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D. LANDRETH & SONS give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productivetiéss, Or any other tiatter, If the purchaser does not accept
of any Seeds they send out, and they will not be in any way respousible for the crop. the Goods ou these terms they are at once to be returned,
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The prices in this Catalogue are constantly subject to
OQ fluctuations, and therefore, Merely Suggestive. Post- age, Eight Cents Extra per Pound If by Mail.
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. & & Seeding, This Cc t ] may perhaps reach some to whom LANDRETHS’ SEEDS are as yet unknown, and who ) aa ata ogue are therefore nut famiiiar with their excellent qualitics We will this season, notwith- standing that fact, omit the oft-repeated refeicuce to our seeds, and our extensive facilities for producing them; simply suggesting that the steady and increasing growth of a Seed Firm now in its one hundred and thirtcenth year of active and continuous business should be at least some assurance to the reader that its representations may be relied on.
In this connection we venture to ask the intelligent purchaser of seeds if he docs not think the time has arrived to commence to question the representations of sensational seedsmen, who offer gifts as premiums to purchasers, and who always have so many new things that one tires of reading the adjectives of superlative deyrce used in describing them; and one becomes still more worn to find, after months of watching and waiting, that the highly extolled are no better than old familiar sorts. Atthe rate the improvement has been going on, according to these oracles, the stocks originally must have been very bad, and, judging from the fancy pictures, perfection must now be near at hand.
It really seems as if the creature, man, was as anxious to be deceived in seeds as in quack medicines, for we do not hesitate to declare upon our reputation as seedsmen of repute, that nine-tenths of the so-called new sorts advertised at high prices are, so far as merit goes, rank humbugs, and it is time the public were told so.
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HINTS TO PURCHASERS.
Conferred by the French Government | in 1885 upon one of the Members of this Firm for services to Agriculture.
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TERMS CASH WITH ORDER.~—Seeds sent to amount of remittance only; when prices fluctuate and postage or cost of bags is not provided for in remittance as required, orders will be modified accordingly, and customers can re-order the deficiency, as no accounts will be opened for small sums or bal- ances resulting from short remittance.
REMITTANCE may be made in cash, by Express or registered mail, by draft on New York or Philadelphia, by Postal Money Order or Postal Note. Sums of One Dollar or less in cash, Postal Note or Stamps, may be sent dy ordinary mail at our risk. Postage stamps for any sum will be accepted where facilities for transmitting money by the above modes do not exist, but letters containing same should be registered.
BY MAIL—POSTAGE PAID BY US.—We will mail, post-paid at
our expense, all orders for seeds in 5c. and ioc. flat papers and ounces.
BY MAIL—POSTAGE PAID BY PURCHASER.—On quantities of over 4 lb., postage should be provided for by the purchaser, at the rate of 8c. per lb., and on Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, r5c. per quart.
BY EXPRESS.—Moderate orders too heavy or expensive for the Mails, or where quick time is desirable, can be sent by express to your nearest express office. No goods sent C. O. D. without an advance sufficient to cover charges both ways. Onion Sets, Potatoes, Roots and other perishable goods will not be sent C. O. D., but will be sent only on receipt of full remittance, and at risk of purchaser.
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Address plainty, D. LANDRETH & SONS, Philadelphia, Pa.
BY FREIGHT, R. R. or Steamer.—Orders for heavy seeds, such as Peas, Beans, Corn, etc., can be shipped at lower rates of freight by railroad or by steamer where practicable.
PACKAGE CHARGES.—When bags, crates or barrels are required for packing Seeds, the following rates will be charged: Bags. 2 bush., 16c.; 1 bush., toc.; 44 bush., 7c.; 4% bush., 5c. Crates (tor Onion Sets), 2 bush., 25¢.; 1 bush., 15c.; 4% bush., 12c. Barrels (for Onion Sets, holding 3 bushels), 25c. Package charges are extra and should be included in remittance.
MAKING OUT ORDERS.—Wée always make ita point to give orders our immediate attention as soon as received, a fact well known and appre- ciated by the thousands of customers deriving their supplies from us direct. The prompt execution of orders will be greatly facilitated if our customers will be careful to write on their order their Full Name and Address, the Quantity, Name of Variety and Price of the seeds wanted. (See Order Sheet enclosed.)
All necessary correspondence may be given on a separate sheet, or apart ‘ from the order. The practice of writing us from several post-offices is to be avoided. Change of residence should be communicated to us at once, to secure delivery of our current publications. ‘
Space will not permit us to enumerate all the seeds and garden requisites ; carry in stock. If you do not see what you want, write us and we will promptly” give you prices and all other information. .
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113 YEARS IN CONTINUOUS BUSINESS.
Market Gardeners and Institutions requiring seeds in large quantities will be given special rates upon submitting their orders,
I). LANDRETH & SONS,
Practical Seed Farmers and Merchants since 1784.
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The Government Seed Contract, 1896.
Bag-Filling Machines at Work at Landreths’ Seed Establishment.
A brief statement upon the subject of the Seed Contract awarded to avid LANDRETH & SONS by the United States Department of Agricul- ture may be interesting, first referring to the History of Government Seed Distribution.
It was in 1837, under the Presidency of John Quincy Adams, when Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury, issued a circular to all Consuls of the United States invoking their aid in obtaining ‘‘ unknown trees and plants which might promise to be useful in the United States.” The circular further stated that the Secretary of the Navy had instructed the commanders of the public vessels of the United States to tender their assistance. This was the initial step of what subsequently became the annual Congressional Seed Distribution. Little was done, however, in the way of distributing Seeds and Plants till 1853, when a special officer was appointed by Congress as Chief of the Agricultural Division of the Patent Office. This Chief made most of his purchases in Europe, having in 1855 placed an order to the extent of $30,000 with one French firm of Seedsmen for Seeds he could have obtained of American growth. Since then the distribution has largely increased, till of late years the cost of the Government Seed Distribution has averaged quite $100,000 annually.
In March, 1896, a new system was instituted by the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, who advertised for bids for the furnish- ing to the Department of Agriculture of 10,125 000 packets of Seeds of esculent vegetables, every bag to bear the name of the Seed, direction for its culture and name of Seedsman. This latter precaution to insure reliable stock. There were many bidders for the contract, in whole or in part.
The order was, on March 31, awarded to D. LANDRETH & Sons at $75,000, under a bond of $20,000 for the faithful performance of the contract, ander which it was stipulated shipments should commence on April 25, and be completed by June to. These requirements equalling ten tons of
packages per day and all put into United States mail bags by the contrae. tors and loaded into United States mail cars, the Seed House being desig- nated a Sub-Post-Office. While the contract provided that the work should be completed by the tenth, the contractors finished their work by June1, the Seed packets being ut up in lots of five, enclosed in large envelopes and mailed to addresses urnished by members of Congress, over two million distinct addresses having been pasted on the mailing envelopes.
Much interest has been manifested as to the reason why the Chairmen of the Agricultural Committees of the Senate and House, acting in connee- tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, awarded on March 37 the Seventy- five-Thousand-Dollar Contract for the supply of Congressional Seeds to this firm when the Landreths were not the lowest bidders by Eleven Thousand Dollars.
The answer is briefly that the award was made upon the NATIONAL REPUTATION of D. LANDRETH & Sons for the quality of their seeds.
Could there have been a higher compliment paid in any commercial sense? It showed that while we are the oldest Seed Firm in the United States we are still as active as the youngest.
One of the most agreeable incidents of the taking of this contract was the pleasure it afforded all reputable Seedsmen in the United States, as evinced by the piles of letters of hearty congratulations received by us, the expressions of approbation affording us rare satisfaction.
We will add that we finished the contract for the Ten Million One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Papers ten days in advance of the Government requirements, sending off for forty (40) daysan average of ten (10) tons per day, all put up in packets and mailing packages and delivered to the postal authorities located in our own establishment.
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2 LANDRETHS’ SEED CATALOGUE.
The Work of Packing and Forwarding the Packets at Landreths’ Seed Establishment.
N July, 1895, when preparing matter for our Catalogue of ’96, we wrote ourselves down as
““Seedsmen to the American People,’’
doing so by reason of the millions of papers of Landreths’ Seeds annually sent to all sections of the United States, a distribution which we have been conducting for a generation.
Still more this year we can write ourselves Seedsmen to the American People, as, in addition to our regular distribution, we have executed a Government Order for over Ten Millions of Seed Packets, all of which were sent out by us from our Seed House—created into a Sub-Post-Office—and from which, for forty days, we sent out two hundred to four hundred United States Mail Bags daily—ten tons daily of Postal Matter.
In Europe, Seedsmen advertise themselves as Seedsmen to the Queen, to the Emperor, or to His Royal Highness—the Landreths can certainly advertise themselves as
**Seedsmen to the American People.”
Bloomsdale, 500 acres,
Reedland, 146 acres. Monaskon, 222 acres.
T= Landreth Seed Farms owned in fee simple by the Firm are: Granville, 472 acres,
And rented from the estate of David Landreth: | George’s, 78 acres.
Bellemont, 200 acres.
On these particular Farms, in summer, are employed a force of 200 hands, and in harvest time the force is increased to 450 hands.
Hunton’s, 185 acres. |
The Government Seed Contract, 1896.
THE UNITED STATES MAIL CARRIES
[_andreths’ Seeds ee ORO i, 0
Every Post- Ofiice.
Landreth pays the post- age on seeds ordered in flat papers, ounces and WE
pounds. eoveevee
Ask your merchant to order your seeds from Landreth, or order them yourself direct from us. Just address
D. Landreth 8% Sons, Philadelphia.
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LANDRETHS’ SEED CATALOGUE. 3
.. LANDRETHS’..
UESTIONS 999 ° Be NeweERs
On Gardening Subjects.
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—Retail Price— | TRIAL BEDS AT BLOOMSDALE.
The seeds on trial in these experimental grounds comprise all the so- called novelties or varieties offered in the catalogues of the many seed oO cents per copy oO cents per copy merchants of the United States, as well also as those recommended by 4 in paper covers. 5 in cloth covers. | foreign seed merchants and growers as adapted to the American climate. Ofttimes the same vegetable appears under half a dozen distinct names and as distinct descriptions, only to be recognized as an old acquaintance ; sometimes of merit, at other times a sort long turned down. Itisto inform ourselves upon the subject of relative merit and upon the subject of naine that we conduct so large an experimental ground as nine acres, a very expensive little farm in itself, but worth ten times its cost.
NONE GIVEN AWAY.
NO GARDENER can afford to be without this book, as it contains questions asked by practical gardeners seeking such information as all gardeners want, and the answers given in plain, practical language such as all gardeners can understand.
THE BOOK stands alone, as no other like it has ever been published, treating upon affairs of the farm and garden. The information it contains is valuable beyond comparison, as it is a compendium of most useful records of practical experience in the field covering a period of thirty years of intense study and daily labor. It is the best thing we have ever issued.
Government Tests
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Landreths’ Seeds.
The United States Department of Agricul- ture has made a most satisfactory report to D. Landreth & Sons upon the results of the tests of germinative power of the seeds furnished in the spting of 1896 in the supply of the Government aes for over ten million packets of garden seeds.
The report shows that out of 129 distinct va- rieties of seed, of which over 2000 tests were made, 116 of the 129 were above the extraordi- narily high standard demanded by the Govern- ment; only thirteen out of the 129 falling below a standard which never before was demanded by any government, by any firm, or any purchaser of seeds.
The Government also tested the purity of Landreths’ seeds, and reports that of the 129
* varieties, each exainined many times, 110 proved to be of 100 per cent purity, while of the nineteen falling below the too per cent the lowest only fell off two points or down to 08 per cent.
Could it have been possible to have done bet- ter both as respects purity and vitality? This report on vitality and purity gives to the Lan- dreths a Government endorsement of superior excellence, the like of which was never before given to any seed house in the world.
This report on the superior quality of Lan- dreths’ seeds will be published in the next Annual
Report of the Department of Agriculture. PARTIAL VIEW IN GERMINATING TEST HOUSE.
20,000 TESTS MADE LAST YEAR.
Ba bcs ” r : E : : A PATCH OF PORTULACA FOR SEED AT BLOOMSDALE. , A PATCH OF NASTURTIUM FOR SEED AT BLOOMSDALE.
COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING ON EACH PACKAGE,
Varieties marked ANNUAL bloom the first season and die. Postage Free. Prices as indicated. Varieties marked BIENNIAL bloom the second season and die. i Notice remarks on each packet as Varieties marked PERENNIAL last several years, blooming each season except the first. to depth of covering.
Select from our list the varieties you fancy, and with the order remit us the price for each paper desired. The money can be sent as a bank-note, a post-office order or a postal note, and the seeds will be mailed to you free of postage.
To make the directions for planting easily understood, we have divided all thevarieties of Flower Seeds into SEVEN CLASSES, and for planting-time designate certain seasons as indicated by the budding of familiar trees. The following is the classification. Upon each packet is printed its CLASS DIRECTIONS for sowing:
ist Class.— Sow under glass early in Spring (be- | 5th Class.—Sow J/atter end of Spring (when the
fore the Peach has started into bloom), and Oak and other late trees have put forth), in transplant into small pots, to be turned out at those positions where it is desired the plants the proper season; or sow /atter end of Spring should remain.
(when the Oak and other late trees put forth), k in asheltered sunny compartment of the garden. | 6th Class.—At Jatier end of Spring (when the Oak and other late trees put forth), soak the
2d Class Sow early in Spring (when the Peach seed for ten or fifteen hours in tepid water, comes into bloom), or still better in the Autumn and sow in those positions where it is desired immediately after the heat of Summer, the plant or plants should remain.
3d Class.—Sow as early in the Spring as tne earth will permit (usually when the Apple and Cherry are blooming).
7th Class.—Sow in Autumn or early Winter, in the greenhouse or conservatory, covering the seed to a depth wot exceeding once or twice its
4th Class.—Sow Jatier end of Spring (when the diameter—better perhaps not cover at all. Oak and other late trees have put forth), in a When the plants have reached a suitable size, sheltered compartment of the garden. prick out in the usual manner.
OPEN-AIR CULTURE.
Flower seeds being usually small and delicate, the land to receive them must necessarily be care- fully prepared. Large stones, clods, and other material out of place, should be removed after the earth has been deeply. dug and fertilized; but the earth should not be made so fine as to become pasty under moisture.
The best results will generally be obtained by sowing all the varieties in one plot or bed, sufficiently large to hold all sorts in parallel rows one foot apart, and carefully weeded, and otherwise attended to during the early stages of growth.
Afterwards, when one or two inches high, the young plants can be removed, on a rainy or cloudy, damp day, to permanent positions carefully prepared for their reception, enriched by a previous application of manure or compost.
In the after culture, the most important matter is to keep the beds well thinned, for crowding will defeat all other preparations, while space, which at first seems four times too much, will serve to develop robust plants, which, by their ample leafage and well-developed flowers, will amaze people not familiar with the conditions of ample space necessary to successful plant culture.
STARTING OR FORCING SEEDS IN THE HOUSE.
When it is desired to hasten the development of plants, they may be sown in the conservatory or in boxes within the house. Those who have greenhouses hardly need directions, but for those who have had less experience we drop the following hints:
Procure shallow boxes, trays, or broad pots from two to four inches deep. The bottoms per- mitting the free passage of water, else the earth will bake and become sour. Seeds will not gerimi- nate satisfactorily or thrive in a wet soil. Prepare a mixture of one-third leaf-mold cut fine, one- third clean sand, and one-third finely pulverized stable manure; moisten the mixture thoroughly, and fill into the boxes to within a half-inch of the top—gently patting down the surface to a level. Upon this distribute the seed, and cover just out of sight, by sifting over the seed the finest earth procurable, settling the seed down with a fine spray of water shaken from a brush, a heavier application baking the surface. Place the boxes where they will remain at a temperature of between 60° and 70°, applying water with a brush or fine rose when the surface becomes dry. When the seedlings are half an inch high, they may be transplanted to other boxes, placing the tiny plants about one to each square inch. When these become so large as to crowd each other, they should again be transplanted to the garden or to other boxes, according to the season. HoLiyxHock (Althea Sinensis).
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LANDRETHS’ PRICE-LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 5
LANDRETHS’ “°°6,"""" FLOWER SEEDS.
76 Packets for $4.50, or Half the Number for $2.50, Postage Included.
LANDRETHS’
“One Dollar Case”
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Comprising Annuals, Giennials and Perennials, at 5, 10, 15 and 20 cents each. All catalogued under their common names. The best selections and every packet a distinct sort.
If you want the 76-packet assortment for $4.50, or the 38-packet assortment for $2.50, send us the money as directed under ‘‘ Hints to Purchasers” (second cover page).
FLOWER SEEDS.
When we mail the seeds we guarantee delivery.
Bachelor’s Button
3 Hon aol iol Sobeg 2Papers. Marvelof Peru .........1 Paper. China Asters ........... 3 OG Marigold’. 2% elu sok 1 0G CalliopsisGolden ..... ail ce Migmonette............ 1 O Candytuftly ee) Giese 1 oo Nasturtium............ 4 CG Canterbury Bell......... 1 OG Pepper—Ornamental 2 “ Carnation Pink ......... 2 oe Petumiay. 2 is eee 2 OG Castor Beams........... 2 ef Pinks 3 sé Cock’sComb ........... 3 CG Poppy... a's 5.2: Pee 2 se Cypress Vime........... 2 OG Phlox Drummondii 2 66 California Escholtzia...... 1 G5 Periwinkle or Vinca uid oar? 66 Columbine ........... 1 ce Portulaca..... Niet pees Pik RE, Ge Daisy Aone) 3. «Men 2 h Sweet Alyssum 2 “ Everlasting Flower ...... 1 CO Sweet Peas) 3. 35 a2) oe 5 CG MOxelowe nei ry. Laie en: 2 ee Scarlet Sage... ........ 1 OG Four-o’clock........... 1 eo Snap Dragon........... 1 ce TE GUR ANGLES "5559 po 666 do oc i G Sunflower ........ 2 “6 cep lamtieegon-. ean ae 1 OG Sensitive Plant 1 “6 Johnny Jump-up or Pansy .3 C6 Sweet William......... 1 CO Lady-slipper.......... 2 GB Werbena‘. )) 25 poe 1 66
Price One Dollar. Containing 20 papers Marks pul ier cee een 2 Co Wallflower (05. «6 Ssh Bae 1 se Select Flower Seeds. Each paper with Mexican Ageratum ....... 2 CG ZATION) ug ig adele ogoke 6 1 Se
colored illustration of flower and direc-
OTS Cae Guiimne: FLOWER SEEDS IN BULK BY POUND OR OUNCE AT LOW PRICES.
You can shop by mail easier than in any other way. YOUR post-office is OURS as well.
.... GENERAL LIST OF 500 SORTS....
Price per Packet, Cts. , Price per packet. Cts. Price per Packet, Cts.
Abutilon (Chinese Bell Flower),— |
Blooms almost continuously in Geom iret Herre earl eae se aintee bata ae SEO: = is an annual, flowering from and white 8 USE 5 a0 5 0 0 5 the greenhouse, and does well in > the open ground in Summer. June to November, and all Antirrihnum nana (Tom | iy," Mey be Prpeiden a by ane or Winterindoors. Is fragrant, Thumb).—Mixed colors. 6inches. 5 | ! \ ny 5 cuttings. ender perennial, va- ¥ % cUiecolors: Hegitqiect, Space| ™ekes avery pretty border, | Antinrhinum — picturatum.— y between plants 12 inches each and is useful in making small 5 | hy //; } NES th ucinagic! ONG. Cen kra Be 25| bouquets. The Saxatile com- The AQUILEGTIA, or Colum- eel pactum and Wierzbeckii are bine, is among the most | Ny a sale es a one perennials, well adapted for beautiful and curiously bere oe ere htt Aa rock work and borders. formed of hardy perennial epee in ae SViet mee Plant 5x8 inches. flowers. Blooms in the ear- z NE OUAUEL Alyssum (sweet) maritimum,— ly Spring and Summer. flower er acanaee: out-of- White! Ginches. /...... Plant 8x10 inches doors in Summer, or in Alyssum saxatile com > pactum greenhouse in Winter; —Golden yellow. 1 foot. . Agnilcela chrvsentha corn, ae therefore very desirable for Alyssum wierabeckiivellow. rane bouquet-making. Plant 6x8 Ifoot .... +--+ +s ee. See hybrida.—Mixed. 2 Gaichos Amaranthusatropurpureana- | ~~~ 7° °° 7s te 5 ; nus.— New dwarf, blood red, Aquilegia skinneri.—Scarlet Ageratum conspicuum.— drooping), i footie ee ae and yellow. 1% feet 10 W pate: Halfhardy annual. 15 Amaranthus caudatus (Love incnes
Ageratum Mexicanum —Blue. Halfhardy annual. 15 inches. ALTHEA SINENSIS RO- SEA (Hollyhock).—6 to 8 feet. Variouscolors..... In separate colors...... The colors are white, red, crimson, yellow, and all shades of double flowers, presenting the most beauti- ful combination when plan- tedin groups. Perennial.
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Red, drooping. 2 feet
S| Amaranthus salicifolius (Foun-
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tain Plant)—Isof pyramidal drooping habit, brilliantly tipped with orange, carmine and brown. Height, 4 feet. Plant 1ox15 inches,
15 | THE ANTIRRHINUMS, or
Snap Dragons, are hardy perennials, blooming first season if sown early. Among the most showy and brilliant border plants, suc- ceed in any good garden soil.
ASTERS are surpassingly
beautiful annual plants. All shades and colors are repre- sented in our assortment. The seed should be sown under glass or in a seed bed, and transplanted into deep- ly dug, highly enriched soil, mulching with manure and irrigating. Water during a drought is absolutely es- sential to a healthy vigorous growth. Plant 8x10 inches.
AQUILEGIA (Columbine).
CALCEOLARIA.
LANDRETHS’ PRICE-LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS.
Aster (Queen Margaret).—Bou- quet dwarf. Crimson, violet and white. 1 foot
Aster chrysanthemum.— Dwarf. 1 foot
Aster chrysanthemum —Tall. 1% feet
Aster corcordea.—Double bright
colors. White centre. 1% feet Aster globe-flowered.—Various colored igitect een ee f
Aster meteor.—Bright crimson. 1 foot
Aster mignon.—Pure white. 1 foot
| Aster psecony-flowered.—Mixed colors. 1 foot
Aster pseony-flowered.— Dark blood red. 1 foot
Aster Victoria.—Sulphur Yel- low. 1 foot
Aster Washington.—Light pur- ple. 1% feet
Aster German mixed.—1¥% feet
Asters.—Perennial. Star flowers, various colors, 1foot......
Mixed col-
Azalea,—Perennial. ors. 3 to 4 feet
The varieties of this handsome
Colors are white, yellow, orange, scarlet and pink, with interme- | diate shades, Requires moist, | peaty soil or black sandy loamy and shady situation.
BALSAM, Lady Slipper or | Touch-me-not—the latter name derived from the fact that the seed pods, when fully ripe, burst open with the least touch—is a family of beautiful annuals. Rich soil and deep culture is req- uisite to produce large and showy flowers. Plant 10x12 | inches.
| Balsam atrosanguinea.—Blood | red. 2 feet | Carnation.—Striped mixed. 2 Neteet Camelia.—White-blotched mixed DELCOE RS ite Ee eee mC aaa re
Rose.—Mixed colors. 1 foot . .
Solferino.—Striped and spotted. 2 feet
The King.—Bright scarlet. 2 feet
| Double.—White, pure, for bou- quets. 2 feet
| Double.—Mixed.
Begonia.—Beautiful hothouse or | greenhouse plants, or during Summer in the garden. Require rich soil and plenty of moisture. Propagated by seeds, cuttings, or division of tubers. Plant 1ox12 inches
Begonia hybrida, — Tuberous- | vooted. Mixed colors. 2 feet.
| Begonia rex hybrida. —Fib- | rous rooted. Mixed colors, hand-
some foliage. 6 inches | BELLIS.—The Daisy is a pe- | rennial plant of poetical celebrity. Native of Eng- land and Scotland. Quite hardy in most situations, easy culture, requires shade. Flowers from April to June. Start seed in hot bed. Plant 4x6 inches.
| genus of plants are numerous.
Price per Packet, Cts.
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| Mixed colors Longfellow, double rose Double white... .
Bocconia Japonica. — Magnifi- cent foliage plants. Perennial. Height, 4 feet. Plant 20xz0inches
Calceolaria.—Beautiful green- house plants, with pocket-shaped | flowers mottled and spotted
Calceolaria hybrida.—Mixed colors, 15 inches
Calceolaria tigrina.—S p otted. 15 inches was
Calendula.— Handsome hardy annuals, commonly called Cape or Pot marigold. Bloom contin- uously all the season. Easy cul- ture. Plant 5x1o inches
Calendula maritima.— Double yellow. 1 foot
Calendula officinalis meteor. —Double striped orange. 1 foot
Calendula pongei.—Double Sable aealYoe 5 yy yO dG o 4 5
Calendula (Prince of Orange).— Dark golden double. 1 foot...
CALLIOPSIS, or Coreopsis are hardy annual plants of easy culture, very beautiful, especially when grown in clusters. Plant 6x8 inches.
Calliopsis atrosanguinea. —Blood ted.) DaOOr . aii.) Maes
Calliopsis drummondii.—Gol- den, with crimson centre. 1 foot
Calliopsis marmorata.—Brown, yellow and crimson. 1% feet.
Calliopsis.—Mixed, all colors. 2 feet. Te Pe ee ee eee
Calliopsis hybrida.—New double mixed. 1 foot
CAMPANULA.—The Campa- nulas are a large genus of showy plants, mostly peren- nials. The Campanula me- dium (Canterbury Bell) claims a situation in all gar- dens. Easy of culture and certain to flower; all suc- ceed wellin good soil. Plant 8x12 inches
Campanula pyramidalis. (Pyr- amidal Bell Flower. 2 feet...
Campanula calicanthema. (Cup and Saucer). — Mixed colors. 2 Fen ae io Go cesen ca Gc
Campanula rotundifiora. (Hare Bell).— White and blue. 2 feet.
Campanula speculum (Venus’ Looking Glass).—Blue and white. 2 feet
Campanula medium (Canter- bury Bell).—Mixed colors, double and single. 2 feet
Cannas are niostly tropical, half hardy, perennial plants, with ele- gant foliage and showy flowers; produce a striking effect grouped in beds or singly on the lawn. Soak the seed in warm water about twelve hours, sow in hot- bed, plant out when ground is warm; give plenty of moisture and rich soil. Take up the roots before frost, and keep in moder- ately warm cellar. Plant 15x20 inches
Canna aurantiaca.—Golden. 4 feet
Canna coccinea.—Scarlet. 3 feet
Canna Marechal Vaillant .— Orange. 5 feet
‘Canna dwarf French.—Mixed | colors. 3 feet
Price pev Packet, Cts, . .10| CELOSIA—The Cockscombs
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are tender annuals, require rich soil, will attain rich co)- or and large size by repeated shiftings; cut off side flow- ers and leave one head only to a plant. If cut before they fade the head may be preserved during the Win- ter. Plant12x16 inches
Celosia cristata, coccinea nana (Dwarf Cockscomb).—Scar- let. 2 feet
Celosia cristata.—Mixed....
Celosia cristata plumosa (feath- ered Cockscomb).—3 feet... .
Celosia cristata aurantiaca (Orange Cockscomb).—3 feet . .
CENTAUREAS are hardy annuals, of easy culture. The white-leaved varieties. Can- didissima, Clementei and Gymnocarpa, are valuable for borders andribbon bedd- ing. The other varieties make beautiful additions to the flower bed. Plant 8x10 inches
Centaurea Americana (Star Thistle).—Lilac. 2 feet
Centaurea candidissima, — Sil- ver-leaved. 1 foot
Centaurea cyanus (Blue Bottle). —Mixed colors, 1% feet... .
Centaurea moschata (Sweet
Sultan).—Purple. 1rfoot .... CHEIRANTHUS CHERI
Wall Flower is a great fa- | vorite. It is a half-hardy | biennial, producing beauti- ful, fragrant flowers. Re- quires protection during the Winter. Plant 4x8 inches.
Wall Flower.—Single mixed. 2 fEdt NTR Me yee eee
| Wall Flower.—Dwarf, brown, | double. 1 foot
feet
Chrysanthemum.—The annual varieties are hardy, very pretty, especially when grown in mass- es. Easy culture, stand the heat, require rich soil.
Chrysanthemum coronarium, —Mixed colors. 1 foot. ....
Chrysanthemum burridgea- Shea htaesa and white. 1 OOL! £ \syuy Sar... ey
| Chrysanthemum (Eclipse).— Golden yellow. 1 foot
5 | CINERARIA.—The flowers
| of the Cinerarias are after | the habit of the herbaceous | Aster; petals of many colors, | eyes of different shades. | Hardy greenhouse annuals; | very attractive during Win-
ter and Spring. The Mari-
tima varieties are half-hardy | perennials, desirable for | bordersand ribbon bedding.
| Cineraria hybrida.—Mixed col- ors. 2 feet
| Calliopsis, or Core eee are ( hardy annual plants of easy cul- ture, very beautiful, especially when grown in clusters, Plant | 6x8 inches
Cineraria hybrida.—Extra select dwarf, 1 foot
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Price per Packet, Cts.
Cineraria maritima candidis- sima.—Silver foliage. Cleome grandiflora or Arbo- rea.—Rose-colored shades. The Cleome requires rich soil, Itisa half-hardy annual; blooms con- tinuously through’ the Summer and is quite showy. Height 3 eet.
Clianthus dampierii. —scarlet. The Clianthus, or Glory Pea, isa tender perennial, bearing scarlet pea-shaped flowers; succeeds best in greenhouse. 3 feet
Coleus, var.—Is a tender peren- nial foliage plant, principally used for borders and edgings. The brilliant shades of bronze, yellow, green, crimsou and red make it very attractive. Raised from seeds or cuttings. Plant out when all danger of frost is past. Remove to greenhouse in Fall. 1 foot. Plant 8x8 inches .
Cyclamen persicum.— White and rose. Tender perennial, bul- bous-rooted, beautiful fragrant flowers ; protect during Winter, have soil well drained. 6 inches
Dahlia is a well-known favorite. The colors and shades of colors are many; isa half-hardy peren- nial,tuberous rooted, deserving a place in every garden. Blooms till frost. Keep the roots during Win- ter ina dry cellar, free from frost.
Dahlia.—Varioas colors, double.
Piet Gold 66 26 aro, 0 on See 15 Dahlia.--Varions colors, single.
5. feetine 22 ee. owe 5 Dahlia.—Various colors, Brace
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DELPHINIUM.—The Lark- spurs areshowy annuals and perennials; beautiful border flowers. Foliage much divi- ded, flowers in terminal spikes, blue, purple, white and red. The blue flowers are very brilliant. The Dwarf and Tall Rocket, and Consolida, are annuals, the others are perennials. The annuals will succeed better if the seed is sown in the Fall, and protected during Winter. All grow freely in good soil. Plant 4x8 inches.
Delphinium (Tall Rocket Lark- spur).—3 feet
Delphinium(Dwarf Rocket Lark- spur, var.).—1 foot
Delphinium consolida (Branch-
ing Larkspur, var.) —2 feet... 5
Delphinium elatum (Bee Lark-
spur, var.).—3 feet .. 5
Delphinium formosum. Blue and White. 2 feet
Delphinium grandiflora co- lestinum.—Blue. z2feet....
Delphinium ranunculus flow- ered, var.—1 foot). 3. ... .
DIAN THUS.—Pinks in their perfection are surpassed by few garden flowers. The Chinensis, or Indian Pinks, and Heddewigii, are annuals or biennials, the other vari- eties are perennials. Pinks and Sweet Williams are old favorites, nearly all are frag- rant. Rich soil will make bright flowers. Plant 5x8 inches,
Dianthus Caryophyllus (Carna- tion Pink, var.).—2 feet
2feet.. 5
Plant 12x12inches . . 5
20
Price per Packet, Cts. |
Dianthus Caryophyllus (Carna- tion Pink.— Dwarf red grena- dine. 1% feet
Dianthus Caryophyilus (Carna- tion Pink).— Double striped. Extra to ifeett ff ea) oer
Dianthus chinensis (China
Pink).—Double variety. 1 foot . Dianthus heddewigii (Japan Pink).—Double variety. 1 foot .
Dianthus diadematus.— Dwarf, double mixed. 1foot......
Dianthus imperialis (Imperial). —Double mixed. 1foot.....
Dianthus laciniatus.—Fringed, double mixed. 2feet......
Dianthus plumarius (Pheasant’s Eye).—Single mixed. 2 feet. .
Dianthus barbatus (Sweet Wil- liam).—Double mixed. 1 foot. .
Dianthus barbatus (Sweet Wil- liam).—Single mixed. 1 foot. .
DIGITALIS.—Hardy peren- nials of easy culture, living for several years without care, and yielding tall spikes of showy ringent flowers. Plant 8x12 inches.
Digitalis purpurea (Purple Fox Glove)!—4itee teenie) cp
Digitalis alba (White Fox Glove). 4 feet : Digitalis monstrosa var. (Tall Fox Glove).—4 feet.......
pera e ee maculata (Spotted Fox ove).—3 feet
Eschscholtzia is one of the most beautiful and showy of garden flowers. When grown in masses, scarcely any plant produces a greater degree of splendor. Easily raised from seed. Sown in Autumn the growth is of in- ereased vigor. Plant 8x8 inches.
Eschscholtzia Californica(Cali- fornia Poppy).—Yellow. 1 foot .
Eschscholtzia alba. —White. I foot
Eschscholtzia crocea.—Orange. 1 foot
Eschscholtzia crocea striata.— Striped. 1 foot Eschscholtzia.— Mixed, various colors. 1 foot
Eschscholtzia crocea, fl. pl.— Double flowered. 1 foot. ...
Fuchsia (Lady’s Eardrop).— The Fuchsia is a well-known and favorite flower, of easy cul- ture. Tender perennial, requir- ing shade and moisture. 2 feet
GAILLARDIA.—The Gail- lardias are half-hardy, free- flowering annuals. The flowers are a very showy combination of orange, crim- son and purple, blended and streaked in many ways. Plant 8x10 inches
Gaillardia alba marginata.— Crimson and white. 1% feet ..
Gaillardia picta lorenziana.— Brishtcolors:se2ifect ws: Gaillardia picta.—Mixed. 2 feet Geranium pelargonium.— Half-hardy perennials.—2 feet. Sow in seed bed in Spring, keep moist and plant out in rich sandy loam. Cuttings may be easily started in pots if kept moist and shady. ‘Take up in
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Gillia.—Neat, unpretending an- nuals, long in bloom, easy cult- ure, fine for rockwork. Plant 3x5 inches.
Gillia capitata.—Blue ..... | Gillia tricolor.—Three colors. .
Gillia—Mixed.......... Gladiolus.—Half-hardy per- ennials; various colors and shades of colors. 3 feet. Plant
8x8 inches
|GLOXINIA HYBRIDA.— Various colors. The Gloxin- ias are tender perennials, suited to the conservatory or greenhouse. Their large bell-shaped flowers are of great beauty, shaded, spot- ted, and marked in the most attractive style. Bloom sec- ond year. 1 foot
‘RELIANTHUS (Sunflower). —The Sunflower is a well- | known old-fashioned favo- | rite, of late years wonder- fully improved. The varie- ties are all annuals. The | size and brilliancy of their flowers make them worthy of a place in every garden. Plant 20x30 inches. Helianthus giganteus (Rus- sian).—Golden. 8 feet...
Helianthus nanus.—Dwarf Gore ble, orange. 3 feet
Helianthus globosus.— Globe- flowered, yellow. 3 feet
Helianthus argophyllus (Texas Silver Leaf). Striped. 6 feet. .
Helianthus Californicus.—Gol- den. 6 feet
Heliotropium.—The Hielictrope is a sweet-scented tender peren- nial. Blue flowers. Grows freely in the garden or green- house. Fine for bouquets. 2 feet
Hibiscus is a very showy flower. Africanus is annual; the Mos- cheutos or Rose Mallow is perer- nial. Plant roxio inches,
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Hibiscus moscheutos. — White and rose. 3 feet Hollyhock.—See Althea.
Hyacinthus candicans.—White. Cape Hyacinth is a very hand- some, fragrant perennial, suit- able for the centre of a bed, or singly in lawn. 4 feet
IBERIS candytuft, a well- known favorite,is a hardy annual, very pretty in beds
| Or masses. Seed may be
| sown in the Fall for early flowering. Plant 3x8 inches.
Iberis amara (White Candytuft). Te fOOL Mee he: Mt ee ceo
Iberis coronaria (Rocket Candy- Eiht) White mexrtOOtmmnin. wails |.
Iberis carminea (Carmine Can- dytuft).—1 foot
Price per Packet, Cts. |
DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS (Carna- tion Pink).
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easily raised from seed or increased by cuttings Fine bedding plants. The flowers are of brilliant change- ablecolors. 2 feet .
LATHYRUS
ODORATUS (Sweet Peas).— The Sweet Pea and the Nastur- tium each sepa- rately improved by the mixing or hybridization of distinct colors and qualities and the perpetuation of the new pro- duct or in some cases by the sei- zing of acciden- tal sprouts, now both take rank among the most valuable garden plants, not sur- passed in bril- liant effect by any biennials, while they both are within the easy culture of any one of the least gar- dening experience.
The Sweet Pea, as respects size, texture, diversity of colors, exquisite shades, phenomenal production of blooms, and exquisite per- fume, has, in the last few years, jumped to the first
under conditions of rain or moisture.
In planting the seed it should be put into the soil in very early Spring, to se- cure an early development, as early, if not earlier, than the planting of garden peas. If sown in rows, the trenches to receive the seeds
A FIELD OF SWEET PEAS FOR SEED PURPOSES, BLOOMSDALE FARM.
LANDRETHS’ SWEET PEAS.—Twenty-five Varie- ties. _
The sorts arranged in order of Colors, commencing with White to Canary, Rose to Red, Purple to Blue. All Named Sorts at 50 cents per pound; 5c. and 10c. per packet.
SPRAY OF SWEET PEAS: should be marked out four inches deep and half filled with manure and the seeds
Os, ‘ placed half-inch apart, and
ol covered at first with only two
y inches of earth,the full cover-
Oe oF ing being attained gradually.
The object of deep seeding
is that the roots may be well
down to resist drought.
: Planted in single rows, one
B® amene tne rswecvesivot ounce of Sweet Peas will climbing plants. So produc- seed twenty feet, but for
Price per tive is it that single plants effective purposes,one ounce
Fackel, Cts.| have been known to have should be allowed to every
Sdorute cee LOOONsprays) of ten feet, or even less. Aes 5 Wo praise can be too high bE Cees) ae ee Ibe ri 8 for ine Sweet Pea. Itis ae that itis absolutely eho BS DIANTHUS BARBATUS purpurea, fashionable flower conse- Bary tol vrai Sweet Eee (Sweet William). —Purple. : climb on Trellises or other WOE ge 4 | Glee pon TSCA develous supports. While they are Iberis, var. noel EE, WORN BeNie hE runners and can be trained —Mixed col- from deepest purple to pure 5 - ors. 1 foot. 5) white and in perfume, fra- aE mesa we) produce Ice Plant. . : equally good effects by sow- —See Mesem- erent va pine eee ing them in rows four feet bryanthe- It is in place everywhere, apart. They can also be ee F in bouquets, in vases, as sown in masses in beds of ae eerie masses on the lawn, as rib- any design. en nials, na- bons along paths, or trained Steet Peas can bemeonn tives of the as screens in the form of inthe Gulf States Gn Dee SOM SEL, hedges, or clambering on es beautiful. frallige dtd Chia heen tT cember, January and Feb- Ipomopsis au- at ee gauy ruary and a profusion of aa Bee —Gold- é NAKA blooms can be had before the I cay fe ce It is the most useful and extreme heat of summer. Ma eee nc : Sa f e 5 ornamental of all hardy an- In the North sow in the Lantana hybrida.—Various | nuals, growing best in a cool spring amonth earlier than shades. Tender perennials; soil and most luxuriantly Garden Peas.
LANDRETHS’
PRICE- LIST
OF FLOWER SEEDS.
SWEET PEAS.
WHITE CLASS.
Mrs. Sankey.—Pure white. Flowers large. Similar to Queen of England, but larger flower. Black seed.
Emily Henderson.—Pure white. Earliest to flower. Compact vine.
Similar to Mrs. Sankey. White seed. Primrose.—Light yellow; rare
shade. Similar to Mrs, Eckford. Light seed.
Mrs. Eckford.—Light canary; nearly yellow. Similar to Prim- rose. Black seed.
ROSY CLASS.
Fairy Queen.—White penciled with pink. Black seed.
Lady Beaconsfield.—Yellowish white with rosy wings. Vigorous vine. Choice sort. Black seed.
Lottie Eekford.— White shaded with pink and indigo. Similar to Captain Clark. Black seed.
Mrs. Gladstone.—Pale rose and buff. Fine, large flower. Black seed.
Blushing Beauty.—A heliotrope
pink suffised with lilac. Fine sort, not excelled. Similar to Mrs. Gladstone. Black seed.
Venus.—Rose with a buff and de- cided sulphur tint. Excellent sort. Late to flower. Similar to Isaac Eckford. Black seed.
Gaiety.—Magenta and white striped. Very desirable. Carna- tion striped like Queen of the Isles. Black seed.
Queen of the Isles. —Carnation flowered. White and red stripe. Black seed.
Apple Blossom.—Bright, rosy, pink and white. Very choice. Similar to American Bell. Black seed.
Improved Painted Lady.— Rosy crimson and white. An excellent sort. Short vine. Black seed.
SCARLET CLASS.
Ghady Penzance.--Bright rose and pink. Very fine. Large flower. Similar to but more scarlet than Orange Prince. Brown seed.
Her Majesty.—Rich, deep scarlet rose. Very fine. One of the best. Black seed.
Splendor.—Crimson and magen- ta. Choice. Similar to Duchess of Edinburgh. Black seed.
Firefly.—Brightest of the Scar- lets. Fine solid color. Very simi- lar to Cardinal. Black seed.
PURPLE CLASS.
Princess of Wales.—Lavender
mauye, purple and carnation- striped. Fine sort. Similar to Senator. Black seed.
Boreatton.—Purple crimson, very dark velvety maroon. Distinct color. Similar to Stanley. Dark seed.
BLUE CLASS.
Countess of Radnor —Delicate lavender and reddish mauve. Very superior—a good stock. Similar to Princess May. Brown seed.
Emily Eckford.—Violet blue, best of that color. Large, bold flower. Round spotted seed.
Dorothy Tennett.—Showy, pur- ple-blue, fine variety. Lighter celored than the Emily Eckford.
Waverly.—Grand blue. Body royal blue. Blue crimson stand- ard.
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MIXED CLASS. Ist Selection.—All the above sorts mixed, per pound, 40 cents.
2d Selection.—An excellent mix- ture of good sorts, per pound, 35 cents.
Price per Packet, Cts.
Martinia fragrans.—Variegated. The fragrant Martinia is a beau- tiful annual, producing a profu- sion of large Gloxinia-like flow- ers, blotched and shaded. Sow seedin May. 2 feet
Marigold.—See Tagetes.
MATHIOLA.—Ten Weeks’ Stock or Gilly Flower, is a half-hardy annual, beautiful and fragrant. Sow under glass or on warm border early in Spring, and trans- plant torich ground. Plant 8x10 inches.
Mathiola annua alba.—White. 1 foot
Mathiola annua coccinea.— Scarlet. 1 foot
Mathiola annua purpurea.— Purple. 1 foot
Mathiola annua, var.—Mixed colors. 1 foot
Mathiola simplicaulis, var.— The Brompton stock isa biennial or perennial, beautiful colors and shades of colors. Grows more branching than the ten weeks’ stock. Sow in May, and when about twoinches high, pot singly to protect during Winter. 1 foot
Mesembryanthemum crystal- linum (Ice Plant).—White. Start in hot bed and transplant to border middle of Summer. High- ly ornamentaland curious. From its glittering surface is some- times called Diamond Plant. Plant 8x$inches. 1foot.... 5
Mignonette.—See Reseda.
MIMOSA SENSITIVA (Sensitive Plant).—Various colors. The sensitive plant, from its mysterious irrita- bility, is very curious and interesting. Of easy cul- ture. 1 foot. Plant 6x8 inches
Mimmulus cardinalis (Monkey Flower).—Scarlet. 1foot... .
