE mail, postpaid, either of the following: 38 ' pounds Burr Clover,6 pounds Vetch,6 pounds An- nual Crimson Clover, 44 pounds Rea Clover, 4 pounds uucerne, 24 pounds White Clover 8 pounds Orchard Grass,8 pounds Japan lover, 344 pounds Tail Meadow Oat, 244 pounds Evergreen Lawn Grass, or 60 papers assorted Gerden Seed (2 for 5c. size). Yetch (Vicia Sativa)—A leguminous annual forage plant. It makes a mass of excellent hay. Sown alone or in combination with Bermuda or other sum- mer growing grasses, Vetch furnishes excellent pasturage in winter. It re. seeds itself when matured, and will come many yearsin succession; easily eradicated if desired. Its greatest value isfor the winter pasture it affords Sixty pounds per bushel. One bushel per acre will set the crop, but if the full benefit of pasturage is desired the first year, two or three must be sown. Price, pound, 10 cents; 44 peck, 65 cents; 1 peck, $1; bushel, $3.75. If sent by mail, pound, 20 cents; 6 pounds for $1, postpaid. Hairy Vetch (Vicia Villosa)—Is an annual, similar in growth toa very slender and straggling pea vine. Vines often ten to twenty feet in length, and cover- ing ground to depth of two feet with a dense mass of forage. Planted in Au- gust or September, should furnish good grazing from January to May; then allowed to re-seed itself. Bears heaviest frosts. Weighs sixty pounds to bushel Sow two bushels to acre. Price, pound,10cents. If by mail, pound, 20 cents; 6 pounds for $1, postpaid. Peck and bushel price on application. Evergreen Mixed Lawn Grass—Our mixture is the same as is used on the largest end best lawns inthe country. Prepare the land as under general direction ; for sowing. A little seedshould be sown from time to time on any bare spot, TALL MEADOW/OAT. and a beautiful lawn will be maintained. It should be kept mown moderately close. T k sow from three to four Drenele per acre, either in spring ox fall; fall is best. “iste nociiat Sead will eae RiNGeih OF thik Cincy ne gone Early eek or pemateers furnished by us, is the best to promote x ight, fourteen poun er bushel. i i Beastial sic pound tor $1, posteenL. Dp Pp shel. Price, pound, 85cents. If by mail, pound J. S. DeJarnette, Fulton County, Ark., Feb. ’96, says; “‘I bought Havana and Oro Tob from you last year and won the $x00 offered by the Atlanta Constitution for the best meet Tobecsonea 36 Alexander Drug & Seed Company (GRASS AND CLOVER CONTINUED.) _ _ Our Special Mixture, for Hay and Permanent Pasture—We follow the best authorities—Dr. Phares, Prof. Chas. L. Flint and Mr. Howard—in making these mixtures, and have usually succeeded in getting satisfac- tory results. Three or four bushels are usually sown per acre. Fall sowing is much better than spring, because there is less interference by the indigenous growth that comes in spring. Weighs sixteen poun to the bushel. Price, pound,20cents. If by mail, pound, 30 cents; 344 pounds for $1, postpaid. je GUARANTEED to de- HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT stroy Potato Bugs, and those on Tomato and Egg Plants, Currant Worms, Cabbage Lice and Worms, Flea Beetles and Striped Bugs on Melons. Squash, Turnips, Beets, Onions, ete. Canker Worms and Caterpillars on Fruit and Ornamental Trees. A Preventive ef the Rose Bug and Cut Worm. Non-poisonous; no danger need be apprehended by the fry-y4 persons applying it, nor will it injure chickens or animals Rees. should they eat it, unless in large quantities. It does not render injurious the vegetables and fruits on which it is apeled and yet it is probably the best insect destroyer ever offered for the destruction of potato bugs and all worms and insects. It comes ready to be applied, and is simply dusted lightly on so that it reaches all parts of the plants. For further information, send for ‘Fighting Insects in the Garden.” Sentfree. Our sales of Slug Shot double annually. Price, pound perforated box, 15 cents. If sent by mail