Mimmulis moschatus (Musk Plant).—Yellow. 8inches... Annuals, though classed in the greenhouse as perennials. Succeed best in moist soil, partly shaded. MIRABILIS JALAPA.— Marvel of Peru, or Four o’Clock, is avery pretty an- nual of vigorous growth. The flowers are brilliant, singularly mixed and varied on the same plant. 2 feet. Plant 8x12 inches
Myosotis palustris.—Blue. The “Forget-me-not’’ is a modest, pretty little flower, a favorite with every one. Half-hardy per- ennial. 6 inches. Plant 5x5
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LANDBETHS’ NASTUR- TIUMS.—Eleven Varieties. Whether in country or town no flower garden, lawn or front yard should be without
SPRAY OF NASTURTIUM.
a bed or mass large snough to be strikingly effective, or a well-made ribbon of Nas- turtiums; for with the excep- tion of the Sweet Pea, of modern introduction, no half-hardy annual ap- proaches the Nasturtium in brilliant effect when shown in mass. No one, after giving space toa large bed of good varieties, will ever again be without this most gorgeous addition to the garden.
The new sorts of Nastur- tium should not be con- founded with the old-fash- ioned garden Nasturtium, for the new varieties are sur- passingly beautiful. The flowers, borne profusely, of a wide range of shade and combination—the foliage differing in all tones of green—designate the Nastur- tium as a first-class bedding plant, indispensable in every ornamental! plot of land. The Nasturtium does best when exposed to the full glare of the sun.
The Nasturtium will flour- ish on almost any soil,indeed often best on poor soil, as on rich land there is atendency to run too much to foliage. It will flourish under pro- longed drouth and continue to flower till killed by frost. The plant will be found proof against insect depre- dations ; its acrid juice seem- ing to prevent the attack of insects destroying other or- namental plants in the gar- den. The young shoots taste like water cress, which, bo- tanically, is the true Nastur- tium.
The tall varieties may be planted with good effect upon rock-work, against fences or trellises. There are no annual climbing plants more showy, and in addition they are strictly re- liable, for even on poor soil they will reach to a height often feet by Autumn. For purposes of effective display the seed must be sown in quantity, five to six ounces being required to furnish plants enough to cover a bed ten feet in diameter.
The seeds may be started un- der a glass, in an out- door bed or in per- manent po. } sitions; in 4 which case the plants should be planted about six in_ ches apart. A skillful gard- ener growing the
plants in a green-
house can multiply the plants to any extent by cuttings from the half-ripened wood which roots freely in sand. Tall and Dwarf Nasturtiums should never be planted in
the same bed. Packets 5c. and 10c. (For prices by the Ounce, see next
page.)
MaTHIOLA (Ten Weeks’ Stock).
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A SEED PATCH OF PHLOX DRUMMONDII AT BLOOMSDALE.
DWAREF NASTURTIUMS, 6 TO 12 INCHES.
Empress of India.—Foliage pur- ple blue, bearing brilliant deep scarlet flowers, a profuse bloomer of a most showy class. Per OWES 5 6 5 Ce au oEeZoweyeias
King of Tom Thumbs.—Quite distinct,leaves very dark, flowers rich crimson, a brilliant effective sort. Per ounce
Bronze Curled.—Flowers of a bronze metallic lustre, a very distinct color. Per ounce...
Cattell’s Crimson.—Showy va- riety, equal to any in startling effect. Per ounce
Pearl.— Flowers white, a rare color among Nasturtiums, pro- ducing a pleasing effect. Per OUNCE OE Os EEO EGE
Mixed Dwarf Sorts.—A mixture of the best Dwarf sorts, produc- ing when in bloom an agreeable effect, in colors of scarlet, crim- son, bronze goldand white. Per ounce
TALL NASTURTIUMS, 3 TO to FEET.
Pearl.—Delicate creamy-white flowers, contrasting finely with the orange, gold and scarlet of more brilliant varieties. Per OUNCE A 0h.) NONE.) (5) 90s
Spit Fire.—Remarkable in its in- tensity of startling brilliancy; ene of the finest sorts. Per OUpoKS: “Gelehe CIGNA oo 5 qlb alnlo
Dunnett’s Orange.—A very vig- orous grower, producing a showy deep orange flower. Per ounce
Tall Bright Rose.—Very choice sort, producing a rose-colored flower, quite distinct from usual colors. Per ounce
Mixed Tall Sorts.—A combina- tion of many ‘Tall varieties; colors, white, cardinal, orange, rose, scarlet. Per ounce .
VEGETABLE NASTURTIUM.
Common Yellow.—The green seeds used for pickling. Per OUDCEAR me pr Oel-r Gener
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Wemophila.—The Nemophila or Srove Love is a hardy annual, of dwarf habit, producing cheerful blue, violet and white flowers, suitable for edges of borders. 8 inches
Wigella damascena.—The Ni- gella, Love ina Mist, or Devil in the Bush, is a hardy annual. Flowers of various shades of dlue. Easy culture. 18inches,
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Peonia.—Hardy perennial, with bunches of tuberous roots. Sow seed in seed bed in Spring and plant out in the Fall, protecting with litter the first season. After that little care is required, ex- cept to keep ground clean and rich, 2ifeety.e.. ip ece) AeeeS
PAPAVER (Poppy).—The first four varieties of Pop- pies are annuals. The oth- ers, Bracteatum, Croceum, and Orientale, are peren- nialse Sow seed in the open ground in the Spring or Fall —better in the Fall, as the plant has more time to de- velop. Will not bear trans- planting. Most brilliant and showy flowers. Plant 5x5 inches.
Papaver carnation.—Various colors. 15 inches
Papaver pxony-flowered.— Various colors. 15 inches... .
Papaver ranunculus-flower- ed.—White. 15 inches
Papaver bracteatum.—Scarlet. 2 feet PEPPER CELESTIAL, var. —Chinese variety, highly or- namental, bearing abun- dance of fruit, from one to two inches long, green from the blossom, turning alter- nately to lemon, golden and scarlet. Annual. 2 feet. Plant12xl2 inches...... PEPPER (Red Cluster or very small Cayenne) —Scarlet. The fruit on the plant, as plentiful as foliage, produces a beautiful ef-
fect. Annual, 2 feet. Plant 1ox1o inches
PETUNIAS are annuals of extraordinary merit and of easy culture, producing a fine effect by reason of the beautiful combination of colors. In the greenhouse they may be classed as per- ennials. Cuttings from pot- ted plants may be struck at any time, No plant is of more universal application than the Petunia. In the garden, conservatory or greenhouse it produces most beautiful flowers in great
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profusion. Will grow freely in any soil, but the richer the soil the better effect produced. Plant 8x12 inches.
Petunia hybrida.—Mixed
colors, 2 feet. > - eee Petunia purpurea. — Purple. Zifeet) iv Oe .
Petunia (Belle Etoile).—New, white aud purple. 2feet. . .
Petunia grandiflora.—Large HowWereds) ZiteCe heen le ene
Petunia, fl. pl.—Double-flow- ering hybrid. Mixed. 2 feet .
PHLOX DRUMMONDII in allits varieties of colors and shades, comprising most elegant annual bor- der flowers, blooming from July to November.
Should have rich light soil. The seed may be sown in | hotbed in March, and the plants planted out in June, or, when ground becomes warm, may be sown where they are to stand. Plant 4x6 inches.
Phlox Drummondii. — Various colors 1 foot
Phlox Drummondii cocci- nea.—Scarlet. 1 foot
Phlox Drummondii alba.— White
Phlox Drummondii atropur- purea striata.—Dark striped
| Phlox Drummondii delicata. —Rose, with white centre...
| Phlox Drummondii oenlata.— White-eyed Seayhs
Phlox Drummondii nanacom- pacta.—Dwarf, mixed PHLOX SUPERBA, or de- cussata.—Perennial Phlox, blooms from May to Novem- ber, producing a great va- riety of beautiful flowers. Perfectly hardy, requiring little or no protection du- ring the Winter. Seed sown in the Fall will produce fine plants the following year. Mixed colors. 3 feet. Plant LOxl2 inches.) s) sacs
PORTULACA, though one of | the most common, is one of the most showy and beauti- ful of border flowers. The seed germinates freely and flourishes in almost any sit- uation. Does not grow over 6 inches high. Any one can grow itinany garden. Plant 8x8 inches.
Portulaca alba.—White Portulaca aurantiaca.—Orange
Portulaca aurea striata.—Gold striped
Portulaca splendens.—Mixed colors
| | Portulaca Thellusonii.—Scarlet
Portulaca, fl. pl.—Double flow- ering, mixed colors
Price per Packet, Cts.
LANDRETHS’ PRICE-LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS.
PHLOX DRUMMONDIL
LANDRETHS’ PRICE-LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS.
Price per Packet, Cts.
Primula auricula, var.—Half- hardy perennial, produces beau- tiful flowers of various colors and shades. Sow seed in box early in Spring or outdoors in Au- tumn; protect well during Win- ter. Rich soil. 6inches. Plant exo) THINS 5 Oop 6 oO Oe Oo
Primula polyanthus,var.—Har- dy perennials, flowers first sea- son Grows freely inrich, moist, partially shaded position. Start in boxes or pots, and plant out when ground becomes warm 6 INCHESHS ve Sete het emeroremten te tars
PRIMULA SINESIS (Chi- nese Primrose var.).—The Chinese Primrose is a beau- tiful tender perennial, culti- vated for greenhouse and conservatory decoration. The single varieties may be planted out of doors in Sum- mer. Flowers beautifully variegated, spotted and fringed. Sow seed in shal- low pans, with a pane of glass laid over the top to pre- vent evaporation or the ne- cessity of frequent watering. 6 inches
Primula veris (Cowslip).—The Primula veris, or English Cow- slip, hardy perennial, is a well- known favorite. Flowers mostly yellow and red. Propagated by seeds or division of roots. 6 inches. Plant5to6inches...
Pyrethrum aureum (Golden Feather).—Orange. 1foot...
Pyrethrum roseum.—Rose. 18 inches Hardy perennials, easy culture. Pyrethrum roseum is the Insect Powder plant. RESEDA (Mignonette), Wo annual is a more gen- eral favorite than the Mig- nonette. Its modest, sweet- scented flowers recommend it to every one. Of the easi- est culture, it adapts it- self to all situations. Finds a place in the greenhouse or conservatory, in a box or pot on the window in some narrow pent up alley,or in the open ground in Summer. Plant 4x6 inches Reseda amelioreta (Pyramidal
Mignonette)—Brown tinted. 10 inches
Reseda aurea (Golden Queen) — TOM CHESHE e &
Reseda machet Dwarf.—Large Ted AG)anchesiae mame ae aren aie
Reseda odorata (Sweet Mignon- ette)—Brown and Buff. roinches
Reseda Upright.—White 20in
RICINUS. The Ricinus, or Castor Bean, in allits varie- ties, has a very showy tropi- cal appearance, singly or in groups. Plant 20x20 inches,
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SALVIA.—Half-hardy peren- nials Sow seed in hotbed or box in house, and plant out when ground is warm Must be taken up in the Fall Plant 8x8 inches
Salvia argentia.—White. 3 feet
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Salvia coccinea splendens (Scarlet Sage)—2 feet
Salvia patens.—Blue,
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Salvia splendens.—Bright scarlet 20
SCABIOSA.— A well-known annual. HBasy culture, blooms all the season. The varieties are all beautiful and presents a pieasing ap- pearance in garden clus- ters, or bouguets. Plant 6x6 inches.
SCABIOSA ATROPURPU- REA.—Purple. 2feet....
SCABIOSA COCCINEA.— Scarlet. 1 foot 6 inches. . SCABIOSA STELLILATA.— Starry. 2 feet
SCABIOSA, var.—_Mixed. 2 feet .
Schizanthus.—Mixed. The Schi- zanthus, in all its varieties, is a very pretty annual, blooming freely till late, but attaining its highest perfection when grown in pots in the greenhouse. 2 feet. 6xio inches
Sensitive Plant.—See Mimosa .
| Snap Dragon.—See Antirrhinum
Solanum.—The Ornamental Egg Plant, white and scarlet, is an annual, presenting a very pleas- ing effect. 20 inches
Sweet William.—See Dianthus
TAGETAS, MARIGOLDS are showy annuals of easy culture. The flowers of the African variety in its per- fection are equal to the double dahlia. The French, as double as a Ranunculus in appearance and texture, not unlike the richest velvet. Signata pumila is of com- pact globulous growth; the flowers yellow and orange, cover the entire outer sur- face of the plant. Foliage as fine as Cypress Vine. Plant 10x12 inches.
Tagetas erecta (African Mari-
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Tagetas patula (Tall French Marigold).—Dark brown. 2 feet
Tagetas patula nana (Dwarf ero Marigold).—Dark brown. LEONE! 6) a ¢ G30 B.,O.G.0 toe) ©
Tagetas Seas pumila,—Yel- low striped. 15 inches
PERIWINKLES are peren- nial evergreen plants. Used for vases, covering graves in cemeteries, or bare shady places where grass will not grow. Bear very effective white and rosy flowers. Sow seed in hotbed or greenhouse early in Spring; plant out when ground is warm. Proof against dry weather.
Vinea alba (Periwinkle).—White
Vinea rosea (Periwinkle).—Rose
VIOLA (Pansy).
Viola tricolor, popularly
known by the names Pansy, Heart’s-ease, and Johnny
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Price per Packet, Cts.
Jump-up,is a half-hardy perennial, a favorite with every one. Flowers of every conceivable combination of beautiful colors and also separate and distinctly marked. Sow out of doors in the Fall; under glass dur- ing Winter or very early in the Spring. Transplant to the richest soil. Plant 6x8 inches.
Viola alba.—White
Viola coerulea,—Blue
Viola.—Large yellow
Viola tricolor imperialis.— Blotched
Viola tricolor, vare—Mixed
Viola tricolor odorata (Sweet Violet)
Viola Faust (King of the Blacks) WHITLA VI A— Hardy annuals. Bell-shaped flow- ers, from June to October. Requires light, sandy loam. Plant 6x8 inches
Whitlavia gloxinoides.— White and blue. 1 foot
Wigandia caracasana.—4 feet . Wigandia vigieri.— 4 feet Half-hardy perennials; beau- tiful foliage.
ZINNIA is an annual of ro- bust habit, blooming from July to October. Its beauti- ful double Dahlia-like flow- ers adapt it to any situation in any garden, large or
small. As a display flower
it is unsurpassed. Plant
10x16 inches. Zinnia.—Double, white, scarlet,
purple and orange—separate col- OVS sPUZCe LIers ely MNe. ota
Zinnia, mixed.—A1l1 colors. 2 COGRCUGT yeaepicly i aie eb ere
Zinnia, Dwarf Double.—Mixed. 1% feet
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Vines and Climbers.
Ampelopsis veitehi (Japan Ivy). —Hardy perennial; clings to stone or brick. Rapid climber after once started, covering a large space in a short period. Green in Summer, scarlet in Autumn. 50 feet
Aristolochia sipho (Dutchman’s Pipe). — Yellow and purple. Hardy perennial, rapid grower, large leaves. Requires plenty of Wwater@ezo tect een mei) meine
Cardiospermum (Balloon Vine). —White. Is an annual of rapid growth from seed sown in Spring. Height to feet. Plant 20x20 WAV NESE yd ohio a mono owee Bend
Clematis.— The Clematis are hardy perennials, of rapid growth, on trellis or netting. The Clematis flamula is the old variety Virgin’s Bower, or Trav- eler’s Joy. Fine foliage and clusters of small white fragrant flowers. The other varieties are large-flowered and very showy.
Clematis coccinea.—Scarlet. 12 FES Cys eee Ret wae ie eae Clematis flamula (Virgin’s Bow- er) —Wihitel “raiteet eae | Clematis Jackmanii.—Blue and white. 12 feet 7
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RESEDA (Mignonette).
TAGETAS (Marigold),
LANDRETHS’ PRICE-LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS.
Price per Packet, Cts.
Mixed. The Convolvulus major, or Morning Glory, is an annual of rapid growth; large flowers of many colors and shades; suitable for porches or arbors. 12 feet. IPOMEA.—The Ipomeas are amongst the most beautiful of annual running vines. Easy culture, tree growth.
Ipomea bono nox (Evening Glory, Good Night)._Tender annual. 15 feet
Ipomea coccinea (Star Ipomea, or Scarlet Morning Glory). —12 feet
Ipomea grandiflora (Large Pur- ple Morning Glory).—12 feet . .
Tpomea noctiflora (Moon Flow- er) — White. zo/feet. 2.7. 7 -
Ipomea quamoclit (Crimson Cy- press Vine).—10 feet
Ipomea quamoclit alba (White Cypress Vine).—1o feet
Ipomea umbellata.—Yellow. 10 feet
LATHYRUS LATIFO.- GLIUS (Everlasting Peas). —Pink and white. 10 feetin height. t5 00s" eee eee
Maurandia barclayana.—A ten- der perennial, flowering profuse-
ly in the Fall. Succeeds best in greenhouse. 10 feet
MOMORDICAS are beauti- ful, half-hardy annuals, pro- ducing fleshy ovate fruit; golden and scarlet when ripe. The fruit when ripe, preserved in spirits, is used to cure flesh wounds, Plant 10x10 inches.
Momordica balsamina (Balsam Apple). — Yellow. 10 feet in height
Momordica charantea (Balsam Pear).—Yellow. 1o feet in height
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (Smilax).—White. Smilax Vine isa greenhouse perennial, largely used by florists to decorate, make bouquets, wreaths, ete. Plant seeds in a warm part of green- house, in a loamy leafy soil. 10 feet
| Passiflora, — Purple, violet and
| white. The Passion Flower isa half-hardy perennial,in favorable situations grows vigorously, and roduces a profusion of beautiful owers. 20 feet
Thunbergia.—Handsome climb- ing greenhouse perennials, but will succeed in open ground as annuals if planted in a warm sunny border, peat and loamy soil. Start seed in pots. Plant 6x8 inches.
Thunobergia alata.—Buff. 5 feet Thunbergia alba.—White. 5 feet Thunbergia aurantiaca.—
TRAILING PLANTS.
Suitable for Vases, Hanging | Also for Bedding. |
Baskets, ete.
Convolvulus Mauritanicus.— Tricolored. 2 feet. Plant 6xto inches! “7... seer chs Tee
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Convolvulus minor. —Rose, purple and white. Hardy annual, handsome flowers, suitable for vases, hanging baskets and small borders. Single plants at intervals on a lawn have a pretty effect, 1 foot. Plant 6x10 inches
Linaria cymbalaria (Kenilworth Ivy): lilach ail, Os). a aes Lobelia erinus speciosa.—Blue Lobelia gracilis.—Light blue. . Tender annuals, rich colors.
Nolana prostrata (Trailing No- lana).—Blue and violet. Hand- some annual, stems branchin and covered with bell-shape flowers. Sow seed early in Spring. Plant 8xroinches .. .
Sanvitalia procumbens.— An- nual. Forms a mat of deep green foliage, covered with a profusion of golden flowers. Plant toxtoinches .......
VERBENWA.-— The Verbenas are half-hardy perennials. No flower garden is com- plete without Verbena. Mostly upright, but when prostrate taking root freely where stems come in con- tact with the ground. The flowers ale continuous, brilliant and of all colors. Plant 10x10 inches.
Verbena auricula-flowered. — Whiteleyel Sat eee
Verbena candidissima.—White
Verbena ccerulea.—Blue... .
Verbena coccinea occulata,— Scarlet eye
Verbena hybrida.—Extra select. Mixed
Verbena hybrida —Mixed. . . Verbena striata.—Italian striped
Everfasting Flowers.
Acroclinium.—Mixed, white and tose. 1 foot
Acroclinium.— Mixed, double flowered. 1 foot
Half-hardy annuals of free growth. Ammobium grandiflora. — White. Hardy annual. Its sil- very white petals and yellow stamens present a pleasing con- trast. Height 18 inches. Plant 8xrojinches: 5.) eee GOMPHRENA, Globe Ama- ranthus, Bachelor’s Button, well-known annuals of easy culture. To preserve for Winter decoration the flow- ers should be fully matured before being gathered. Plant 8x10 inches. Gomphrena globosa alba.—
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Helichrysums are annuals, and the most showy and at- tractiv? of all the everlast- ings, Scarcely excelled as agarden ornament ora Win-
Price per Packet, Cts.
ter decoration. Require rich soil. Plant 6x8 inches.
Helichrysum album.—Pure white. 20inches
Helichrysum compositum au- rea.-—Large golden
Helichrysum nanum.—Dwarf, double, mixed
Helichrysum, var.—Single, immixed' 2. :
Helipterum Sanfordii—Golden. Annual. Produces flowers in clusters. Used for Winter bou- quets. 1 foot
RHODANTHE.—Tender an- nuals, requiring care. Sow seed in hotbed early in Spring, and donot plant out till all danger of frost is past. Bloom is like the dwarf semi-double Sunfiow- er. Plant 8x10 inches.
Rhodanthe atrosanguinea.— Purple and violet. 1 foot... .
Rhodanthe, var.—Mixed. 1 foot.
XERANTHEMUM.—Hardy annuals, bearing flowers in profusion. Much prized for Winter bouquets. Height, 2 feet. Plant 8x8 inches.
Xeranthemum album.—White. 1 foot
Xeranthemum purpurea— Purple. 1 foot
Xeranthemum superbis- simum
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ané Fruited Vines.
Abobra viridiflora.—Tuberous- rooted perennial, bearing small scarlet fruit, presenting quite a showy appearance. 6feet .. .
Bryonopsis erithrocarpa.— Tender annual with green fruit, changing to scarlet and white. Pretty foliage. 8 feet
Coccinea indica.—White. Half- hardy perennial vine, with bell- shaped flowers, succeeded by ob- long red fruit, with white stripes, very pretty. 10 feet
Cucumis flexiosis (Snake Cu-
eumpex) = (8 feels a eases Cucumis perennia (Cucumber Webel) PS I ee ee
Rapid growing annuals, very
pretty. GOURDS.—
The Gourds are annuals, rapid growers, from 10 to 20 feet high, valuable for cov- ering screens or arbors; should have moist, rich, loamy soil to attain perfec- tion. The Bottle and Dip- per Gourds are useful when dry for domestic purposes. The gauze-like covering of the /ufa, Dish Cloth or Bon- net Gourd, is very strong and can be utilized for many purposes.
Narre Bottle. x >" Saas Small Bottle Dipper Gourd Hercules’ Club Dish Cloth or Bonnet Gourd . . Mock Orange, striped
Egg Gourd ..... Sugar Trough Mixed Gourds, small . . Mixed Gourds, large
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS. 13
MONTHLY OPERATIONS.
Time Saving Notes.
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Rods jor Beams and Peas may be made ready, Manure collected, Com= post Heaps iormed, and, by the way, compost is beyond all comparison the best shape in which to apply fertilizers to most vegetable crops. Fruit Trees pruned ; Hedges clipped—those formed of evergreens not till after frost has disappeared. Asparagus-beds top-dressed preparatory to being dug when frost hasceased. WMotheds for early forcing may be made ready. Orders for Lanmdreths’ Seeds should be sent in early, otherwise mew varieties may be sold out.
SO UTHERN. Our calendar simply aims to remind the reader
e of what may be done if the surrounding cir- eumstances be favorable—thus, for instance, in our variable climate, seeds which it is indicated may be sown during the present month at Charleston, 8. C., and further South, it may be folly to commit to the earth by reason ef the cold, which must necessarily defer such work until a change of tem- perature ; or if it be done during the cessation of extreme cold, the return ef Winter weather, or an unseasonable frost, may in a single night destroy the labor of many days. ‘The enterprising man is not, however, to be deterred by fears, andif hisjudgment leads him to take the risk of chances, le may act upon some of the following suggestions, if he resides south of the latitude of Charleston.
Radishes sow sparsely from time to time. Asparagus-beds dress with compost and salt. This latter, though an active stimulant, may be safely given in heavy dressings to Asparagus, and has the further advan- tage of destroying weeds. Horse-radish cuttings. putout. Peas sow at intervals; some may be frosted, but try again. Read descriptions of ap-
roved varieties. Landreth’s Earliest Cabbage, All the Year
ound, and Select Early Jersey Wakefield may be sown for Spring and early Summer use ; also the Bloomsdale Early Market, a wonder- ful fine sort for early Summer use; the Reedland Early Drumhead and Flat Dutch Cabbage may now be sown to come in still later; also the Early Dwarf Flat Dutch Cabbage, a variety which stands the sun, and which we can highly commend as possessing every good quality—thus keeping up an uninterrupted succession; Cauliflower, planted in the Autumn, will begin to head, and may need slight protection at this season ; Turnips for early crops sow. Also Beets sow, also Carrots, Spinach, Parsley ; all of which to be repeated next month ; Onions hoe, also other hardy crops planted in Autumn as there directed; Lettuce Plants from Fall sowings, transplant ; Celery earth up as required; Mmdiwve, which should now be in full growth, tie up to blanch, in small quantities only, as needed; plant Garlic, Shallots, and Onion Sets; set out Pearl and Bermuda Sets; Spimach, and Rosette Kale should be sown. Sow seed of ‘'. T. Tomato. Do not delay sending in your order—the only address necessary is Landreth, Philadelphia, Penna.
FEBRUARY.
NOR THER Next month will bring its labors, and we can
. * now only prepare to forward them. It is pre- sumed all persons into whose hands this Catalogue is likely to fall are pro- vided with that cheap and simple means of enjoyment, a Hothbed, for forwarding tender vegetables. Toward the close of this month seeds of Cabbage, Cauliflower, Tomato, Egg Plant, and Pepper may be planted in Hotbed 3; watch them lest they suffer by frost, or, asit is not inirequently the case, from want of sufficient air as the weather becomes milder, when they will need also increased water.
We can only speak in general terms of the work which may be advan- tageously done now, preparatory to the active season which approaches, If tools and implements are likely to be needed, the thoughtful man pro- vides them in due season ; overhauls his stock of Seeds, and makes out a list of those which may be needed, to the end that they may be in hand before the time of sowing.
The only address necessary is Landreth, Philadelphia, Penna. SO UTHER The time for active labor is at hand; Peas e plant; for the earliest choose Landreths’
Extra Early, which is unquestionably the greates/ braver among the first early sorts, and is of fine flavor Among the best Peas following in success- ion are the Premium Gem, Advancer, Phonograph. Beans. Pink Eye Wax, plant. Cabbage and Cauliflower Seed and Pink Heart Collards sow. Remember, highiv enriched and well-tilied soil will alone produce good crops of the Cabbage tribe, which embraces the Turnip and Ruta-Baga. The Cabbage Plants from previous sowings trans- plant; and the Lettuce Plants; also, sow seed of the Virginia Solid Header. Sow Spinach, Celestial Radish, Carrots, Parsnips, Salsify and Beets; Asparagus-beds re-dress. ‘This delicious vegetable may be improved by the application of salt or refuse pickle, of which heavy dressings
Best Thing in the Book.
may be safely given. Squashes and Meloms plant. Don’t be deterred from fear of loss by change of temperature ; the gardener who counts every liability will be, in the main, behind his mere enterprising neighbor. Extra Early Adams and Minnesota Sugar Corn plant for the first crop, follow up with Crosby Sugar, Landreth Sugar, Karly Mam- moth and Evergreen, for succession. Plant Potatoes, Irish Cobbler is one of the best. Set ou: Gold Seal Onion Sets; drill Onion, Double Relected Danvers. Sow Tomatoes, Sun Rise, Bermuda and Money aker.
Mail your order for seeds to Landreth, Philadelphia, Penna.
MARCH.
NORTHERN. Asparagus sow; plant roots of the Colos= e sal. Beets, Eclipse, Landreths’ Forcing, Philadelphia Turnip, aud Early Blood Turnip, sow. Cabbage sow in a sheltered place. if not alreadyin hotbed ‘Test Landreths’ Kar- liest, Very Early Wakefield, Landreths’ Early Summer Flat Head, Early Market, KReedland Early Drumhead. Carrots, Extra Early Forcing, sow. Cauliflower—atteid to those under glass. Celery sow Cress sow. Compost prepare. Dumg prepare for later hotbeds. Howrse-radish plant. Hotbeds make; also force. Lettuce sow, transplant. Mushroom-beds atteid to. Mustard sow. Omnioms put out as sets—those known as Philadelphia Buttoms much the best: get Red Seal Sets. Parsnips sow—Bloomsdale is the best. Peas, Landreths’ Kxtra Early, Adwancer, Premium Gem, sow. Po= tatoes. Early, plant. Irish Cobbler, admirable in every respect. Radish, White Lady Finger, Summer White, sow. The Wonder= ful Half Lomg, an improvement on the old Lomg Scarlet, we recom- mend. Rhubarb sow; plant roots. Sage sow; plant. Tomato sow in hotbed. Sum Mise ripens first. T’.T. Tomato is best for succession. Turnip sow; but generally, be it observed, so far north as Philadelphia, these directions will apply better to April than to March.
SO UTHERN. Southward of Washington, Peas continue to « plant. Set out Red Seal Onion Sets. Beans, Landreths’ Scarlet, the best in existence. and Pink Eye Wax, plant. Cabbage Plants from Winter beds transplant, especially Landreths’ Earliest; also Jersey Wakefield. Remember, to have fine head Cab- bage and Lettuce, deep cultured and highly manured soil is required. Onions sow, our Extra Early Red. It is remarkably early Leeks sow. Turnips sow a few; they may succeed. Potatoes plant. Carrots and Parsnips sow, if enough were not sown last month. Mus= tard, Bloomsdale, and Landreths’ Earliest Cutting Lettuce, for small salad. sow at least once a fortnight. Parsley sow. Tomatoes sow in warm situation; those from the hotbed may be set out. Peppers sow close of this month. Water-Melons, Landreths’ Boss and Arkan= sas Traveler, sow; also Extra Early Cantaloupe, Acme, and Black Paris. Cucumbers, Firstand Choice, sow. Okra, Landreths’ Long Green Pod, sow, also Squash and Pumpkin. Beets and other root- crops sown last month will be advancing; they should be thinned and cultivated: Celery, Paris Golden, and Spinach sow. Asparagus- beds dress, if not already done. Strawherry-beds set out. French Artichokes, if slipped and dressed last month, should have attention.
APRIL. NOR THERN. The exact time at which certain seeds should * be sown must depend not only on location in
respect to latitude, but also on the nature of the soil; if it be heavy, a little delay will rather promote than retard our object—the common sense of each one must be used.
Asparagus sow, or plant roots, if not attended to last month. Wher- ever practicable. a bed of sufficient size should be made to permit an ample supply without cutting every feeble shoot which peeps above the surface ; indeed, where space and means admit, two beds should be maintained, and cut alternate seasons. For directions for making an Asparagus-hed see article upon Asparagus. Beans, lLandreths’ Scarlet, sow. First im Market is the earliest. Beets, Karly and Long, sow. Cabbage, Keed- land, Early Drumhead and Flat Dutch. sow freely, that there he enough for the fly and to plant out in July for Autumn use Carrots, Extra Early Forcing and Ox Heart sow. Celery sow, if not sown last month. Cresssow Cucumbers, Landreths’ Choice, Landreths’ First, sow in warm spot. Horse-radish plant if not done. Hotheds attend to. Leeksow. Lettuce sow in drills, also plant from beds of last Autumn’s sowing. Marjoram Sweet sow. Mustard. for Salnd, sow. Melons sow ; see our new varieties. Nasturtiums sow. Onions, But- toms for table use plant, try Red Seal Sets, and sow Bloomsdale-
HOT-BEDS. | For Description, see this Catalogue.
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VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS—BEST THING IN THE BOOK.
Monthly Operations.
Set Seeds, white, red, and yellow, thickly for sets. Parsley sow. Par- snips, Bloomsdale, Sugar, sow. Peas, Early and Late, for a succes- sion, sow. Potatoes plant; Irish Cobbler is a variety of very superior quality. Radish, Earliest White, Prussian, Golden Globe, White Summer and Lady Finger, sow for succession. Salsify sow. Sage sow or plant. Spimach, Bloomsdale, sow at short intervals. Thyme sow or plant. Tomato sow on border, to succeed those sown in hotbeds. SO UTHERN. Spring-sown Cabbage will now be fit to trans- ° plant; manure well, if you expect fine heads. The plants set out in February and March will require culture; deep dillage is demanded by the Cabbage tribe. About the middle or latter end of this month, sow Reedland Early, Late Mountain, Late Flat Dutch, Drumhead, Flat Dutch, and Drumhead Savoy Cabbage seed for plants to be set out in June. Cauliflower and Broccoli may be sown. Carrots, Parsnips, Beets, previously sown, are now advancing in growth, and should receive necessary care ; additional sowings of each of the roots may now be made. Bloomsdale Pearl Onioms set out in the Autumn, should be fit for use. Sow Leeks for Winter use. Turnips sown last month should be hoed and thinned. Draw up the earth to the Potato Vines. Sow Radishes, the White Summer and Golden Globe are the best for the season. Lettuce may be drilled where intended to head. Sow Celery, plant more Cucumbers, Melons, Squashes. Study our list of varieties. The fertilizer best adapted to these vines is compost prepared the past season, formed of decomposed manure, well-rotted sod, wood, earth, etc. It is sufficiently stimulating, will not be likely to burn the plants during dry weather, and the vines will bear better than when rampant from exciting applications. Okra, Long Green Pod, sow if notalreadyin. The vigilant gardener will keep his eye upon the weeds.
MAU.
During the past month the hardier vegetables
NORTHERN. have been sown, and by the middle of the
present one all will have been put in.
Beans, Bush, plant for succession ; Landreths’ Scarlet are the best. Lima, Carolina, Monstrous Podded, and other Pole Beams may now be planted. Beets, Lomg,sow. Cabbage, set out plants and sow seed for Autumn supply. Pepper plant. Carrot, Nantes, sow. Cauli- flower in frames, remove glasses. Celery weed and sow more. Crops which have failed when first sown, repeat sowings. Cucumber, Jersey Pickle, plant. Lettuce, Reliable, Largest of All, and Virginia Solid Header, sow in drills to stand, thin out to four inches. Melons plant; the best is Landreths’ Boss and Long rae cane Icing; among Citrons or Muskmelons the Extra Early is the first toripen. Par- snips thin out, if ready.
We have, in former issues of our CATALOGUES, recommended a Farmer’s Kitchen-Garden, where nearly all the preparation of the land may be done by horse-power, and thus most ample supplies of vegetables be obtained at all seasons, without hand-labor or occupation of time which may not
readily be spared from farm duties. SO UTHERN. Beans, Snap, Lima, and Carolina, plant ; e also the Southern Prolific, a pole variety of extraordinary worth—try it. The Saddleback is good. Cabbage sow for Winter. Lettuce, sow Landreths’ Cutting and Golden Curled. Radish, sow the Golden Globe and White Summer. Melons, Cucumbers, and Squashes may be putin, Corn, Landreths’ Sugar and Evergreen Sugar, plant for succession. Pepperand Tomato sow, for plants for later crops. Sweet Potato set out in suitable weather. Where water is of easy application it may answer to supply it : otherwise it hardly pays the costof labor. Undera burning sun, water should not be given directly ; itis better to apply it between rows of plants, they will thus supply themselves without the liability to scald.
At the risk of repeating an oft-told tale, we would remind our Southern friends that we of the North find no oxuélay of money or labor yield so rich veluyn, in comparison with the amount expended, as that devoted to the Kitchen-Garden.
JUNE.
NOR THERN. The labors of the gardener will mainly consist
* in the tillage of the growing crop. The rapid growth of weeds at this season will admonish him of the necessity of timely exertion.
The aid of appropriate tools in the culture of crops and the extermina- tion of weeds need not be commended. Good implements are indispensa- ble to success, and he who has provided them will not only have greater
pleasure in his labors, but the profit which attends the judicious application
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of both time and labor. In the small garden use the broad hoe freely, as it will save a vast amount of labor later on, and be of untold cultural value in moving soil and preserving moisture. The day cannot be too hot to hoe to advantage.
Asparagus-beds keep clean. Beans, Bush or Bunch, plant for suc- cession, and cultivate thosein growth. Beets,thinto fourinches. Broc- coli, plant out those sownin April. Cabbage also, especially the sorts which it is desired shall come into use in September and October, in ad- vance of the Winter varieties. Celery, plant out a portion for early use. Cucumbers, sow successive crops of Choice and Turkey. Corn, Landreths’ Sugar, plant for a succession. Endivesow. Leeks thin or transplant. Peas, a few may be planted as a succession. Sow Blooms-=~ dale Ruta-Baga Turnip.
Send your order for Turnip-Seed ; see our list of approved varieties. SO UTHERN. Plant Beans; transplant Cabbage, Cauli-
* flower and Broccoli; and seed may be sown as a succession for Autumn heading—but itis uncertain. Cucumbers, Melons, and Squashes may be planted. Sow Tomato fora succession, beginning with the Karly Jersey, Acme, and Perfection. The chief
labor in the garden had better be directed to what is already in growth; but few seeds sown in hot weather, in a Southern climate, repay the trouble.
Mail us your order for Turuip-Seeds; you will want them in July and August. Our Midsummer Catalogue will be ready July ist.
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This, like June, is the month of labor in the
NORTHERN. garden. eeds are in rapid growth, plants
are to be set out, and various matters require attention.
Beans, Landreths’ Scarlet plant for succession. Beets, the stock- feeding varieties, Long Blood, Sugar, Mangold-Wurzel, may be
lanted for stockas late as the firstof July. June is, however, much better. Beets, Early Blood-Red Turnip and Half Long for late Winter and Spring use, may be sown. Cabbage plant. The winter sorts of Cabbage should now be planted out ; where manyare to be transplanted, it is proper to await a suitable time—a heavy rain or showery weather ; but in a small garden Cabbages may be transplanted almost at any season by careful watering, and, if need be, shading. Celery plant. Emdivesow. Peas, a few may be sown; they seldom do well at this season. Turnips of all kinds sow. Don’t let the weeds obtain the mastery in the garden.
Send us your order at once, that you may be prepared to take advantage of favorable rains to sow the seed.
SO UTHERN. Under favorable conditions, plant Beans.
¢ Transplant Cabbage, Cauliflower and Broccoli. Transplant Leeks. Sow Nantes Carrots and Parsnips. Sow Endive for early crop. Afew Turnips may be sown. Transplant Celery for early supply, and prepare trenches for the maincrop. Spin-= ach may be sown towards the close of the month. The seed will not vege- tateif the ground be dry; watering is practiced by some ; the result scarcely repays the labor. Irish Potatoes plant. Cucumbers, Short Prolific and Jersey Pickle, plant for pickles. Our remarks on the Ruta-Baga apply with increased force in the South, where pasturage is less abundant than in acooler climate; besides, it is most wholesome food for man as well as beast. Usually, at this season, the extreme heat and prevailing drought render it difficult to get seed to vegetate. If failures occur, the only remedy isto try again under more favorable circumstances. Much depends on the quality of the seed sown. The stale, imported stuff not unfrequently sold only disappoints and annoys. Therefore, we repeat, purchase Ameri- can grown, and that only the product of reliable persons, obtained direct or through merchants who get their supplies from the dest source and ivre- spective of price. ‘That offered ‘‘ vemarkably cheap”’ is usually dear in the end.
Have you ordered your seeds for Autumn sowing?
AUGUST.
NOR THER The work of this month does not vary mate-
* rially from the month just closed. Cabbage, for Winter use, may head if planted atonce. Celery earth up; plant for future use. Emdiveplant. Beans, Bush or Snap, plant ; tender Snaps, gathered late in Autumn, may be preserved in brine (salt and water) for Winter use, and vary but little from those freshly gathered. Lettuce Forc- ing and Reliable, sow in drills tohead. Peassow. This vegetable isa delicacy in Autumn, and should more frequently appear at table, Land- reths’ Extra Early, sown latter end of this month and beginning of next, perfect before frost. Spinach, Bloomsdale, sow for Autumn use ; for Winter use sow next month. Radishes sow, the Celestial, the Golden
| Globe and Prussian Scarlet Tuarnip-rooted for Autumn use.
David
Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS—BEST THING IN THE BOOK. 15
Monthly Operations.
Ruta-Baga sow without delay, if not already done. Should the ground be dry, work thoroughly and sow in the dust; the seed may vegetate with the first shower. A mallee to compress the soil sometimes promotes vege- tation ; but there is this disadvantage—if heavy, dashing rain immediately ensues, the ground packs and the seed is lost. Large Early Red Top Globe, Southern Snow-White Globe and Amber Globe Turnips sow early in the month; also the Sweet German.
SO UTHERN. Cabbage Seed, Reedland Early Drum- e head, sow to head in November. We also commend for family use Landreths’ Earliest, Early Jersey Wake= field, Bloomsdale Early Market, Early Dwarf Flat Dutch. Broccoli and CauJiflower sow, and transplant from an earlier sowing. Sow Landreths’ White-Leaved Collards. QOnioms, plant sets for Autumn. Carrots sow. Squash sow. Ruta-Baga sow to make up deficiencies in July sowing. 'Turnips for table use sow at short intervals; Bloomsdale Swede is the longest keeper of all turnips. Potatoes plant for Winter use. Lettuce, Forcing, drill for heading. Radishes sow from time to time. Beets may be sown for the Winter supply. Sow Eg. Plant seed protected from hot sun. Seeds directed to be sown this mont it may, perhaps, be necessary to defer until the next by reason of heat and drought. Let the young gardener be not disheartened, ultimately success will attend persevering efforts. Azs first care 1s to provide reliable seeds.
SEPTEMBER. UN OU RGIDERED TN teerstr ces ccies atleiis ceason. Not only 4
the growing crops demand attention, but seeds are to be sown to provide the necessary plants for the ensuing Spring. Roots are to be divided and reset. Strawberry-beds planted. Cabbage, Landreths’ Earliest and Select Jersey Wakefield aud Reedland Karly Drumhead, sow, to plant out in the Autumn where the locality admits, or box up in cold frame to keep until planting-time in the Spring; the latter end of the month will be time enough to sow in the latitude of Philadelphia. Tur- nips, the Early Dutch and Red Topped, may be sown the first week in this month if failure has attended earlier efforts. In some sections the fly devours the early sowing. They are less voracious after the nights become cool and the dews heavy. Celery earth up. Corm Salad, sow for Winter salad. Lettuce, Virginia Solid Header, sow for Spring planting; the plants to be kept during the Winter in cold frames. Other good sorts for Autumn sowing are the Bloomsdale Reliable. White Cabbage, and Bloomsdale Early Summer. Spinach, Blooms- dale, sow early in month for Autumn use; later for Winter and Spring.
Turnips and Ruta-Baga cultivate. SO UTHER The work in the garden has commenced in * earnest. it is not too late to plant Beans. Transplant Cabbage sown last month; Bloomsdale Early Market, Early Dwarf Flat Dutch, Reedland Early Drumhead, also the Early Jersey Wakefield, may still besown. Towards the close of this and the fore part of next month sow Bloomsdale Flat Dutch, Late Moun- tain, and Drumhead Savoy Cabbage, to come in early in the Spring; and, to secure a good supply, sow liberally—the flies will have their share. Transplant Cauliflower and Broccoli. Sow more Turnips. Pota- toes planted last month will require culture. Omiom seed may be sown for a general cropif Philadelphia Buttons or sets to plant are not at hand. Carrots sown now will be fit to use in December. Spimach may be sown from time to time; Emdive also. Celery plants need tillaze. Lettuce may be sown; Golden Curled and Landreths’ Forcing are tare sorts. Sow Radishes frequently; don’t forget Winter Radishes, Celestial and Strasburg. Plant Bloomsdale Pearl] Onion Sets.
Let us advise the inexperienced gardener to exercise his own judgment in much that may demand his attention. Self-reliance is invaluable, and an occasional failure will be well repaid by the experience it may bring. One thing he will surely learn—that to succeed with any crop the first requisite is Good Seed. In vain will he sow and plant and water, if he be enticed to purchase seed of doubtful quality by the quotation of low prices. Usually, low prices for seed always raise a doubt. We do not sell cheap seeds.
OCTOBER. The labors of the gard varied, and h NOR THERN. who eelects aes sane Herdoda
loses time not to be regained—The Autumn is upon him. ‘The principal labors are the protection of the crops already grown, transplanting others, and setting out Treesand Shrubs. Asparagus-beds dress. Cabbage, plant out in sheltered location and on light land for next season’s use. Beets and Carrots store now or early next month. Lettuce plant out for
next Spring. Potatoes dig. Spinach sow at once, if not sown last month. Vacant ground trench. Bloomsdale Spinach and Ever Ready drill for use in Spring.
SO UTHERN Beams planted last month cultivate. Cab-
e bage transplant, also Cauliflower and Broccoli. Turnips hoe. Bloomsdale Pearl Onion Sets set out. This variety is indeed wonderful for early maturity, size and appearance. Orders for next year’s sets must be placed with us the preceding Autumn. Garlic and Eschalots plant. Spimach for Winter use sow. Celery earth up in dry weather, and transplant from seed bed for further supplies ; also Lettuce for Spring use. Radishes sow as required. Artichokes dress, preparatory for Winter. Asparagus-beds dress. Strawberries transplant. Peas, Landreths’ Extra Early, sow. Plant Onion Sets, Red and White Bermuda, also Pearl. Set out Onion Sets for Winter and Spring Scullions. Bloomsdale Kale sow for Winter use.