post- TRADE MARK. paid, 30 cents. A5 pound package for 35 cents, purchaser paying freight charges. Paris Green—% pound, 15 cents; 42 pound, 20 cents; pound, 89 ccnts, Sy mail, 15 cents pound, extra, “EARLY TRUCKER: FERTIIS ThE BEST POR ALE MUG eas GoM IbeIN, Glues. “EARLY TRUCKER” FERTILIZER FOR POTATOES, We have had so many inquiries from our patrons for a Fertilizer specially made for Vegetables, Melons Small Fruits, Etc.,that we have arranged with the Georgia Chemical Works of this city to put up and tarnish for us the “Harly Trucker.” The use of this Fertilizer will very materially inerease the yield, as well as will the quality of the crops upon which it is put, be improved. : From actual test this fertilizer is found to be particularly adapted to the fertilization of Cabbage, Onions, | Beans, Peas, Turnips, Tomatoes, Potatoes and all other Vegetables, Strawberries and small fruits, Melons, Ete. Guaranteed Analysis. Ammonia, - - +--+ -+-*+2*2*2* © 2s eee = yA ys eon to) Potash, (K20), - *- = = -+* 2+ 2 e+ © = = 5t Available Phosphoric Acid, - +--+ -+-+-+-+ - Tto8 * The Ammonia is in such form as will give the Crops a quick start andkeeps them growing. It o nelly high in Potash, a most important plant food for Vegetables; and the Phosphoric Acid is an its sate | available shape. We can furnish it in bags small enough, (50 pounds) foran ordinary home garden, orin aslar, | as may be wanted, Price, 50 pounds, 90 cents; 100 pounds, $1.75; 200 pounds, $3.25. "Ton, $30.00-de pecan Freight Depot here. We strongly reecmmend all Gardeners and Truck farmers to try it. Address ALEXANDER DRUG & SEED CO., SEED DEPARTMENT, AUGUSTA, GA, | Select lower Seeds. 37 ———’ eX LCi... LIS.k. Oo F—— = aN Select Flower Seeds. merit. aLYssuM, Abronia Umbrellata, (4.)—Travelling plants, lilac flowers. Packet,5 cents. Adonis, (4.)—Handsome plants with showy flow- ers—mixed colors. Packet, 5 cents. Ageratum, (A.)—Suitable and effective plants for bedding and cut flowers. Mixed colors. Packet, 6 cents. Alyssum (sweet) 4.—White—Free_ flowering and very fragrant; useful for borders. Packet, 5 cents. Antirrhiuum (Snap dragon) A.—Very showy, and useful border plants; mixedcolors. Packets,5cents. Asters (A.)—No flower garden is complete without a few of these beautiful and effective flowers; highly esteemed by all lovers of flowers; mixed colors. Packet, 5 cents. Ba/som (Lady’s Slipper) 4.—Double mixed, among the finest of the summer flowering annuals. Packet, 6 cents. Balloon Vine (A. C.)—A charming climber, ten to fifteen feet high; with inflated capsules, from which the name is derived. Packet,5 cents. Callendula (Pot M»rigold). 4—Handsome, hardy and free flowering; choice mixed. Packet,5 cents. Calliopsis (4.)—V«ry beautiful, easy culture; mixed alloolors. Packet,5 cents. . Candytuft (Iberis) 4.—Showy for beds or edging. Whiie, Packet, 5 cents. Mixed all colors; packet, 6 cents. Canna (Indian Shot) P. A.—Beautiful, highly orna- mental plant of tropical appearance. Fine mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Celosia (Cockscomb) A,—Elegant free flow- ering, graceful grow- in plants; mixed colors. Packet, 5 cents. Centaurea (Dusty Miller) P.— Silve foliage, very graceful. Packet, 5 cents. Chrysanthemum (A. —Easily grown an will give a profusion of blooms all summer; fine mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Convolvulus (Morn- ing Glory) 4. C.—This popular vine is the most free flowering and rapid grower in ealtivacion: ee OAMDYTU acket, 5 cents. hie Convolvulus (Dwarf Morning Glory) 4.—Fine mixed colors. Packet,5 eonts. xy G. W. Green, Hawkins Coun you last season, I tried other with no success, We have endeavored to make our list of Flower Seeds as complete as by @ judicious selection of the best sorts,so that our enstomers woi,l bewildered among a labyrinth of varieties, mary of which are of ~o special “Hast thou not smelt the breath of morning flowers, New sweetened with the dash of twilight showers, io pounded amber or the flowering thyme, Mf purple violets in their proudest prume?” ssib! not = Cosmos (A.)