NOVEMBER. NOR THERN. The season for gardening is drawing to a e close ; indeed, itis limited to the preservation
of roots and hardier vegetables for Winter use, and such operations as may be preparatory to another season. Now is a good time to transplant Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, etc. On loamy and light land, we prefer decidedly Fall planting, but on heavy soil, or where the subsoil is clay, thus retaining the moisture near the surface, Spring may be a more favorable season; and it is also generally esteemed the best for evergreens. Asparagus-beds Winter dress. Beets dig and store. Cab- bages place in safe quarters. Carrots dig and store. Celery earth up finally. Drain vacant ground if needful. Horse=-radish dig and store for convenience. Omnioms in store examine. Parsmips and Salsify dig and pit for convenient access. From 1st to 20th of this month, according to locality, the Winter supply of Turnips should be pulled and pitted; read what is said on that point in our pamphlet on Root-Culture.
The garden work is ample enough to occupy
SO UTHERN. attention. Peassow; if they escape the frost
they will be ready for use in April. For sowing at this season, we recom- mend Tom Thumb and American Wonder; they seldom rise over twelve inches, are abundant bearers, and are, withal, quite early; also Little Gem, the three seeming to be admirably adapted to Autumn sowing in the South, where, on apprehended frost, protection may be given ; they are also equally well suited to early Spring planting, for the same reason, and if planted on ground manuted excessively high, will yield as much toa given quantity of land as any Pea known tous. Cabbage, if plants remain, set out. Onion Sets plant. Celery blanch. Salad sow on sheltered spots. Radishes sow; if frost kills them, it is only a little labor lost. Plenty of Landreths’ Seeds are to be had. Try again. Drill Bloomsdale Spinach and Ever Ready for Spring use, also Ko- sette Kale and Forcing Lettuce.
This is the month to get our catalogue and price-list for seeds for the next year.
DECEMBER. NORTHERN. (eae? totneds attend to. Radish and
Salad sow in frames. Trench and drain vacant ground. Transplanting trees may still be done.
The most important work in connection with the vegetable garden this month is to make out and mail to us your order for Landreths’ Seeds. Do
it without delay. SO UTHERN In the far South, Peas may be sown to suc- ° ceed those of November. See remarks under that head. Cabbage plants, sown in October, will be fit to put out. Sow Landreths’ Earliest, Select Jersey Wakefield, and Reedland Early Drumbhead to head in January and February. Sow Radishes and Lettuce. Look over the Spimach, thin it as you collect for daily use. Onion Sets may still be planted. Prepare ground for Carrots. Earth up Celery in dry weather. Tieup Emdive. Prune Fruit Trees, Vimes, ete. Transplant all hardy Trees.
December closes the year, and if by chance we have dropped a hint of value to those whose experience in country life has been less than ours, or induced a better method, or more regular system in the management of farm or garden, we shall be compensated.
One word in conclusion. Don’t forget to order Landreths’ Seeds early. Order them now, as you might overlook the subject. Make your order out from this Catalogue. We guarantee the safe arrival of seeds. See remarks to purchasers on second page of cover.
Secure Your Seeds
a month previous to Planting Season.
Get Landreths’ Only.
16 THE AMOUNT OF /SEED) TONSOW (1O DHEVACRE, 73 Ree ace vaMiny.
= These Prices are merely suggestive, and are for small quantities only—by the packet and ounce, postage paid, and by the quart, postage extra. A special price-list accompanies or is bound in each catalogue, and if misluid can be had upon application. Latest prices issued upon the first of each month. Send for a copy. For postage and package charges, see Hints to Purchasers, page % of cover.
This plant may be grown from A R IC H O ‘ seed sown when the cherry is
in bloom or from suckers taken
FRENCH. sou established plants. Ifthe q —Ar — A lcachofa—Urti seed be sown the plants may be 8 eee Mahe pare ee cach Oe aE iaeRe raised in bedsandtransplanted.
The seedlings or sets should be
Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. planted out in rows at four feet
apart, at eighteen inches to the row. Artichoke in a4 congenial climate will stand
for several years, but success with it in the United States cannot be expected north of the cotton belt. ,
LARGE GLOBE.—A French vegetable, the flower buds of which are eaten.
Packets 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 65c.
This should not be confounded
Jerusalem Tu bers with the French Artichoke, be-
e ing a plant of an entirely dis-
tinct character—A species of the
Helianthus tubevosus— sunflower, growing to a height Topinambour—Grdapfel—Namara. of six or wen feet | THATERIE
portions are the tubers, which are produced after the manner of potatoes. It is propagated alone by its tubers, which should be planted in rows of five feet, and one foot apart inthe row. It is perfectly hardy and very persistent when once given a place in garden or field. The tubers, dug like potatoes, are used domestically as a salad for pickling. On the farm they are used for feeding swine. Yield about 300- bushels. Per bushel $2.75. This plant succeeds best on sandy soil, though reclaimed AS PA RAG US marsh land, when freed from ° al is admirably adapted to tes - rs ee its culture ; the lighter the soil NSLUGE OS SO ay ers BPO EO the earlier the plants shoot in the Spring. Of whatever char- ENTRANCE TO BLOOMSDALE FARM. Hight Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. acter the ground may be, it Fifteen Pounds to the Acre. should be well cleared of trash or other incumbrances, and in a good state of cultivation. The land is prepared by opening deep trenches six or eight feet apart, by passing a two-horse plow twice to each furrow, throwing a furrow slice to the right and left, and finally cleaning and deepening the furrow by a third passage of the plow. The roots are planted in the bottom of the furrow, at eighteen inches apart, and covered by an inch of soil. Stable manure may be applied in the furrow before the roots are placed, or on top of the roots after they are covered. North of the latitude of Washington, Spring planting, when the Apple is in bloom, is considered to give the best results, but south of Washington, Fall planting has proven the best. We can ship Asparagus roots from October to March, to any point within tooo miles, but they must be planted as soon as received, as if exposed to the air are soon injured in vigor. If the rows be six feet apart, about 6000 plants are required to plant an acre; if at eight feet apart, 4oco plants are required to the acre One-year-old well-developed roots are better than old ones. When well planted and fertilized a cutting of stalks can be made about three times the second year after planting. Cutting should not be continued too late in the Spring or the roots will become exhausted if the shoots are not allowed to develop fully, for of course it must be understood the leaves are the lungs of the plants. After cutting has ceased the ground should be worked by plowing away from the rows and manuring alongside, after which the earth should be thrown back. Twenty bushels of salt to the acre, sown broadcast, may be used to advantage annually. The roots of Asparagus (though some penetrate six and eight feet in depth) are, many of them, inclined to run near the surface; the cultivator should accordingly, as far as possible, aim at flat culture. Early crops, like Peas, may be profitably grown between the rows of Asparagus for the first two or three years. Asparagus can be bleached and made especially tender by mulching or covering with six inches of fine cut hay, straw or leaves. A season’s cutting covers eight to ten weeks, and profitable cutting continues up to ten years from planting, after which time the beds are considered unprofitable by market gardeners. z From 800 to 1500 two-pound bunches of Asparagus can be cut to the acre, and a good field-hand can cut 150 bunches ina day. In the Philadelphia market Asparagus bunches are always made to weigh two pounds, and vary from ten to fifty stalks to the bunch, according to condition of culture A skillful workman can trim, wash, pack and tie about 300 bunches ina day. At the New York market green-pointed ‘‘ grass” is demanded ; the Philadelphia market calls for white-pointed. Both colors are found in the same field. The price obtained in the Philadelphia market by truckers from commission men is on an average ten cents per bunch, never lower than eight cents, though sometimes the price paid by commission men is forty to fifty cents. Asparagus is always in demand, such a thing asthe market being seriously glutted with it never occurs. The variety known as the Colossal is the best, producing shoots often one inch in diameter, and sometimes as many as filty to the plant. One pound of Asparagus seed will produce 2500 plants. The seed may be sown when the cherry is in bloom or among the A BUNCH OF earliest operations in the Spring, and 1s usually drilled in rows of ten inches. If the land be friable, fertile and well cultivated, ASPARAGUS. these seedlings can be set out the next Spring.
PALMETTO.—An early prolific, regularly developed type of Asparagus of the Southern seaboard. Pkts. 5¢ and Ioc.; per oz toc.
COLOSSAL.—The leading variety in the American markets. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. Ioc.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS,.—Palmetto.—Per 100, 60c.: per 1000, $4.00. Colossal.—Per 100, 60c.; per 1000, $4.00.
CATTRE. BEETS Or MANGOLD-WURZELS.
Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
A family of Beets bred toa large size for cattle feeding. The roots are easily injured by Autumn frosts, and therefore must be taken up in good v time and properly protected. When first harvested they are acrid and 4 : scour cattle, but after a few months become palatable and safe. The ap- proved types produce massive roots which, well elevated above the surface, are harvested with the greatest ease and produce double the weight of tur-
CATTLE BEETS OR MANGOLDS. nips to the acre, to which advantage may be added the high nutritive
1. Imperial Sugar. \ 5. Red Globe Mangold-Wurzel. value, the saccharine often being equal to six or seven per cent of the gross
2. Silesian Sugar. 6. Golden Tankard Mangold-Wurzel. weight. ‘The Mangold is a high feeder—potash and nitrogen are needed
3. Klein Wanzleben. 7. Yellow Globe Mangold-Wurzel. to force the plant into vigorous growth ; stable manure willdoit or kainit. 4. Mammoth Long Red Mangold-Wurzel. mixed with dried meat or fish. Drill when the cherry is in bloom.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans l6c. per quart; Corn, 15c. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and under, toc. and sc, flat packets,. Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
CATTLE BERTS—TABLE BEETS.
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CATTLE BEETS.— Continued.
YELLOW GLOBE.—Its tap root alone enters the earth to any depth, the bulb so nearly setting on the surface as to render harvest- ing simply a matter of lifting. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. Ioc.
RED GLOBE.—More delicate than the Long Mammoth varieties; more easily handled; SEVENTY tons to the acre are not uncommon in England. Fine cattle-feeding roots. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. Loc.
YELLOW OVAL.—A variation of the Yellow Globe; somewhat more productive; root oblong; skin golden; flesh white. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 1oc. .
GOLDEN TANKARD.—A rapidly-maturing root adapted to shal- low lands, though doing well on every soil. This form of cattle feeding Beet, by reason of its small root and top, can be cultivated in close rows and an enormous weight produced to the acre. The root has broad shoulders, smooth rich golden skin, solid sugary flesh, and golden footstalk. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. loc.
MAMMOTH LONG RED.—In England rIGHTY TONS have been grown tothe acre. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. roc.
NORBITON LONG GIANT.—A very choice and showy stock of Mammoth rong Red Mangold. Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per oz. loc.
TABLE BEETS.
Beta vulgaris—Betterave—Remolacha—Rothe oder Runtelrithe—Rddbede.
Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Under a system of horse cultivation drill in rows at two and a half feet apart and thin to one inch. If the culture is by hand the rows may be drawn eighteen inches apart. ‘The Seed may be drilled in the Spring, when the Apple isin bloom. Yield 300 to 500 bushels.
EXTRA BARLY ECLIPSE.—This variety is to a great extent super- seding the Egyptian. the bulbs are perfect globes, blood colored, and develop with astonishing rapidity. The foliage is longer and more vigorous than that of the Egyptian. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN TURNIP.—Maturing in an _in- credibly short time for a Beet, roots for table use developing in fifty days from germination. Bulbs half globular, or flattened at the poles ; roots very slim, skin smooth, leaves red and green, flesh quite dark. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
BASSANO, or EXTRA EARLY TURNIP.—This is, with the exception of the Egyptian and Eclipse, the earliest sort. It is the first in market of the large-rooted sorts; it is globular, sugary, and tender, and by the best judges is considered unexcelled in flavor and delicacy by any variety. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. loc.
LANDRETHS’ VERY EARLY (For Forcing) —We do not know of a better early Beet than this. It is nearly as early as the Egyptian and hardier. It is not so dark in flesh, but is more firm when boiled or pickled; the leaf-tops are remarkably short and compact, fitting the variety for forcing under glass or close planting on the border. A remarkably fine sort, and distinct from others. We recommend it most highly. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. Ioc.
Short leaved.
LENTZ TURNIP.—Very early and desirable. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
Pkts.
HOEING BEETS AT BLOOMSDALE.
IMPERIAL SUGAR.—Skin tons can be produced per acre. it, as experience has proven it, to be one of the most valuable roots for cattle feeding. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. roc.
TABLE BEETS.
PHILADELPHIA BARLY TURNIP.—This variety, which we so named and introduced, follows very closely after the Bassano; it is neither red nor white, but has alternate rings of lighter or darker pink, Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. roc.
BARLY BLOOD-RED TURNIP.—Root broad and flat like a Turnip, early in maturity and of unexcelled quality. It is the best Turnip-shaped Beet for family use, all things considered, and we recommend it to all gardeners. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
RED TURNIP (Dewing’s).—The New England form of Red Turnip Beet. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. roc.
IMPROVED BLOOD-RED TURNIP (Edmands).—A deep blood variety, slightly ovalin form. Pkts. 5c and toc.; per oz. toc.
HALF-LONG BLOOD-RED.—Very desirable. One of the best. A handsome, wedge-shaped root, growing well under ground; flesh very dark blood-red, skin smooth, habit much earlier in maturity than the old Long Blood and only half its length. Recommended highly to market gardeners as a succession to Turnip-shaped Beets. Valuable for Winter keeping or market supply, as it retains its solid, juicy character long into Spring. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. Ioc.
PHILADELPHIA PERFECTION .—tThis is similar to the Half- Long Blood-Red. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
LONG BLOOD-RED (very rich).—Resists drought better than any of the other varieties of Beets; color deep red, flesh very sweet. Grows entirely under ground. Ten to twelve tons can be grown to the acre. Waluable for cattle. Keeps well during Winter. Pkts. 5c. and 10C.; per Oz. 1oc.
SILESIAN SUGAR.—This form of Beet, of which sugar is made, is rapidly growing in favor in this country as a most valuable Winter food for stock of all descriptions. Fifteen to twenty tons can be grown to the acre under favorable conditions. Pkts. 5c. and 10c ; per oz. toc.
cream-color; flesh white; an average of fifteen Its high percentage of carbohydrates indicates
RED-TOP SUGAR.—A white-fleshed Sugar Beet with red crown; very early. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. loc.
KLEIN WANZLEBEN.-— This is the variety of Sugar Beet which the analyti- cal chemists of the German Beet Sugar Factories have united in recommending as possessing the highest sugar-producing qualities, which scientific in- vestigations have been fully sustained by the practical results of sugar making in the factories, as much as eighteen tons of sugar having been made from one hundred tons of roots of this variety.
Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per
Oz. Loc SWISS CHARD OR SILVER BEBEBT.—Greens for boiling are always acceptable. Spinach cannot always be had, and often is tough and stringy.
The Silver Beet, on the other hand, is in season from early Spring till Autumn frost, and is infinitely superior as a table vegetable to Spinach, Turnip-tops, or other greens. Beet. the entire leaf. it, and assure them that they will be fully satisfied. Ixts. 5c. and 10c.; per OZ. toc.
Its culture is precisely the same as for the ordinary table The midrib of the leaf may alone be used, or, when very young, We recommend every one who has a garden to plant
TO THE LADIES.—Landreths’ Selection of Seeds of Ornamental Flowers is as good as any, and the list is so arranged as to be easily
understood.
A selection under the designated family headings will give everything worth having in an ordinary garden.
18 BUSH OR DWARF BEANS.
THINNING OUT.
Next to errors of too deep o1 too shallow sowing of Seeds are the errors of thick seeding without corresponding thinning—a neglect of properly thinning out the plants after germination. It is far betterto thin out a row of Beets, Lettuce, Carrots or Parsnips, so as to obtain good specimens at proper distances, than miserable abortions crowded together at half an inch apart, as is so often seen in the gardens of the inexperi- enced. So clearly evident is the advantage of thinning out that we will not waste space dwelling upon it, other than to give the following table of suggestive distance to which vegetables in the private garden should be thinned : :
1 inch - Radishes. 2inches—Beans, Carrots, Peas, Salsify, Corn Salad. 3 inches—Leeks.
4 inches—Beets, Kale, Onions, Parsnips, Spinach, Turnips. 5 inches—Endive, Parsley. 6 inches—Lettuce, Okra.
BUSH OR JJWARF BEANS.
Phaseolus vulgavis—Haricots nains—Frrjoles—Krupz oder Brech-Bohnen—Busk-eller Brek-Bonner. Three Quarts of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. One and One-half Bushels to the Acre.
Sow when the Apple is in bloom, and repeat as frequently as necessary till | GOLDEN WAX.—Maturing for the table in about thirty-five days within fifty days of frost. In field culture sow in drills attwoand a | pon eee a flat pedded son but ied the best known half feet apart. In garden culture, when the cultivating is done by DENS YOMOEVIERE WOR VUE ASS, ts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. 3oc.
hand, the rows may be at eighteen inches. The seed should be sown DETROIT WAX.—Fine sort, foliage tinted yellow, vine strong, pods
in such quantity as under ordinary circumstances to warrant one Bean | short, flat, broad, light yellow wax. Pkts. sc. and 1oc.; per qt. 30c. vine to every four inches. If closer than this their production will be CRYSTAL WAX.—Color of pods very light green and semi-transparent, impaired. On strong soil they do best at a greater distance. Yield | round, curved, succulent, prolific, continuing long in edible condition. about 75 to 80 bushels. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. 35c. Florida and Mobile Beans reach Philadelphia about the first of July, and | LANDRETHS’ SADDLEBACK WAX.—A new golden-podded command from $5 to $7 per crate. Round-Podded varieties are most in | wax variety introduced for the first time in the Autumn of 1889. We ligncell elle Butlbvebitetlob Atrildeclinertautn ll named it saddleback by reason of the peculiar form of the pods, which demand. Beans generally B y P pm »3 | on the back are unusually broad, flat and indented with a decided to $5 per crate, and subsequently fall lower by reason of injury in | crease. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 35¢. transportation, WHITE WAX -—A desirable Snap-short. Pods broad, flat, yellow, LANDRETHY’ FIRST IN MARKET.—This is well named, being | semi-transparent when boiled, of delicate flavor, maturing for table the earliest Bean in existence, and therefore very profitable to the | thirty-seven days from germination. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. goc.
market gardener, and desirable to the private gardener as well. The pods are long, broad, green and very showy, reaching maturity in thirty | RHEFUGEHEH.—This Bean in some sections is known as the Brown Speckled
days from germination, and the habit of vine productive. May be used Valentine, in other districts as ‘‘1coo to 1,’ by reason of its prolific in three forms—the green pods when young and tender, the older pods | character, It matures green pods for table use in forty days from ger- shelled as flagelots, and the hard white dry bean as haricot blanc. | mination. Pods round, light green, waxy, tender and of fine flavor. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 35c. | Pkts. 5c. and itoc.; per qt. 25¢.
EXTRA BARLY RED VALENTINE.—Pods develop to an edible | WHITE CRANBERRY.—A field Bean, grown for commercial pur- condition in thirty-two days from germination. Color of pods, light poses and Winter use. Color white. Form nearly round. Pkts. 5c. and green and semi-transparent. Formof pods, round and slightly curved. | Ioc.; per qt. 25c.
Succulent, prolific, and quite free from strings, continuing longin edible | ' condition. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 25¢. | LANDRETHY’ SCARLET.—Seed large, kidney formed, pods golden wax. A-sort come to stay. Vine prong, foliage large, broad, hardy.
EARLY BROWN SIX WEEKS, OR MOHAWK.—Producing | This valuable GCG IEEREE Tete eit goe ed Bush Bean, in some par- edible pods thirty days after germination. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per | ticulars, might be compared with the Golden Wax, but produces much qt. 25c. | longer, broader and more mealy pods, is earlier (maturing for the table
| in thirty-five days from germination) and more productive, fifty to
LONG BARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS.—Pkts. se. and toc.; | sixty pods to the vine being quite general, and some vines far exceed- per qt. 25¢. ing that number. ‘The pods of this variety may also be said to be rust-
proof, so free are they from the spotting so common among other
CHINA RED EYE.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 25¢. varieties of golden-podded Beans. It is entirely distinct in origin from
the Golden Wax, and entirely different in color and form of the dry
EXTRA BARLY REFUGEE.—Vine more compact than the Im- seeds from all others, the seeds being of kidney form, and of a color proved or Common Refugee, and earlier by a week in maturity. Pods ranging from light to deep scarlet, some almost purple. We could so round, succulent, stringless, Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 25¢. select the color of the seeds as to breed them all light scarlet, but we
find from experience that such selection would be made at the expense
WHITE VALENTINE.—tThe pods are green, round, stringless, suc- of size of pod. The Landreths’ Scarlet is superior to the white- culent, curved in form, and of highest excellence both for market and seeded Dwarf Kidney Wax, which latter in color and form of edible family garden. Pods reach maturity thirty-five days after germina- pod somewhat resembles the Landreths’. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per gt. tion. TRy ir. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. 3oc. 35 cts.
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HORTICULTURAL DWARF.—A Bush Bean named after the re- | DWARF KIDNEY WAX.—Seed smaller than Landreths’ Scarlet, semblance of the pod in form and color to the pole variety of the same kidney formed, color white with dashes of light purple about a white name. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 30c. | eye. A valuable golden-wax podded variety. Pkts. 5c. and toc.;
per qt. 3oc,
BEST OF ALL.—Very productive, in showy pods, long half-round, ; ;
undulating green with occasional dashes of red. A profitable sort to | TRUE DWARF LIMA.—This is not a Small Carolina or Sewee as is
the market gardener. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 3oc. | another Bean advertised as Dwarf Lima, but a full sized Lima borne
| in full sized pods developed on plants of dwarf habit—an acquisition.
DWARF GERMAN WAX, BLACK SEED.—One of the oldest Pods of the usual size and form of the Pole Lima. Vine not overtwenty forms of the yellow wax or golden-podded varieties. Pods round, | inches high, Pkts. 15¢c.; per qt. 45c. meaty, curved and borne in branches, ready for the table in about forty Rete _ days {rom germination. Vine erect and dwarf, Pkts. 5c. and 10c; | DWARF CAROLINA.—Seed similar in shape to the Sewee. Some per qt. 3o0c. | Seedmen call this Dwarf Lima. Pkts, toc.; per qt. 35c.
Whe Way to get Seeds from Landreth is to write for what is wanted (see second page of cover of this Catalogue) or make outa list of wants and give it to your merchant with request that he order them from Landreth.
BUSH OR DWARF BEANS—BROCCOLI. 19
BUSH OR DWARF BEANS.— Continued.
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Relative development of 22 varieties of Bush Beans. All sown same day in parallel rows. All pulled the same day. The first ro in edible condition.
1. Landreths’ First in Market. 7. Extra Early Refugee. 13. Pink-Eve Wax. 18. Yosemite Wax.
2. Mohawk. 8. Dwarf Black Wax. 14. Detroit Wax. 1g. White Valentine.
3. China Red Eye. g. Improved Golden Wax. 15. Refugee Wax. 20. White Wax.
4. Long Yellow. 10, Best of All. 16. Landreths’ Scarlet. 21. Blackseed Saddleback. 5. Dwarf Horticultural. 11, Currie’s Rust-Proof. 17. Landreths’ Saddleback Wax. 22. Crystal Wax.
6. Extra Early Red Valentine. 12. Dwarf Kidney Wax.
ROYAL DWARF .—A kidney-shaped white Bean for Winter consump- | DWARF LIMA, HENDERSON’S.—This Bean, in three distinct tion in the dry state. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 25c. colors, was introduced by us four years before it was given the above i name. We called it Dwarf Carolina. It is very productive. Pkts. 5c.
NAVY.—A grocery Bean used in Winter for Baking Pkts. 5c. and toc.; | and ioc.; per qt. 35 cts. per qt. 25c. OCCO LI A plant much resembling Cauliflower, and like it derived from the wild Cabbage. Broccoli requires ° a longer season to develop than Cauliflower. It has more numerous and stiffer leaves, and the headsare smaller. The seed is best sown in Midsummer and Autumn, and the plants carried over One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Winter for cutting in the Spring.
WOTES ON COOKING.—No 28.—BorLEp.—Boil in salt water until tender, and refreshing thoroughly put in a saucepan with light butter-sauce No. 2, with salt, pepper andnutmeg Place upon fire for a few moments and serve hot with a little chopped parsley. Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts may be treated in the same manner.
LARGE EARLY WHITB.—Large white head. resembling Cauli- | PURPLE CAPE.—Head purple in color. Superseded by superior varie- flower. We offer an especially fine strain of Early White Broccoli, and ties. Pkts. 10c.; per oz. 5oc. strongly recommend its more general culture. Pkts. loc.; per oz. 50c.
Avoid [listakes. When making out your order for Garden Seeds do not be influenced by bulky catalogues, gaudy covers, impossible
: pictures, and extravagant descriptions. Common sense is said to be the best manure the gardener can use, and it commences in the selection of seed. Use your common sense and don’t be influenced by statements which won't bear the test of the garden.
Postage Extra. On Peasand Beans I6c. per quart; Corn, r5c. per quart; Small seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds, ounces, toc. and sc. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
20 POLE OR RUNNING BEANS—BRUSSELS SPROUTS—CAULIFLOWER.
POLE OR RUNNING BEANS.
Three Pints of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Plant when the Apple is in bloom; set poles four by four feet; tie up the tendrils as often as necessary. To prevent Bean poles from blowing down unite them by strong cord; or better, dispense with poles and use wire netting.
CREASEBACK OR FAT HORSE BEAN.—Earliest Pole Bean in cultivation, exceedingly productive and of fine quality. Packets 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 35c.
SOUTHERN PROLIFIC.—Matures in seventy days from germina- tion. Bearing till frost. Pods borne in clusters; round, solid fleshed, succulent. Pkts, 5c. and 1oc ; per qt. 3oc.
KENTUCKY WONDER.—A large, green-podded, early prolific sort. Tender, solid and stringless when very young. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per
qt. 35c.
MONSTROUS PODDED SOUTHERN PROLIFIC.—A large podded variety of the Southern Prolific—much earlier, not so continu- ous in bearing, quite desirable Known variously as Kentucky Won- der, and Old Homestead. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 4oc.
RED-SPECKLED, OVAL-SEEDED, CUT-SHORT CORN- FIELD.—This is a climbing green-podded Bean, used in the South for planting to Corn, and hence known in some localities as a Cornfield Bean, of which there are many varieties, this being one of the best. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 4oc.
Fifteen Quarts to the Acre.
WHITE DUTCH OR CASE KNIFEB.—Used either as a snap-short when very young, shelled as the Lima when more largely developed, or for soaking when dry. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 35c.
TALL GERMAN WAX, BLACK SEED.—A good snap-short. Pods flat, waxy, maturing in seventy-five days from germination. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. goc. ;
SCARLET RUNNER.—The leading table Pole Bean in English mar- kets. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 35¢.
HORTICULTURAIL.—A showy Bean maturing in eighty days. green, dashed with red. Pkts 5c. and roc ; per qt. 4oc.
GIANT WAX, RED SEED.—An acquisition among the pole Beans Pods long, clear waxy yellow, succulent, tender, fine flavor. Pkts. 10c.: per qt. 45¢.
CAROLINA OR SEWEE—A small variety of Lima, more easy of
vegetation, more vigorous in growth, earlier in season, more pro- lific in pod. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 35¢.
LARGE WHITE LIMA —Smaller seeded than the Jersey, not so strong in vine nor so large in pod. Otherwise excellent in quality. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt 4oc.
LARGE JERSEY LIMA.—Matures ninety days from germination. Yield about eighty bushels of green pods peracre. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 45c.
Pods
ENGLISH BEANS.
%n the South the Mazagan Bean can be planted in January, February, and March, and matures in seventy days from germination. green in the young pod the same as other green beans, and are esteemed by reason of their extreme earliness.
and treat the same as fov Dwarf Beans. Six inches.
EARLY MAZAGAWN LONG POD.—Matures in fifty days after ger- mination Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 30c.
They are eaten Sow thinly tn drills, 2 or 7 feet apart,
BROAD WINDSOR.—Matures in fifty days after germination. Pkts.
5c. and ioc ; per qt. 3oc.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
A variety of the Cabbage family. possessing the peculiarity of bearing upon its stem or stalk from fifty to one hundred buds resembling miniature Cabbage heads. The leaves composing these heads resemble Savoy Cabbage in their crumpled texture and also in their color.
The heads or buds, from one to twoinches in
diameter, form one of the most delicious garden vegetables, only equalled by
Chou de Bruxelles. One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Cauliflower. : and transplanted in July, generally do best, as the plantsare quite hardy and the buds mellow under frost.
Treat same as Cabbage. Autumn-grown Sprouts, drilled in May
Pkts. sc. and toc; per oz. 25c.
CAULIFLOWER.
Brassica oleracea botrytis—Chou Fleur—Coliflor—Blumentohl—Blemkool. One-half Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Chis delicious plant, like Broccoli and French Artichoke, is distinguished from other table vegetables by producing edible flower heads. By long years of selection and culture of some accidental natural variation of this plant of the Cabbage family discovered in the Middle Ages, the flowers of the Cauliflower have been, to a large extent, rendered abortive, and the flower stems multiplied, shortened and thickened till they have been bred to form a half globular compact crown or head which, when cooked, is tender as marrow, and the choicest of all escu- lent vegetables. Varying with climatic and soil conditions, the Seed is sown at all seasons. In hot beds at close of Winter, out of doors when the Apple is in bloom, again when the Oakisin full leaf, again at Mid- summer, and again during Winter under glass. The young plants are treated the same as Cabbage, and the larger plants require the same rich fertilization and culture—indeed more intense culture, as only those Cauliflowers are good which are grown quickly. We offer only seed of the highest quality. The early varieties are most likely to succeed in the hands of inexperienced growers. Sow the early sorts in seed-beds beginning of Autumn, keep them in a “cold frame,’ protected by sash from severe frost during the Winter, and transplant into deep and very rich ground as soon as frost ceases. Handglasses or boxes placed over them at night, when they are put out, are useful. It should be observed, however, that success is very uncertain in dry localities. In Pennsyl- vania the Cauliflower seldom heads well unless under glass, or in cold frames. But there is little difficulty in having fine Cauliflowers when planted in frames under glass, at close of Winter, so as toadvance them aheadof theearlySummerheat. ‘The late varieties mature in Autumn, and are sown at the same time. and managed similarly to Cabbage. They do best in localities where the atmosphere is damp and saline, as on the coast. We may add that Cauliflower can only be grown on rich, well-tilled, well-watered soil, and that it can hardly be overfed.
NOTES ON COOKING.—No. 58.—BorteD.—Wash, place in a vessel with cold water and boil, empty, refresh, and boilagain ; when nearly done drain and add a small quantity of milk and butter, and cook until tender. Serve hot with cream and butter sauce as described under Receipe No. 2.
No 59.—Avu GRATIN.—Boil as directed in No. 22. Place tablespoonful of butter in frying pan, when melted add teaspoonful of flour, mix thoroughly and add one-half pint of milk; stir continually until it boils, when add one-half teaspoonful of salt and four tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, Parmesan is best, pour this over the boiled Cauliflower, sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake ina moderate oven until light brown and serve hot.
No. 60.—BaKED.—After cooking as described in No. 22, place the Cauliflower ina baking dish, add salt, pepper, nutmeg, cream sauce, bread crumbs, and a little grated Swiss or Parmesan cheese and small pieces of butter. Place ina hot oven and bake until it has a brown color.
EARLY SNOW-BALL.—A variety of widest celebrity, by reason of itsreliable qualities of productiveness, color, flavor and keeping in condition. Early, good size, pure white, medium length of stalk. Leaves long and narrow. The variety of which most seed is sold. Pkt. 40c.; per oz. $3.25. No stock of seed under any name orat any price is better than the strain we offer
SELECT EARLY DWARF ERFURT.—For some years past one of thestandards. Of highest excellence, and for field culture not much surpassed by any typeof newer name. Some so-called new varieties appear to be identical with Select Erfurt. Pkt. goc.; per oz. $2.50,
EXTRA BARLY PARIS.—One of the earliest varieties in cultiva- tion. Very dwarf, large white compact heads, of finest quality. Highly recommended. Pkt. Ioc.; per oz. joc.
HALF EARLY PARIS —Astandard variety. Pkt. Ioc., per oz, 70c.
HALF EARLY FRENCH.—A favorite early market variety ; large, compact heads of fine quality. Atrusty variety. Pkt. toc.; peroz. 7oc.
IMPERIAL.—A new and very desirabie introduction, medium size. heads compact, pure white, and very showy when well cultivated. Pkt. 20c.; per 0Z. $1.50.
LENORMANDS.—A large late variety, with well-formed heads of superior quality. Pkt. 1oc.; per 02. 75¢.
ALGIERS.—An admirable sort. A favorite with market gardeners. TRY IT. Pkt. 10c.; per 0z. goc.
LARGE LATE DUTCH.—A standard late variety. Heads uniform in size, compact and of good quality. Pkt. 10c.; per ox. 7oc.
Early, dwarf, reliable.
oD. H., ALSOBROOKS, TEXAS.—‘ My father planted Landreths’ Seeds in 1830, and he and I have been planting them uninterruptedly ever since.’”
CABBAGE. 21
B GE The stock of this famous Cab- A FArMOUS W INTER CAB A . bage was originally obtained from the German and Swedish
market gardeners who had set-
BLOOMSDALE LATE FLAT DUTCH. | 82232 Pmsepnte once * dred and sixty-one years ago.
In spite of the much-advertised so-called ‘‘new”’ sorts, it has ever maintained its position in the front rank of the best late varieties. Considering the thousands of bushels we have sold inthe many years we have offered it, no higher praise can be given it when we say we have never had acomplaint of its true and hard heading qualities. It will give equally as good satisfaction when sold under the names of ‘Sure Header,”’ ‘‘ Matchless,’ or ‘‘ Prize Medal,”’ or *‘ Premium ’’—indeed, these are all synonymous terms with our Bloomsdale Late Flat Dutch? It is
folly to pay fancy prices for catch-penny titles when you can buy the old reliable, under the old fashioned name, ata moderate price. ‘‘Grown on our own farms.’’ Price, $2.00 per lb.
GREEN CROPS PLOWED UNDER FOR MANURE.
#4 Ff ANDRETHS’ FARM NOTES” says stable manure is king, but it cannot always be obtained in quantity, nor yet at the desired periods; fail- ing to obtain it for present use, we recommend chemical manures, which, used in seasons not too dry, may do equally well at less cost ; but if time permits, gveex manures will be found the cheapest. ; ! ; :
Four crops of green manure can be turued down in seventeen months, by seeding rye in October, corn in April,a second crop of corn in July, and rye againin October, tobe plowed under in April. This rotation willsurprise the experimenter, who will see his soil made fertile, friable, and in general vigor far beyond its previous condition, all due tothe valuable component parts of the vegetable matter plowed under, and to the absorption and retention of nitrogen by the soil consequent upon the extended covering of the surface. From the earliest agricultural records, green manuring has been practiced, and whole districts of country in Kurope, have been rendered fertile by such practice. A large district in Germany, oncea barren, is now most fertile, all due to the use of the lupine, which plant, however, does not offer such good results under the hot sun of the American climate
CABBAGE.
We have been engaged in growing Cabbage Seeds for One Hundred and Thirteen Years, or since 1784, and should know something about what we write.
Brassica oleracea capitata—Chou Pomme—Col repollo—SKvpftohl—Kaal. One Ounce of Seed to-100 Yards of Row.
There is not a month in the year nora day in the month when Cab- bage is not being sown in some of the gardening sections of the coun- try. It is therefore impossible to name periods forsowing. That must be determined by the practice of each section. In a general way, how- ever, it may be said that Cabbage seed should be sown in February for an early summer crop, and April or May for an Autumn crop, and in September and October for an early Spring crop. The seed is sown in rows of a foot apart, and after the plants reach a height of three or four inches they are pulled up and transplanted to permanent locations, oe - —— - where they are set in rows at three or four feet and at intervals of one- CUTTING CABBAGE SEED. and-a-half to two feet in the row E
The question is of frequent occurrence: Why cannot private families have head Cabbage as early as market gardeners? Simply because of imper- fect culture and insufficient manuring. To produce a successful crop of Cabbage the soil must naturally or artificially contain potash, phosphate, nitrogen. These are all found in good barnyard manure and in some commercial fertilizers. If these resources are not available, the potash can be had in kainit, the phosphoric acid in bone, or better, in superphosphate; the nitrogen in dried blood, meat or fish.
The market gardener feeds his Cabbage crop wiTHOUT STINT and with the rankest food, frequently plows in the manure in the Autumn, turns it up in the Spring and thoroughly incorporates it with the soil; plants early, cultivates deeply, not simply tickling the surface with the hand-hoe, but uses the plow and horse-hoe; that cannot always be done in small family gardens, but the spade can be used, and that is the next best thing. Useit freely. dig deeply, and the result will surprise those who have heretofore relied on the hoe alone.
Cabbages grown South for shipment in the Spring sometimes do not head uniformly, the result of checking by cold. The damage very fre- quently is not apparent till the heading season, when the crop appears to be a mixture of many sorts, some plants shooting to seed; fields of different ages and different soil producing varying results. We recom- mend that an entire crop should not be planted at once, but set out at intervals of xo days. Cabbages on heavy hammock land are more injured by cold than on lighter soil
Under good conditions and management about eighty per cent of the plants in a Cabbage field, should. on an average, produce market- | able heads, though sometimes ninety-five per cent have been marketed. ) Market gardeners in Philadelphia, on an average, realize a net profit of about one cent per head. The pickle houses pay about $8.00 per ton
delivered at their factories.
We especially call attention to our Fine First Early Sorts.
FIRST EARLY VARIETIES.
| LANDRETHS’ BARLIEST Ca BB A GE.—Heads formed like a
blunt Wakefield, but growing toa much larger size. We have reports
of this variety reaching thirteen pounds in weight, with an average
of seven pounds over the field. The color is emerald green, the
HOISTING CABBAGE SEED. leaves smooth on edge, broad and round at ends. Habit vigorous,
. S)43 short on stem, and proof against sun. The heads are ovoid and
hard—few outside leaves and short stem—thus admitting of such close culture as to be planted 12,000 tothe acre. This Cabbage will do well on soil so light that success with late varieties is not possible. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 35¢.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, I6c. per quart; Corn, 15c. per quart ; Smallseeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds, ounces, 1oc. and sc. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
22 CABBAGE.
CABBAGE-—ConrtTINUED.
THRESHING CABBAGE SEED AT BLOOMSDALE.
SHLECT VERY EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD.—tThe most widely cultivated of the early Cabbages, of great celebrity in the Philadelphia and every other Northern market. It is very early, short stemmed; head, cone shaped, broad at the bottom with blunt peak; leaves leathery, well folded over the top. A reliable header and most excellent in all good qualities. The strain we offer is unexcelled by any offered under other names, or ata higher price. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz, 25¢.
CHARLESTON LARGE WAKEFIELD.—A large selection of Early Jersey Wakefield. Pkts. 5c and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
LANDRETHS’ LARGE YORKE.—The hardiest variety we sell,and generally proof against insects, which, we
yk i om need not add, isan important quality. Pkts. sc. and toc.;
” sala) at), ae Be per OZ. 25¢.
ye oS a LANDRETHS’ BARLY SUMMER FLAT-HEAD.
odiday :* —@- This is the EARLIEST of the Summer sorts. Heads hard,and flat, stem short, few outside leaves, uniform in character, “Average weight four pounds, sometimes six,
Market gardeners praise it highly as just the thing wanted
to fillthe demand for a flat head. A variety which may
be planted close. UNQUESTIONABLY THE EARLIEST FLAT-
HEADED CABBAGE IN CULTIVATION. Only a day or two
behind the earliest Wakefield. No other flat or round
head approaches it nearer than a weck, as this follows immediately after the Select Early Jersey Wakefield—a large percentage of heads ripen with the Wakefield.
This is a great acquisition, as every market gardener will
immediately recognize. This is not the Early Summer
of other catalogues. Ask for Landreths’. Pkts. 5c. and 10C.; per OZ. 25¢.
LOUISVILLE BARLY DRUMHEAD,—A short stem, Early Drumhead, possessing every superior quality. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per OZ. 20c.
REEDLAND EARLY DRUMUHEAD.—To any one wanting an Early Flat-headed Cabbage of relia- bility, be he a market gardener, private gardener
Ls or an amateur, we recommend the Reedland
VIEW oF A CABBAGE BED AT BLOOMSDALE. ENOUGH TO SET 300 ACRES. Early Drumhead as uniting all the essentials.
Wats
Every woman or man who plants Seeds should have Landreths’ Book—go9 Questions and Answers.
CABBAGH.
CABBAGE—CcONTINUED. |
A variety bred upon our Reedland Farm. It is short-stemmed, flat-headed, large and un- usually early for a large, broad-headed sort. This variety might be called the ‘Chal- lenger.” In all localities where it has been tried it has become a favorite variety, and is recommended by all experienced Cabbage growers. It will do for first, second and third early,intermediate and late. No Cabbage ever grown by usapproaches it im so many desir- able qualities, indeed, it suits all seasons, all conditions and all wants; it isthe perfection of a Cabbage as respects habit and quality, and one we tie to, as we consider the Reed- land to be A No. 1, a gilt-edged sort. Market gardeners at Mobile write us that it stands cold better than any other sort known in that section. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 35c.
INTERMEDIATE RIPENERS.
WINNIGSTADT.—An oldstyle early pointed form, very popular with Germans. Pkts. sc. and toc.; per OZ. 25¢.
BLOOMSDALE EARLY MARKET.—This is offered as a SECOND EARLY. It is of EXTRAORDI- NARY SIZE for an early ripening variety-- heads reaching twelve to fifteen pounds under good culture, which it must have to attain per- fection. Informit is CONICAL, smooth in leaf, HARDY inconstitution, THESUN NEVER WILTS iT, and cold is comparatively disregarded. It is, however, a rank feeder, and is seen only in perfection on strong, highly manured land, deeply cultivated. It usually heads at Philadelphia the latter end of June, and may be cut successively throughout July. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 25c.
LARGE JERSEY WAKEFIELD.—Not so early by two weeks, but twice the size and weight of the Early Jersey Wakefield. Heads ox-
heart formedand hard. Texture of leaves delicate and tender when cooked. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25c.
NEW YORK EARLY SUMMER.—A favorite early sort inthe New York market. Heads oval, color bluish green with lighter-colored veins, stem short and stocky. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25c.
LANDRETHS’ ALL THE YEAR ’ROUND.—Ten days later than the Reedland Early Drumhead. No Cabbage offered as an All-Seasons Cabbage is superior to this, being admirably adapted for Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter. With- out respect to habit or quality, it is the hardiest of Cabbages grown under the variable climatic conditions of Maine, Minnesota, Carolina, Florida, Mississippi or Kansas, being capable, either young or old, of resisting a greater amount of frost than any other, while under the heat and drought of
Summer it stands unflagging. Its character is indicated by its leaves, which are dark blue, thick and leathery. The | heads solid, sweet, large, flat. The stem short and sturdy. | The seed of this sort may be sown successively and contin- | uously in any locality during all periods when Cabbage is
drilled. Its name indicates its quality as an all-round or all-
REEDLAND EARLY DRKRUMHEAD.
seasons sort. Sold in sealed packages only. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per Oz. 35C.
BLOOMSDALE BARLY DRUMHBHEAD.—In form, from round to FLAT; size large; always SOLID, few extra leaves; rather SHORT IN STEM and WILL STAND WITHOUT BURSTING; Such qualities the market gar- denercan duly appreciate, Fora family cabbage, to succeed the earlier sorts, we COMMEND IT UNHESITATINGLY. Sowin Autumn, or in hotbed in Spring. DON’T FAIL, TO TRY THIS VARIETY. Pkts. 5c.and toc.; per OZ. 35¢.
LONG ISLAND MEDIUM FLAT DUTCH.—4A variety for early Winter use. Heads generally flat, large in size, good keeper; a sort desirable for both market and family garden. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per OZ, 25C.
SUCCESSION.—Intermediate between the Early Flat Dutch and the Late Flat Dutch, slightly later than the second early sorts, and much earlier than the late sorts. Similar to the old Newark Early Flat Dutch. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 2oc.
BLOOMSDALE EARLY DWARKE FLAT DUTCH.—This variety produces a thick leaf, very dark blue in color. It has suc- ceeded admirably in the Southern States om account of its ability to resist heat. Its succulent leaves never wilt under the most severe sun, while it produces very fime large heads after the early sorts have disappeared. We recommend it highly, mot only for the South, but for the North as well. It is one of the very best Summer Cabbages—short in stem and reliable as a producer of flat compact heads. In the South where Cabbage is usually sown in Autumn, to be Jater planted out, to head im the early Spring, we know
G. F., ST. LOUIS, MO.—‘“‘If you had introduced the Reedland Early Cabbage ten years ago I would have been $10,000 better off to-day, as my crops of this Cabbage for the past three years have averaged mea profit of $1,000 annually.”’
24 CABBAGE—GARDEN INSECTS.
CABBAGE—CONTINUED.
INTERMEDIATE RIPENERS—Continued. head. The head is thick, broad, solid and slightly rounded on the from repeated testimony this variety is invaluable. It will top though the variety is what is termed a flat head. The leaves
s 5 ; extend well over the center line of the head and fold down alter-
come into head immediately succeeding the Large Jersey nateiy, tightly forming a compact head. The natural habit of the Wakefield when similarly treated, and thus forms an un- seedling plants is to develop thick, short, stocky stems, but this quality
is affected by the system of growth, for if the seedlings are crowded
broken succession. To the market gardener of the North- 2 ad Middle Stat it ill be ff a of ial 1 | in the bed or grown among weeds, or under the shade of a house, Ck Bn CAS ITS Vi Le) SUE OLE GAA SYS fence or tree, they reach upward for air and light, the result being the sown in cold frames im October and November to plant out development of long slim stalks, which bad form of plants cannot be in the Spring as a succession to the smaller earlier varieties: corrected by any subsequent culture. The seed is worth twice the - g 3 | money asked for it. Itis grown upon our own farms, under our owt Everyone should have the Bloomsdale Early Dwarf Flat personal daily oversight, and the strain carefully selected to meet Dutch. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 35c. the most critical demand. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 30c fi EARLY BRUNSWICK.—Early for a large flat; very short stemmed. | WARKET GARDENERS’ LARGE LATE DRUMHEAD Pkts. sc. and toc ; per 02. 25. : (very choice) —Late, large, hardy, certain to head, and being of ALL SEASONS.—Sure header, heads deep and flat to roundish, matur- heavy weight, quite productive. Volt surpassed by any stock under ing with some irregularity. Pkts 5c. and toc.; per oz. 2oc. ; this name. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 30c.
BLOOMSDALE LARGE LATE FLAT DUTCH.—We recommend this variety both for family use and market gardeners’ profit. asit is a good keeper and excellent shipper. Its quality cap be relied upon as producing on rich soil immense flat heads perfectly solid and of superior texture This variety has a short stem, is free from loose leaves,and may be described as “long standing,” that is to say not inclined to burst, as is the habit with many large Cabbages when fuliy developed. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 20c.
BLOOMSDALE LARGE LATE DRUM- HEAD.—tThis is one of our standard late matu» ring varieties. Late, large, solid, always reliable as a header and noted for its excellent quality. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 20c.
LANDRETHS’ LARGE LATE MOUNTAIN. —A strong-growing, late-ripening sort, of great con stitutional vigor. Heads vary frem half-round te flat. This variety resists heat and cold better than most other sorts, and as it is of heavy weight, will be found of value to the market and family gar- dener. Color, deep blue. RELIABLE. Fkts. 5c. and ioc ; per OZ. 30¢.
BERGEN MAMMOTH.—Among the largest of the Cabbages grown by us. Plant hardyaud a rank feeder. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz 25¢.
BUNCOMBE.—A favorite in mountain districts of the South. Pkts. sc. and 10c.; per oz. 25¢
HOLLANDER .—A late distinct sort, long stalked leaves thick and smooth, plant very hardy, head
OPO ’ ATED. ee ane solid; a fine keeper. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; BLOOMSDALE LARGE LATE DRUMHEAD BLOOMSDALE LARGE LATE FLAT DutTcH GREEN GLAZED.—A glossy pea green variety, CABBAGE. CABBAGE. long cultivated in the Southern States, resisting the
attack of fleas, bugs and caterpillars better thar
LATE VARIETIES. others. A valuable quality. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 30c.
RED DUTCH.—teaves red or purple and exclusively used for pickling.
49>-Much ImMporTED Late Cabbage Seed is offered as American at low Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 30c. prices, Our experience is that Imported Seed of the late varietiesisabso- | DRUMHEAD SAVOY —A favorite form of Savoy, a small Drum lutely worthless. head, early and desirable in quality. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 3oc. ULM SAVOY.—o f tl the foreig ks of MARKET GARDENERS’ LARGE LATE FLAT DUTCH.— Pits, oc and torn Deseret
For a large, heavy, hard, smooth-leaved, late ripening Cabbage, no strain is superior and few equal tothis. The leaves are feathered to | GREEN CURLED SAVOY .—This is undoubtedly the FINEST TYPE
the stalk. slightly fluted or twisted on the outer edges. Color, a clear of Winter Cabbage. After having been frosted it BOILS LIKE MARROW, green with a grayor ashy shade under certain lights. When frost and is not surpassed even by the Cauliflower in its best condition. The strikes the outer leaves they often become dashed on the margin with strainis not tobe confounded with LOW-PRICED IMPORTED SEEDS. It faint tones of red and purple, which color sometimes runs into the is a shy producer of seed, and consequently never very plentiful. Pkts. vein work of the outer leaves, but does not affect those forming the 5c and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
GARDEN INSECTS.
The grower of Garden Vegetables meets with many destructive insects, too many to describe, but we will refer to those found particularly annoying.
ist.—The Colorado Potato Bug. This is too well known to need description. It can be kept in check by Paris Green. ‘
2d.—The Cabbage Worm. This isa green worm half inch toaninch in length. Paris Green or any other poison cannot be used on the Cabbage for & would be folded up into the leaves and poison the consumers. Hot water between 140 and 160° F. will kill the Cabbage Worm: so will salt water. The Green Gluzed Cabbage, a late but good variety, resists the attack of the Cabbage Worm better than any other sort.
3d.—The Harlequin Bug. This looks like a large Lady Bug. but more angular and spotted. It does not eat the tissues of the leaves, but punctures them and sucks out the sap, consequently ordinary applications of any poisons do not affect it. It can sometimes be smothered by filling its breathing pores with very fine snuff, but the most effective way is to kill them between the thumb and finger. , :
4th.—The Turnip Fly. A jumping fly, lessthan the size of a head of a pin. often destroying a crop of Turnip, Cabbage, Radish or Mustard before the grower knows the Seed has germinated. ‘There is no remedy against this insect.
5ch.—The Melon Louse destroys the vines of Water-melon, Cantaloupe and Cucumber. Itattacks the under sides of the leaves, extracts the sap, the leaves curl up and all growth ceases. There is no known remedy against thisinsect on large crops. Ona few hillsina garden the insects can be killed by the fumes of carbon bi-sulphide. b
6th.—The Cabbage Louse. A white. mealy colored soft object the size of a pinhead, often appearing by the thousand upona plant. Salt and hot water, not above 160° F. are the only safe applications, as poisons cannot be used on Cabbage. 4 :
7th.—Squash Bug. ‘This small, yellow and black beetle attacks plants of Squash and Cucumber, and all the Melons just as they are breaking through the ground, and f:. quently necessitating three or four plantings of Seed. There is no satisfactory remedy, all thoroughly destructive to the insects destroying the plants as well.
c. L., HONDO CANON, TEXAS.—‘‘I have one-half acre in Reedland Cabbage, every one of which has made a marketable head, while on three- fourths of an acre in various Cabbages of several other Seedsmen, not over one-third have made heads.”
CARROT—CRESS—PERIODS FOR SOWING SEEDS. 25
For domestic use sow when the Apple is in bloom. Drill in rows of fifteen inches for hand culture, or two and a half feet for field culture, and when two inches high thin ‘ to four inches apart.
Daucus Carota—Carotte—Zanahoria—Mihr-Riibe— Wortel.
Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre.
EXTRA EARLY FORCING.—We recommend this first early variety to market gardeners, as admirably adapted for FORCING UNDER GLASS, or in the open ground. It is stump-rooted, orange in color, grows about two inches in length. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per Oz. I0c.
EARLY SCARLET HORN, BLUNT-ROOTED.— Next in maturity after the Forcing. Length four to five inches. Pkts. 5c. and roc; per oz, loc.
BARLY SCARLET HORN, POINTED. — Some- times called “‘ Half-Long,”’ being a Long Orange in mini- ature; quite desirable, growth rapid. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. loc.
NEW HALF-LONG WITHOUT CORE.—Orange. Smooth in skin, rich in color and without acore. Pkts. Sc. and Ioc.; per oz. loc.
OX-HEART.—Diameter of a pint measure, not so long, tgp shaped. Color, orange red; tender, flavor excellent. Pkts. 5c. and troc.; per oz. roc.
LONG RED CORELESS.—Similar in form to the New Half-Long Coreless, but red-fleshed; a very tender and valuable sort for table purposes. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per Oz. luc.
CHANTENAY HALF-LONG SCARLET.—Short, thick, stump-rooted. Orange. Very productive. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. Ioc. .
NANTES.—(THIRD BaRty.)—This is a thick rooted, half long Orange Carrot. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. roc.
ORANGE DANVERS HALF-LONG —Broad shoul- dered, cylindrical, admirable in color, fixed in habit, a
wonderful producer. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. roc. 1. Extra Early Forcing. 3. Pointed-Rooted Horn. 5. Orange Danvers. 2. Blunt-Rooted Horn. 4. Ox-Heart. 6. Long Orange. LONG ORANGE.—Pkts. se. and toc.; per oz. toc. 7. White Belgian.
LARGE WHITE BELGIAN.—This variety yields a larger return than others. To the milkman it is worth more than the cost of culture, promoting a liberal secretion of milk of improved quality over that from dry food, and may be fed alternately with Ruta Bagas and Beets, with the best results. Pkts. 5c. and r1oc.; per oz. Ioc.
LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN.—Similar to the preceding in every respect excepting color. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. toc.
Ge i = Ss Ss ; CURLED.—Used for flavoring and as asalad. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. ‘ roc, es e memes Yok
BROAD LEAVED.—A form of salad much used abroad. Pkts. 5¢. PERE SATE CG , 6 R ay, Pie and Ioc.; per oz. toc. wl = 5 z = — IP : Meiees as ot EN a acter Seen ake SoH WATER.—A favorite dressing for dishes and a desirable form of greens.
This is used asa salad. It should be sown at close of Winter broadcast, or eS OC DCL OZA5c)
in rows at ten inches, and the sowing repeated every two weeks. UPLAND.—Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
PERIODS FOR SOWING SEEDS
As Indicated by the Blooming of Trees.
sow sow tst Period ....Thebloomingof the Peach... .. . Peas. BdeReriodiss.n8 lhe blooming ofsthes bears srr ome Onion Seed, 2d Period... .YThebloomingofthe Cherry ... . Peas. Do. Bn ict YeNee do. do. De harsleys Do. Baeot ae do. do. eo pinach= Do. ee) TRE do. do. ..... . Tomato Seed, Do. Sebeone do. do. -... ettuce. Do. bre Ae do. Osta ahh tee Cabbage, Do. Gaetan Ie do do. . . .Corn Salad. Do. {pew do. do. Pr eer harsuip: Do eS do. do ad . Onion Sets. | 4th Period... . The blooming of the Apple. ... . All the precedin Do. sees do. do ... . . Asparagus roots. Do. Oi do. do, .... . . With addition o 3d Period . The blooming of the Pear ..... .All the above. Do. etc matte do (0 alsin: cca ie Salsify, Do. Bares do. do. ..... .Wwith addition of Do. AS ANS do. dow, Mai? Are ere oe Beans, Do. steel cacd do Oe oo gees Radish, Do. : do. GOT) .cniaptaee ees Corn Do. bears pea do. do. ane Pe Celeny. Do. : do. do. 2) ee Cuctmber Do. Sierhs fe do. do. - ne 1 Carrott, Do. 4: do. olor, Ess hac Oe. . Melon, Do. crate oc do. do. Bhs Beet, | Do. bed 5.8) ye do. do Deere nip icin’ Do. RIE do. do. eee ustara, Do. hapa do. do Maw. Ap Okra:
OUR FARMS We have Trial Grounds in the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia where we test everything offered by all * Seedsmen and adopt whatever we find of merit.
26 CELERY—COLLARDS—CORN SALAD—EARTH WORMS.
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Apium graveolens—Celeri—A pio—Sellerie—Selleri. Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Sow when the Apple is in bloom, on a finely raked surface, and cover scarcely at all, quite early in the Spring,in a moist place or convenient to water, which apply freely in dry weather, When the plants are four inches, more or less, in height, transplant a portion into very shallow trenches formed in well-manured land, which planting repeat at inter- vals of two or three weeks for a succession, until the necessary quantity is set out.
DWARF WHITE.—More desirable for the private than the market garden, Hearts white andcrisp. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
GOLDEN DWARF.—A showy sort of excellent qualities. SoLip, of FINE FLAVOR and a GOOD KEEPER, and, as its name indicates, possessing, when blanched, a yellowish or golden tint. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
GOLDEN HEART.—Similar to Golden Dwarf. Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. 15¢.
HALF DWARF .—It possesses ALL THE QUALITIES essential to make a perfect Celery— SOLIDITY, never being hollow; FLAVOR, a peculiar nutty quality; vicor OF GROWTH, dwarf though producing a weighty bunch. Pkts. 5c. and roc ; per oz, 15¢.
BOSTON MARKET.—A short white variety, much esteemed in the New England States. Unquestionably one of the best. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 15¢.
PARIS GOLDEN YELLOW.—A large solid golden variety, superior to White Plume, very showy andrich. Very easily blanched, consequently early. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per OZ. 35¢.
WHITE PLUME.—Self-blanching to a great extent. Consequently among the earliest ready for table. Desirable as an early sort. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
RED OR PINK.—4 variety fancied by some by reason of its distinctive color and HARDI-
ON NESS. Quality good, desirable in the private garden as one of the most reliable sorts. GIANT PASCAL, Pkts. 5c. and 10¢.; pet oz. 15¢. | HARTWELL PERFECTION —A desirable form of white solid LARGE WHITE.—The most imposing of all varieties, though not as habit. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
delicate as dwarfer sorts. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢c. CELERIAC, OR TURNIP-ROOTED.—A variety forming a large
GIANT PASCAL.—A mamnioth silver white stalked variety of French Solid reet of edible cba ch ee yee eat 16) Lt oz. toc,
origin, rapidly growing in favor because of its weighty productiveness, FLAVORING, FOR SOUPS.—This seed is not for sowing, but for and consequent profitableness. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per Oz. 15¢. flavoring purposes only. Pkts. sc. and loc.; per oz. ioc.
Co J LLARDS. A loose-leaved plant of the Cabbage family. A hardy and excellent vegetable
for Winter use. ‘I‘he Collard succeeds in localities where it is often difficult
Brassica Olevacea Acephalo—Choux veris—Binter Rohl—Coles sin Cogollo. to grow Cabbage to perfection. Sow and treat precisely as Cabbage.
One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
PINK HEART (novetty) —This has never been offered by any other | LANDRETHS’ MARROW (cnoice).—A plant of the Cabbage family, Seedsmen The lower leaves are green with bone-white veins or ribs, producing a strong growth of broad leaves, borne upon white marrow- the interior leaves are ivory white. like finest bleached Celery, the like stalks or stems, which, with the broad waxy midribs stripped of leaves about the heart are PINK and purple _ It is very unique and leaf matter, afford a dish much resembling Cauliflower. This plant can worthy of culture in the best gardens by reason of its beauty as an be grown in any section and by any novice. Stems cooked like Cauli- ornamental plant, aud by reason of its tender and delicious quality as flower. We recommend it to all as superior to any form of Collard. a table vegetable, boiling, as it does, marrow-like as Cauliflower. Pkts. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. 20c, 5c. and roc.; per oz. 3oc. GEORGIA WHITE CABBAGING.—The leaves and stems all light
WHITE LEAVED (novetty).—Very rare and very choice, the plant green. The plant disposed to form a loose head. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc ; 0z. 3oc. producing centre leaves generally perfectly white, though sometimes | CREOLE, OR SOUTHERN.—Cabbage Greens. Its robust and vig- dashed with pink. In quality it is much more delicate than the orous character fits it to resist conditions unfavorable to the perfection ordinary Southern Collard, and is highly recommended both asa curi- of more highly developed types of the Cabbage family, and it is, there- osity anda garden vegetable of the first quality. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; fore, at some seasons in the Southern States, the only available form per Oz. 30c. of Cabbage. Pkts. 5c. and 10c,; per Oz. 2o0c.
Sow broadcast or in ten-inch rows in Autumn for cutting at e close of Winter or sow at close of Winter for early Spring use. When sown in Autumn cover very lightl Valeriancella olitoria—Mache Commune—Uderfalat oder Stecdhfalat—Canonigos—Koornsalad. Seren hay—the merest protection more will Eight Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
' BROAD LEAVED (LarGe SEEDED).—Used as a small Salad through- out the Winter and Spring. Sow thickly in drills, cover slightly first of Autumn. and sprinkle with straw on the approach of severe weather,
or sow in a cold frame, covered in Winter as may be convenient—thus it is accessible even when deep snow prevails. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per Oz. Ioc.
W This creature of the soil, most humble and despised, fills an important part in the economy of the garden and field. Earth ormis. It inhabits holes which it makes by eating throne” the soil after its food of decayed organic matter which it eats with a fourth or fifth part of sand, sharp edged grains being eaten with impunity. It has no distinct head, no eyes, no feeling, nor any external organs, excepting the hundred or more rings which line its body, and which are so formed as to propel it forwards. Its mouth consists of two lips, no teeth, no tentacles, and its digestive organs are of the simplest kind. Its respiration is effected by means of little sacks along its body. The earth worm is of such value in the garden by aerating and loosening the soil that it should be looked upon with favor, though, through ignorance, most people regard it as a nuisance, Those who desire to destroy it can do so pretty thoroughly by watering the soil with lime water.
P. R., CINCINNATI, O.—“ Since 1884 I have been growing Landreths’ Sugar Corn in preference to allothers. Itis earlier than Evergreen, just as productive and is unsurpassed as an all-around sort.”
FIELD CORN. : 27
Zea—Maits—Maiz Para el uso de la mesa—Belfh-RKorn fiir Vijdhgebraud)—/ndiansk Korn,
One Quart of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Hight Quarts to the Acre.
This isa native of North and South America, having been found in cultivation by the first European voya- gers. Modern researches in Peru and Mexico have given evidence that its culture extends far beyond any historic period.
There is no foundation whatever for the statement that Indian corn has been found in the wrappings of Egyptian mummies; such tales being pure fabrica- tions. Seeds of Wheat, Sorghumand Millet have been discovered, but it is doubtful if any such seed ever veg- etated.
Indian Corn may be divided into six classes, viz: Pop —Zea Everta; Fiint—Zea Indurata; Dent—Zea [den- tata; Soft—Zea Any/aca,; Sweet—Zea Saccharatum, Pod or Husk—Zea Vaginata; and each of these are subdi- vided according to shape of the ear, number of rows upon each ear, etc.
Table Corn cannot be planted successfully at an earlier date than the ordinary field varieties; indeed it is more likely to decay under unfavorable soil con- ditions than the hardier field varieties. Asa rule, Sugar Corn is not as vital as the field sorts, and therefore it is wise to plant almost a double numberof grains inthe hill ascompared with Field Corn.
When tke Cherry is in bloom, hills for the short varieties of three and four feet in height, may be made three by three feet apart; for the intermediate varie-
a —— ties three by four feet; and for the tall varieties, four . Extra Early Beverly. 2. Extra Early Adams. 3 Crosby Sugar. 4. Asylum Sugar. by four feet apart. In all cases allowing three stalks.
Se
Ir . 5. Hickox Sugar. 6. Early Mammoth Sugar. 7. Triumph Sugar. 8. Landreth Sugar. to stand to the hill. A g. Evergreen Sugar. 10. Late Mammoth Sugar. Repetitions of Corn planting should be made every
two weeks, and for the quick-ripening varieties the
2 planting may be continued until within sixty days
of frost. _Seed should be provided at the rate of ten quarts to the acre. We always provide that much, though often only planting six or seven quarts. The plants thinned out to three inches apart.
Of the medium and larger varieties of Sugar Corn seventy-five to eighty bushels, or 8000 to gooo roasting ears. can be had to the acre.
The average price paid by Philadelphia Commission Merchants is one dollar per bushel. The highest price is about three dollars per bushel and the lowest price about sixty cents per bushel. Green Corn packed loosely in slatted bushel baskets wilt in early season, carry safety for forty hours. In larger packages it may become injured by heating.
CAUTION. Seed Corn in bulk should be taken out of the bags as soon as received and spread out in a dry place.
| LANDRETHS’ LARGE WHITE FLINT.—Long slim ears, cov- IELD ORN. ered with pure white flinty grains. The best sort for hominy. This variety is superior to that usually sold. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 10. One Pint of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Hight Quarts OLD CABIN HOME.—A thick-eared Southern type of white Corn to the Acre. with enormously deep and broad grain and extraordinary slim cob.
Remarkably fine for meal. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per qt. 1oc.
WHITE HORSE TOOTH.—Strong vigorous grower, used largely for ensilage, fine for meal. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 20c.
Postage 15c. per quart extra if sent by mail.
LEA MING (£arty).—An early selected variety of yellow Corn, small grain, weighty, productive. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per quart, roc. ; Z f GOLDEN DENT (sHowy).—Named from the bright color of the in- | WHITE SHEEP TOOTH —Strong in foliage, grain long and dented grain; a prolific variety. Pkts. sc. and 10c.; per quart, toc. narrow, used for ensilage and for meal. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 20c.
PENNSYLVANIA LONG EARLY YELLOW FLINT.—Long, | SOUTHERN WHITE GOURD SHED.—A very showy variety; narrow ears; grain reddish yellow and flinty ; a productive Field Corn, | large grain and snowy white. Admirable for meal. Only offered for quite early. Pkts. 5c. and t1oc.; per qt. roc. | Southern culture. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. roc.
M. S., BALTIMORE, MD.—“‘I have made more money out of your Landreth Market Corn than outofanyother. It isearly, good,andaquickseller.”
28 FIELD CORN—SWEET GARDEN CORN—SUGAR CORN—CUCUMBER.
FIELD CORN.—Continued.
PENNSYLVANIA BARLY DENT.—Reliable sort. Early and vigorous. Stalks SHORT, ranging from six to eight feet. Ears set low, large and well filled, fifty-six to sixty shelling a bushel of corn. So productive as to be relied upon for a return of ten bushels per acre over any other Corn in Penusylyania. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. roc.
SOUTHERN ROASTING EAR.—Adapted to private gardens in the Southern States. A mixture of Adams Early and Evergreen Sugar. Alinost as early as the Adams and as sweet as the Evergreen. A vig- orous grower Produces a showy ear in the husk. Well adapted for shipping. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 15c.
SWEET GARDEN CORN.
Not True Sugar.
EXTRA EARLY ADAMS.—Ready for table sixty days after germ- ination. Heieht of stalk three to four feet; ears set within six inches of the ground. Not a Sugar Corn, but a decided acquisition so very early in the season. Requires good culture and LAND oF HIGH FERTILITY. A varietyin large demandam ong market gardeners. Plant in rows at 2% feet andthin to one foot. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per qt. 15¢.
ADAMS EARLY .—A white Corn, in order of maturity after the Extra Early Adams. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt 15¢.
EARLY LANDRETH MARKET.—Not a true Sugar Corn, but a hybrid or mixture between a Sugar Corn and the Adams Early, and cultivated on large areas and almost exclusively by market gardeners of Burlington county, New Jersey, experience proving the sort to be more reliable than any other variety. The ear, when in proper con- dition for the table, resembles a good variety of Sugar Corn, and has the peculiarity of bearing a small leaf on the ear, similar to those of the stalk, which appendage sets it offto advantage. The edible grain is white andsweet. ‘The dry grain is a mixture of Sugar, Adams Early and White Flint, and presents all the appearance ofa very much mixed sort, but it is far better than it looks. This variety will mature ears for market in about eighty days from germination. The stalk is quite leafy and grows to a height of six feet. A very profitable sort asa mouney-maker. Plant in rows at 4 feet andthin to 2feet. Pkts. 5c.and yoc.; per qt. 5c.
SUGAR CORN.
RED COREY.—A valuable sort, earlier than the Narragansett and more robust. Grain halfamber. Pkts. 5c and 1oc.; per qt. 15¢.
WHITE COREY .—Similar in habit to the Red, but two days earlier, therefore more desirable. Pkts. 5c. and t1oc.; per qt. 2oc.
EXTRA BARLY MINNESOTA SUGAR.—Among the Extra Early Sugar Corns coming into condition two or three days subsequent tothe Narragansett. Earswell madeout. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per qt. 15¢.
EXTRA EARLY CROSBY SUGAR.—This variety will produce edible ears in seventy days from germination. It is stronger than any of the preceding. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 15¢.
CUCUMBER.—SIx VARIETIES, EACH IN THREE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, THE PICKLING FORM, THE SLICING FORM, THE FULLY RIPE FORM.
1. Landreths’ First. 2. Long Green ‘Turkey.
3. Early Frame, 5. Landreth’s Choice. 4. Short Prolific. 6. White Spine.
EARLY CONCORD SUGAR.—An excellent early variety, succeed- ing the Crosby. Height of stalk about five feet. Pkts.5c.and 10c.; per qt. 15c
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.—4A short-stalked productive sort, fre- quently producing three ears to the plant. Ear large forsosmalla stalk; grain narrow and very deep, alter form of shoe-peg. Highly recommended, Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 20c
HICKOX SUGAR.—An excellent sort succeeding the Concord. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 15¢.
ASYLUM SUGAR.—Stalk six feet, ears long. Desirable. Pkts. sc. and 1oc,; per qt. 2oc.
LANDRETH SUGAR.—A remarkably satisfactory and productive variety, two ears on every Stalk, often three, sometimes four, Stalk two feet shorter than the Evergreen and very close jointed. The ears set low, large and well filled. The grain is narrow and very long, or deep, somewhat similar in shape to Evergreen, but smailer. he ear remains long in milky condition for the table, the edible grain being pure white and exceedingly sugary. The Landreth Sugar Corn is a very showy variety , both in stalk and ear, and will mature for market- ing in eighty-two days, eight days earlier tran the Evergreen. The Landreths’ Sugar Corn will afford market gardeners more baskets of marketable ears to the acre than any other variety of Sugar Corn in cultivation, andis valuable to the canner as having almost as longa grain and ripening earlier than the Evergreen, while possessing all the merits of the Everg reen under processing. Werecommend it, without qualification, as bei ng undoubtedly the BEsT SuGAR CoRN in existence. That is high praise. Plant 44%x3 feet. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 2ec.
SQUANTUM SUGAR.—4A variety of celebrity in the New York markets. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 15¢.
PERRY’S HYBRID —An early variety and productive, producing a large ear set with large grains. Pkts. 5c and toc.; per qt. 15c.
TRIUMPH SUGAR.—A variety following the Asylum in maturity. Sweet, productive and of good appearance. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; perqt. 15¢.
EARLY MAMMOTH SUGAR.—Anearly variety bearing exceed- ingly long ears. Stalk short and slender. Early in maturity for so large an ear, showy and highly recommended. TRY IT. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 15¢.
EIGHT ROWED SUGAR —Maturing for table about seventy-five days from germination. Ears long and named from number of rows. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. 15¢c.
BLACK MEXICAN SUGAR —Rich in saccharine or sugary qualities. The grain, though black when dry, is simply of asmoky hue when in edible condition. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 15¢.
EVERGREEN SUGAR (Stowe Lv’s).—A favorite variety among the late Sugar Corns. Matures for table about eighty days from ger- mination. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 15c.
LATE MAMMOTH SUGAR.—The strongest growing of all Sugar Corns. It requires about eighty-five days to reach maturity for table. The ears are very large and showy. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per qt. 5c.
EGYPTIAN SUGAR.—Sweet and large in ear, vigorous in stalk, habit late. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 15c.
ENSILAGE SUGAR CORN.—By broadcast sowing, or drilling in close rows, a luxuriant growth of sugary forage may be obtained from this Corn. Cut when just showing the flower spike, as in that condi- tion it is most nutritious. Per qt. 15c.
CUCUMBER.
Cucumis sativus—Concombre—Ourle—A gurker—Komkommer.
Four Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Three Quarts to the Acre.
per box of eighty-five to ninety fruit. By last of May the Pe goes i ble. Asa
pickles. Some cultivators have claimed to produce over 100,0co pickles tothe acre. The pickles should be slipped from the vine by the thumb
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CUCUMBE R—Continued.
cask, with edges trimmed off to permit of a rise and fall, on the top of the pickles, and on the top of the head or lid place a weight of twenty or twenty- five pounds. If there should be any leakage of the liquor, replace it by a solution of four quarts of salt to two gallons of water, keeping all the pickles
submerged.
NS
Salt should not be stinted. Pickle Packers make three sizes before pickling—large, medium and small.
CRUSHING CUCUMBERS TO OBTAIN SEED,
FIELD VARIETIES. =.
LANDRETHS’ CHOICE (ExTRA EARLY).—The choicest medium sort we have ever offered, green, good length, slim, symmet- rical, unexampled in beauty of form, very productive, fine for pickling. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 35c.
SHORT PROLIFIC PICKLE.--A variety of the “ Frame ”’ type, but smaller and producing fruit suitable for pickling in fifty days from planting. An abundant bearer highly comn:ended for pickles, for which it is used by many of the most famous pickling establishments. Vines very short, admitting of planting in rows as close astwo and a half feet Pkts.5c. and toc ; per oz. ioc.
[IMPROVED BARLY WHITE SPINE.—The leading sort grown by truckers for shipment to market. Used almost entirely for slicing. The vine in habit is very vigorous and very prolific. The fruit is of good size, in quality solid, and possesses the habit of retaining its green color for a long period, that is to say it does not turn yellow so quickly as other varieties. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. loc.
EARLY FRAME.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc.
LANDRETHS’ FIRST.—Surpassed by few in length and slimness of fruit. long, slim field Cucumber in cultivation; dark green and desirable. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 25c.
The earliest Very poor
LONG GREEN .—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc. EARLY CLUSTER.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz toc. MEDIUM GREEN .—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc.
JERSHY PICKLE.—It is productive, and is said.to “green” better than any other variety, and to “hold color.’”? Over one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of small fruit of this variety are picked annually in Burlington county, New Jersey. No other sort is used, no other kind of seed could be given away. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
BOSTON PICKLING, OR BOSTON MARKET.—Used near
Boston to the exclusion of all other sorts. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
TURKEY LONG GREEN.—Not so abundant a bearer as the pre- ceding sorts, though recommended to all who put up their own pickles; fruit Lonc and stim; only surpassed in quality by Landreths’ First. This is zo/ the New Kngland Long Green, but a MUCH SUPE- - RIOR SORT, being twice as long and of proportion as shown in illustra- tion. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 1oc
GHERKIN.—Burr, or Round Prickly Cucumber, used for pickles only. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. loc.
CABBAGING.—An improved type of an-old fashioned plant rapidly growing into favor as an early Salad. Sow and cultivate same as Lettuce. Tie up the same as Cos Lettuce, or shelter from light by payer cd pote or board covering. The Dandelion is a preventive of malarial infection and is recom- mended for domestic use in localities where chills and fever prevail. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. soc.
DANDELION.
Tavaxacum—Fisseniit.
EGG-PLANT.
Solanum melongena—Aubergine—Gierpflanze—Berengena—Ezerplant. One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Chis seed is generally sown under glass and transplanted to the field two or three weeks after Corn-planting season. The plants are set in rows of five feet and atthree feet inthe row. Theland cannot be too highly fertilized for this crop— very short, thoroughly rotted staple manure or similar preparation is best; strong manure or hot, rank manure is unsuitable.
Sow in hotbeds or other protected place early in the Spring; when up two er three inches transplant into small pots (which plunge in earth) so as to get stocky, well-rooted plants, and late in the Spring, or not till the commence- ment of Summer, unless the weather be warm, transplant into thoroughly worked, tich aud recently well-manured ground. A good plan is to open a deep, wide trench, filling it nearly with manure; restore the earth and plant therein, placing the plants three feet apart each way. The seed does not vegetate freely; repeated sowings are sometimes necessary. Itis almost useless to attempt the culture of Egg-Plant unless the properattention be given. In growing the Egg-Plant in the Summer and Autumn months in Florida, great trouble is sometimes experi- enced in getting a stand of plants owing to the excessive heat and beating rains. This difficulty can be largely overcome by shading the ground where the seed is sown. If sown in beds, the shading may be accomplished by means of frames covered with seed-bed cloth. or by blinds of slats or common boards properly supported over the beds to cut off the direct rays of the sun. If the seed is sown where the plants are to remain (a bad practice) the shading may be done by using Palmetto fans and leaves, placing them one each on the north and south sides of the hill, the tops meeting over the seed. This plan is used by some of the most successful growers in the Gulf States.
About 3000 plants are required to plant an acre. These plants should produce an average of three to four fruits, weighing two to three pounds each. Our selected seeds are always taken from fruit weighing eight to ten pounds each; we have
LANDRETHS’ THORNLESS LARGE ROUND PURPLE EGG-PLANT.
VEGETABLES ALL THE YEAR ’ROUND These can be had by a little study of varieties and dates of sowing Seeds.
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EGG-PLANT—ENDIVE—HERBs.
EGG-PLANT— Continued.
had them of thirteen pounds in weight. Commission Merchants in Phila- delphia pay the market gardener about, on an average, one-and-a-half cents per fruit. The highest prices are eight and ten cents per fruit.
Florida fruit arrives in Philadelphia the latter part of Novemberand commands $6 to $8 per barrel crate, Earlier in the Autumn the market is supplied by fruit from Jersey. Towards Christmas the price of Florida Egg-Plant rises to $10 per barrel crate and then declines by April to $6 to $8, and by May to $:, after which they are likely to arrive in a damaged con- dition and be worthless. KEgg-Plant fruit can be grated and canned for Winter use.
NOTES ON COOKING.—No. 112.—Friep.—Peel the fruit and cut crosswise in slices of full diameter and of one-third of an inch in thick- ness; sprinkle salt between the slices and set aside for a half hour, when remove the water, dry and dip in butter and bread crumbs and fry in hot lard until brown.
No. 113,—BAKED,—-Peel the fruit and cut into small pieces. Place in a pan with butter and sweet oil over a fire for three minutes; add
salt, pepper and a little sauce or gravy. Take it from the pan and put it in a baking dish, coat over with bread crumbs and Swiss cheese and bake in oven till quite brown.
LANDRETHS’ THORNLESS LARGE ROUND PURPLE.— Almost thornless, and therefore a sort more valuable to the trucker than the spiny sort so often sold as the New York Improved. which, by rea- son of its thorns on leaf and stem, offer serious impediments to quick gathering. The Landreth is decidedly the best selection of Egg-Plant, being productive and vigorous, often reaching a weight of /welve pounds. The fruit may be described as short egg-shaped, flattened at the bottom—diameter often nearly equal to the length. Color (when grown on soil of proper quality) a deep purple, running in places almost to a black purple. Single plants of this variety often reach a span of three feet and produce seven or eight large fruits. Pkts. se. and 1oc.; per oz. 4oc.
NEW YORK IMPROVED.—This isa form of the old Large Round Purple; large, solid, weighty and showy. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 4oc.
ENDIVE.
Chicorium endtvia—Chicorée Endive—EnvdivienzSalat— Escarvola 0 Endivia—Andijvie.
Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Three Pounds to the Acre.
HERBS.
to powder, and put in jars or bottles and cork tightly.
ANISE.—Pimpinella Anisum—Anis—Griiner Wnis—Matqlahuga. A Per- sian plant, the seeds of which are used as a condiment and in the manufacture of liquors and confectionery. The plant itselfis used asa garnish and in the manufacture of cordials. It is one of the oldest medicinal spices. Sow the seed in early Spring, when the Cherry isin bloom, or immediately after, in rows at ten inches apart, or thin to six inches, Itisa delicate plant, growing toa height of a foot-and-a-half, and reaching maturity at Midsummer. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 5c.
BORAGE.—Barago officinalis—Bourrache officinale—Boret\}—Borraja. A soft, thick-stemmed annual plant, reaching the height of two feetanda breadth of equalarea. Leaves light green and of fuzzy character. A profuse bloomer. Flowers star-shaped, iight blue and quite ornamental. The plant is usedin the manufacture of cordials. Pkts. 5c. and tcc.; per oz. 15¢.
CARDOON —Cynara cardunculus—Cardeon—SKaroon— Cardo. Foliage similar in appearance to the French Artichoke. The leaf stalks, as those of the Artichoke, are blanched, and are used stewed in soup and asasalad. The seed should be sown in the early Spring, and in rows of three feet apart, and the plants thinned to one foot. In Autumn the stalks should be blanched the same as Celery. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 4oc.
Wotes on Cooking Cardoon.—No. 47.-STEWED —Remove the soft stalks and prickly edges; cut four inches in length and parboil for twenty minutes, cool, peel and put into a saucepan, cover with light broth whitened with flour, add salt, sliced lemon, chopped beef suet and parsley, boil until soft, drain througha napkin, rangeina deep dish and add butter. Serve with Espagnole sauce.
CARAWAY.—Carum carui—Carvi—Reld-Kiimmel—Karvyy, The seeds are used in flavoring bread, pastry and sauce, and sometimes in cheese making. Sow indrills, when the Cherry is in bloom, at three feet,and thin to six inches. ‘The foliage of this plant resembles that of a Car- rot. It hasa height of above one foot and continues in growth until stopped by frost. Pkts 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
CHERVIL.—Scandix cerefolium — Cerfeutl—Perifollo—Kevbel — Kjorvel. When the Peach isin bloom sow, treating the plant the same as Car- rots or Parsnips, which last root it somewhat resembles in its form and hardiness. The root is half-long, and is crooked after the manner of Parsnip. Used for soupsand salads, Pkts. 5c. and 1o0c.; per oz. 2oc.
CORIANDER.—Coriandrum sativum—Coriandre—Goriander—Culantro. The seeds are used in the manufacture of liquors, and in culinary operations, ‘The seeds should be sown when the Cherry is in bloom, in rows of eighteen inches, thin to six inches. An early maturing plant, reaching a height of two feet, and prolific in very palatable seeds. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. I5¢.
DILL.—Anethum graveolens—A neth—Dill—Eneldo. The seeds of this plant are used in the flavoring of preserves and pickles, also as a con- diment. It has a flavor similar to that of mint. Sow the seed when the Cherry isin bloom, in rowsof eighteen inches and thin to five inches. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 15¢.
These impart a strong spicy taste and odor, and are used in various culinary operations. nial, and when once obtained may be preserved for years. middle of Spring, and in the ensuing Autumn or Spring transplant them to convenient situations. annuals, or such as come to perfection the first year and die.
middle of Spring, and when the plants are up a few inches thin them to proper distances.
Sow in the Spring as soon as the earth is free from frost, and repeat up till within sixty days of Autumn frost, Drill in rows of two feet and thin the plants to eight inches apart. Tie up the loose leaves or cover with pot to blanch for salad. Valuable for Salads and highly decorative as a garnish to table vegetables.
GREEN CURLED —A desirable salad when blanched. Pkts 5c. and toc.; per oz. 2o0c. WHITE CURLED.—A variety of white tint. MOSS CURLED.—Green and extra curled. Pkts. 5c. and toc; per oz. 2o0c. BROAD LEAVED.—Most productive.
Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 2oc.
Pkts. 5c. and t1oc.; per oz. 2o0c.
Those marked with a * are peren- Of such sow the seed very carefully in seed-beds, about the i The others are The seeds of these may be sown carefully in shallow drills, To preserve for use, dry thoroughly, rub the foliage almost
FENNEL.—Zenouz/ —i§enhel—Ainojo—Venkel. The rooty portions and the lower ends of the leaf stalks of this plant are used for boiling. In flavor it resembles Celery, and is used in the manufacture of liquors. Sow the seed when the Cherry is in bloom, in drills of eighteen inches andthin to six inches. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
*LAVENDER.—Lavendula spica—Lavande officinale—Lavendel—Lspliego. The leaves of this plant are used for seasoning, and the flowers for per- fumery. The plant is propagated principally by slips from old roots. The slips are placed in rows three feet apart and one foot in the row. When seed is sown it should be planted when the Apple isin bloom. Pkts. 5c. and 10¢.; per oz. 20c.
*ROSEMARY.—Rosemarinus officinalis—Romarin—ho3smarin —Romero. The leaves of this plant are used for seasoning, being quite aromatic. The seed may be sown when the Cherry isin bloom in April, in rows of eighteen inches and thinned to five inches. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per Oz. 40c.
RUEB.— Ruta graveolens—Rue—Raute—- Ruda. A plant of rather disagree- able odor, bitter and pungent, nevertheless used in cooking. Sow the
seed in April, in rows at two feet and thin tosixinches. I’kts.s5c. and 10C.; per oz. 15¢. SAGE.—Salvia officinalis—Sauge offictnale—Salbei—Salvia. One of the
oldest cultivated garden herbs used for seasoning and distillation. Sow when the Cherry is in bloom in one-foot rows, and when safely established thin to six inches between the plants. The poe reaches a height of sixteen inches with an equal breadth, The foliage is very abundant, the leaves are long, narrow, and of a whitish green. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 20c.
SUMMER SAVORY.—Satureia hortensis—Sarrietie annulle—Bobhnen traut—Ajedrea. An odoriferous garden herb used in seasoning meats and vegetables. Sow when the Cherry isin bloom, in rows of twelve inches, and thin to four inches. Height of plant fifteen or sixteen inches, producing a multitude of straight stems, foliage light blue and exceedingly small. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per 02. 15¢.
SWEET MARJORAM.—Oviganum majorana—Marjolaine—Majoran —Mejorana. A familiar aromatic hetb used for flavoring. Sow the seed when the Cherry is in bloom, in one foot rows in early Spring, and when three inches high thin to six inches between the plants, Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per 0Z, 20¢c.
SWEET BASIL.—Ocvmum basilicum—Basilic Grand—Bafilicum—A/l- baca. An aromatic herb used for flavoring soupsand sauces. Itisa light green plant growing toa height of two feet and of equal breadth, and continuing in growth until killed by frost. When the Cherry is in bloom sow at one foot apart and thin to six inches between the plants, Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per 0Z. 20.
ATHY ME.—T7iymus Vulgaris—Thym ordinaire—ZThymian—Tomillo, The leaves and young shoots are used in seasoning and in distillation. The flavor is strongly aromatic. Sow when the Cherry is in bloom, in rows at fifteen inches for hoe culture, and two feet and a half for horse culture. ‘This plant reaches a height of eight inches to one foot and produces an abundance of small erect stems covered with very small foliage of aromatic flavor. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. 35¢.
Postage Extra. On Peasand Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, isc. per quart; Small seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds, ounces, toc. and s¢, flat packets, Free
of Postage.
D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
HORSE RADISH—KALE—KOHL-RABI—LEEK. 31
This plant seldom producing seed, is propagated from sets cut from old roots, and in market garden culture nearly always planted as a succession to a spring crop which by time of removal leaves the Horse-Radish well established. The sets are planted in rows of about two feet by eighteen inches, frequently among Spring Cabbage. Holes are made with a long planting stick into which are dropped the Horse-Radish sets to a depth that the crown will be three inches under the surface.
It will only succeed in highly fertilized !and, and each year should be planted afresh. In garden culture the sets are sometimes planted in the upper end
of round drain tiles sunk into the ground and filled with earth, the radish root being thus directed straight downwards. Yield about 150 bushels to the
acre, Sets, per doz., 1oc.; per 100, 50C.; per 1000, $3.00.
HORSE-RADISG.
Cochlearia armoracia—Ratfort Sauvage—Meerrettig— Taramago.
Greens for cutting. Curly loose-leaved plants of the Cabbage ftafnily, of hardy character and succeeding on almost any soil. Sow in early Spring when the Oak is in full leafand again in early Autumn. Drill in rows of two and a half feet and thin to three to ten inches, according to vigor of variety.
PURPLE DWARF GERMAWN.—
Height four to six inches. Sow in per-
One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. manent position, Pkt. 5c. and toc.; per Four Pounds to the Acre. OZ. 15¢.
PHILADELPHIA DWARF GERMAN GREENS.—Sow in Autumn for “sprouts” or “greens.” Height fourtosixinches, Sowin permanent position. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per 0z. toc.