—This plant for fall blooming has no superior; blossoms _re- sembles the Dahlia; choice mixed. Packet, 10 cents. Cypress Vine (A. C.)— One of most favorite vine with very delicate fern like foliage; fifteen feet; choice mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Dianthus (Pink) — The flowers are brilliant, showy and very fragrant Single—A. Packet, 5 cents. Double—B. Packet, 5 cents. Carnation—4+4P. Pack- et, 10 cents. Eschscholtzia (Califor- fornia Poppy) A—Free flowering, bright showy flowers; finest mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Godetia (4A.)—The plants bloom profusely and bear showy flowers of rich and varied colors; mixed. Packet, 5 cents. DIANTHUS. Gourds (Ornamental) A. C.—Elegant and attrac- tive vines, Packet, 5 cents. Holyhock (B.)—One of the grandest of the Au- tumn flowering plants; bears long spikes o double flowers; choice mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Ipomoea ( Moon Flowers) . C—Elegant twining & plants, with handsome, showy flowers, for cover- ing trellises, arbors, etc. Packet, 5 cents. Lobelia (A.) — Beautiful flowers for pot culture e¢ and hanging buckets be- cause of its trailing hab- its; mixedcolors. Packet, 5 cents. Mignonette (Sweet) 4.— A well known, showy, fragrant favorite. 5 cents. POPPIES. Packet, , Tenn., July, "96, says: ‘‘I had good luck with the seed 1 bought of Alexander Drug HOLLYHOCK, Portuloca (.4.)—For brilliant, beautiful, Mirabilis (Four- O’clocks) A.—Beauti- ful flowers that open in the afternoon with variegated foliage. Packet, 5 cents. Nasturtium Tall (A. C.—Whether in coun- ty or town no flower garden shown be without these beauti- ful handy flowers; , small quick climbers, mixed colors. -Packet, 5 cents. Nasturtium Dwarf (A.)—This variety— very desirable stand- ing any amount of heat and drought; mixed colors. Packet, cents. colors mixed. Packet, 5 cents, OUR PREMIUM PANSY. Seed Company Pansy (P.)—Our “Premium Pansy,” mixed,bears immense flowers of velvet and gold. Packet, 25 cents. Pansy (P.)—German mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Petunia (P.)—Showy and popular plants for summer garden, very fragrant; fine mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Phiox-Drummandi (4.) —They produce im- mense'trusses of.large brilliant flowers, of numberless hues; ex- tra mixed, choice col- ors. Packet,5 cents. ~ Poppies (4.)—Double —For brilliant, daz- zling colors; nothing can equal them; WALL FLOWER, choice mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Poppies (A4.)—Single; very popular; Fine mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 5 cents. | 6cents. mailing. mixed colors, mixed colors, and delicate colors this charming gem stands unrivaled; choice Stocks (A.)—Fine for bedding, massing, edging, or pot culture. Long bloomers, much diversity and brillianey of color, bloom in ten weeks; mixed colors. Packet, 4 Sweet Peas (A, C.)—Nothing can be finer than a hedge of sweet Peas. Six varieties; Packet, 5 cents. Tagetes: (French Marigold) A.— Bears handsome double flowers. Packet, 5cents. Verbena (P.)—One of the most effective bedding plants; Packet, garden plants, blooming early in the Spring; mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Zinnias (4.)