DWARF CURLED SLOW SEEDER.—A sort slow to shoot, and for that reason very profitable both to the market and private gardener. Very productive in leaves, blue green and curled on edges. In some catalogues this is known as Imperial. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
ROSETTE.—The most densely foliaged Kale in cultivation, forming a loose head or rosette, most ornamental and most profitable to the market gardener. Leaves strong, wide, erect, recurved, exquisitely curled and twisted, so much fluted on the edges as when unfolded to astonish by a scope of the leaf four times the usual span. Color, light green, veins and ribs marrow like, stems short, plant rising toa height of eight inches Exceedingly slow to shoot to seed; a valuable quality to the market gardener. Pkts. 5¢. and ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
DWARF EXTRA CURLED GERMAN GREENS —4 variety of lighter green tint than the Dwarf German Greens, and much curled. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 15¢.
MOSBACH —In height between the Dwarf Scotch and the Extra Dwarf.
KALE.
Brassica Oleracea—A cephala—Choux verts. WinterzRohl—Coles Sin Cogolio.
“bh BLOOMSDALE KALE,
BLOOMSDALE KALE.—Leaves, moss curled; color, emerald green; height ten inches when full grown; appearance at a distance like Curled Parsley. Pkts. 5c.and 10c.; per oz. 20c.
Leaves bent upwards, light yellow greeu, double curled, white narrow tibs and veins, very showy. Pkts.5c. and toc ; per oz 20c
WORFOLK.—Color, very light green, leaves much curled. Pkts. 5c. and I5C.: per OZ. I5C.
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH.—Foliage yellowish green, and similar Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz toc.
to the Tall Scotch Kale.
SIBERIAN.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc.
NEW ORLEANS BROAD LEAF.—Enormously produetive in broad flat leaves, dark green in color, very thick in texture, profitable tothe shipper. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. Ioc.
TALL CURLED SCOTCH.—Manage as Winter Cabbage. Desirable
for Winter use. Height two to four feet. Sow in beds and transplant. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. ioc.
KOHL-RABI.
Brassica Caulo-rapa—Choux-raves—Knollentohl—Cavolo-rapa. One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
This plant used both for table and for cattle feeding, is a Cabbage in which the cultural devel- opment has been di- rected to the stalk, not to the leaf. The
enlarged stalks, taking the globular form of Turnips, are more hardy and nutri- tious than turnips.
Any good soil will produce a crop, the plants for which may be grown like Cabbage in seed beds for transplanting, or sown in permanent position in three-feet rows.
Sow the seed fortable use at any period when Cabbage may be sown. Drill in rowsat two feet and thin to six inches.
For cattle feeding drill the seed in Midsummer for Autumn development. 300 to 400 bushels to the acre.
NOTES ON COOKING.—No. 132.—BorLEp.—Remove the skin, cut in quarters. Boilin salted water witha little butter, drain, put in a saucepan with melted but- ter, stir a few moments over the fire and add Espagnole Sauce with salt, pepper, butter; mix well and serve ina deep dish.
WHITE VIENNA.—Short leaved, bulb light green, very rapid in growth, early in maturity, finein texture, and symmetrical in form.
Yield
Pkts. 5c. and troc.;
per oz. 2oc. PURPLE —tThe bulb of this variety is purple. In maturity after the White KOHL-RABI. Vienna. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 2oc.
GREEN OR WHITE.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. 15¢.
LEEK.
Allium porrum—FPotreau—Laud oder Porre—Puerro—Pret.
Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre.
NOTES ON COOKING.—No. 137.—SaLap —Clean well and cut the white portion of the roots in thin slices.
with French Dressing No. 3.
CARENTAN.—Very superior, large rooted, broad leaved. Pkts.5c and 10C.; per oz. 20c
ROUEN Thick short stem with numerous fan-shaped leaves. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 2oc.
Sow when the Apple is in bloom, and again in Midsummer. in rows of two feet; if for transplanting sow in close beds. thin out the rows or plant the seedlings at two feet six inches. hard frost take up the plants and preserve in trenches the same as Celery. Yield from about ico to 150 bushels to the acre.
If for permanent position, sow To secure a full development, Upon the approach of
Drain and dry and put in salad bow!
MUSSELBURGH.—A remarkably large and showy variety. Pkts. 5c- and Ioc.; per oz. 2oc.
LARGE LONDON.—Scotch or Flag. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 15¢.
&. D., KNOXVILLE, TENN.—‘ In 1835 my grandfather purchased Seeds of you, since when his son, and I his grandson, have never bought in the opposition shop.”
32 LETTUCE.
To have fine Lettuce in early Spring, sow in seedbed from commencement to middle of Autumn- During Winter protect the plants by a box covered with window or other sash, or with litter, as they stand on the ground. Earlyin the Spring transplant some into rich ground. The others force under the sash. Orin early Spring sow in a hotbed and transplant, but Avtumn- sown plants are best. Fora later supply, sow in drills when the Cherry isin bloom; when up a few inches thin out, leaving plants at proper distances; this is a better plan than trans— planting late in the season. For this purpose use Bloomsdale Reliable, Landreths’ Forcing, Virginia Solid Header and Heat-resisting varieties which we have selected as standard sorts, by reason of their ability to veszst heat and the longer time they are in condition for the table than some other kinds which shoot to seed as soon as the head is formed.
LETTUCE.
Lactuca capitata—Laitues pommées—SKopffalat, Lattich— Lechuga acogollada—Krop salad.
Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre.
LANDRETHS’ BARLIEST CUTTING.—The earliest cutting variety in market. May be planted veryclose, It does not head, but affords curled, crisp, good-flavored Salad long before the Cabbage varieties have commenced to head. Pkts. 5¢ and ioc.; per oz. 2oc.
LANDRETHS’ FORCING (RARE).—So named because of its adaptability for forcing under glass, forming crisp hard heads before any other known sort has commenced to head, having no outside leaves it can be planted at half distance, twice as many to a space as any other sort. It is a// head, produc- ing weightier heads than any other kind twice its size. Valuable for small gardens. This is something very choice, and while most trusty for open garden culture, it is unapproached for forcing in hotbeds or frames; very compact and round like a ball. Swztable for sending to the table in entire form on the root. Wong standing before shooting. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per OZ. 30C.
* BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON.—A cutting variety of unusual merit—not so golden as Silesian, but by some preferred. Pkts. 5c. and roc ; per oz toc.
CURLED SIMPSON.—4A cutting variety similar to and immediately following the Si- lesian. Pkts, 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
BARLY CURLED SILESIAN.—A cutting variety; the second to produce edible leaves. It does not head. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. Ioc.
BOSTON CURLED.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc.
AMERICAN GATHERING.—A curly-leaved, bronze-edged sort. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. loc.
BRONZED CURLED.—Nevw sort.
superior to either Prize Head or American Gathering.
BIG BOSTON.—Similar toa large form of Speckled Dutch without the speckles—a very desirable variety. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. Isc.
A half-cabbaging variety of bronze-edged leaves, and Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per oz. 15¢.
LETTUCE—LANDRETHS’ FORCING.
PRIZE HEAD, OR SATISFACTION.—A cutting variety of curly leaves. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
GOLDEN CURLED —New sort. A golden-leaved sort producing a haif head of rare excellence ; leaves much fluted on the edges; very showy anda most admirable cutting sort. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
GOLDEN QUEEN.—Resembles a late Seeding Tennisball. Very com- pact, few outside leaves; a good reliable sort. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 15¢c.
GRAND RAPIDS.—A loose-leaved, vigorous grower, resembling Lan- dreth’s Golden Curled. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 15c.
HAWNSON.—Pkts. sc. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
CURLED INDIA.—A valuable variety, making a close-folded head. |
Stands the sun and is crisp and tender. TENNISBAMLL (wuite sEEDED).—Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. roc.
Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
BLOOMSDALE RELIABLE.
LANDRETHS’ I,ARGEST OF ALL.
VIRGINIA SOLID HEADER.—Cabbage heading, leaves light in color with a tinge of red on edge, few leaves outside of the head, late to mature but slow to shoot to seed, admirable therefore for market garden. Cultivated by us on our Vir- ginia plantation for shipment to market, is of remarkably good quality. We have sent quantities to Baltimore market, realizing handsome prices. We recommend it by using it ourselves. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 20¢c.
TENWNISBALL (Bvack SEEDED).-—An early heading sort of reputation. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
IMPERIAL CABBAGE.—A showy white Cabbaging variety of very choice quality, uniform in character, and in every particular very superior to the stock usually sold. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. ioc.
BLOOMSDALE EARLY SUMMER.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 15¢. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, toc. and sc. flat packets.
Free of Postage.
D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
LETTUCE—WATERMELON. 33
LETTUCE— Continued.
SALAMANDER.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. Ioc.
BLOOMSDALE RELIABLE.—A medium sized Cabbage variety, never failimg to head, slow to shoot to seed, and in all respects one of the best sorts ever introduced. Thin leaf, close-folded head, few outside leaves, quick in growth. Recommended to market gardeners for forcing under glass. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
BOSTON MARKET.—Pkts. se. and ioc ; per oz. 10c.
EARLY WHITE CABBAGE.—A broad-leaved vigorous-heading sort. White, showy and desirable. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
SPECKLED DUTCH BUTTERHEAD (SEconpD EARLY). A long-
NORFOLK ROYAL CABBAGE.—Large, very showy heads, compact, crisp, desirable.
Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 10c.
LARGEST OF ALL (A LATE SORT).—Magnificent heads, coveted by all who see them. A very large green cabbaging variety, very bold, altogether desirable, both for family use and market garden. Truckers can adopt it with confidence, as itis sure tosell. Pkts. 5c.
and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢c. BROWN DUTCH .—Bronze leaves. Pkts. 5c. and icc.; per oz. toc.
BLOOMSDALE BUTTER (BLack SEED).—A dark green-leaved variety of remarkable vigor, resisting the most severe heat, and highly prized by all who have tried it. Pkts. 5c.
and toc.; per oz. 15¢c.
ROYATI CABBAGE. —Heads large, very showy. Leaves broad. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per
OZ. 10C.
SLOW SEEDER.—Very meritorious, a long standing, white-leaved Cabbage heading sort remaining in marketable condition long after all other sorts have shot to seed. Pkts. 5c.
and loc.; per oz. 15¢c.
NEW YORK LETTUCBE.—A large, late variety of peculiar green color.
10c.; per Oz. Ioc.
LANDRETHS’ HEAT-RESISTING COS.—Vigorous, always heading, crisp, never wilting under the severest sun. Remarkably fine. It should be in every garden. We recommend this for Florida and Gulf States, as it resists heat, and growing erect, and being tied for blanching, remains free from sand. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
GREEN COS.—Pkts. se and ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
WHITE COS.—An old variety, highly esteemed. Habit of growth, upright.
require tying up to insure blanching. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢
ALWAYS READY.—Slow to shoot to seed, consequently very valuable and always ready for the table. A good header, of the Cabbage type. Pkts. 5c. and toc.;
FLORIDA FAVORITE. Flourishes on hot dry sand. Produces long narrow erect
Pkts. 5c. and
standing white Cabbage variety, forming quite compact heads, the leaves possessing the peculiarity of being irregulariy dotted with spots resembling iron rust. ‘This isthe favorite variety with market garden- ers in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
BLOOMSDALE BARLY SUMMER.— An acquisition of value;
medium size, round in leaf and head; smooth, compact and firm; al- ways heading and slow to shoot to seed; qualities which com- mend themselves to all who aim to raise Lettuce either for family use or market. Second early in maturity. We cannot recommend it too highly. Known in the vicinity of New Orleansas the Creole. DON'T FAIL TO TRY IT. Pkts. 5c. and toc.: per oz. 20c.
The leaves
per oz, 15¢.
leaves which require tying up to blanch; prevents the entry of sand into the head. Pkts.
5c. and Ioc.; per oz. I:c.
LANDRETHS’ ARKANSAS TRAVELER WATERMELON.
LANDRETHSYS’ BOSS.—We still adhere to our claim that no Melon has ever been introduced which can be compared with the Boss in delicacy of flavor, dazzling brilliancy of color of flesh, solidity of flesh, depth of flesh, melting quality, and everything going to make a perfect Melon. The edible portion of the flesh ‘extending to within less than half an inch of the skin, and yet the rind is so hard that no Melon in existence isso gooda shipper. Perfectly ripe Melons will support the weight of a heavy man without any injury to the interior. Success with the Boss, however, is only met with when the soil is strong and rich, both natu-
LANDRETHS’ HEAT-RESISTING COS LETTUCE.
WATERMELON.
Citrullis vulgavis—Melon @ Fau—Baffermelonen—Sandia.
Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre.
When the Black Walnut is in one inch leaf, plant Melons.
Watermelons do well upon sod ground or upon land pre- pared for their reception by plowing down a crop of Winter wheator Winter rye, the sod or grain aerating or keeping loose the soil. When the Apple is in bloom the seed is planted in hills at ten feet apart in each direction. Two large shovelfuls of well-rotted stable manure dug and trampled into each hill and covered with earth.
The cultivator should be prepared with quite four pounds of seed to the acre that he may have a reserve for replanting in case of destruction of his plants by insect depredations or beating rains.
One vine alone to the hill should be allowed to attain perfection; with four hundred and fifty hills to the acre, there should be nine hundred first-class Melons.
Philadelphia Commission Merchants pay for prime Melons, as a highest price, forty dollars ($40.00) per hun- dred. Asan average price, ten dollars ($10.00) per hun- dred. They cease to be profit aan to the trucker when bringing less than four dollars ($4.00) per hundred. First-class Melons are alwaysin demand. but the market is frequently overstocked with small fruit.
Much of the Melon seed offered throughout the country is the product of immature and deformed Melons remain- ing in the field after all the choice fruit has been selected.
rally and artificially, and it requires a space of nine by nine or nine by ten feet to the hill) Under good conditions Melons weigh from thirty to forty pounds, and we have had frequent reports of them reaching a weight of sixty and seventy pounds to the Melon. True stock can only be had direct from us. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc. c
LIGHT GREEN RIND ICING.—One of the Best oF ALL Melons:
always of good flavor, rind very thin. UNEXCELLED IN ALL GOOD QUALITIES. Pkts. 5c. and tIoc.; per oz. toc.
s. M., FREDERICKSBURG, VA.—"I planted your Watermelon—Landreths’ Long Light Icing—last year, and it proved a money-maker, selling better than any other sort.” in
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WATERMELON—Continued.
DARK GREEN RIND ICING.—Shape,size and flavor same as Light Icing, but dark skinned. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per OZ, 10c.
EXTRA EARLY.—Very desirable as the first water- melon to ripen. Every one should have it. Form oblong. Weight from fifteen to sixteen pounds. Quality fair. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 15¢.
ICH CREAM.—Form oblong, skin light in color, seeds white, flesh solid and red. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. loc.
PEERLESS.—Good, but not equal to the Ice Cream. Rind thin, light green; flesh solid, bright in color, sugary. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
LANDRETHS’ LONG LIGHT ICING.—A good cropper, heavy, attractive and very desirable in quality. Pkts. 5c. and ioc ; per oz. loc.
GRAY MONARCH (Jordan’s).—Long, large, heavy, flesh solid, deep red and good flavor. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
GEM (Kolb).—Pkts. se. and ioc ; per oz. toc.
SEMINOLE.—This Melon resembles the Landreths’ Long Light Icing. Very sweet and melting. Pkts. 5c. LANDRETHS’ BOSS WATERMELON. and loc.; per oz. Ioc.
JACKSON, GYPSY, RATTLESNAKE.—A famous Melon in the melting and of very superior flavor. For shipment to long distances it Southern States. Pkt. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 10c. will be found equal to the Kolb Gem, its rind fully as strong and in
appearance more showy, placing it in first rank asa market Melon. A
MOUNTAIN SWEET.—Pkts. Scand roc.; per oz. Toc. decided improvement upon the Dixie as first introduced—longer in
JAMES RIVER.—A long dark-rind Melon of second size, similar to the form, flesh more brilliant and very palatable. A fine shipper. Pkts. Jones Melon. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. roc.
GEORGIA.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc. DUKE JONES.—Larger than Old Jones, Lord Bacon or Kolb’s Gem
ARKANSAS TRAVELER (Specialty).—A large, long, weighty and of better flavor; rind dark green, with irregular lighter-colored
stripes; very prolific and of fine appearance. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per
Melon. Rind dark green, with waving stripes of black; in- O7lnce!
terior always solid, the edible portion extending to ithi : ‘ 2 e/ i f P mae Ne GY PSY.—A famous Melon in the Southern States, long and slim. Pkts. half an inch of the skin. flesh brilliant red, sweet, tender, 5c. and ioc.; per oz ioc.
crystalline, very juicy and altogether quite superior. Seeds | [ROW CILLAD.—Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. Ioc.
variable in color and small. Ripening asan intermediate. EXCELSIOR.—A large, showy Melon, similar to the Cuban Queen. A very hard rind and therefore a good shipper. No better Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. loc.
Melon, except the Boss, has ever beem offered to lovers of | FLORIDA FAVORITE.—A popular Melon in the South. Pkts. sc. choice Watermelons; in size it is not a mammoth—no large and Ioc.; per 02. 100.
Melons are first-class in quality. In color of flesh it isdeep- | CUBAN QUEEN.—A Melon of mammoth size, reaching very often over est red, in texture crystalline, in flavor sugary. The flesh is | sixty pounds in weight. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. toc.
solid throughout, without any sign of either core or cavity, | PRIDE OF GEORGIA.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. noc EM
and the edible portion extends to within a half inch of the AMERICAN QUEEN. Form and color somewhat similar to a Long
5 Light Icing, but more chunky and much heavier, exceedingly produc- skin. We cannot say enough in praise of the Arkansas | tive. A fine shipper, being exceedingly tough in rind. PktsS 5c and
Traveler. Pkts. 5c.and 10c.; per oz. 15c. | 10C.; per OZ. 20¢c.
LONG DIXIE.—the chunky Dixie was grown largely during the Sum- | SST D ESI SWE DE G8 Dee eae 8 Large eu ne mers of 1891, 1892 and 1893 as a market Melon, and with unexampled | CANA eee earrod i Honeliin Bittciectandiogk pat = soa ute tS) satisfaction. We have selected a long form of it which will supersede | any, ane s 8 eae ge rat |. the Kolb Gem, compared with which it is infinitely better, vine vigor- | PRESERVING CITRON.—A round, light and dark striped Water- ous, equally early, quite as productive, weighs as much, darker in rind, | melon, meat greenish white, used for preserving only; seeds red and in form long to half long, flesh deep red without core or cavity, more small. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per Oz. toc.
C We referred to the Melon in our 1893 Catalogue as a most
A CHOICE WATERMELON. delicious variety, very superior to the Kolb Gem with
g which our markets have been overflooded for several years;
a sort so miserable in quality that the desire for Water-
melons has almost been destroyed, and in sections where
6 C } yy hundreds of thousands were sold years ago the demand for
R Kk A ] y SA S R ) j / ] i R a chunky Melons has fallen off tosuch an extent that Kolb
Gems barely brought the freight. It is a fact which
should never be lost sight of by the growers of vegetables
that z¢ zs only the best that CALI Lh prices. The inferior is passed by and _ left with the commission merchant, who is obliged to dispose
of it for a mere song or haul the stuff to the dump, and his report to the grower is most discouraging. The result of our commendation of the
Arkansas Traveler is that our markets have been fairly supplied with them, and one prominent merchant, who makes a specialty of Melons, said to the writer that their ready sale was surprising and they were always the first to go, and at good prices. J ;
The Kolb Gem has earliness, productiveness, and good shipping qualities, but these do not count at the Watermelon pile with the consumer; he is the one that has the Melon to eat, and there lies the proof—if the Melon is not good he will have no more of that variety, and so critical is he that he will not even select one of the same chunky shape. ‘There are several varieties of Long Watermelons in addition to the Arkansas Traveler which are infinitely superior to the Kolb Gem, such as Landreths’ Boss. Long Dixie, Florida Favorite, Landreths’ Long Icing, and Ice Cream. ‘he successful planter is he who studies the taste of the consumer. ‘There is no such thing as fashion in Watermelons.
INTENSE FARMING.
In the European countries Agriculture is pursued far more intensely than in the United States, where the farming systems, if systems they can be called, are too often conducted on a happy-go-lucky plan, consequently the cultivated lands do not produce one-half of what they might, and any plan which will demonstrate this fact to the agricultural public will be a good plan to adopt. ‘
One such plan, and a very practical one, would be for the State Legislatures to offer premiums for best crops. For instance: If the State of Iowa would appropriate every year $15 000 to be offered in 3,000 premiums of $50 and $40 each, equally divided among the counties growing the first and second best five-acre patches of Potatoes. Corn, Wheat, or other leading crops. ‘This might stimulate quite 3,000 farmers to unusually intense efforts and demonstrate to the whole people of the State what can be done, even if only one out of twenty or thirty competitors received a prize. The $15.c00 thus appropriated would produce more practical results than $15 000 spent in the Scientific research of the experimental stations, the work of which, however scientific, would not have the same practical advantages as this stimulation to increase production of crops.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 15¢. per quart; Small Seeds, Sc. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, toc. and sce. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
CANTALOUPE oR CITRON.
Citron Melon, ov Musk Melon—Cucumis Melo—Melon Mus-
cade—Nesk-Melone—Melon Muscatel—Meloen. Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four ounds to the Acre.
Cantaloupes or Citron Melons, as they are termed in Jersey, do well upon sod_ ground or upon land prepared for plant- ing by plowing down a crop of Winter Wheat or Winter Rye, the sod or grass aerating or keeping loose the soil.
The seed is planted at about Corn-seeding time or when the Apple is in bloom, in hills about four-and-a- half feetin each direction. Two shovelfuls of well-rot- ted stable manure being tramped into each hill and eovered with earth. The large long Melons, like the Reedland Giant and Casaba, are generally sold by the hundred; Melonsof the ordinary form and size are sold by the basket of one-half to five-eights bushels capacity.
Philadelphia Commission Merchants pay as a highest price $1.50 to $2.00 per bushel. As an average price forty to fifty cents per bushel. Cantaloupe Melons are fre- quently a drug in the market.
EXTRA EBARLY CITRON (First IN MARKET).—The largest of the very early Cantaloupes ; form half flat, fairly webbed, fleshgreen. The merit of this sort consists in its extra early habit. A variety which, for its early maturity, will be found profitable by all market gardeners. A cus- tomer writes: ‘‘I was once poor, now I am rich—havea fine house and a large family, all from your Extra Early Citron.’”’ Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. toc.
JENNY LIND —A very small early variety, flattened at the poles, of surpassing good quality, reeommended for family garden, rather small for market. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. roc.
EXTRA BARLY JUNE (rine).—A large, flat, early Melon following the Extra Early. Fruit more flat than the Jenny Lind, deeply ribbed, heavily netted; flesh green, of a most exquisite quality. This Melon will probably take its place asa standard extra early. It does best on light soils; will even develop perfectly on white sand. It is the earliest Melon of its size,and valuable to the shipper. Twice as long as Jenny Lind. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; peroz. 15¢.
GOLDEN JENNY.—Small, but highly prized by the most experienced growers of Melons. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
NABOWNH
SOUTH JERSEY CANTALOUPE.
SALMON AND GREEN.—Fruit slightly oval and regularly rounded at the ends. Lightly ribbed and slightly netted ; skin very dark green; extremely thick fleshed, the edible portion extending to the very rind. Flesh deep orange and very sweet. Cavity small. A very showy new variety. Suitable for both light and heavy soils. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per Oz. toc.
EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK.—A week or ten days earlier than the old Hackensack. Small foliage. Profitable for market. Pkts. 5¢. and toc.; per oz. loc. }
PINEAPPLE.—Of first quality; oblong. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
CANTALOUPE OR CITRON.
. Extra Early Rough. Small Jenny Lind.
. Golden Jenny.
. Improved Jenny.
. Large Jenny Lind.
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6. Small Acme. 12. Extra Early Hackensack. 7. Anne Arundel. 13. Missouri.
8. Large Acme. 14. California.
g. Nutmeg. 15. Surprise.
io. Atlantic City. 16. Large Hackensack.
11. Pineapple. 17. Casaba.
EXTRA HARLY CAPE MAY.—A very early and large round Can- taloupe or Musk Melon of nutmeg form; quality most excellent and exceedingly productive; fruit deeply ribbed and heavily netted, flesh deep green, tender, juicy, very sweet; foliage very small and distinct, and proof against sunshine. Producing well on lightest soils, and a most prolific sort for the market gardener, as thirty will often fill a barrel. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 15¢.
EMERALD G&M.—A small very early Melon, form globular, flattened at the poles, ribbed, smooth, deep emerald green skin. Pkts. 5c. and 10C.; per OZ. Ioc.
ACME CANTALOUPE.—A Melon of high repute at Philadelphia and Baltimore. Known in Maryland as the Baltimore Citron. It is showy, pointed at both ends, strongly netted—which fits it for ship- ment, the netting protecting it from injury. This variety, in good average soil and under average conditions, will produce one hundred barrels to the acre. The best selling Melon in the Philadelphia market. Green fleshed, fine flavored, productive and a good shipper. Pkts. 5c. and 10¢.; per oz. toc.
IMPROVED JENNY .—Larger than Golden Jenny and greenerin the rind. Avery salable sort. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. Ioc.
ATLANTIC CITY .—A fine bold pineapple-shaped Melon of excellent quality, large and very showy; moderately ribbed and so heavily net- ted as to fit it for shipping to long distances. Flesh green, thick and sweet; doing admirably well on sandy soils and possessing all the good qualities of the Acme or Baltimore Citron, with largely increased size. Forty will frequently fill a barrel, and their appearance sells them. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. I5c.
SOUTH JERSEY.—A New Cantaloupe. Large, oval, pointed at each end; netted all over with heavy webbing. Flesh thick, green and most excellent in flavor. Resists decay and comes to market without injury. A super-excellent strain somewhat resembling the Anne Arundel, but larger. Pkts. 5c and toc.; per oz. 15¢.
NETTED GEM.—EKarly quality, good, very attractive. 10C.; OZ. loc.
GREEN CITRON CANTALOUPE.—Pkts. sc. and ioc.; per oz. roc.
ANNE ARUNDEL.—A thick, oval Melon of first size, ribs very distinct and netted all over. Flesh green and sugary. It is in all respects one of the best of Melons. Its entire webbing or netting fits it to resist abrasion during shipment. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. roc.
NETTED NUTMEG CANTALOUPE.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per Oz. I0c.
Pkts. 5c. and
K. H., CHATAM, ONTARIO, CAN.—" your Cauliflower seed is very choice. I sowed it on the 6th of February, potted the plants on March rst
and on the 15th April, planted them in the open ground and on June 18th I had heads 6 inches in diameter, three weeks earlier than any other in my vicinity.’’
CANTALOUPE—MARKET GARDENING—MORE POTASH NEEDED.
CANTALOUPE—Continued.
HACKENSACK, OR TURES’ CAP.—Flesh green, a favorite with market gardeners. One of the best Melons for shipping, will carry ten days. Twenty will generally fill a barrel. Five hundred Melons selected for our own seed weighed 2500 pounds. Suitable for heavy soil. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. toc.
MISSOURI.—A new sort of rare good quality. Form globular, flattened at each end; wonderfully ribbed, with dark green cavities, ribs covered with strong netting, fitting it for ship- ment; flesh green, flavor excellent, foliage strong and hardy. Pkts. 5c, and 10c¢.; per oz. 15c.
OSAGE.—A new salmon-fleshed variety favorably thought of in the Chi- cago and other Western markets. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. toc.
CALIFORNIA CITRON.—Flesh deep orange, attractive in appear- ance. Weight up to twelve pounds. Eighteen to twenty will fill a barrel. Suitable for heavy soil. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
SURPRISE.—A Citron of cream-colored rind, with thick, salmon-col- ored flesh, large and early. An excellent sort. Suitable for heavy soil. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. roc.
LARGE ACME.—Grown by truckers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and along the borders of the Chesapeake. Twice the size of the old Acme and coming rapidly intodemand. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 15¢.
MONTREAIL.—A showy Citron, average weight ten pounds, though going uptotwenty. Well ribbed and netted. Flesh deep sugary and green in color. Flavor fine. Suitable for heavy soil. Pkts. 5c. and 10C.; per OZ. 1oc.
CASABA (Perstan).—A very showy Cantaloupe, flesh orange in color. This sort sometimes produces fruit twice as large as an ordinary Can- taloupe, often the size of an ordinary Watermelon. Form oblong. Suitable for heavy soil. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. toc,
LARGE BLACK PARIS.—Here we present a Melon which may be termed a show Melon, so large and distinct is it in form and markings, and yet it possesses qualities of the first order. Described, it is a very large. oblong, square-ended Cantaloupe Melon, weighing from ten to fifteen pounds. Rind black; ribs broad, massive and prominent, with deep cavities between; skin somewhat netted; flesh deep orange, very thick and excellent in flavor. Foliage small, and resisting heat. Very showy and selling well in market. Only suitable for black or heavy soil. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 15¢. 4
REEDLAND GIANT.—A showy Cantaloupe of mammoth size, reach- ing twenty-five pounds, and as large as an average-sized Watermelon. Flesh green, melting, sugary. Not suitable for light land. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. loc.
LARGE WHITE FRENCH.—It is a chunky, oblong Cantaloupe Melon of large diameter, fruit weighing on an average about ten pounds. The character of this Melon fits it asa show Melon, and yet it is so delicious in flavor as to make it desirable on any table. Rind whitish green, turning to yellow; ribs protruding to such an unusual degree as frequently to make the fruit prismatic; skin slightly netted; flesh yellow and orange, when ripe the edible portion extending al- most tothe skin. Only suitable for black or heavy soil. Pkts. sc. and 10C.; per OZ. I5¢.
EXTRACTS FROM
MARKET GARDENING AND FARM NOTES.
BY BURNET LANDRETH.
MARKET GARDENING.—Though this volume is written for the amateur, or family gardener—indeed, to be more precise, for the novice in gardening—it may, however, fall into the hands of more experienced persons, inclined to make a venture in gardening for profit, and, accordingly, it may not be out of place to make some remarks upon subjects connected with
growing vegetables for sale.
writer makes the following extracts.
value of $75,000,000, the product of 534,440 acres of land. The annual expenditures for fertilizing being . . . $10,000 000
The cost of seeds used amounting to . . $1,420,633 The number of men employed being. ....... 216,765 The number of women employed being .. . . 9,254
For convenience of tabulation the States are divided into districts.
x * *
under cultivation for truck farming purposes, etc.
The last United States Census Bureau has issued a bulletin on Truck Farming, from which the Upwards of $100,000,000 is invested in this industry, the annual products reaching a
The number of children employed being . ROLE 14,874 The number of horses and mules employed being. . . . 75,800 The value of the implements used being. ....... $8,971,000
The following is a summary of the number of acres
CAPITAL.—The capital of a market gardener should be estimated by his available cash, compared with the number of his acres, and, as in other things, opinions vary, so do the estimates of practical gardeners, some being satisfied to live on inexpensive land far removed from market, and use what others would term an incomplete line of implements, and be satisfied with what nature develops in the ordinary routine of their business, while others, more progressive, locate in the outskirts of great cities, consequently upon high-priced land, and have everything new in the way of labor-saying appliances.
The first class of gardeners nay be termed experimental farmers, men tired of the humdrum rotation of farm processes
and small profits, men looking for a paying diversification of their agricultural interests.
Their expenses for appliances are
not great as they have already on hand the usual stock of farm tools, requiring only one or two seed drills, a small addition
to their cultivating implements, and a few tons of fertilizers.
of moderate areas. twenty to twenty-five dollars, etc. * * *
Fodder crops, pasture
eee EE grasses, corn stover and hay all remove large
ORE POTAGH NEEDED. oie
the soil, and these crops occupy a large proportion of our improved lands.
2. The urine of our domestic animals contains about four-fifths of the total potash of their excrements
3. When urine is allowed to waste, the manure is poor in potash.
4- When manures are exposed to rains, much of the potash, being soluble, is washed away.
5. Nearly all the special fertilizers are especially rich in phosphoric acid, and do not contain enough potash.
6. Superphosphates were the first fertilizers to come into general use among our farmers.
When the farmer buys a fertilizer, he still nine times out of ten, calls
for a phosphate.
8 Asa result of the above conditions, our soils seem to be quite gene- rally in need of more liberal applications of potash.
Postage Extra. Free of Postage.
Their laborers and teams are always on hand for the working In addition to their usual expenses of the farm, they would not need to have a cash capital of beyond
g. In the case of corn the need of potash appears to be particularly
prominent.
For a good crop of corn the fertilizer used should supply 100 to 125
Ibs. of actual potash per acre; 200 to 250 lbs. of muriate of potash
or one ton (50 bu.) of good wood ashes will do this.
11. With ordinary farm or stable manure it will generally pay to use some potash for corn; 125 to 150 lbs. of muriate of potash has given profitable results.
12. The liberal use of potash means more clover in our fields, more nitrogen taken from the air, more milk in the pail, a richer manure heap, and storehouses and barns full to overflowing. It means also a sod which when turned will help every other crop.
13. For the potato crop the sulphate appears to be much superior to the muriate of potash, promoting both yield and quality in niuch higher degree; 300 to goo lbs. of high grade sulphate of potash furnishes enough of this element.
14. For oats, rye and grass, nitrate of soda applied just as the growth begins in Spring has proved very beneficial; 300 to 400 lbs. per acre should be applied.— Prof. W. P. Brooks, Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
10.
On Peas and Beans, 16¢c per quart; Corn, 15¢ per quart ; Small Seeds, Sc. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, toc, and sc. flat packets,
D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
ONIONS.
Philadelphia grown seed, or such raised in that portion of Pennsyl-
vania, is unquestionably earlier than New England seed, and still
e more so as compared with Western seed. This is an important
feature, as the EARLY MARKETED Onions always bring the high-
est prices. The growth conclusively proves the assertion, Phila-
Allium cepa—Ognon— 3 wiebel—Cebollo-Rodlog. delphia seed making bulbs, either as sets or full-sized Onions, long
before seed from any other locality. Try this experiment and be
satisfied. The yield of seed being much less to the acre than in any other locality, Philadelphia stock commands a higher price.
LARGE ONIONS FROM SEED These cannot be produced in every locality. In- ‘ ° quiry from neighbors will always elicit information upon such subjects. When the Apple is in bloom sow in drills one foot
apart, drilling szx or ezght pounds of seed to the acre. Yield 500 to 1000 bushels. Z
SETS FRO? SEED Drill when the Apple isin bloom, sixty to seventy-five pounds of seed to * the acre. At Midsummer, or whenever the tops die, remove the small bulbs, buttons or sets, as they are indifferently called, produced by this process, toa dry place. in the Autumn, or early in the following Spring, replant them in rows, the sets two inches apart, the rows wide enough to hoe between them. Odserve: If not sown quite thickly in the first instance, they attain too large a size, and when replanted shoot to seed. i In growing Onions for the market, either from seed or sets, an unusually large size is not to be desired, two or three inches in diameter being about the most desirable size for shipping. A vigorously growing Onion crop fre- quently can be hastened to early ripening at near the desired size by simply stopping the vigorof growth by running a scuffle hoe under the bulbs on one side so as tocut off one-half the roots. Such a course of treat- ment will reduce the excess of vigor and forward maturity. Ifthe grower awaits the development of mammoth Onions, or even large ones, he frequently lets pass op- portunities for paying sales, far more profitable than afterwards realized.
NOTES ON COOKING.—No. 175.-STEWED.—Remove the coarse skin, cut in slices and put in saucepan with fresh butter and let simmer until a light brown, add some Espagnole and a little Worcestershire sauce, salt and pep- per. Cover and cook for twenty minutes.
No. 176.—BAKED.—Select largest and most perfect Onions and boil for an hour. Peel off outer por- tion and put each Onion in a but- tered stew pan with Espagnole sauce and broth; sprinkle a little
BLOOMSDALE PEARL ONION
ONIONS. sugar and put a small piece of SETS. E ~ butter on each Onion. Place a buttered paper on the dish and 1. Silver Skin. 3. Round Early Red Globe. 5. Yellow Globe Danvers. bake in a moderate oven. 2, Extra Early Red. 4. Red Wethersfield. 6. Yellow Globe Southport. No. 177.—FRIED.—Wash, cut in thin slices, dip in cream, add salt, 7. White Globe Southport. pepper, and rollin flour, fry in hot lard till crisp.
EXTRA EARLY BLOOMSDALE PEARL.—In many respects the most
CHOICE ON 10 N SEED remarkable Onion ever introduced. Earliest of all, growing with the rapidit
of a Summer Radish. Pearly white, waxy, translucent. Form flat and broad. Flavor very mild; all astringent qualities being eliminated, it can be eaten
raw, almost with the freedom of an Apple.
Keeping qualities of the matured
TO G ROW | ARGE BULBS Onion fair. Those who have tried it always want it again, because of its dis- 0 tinctive qualities. On very rich soil it will grow almost too large for market,
sometimes five and six inches across. Pkts. 5c and loc.; per oz. 30¢.
38 ONIONS—SEED FOR SETS—TRANSPLANTING ONIONS. ~ ONIONS—Continued.
BERMUDA ISLAND WHITH (rrve stock) —Several days earlier two weeks behind the Bloomsdale in period of maturity. Pkts. 5c_ a mabipity ian the Bermuda Island Red, and more flat, and though and toc.; per oz. 25¢. shipped and known as a white Onion, has an outer skin of a straw PP. This seed and | BLOOMSDALE SILVER SKIN OR WHITE.—A mild, pleasant-
colored tone; the interior is, however, pearly white. z 2 i flavored variety, admirable for family use, not so good a keeper as the
that of the Bermuda Island Red, we 7mport from the Canary Islands, sors the source from which the Bermuda growers obtain their choice stocks. dark-skinned varieties, but better flavored and always salable. Crop very short. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 45¢.
Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 30c. BERMUDA ISLAND RED (rrveE srock).—Well known as among | EXTRA BARLY FLAT RED.—Medium size, deep red, earlier and
the earliest Onions appearing in the Spring markets. Shipped from flatter than Wethersfield. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz, 2s¢.
Bermuda in immense quantities. In Florida the seed issown in Octo- SILVER SKIN.—An early white, flat Philadelphia variety. Pkts. sc.
ber and November to very great profit for early shipment. The Sets 6 planted in September and October produce marketable Onions in early SRC IGEG IIS Che 28: Spring. Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per oz. 30c. WHITE PORTUGAL.—Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per oz. 25¢. ITALIAN QUEEN.—An extra early small silver skin. Pkts. 5c.and | PRIZE TAKER.—A mammoth yellow globe—similar to the huge 10c.; per Oz. 20c. Spanish Onions exhibited at fruit standsin Autumn. Pkts. 5c. and toc.:
BLOOMSDALE EXTRA EARLY GOLD SEAL.—A new and Be ced once valuable sort. This Onion ripens immediately after the Bloomsdale | WHITE TRIPOLI.—Large, flat, mild favored. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per
Extra ey Fear and the Bermudas, and ‘peter the Bloomsdale Oz 30C.
Extra Early Red. The mature Onions are flat and very thin, their ox - shave at once indicating their early maturity. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc ; per ERG LAREN GEA RT Ca ee I Bree Eee As JED 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 2oc.
BLOOMSDALE EXTRA EARLY RED SEAL.—Similar to the ery : Gold Seal in form and maturity, but redin color. Pkts. 1oc.; per oz. eo DUTCH.—A flat yellow variety. Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per 3oc. : 5
" GIANT RED GARGAWNUS.—A monstrous red-skinned, globular
BLOOMSDALE EXTRA EARLY DARK RED,.—A variety of Italian Onion, known in some sections as Pompeii. BE ce and
unusually early maturity for a large red. Medium size, broad, flat, T0C.; per oz. 25¢. :
deep red in color and an excellent keeper. Several weeks earlier than the Wethersfield Red. This isa special strain difficult to obtain else- | GIANT WHITE GARGANUS.—Also known as Silver King; a
where. Some selections of Onion seed sold as Extra Early Red are giant Italian variety. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 3o0c.
LANDRETHS’ HARD ROUND GOLDEN.—Very Select. This is a strain certain to prove profitable to the market gardener or for use in the private garden. It varies in shape from round to oval and ripens hard as an apple, and of a bright yellow color. Some- what similar in color to the Danvers Globe, but growing larger, heavier, more solid and a better keeper. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 20C.
BLOOMSDALE DANVERS.—Oval in form. Maturing in eighty-four days. This strain will produce marketable bulbs in twelve weeks from date of sowing. Growers of Onious for the market will at once appreciate the importance of securing seed of unquestioned quality, and this we offer as such. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 20c.
LARGE YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS.—An oval-shaped, straw-colored, long keeping variety. Superior to the flat Yellow Dutch, which latter, a cheap variety, is often deceptively sold for it. Pkts sc. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
YELLOW FLAT DANVERS,—A flat form of good keeping. Pkts.5c. and 10C.; per oz. 15¢.
YELLOW STASBURG.—A flat yellow Onion of early habit. Pkts. 5c. and 10C.; per oz. I5¢.
WETHERSFIELD LARGE RED.—Be not deceived in Wethersfield, there are many types; some selections ripen in August, others in September, others as late as October. We need not say the variation in time makes a difference in price of product. That which we offer is the early form. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 15¢.
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE.—A very desirable round red variety, heavy,
a large producer and a good shipper. Very salable in market. Pkts. 5c. and 10C.; per Oz. 20¢
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE .—4A favorite yellow globe variety in the markets of New York and Boston. Solid and agood keeper Pkts 5c. and 10C.; per OZ. 20¢.
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE.—A showy, large white variety. Pkts. se. EXTRA EARLY BERMUDA ONIONS. and Toc.; per oz. 35¢c.
BLOOMSDALE SILVER SKIN or WHITE.— A mild, pleasant-flavored variety, admirable SEED FOR SETS for family use, not so good a keeper as the dark-skinned varieties, but better flavored and always e salable. Very superior to the White Portugal, which is sometimes sold for Silver Skin. Pkts, 5c. and Ioc.; per Oz. 45¢. Producing best Sets if sown thickly, BT.OQOMSDALE LARGE YELLOW STRASBURG.—A reliable and widely cultivated
variety, not so strong in flavor as the Red; a good keeper, valuable for shipping. Pkts. 5c. and
also largest bulbs if sown thinly. raise Be oan Zee
In parts of Texas and Florida the gardeners, in October, sow their Onion Seed quite thickly in
RANSPLAN | ING beds, and when the young plants are thick as a straw, dig them up and transplant or re-set
them in positions where they remain until fully grown. This they find to be cheaper than
lanti sets. ONIONS. 2x ox ox ta Mone The PRIZE TAKER and BERMUDA are the favorite + + + varieties with gardeners who transplant Onions.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 15c. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds anc ounces, toc. and sc. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelpnia.
ONION SETS. 39
ONION SETS.
Three Quarts of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Ten to Fifteen Bushels to the Acre, According to Size.
Onion Sets--Philadelphia Grown.
In all localities south of the latitude of Central Virginia or Central Kentucky, we recommend that Onion Sets of LARGE ONIONS all varieties be pianted in October and November, as by : ~ aN LI | early Autumn planting there is a gain in size and early ; : y Bai CS ‘ a FROM SETS. maturity. Plantin rowsat a sufficient distance apart in Sy ; ; s ¥ DY,
the row so as to afford them room to produce full-sized bulbs. This will consume eight to ten bushels tothe acre. Onions produced by this system can be placed in market long before those grown directly from seed,
and the higher price received for early Onions warrants the outlay.
Philadelphia-grown Onion Sets may be relied upon to produce well-shaped marketable bulbs. Many Western-grown Sets often only produce scullions, and nearly always show a disposition to run to seed. Such Sets cannot be cheap at — : any price; the more a man has the worse he is off. ONION SETS IN FULL GROWTH.
We grow on our own lands many thousands of bushels of sets annually, and purchase additional large quantities grown by our neighbors. We offer all the sorts usually grown and some sorts not offered by other seedsmen, among these the White and Red Bermuda, celebrated as appearing in the Northern markets in April, importations from the Bermuda Islands, situated in the warm channel of the Gulf Stream, 500 miles east from Charleston, South Carolina.
These Bermuda Onions for several years have been cultivated with full success in Florida, BERMUDA ONIONS Louisiana and Texas, and are now being satisfactorily grown in Georgia, South Carolina, . Southern Mississippi and Alabama,
Down the Mississippi, below New Orleans, 109,000 barrels of marketable onions are grown annually. All the early ones formerly grown were known as Creole Onions, half round and light red, but they are fast being supplanted by the Bermudas.
The following table extracted from Bulletin No. 27, of the Louisiana State Experimental Station, clearly shows the relative development of size and relative period of maturity to that size. It will be perceived at a glance that the Bermudas were nearly twice as large and 15 to 25 days earlier than the Creole.
TRANSPLANTING ONIONS AT BATON ROUGE—SOWN IN AUGUST, 1893. It will be seen by this that in two cases the average weight was
Eee. eee — | increased, and also the bulk matured earlier, besides this the nearly
VARIETY. Average Wt.|Earliness. perfect stand, insured by transplanting, gave a much increased total == —|— —-— vield per given length of row. These seeds were sown the last of *Red Bermuda, transplanted ........./4,50unces. | April 1 August, 1893, and the plants transplanted when less than one-fourth Red Bermuda, nottransplanted........ | 4.5 a April 27 inch in diameter. White Bermuda, transplanted... 1... . . VSS) 7 Aprilis | Our illustration on page 38 is an exact copy from a photograph White Bermuda, not transplanted ..... ./|5 April 30 and serves either for the White or Red Bermuda Onions, as they are Louisiana, or Creole, transplanted ... | 3 a April 25 identical in shape. The seed of these two sorts is now ready for ship- Louisiana, or Creole, not transplanted 2.5 ae April 25 ment. Prize Taker, transplanted... 2.2... ./78 0 | May 25 White Bermuda Onion Seed. . . . per Ib. $2.75. . . per oz. 30c. Prize Taker, not transplanted... 0... 18 |_ May 30 Red Bermuda Onion Seed. . . . . perlb. 2.75. . . per oz. 30c. *Twenty days ahead of the Creole, and four anda half ounces against White and Red Bermuda Onion Sets, and also Bloomsdale Pearl three ounces. Sets, ready forshipment in September of each year. r) LANDRETHS’ SPECIALTIES IN CNION SETS. a = ans ah eT Purchasers desiring Onion Sets in coasidera- ve PS 4 ble quantity, are recommended to write for latest
prices, which may belower or higher than these.
| EXTRA EARLY RED BERMUDA.—-Per qt. 20c.; per bush. $3.50.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE BERMUDA.—Per qt. 20c.; per bush. $3.50. Varieties as described above. The sets of both straw-colored outside. The under coat of the Red is rose and purple. The under coat of the White is white.
| BLOOMSDALE PEARL.--White, waxy, mild in flavor. Per qt. 20c.; per bush. $4.00.
LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY GOLD SEAL.—Per at. 20c.; per bush. $3.50.
LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY RED SEAL. 20c.; per bush. $3.50.
In these we have two distinct varieties adapted to both Autumn and Spring planting in any climate, hot or cold; desirable in every garden from Hali- fax to Galveston, or from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Full-sized Onions from these sets mature immedi- ately after the Bloomsdale Extra Early Red and Bermuda, and two or three weeks before any
a other kinds, red or yellow. The mature Onions SION SETS PULLED AND DRYING. are flat and thin—one a bright straw color, like the Danvers; the other a deep red, like the Wethersfield. The flavor of each is mild and delicate as the famous French Shallot, and they are the best of keepers.
Per qt.
9
L. F., TEXAS.—‘‘I have raised a crop of 10,000 pounds of Extra Early Bloomsdale Pearl Onions frori one pound of seed sown.”
40 ONION SE ees a OS IU UE. .
ONION SETS—Continued. STANDARD VARIETIES.
YELLOW (sometimes called red) . - per at. 15¢c.; per bush. $3.00 | TOP ONIONS (RED), (28 lbs. per bush.). . . . - . pet qt. 25¢. SILVER SKIN . ee : mS Cue He 3-25 | poTaTO ONIONS @) orc DANVERS YELLOW ....... “qc. “ 3.00 (OOS ATE a Be, 1% of YELLOW STRASBURG .. ... ‘5c; « 3.00 | SHALLOTS .. . I ce a a so.
Crates or Barrels extra. See page 2 of cover.
MUSHROOM SPAWN cmporten).
Agaricus Campestris—Champignon comestible—Champignonbrut—Seta—Kampernoelic.
The culture of Mushrooms to the initiated is very easy, but it is a subject of much difficulty to the novice. We cannot attempt here to give at length the necessary directions, but refer the inquirer to some of the various publications upon the subject.
Plant one pound of spawn to thesquare foot. Kept on sale in the formof Bricks, The spawn is planted in dark pits, caves, in outdoor hotbeds, or on banks of compost. Per Brick of about 1% lbs., 15c.
NOTES ON COOKING.—No. 151.—STEWED.—Wash thoroughly, peel and cut off injured parts. Place ip porcelain stewing pan with salt pepper and butter, and two teaspoonfuls of salt water, stew for eight minutes. Serve on toast.
No. 152.—BakKrEp.—Clean thoroughly, remove the stems and fill the cavities with stufE ing composed of Onion, Tomato, Parsley, chopped very fine. Add salt and pepper, put in a saucepan with butter, stew for twenty minutes. Add crumbs of bread and thicken, fill the patties and spread the crumbs upon the top. Bakein a moderate oven a few minutes and serve with brown sauce.
Sinapts alba and S. nigra—Moutarde—Senj—Mostaza—Mostaara.
Ni U STARD. Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row.
Four Pounds to the Acre.
In the Spring, when the Pear isin bloom, drill in rows one footapart To havea succession the sowings should be made every two or three weeks till October Cut young; when old
the flavor is strong. Once sown in the garden it is pretty certain to perpetuate itself. MuSHROOMS. { CREOLE (Harly).—A fine curledsort. Itisquiteornamentalinappear- | BLOOMSDALE LARGE-LEAVED (Early).—So named by rea=
ance. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per 02. toc. son of producing leaves when fully developed as large and W HITE.—Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. toc. broad as the largest Tobacco. The leaves when small are BROWN.—Pkts. sc. and 10c.; per oz. roc. very tender, and admirable asasalad. When larger leaved
we recommend it for boiling like Spinach. A plant which
CHMUINTIB (SSO OTTE EN BEEINS (CAD IREDID ING): SO IAS BS) WRG CREO OS should be in every garden. Pkts. 5c. and 10c., per oz. 10c.
curly. Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per oz. toc.
NASTU RT| U Mi At about Corn-planting season sow in drills at three feet and thin out to ten inches, or plant 9 to trellis work. The dwarf is the best, as it does not require sticks or training. The flowers and young leaves are used as a salad. The seed-pods, with foot-stalks 0) R | N D lA N CR ESS attached, are gathered while green and tender, and pickled as a substitute for Capers.
TALL YELLOW.—4 popular variety for garden culture, Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 15¢.
BA ice Sees a i il an EO DWARF YELLOW.—The plant is exceedingly ornamental. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. I5C.
Four Ounces of Seed to too Yards of Row
' Plant the seed when the Apple is in bloom, in hills or 5 drills; if in hills, two feet apart and two or three plants in Hibiscus esculentus—Gombaud—Oeer oder Gombo— sie aaa pater iess (area iset Gombo—Ouimbombo. between the plants. The seeds are liable to rot in the ground Twelve Ounces of Seed to100 Yards of Row and should be put in thickly
to secure the requisite quan- Twenty Pounds to the Acre. tity of plants. Very rich ground
is demanded by this vegetable. It is necessary to make an earlier and later sowing to secure an uninterrupted supply throughout the season.
NEW SOUTH.—A new dwarf variety, an acquisition. Pods medium length, very slim, cylindrical, green, smooth, very choice. Pkts. se.and roc.; per oz, toc.
DWARF.-Height three feet. Pkts. 5c. and xoc ; per oz. toc.
PROLIFIC.—Height four feet. Very prolific in long, smooth and slim pods. Pkts. 5c. and 10€.; per oz, 10¢.
LANDRETHS’ LONG GREEN POD.—A variety producing pods of unusuai length, often ten inches long when mature, very slim and of intensely green color. The best of all green “sorts. Canned for Winter use in large quantities. No other sort can compare with this. Pkts. sc. and 10c ; per oz. 10c.
LANDRETHS’ LONG WHITE POD.—New. Pods unusually long, often ten inches, very slim. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. I1oc.
», Common. 3. Prolific. 5. Cow Horn. VELVET POD.—Height three feet, pod slim, and velvety. Pkts. 5c. and re.;
2. Dwarf. 4. New South. 6. Long Green Pod. per oz. loc.
TALL. —Height five feet. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; sper @Z. 10c.
E. J., FLORIDA.—"I prefer Landreths’ Seeds to all others, and seventy- -five years ago my father would have no others, nor will I since his day.”
PARSLEY—PARSNIP—PEAS. 41
The drilling should take place when the Cherry is in bloom, and may be continued until A RS Me, EY early Autumn. ° If for horse culture, the rows should be three feet apart; if for hand culture, the rows should be eighteen inches apart. Apium petroselinum—Perstl—Peterjilic—Perejtl—Peter sie. SIN GLE.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 10¢c.
Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. rere Ce pee eeu BS DET 7. 70C. shy seeder. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.: per
Kight Pounds to the Acre. OF NO, eibers PP ; y ; = SS as
FERN LEAVED —Exquisitely curled, and as a culinary decoration EMBERALD.—Very superior, very fine curled and twisted leaf, of dee very choice. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. roc. green color. A well bred very choice strain, short jointed, tufted,
CHAMPION CURLED.—4 variation of the Fine Curled; very desir- certain to please. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 10c.
able. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. Ive.
PA RSN P, The Parsnip is a vegetable of merit, easily raised and of exceeding productiveness. It is
a delicious table vegetable, and is famous in some districts as a food for swine.
Pastinaca sativa—Panais — Chirivia—Paftinate—Pastinak. When the Apple is in blossom, sow in shallow drills in good ground deeply dug; cover a the seed ligiitly. When the plants are up two or three inches, thin them to stand Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. four inches asunder, Yield 300 to 700 bushels,
Eight Pounds to the Acre.
BLOOMSDALE.—tThe Bloomsdale is the best bred and handsomest SUGAR, HOLLOW CROWNED, OR CUP.—An old variety. Parsnip to be found—it is half long, wedge shaped, hollow crowned and Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc. very broad at the shoulders, easily taken out of the ground, and pro- ducing more tons to the acre than the longer and more slim varieties. TURNIP-ROOTED.—tThis variety has a root the form of a flat o1
Do not confound this with common stock which produces sizm roots, round Turnip. Earlier than the longer forms, and therefore desirable for ferked and so long as to be next to impossible of extraction from the early use. Especially adapted to shallow soils, hard clays or gravels, ground. Pkts. 5c. and 10oc ; per oz. toc. by reason of its surface development. Pkts. 5c. and icc.; per oZ. roc.
BLOOMSDALE PEA.
Sold by us for several years to truckers asa grand early and steady picker, enormously productive in large pods containing 9 to io peasina pod. One of our customers in ordering Bloomsdale Peas for this season says that he found them the most productive variety he ever planted, that he realized an average price of $1.00 per basket or $300 per acre. His pickers had contests every day as to who could find the most pods with the greater number of peas in, and it was astonish- ing how many there were with ten and twelve peas in them, He further says that he don’t want us to give this information away to others in his neighborhood, as he don’t want to divide the spoils. Whilst we suppress his name and address, we cannot refrain from using so good a testimonial. Pkts. 5c, and roc., per quart, 25¢.
x36) PEAS. fox
Pisum sativum—Pois—Gutsante—Gvrbjen—Haveert. Thr-e Quarts of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Two Bushels to the Acre.
Peas are among the first seeds that may be sown at close of Winter, frequently being planted before sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas may be safely commenced when the Peach isin bloom and continued at intervals up to within sixty days of frost for the early kinds, or seventy days forthe intermediate varieties, or eighty days for the later sorts. Late sown Peas are never as product- ive as those sown in the Spring, and often are found to be subject to mildew. Landreths’ Extra Early will be found to be the best for August and September sowings because of its early ripening habit and its ability to resist mildew. The dwarf varieties may be drilled at two feet if cultivated by horse-power, or fifteen inches if to be hoed by hand. The yarieties of medium length should be drilled not closer than three feet, and the tall-growing sorts at five feetapart. The number of Peas ina row may vary from ten to the foot in the case of the very dwexf kinds, to eight to the foot of the medium tall varieties, and six to the foot of the very tall kinds. Yield 100 to 300 bushels. At Philadelphia the highest aver- BLOOMSDALE PEAS. age price paid by commission merchants for Early Peas is from $3.00 to $4 00 per bushel, and the highest price paid for late varieties is $1.50 to $2.00 per bushel, while the price sometimes is as low as 50 to 80 cents per bushel. Early Peas are not grown profitably at less than 80 cents per bushel, nor late Peas at less than 60 cents per bushel. The Pea thrives best in light, loamy soil ; the early and dwarf sorts demand rich ground.
THE FARLI EST SOR LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY PEA.—In Landreths’ Garden Seed Catalogue of 1823, appeare® ° the first notice of this now famous Pea, that year named and offered for the first time. The other early Peas of that date and which preceded it being the Early Charlton and Golden Hotspur, both now out of existence. The continued popularity of the Landreths’ Extra Early Pea for 73 yearsis remarkable among vegetables, few sorts having so long acultivation. ‘This fact proves its value, and we are safe in asserting no Pea under any name has ever surnassed it in quick maturity and excellence of quality. We sell these Peas put up in Red Cloth Bags (wired and lead-sealed) with our Bell Trade-mark, of one bushel, halves, quarters and eighths—no extra charge for bags—and in Sealed Cardboard Packages of one pints and one-third pints, and in Flat Packets. We will sell them in this form alone, introduced by usin the Autumn of 1878, to check the enormous frauds practiced by irresponsible parties, who alike injured the conscientious merchant, the consumer and oiirselves by palming upon the publicas LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY PEAS stock of which we had no knowledge and of doubtful quality at best. Purchasers of Landreths’ Sealed Red Bags can plant the contents with confidence, and rest satisfied toabide the result. A@-Any Extra Early Peas offered loose in bulk as Landreths’ are fraudulent. It is safe not to make any experiments in sowing a Pea which requires seven weeks of culture to prove its merits; better stick to a certainty. No. 4284. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Patent Office. To wit: Be it remembered, That on the seventh day of November, Anno Domini 1884, Oliver Landreth, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, deposite2 in this office for regisivation a Label, of which the following is the title : “LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY PEAS.” The right whereof he claims as sole proprietor, in conformity with the law of the United States entitled ‘“‘An act to amend the law relating to Patents, Trade-marks and Copyrights,’”’ approved June 15, 1874. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the Commissioner of Patents to be hereunto affixed this ninth day of December, 1884, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and ninth.
Given under my hand at Washington, D.C. The foregoing isa copy of the record, and attached hereto is a copy of said Label. BENJ. BUTTERWORTH, Commissioner of Patents.
FLOWER SEEDS. Their culture is easy and the results most gratifying. No Seedsmen sell better stock than the LANDRETHS. See pages 4 to 12,
42 PEAS—GERMINATIVE TESTS.
PEAS—Continued.
LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY PEAS.
HORSFORD’S MARKET GARDEN.—4 prolific and continuous producer of pods of over average size. Desirable for private garden. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 25¢.
EVERBEARING.—Somewhat similar to Abundance. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per qt. 25¢.
BLOOMSDALE.—See description on page 41. Pkts. 5c. and ioc ; per qt. 25¢.
EUGENIE.—This is among the most luscious of all Peas; ripens sixty- three days after germination. Height thirty inches. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. goc.
PRIDE OF THE MARKET.—4A round blue Pea. Certainly one of the best of the late introductions. Height of vine fifteen to eighteen imches. Pods of enormous size, borne nine to ten on a vine, and con- taining as many Peasin each pod. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 35c.
LANDRETHS’ EXTRA EARLY PEAS
Are sold in Flat Packets, at 5 and 10 cents each; ‘in Pint Packages at 15 cents each; in Quart Packages, at 30 cents each; in Red Cotton Bags of %, 4%, % and 1 bushel, each bound with wire and sealed with our ‘ Bell” trade-mark; these Red Bags at $5.00 per bushel. No charge fos bags and sealing.
ALASKA OR SITKA.—4A green-seeded Extra Early Pea. Very desirable. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per qt. 25¢.
KENTISH INVICTA.—Pkts. se. and toc.; per qt.
20C,
AMERICAN WONDER. Vine six to eight inches high and very prolific in pods of striking form and size. In maturity it i: among the first earlies. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 30c.
TOM THUMB.—Vine bushy, growing to a height of five to eight inches. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 3oc.
BLUE PETER.—A second early eancy growing about ten inches high. kts. 5c. and ioc.; per
qt. 35¢.
EARLY KENT.—This comes in after Landreths’ Extra Early. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 2oc.
PHILADELPHIA EXTRA BARLY.—Form of Extra Early. The type usually sold throughout the country as the First Early. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 25¢.
IMPROVED DANIEL O’ROURKE.—Pkts. se. and toc.; per qt. 2oc.
EARLY FRAME (EARLY WASHINGTON, EARLY MAY, DANIEL O’ROURKE, ETC. ).— A second early sort, maturing for table in fifty-six days. Height of vine three feet. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 20c.
EARLY MAY.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per qt. 20c,
INTERMEDIATE SORTS.
PREMIUM GEM.—An improvement upon the Little Gem. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 30c.
McLEAN’S LITTLE GEM,.—An admirable second early, maturing for table fifty-four days from germi- nation. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 3oc.
McLEAN’S ADVANCER.—A green wrinkled va- riety, maturing in fifty-five days after sprouting; vine eighteen inches high. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per qt. 25¢.
ABUNDANCE.—A productive wrinkled variety, maturing after the Gem. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 25¢.
STRATAGEM.—4A blue, wrinkled, marrow, English dwarf Pea of rare excellence. Vines twenty to twenty-four inches, bearing six to seven immense pods of ten Peas each. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. 3oc.
LANDRETHS’ FRENCH CANNER.—Sixty days from germinat- ing to pod picking. Introduced by us in 1886 and privately used since by many canning establishments, which have made upon them a high reputation for the quality of their goods; they claim it possesses the very important quality of not blackening under pro- cessing. Some canners purchase from us from 300 to 500 bushels a year. It is an acclimatized form of the French Pea used by the best establishments in Europe. It isan undersized White Pea, produced in long, slim pods, containing on an average seven Peas, often ten. The vines of this variety grow about forty inches long, consequently the rows should be four feet or more apart. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 20c.
GERMINATIVE TESTS Gaiele test of the vitality of Seeds can be made by the placing of the Seeds, preferably one 3 2 hundred every time, on pieces of wet blotting paper, say 8x5 inches square, and covering each wit another wet blotter, keeping the papers moderately wet three or four days. If 75 Seeds sprout, 100 being thus tested, it indicates 75 per cent.
ef germinative power.
wWw.J., DILLON, GA.—“On the 6th of April I planted Landreths’ Uxtra Early Peas, and on the 17th of May, 41 days from the time they were put in the ground, I picked fully developed pods.”’
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PEAS—FLOWERING SWEET PEAS--SALADS.
PEAS—Continued.—_LATE SORTS.
HEROINE,—Producing large recurved showy pods containing seven to eight Peas; something after the style of Pride of the Market, but a deeper green both in pod and vine. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 35¢.
DUKE OF ALBANY.—A green or blue wrinkled dry Pea resem- bling Telephone. Thought by many to be superior to it in many respects. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. goc.
SHROPSHIRE HERO.—A short, sturdy vine, bearing large bold pods, well filled with big marrow-like seeds. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per
qt. 30c.
SHARPE’S QUEEN.—A green-seeded sort, two or three feet high, a large podder and a promising sort asa successor to earlier varie- ties. Pkts.5c. and toc.; per qt. 3oc.
SHARPE’S VICTORY.—4A stiffstrawed sort, with large foliage, productive of showy pods containing five to six extra-sized seeds Very luscious andsweet. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 30c.
YORKSHIRE HERO.—A showy wrinkled variety, maturing after the Little Gem. It is hardy, productive, and better than Champion. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per qt. 3oc.
LANDRETHS’ PHONOGRAPH.—Landreths’ new sort, very productive in mammoth pods, quality most excellent, very sugary, a choice sort, maturing in sixty days; the Phonograph is destined to take a place in advance of the Telephone. Pkts. 5c.and tIoc.; per qt. 25¢c.
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.—Wrinkled and very sugary; ripens in seventy days from germination. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per qt. 2o0c. FORTY-FOLD (tmPpROVEMENT ON CHAMPION).—A third early va- riety. Podslarge. Pea wrinkledandsugary. Pkts. 5c. and t1oc.; per
qt. 30c.
TELEPHONE .—tLarge wrinkled seeds. Height of vine three feet, producing from seven to ten showy straight pods containing nine to ten Peasina pod. Pkts s5c.and toc; per qt. 30c.
DWARF BLUE IMPERIAL.—Ripens sixty-five days after ger- mination. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 2oc.
TELEGRAPH.— Excellent sort, producing pods large as Telephone and of a more reliable character; less liable to run out. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per qt. 30c.
BISHOP’S EARLY LONG POD.—A sturdy variety, prolific and of good quality; vines 18 inches high. Ripensin seventy days. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per qt. 25¢.
MAIN CROP LONG ISLAND MARROWFAT.— Used profit- ably by market gardeners in New Jersey in place of the old White Marrowfats; being productive, more showy in the basket and far better in flavor, the pods having somewhat the appearance of Tele- phones, but are earlier by four or five days, being ready to pick for market in sixty days after germination. Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per qt. 30c.
IRISH LARGE WHITE MARROWFAT.—Pkts. se. and toc.; per qt. 15c.
PERUVIAN BLACK-EYED MARROWFAT.—Plant on thin soil. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. 15c.
EDIBLE SUGAR PODS.
Pods used same as snap Beans.
white bloom and large white seed. Pkts. 10c.; per qt. 35c.
MELTING SUGAR.—Pods very large, broad, flat, twisted; edible like a string bean.
FLOWERING SWEET PEAS.
Used Only for Ornamental Purposes.
crowded with Peas. White Blossom Sugar. TALL PURPLE BLOSSOM SUGAR.—Same general character as the Dwarf Purple Blossom, but taller. TALL WHITE BLOSSOM SUGAR.—Height thirty-six inches, pods large.
sat
Relative development of 39 varieties of Peas.
rows; all pulled the same day.
1 Extra Early. 2 Alaska.
3 Tom Thumb. 4 Exonian.
5 American Wonder.
6 Nott’s Excelsior.
7 Nutting’s Green Marrow.
8 Little Gem.
9 Blue Peter.
10 Advancer.
11 Duke of York.
12 Goliath.
13 Quantity.
14 Duke of Albany.
SALADS.
The first
Loy tsareaes 16 Shropshire Hero.
43
All sown same day in parallel nine in edible condition.
29 Hero. 30 Everbearing.
17 Pride of the Market. 31 Abundance.
18 Telegraph.
19 Paragon.
20 Telephone.
21 Eugenie.
22 Blue Imperial.
23 Evolution.
24 Improved White Marrow.
25 Sharpe’s Victory.
26 Champion.
27 Forty-fold.
28 Stratagem.
Pkts. 10c.; qt. soc.
32 Sutton’s Satisfac- tion.
33 John Bull.
34 Profusion.
35 Auvergne,
36 Admiral.
37 Large White Mar- Tow.
38 Black Marrow.
39 Juno.
DWARF PURPLE BLOSSOM SUGAR.—Matures in seventy days from germination Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per qt. goc.
DWARF WHITE BLOSSOM SUGAR.—Height of vine twenty inches; pods smafl but We are now able to meet a frequent demand for a small-seeded Dwarf Pkts. 1o0c.; per qt. 50c. Pkts. 1oc.; per qt. 30c.
We are at last in a position to fill orders for a reliable Sugar Pea of
The Sweet Pea as respects size, texture, diversity of colors, ex- quisite shades, phenomenal production of blooms, and per- fume, has in the last few years jumped to the first place among the sweetest of climbing plants.
it that single plants have been known to have borne over Ioco sprays of flowers.
Pea.
white, and in perfume, fragrant as mignonette.
So productive is
) No praise can be too high for the Sweet It is the fashionable flower consequent upon its rare development in beauty, ranging from deepest purple to pure For description of varieties and prices, see Flower Seed List, pages 8 and 9.
Very little, beyond Lettuce, Endive, Corn Salad, Cress and Mustard, is known by American gardeners of the wide variety of foliage-bearing plants used in Europe as Salads, served uncooked and boiled.
Beet Tops, succeeding Spinach, are a favorite dish in England.
Radish seed pods, succeeding the pithy roots, are, when small, very delicate, and used to a large extent in France.
Cardoon, Chicory, Dandelion, Nasturtium, Scurvy Grass, Sorrel, Sea-Kale, Swiss Chard, Turnip Tops, are all favorites, and their extended use adds much to the nrofit of a garden and the enjoyment of a family in the country.
Postage Fxtra Oa Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart Corn, 15c. per quart ; Smallseeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-po=nds, ounees, toe. and sc. flat packets, Fuee
of Postage.
D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
44 PEPPER—PUMPKIN—RHUBARB—SEED AND PLANTS PER ACRE.
Start the plants un-
PEPPER der glass in early
= Spring, or outside
Capsicum Annuum—Piment—Wejfer—Pimiento. when the Appleis
One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. i” bloom, against the shelter of a
board fence or garden wall. Transplant after Corn-planting time, set- ting in rows at three feet and two feet in the row. Under good cul- tivation 200 to 35¢ bushels should be grown to the acre. The best prices for Peppers are obtained after frost. Commission merchants pay the truckers 4o to socents per bushel for first picking, but later on the price increases.
SMALL CHILI RED —Fruit red, small, ovoid, very hot. Pkts. 5¢ and 10¢.; per oz 25¢.
VERY SMALL CAYENNE.—Very superior to the old Cayenne. Exceedingly productive,bearing fruit all over the plant, as plentiful as foliage. Fruit one inch in length and very hot. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 3oc.
CAYENNE.—Fruit three inches in length and slender, very hot. Pkts. 5c. and loc ; per oz. 25¢.
RED CHERRY .—Ornamental round pickles. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per Oz. 25¢.
GOLDEN BELL.—Similarin form to Sweet Spanish. Pkts. se. and 10C.; per Oz. 25¢.
TOMATO, OR SQUASH SHAPED, OR BONNET.—Used for pickles. Fruit red and flat, like a tomato. Pits. 5c. and loc.; per OZ. 25¢.
LARGE SWEET SPAWNISH.—The large red variety generally used for pickles. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 25¢.
BULLNOSE.—A variety producing larger fruit than the Sweet Spanish, but in other respects similar in appearance, very hot. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
1. Bullnose. 5. Long Cayenne. 8. Small Chili Red. CELESTIAIL.—Very productive, some plants producing as many as 2. Sweet Spanish. 6. French or Small g. Celestial. one hundred and fifty fruit, conical in shape, fruit from one to two 3. Golden Bell. [Shaped. Cayenne. 10. Long Red. inches long. Fruit green from the blossom, turning alternately to 4. Tomato or Squash- 7. Bird’s-eye. lemon, golden and scarlet. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz 2sc.
The time for planting this seed varies from the first Corn planting until
P UMPKIN. probably a month subsequently. Later than that a successful crop can- 2 When
not be expected, as this plant requires a long season of growth.
Cucurbita —Potivon—Calabaza—Siixrbid fiir Torten und Pies—Centner Greskar. grown with Corn every fourth hill of every fourth row may be planted } in Pumpkin seed. During the working of the Corn the Pumpkin ' Two Quarts to the Acre. Hills Eight by Eight Feet. plants will stand unharmed, and after the Corn culture BSE the 4 it entirel he soil YELLOW CASHAW.—Large Yellow Crookneck, the best among the ea vines will extend over the field, covering it entirely if the so
Pumpkins; weight, as high as 60 to 100 pounds, Not the Winter Crook-
neck Squash--four times as big and ten times as desirable. Pkts. sc. COMMON FIELD.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc.
Ane LOC DEOL IOC. YELLOW MONSTER.—4 yellow sort, growing to a weight of 100 to CHEESE —A very good table variety. Shape flat, like a cheese box; a 200 pounds; a grand sort to grow for exhibitions. Pkts. 5c. ana ioc.; gooa keeper. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz, toc, per oz. Loc.
Propagated by buds from old roots or from seed. To raise seedlings sow the seed RHUBARB when the Cherry is in bloom, in rows at one foot, and thin the plants to ten inches. . To set the seedlings or the buds from old roots, mark out the ground 3x4 or 4x4 f 5 feet, preparing a rich bed for each plant. Rheum hybridum—Rhubarbe—Rhabarber —Ruibarbo—Rhabarber. success can only be attained on well-manured ground. The fertilizing cannot be
overdone. Foar Ounces of Seed will Sow 100 Yards. We supply voots as well as the seed. They continue vigorous many years. Price, Ten Pounds to the Acre. 4o cents per dozen; 5 cents each. They are shipped only by Express, being too
heavy for the mails. Sow seed in the seedbed early in the Spring, and transplant in the Autumn or ensuing Spring, to any desired situation, allowing. the plant three feet square space. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 15c.
AN ESTIMATE OF SEED AND NUMBER OF PLANTS REQUISITE TO CROP AN ACRE IN ANY ONE VARIETY. |
It will be noticed that these quantities are in some instances in excess of what will be actually required, but are given to insure a full stand; itis poor economy to stint the quantity of seed.
Asparagus in 12-inch drills...... 16 qts. Cucumber, in hills @ 3x4 feet... .. 2qts. | Parsnip, in drills @ 2% feet... . 2 5 Ibs. Asparagus plants@4x%feet .... ey, Gictimberizndiilisy . Sees a 3 qts. | Pepper, plants 24 x1 feet . a oye” 2 Moe Batley dashes Pier eee o) Geared ; 4 bush. Egg-Plant, plants3x2feet ...... 402. | Pumpkin, in hills, BxSifeet 8O0 5 ews qts. Beans, Bush, in drills @ 2% feet. . 112 bush. Endive, in drills @ 24% feet .... . 3/1bs. | Parsley, in drills, @ 2feet .. ..W i \oNeaupebs. Beans, Pole, ae, ima.@4x4feet.... 20 qts. Blak: BLOHdCHSt =. a) eee me eS ee ADU SHe Peas, in drills, short varieties . . . 2bush. Beans, Carolina, Prolific, etec.,@ 4x3 ft. 10 qts. Grass, Timothy with Clover. ..... 6qts. | Peas, in diills, tall varieties. . . .1to 1% bush. Beets and Mangolds i in drills @ 2% feet, 12 lbs. Grass, Timothy without Clover . Ioqts. | Peas, indrills, Broadcast .. . 2» «a ED OBEE Broom Cornindrills...... . 12Ibs. (CHI) Oeeytal | WAM ho a da Se . 25lbs. |) MBOLSLO ES pence ements: oy at olen : 3 eel. keane OSE Cabbage sown in out-door beds for Grass, Red ‘lop, or Herds ..... .. 20lbs. | Radish, in drills, @ 2 feet ee 8 lbs. transplanting .. a a ELOIOZ: GraSs) Bl WGioa:. ua ot oe) tees sae 2OULOSs Rye, Broadcast... . tae fo k= ee STE Cabbage sown in frames . : ows eNnALOZs GA SS ii Gecmmtisinrsterm son creaderiearnrersrmnreeZOsLD Si Rye. Drilled ..... caw senentiae ee DRShy Carrot, in drills @ 2% ay titi ime 3 lbs. Grass), Millets. 3° 2%. PT a ee CS | Salsify, in drills, @ 2% ‘feet... ... tolbs. Celery,seed . pia. PSOZs Hemp; Broadcast’ \ 95). foes. mm. . 134 bush, | Spinach, Broadcast .. . dy.) BOUbS: Celery plants @ 4 x} 4 feet : . . 25,000 | Kale GermamnGreens . toe. Sox. gubs: Squash, Bush, in hills, 4x 4 feet... 3 lbs. Clover, White Dutche ne Sr a ~ ays ihoysp | Lettuce, in rows @ 2% feet. . 5 dike e lS. Squash, Running, in hills, 8x8 feet .. 2Ibs. Clover, Lucerne ... his : : . to lbs. Leek, in rows @ 2% feet. . . eS arch Woy SOMPoUM. wv. +. Ses , sats: Clover, Alsike . 1... . I2]bs. MawniGrassee ts ss. se cue Goss Turnips, in drills, @ 2 feet. . Pst ga ES Clover, Large Red with ‘Timothy Sto A OSy Melons, Water, in hills 8 8 feet... . 3 Ibs. Turnips, Broadcast... .. a sah eee DBE Clover, Large Red without Timothy . 16 lbs. Melons, Citron, in hills4x4feet .. 2 lbs. Tomatoes, in frame . A BZ. RSOLM OUP AT. bls iuamechee once he Eats: LO Rane ie es Goes . 2bush, Tomatoes, seed in hills 3x 3 feet ii usioz! Corn, Field. . 8 qts. Okra, in drills, 2%x¥ feet .. . . 20 1bs. Tomatoes, plants ...... rT. gR00 Corn Salad, in drills @ 10 inches, large Onion, in beds for sets ames eosaaaee 60 lbs. MA tees lol en 1% bush. SCCQgrre te. Rr Meith eZ5 bs: Onion, in rows to make large bulbs. . 5 lbs. Wwineat Broadcast. ..... : . -usieeam 2 bush.
HE RBS.—P lant the seeds and raise your own stock of these invaluable ‘supplies for the kitchen. “See page 30.
RADISH. . 45
SUMMER RADISH, WINTER RADISH. 1 Short Topped Earliest White 6 French Breakfast. i Celestial White Stump-rooted. Round Whi Turnip. i 7 Red Olive 2 China Rose. P P Long White Spanish 2 Early Scarlet Prussian Globe. 8 Early White Turnip-rooted. 3 Long White Strasburg. 7 Long Black Spanish ' 3 Early Scarlet Erfurt g Golden Globe. 4 Round Black Spanish. 8 White Russian . 4 White Tipped Early Scarlet 10 Wonderful Half-long Scarlet. : Turnip. 1: White Lady-finger. 5 Extra Early White-tipped Forc- 12 Market Gardeners’ Long Scarlet. ing. 13 Strap-leaved Long Scarlet. se wt ww wt a4 a
Sow in a sheltered spot when the Cherry is in bloom, the earth ADISH being deeply dug, highly fertilized and raked free from ¢ clods and stones. Radishes grown on poor, thin soil
cannot be made good; they will be misshapen and tough. To be good they must be grown quickly. Radishes can be forced by covering with a window or other sash.
Raphanus sativus—Radis—Rave, Petite Rave— fadies oder Rettig—Rabanito.
Six Ounces of Seed Will Plant 100 Yards of Row. Eight Pounds to the Acre.
... EARLIEST SORTS - - .
LANDRETHS’ BARLIEST.—The earliest sort, edible in seventeen | HARLY DEE = —Rich i days from germination, color ruby or wine-colored, leaves exceedingly smooth in ee Peaeeertaa TU NGS Oe. cane BMD
emall or short ; a seed well adapted for forcing under glass. Pkts. sc. FRENCH BREAKFAST.-—Olive-shaped, the upper part of the bulb
amd Ioc.; per OZ. 15c. scarlet, the bottom tipped with white. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. toc.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE TIPPED FORCING.— Maturing for table two days ahead of the White Tipped Searlet. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. ioc.
SHORT-TOPPED EARLIEST WHITE TUR- WNIP.—Seventeen daysto maturity. The earliest white- rooted Radish, the best white for forcing, leaves being very few, short and closely set, bulbs very choice in form and delicate in textureand flavor. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per Oz. 15¢.
EARLY GARNET.—HEighteen days to maturity. The earliest red-rooted Radish. It unites two marked quali- ties: First, an earliness in maturity for table, surpassing any other red sort; secondly, a ripe depth of garnet or ruby color unapproached by any other variety. In form it is Turnip-shaped, in size and form similar tothe Early Scarlet. The leaves, very short and small, fit it for forc- ing in glass house or frame, while its early maturity will astonish the cultivator. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per OZ. 15¢.
EARLY SCARLET PRUSSIAN GLOBE.—Eigh- teen days to maturity. A small-leaved variety well adapted for forcing under glass ; root round and carmine colored, early, very attractive and desirable, fine for forcing. A new color and very choice. Every gardener should have it. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. 15c.
EARLIEST SCARLET ERFURT TURNIP.— Among quickest maturing of the Red Turnip Radishes. Small root and small top; az excellent forcing variety. Pkts. 5c and 1oc.; per oz. loc.
WHITE-TIPPED EARLY SCARLET TURNIP. —A fancy French variety; scarlet bulb with white bottom. Very showy and delicate. A choice variety. Pkts. sc. and 1oc.; per oz. loc.
HOUSING RADISH AT LANDRETHS’.
T, F., DOVER, DEL.—‘ The Anne Arundel Cantaloupe does best in this section. It unites size, productiveness and quality.”
RADISH.
RADISH—Continued.
LOADING RADISH
ELABLY RED TURNIP-ROOTED.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. roc.
FRENCH CAFE.—HEdible in twenty days after planting, by which time it reaches a length of two inches. Skin brilliant scarlet, flesh white and crisp. Very choice. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 15¢.
DEEP SCARLET OLIVE-SHAPED.—A showy, half-long variety. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz, toc.
WHITE OLIVE SHAPE£D.—A desirable sort. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per Oz. I0c.
EARLY WHITE TURNIP-ROOTED.—Of early maturity and |
mild flavor. Pkts. 5c. and toc ; per oz. Ioc. LANDRETHS’ WHITE LADY FINGER.—Twenty-three days
AT LANDRETHS’.
| to maturity. A large white crisp variety, about half as long as Long Scarlet, and similar in shape. A very desirable sort, decidedly the best of its kind ever introduced. An admirable market sort of nutty flavor. A novelty of merit. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 10c.
WONDERFUL HALF LONG RED.—So rapid in growth as to develop perfectly in twenty days. Grows about three inches long, contracting from a broad shoulder toa sharp point, very symmetrical and uniform in shape; color a bright scarlet and altogether a gem. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. toc.
HALF LONG DEEP SCARLET.—A variety half the length of Long Scarlet and of same form. Matures in twenty days. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. Ioc.
MARKET GARDENERS’ EARLY LONG SCARLET.—Longer than Scarlet
INTERMEDIATE SORTS.
Olive and shorter than the old Long Scarlet. fully tex days earlier than the Long Scarlet, and very superior to it for that reason.
An admirable long variety for forcing;
Twenty-three days to maturity. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 1oc.
BLOOMSDALE LONG SCARLET STRAP-LEAVED (FINE).— Named and introduced by us. An improvement on the Long Scarlet. Roots more symmetrical, smoother in skin, brilliant in color. An ac- quisition of value. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. roc.
LONG SCARLET SHORT-TOP (AmeERICAN).—‘The root is long, straight, rich and uniform in color, American raised seed is surer to vegetate than the imported. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. loc.
WOOD’S EARLY FLAME.—Pkts. sc. and toc.:; per oz. tcc.
LONG SCARLET SHORT-TOP (imporTED).— The well-known market variety. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 1oc.
EARLY LONG WHITE VIENWNA.—An early long white variety of good quality. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 10c.
DRILLING RADISH SEED AT BLOOMSDALE. CELESTIAL or CHINESE HALF LONG STUMP.—Pure white,
in shape Somewhat resembling a half long stump rooted carrot. A quick Summer variety, very tender and agreeable in
per oz. Isc.
avor. Pkts. 5c. and toc.;
LATE SORTS.
SUMMER WHITE (rurrp EarRty) —This is a choice top-shaped variety, resisting the heat of Summer and maturing after other varieties have passed away. It is cone-shaped, the under portion of the bulb being some- what pointed. The bulb retains its edible quality longer than most other Radishes. Pkts. 5c. and 1vc.: per oz. 1oc.
PHILADELPHIA WHITE BOX.- White, short leaved and Turnip formed. Early to develop, named “Box”? by reason of its adaptability for growing in boxes, hot or cold frames. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
GOLDEN GLOBE (Fine For SUMMER).—The best Sum- mer Radish. Shape globular; color amber; flavor mild, keeping long in eating condition. Twenty-five days to maturity. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 10c.
CHARTIER, OR LONG ROSE (Seconpn EARLY) —In color the greater length of the root is scarlet and pink. while the point and bottom portions are white. Pkts 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
WHITE STRASBURG, OR HOSPITAL.—Long in form, white, early to develop to edible size, and keep ing in edible condition for five or six weeks. Pkts sc. and roc.; per oz. 0c.
| STUTTGART ROUND WHITE TURNIP (THIRD EARLY).—A
very superior early white Summer and Autumn Radish growing to | large size and long standing in character; form top-shaped. Pkts, 5¢ and toc; per oz. Ioc.
Ss. F., ROME, GA.—'‘I order my Seed direct trom you, as I have been
so often forced to plant unreliable Seed purchased in my own locality.”
RADISH—SALSIFY—SCORZONERA—INSECTICIDES—NOTES AND QUERIES. 47
RADISH—Continued.
CALIFORNIA WHITE WINTER.—A long, thick root, skin wrinkled, grayish IN l ER OR | ‘S. white. Should be used young; of good keeping quality. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per
OZ. 10C.
SCARLET CHINA WINTER.—A fine Winter sort; roota halflong | ROUND BLACK SPANISH (ruirp rarry).—Forty days to ma-
stump of from two to three inches; scarlet and pink in color, tipped turity. A Winter Radish, cultivated in Autumn and keeping like a with white; quite salable in market during Winter. Keeps perfectly. Potato, in good condition for months after harvesting Though the Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 15¢. outside skin is black the flesh is white as snow, very crisp and of good
flavor. Pkts 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
CHINA ROSE WINTER.—Smaller than the Scarlet China. Pkts. 5c. and foc.; per oz. 15¢.
RUSSIAN LONG WHITE WINTER.—A Winter Radish, some- eR i : times reaching a weight of three pounds, and keeping long in edible | LONG BLACK SPANISH.—Differing from the White Spanish only
condition. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. toc. in color. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 1oc.
| LONG WHITE SPANISH.—Valuable for Winter use. Should be better known. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
2 This plant produces an edible root long and slim, white fleshed and smooth white
skin. Leaves gray green, long, straight and narrow. It is a native of the
South of Europe, but only within the present century used as a culinary vege-
OR table. Sow when the Cherry is in bloom, in drills, in deeply dug and well-
OYSTER PLANT manured ground, the drills should be eighteen inches apart. When the plants
rj are up a few inches weed and thin them so as to stand four or five inches from
each other. Preserve in pits, same as Carrots or Beets. Cultivate in all
Tragopogon porrifolius—Salstfis—Haferiwwurzel oder Bodsbhart— respects as directed for Carrot. Requires deep, rich land. Yield 100 to 150 Salsifi Blanco—Havrerod. bushels.
WOTES ON COOKING.—No. 241.—IN CrREAM.—Boil until tender, cut into thin slices, add cream or butter sauce as described under Recipe No. 2. Season to taste and garnish with chopped Parsley.
No. 242,—FRIED.—Trim and scrape the roots, boil until tender, drain on a cloth, cut the roots into pieces one inch in length, dip in flour batter and fry crisp in very hot lard; drain, salt, and serve hoy.
No. 243.—PaTTIES.—Trim and scrape the roots and boil in salted water whitened with flour; drain and let cool; cut in small squares or dice and put the pieces in a good cream sauce, with salt, pepper and a little nutmeg. Let cook fortwo minutes. Next fill the patties, bake brown, and serve hot, garnished with Parsley.
No 244.—IMITATION OySTER.—Trim and scrape the roots and boil until tender in salted water whitened with flour; drain, and when cold mash, removing all fibres; add mashed Potatoes and put in a stew-pan with butter. Stir them over the fire until very dry. Adda little salt, pepper and one or two yolks of eggs. When cold, form in cakes shape of oysters, roll them in cracker dust or bread crumbs, then in a batter of eggs and bread crumbs. Fry in hot lard until brown on both sides, but not greasy. Serve hot.
ORDINARY FRENCH.—This variety produces a tapering straight SANDWICH ISLAND.—A variety superior to the French sort, pro-
toot of from ten to fifteen inches in length. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per ducing smoother, larger and more vigorous roots, foliage stronger and
Oz. I5¢. altogether a sort destined to supersede the old form. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15c.
This plant, sometimes known as Black Salsify, is a native of Spain, and for all practical purposes
OR BLAC K SALSIFY. may be considered asa Salsify. It differs principally from the French Salsify in being black- . skinned and larger rooted. The flesh is white, and domestically is prepared the same as Salsify.
: _ It is grown by the same methods of culture. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 20c.
Scorzonera hispanica—Scorsonére—Escorzoneva—
Schwarstwurzel—Schorsenerred four Ounces of Seed will Sow 100 Yards.
INSEGTIGIDES.
HE discovery of an article which, while not injuring the Cucumber plant, will destroy the bug which infests it from the time of its germination until it has obtained a growth of three or four rough leaves, is a subject of the greatest interest to the cultivators of this fruit.