—Brilliant and showy, and has long been a general favorite; double mixed. Packet, 5 cents. Tuberoses—Double Dwarf Pearl; Extra Select; bulbs, 5 cents each; 25 cents per dozen. If by mail, 10 cents per dozen extra. Gladiolus—Fine mixed bulbs, 5 cents each; 25 cents per dozen; 10 cents per dozen for Dahlia—Double large flowering bulbss assorted colors. Price on application, HYACINTH AND OTHER BULBS citi’ of rttwerne , Bulbs, imported direct from most reliable Bulb Growers in Holland, embracing Hyacinth, Narcissus, Tulips, Crocus, Bermuda Easter Lily, Chinese Sacred Lily and many others. These shipments are usually received by us about middle of September. Bulbs can be sent by matl with safety to any part of the country with but little additional cost. We mail this Bulb and Flower Catalogue to any address on application. ; den Collection No. [—Contains 12 Papers and Packets Vegetable TRY OUR SEED Haaser 40 cents. Sent by mail postpiahd for 25 cents. Our Garden Collection No. 2—Contains 18 Papers and Packets Vegetable Seeds worth 75 cents. Sent by mail postpaid for 50 cents. F ve ht some Watermelon Seed from you last year A ter, Allen County, Ky., July, 96, says: “‘I boug' ‘ eanches ee be the best Lever raised. All the orders I ever sent you I received the Seed Promptiys I will continue to order from you,” SPAND WHEEL HOES<€é These are the most popular and satisfactory Gar- n Tools*made, and are sold the world over. We nnot illustrate here all-of the kind we carry, but will mail free to anyone interested a finely illus- ted book, showing all kinds made. SEND FOR Iv. The “Fire-Fly” Garden Plow—A great labor-saving tool for small gardens. Price, $2.00. The “Planet, Jr.”” Single-Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake sand Plow Combined—This single wheel Hoe is lighter ‘than the double and does almost the same variety of ‘work. Ths attachments are identical. Owing to the )lightness, it is more pleasant to some than the ; = . : ee ' double-wheel Hoe. Price, $4.50. THE “FIRE-FLY” GARDEN PLOW. The ‘Planet, Jr.” No. 3, Single Hill-Dropping Garden Drill—New—This wonderful tool is offered this year first itime. See Catalogue of Planet, Jr. Tools for full description. Price, $9.00. The ‘Planet, Jr.’’ Double-Wheel Hoe Cultivator, Rake and Plow— This tool is better for those who raise vegetabless on an exten- sive scale. It will do the work of from six to ten men with hand hoes. Price, $6.00. The “Planet, Jr.” Combined Drill-Wheel, Hoe, Cultivator, Rake Plow—The very best machiné made for the two purposes, and does both well. It is an excellent sower, and a first-class double-wheel hoe while plants are small; an excellent wheel scuffle hoe. Opens furrows for corn, beans and potatoes and covers them. Price, $9.00: THE “PLANET, JR.” The ‘Planet, Jr.’’ No. 2, Seed Drill—This is a simple and most No.5 Hill-Dropping Seeder. accurate Seed Drill, and has been the standard machine for j years. It holds two and a half quarts, sows all garden seeds accurately, opens, drops covers, rolls down } and marks the next row all at the same } time. This machine, with the Double- ’ Wheel Hoe, makes an excellent combina- tion for large gardeners. Price, $6.50. The “Planet, Jr.”” No. 4, Hill-Dropper, Hoe, | Cultivator, Rake and Plow—New—This excel- ‘lent garden tool offered this year for the first time. For description, see Planet, Jr. ge Price, $10.00. The “Planet, Jr.” No. 5, Hill-Dropping Seeder —New—This is also one of the new tools of THE “PLANE the Ui gan! this year. See Catalogue. Price, $12.00. Single-Wheel, Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and Plow. e Cahoon’s Patent Hand Seed Sower—For sow- ; ing Wheat, Oats, Hemp, Barley, Rye, Buck- wheat, Grass Seeds, ete. The best machine of the kind in the market. The grain is held in a light sheet iron hopper, sur- rounded by a bag which will hold a bushel % of seed. This is suspended by a strap from j the operator’s neck, and held in position by a strap around the waist. The seed is thrown from eight to twenty feet on each side of the operator, the heaviest seed be- THE “PLANET, JR.” ing, or course, thrown the greatest distance. No. 4, Combined Hill-Dropper, Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and Plow. Price, 4.00. &@#F-Write us for “Planet, Jr.” iWlustrated Catalogue. ) ALEXANDER DRUG & SEED COMPANY, SEED DEPARTMENT. ; AUGUSTA, GA. yy = ; > ) a= a 9 TI ( =) - = Aan q a nT he A 5 ST ego ucE THo Who Hive Not PLaitep Our SEEDS | fe CATALOGUE)