So much has been written of a contradictory nature upon this subject that it is next to impossible to determine what remedies to adopt. We would suggest that each cultivator experiment for himself with several compounds ; for instance, one part of hellebore mixed with four parts of ground land plaster; one part of slug shot mixed with six parts of land plaster; one part of Paris green mixed with twelve parts of land plaster, and one pint of kerosene oil mixed with three quarts of sawdust.
Good results in the destruction of squash bugs have been obtained by the application, under ground about the roots of the plants, of the liquid of carbon bisulphide, the fumes of which are quickly deadly to insect life. Eight ounces of Paris green to 100 gallons of water is Professor Cook’s wash for the Cucumber beetle.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
We are preparing a Second Volume of this valuable work, and will be pleased to answer such questions as occur to you relative to the Tillage of Land, Cultivation of Crops, Insect Ravages, Fungus Diseases, Treatment of Soils, Use of Fertilizers, or anything else connected with Vegetable Culture.
See Reference to the First Volume on Page 3.
Postage Extra. On Peasand Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, isc. per quart; Small seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, toc. and se. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
48 SPINACH.
Ba bere) pALE SPI A | ra SAVOY KEAVED nas es ae Galt TRO Lay
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This seed may be sown late in Autumn, or in the Spring when the Cherry isin bloom. When it cam
be grown it is always acceptable. It may be sown when the Peach is in bloom, in drills at one,
PINA CH. two or three feet, or broadcast, which is the usual system. If sown in drills, six ounces of seed. will sow one hundred yards of row, or a square equal to ten by ten yards if sown broadcast.
Spinacia oleracea—Epinard—GSpinat—Espinaca— NEQUE Zep Weis,
Spinat—Spinazie. BLOOMSDALE SPINACH (recisterep).—Zarliest cutting of any sort. ‘This is a form
Six Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. of Spinach superior to other sorts because of its leaves being curled, twisted and bloated to an Thirty Pounds to the Acre. unusual degree, this curled quality giving the leaves an elasticity especially fitting them for shipment to long distances, while at the same time giving the crop large measuring qualities,
CoPYRICHTED 1893 many more barrels of the Bloomsdale Spinach being cut tothe acre than any other variety, and
thus adding an increased profit to the shipper. It is especially recommended for Autumn sowing, as when sown in Springtime it shoots to seed earlier than any other sort of Spinach. The Bloomsdale Spinach is put up in blue muslin bags, of five, ten, twenty, thirty and fort pounds, fastened with copper wire and lead-sealed with our ‘‘ Bell”’ trade-mark to Agaaetine it from imitation and spurious stock. No charge for bags and sealing. We cam sell ata lower price same seed as is sold by some seed merchants as Bloomsdale, which cheaper seed is grown in Kurope and is always of uncertain age and vitality, to say nothing of uncertain quality. On good soil sixty barrels of Bloomsdale Spinach should be cut tothe acre. We have records of 125 and 150 barrels to the acre. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
ROUND SAVOY LEAVED.—Sold by other houses as Bloomsdale. We here offer seed of Spinach of that variety which is sold by other seedsmen as Bloomsdale Spinach at a low price. Bloomsdale Spinach cannot be sold at a low price, but to those who are looking for a cheaper article we recommend this. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc,
PRICKLY SKHEDED, CURLED.—The strain we offer is only inferior to the Bloomsdale. The past season is proved superior in a remarkable degree to a large number of samples of Round Dutch, procured for experimental purposes. We do not hestiale to recommend it either to the family or market gardener, Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. loc,
Np BY OAANDRETHE.SONS
MW il iy
EVER READY SPINACH.
£VER READY.—So named because it arrives at cutting size soon as any other sort and continues in cutting con- dition three weeks longer than the latest. A variety of most superior qualities ; leaves dark in color, more pointed, short jointed, resisting cold and the most intense heat. Very reliable and of distinct appearance, at once recommending it asa most desirable acquisition. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. Ioc.
ROUND DUTCH (i1mportTeED).—We here offer a foreign stock equal to any under the name of Round Dutch. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz, Ioc.
LONG STANDING ROUND SEED.—A prostrate variety of thick leaves and dark color. Slow to shoot toseed. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 1oc.
LONG STANDING PRICKLY SHEDED.—Same habit as the Round Seeded, seed prickly. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 10c.
LARGE LEAVED FLANDERS.—Preferred by some by reason of its erect habit of growth, leaves thin and halberd-shaped. Seed very large. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per Oz. 100.
VIROFLAY (MONSTROUS LEAVED).—A mammoth sort of fair quality used largely in Europe. Requires high manuring. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. loc,
VICTORIA.—A long standing sort, dark leaved. Compact
growth. Pkts.5c.and t1oc.; per oz. toc.
M. S., MOORESTOWN, N. J.— The Landreth Forcing Lettuce cultivated by me this summer has been the admiration of every gardener in this town.”
SQUASH—SORREL—ROMAINE LETTUCE. 49
SQUASH.
Cucurbita melopépo--Courge—Cidracayote-Speijetiirbis— Melon
Greskar.
Three Ounces of Secd will Sow 100 Yards. Three Pounds to the Acre.
This seed may be planted first when the Apple is in bloom and for several weeks subsequently, but not later with much hope of success. It is always planted in hills at 4x4 feet for the bush varieties, and 6x6 or 6x8 feet for the long running sorts.
EXTRA EARLY BUSH.—Earlier by a week than the ordinary White Bush or Cymling, maturing fruit for table use in forty days from germination, exceedingly peaductive and profitable to the market gardener. The
ruit, when young and waxy, is white, the same as the old White Bush, but when it becomes hard it turns yellow. ‘Che plant is not in the ordinary sense a vine, as it does not run, being in habit what is known asa bush. It will cover a space two or three feet in diameter, ac- cording to the soil and fertilizer. It will do well on light thin soils. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. Ioc.
EARLY WHITE BUSH.—The “Cymling” of the aE 3 Southern States, maturing fruit for table fifty days from EXTRA EARLY WHITE BUSH AND GOLDEN SUMMER CROOK-NECK SQUASH.
germination. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
GOLDEN SUMMER CROOK-NECK.—Among the best of the | Summer Squashes, golden in color. Pkts. 5c and Ioc.; per oz. Ioc. | |
MAMMOTH CHILI.—This variety sometimes reaches a size larger than a washtub, and a weight of 200 pounds. Tryit. Pkts. 5c. and toc.;
pes ves eS raat é ei va
BOSTON MARROW.—Pkts. se. and toc.; per oz. toc.
LARGE BOSTON MARROW.—A meaty selection intended to count in the factory. Pkts. 5c. and foc.; per oz. roc.
ae a | HUBBARD.—Pkts. sc. and roc.; per oz. foc. WINTER CROOK-NECK.—A good keeper, shaped like a small | Cashaw Pumpkin. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. toc. | MARBLEHEBAD.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. toc.
Used asa salad and sown in rows at twelve inches apart and thinned to + four inches.
FPRENCH.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 20¢.
Rumex scutatus—Oseille ronde—Sauevampfer—A cedera—Zuring.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS THE REASON IT Is Goop
st. It is arranged alphabetically. WHAT A GOOD wt 2d. It is written by an expert.
3d. It tells how much to sow to the too yards
SEED (CATALOGUE 2 or to the acre.
4th. It tells how to thin out. THIS IS. & 2 & a 5th. It gives valued information, such as
makes it valuable to preserve.
This is a general name given to several types of Cos Lettuce—some
Romaine Lettuce white, others green, others red—all of the same erect growth and of
the same prolific quality. The White Leaved is the best, as it is very rapid in development, often reaching a weight of five pounds in fifty to sixty days. It will do well in all climates. We cannot recomniend it better.
H, W,, CONN,.—“I appreciate your comparison of good seeds with bad as betweena well-bred short-horn cow and a scrub; the seed I often get : ’ producing an overgrowth of horn.”
5° TOMATO.
TOMATOES.
1. Small Early Red. 4. Acme. 7. TT T (Ten Ton Tomato.) 10, 2. Harly Jersey. 5. Favorite. 8. Paragon. Il. 3. Dwarf Champion. 6. Perfection. g. Beauty. 12)
EXTRA EARLY RICHMOND (nIneEty-pay Tomato),—The earli- est of Tomatoes. Fair size but not smooth. A profitable variety for shipment before more approved varieties come into bearing, and con- sequently a favorite in trucking districtsin New Jersey. We have never seen an earlier Tomato under any name. In shipping qualities none can compare with the Richmond. Itcarries better than the more solid, smoother andshowy sorts, which, by their very perfection, are difficult to transport without bursting if ripe. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
BARLY JERSEY (ONE HUNDRED-DAY TOMATO).—One of the best among the extra early sorts. Fruit good size, flattened, solid and fairly smooth; color red, vines very close-jointed and compact, and admitting
\ of close-planting; fruit borne near the root and in clusters, sometimes fifty or sixty to a vine. Very desirable as a first early, doing well on light soils, Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 25¢c.
BARLY BERMUDA (extra EARLY) —This is a variety shipped from Bermuda in the early Spring to Boston, New York and Philadelphia. It is red, early, and though not by any means a first-class Tomato, has been found the most profitable of all varieties by reason of its tough rind, fitting it for long shipment. Recommended to truckers. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 25¢.
THE MONEY MAKER.—No other Tomato so quick to ripen and more money-making for early shipment to distant markets. Foliage | silvery and large. Fruit borne in bunches, red, flattened, slightly irregular in form. An elasticity of character of fruit fitting it for lone shipments. Will do well on light sandy soil. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz 25¢.
ATLANTIC PRIZE.—An early smooth red sort, very productive. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
ACME.—An early ripener, size medium. Shape slightly oval and smooth. Color maroon or red with a slight tinge of purple; flesh deep scarlet § and solid. Apopularsorteverywhere. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 25¢. &
ESSEX HYBRID.—Similar to the Acme, buta bettersort. Samered purple color; less liable to rot. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 25¢.
DW ARF CHAMPION.—Stemis short, thick, stiff, almost self-support- ing. Jeaves very dark in color, much curled and twisted. Fruit borne in showy clusters, quite large, nearly round, solid, red color with pur- ple tint. By reason of its erect, stiff habit, transplanting with abso- lute certainty. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
BALTIMORE PRIZE TAKER.—A large apple-shaped Tomato, smooth, solid, ripening all over, without core; color red with slight purple tint; very productive and commanding quick sale in market. Pkts. 5c. and roc.; per oz. 25¢.
GRAPE, CHERRY OR CURRANT .—Fruit borne in cluster; very desirable for pickles or preserves. Ornamental. Pkts. 5¢. and toc.; per Oz. 25¢.
TTT, OR TEN TON TOMATO.—Fruit deep red, large, round, half flat, smooth as an Apple, free from green core or other imperfec- tions; 20,000 pounds or ten tons to the acre can readily be grown on any good Tomato soil. T TT stands for Ten Ton Tomato, the name being intended to imply ten tons to the acre. Even this may be very much exceeded, as we have ourselves grown 600 bushels of the fruit on anacre. The fruit in form is large, slightly flattened at both stem and blossom ends, Exterior smooth as an Apple. Color blood red. The fruit cut across or transversely shows a solid meaty interior, free from air spaces or hardcore. No other sort is more solid, and it takes fewer
TOMATO.
Solanum Lycopersicum— Tomate—Giebesapfel— Tomate— Tomaat,
One Ounce of Seed will Sow 100 Yards.
When the Apple is in bloom sow in hills three feet apart, on a warm border, early in the Spring. For a later supply, sow a short time afterwards in a more open situation. As the plants advance in growth support them by brushwood. To have the Tomato very early it is necessary to start the plants in a hotbed, or they may be reared in a flower pot in a window and subsequently transplanted.
Plants for an early crop should be raised under glass. For intermediate crop they may be raised on outside beds. For late crops the seed may be planted in permanent posi- tion when the Apple isin bloom. Theaverage production of fruit per acre on cultivated and fertilized land is about 14,000 pounds, or say 250 bushels per acre, though 18,000 or 20,000 pounds have been raised.
Southern Florida Tomatoes reach Philadelphia in February, and command $4 to $6 per bushel. By April the rate de- clines to $3 to$5, and continues to decline till June, after which they fail to meet the cost of transportation. Forty to eighty cents per bushel is an average price, twenty-five to thirty-five cents per bushel for late crops. This crop ceases to be profitable to the /ruckery unless he can realize 16 cents per bushel. They are very often a drug in the
Stone. market. Tomato canning houses buy the fruit by the ton Buckeye. at from $6 to $7. For seed purposes alone we have washed Ponderosa. out over 40,000 bushels of fruit in a single season.
baskets to weigh a ton. It is a profitable variety both to the farmer and the canner. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
PEAR-SHAPED YELLOW .—Pkts. se. and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
PEAR-SHAPED RED.—Pkts. se. and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
BEAUTY.—Well named. Fruit large and showy; color deep red with slight tone cf purple; growing on the vines in clusters. Solid, meaty, smooth and free from rot or greencore. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 25¢.
VIRGINIA CORKER.—A new Red sort of large size, exceedingly heavy and fruit thick as Beauty, but of more productiveness. It is very meaty, and will be found a profitable sort for market gardeners, Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per OZ. 25¢.
STONE -—-A very superior sort, producing extraordinary thick, solid, red fruit, borne in bunches. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25c.
BRANDY WINE.—Bricht red broad fruit, slightly flattened, productive and satisfactory. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢.
FAVORITE.—One of the largest perfect shaped Tomatoes in cultiva- tion. Dark red in color, ripening evenly and as early as any other smooth variety, holding its size to the end of the season; very prolific, good flavor, few seeds and solid. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. 25¢.
NEW GOLDEN QUEEN.—Pkts. sc. and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
PARAGON.—Large, solid and smooth as an Apple. Deep red in color. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. 25¢.
PERFECTION.—A superb Tomato, but so near the character of the Paragon as to be interchangeable with it. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 25¢c.
PICKING AND PRESSING TOMATOES AT BLOOMSDALE.
GOLDEN TROPHY.—A bright yellow type of Trophy; large, early, solid. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per OZ. 25¢.
PEACH (seconp kaRLY).—Named and introduced by us in 1885, and in appearance almost identical with some forms of Peaches both in shape and color. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per OZ. 25¢.
IGNOTUM.-—For some years past a favorite variety in certain sections; large and showy. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. 25¢.
BUCKEYE.—Large, red, solid, very showy. A new good sort. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per 02. 35¢.
IVORY BALL, OR GREEN GAGE.—A small, round fruit, of one and a half inches in diameter; color bone white, very early and pro- ductive. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per 0Z. 30c.
PONDEROSA.—A monster purple fruit; quite rough and containing very few seeds. Pkts. 15¢ ; per 0Z. 7o0c.
H. D., FRONT ROYAL, VA.—‘‘I planted forty feet of row of your Bloomsdale Pea, from which I gathered, in three pickings, of shelled Peas, five quarts, three quarts, and five quarts—a total of thirteen quarts of shelled Peas—equals 162 bushels, shelled, to the acre.
TURNIPS.
51
TABLE TURNIP.
Brassica rapa—Navet—Nabo—Seife Ritbe—Roe—Raap.
Three Ounces of Seed Will Sow 100 Yards. Four Pounds to the Acre.
e
Turnip seed may be sown when the Peach is in bloom or among the first seeds in early spring; indeed, the only hope of a successful Spring crop is in an early start, as otherwise the period of maturity extends into hot weather, when the bulb becomes fibrous and pungent. Midsum- mer and early Autumn are the seasons for successful Turnip drilling, though frequently the
conditions of the soil then are not favorable to satisfactory vegetation. The seed of Cattle Turnips is always drilled in rows, while the early-maturing and surface- rooted Table Turnip is generally sown broadcast. broadcast, of not less than three pounds to the acre to insure a satisfactory stand.
We advise the sowing, either in drills or
The Bloomsdale Swede, like other Ruta Bagas, is slower in growth than the rough-leaved Turnips, but produces roots more solid and more nutritious
—less laxative and more fattening. it cannot be obtained apply 500 pounds super-phosphate. The new crop of Turnip Seed will be ready about July to, 1897.
Before that date seed of crop
The Ruta Baga is a gross feeder and will do best with twenty to twenty-five tons of stable manure to the acre; when
1896, reliable in every respect, can be furnished, and
we invite all gardeners and growers of Turnips and other roots for stock-feeding to forward us their orders early. , See our pamphlet on ‘‘ THE VALUE AND CULTURE OF ROOTS FOR STOCK-FEEDING,’ now in its SEVENTH EDITION, price twenty-five cents,
but mailed free to all customers of Landreths’ Seeds.
Its pages, besides giving detailed descriptions and illustrations of the best varieties of Turnips for
the table and stock-feeding, Beet, Mangold Wurzel, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi, Parsnip, etc., treat also of the soils best adapted to root-culture, manner of preparing the land, time of sowing, cultivation, method of saving for Winter, and give other valuable information. No grower of root crops should be
without a copy.
TURNIPS AT BLOOMSDALE.
HOEFING EARLY FLAT RED, OR PURPLE-TOP (stKap-LEAVED).— Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. toc.
EARLY FLAT DUTCH (strap-LeEAvED).—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per
OZ, 10C.
LARGE BARLY RED-TOP GLOBE.—Lazge size, rapid growth, unusually attractive and admired by all. A very much heavier pro- ducer than either of the preceding. We confidently recommend it as an acquisition. Pkts. 5c, and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
EBARLY SNOWBALL (extra EARLY).—This is a small white globe, very quick, earliest in maturity of its form and character. We highly recommend it for table purposes. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz, 10c.
JERSEY LILY.—Early, globular in form, very showy and desirable; all white. Recommended for private and market garden. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. toc.
EARLY WHITE EGG.—Egg shaped and white, as its name indi- cates. Pkts. 5c. and ioc.; per oz. roc.
LANDRETHS’ SOUTHERN SNOW-WHITE GLOBE.—Con- sidered by those who best know it asa desirable sort for table or stock for Autumn and early Winter use. Color, pure white; shape round, size large, solid, quick in growth for a large Turnip. Producing a great weight tothe acre. Our experience as seedsmen establishes the fact that this sort is rapidly growing in popular favor, more especially as a late Winter and Spring variety. In the Autumn and early Winter it is apt to be hard, but mellows like an apple by keeping. We recom- mend this to stock-breeders for early feeding, also for sowing a/ seasons too late to secure a crop of Ruta Bagas. It is productive, hardy, and eclipses the Norfolk, the Stone or the Pomeranean. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. Ioc.
YELLOW STONT —A round yellow, green-topped variety, resembling the Amber Globe, but not reaching so largea size. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. oc.
GOLDEN BALIL.—A small Yellow Turnip of second size, early and a good keeper. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
POMERANEAN WHITE GLOBE.—4A free-growing, rough-leaved sort useful for both table and stock. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
COW-HORN (varcE croprer).—This variety is pure white, excepting a dash of green at the crown, and in shape is long like the Carrot. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. Ioc.
LARGE NORFOLK.—Recommended especially for stock-feeding. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
WHITE STONE.—Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
WHITE GLOBE.—vValuable for cattle food. OZ. I0C.
Pkts. 5c. and roc ; per
AMBER GLOBE, GREEN CROWNED.—tThis, which we intro- duced in 1863, is almost indispensable in every rural household. It is a vigorous, free grower, valuable for both table and cattle feeding. Productive and a good keeper. Pkts. 5c. and Ioc.; per oz. Icc.
AMBER GLOBE, RED CROWNED.—4A selection from the older green-crowned Amber Globe. The same in all valuable particulars, but more ornamental by reason of the contrast in colors of yellow and red. This variety is more nutritious than the White Globe. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
YELLOW ABERDEEN, OR SCOTCH YEHELLOW.—This is a highly approved CATTLE TURNIP, attaining a large size. Pkts. 5c. and 10¢,; per oz. loc,
SOUTHERN PRIZE.—7vue strain of the favorite Turnip for Greens in Virginia and the Carolinas. Valued also for its bulb. Our stock is from seed obtained from the originator. Pkts. 5c. and loc.; per oz. toc.
LANDRETHS’ IMPROVED YELLOW FLESHED PUR- PLE-TOP RUTA BAGA.—A hardy, ovoid-rooted sort, of heavy cropping habit—flesh yellow, solid, crown deep purple, foliage vigor- ous. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc. ;
CHAMPION SWEDE, OR YELLOW RUTA BAGA (import- ED).—A_ superior English-grown Ruta Baga, but not equal to the Blooinsdale Swede. Pkts. 5c. and toc.; per oz. toc.
-DIXTE LAND.—A new form of Turnip for Winter Greens and also an
excellent root for table use. No variety producing tops so entirely proof against frost. The foliage a deep blue green, the root oval, smooth, white and tender; destined to supersede the Seven Top, being more hardy, as productive of leaf for Winter Greens, with additional advantage of producing a large white bulb. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. I0c.
BLOOMSDALE SWEDE, or RUTA BAGA.—There are probably fifty so-called forms or varieties of Purple-Top Ruta Bagas, some quite similar, others widely differing. The BLOOMSDALE is quite wonderful] in its fine breed- ing. Im nothing that we offer are the effects im selec- tion and in careful breed- ing so apparent as in this Ruta Baga. It appears al- most as a plant of a dis=- tinct family,so far removed is it from the necky or tap- rooted English forms. The BLOOMSDALE is delicate in texture, purple crowned, golden skinned, almost perfectly globular in form and earlier to mature than any other known form of Ruta Baga. The leaves spring directly out of a rounded crown, the small rat-tail root terminating asymmetrical base. Noth- ing like it cam be seen among the English varie- ties. Ve have had them over and over again. It compares with other Swedes as a well-bred short-horn cow compares with a scrub cow. The Bloomsdale Swede will be found not only the best cattle-feeding Turnip, but the best Turnip for table use during Winter, being of fine texture and of fine flavor. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per oz. 10c.
BLOOMSDALE SWEDE,
SEVEN-TOP (rox GREENS OR SALADS).—This, the hardiest of all sorts, may be left standing in the open ground during Winter as far uorth as Philadelphia. In the Southern States it yields, in the Spring, abundant foliage for boiling with cured meats, and is in much demand. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. toc.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 15c. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, roc. and 5c. flat packets,
Free of Postage.
D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
52 POTATOES—SWEET POTATOES.
4 We here record our protest against the expression ‘‘Irish Potatoes" as applied to any of the many PO 4 | ‘A TO forms of round or Kidney Potatoes, the plant being a native American, found growing wild from
Y Arizona to Chili. One Quarter Bushel of Eyes will Plant New varieties of Potatoes are alone derived from the /yue seed, which is obtained from the 100 Yards. An Acre will Yield seed balls; these seed balls are generally borne upon late Varieties. The deveiopment of new from 100 to 400 Bushels. varieties of valuable qualities is tiresome and disappointing. as often ten years of labor may not Solanum tuberosum—Pomme de terre—Raxrtoffel— bring a single truly valuable sort. It is, however, a matter of chance, and the first experiment
Patalas Papa’ may deveiop a novelty of the highest merit.
The Potato, as ordinarily propagated, is not grown from the seed, but from the tuber,a cutting of which Po TA TO SEED. resembles a graft or bud from atree,and perpetuates the good or bad qualities of the parent. The true seed which is borne in a seed-pod following the blossom, is very seldom seen, is very difficult to gather, and consequently is very expensive. In appearance resembles a Tomato seed of about one-tenth development ; the Potato belonging to the Tomato family. The seed germinates very easily, and the plants can be cultivated by any one; producing tubers the first year about the size oF buckshot, these planted the second year, double in bulk, and after about three or four years, become of edible size. As entirely new sorts are thus produced, the cultivation is very interesting and often profitable, Per pkt. 3o0c.
The barrels we ship in are round-hooped, full diameter and standard measure. Potatoes are generally soldin flat-hooped,
BARRELS straight-sided, undersized barrels, which no more have the capacity of a standard barrel than a peach basket that of a © bushel, from which it has been gradually reduced. It isthe practice with some seedsmen to purchase their Potatoes in
full-sized barrels, and, transferring to small barrels, sell at a double profit. A barrel of Potatoes that does not weigh, when put up, 160 pounds net, isa
fraud, unless sold as a small barrel ; ; ‘
495- Our stock of Potatoes, which we send out, has gained us much celebrity, for
purity and good measure. Do not buy Seed Potatoes affected with the blight.
Prices, Day of Publication of this Catalogue.
EARLY OHIO.—This sort has a reputation as being very valuable, because of its astonishing productiveness as a first early. In demand by market gardeners. Per bush. $1.50.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ROSE.—Very early and productive. Pre- serving the original character and quality of the Rose. Per bush. $1.35.
BEXTRA HARLY VERMONT.—Same character as the Early Rose. Said to be somewhat earlier. Per bush $1.25. }
BARLY ROSE.—A well known variety. Early, remarkably good flavor, solid, very productive, blush skin, white flesh; a very good keeper. Per bush. $1,25.
FREEMAN.—Very productive; oval in form, russet in color, flesh white and of fine grain and best flavor. Very early and a long kecper; of good eating quality when half grown as when fully matured So early as to have produced edible tubers forty days from planting, Per bush. $1.75,
IRISH COBBLER.—Very productive, matures ahead of the Early Ohio. Shape chunky, eyes strong and deeply set, skin netted, flesh white, quality very superior. Per bush. $1.75.
LANDRETHS’ GARFIELD (new).—A seedling of Early Vermont hybridized with Excelsior. In form flattened, resem)ling the first, and in quality and color the second. Later than the Vermont, larger and more productive. Vines stocky, tubers produced closely about the root and uniformly large. Tubers, when raw, without excessof moisture, indicating freedom from a soggy character. Starch qualities strongly developed. Tuber, when cooked, pure white, fine grained, mealy and extraordinarily fine. Asa market variety it is very showy, superior to either of its parents or the Snowflake. We have had specimens from Idah weighing from one anda half totwo pounds. Per bush. $1.75 ;
IRISH COBBLER POTATO.
DAKOTA RED —Large long and wedge shaped. Thrives well on PEERLGLESS.—An excellent Potato for general crop. Large size, very either sandy or clay soils. Tastes much like the Peach Blow; solid, productive, good quality white skin and flesh. Per bush. $1.25. mealy and fine grained. Enormous yields are reported of this variety, GREEN MOUNTALN.—Ninety-four fold have been produced, or 235 Per bush. $1.35. | bushels from two and a half bushel planted. This Potato possesses
LANDRETHYS’ STATE OF MAINE (new) —Resulting from the many good qualities, among which may be specially noted its power of impregnation of the early Vermont by pollen from the Peerless, the resistance to drought, its productiveness of tubers of uniform size and cross combining the desirable features of each of the parents. The appearance, its thrift on poor soil without much fertilization, its free- tuber over medium size, form cylindrical, slightly elongated; the flesh dom from disease before digging and freedom from rot in the cellar, its snow white and crystalline or mealy; the flavor nutty and unsur- admirable keeping qualities till new crop Potatoes succeed it. Per passed. The vine erect in growth, with glossy leaf, not attractive to bush. $1.75. bugs. Tubers spread out in the hill like those of the Harly Vermont; SNOW FLAKE.—Medium early, very productive, pure white flesh, mediumearly. Per bush. $1.75. mealy and good flavor. Per bush. $1.35.
BURBANK’S SEEDLING.—Per bush. $1.25. MAMMOTH PEARL .—Per bush. $1.35.
ALL OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES UPON APPLICATION.
Sweet Potatoes succeed best in light, sandy soil, and from such their keeping WEE | O ] ‘A ; | OES qualities are best. Stable manure is the best fertilizer. To obtain the sprouts e the entire Potatoes are planted in beds, say five to six feet wide and as longas
required, the bed being opened twenty inches deep, filled in with stable
Convolvulus Ratatas. manure and covered with four inches of sand. The Potatoes are placed upon
: p . _ the sand at four by four inches apart and covered with an inch of sand. This
is covered with old hay or trash till the sprouts appear, when more sand is added till it be four inches in depth on top of the Potatoes. The sprouts must
be detached from the tubers without disturbing them. To do this hold the tuber in place with the left hand while the sprout is taken with the right.
The sprouts are transplanted to the field and placed in rows at four feet apart, by two feet in the row. Cultivation continues as needed until stopped by
the running of the vines. The prices obtained for Sweet Potatoes in the early season are sometimes as high as four dollars per bushel, from which they fall to fifty cents asa minimum, ‘The Winter prices are generally better than harvest prices.
YELLOW JERSEY .—A leading sort. Per bush. $1.50. SWEET POTATO PLANTS.—(REApDy IN JUNE. )—Per 100, 25¢ ; per 1000, $2.00.
Potato diseases most prevalent are the blight and rot, caused by a
Po TA TO DISEA SE A ND REMED Y. parasitic plant or fungus which is carried throughout the Winter
5 on Tubers grown from an infected crop of the preceeding year.
The blight can be stopped by spraying with Bordeaux Mixture—sixty to seventy gallons to the acre. The spraying commenced when the vines are
half developed and repeated every two weeks. The rot is an outgrowth of the blight. To disinfect Seed Potatoes, soak the cuttings for an hour anda half in a solution of one part corrosive sublimate and 1000 parts water. To make Bordeaux Mixture see page 63.
Postage extra, On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart ; Corn, 15c. per quart ; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, toc. and sc. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
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LAWN GRASS. 53
EMERALD GREEN GRASS MIXTURE. | <eec%0t cee.
FOR PARKS, CROQUET AND TENNIS GROUNDS, CRICKET AND ATHLETIC FIELDS.
- The Landreth Lawn Grass Mixture which we offer should not be compared with the cheaper preparations advertised. Our prescription is of the best chosen varieties, as respects color, texture and permanency, and will be found clear of weed seeds. Any one who vurchases cheap, badly mixed Lawn Grass will soon realize that it was a poor investment, as the error will stand out for years in glaring ugliness.
ee ae) HINTS ON LAWN MAKINC. Much of the success of Lawn making depends upon the preparation of the ground. The a ee
land must be well plowed or dug and harrdwed or raked to secure thorough pulverization, and after being reduced to a perfectly eveu surface should be cleared of stumps, stones, roots and other impediments. ‘The soil should then be made firm with a heavy roller and top-dressed with a good fertilizer, unless the land had received an application of seven to eight tons of very short well-rotted stable manure before plowing. We will here remark that stable manure is the best of all fertilizers, but there being some difficulty in obtaining it and objections to its use on account of its offensive appearance and smell, we recommend in Landreth Lawn Fertilizer a good grade of concentrated fertilizer, Six to seven hundred pounds to the acre of such mixture should be applied. The fertilizer should be lightly harrowed in upon the seedbed, as it will be lost to the young plants if buried much beneath the surface. After the harrowing the ground should be severely rolled, that the earth and seed may be brought into close contact. Our Lawn Grass Mixture should be sown at the rate of sixty pounds to the acre and rolled down. Sowing in September and October will be found most advantageous in latitudes south of Philadelphia ; in more northerly locations Spring sowing is most successfully practiced, the work being done in April and May.
Annual seeds, natural to the soil, are certain to spring up before the young grass becomes established, and an inexperienced person is likely to con- clude that the weeds spring from weed seed in the grass seed, but all soils contain weed seeds, and upon tillage they are certain to vegetate. ‘The weeds as they become large enough may be cut down or pulled up; after the first year their growth will cease. Frequent rolling is advantageous in producing a good Lawn by solidifying the soil, harassing insects and other vermin, and improving the level of the surface.
Students of agriculture will find the volume on the ‘‘ Grasses of North America,’’ by Professor W. J. Beale, of much value in assisting them in this interesting study.
On all ican wil’ regularly appear in greater or less numbers a lot of interlopers, such as Buttercups, Plantains, Dandelions, all from seeds natural to the soil. These uninvited guests should always be dug out, otherwise subsequent labor will be increased one hundred fold by their seeding. Lawns may be advantageously dressed with stable manure in December, the long strawy portions being removed in March.
On those portions of Lawns as around the house, where an immediate result in grass effect is desired, sod may be used. Fair sod can generally be had on roadsides, and if carefully taken up and when laid down accurately jointed and solidified, and covered with half an inch of rich compost, it will at once start off and very soon be as much a fixture as the adjoining trees and shrubs.
Lawn Grass of good quality should produce a fair mat of herbage in from seventy to ninety days.
pene parties offering Lawn grass at a low price are using the so-called Canada Blue Grass, which is not only worthless but a pest and difficult to eradicate.
Some people, after seeding a piece of land with Lawn Grass, expect to see a green mat in two or three weeks, but in this they are unreasonable, as the better varieties of grass are slow to produce effect, and when an effect is quickly developed it is at the expense of adaptability and permanency. For instance, a fine mat of green color can be had in two weeks from a heavy sowing of White Clover, something very effective and pleasing to the eye, but clover is not a grass and is not suitable for Lawns, failing to produce that velvet-like effect, the result of the growth of the erect leaves produced by the best grasses, which habit fits them to quickly recover after mowing.
Manures or fertilizers for Lawns may be of many combinations. We recommend to those who prefer to do their own mixing a compound of
300 pounds of superphosphate, costimg say....... Sir eeme aS Cobsgecs nacre aps aren Nt) $5 00 300 pounds dried meat, blood or fish, at SENS col.) GBS o fo NoMa Loic: ier Sarai Se ati ; 6 00 400 pounds refuse common salt, at.................... hc eS AS 100
Oxnisay, Per acre Sy ey eek ss BPs oo Se oss tg a, PE eae cpa sau cbane eee $12 00
The quantity of the two first may be doubled to advantage, or even made stronger, as grass will stand almost any amount of fertilizer.
The common salt used as an alterative and solvent will be found, through its affinity for moisture, to have a decided influence in keeping up the emerald green condition so desirable on a perfect Lawn. Ou growing grass not more than three bushels to the acre should be applied in a season, and then best during a rain—never under a hot sun.
er) CG RASS F OR tion has indicated as best for general Park effect, as respects color, density of herbage, vigor, quick recuperation after mowing and permanency.® The seeds used are all well cleaned, and we believe them to be pure and of full SU R F AC E EF F ECT. vitality, and all persons using them are certain to secure a stand. provided the land be properly prepared and the seed sown at the proper time and at the right depth, and provided there be sufficient rainfall to germinate the seed. We cannot be responsible for the errors of the inexperienced. A pound of seed will sow a space 20x20 feet, or say 400 square feet. Sixty pounds will sow an acre, but we recommend seventy or eighty pounds. Price per pound, 25 cents.
CRASS TO RESIST TRAMPING ON ATHLETIC C ROUNDS. A pound will sow a space 20x 20 feet, or say 4co square feet. Sixty pounds will sowan acre, but we recommend seventy or eighty pounds. Price per pound, 25 cents.
Old Lawns much in decay had best be plowed up, leveled up and resown, but often this course is not convenient, certainly not if the Lawn can be renovated by a system taking less time. In that case, when prompt results are desirable, the old sod should be well combed by a harrow to tear out the dried grass and easily extracted dead roots. This operation also breaks the earth, putting itin a pulverized condition to receive seed, which may be sown broadcast, and falling between the living grass, roots into the friable and fresh soil, and is at once in position to germinate and occupy the space. On many Lawns cut with the lawn mower there appear many pests—the Creeping Veronica and the Mouse-Eared Chickweed being prominent—which crowd out desirable grasses and mar the appearance of the sward. Under such circumstances it is advised to break up the parts affected and sow with seed of the Sheep Fescue, which will admit of such close cutting as to destroy all pestiferous plants. The seed of Sheep Fescue costs about 12 cents per pound.
CRASS FOR SHADY PLACES.
| This prescription consists of too parts, divided in such proportion between those grasses which our observa-
This prescription is also of 1oo parts, but differs from our Park Lawn Grass in the list of varieties, a proportion of such sorts being here added as to better stand the wear and tear of tramping consequent upon games of Tennis, Cricket, Lacrosse and Base Ball.
_ Landreths’ mixture of varieties produces a reliable stand under dense shade of either pine or hard wood trees in positions where all other grasses may have failed. Sixty pounds should be sown to the acre—or, say one pound on a space 20x 20 feet, or in proportion for other dimensions. Price per pound, 25 cents.
Decorate Your Lawn by Planting SWEET PEAS. -
LANDRETHS’ SELECTION.
e 5 3 All the Colors 25 Choice Varieties And Various Shades
In One Box.
Landreths’ selection comprises the most desirable varieties of this most popular Flowering plant, and if purchased by the single packet would cost the consumer one dollar and twenty-five cents per box. Sweet Peas can be sown in the Gulf States in December, January and February, and a profusion of blooms can be had before the extreme heat of summer. In the North sow in the spring a month earlier than Garden Peas. The contents of one of these Boxes is sufficient to sow one row Ioo feet long, or four rows twenty-five feet long.
RAPE-SEED.—Feed your sheep and pigs in the Autumn on Essex Rape sown in July. One acre will produce a surprising return of green food.
54 _ GRASS, FIELD AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. a : SUGGESTIVE PRICES FOR
Grass, Field and Agricultural Seeds and Sundries.
THESE PRICES CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO FLUCTUATIONS—THEREFORE, MERELY SUGGESTIVE.
Our customers may always depend upon getting the lowest prevailing prices. If you do not see what you want, ask your merchant to write to us about it, or you drop us a postal card. Latest Quotations promptly given upon application. Postage extra—at the rate of 8 cents per pound or 1 cent per two ounces. |
GRA SS SEEDS. ficient always to select the one grass indigenous to the district, for it may
not possess the double quality desirable for green pasturage and hay, for hardiness and permanence, which combination of qualities and character is best found in a mixture of sorts. That prescription, to be thoroughly scientific, should be adapted to the geological composition of the soil, be it slaty, calcareous or alkaline, as well as the mechanical condition of the soil, be it sandy, loamy or clayey. These conditions vary so much that no one can attempt to be entirely exact in a recommendation for grasses to |
MIXTURES.
MIXED LAWN GRASS.—We offer mixed Lawn Grass Seed in sealed packages of One Pound, Half Pound and Quarter
Pound. be planted. We cannot more than undertake to prescribe for soils heavy | Mixed Lawn Grass, for SURFACE EFFECT... . per lb $0 25 as clay or deep loam ; medium, as light loam or peat; light, as sand, slate Mixed Lawn Grass, for ATHLETIC GROUNDS ...perlb. 25 or gravel. We are prepared to furnish single grasses, or two or three in a Grass Mixture, for SHADY PLACES......... per Ib. 25 mixture, to meet the requirements of any ordinary farm land for the pro-
duction of hay; or, if permanent pasture is desired, we are prepared to
ROS CRON IIEITN ON ETA NUE) ste GSS, ISSN Beh furnish mixtures for soils either heavy or light.
Pasturage Mixture, for HEAVY SOILS. Forty pounds to the acre. This prescription consists of 100 parts H of such grasses as experience has indicated as pro- ductive of herbage and most durable on heavy soils, per lb. 25
Pasturage Mixture, for LIGHT SOILS. Forty pounds to the acre. This prescription of 100 pounds, divi- ded into practical proportions between such vari- eties of grasses as proved by experience to be the best adapted for light soils, both as respects amount of leafy product and permanence ......... per lb. 25
Meadow Fescue Grass (FrestucA PRATENSIS).—A perennial Grass of good quality; grows wellin near- ly all situations, wet ordry, hillor bottom land. Has round smooth stems, two or three feet high. In mountain lands of Virginia said to grow six feet high. The numerous fibrous roots penetrate good soil twelve to fifteen inches; makes good hay; also a permanent pasture, especially in the South. Sow 30 to go lbs. per acre, broadcast........ Per lb. fo 14
Hard Fescue Grass (FESTUCA DURIUSCULA), per lb. 12 ——— a a a Meadow Foxtail (ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS).—A
PASTURAGE GRASSES. 4 spreading perennial of high favor in Europe; one
The preparation of the land for Permanent Pasture is a labor that must of the earliest and best Grasses for permanent pas-
not be slighted, and though farm work cannot be reduced to the nicety of ture. Habit coarse, but suitable for park purposes.
Lawn Culture, we nevertheless direct attention to our directions on Lawn Succeeds best on well-drained, rich, loamy or clayey
making, and would say that the nearer the directions are followed the soils; makes excellent hay and should be included in greater the probability of success. It must, however, be borne in mind * all permanent pastures. Sow 15 lbs. toacre. Perlb, 20
that a pasture sod cannot be obtained in one year. | Meadow Oat Grass (AVENA ELATOR)... .Perlb. 20 arent F : J MEADOW The judicious selection of grass seed for the creation of a durable pas Bermuda Grass (CyNoDON DACTYLON) . . . Per Ib. 1 50 ture requires a knowledge obtained only by an intimate study of the habits FOXTAIL arts ‘ . Sane Creeping Bent Grass (AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA), GRASS. of varieties as respects quality of herbage and vigor of constitution. Ex- cept in the Blue Grass sections of Kentucky and Tennessee, it is not suf- i aliy = 3 Crested Dog’s Tail (CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS)........ Per lb $0 30
Herds, or Red Top Grass (AGROSTIS VULGARIS).—A good peren- nial Grass, generally sown on permanent pastures. It succeeds Cloverand Timothy when they have died out. Does well on any soil, but best on moist land. If kept fed down close it is a good forage
plant, but allowed to become rank it is wiry and innutritious. Sow
20 Ibs. to the acre. Persack (50 lbs.) $3.50; per bush. (of tolbs.) . . 85
Kentucky Biue Grass (PoA PRATENSIS).—This is a pasture Grass
of high merit, the earliest to start in Spring and continuing green
far into the Winter. Though it makes fine quality hay, it is not to | be recommended for that purpose, being a light cropper. Its uni- form growth and its beautiful habit and color make it desirable for lawns. It requires more time than other Grasses to become es- tablished, but is the longest living of all. It flourishes best in limestone lands. Sow two bushels to the acre. Per bush. (14 lbs.) 2 25
Canada Blue Grass (POA COMPRESSA) ......-.2+:-5 per lb 25 TF ~ Millet, Common ......... per bush. (so lbs.), $1.25; per qt. 10 : LEIP ae fillet, P 1 Cat Tall 2k Sees 2 ee er lb.) 15 KENTU HERDS, OR RED TOP ITALIAN: RYE Moco ana Pp GRASS. GRASS. GRASS. | ‘Millet, W'remob: oi. Glch Pieri le js) svat ies 3) Sesh perlb. 08
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, i6c. per quart; Corn, 15¢. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, loc. and se. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
GRASS, FIELD AND AGRICULTURAL, SEEDS.
55
GRASS SEEDS.—Continued.
Millet, Hungarian (PanicuM HUNGARIENSIS),—An annual forage plant of celebrity. It germinates readily and withstands drought. It has numerous succulent leaves, broad and over a foot in length, the plant, in strong soil, reaching a height of three feet. Cut early it makes an excellent hay, but left to ripen seed it becomes hard and woody. Sow a bushelto the acre. Per bush. $1.00; per qt.
Millet, German (PaNIcUM GERMANICUM).—This is an improvement on Hungarian Grass if cut just as the leaves are turning. Under some circumstances it will yield half as much more to the acre.
, On Bloomsdale Farm, on one occasion, we cut thirteen tons of dry clean hay from three acres. Sow one bushel to the acre.
Per bush. $1.20; per qt.
Orchard Grass, or Rough Cocksfoot
(DacTYLIs GLOMERATA).—One of the
most valuable of all the cultivated Grasses,
blooming with the Red Clover and mak- ing with it an admirable hay. Asa pas- ture Grass it is more productive than any other and does best under close feeding.
It stands drought better than any other
Grass, keeping green and growing when
others are dried up. In Summer it will
grow more feed in a day than Blue Grass willina week. It is disposed to grow in tussocks; a good preparation of the land and uniform and liberal seeding is a good preventive. All kindsof stock are fond of it, and it yields an enormous quantity of hay of superior quality. It succeeds well in any soil, doing especially well in moist places. Sow 2 bush. to the acre _ per bush.
\ ORCHARD GRASS, OR ROUGH COCKSFOOT.
Italian Rye Grass (LoLtum ITALIcUM).—This is a variation of the Perennial Rye Grass, being earlier and more rapid in growth, producing larger leaves, more succulent food and more of it, but it is not as durable. It shoots less and is a stronger feeder, en- during any amount of irrigation or manure. Succeeds best in moist soil, and, in such,is the best grass for soiling, affording repeated luxuriant and nutritious crops. It is not suited for per- manent pastures, for, though making a splendid appearance for one or two years, it then dies and leaves the land bare, having smothered out all other Grasses. Its strong germinative power, its rapid development, its luxuriant herbage, its hardy habit, its nutritive qualities, all point to it as a valuable Grass. Sow 25 Ibs. to the acre per bush. (20 lbs.)
Perennial Rye Grass (LOLIUM PERENNE).—Long a stand-by among the best farmersof England. Leaves long, narrow and fine. Cut when in blossom it makes fine hay and abundantly, but not equal to Orchard. It requires a moist climate, and, in such, stands for six orseven years. Perennial Rye Grass will resist over- flow and does well on sloping banks, as its roots are very fibrous
and mat-like. With Orchard, Timothy and
Blue Grass in proper proportion is therefore
formed a combination possessing the chief
merits of any prescription that can be drawn.
Sow 20 lbs. tothe acre . . . per bush.(24 lbs.)
Rescue Grass (BROMUS SHRADERI)
Rhode Island Bent Grass (AGROSTIS Ca- NINA) Per bush. 2 25; per lb.
6 eye thes
Sheep’s Fescue Grass (FESTUCA AVENA) Per lb.
Sweet Scented-Vernal Grass, Perennial (ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM).—One of the earliest in Spring and latestin Autumn. It is almost the only Grass that is fragrant, and to its presence our hay fields owe much of their charm. It has little nutritious proper- ties in itself, but it is well known that on pasturages where it abounds the finest mut- ton is produced. It does best on light loams and medium sands, but dies out on black
per lb.
SWEET-SCENTED VERNAL GRASS.
Sow 20 Ibs. to the acre if sown alone
prairie soil.
$o 10
I 85
2 25
65
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Teosinte (REANA LUXURIANS) per 0z., 15¢.; per lb.
| Texas Blue Grass (POA ARACHNIFERA)—This does well in the
Gulf States, where by many it is considered superior to Kentucky Blue Grass. Once established in a favorite situa- tion it becomes permanent per lb. $2 75
Timothy (PHLEUM PRATENSE).—AS a Grass to cut for hay this is unsurpassed. Itis coarse if allowed to ripen seed, but if cut in the bloom is bright and highly nutritious. Ifsown with clover, asis often practiced, it has to be cut before development, being later, and thus there isalossin returns. It does best on loamy soils. It isa large producer, two or three tons of hay being frequently made ; the aftermath is, however, light. It is keenly relished by all stock, especially horses, and is gen- erally more free from dust than other hays. Sow tothe acre, if sown alone,t1o lbs. Per bush. (45 lbs.)
Rough Stalk Meadow Grass (PoA TRIVIALIS) per lb. :
Wood Meadow Grass (PoA NEMORALIS). . per lb.
2 00
Bromus Inermus
CLOVER SEEDS.
Alsike Clover (TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM), —The earliest large Clover. Possibly a hybrid between the Red and White, possessing qualities common to both; productive, sweet, extremely valuable both for pasturage or soiling. Clover- sick lands willsometimes produce fine crops of Alsike, which lands, after three yearsin Alsike, and an intermediate grain crop, will again produce Red Clover. The flowersare a distinct light pink, and afford fine pasturage for bees. This Clover seeds itself freely the first year and every year. Sow 12 lbs. to the
per lb.
AWN TIMO
Sain Foin (ONoBRYCHIS SATIVA).— This (not a Clover) in some sections isan important forage plant, produc- ing an immense quantity of green
ALSIKE CLOVER. food, and, under favorable conditions, large crops of hay. It requires a calcareous soil and will not suc- ceed north of the Potomac or Ohio. The seeds are of high value as food for fowls. Sow to lbs. to the acre
Japan Clover (LESPEDEZA STRIATA)
Alfalfa or Lucerne (MEDICAGOSATIVA).—Oneof the most valua- ble among the Clovers. Standing for years, shooting its roots downward till
sists the driest weather, and, when every blade of grass droops for want of moist- ure, it holds up freshand greenas in genial Spring. It does not suc- ceed on compact clay nor on land
AR ay WN , they are ten to fif- AOA WWii~eae teen feet below et “Wh Nan GB : SY the surface, it re- LZ :
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with impermea- iif ble sub-soil. Far Zi I \y from exhausting SE! ~ land, it increases ALFALFA, OR LUCERNE. RED CLOVER.
fertility, as has
Sow 10 lbs. to the acre per lb.
been fully established.
Red Clover (TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE).—This is the most widely cultivated of the pastural plants; loosening the soil and
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$1 30
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$o 14
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35
Cricket Grounds, Tennis Courts, Croquet Grounds, Bowling Greens and Golf Links should be sown with Landreths’ Grass Seed Mixture. See page 53.
56 GINS) ee AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS.
CLOVER SEED —Continued.
admitting the air and drawing up and storing away near the sur- face the valuable principles scattered in the earth beneath, it is regarded as one of the best of vegetable fertilizers, as wellas a cattle food of the highest merit. Its luxuriant foliage, by shade, increases the fertility of the earth and smothers noxious weeds. It is a lime plant and does best on stiff loams. Its habit of growth is rapid, and, though naturally a biennial, may, by close pastur- age, be made to last three or more years. Sow in Autumn, south of the Potomac or Ohio, and in Spring in Northern States. Sow 16 pounds tothe acre, ..... per bush. (60 lbs.) $5 75; per qt. $o 30
Red Clover, Mammoth...... per bush. (60 lbs.) $6 50; per qt. 40
Searlet or Crimson Clover (TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM).—The most beautiful of all Clovers, readily distinguished by the bright crimson color of its flowers. Exceedingly productive and very palatable to cattle. It is the latest of all the Clover family, and thus affords a desirable succession of green food. At present in much demand. Has proved ex- ceedingly valuable, both as a cattle-feeding Clover and aSa green manure for plowing under. In the latitude of Philadel- phia it may be sown any time between March and September. Sow tro lbs. tothe acre. . . . per Ib. 08 \ White Dutch Clover Y (TRIFOLIUM REPENS).— Not a heavy producer of hay, but invaluable in permanent pastures. Will grow on any soil, but luxuriates in damp locations and in damp seasons. It is very persistent in growth on rich soils, affording rare feed, but on thin soils will not succeed. Sow 12 Ibs to the acre
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER.
SCARLET CLOVER.
BIRD SEED.
Canary Bird Seed,Mixed....... We offer ORIGINAL SEALED PACKAGES OF MIXED
. per bush. ; per lb. fo 10 BIRD SEED at to cents per pound. sent by mail.
The packages contain a mixture of Canary, Hemp, Millet and Rape Seed. The combination of these feeding substances will be found to be in correct proportion and to comprise everything necessary to the sustenance of Cage Birds. Bird seeds in these packages have proved to be acceptable to owners of valuable Birds, many of which are injured by the feeding of foul, fermented or dusty seeds.
Postage 8 cents extra, if
: per Ib. 10
: per pt. 05 . per oz. 5¢.; per lb. 20
Canary Seed, Unmixed Bird Millet Cuttle-fish Bone
. per bush. . per bush.
English Rape. . per bush. ; per pt. 10 German Summer Rape . per bush. ; per pt. 10 Hemp Seed . per bush. ; per pt. c8 Lettuce Seed Peper e25 Maw Seed Bs site eDeuD 5 Mocking-bird Food (screw-top parte) per bottle 30 Unhulled Rice for Java Sparrows ._ per bush, ; per pt. 10
Wild Rice..... . per lb. 20
TOBACCO SEED.
Like all other cultivated plants Tobacco has its various forms, qualities and assortments. and the progressive Tobacco grower plants only those most profitable to him, as respects soil and
his market, both of which must be studied. Red clay subsoils,
with rich top soils, generally produce the best dark rich export Tobacco. Soils composed of sand or gravel, with subsoil of light brown or red clay, develop the best stemming Tobacco and fillers. Flat lowlands of alluvial soil give the best cigar types. Limestone soils, dark and rich, are the only soils adapted to White Burleigh, which, when well grown, is very choice. Slaty soils produce the best quality of the yellow wrapping sorts. ‘This list of so-called varieties of Tobacco runs up into hundreds, many the result only of a difference in soil. We have selected a limited number of varieties of such as will meet any requirement under the classifi- cation of adaptability. We solicit orders for ceed, believing our stocks to be of excellence, and knowing a change of seed, when good stock can be obtained, is generally of great advantage to the planter. The varieties of seed which we offer are as follows:
SEED (to produce)—Yellow Plug Wrappers. (LONG-LEAVED GROWTH.)
TRENOD EN Re Se eae per lb. $4 00; per oz. $o 4@ Seed (to produce)—Dark Plug Wrappers.
(BROAD-LEAVED GROWTH.)
Yellow Orinoco
1: Ct) kt) ees Sameer mee ve aN (oa per lb. $4 00; per oz. - Tuckanoe sh: capresso Rye sk eee perlb. 4 00; per oz. 4e SEED (to praduce) “stn Fillers.
Sweet Orinoco... oo: 4. = +) .ueneeene per lb. $4 00; per oz. 4° Hlannagan }. + 5).540\see earns hic eee per lb. 4 00; per oz. 4° Big Frederick . . per lb. 4 00; per oz. 40 Barleigh !§;) 212) 24. .NIVPese.. cA per lb. 4 00; per oz. 40
SEED (to produce)—Cigar Fillers.
Landreth.—Early, large, thin, silky, enormously productive and bringing highest price among the Tobacco dealers in Pezzsyl- vania . . per lb. $6 50; per oz. 65
Acclimated Havana . per lb. 5 00; per oz. 5°
Connecticut Seed Leaf...
Maryland Broad Leaf . SEED (to produce)—Cigar Wrappers.
Landreth.—Early, large, thin, silky, enormously productive and bringing, highest price among the Tobacco dealers in Pennsyl-
. perlb. 4 00; per oz. 40 cite AES os per lb. 4 00; per oz. 40
vania... Meme oe a o.5 b= . per lb. $6 50; per oz. 65 Pennsylvania (l,ancaster’Co., Pa.). . . per lb. 5 00; per oz, 5° Island. —Broad-leaved . per lb. 6 50; per oz. 65 Glessmer......... . per lb. 6 50; per oz. 65
Vuelta Prie,s . per lb. 5 00; per oz, 50 Havana Partidas . per lb. 5 00; per oz. 50 Remedios......... . perlb. 5 00; peroz. 50 ( Ramojde: ce ewes hy per paper, 25¢c.; per oz. 3 00
Sumatra i Deliide;: Aw oper S per paper, 25¢c ; peroz. 3 00
SEED (for)—Cigarettes. iy.co'.°.. 05. 2. 4, “ae Seer Eo sos per lb. $4 00; per oz. 40 Bradley .—Broad-leaved . per lb. 4 00; per oz. 40 Sterlimg, - 2... (on-set ee ee per lb. 4 00; per oz. 40 SEED toaienee Hs
Blue Pryor........ . per lb. $4 00; per oz, 40 Blannagan,. <cwy tithe ieee Sees ieen ie coke i per lb. 4 00; per oz. 40
COTTON SEED.
We will not attempt a description of the Cotton plant or varieties, but be satisfied to simply announce that we have for sale the following varieties, which we offer at attached prices:
Extra Early Carolina . per bush. $4 25; per Ib. $0 35 . per bush. 4 50; per lb. 20
30
Sea Island.
Upland .j../. <i) ae eet, enor per bush. 4 00; per lb.
Scarlet Clov er.—For a remarkably quick return ofa 1 crop of green feed for hay, s sow Trifolium Incarnatum in August to be cut the following June,
GRASS, FIELD AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
(PRICES VARIABLE.)
BROOM CORN. PO Verereen 0dr td Gea ke ed le ewe per bush. $ ; qt $0 10 BUCKWHEAT. Silver Hull (Pure). 5 0 eo. we es . per bush. 1 20; qt. 10 Common .... . per bush. 1 20; qt. 10 RUA PAMESEM Ta cn ci ea le ee ee rsh eee . per bush. 1 10; qt. 10 CASTOR BEANS. Ornamentaliwe cel iti ie: kesh otepadice s Ligdowe: eyte ania ae per lb 35 FLAX SEED. IRE se bo Doo MeOH Boo do OG Ob go ole Pp NO On om I5 MUSHROOM SPAWN. MMe MDAC EES Ge Pedra nn csrispacvarters Wsipislg techs per brick (of about 1% Ibs.) 15 OSAGE ORANGE. VRE § Go ee oot Grau poo NE em OSE CEN eae per bush. $7.00; per lb. 40 OATS. Probsteier —A fine White Oat. Yields well and stands up well; yeu UH Woyeye, VA eidorbIoml 4 456 5b 5 4 6 oe per bush. 75 Russian White.—One of the best. A strong grower and good crop- per, highly recommended as showy and profitable . . . per bush 10 SuGpriseme ye wsc. se soo ee ese os . per bush. 00 Southern Winter.—For thirty years we have been growing this very hardy productive Oat extensively on our Virginia plantation. No other variety tested there can compare with it. In Virginia we sow it from September 15 to November 15; pasture it during Winter aud cut from it a greater number of pounds of grain than any other Oat will produce in that section. A production of 60 bushels of exceedingly heavy grain to the acre is not uncommon. The grain is dark, evidently remotely derived from a black-hulled variety. We have sown this Oat on our Bloomsdale, Pa., farm in the month of March, and have cut 60 bushels in September. * Per lb. postpaid, 18c.; per bush. 25 Welcome.—A White Oat, introduced several yearsago. Karly, heavy and productive; strong straw, growing five to six feet high, and ing large stools; said to have yielded as much as 97 bushels to the EXE” aac. 27318, io. oy Seon Paneer . per bush. 80 White Belgiam.—A remarkably heavy and eateanctive White Oat, attractive in appearance and in every way most desirable. Ten days ahead of most other varieties, and therefore ripening at a TMOLEICONVENTEN LE SCASOMM ue iin eney arse eerie eens per bush. 25 ONION SETS.—see pages 39 and 4o. FIELD PEAS. Sown for plowing in as Green Manures. Very valuable fertilizers. OS SUR ERE EAC) a curoutobusumdncicenes per bush. 75 Cow Peas, or Southern Black Eye ....... . per bush. 25 Southern Clay Peas . . per bush. 75 POP CORN.
CPrCimaryar geen es cee = ees im is ee ee ke es per Ib 05 ROICeRRE acho St SRS bs fe per lb 08 SEED RYE.
White.—Pure strain of White Winter Rye ....... . per bush. 90 Mhousand=-folds..-2 3.2 ly Se he ae . per bush. 95 SS DELI See ees eee ter es Oe ek NO eS per bush. 25 SORGH u M.
Commi omiOr Chim ese eae obese bist cays ier yeas per lb. 06
Early Amber.—This variety of cane is of extra early maturity, and is, therefore, infinitely superior to all other varieties which ripen so late as to afford but little time for pressing between the periods of maturity and frost. Very remarkable results are recorded of its sugar-producing qualities............. per Ib. 06
Early Orange.—Fnllerthan the Amber, thicker in stem, more foli-
age. Said tobeavaluable variety ........ per lb. SUNFLOWER. JECTED NG Relic oovolNciLo SemaOuCInOG Glouor oat (25 Ibs. for $1.00); per lb. VETCHES. SDram yy ey erase Nae talent oi at eer Rene Beni Mine: een: ae per bush. SUV AREER TS oh ee FON) Somos) teins) Fach Cee ka Ra UE RC CIES per bush. Hardy or Sand Vetch ............... . per bush, SEED WHEAT (Suggestive Prices). Dietz Long berry wie. ell. Umit chles kc mcun reyes per bush. UL CRSCOR hei eh este oe a) Wer lan Sa en CM a ay Seca per bush, Fultz ..... Saeko ae, “xine ennai . per bush. LANDRETH. . per bush. Red Mediterranean . . per bush. Gemesee...... . per bush. POTATOES (Prices Variable). (FOR DESCRIPTIONS, SEE PAGE §2.) Urish\Cobbletia i Vion « <p Rela os per bbl. $ ; per bush. Burbank’s Seedling . per bbl. $2 80; per bush, Dakota Red . . . per bbl. $ ; per bush.
arly PERCOS ood Seog cing i pak, ey REM eROL per bbl. $2 90; per bush. Freeman... 5 me . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Early Ohio.— Most productive eurly sort . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Extra Early Vermont .. ....... per bbl. $2 90; per bush. Landreths’ Farmers’ Alliance ._ perlb. postpaid, 25c.; per peck, $1.00; per bush, $3.00; per bbl. $
Landreths’ Garfield ......... . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Landreths’ State of Maine . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Mammoth Pearl ....... . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Weerlessiey-) yn ae . per bbl. $2 85; per bush. ‘Prince Edward Island Rose . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Green Mountain (especially recommended)
per bbl. $ ; per bush. Snowflake . per bbl. $ ; per bush. Sweet Potatoes— Yellow per bbl. $ ; per bush. Potato Seed—Hybridized ............ per paper,
PLANTS (in Season).
Shipments at purchaser's risk. We will not ship plants or reobs
CGxORD:
PLANTS AND ROOTS.
We grow at Bloomsdale large quantities of vegetable plants and roots, and can supply all the varieties listed below in their proper season. For late Cabbage and Celery plants, see our Midsummer List issued July 1.
Asparagus (CONOVER’s COLOSSAL).—Two-year-old roots. Per 100, 60C.; per Io0o0, Asparagus (PALMETTO).—Two-year-old roots. Per 100, 60c.; per 1000, Artichokes (JERUSALEM). . postpaid, 25¢.; per bush. Cabbage Plants (CoLD FRAME). Jersey Wakefield . .
Cabbage Plants (HOTBED).— eecae after April1. Early Jersey Wakefield, Early Drumhead, Landreths’ Earliest. Per 100, 40C.; per 1000,
. per qt. Ioc.;
—Ready March and April. Early per 100, $1.00; per 1000,
Cauliflower Plants (CoLD FRAME).—Ready in March and April, Early Snowball . per doz. 75c¢.; per 10a,
Si
fo 06
06
4 50
275
““My gardener is so o enthusiastic over Reedland Early Drumhead Cabbage, and so afraid he will not get the same seed next year, that he wants to purchase half a pound now.’
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GRASS, FIELD AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS.
MISCELLANEOUS— Continued.
Cauliflower Plants (HoTBED), per doz. 25c.; per 100, $1.50; per 1000, $10 00
Celery Plants.—Ready July1. Golden Self-Blanching, Gold-
en Dwarf, White Plume,etc....... Per 100, 40c.; per 1000, 3 00
Egg Plants.—Ready in May and June. Landreths’ Improved Large Purple. Outofhotbeds...... per doz. 35¢.; per ico,
ELOPTROots) VE, 62 9.. cdo es hee ee per 100, $2.00; per doz.
Horse Radish Sets. Per doz. 10c.; 100, §0¢.; 1000, $3.00; by mail, per doz.
Pepper Plants.—Ready in May and June. Large Sweet Bell.
Per doz. 20c.; per ivu,
Rhubarb Roots .......... each roc.; per doz. 75c.; per 1co
Sage (HoLt’s MAmmorTH).—A large-leaved variety that will come in general use, It spreads rapidly, never runs to seed, and when once planted will take care of itself. ..... each 15¢.; per doz.
Sweet Potato Plants.—Ready in May and June. We grow large quantities of the following varieties, and are in position to make contracts for large lots: Red Namsemond, Yellow Nanse- THE 5 rgigowouon of Gi of @ Ruler a -BuratlO) 6 so.4b, oo Per 100, 25¢ ; per 1000,
Tomato Plants.—Ready in May and June. We make a specialty of Tomato plants,and can always supply through the season well-grown plants of the leading varieties.
: Per doz. 20c.; per 100, $1.00; per 1000,
FERTILIZERS. Button Bone Meal, fine, per ton, $42.co; 100 lbs. $2.25; 5-lb. bag, 25c. Baugh’s $25.00 Phosphate.... . per ton, $25.00; bag, 200 lbs. Boker’s Food for Flowers ..... per pkge. small, 15c.; large, Cottom Seed Meal.............. per ton, $27.00; 100 lbs. Ground Bone... . per ton, $32.00; bag, 200 lbs. $3.50; bag, 50 Ibs. Ground} Elax7Seediiy re seein ecient caren tanes per lb Guano 65 oe ee per ton, $60.00; bag, 100 lbs. $3.50; 1 lb. box, ita iwa tts cis: ketenes) ce oie per ton, $13 00; per bag, 200 lbs
Landreths’ Lawn Fertilizer.
Per ton, $50.00; bag, 100 lbs. $3.00; bag, 5 Ibs. Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Peat, Jersey Sulphate of Putash
Swiftsure Superphosphate . . per ton, $35 00; per bag, 200 lbs.
INSECTICIDES.
Carbolic Powder Granulated Tobacco and Sulphur . in pkge., 25c. and 5o0c. each. Hellebore, White Powdered ...... Y Ib. toc.; % lb. 15¢.; Ib
. . 1 1b. can, 20c.; 5 1b. can, 75¢.; per lb. in bulk,
50
20
30
10
10
25 04 04 50 04
London Purple | Paris Green . ¥% lb. pkgs., 32c. 1b.; 1 lb. pkgs., 30c. lb.; 2, 3. and 5 Ib.
| pkgs., 28c. lb.; 14 and 28 lb. pkgs., 25¢. lb,
Persian Insect Powder.......... per bottle, 15c.; per lb. SLUG SHOT... Thymo-Creso}, or Sheep Dip, in cans, per gal. $2.00; % gal.
. in bbls only, 3c. per 1b.; 100 Ibs, $4.00; 5-Ib. pkge.
| qt 75¢.; 8-oz. bottles scc.; 4-0z. bottles 25¢.
| Tobacco Dust... 2.3 w see ee st es per 100 Ibs. $2.00; Ib. Tobacco Stems, Granulated ...... per bale, $2.00; per lb.
[SCarboliciSoap i.) cA -x. eae ok. oak eae per cake,
| Carbolic Acid and Whale Oil Soap......... per cake,
_ Hellebore, Tobacco, Whale Oil | Whale Oil Soap.
eh aes: » ees mixed, per can,
. 2-lb. can, 20c.; 5-lb. can, goc.; per lb. in bulk,
| | POULTRY FOOD AND REQUISITES |
| Pratt’s'Poultryshood! 2 Fee...) + & eee per pkg. American Developing Food .............. per pkg. Cheltenham Poultry Food ...... 5-lb. box, 1 25; 1-lb. pkg. Chicken Founts, Stoneware. . .2 gal. $1.20; I gal. goc.; 4 gal. | 0 | CT Ser ICeCMAT ECD: oto OMOM CREME CS Gono Goo on Chicken Founts, Galwanized .. .......... ~+..... Gape: WWAreSs iT. yi. (64):))-mkom eC oy) (o> 06) in nn | Ground Oyster Shells........ bag 200 Ibs. $1.50; 5-lb pkg. Haven’s Climax Condition Powder.......... per pkg. NEST EGGS. Wainwright's Medicated .......... . . doz. 20c.; each Porcelain. 3.) ais {es ee ts. Se eee doz 25c,; each Woodward’s Medicated .............. doz. 30c.; each HOTBED CLOTH. Medium .... per yard, 8c.; heavy, 10!4c.; extra heavy, water proof, MISCELLANEOUS.
Grafting Wax... 24. \-geeae ear oO -) - A ees per lb Plant Protectors .............. per 100, $1.50; per doz. Roffea, for tying up plants, bunching Asparagus, a very serviceable
} article... Gc >) cusp steno ttre: co. sac « e) ce ee per lb Mole Traps, Wrought Iromn—Imported........... each | Mole Traps, Olmstead Pattern............... each Mole Traps, Perfection Pattern ............. each Seed Drills, Mathew Pattern ................-. Seed Drills; New Model). 2... . = « | 3) 2teeeeee eee
20
30 25
“<¢I13 YEARS IN BUSINESS..5—"
The Firm of LANDRETH, established one hundred and thirteen years (1784), is one of the Association of Centenary Firms
of the United States, of which there are thirty-five Associates representing twenty distinct lines of business.
These Firms all have descended from the founder to his grandsons and great-grandsons.
LANDRETHS’ BURNING SYSTEM insures fresh Seeds every year in the merchant's hands who buys under that plan. All our Seed Packets are dated and no planter need plant old Seeds, as the date shows their age.
MARKET GARDENING AND FARM NOTES—IRRIGATION. 59
EXTRACTS FROM
MARKET GARDENING AND FARM NOTES.
BY BURNET LANDRETH.
A HALF-ACRE GARDEN.—The quantity of seed required DESIRABLE VARIETIES.—Desirable varieties of the for a half acre during the Spring, and for a succession of | leading families of garden vegetables are named as follows, those kinds requiring sowing at later periods, will not vary | and in order of maturity for table: much from the following table:
. ere : BEANS. WATERMELON. Beet in three varieties, eight ounces each. Extra Early Red Valentine. Arkansas Traveler. Beans, pole, two varieties, two quarts each. Pink Eye Wax Long Light Icing Beans, dwarf, three varieties, three quarts each. Landreths’ Scarlet Bocas ae Corn, sugar, four varieties, one quart each. ; , aa Cucumbers, two varieties, eight ounces each. CABBAGE, CANTALOUPE. canots, two Narenes, Our ounces each. Select Early Jersey Wakefield. Jenny Lind. Cee ee ea Reedland Early Drumhead. Anne Arundel. Lettuce, ‘three varieties, four ounces each. 1ENEES EUS TET: ELON NGG: Melon, Water, two varieties, two ounces each. CARROT. ONIONS. Melon, Citron, two varieties, two ounces each. Blunt Horn Pearl Parsnips, one variety, four ounces, Half Long Coreless Gold Seal Radishes, three varieties, four ounces each. me s: Ea Squash, three varieties, four ounces each. REEEUES 1S ENOTES SINCE SYS Spinach, two varieties, eight ounces each. CAULIFLOWER. PARSNIP. Tomatoes, three varieties, four ounces each. Snowball Herbs, four varieties, one ounce each. Half Early Paris. Bloomsdale.
PEAS.
In well managed gardens vegetable seeds are sown, or CELERY. 4 plants set out in rows, and to enable the amateur to make a Dye SUG, qeandreths Extra Early. close calculation of the quantity of various seeds required IS ae ee for any determined or measured area, the writer gives the RAISE following table, showing how much is needed for a row one ees te ey Sod Honest Earliest White. hundred yards long. In these calculations, however, it is | “PP! Shaped. PaaS Soutenete cage a supposed that the seeds are fresh, and that, at least, eighty SuGAR CORN. 7 : per cent. will vegetate under favorable conditions: Barly, Maa ceoa: ix Be SPINACH.
vandreth. oomsdale. Asparagus, eight ounces. Melon, Water, three ounces : Bvereneen. Ever Ready. Beans, bush, three quarts. Melon, Citron, two ounces. CUCUMBER, SQUASH. Beans, lima, three pints. Mustard, five ounces. ons Beans, pole, three pints. Okra, twelve ounces. [bulbs. Handsetys First, Extra Barly Bush: k Neck Beets, five ounces. Onion, two ounces to produce large | yoy Cees Hubbenitt HODES NGS Broccoli, one ounce. Onion, eight ounces to produce sets. § Brussels sprouts, one ounce. Onion Sets—three quarts of sets. LETTUCE. TOMATOES. Cabbage, one ounce. Parsley, two ounces, , . Carrot, three ounces. Parsnip, three ounces. Landreths Forcing. xtra Harly Jersey. Cauliflower, one-half ounce. Peas, three quarts. Wireiniaicolidurveader, Staten Celery, three ounces. Pepper, one ounce. g $ z Collards, one ounce. Pumpkin, two ounces. A : ’ eo ous quart. Radish, st ounces. As it is always desirable, in a garden, to havea continuous ress, four ounces. ubarb, four ounces. : : - enc nneeiionnonnces: Salsify, four ounces. and rapid succession of crops, a system of rotation must be Egg-plant, one ounce. Spinach, six ounces. studied out and followed, otherwise at certain seasons part BUCKS, two ounces. sauae te three ounces. of the garden will go uncropped and a direct loss ensue, for eek, two ounces. ‘omato, one ounce. ra : : : SSiN@S, Gave RTGS. Turnip, threelounces, it is only by attention to the details of a prompt succession of - i. e 5 - mn e crops that any cash profit can be had out of a private garden.
IRRIGATION.
One of the most important works which the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE can pursue is to disseminate information as to irrigation processes on River Farms where the water of the streams has to be raised ten to twenty feet to the level of the cultivated land.
Farms in proximity to mountains can be irrigated by large and constant volumes of water descending by gravity, and consequently only at the cost of the canals, but to raise water to twenty or thirty feet elevation and carry it by elevated piping back a mile or two is far more expensive. Millions of acres of the most valuable agricultural lands lay along the banks of our rivers in New England, in the Middle States, in the Cotton States and in the level lands of the West, the crops on which every summer, under our changed climatic conditions are parched by drought till partially ruined, while inexhaustible volumes of water drift past between river banks. This reduction of production of valuable crops, amounting to nearly half the total of the crop production of the sections named, could be partially provided against by systems of irrigation adapted to the conditions of river farms where the banks are much higher than the water level and where the farm levels constantly rise as they extend back from the banks.
The work which the Agricultural Department could do would be to establish two or three Irrigation Stations where could be erected the best engines, best pumps, best system of elevated tanks, best system of elevated piping, best surface reservoirs and best arrangements for the distribution of the water under conditions of variable surface and soil.
The Department spends large amounts of money annually in sugar investigations, cattle disease investigations, publications, seeds and processes, none of which bears more intimately upon the interests of Agriculture than would practical systems of irrigation introduced into the old States, insuring perfect crops on millions of acres.
GREEN FODDER.—For sheep and pigs this is always of value, but in accordance with its growth and productiveness. Among the best are Scarlet Clover and Rape.
60 LANDRETHS’ SEEDS IN FLAT PAPERS AND SEALED PACKAGES AT RETAIL.
A Flat Paper or Packet. A Quarter-Pound Package. A Half-Pound Package. A Third-Pint Package. All Vegetable Seeds ave put upin All small Seeds put up in this form All small Seeds put up tx this form Peas, Beans and Corn are put up in this form. 5c. and roc. and in Half Pounds. and in Quarter Pounds. this form and in Pints.
sty... LANDRETHS’ VEGETABLE SEEDS
ee BUY 23 In 5c. or 10c. Flat Papers or Packets.
All varieties of Lan- dreths’ Vegetable Seeds Uioes eee ' offered on pages 16 to 51
FIRST EARLY, Wi) Of this list are put up in ) §=5c. and toc. Flat Papers or Packets (excepting cer- tain rare specialties other- wise noted).
We will mail them in any desired quantity to
any part of the United = States, free of Postage. = Each paper bears a hand- somely-colored illustra- tion of the vegetable, with
A Pint Package. Peas, Beansand Cornareputup Fis in this form and in printed description and
Dee ES: directions for cultivation,
together with date of issue, a new feature introduced by us to protect the planter, and not followed by any Other seed house.
Landreths’ Flower Seeds are put up in neatly colored illustrated papers. For list and prices, see Landreths’ Flower Seed List, pages 4 to 12.
~ Sealed Packages.
These packages are of cardboard, with colored illustration of the vegetable and directions for its culture, and are offered to protect the planter who has confidence in our seeds and the reputable mer- chant who handles our seeds in competition with his neighbor, who may possibly have a few ef ours atid the balance common stock—cheap stuff from any and every source; 0 matter its origin so it be cheap. Under our system purchasers who desire our seeds are certain of getting them and profiting by our practical experience as Seed Farmers. There are tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of Garden Seeds palmed off annually upon the public as Landreths’ which we have never supplied.
Pedigree Stock. Introduced by us in 1823.
All Peas, Beans and Corn are put up in Pints and One-Third Pints (to meet the require-
IN PINTS AND ments of parties wanting larger quantities than those contained in our Flat Papers), and will ONE-THIRD PINTS. | besupplied at the rates per guar named in our price list; no quantity will be furnished for less than 5c. Postage extra, if by mail, on 1 pints, 8 cents; 4% pints, 3 cents. Larger quanti- | ties should be ordered in bulk--see our monthly Price-Current.
D. H.. NEW ORLEANS, LA.—‘“ Such Egg Plants as have been grown from your seed have never been seen in the New Orleans Market, All my competitors want to know where I got the seed, but I am not giving that away.’
LANDRETHS’ SEEDS IN FLAT PAPERS AND SEALED PACKAGES AT RETAIL. 61
VEGETABLE SEEDS.—Continued.
All smaller Vegetable Seeds are put up in % and % pounds and will be supplied at the rates per pound named in our monthly Price-Current. Postage, if by mail, 8 cents per pound additional (1% pounds and under mailed free of postage).
IN HALF-POUNDS AND QUARTER POUNDS.
The following varieties (Specialties exclusively our own), whether sold by
LANDRETHS’ SPECIALTIES us or by merchants, appear only in bags, wired and sealed with our ‘‘ Bell” (IN BUL K, UNDER SEAL.) Trade-mark, to distinguish then from imported imitation and spurious stock, offered at lower prices:
Landreths’ Extra Early Peas, in red bags, of 1, %, 4% and % bushels. | Saddleback Wax Beans, in buff bags, of 1, 4%, 4% and % bushels. Landreths’ First in Market Beans, in drab bags, ‘‘ fae iY | Bloomsdale Spinach, in blue bags, of 5, 10, 20, 30 and 4o pounds, Landreths’ Scarlet Beans, in yellow bags, ss Ch GG se |
Landreths’ Pink Eye Wax Beans, in pink bags, ‘ $a i aint No charge for bags and sealing.
All the other varieties of Vegetables, as well as Field and Agricultural Seeds, named in our SEEDS IN BULK. list, whether by the pound, bushel, ounce or quart (or precisely the quantity you may need), we will supply at the prices named in our monthly Price-Current. See our ‘‘Remarks to Purchas- ers,’”’ second page of cover, and mail your orders early.
We do not sell Seeds on Commission, nor do we sell Cheap Seeds.—To be able to buy seeds at low prices, ADDRESS is to inexperienced persons a tempting consideration, but those who are critical know that one-half the quantity of good seed will produce a better stand of plants than double e a ni ret ons, the quantity of inferior seed. to say nothing of the quality of the resulting crop. Upon practical test in the garden the
illusion as tocheapnessis rudely and expensively dissipated. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
) | | j Farm Crops. | Product. | Value. | Hen cener | Live Stock. Product. Value. Per Centce | | | Corn, bush. . | 2,151,139,000 $567,509, 000 .162 || Cattle, No... . 32,085,000 $508, 928,000 145 Hayritons) 5 | 47,079,000 | 393, 186,coo | PLL || Horses, No. . . 15,124,000 500, 140,000 143 Cotton, bales. . 6, 669,000 253 422,000 | .072 b || Milch Cows, No. 16, 138,000 363,956.000 . 104 Wheat, bush... . | 467, 103,000 237,939,000 .068 WSMilessNO nal 2,279,000 103, 204,000 .030 Oatsybushs. 2. | 824.444,000 163,655,000 -O47 li; SheepaNore a = *38, 299,000 65,168,000 018 Potatoes, bush. . | 297,237,000 78,985,000 .023, pisloyersy, INAS § oN 42,843,000 186,530,000 .053 Tobacco, lbs. . . 491,544,000 35,574,000 .O10 es eee Barley, bush. . . | 87,073,C00 | 29,312,000 .008 | $3,506,409,000 | ~—- 1.000 IRIS, IEG 4G Ge 27,210,000 11,965,000 .003 Buckwheat, bush. 15,341,000 | 6,936,000 .002 |
* Much reduced.
OUR AUTHORITY.—The above statements of the volume of farm crops and values are takem from the final returms of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, covering the year1895. The totalsof course vary year by year, but the proportion remains much the same —A meérican Agriculturist.
OUR EXPERIMENTAL GROUNDS.
The Bloomsdale and Reedland Testing Grounds comprise various plots of several acres of land. One acre is devoted to Vegetables grown from small seeds, as Radish, Lettuce, Beet, Carrot, Onion; allsown in rows across the breadth of parallel beds eight feet wide with three feet alleys between. On these bedsare many hundreds of tests.
Another acre is devoted to trials of Peas and Beans all drilled in parallel rows, twenty feet to each variety and all in the order of the maturity as near as can be arrived at. These Peas and Beans are thinned to three inches apart to permit perfect development and that the character may be indicated. Half au acre is devoted to Sugar Corn planted in hills four by four feet and in parallel rows. These tests also arranged in order of maturity ; the first early sorts many of them less than three feet high, the late varieties eight and nine feet high. An acre is devoted to Water- melonsand Cantaloupes, the testing and judging of which requires much experience. One-half acre is devoted to Squash. One-half acre to Cucumber. One-half acre is devoted to Cabbage. One-half acre to Turnips. Two acresare devoted to Tomatoes. This last being of very par- ticular interest, comprising many hybrids or crosses ofapproved varieties, the best qualities of several being unitedin one. The test of Insecticides being particularly interesting, more interesting than instructive because of the conflicting results consequent upon conditions of rainfall and heat after the application of the poisons. ‘The testof ornamental flowers of Annual and Biennial form embellishing the whole with colors of dazzling beauty. The trial of grasses, all very practical ; one bed of thirty different sorts in blocks of ten by ten feet, having stood for five years, clearly indicating the relative periods of desirability of each sort. i
The seeds on trial in these Experimental Grounds comprise all the so-called novelties or varieties offered in the catalogues of the many seed merchants of the United States, as well also as those recommended by foreign seed merchants and growers asadapted to the American climate. Ofttimes the same vegetable appears under half a dozen distinct names and as distinct descriptions, only to be recognized as an old acquain- tance ; sometimes of merit, at other timesa sort long turned down. Itis to inform ourselves upon the subject of relative merit and upon the subject of name that we conduct so large an experimental ground as nine acres, a very expensive little farm iu itself, but worth ten times its cost.
G. W., DECATUR, MICH.—“ Last Spring I sowed one-fourth pound of your Danvers Onion, and harvested 136 bushels of which there never were onions of a better shape or color,”’
6 A HOTBED—PARIS GREEN.
How To [MAKE A HOTBED.
DEFINITION It is a box or frame without bottom or top, made for one, two or four sash, as in the illustration. It may be made permanent ° of brick or stone, or temporary of plank or one-inch common boards, the back board about twenty inches high, one-half greater elevation than the front, which should be twelve to fourteen inches—the whole made to support a sash or several of any dimensions, the best of about three by seven feet. The back being higher than the front gives a declivity to the sash, thus casting off the rain, which it would not do if flat.
The box at proper season is placed upon a bed of fermenting material, which, making a gentle and continuous heat, warms up a layer of soil resting upon it, and thus germi- nates seed and forces plants into rapid growth.
MANURE The value of the bed depends principally upon the character of the . fermenting material. This should be rich stable manure (no cow dung) forked over two or three times at intervals of a week and kept in a deep and compact pile till it begins to smoke or steam, indicating that the process of fermentation has set in. If the dung be very rich in grain an addition of forest leaves is desirable, as they serve to prolong the period of fermentation, which otherwise might be too rapid.
LOCATION AND MAKING.—“<'ectizg a well-drained location, and
one never flooded by rain, excavate a pit one or two feet deep, and one foot longer and one foot broader than the box. Into this lace six inches of rough barnyard manure, corn stalks, leaves or straw, for drainage, and on it lightly fork in the fermenting dung and tramp it firmly down to a depth of two feet. Place on the box and fit the sash lightly, cover with mats and allow fermentation to again proceed, banking up with hot mauure on the outside all around at an angle of 45°. Place on top of the manure a layer of three inches of rich, moist, finely pulverized soil. Ina day or so the temperature will rise to 120°. When the temperature has fallen to 90° destroy all the weeds which have sprouted; and sow the seed for which the bed is intended. Cover every night with mats to exclude frost and give air during the day, never allowing the temperature to fall below 70° or rise above 90°. The secret of growing good plants is to give plenty of air, else the plants will be sickly, spindly specimens. Short, stocky plants are what are desired. Sow the seed in rows three inches apart and one-quarter to one-third inch deep, and cover by sifting on fine earth.
CARE OF HOTBEDS Water every evening. Remove the mats every morning about 9 o'clock, give air about 10 o'clock. Cut off
the air in the afternoon as soon as the air becomes the least chilly. Cover with mats before sunset. Hot- beds should be covered early in the evening, to retain their heat, and in the morning uncovered when the sun rests upon the glass, as every effort should be made to give the plants all the sunlight possible, as its rays are vivifying toa degree beyond the amount of its heat, it having a chemical and physio- logical effect beyond explanation. Even dull light is better than no light, consequently it is a bad plan to cover sashes with mats, except for the direct urpose of keeping out cold. Peppers and Egg Plants require more heat than other plants. Success depends on bottom heat from the manure, top heat rom the sun, water from daily application, and air at midday. Without plenty of air the other requisites will be fruitless. All seedlings should be transplanted into other hotbeds or intermediate beds when two inches high Hotbeds may be used for forcing Lettuce, Radish, Egg Plant, Pepper, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Cauliflower and Ornamental Flowers.
ARTI FICIAL H EAT ___ We have known locations where stable manure for hotbeds was not readily obtained, and to meet such condi- Q tions we give the following directions for manufacturing a fermenting material for the production of a moderate and continuous heat, the quantities named being sufficient for a box twelve by seven feet. Take as the crude materials, 500 lbs. of Straw, 3 bush. Powdered Quicklime, 6 lbs. Muriatic Acid, 6 lbs. Saltpetre. J Having prepared the excavation of proper dimensions, spread three or four inches of forest leaves or old hay in the bottom. Upon that spread eight inches of the straw, tramp it down and sprinkle with one-third part of the quicklime. Dilute the six pounds of muriatic acid with twenty gallons of water, and, by means of an old broom, sprinkle the bed with one-third part of the solution. Make another layer of eight inches of straw, applying quicklime and the solution as before. Repeat for a third layer. Upon this make a fourth layer of straw, and upon it sprinkle the four pounds of salt- petre dissolved in thirty gallons of water. Place the box in position, bank up outside, within the box spread three inches rich, inely pulverized earth, and put on the sash, A heat will soon be generated which will continue for two or three weeks.
PARIS GREEN TO KILL BUGs.
Experiments at Bloomsdale to test upon various plants their power of resistance to injury by Paris Green.
Paris Green Land Plaster Landreths’ Parts. Parts. Boss Watermelon.
Landreths’ ‘Jersey Pickle Turban Squash. | Cucumber.
Acme Citron. Cheese Pumpkin.
; to 320 | Strong enough, Too much. Not enough. Not enough. Not enough.
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Four applications made at intervals of four days and each time the leaves dusted in the carly, morning with Paris Green. The Paris Green mixed with ground land plaster in proportions as designated. ‘The plants all being in the rough leaf and two to three inches high.
RESULT.—Squash proved to have the most resistance to the poison and to the stoppage of the leaf pores, Pumpkin, second strongest. Cucumber, third strongest. Watermelon, fourth strongest. Citron Melon, the least vigorous.
Postage Extra. On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 15¢. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds and ounces, toc. and sc. flat packets, Free of Postage. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia.
FORMULAS—CABBAGE-GROWING IN THE GULF STATES. 63
FORMULAS FOR SPRAYING MIXTURES.
Prepared at the Agricultural Station, Cornell University.
BORDEAUX MIXTURE.
Qo MPS soconsove soe gong ntd enous 6 pounds Quicklim chr ear. Oem ems irre ies cas | acibalre ewan BO ic ra Water: Spin ccirctre mci cute iraty secicerren les ley vibe . . 40 gallons
Dissolve the copper sulphate by putting it in a bag of coarse cloth and hanging this in a vessel holding at least 4 gallons, so that it is just covered by the water. Use an earthen or wooden vessel. Slake the lime in an equal amount of water. Then mix the two and add enough water to make 40 gallons. It is then ready for immediate use. For rots, moulds, mil- dews, and all fungous diseases.
AMMONIACAL COPPER CARBONATE.
(oye CANINES woo oso oo Se he tbags geo sg . . .1 ounce JAANE, GG ob oo oO me A HD On DO enough to dissolve the copper NEUSE IGS (o 6 HB 6 io. ONG acemt> low bab anyucibo) CONG hoon oO ME OrEE re aE INEM 9 gallons
The copper carbonate is best dissolved in large bottles, where it will keep indefinitely, and it should be diluted with water as required. For same purpose as Bordeaux.
PARIS GREEN.
Odi dyno Oat Rouotio: Sapa cncaicire I pound NIGMS eo os Gr 08'S O40. 8 Gy Ud. Bilan Mond CueRdm Een eee te 250 gallons
If this mixture is to be used upon peach trees, 1 pound quicklime should be added. Repeated applications will injure most foliage unless lime is added. Paris Green and Bordeaux can be applied together with perfect safety. The action of neither is weakened, and the Paris Green loses all caustic properties. For insects which chew.
D. Landreth & Sons
COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION I pound MEWS a Geta oN S Laie (O-“pig ond Cuore. fad) Gre soe-glantie er cearptastio 15 gallons
Dissolve the copper sulphate in the water, when it is ready for use. This should never be applied to foliage, but must be used before the buds break. For peaches and nectarines use 25 gallons of water. For fungous diseases.
LONDON PURPLE.
This is used in the same proportion as Paris Green, but as it is more caustic it should be applied with the lime, or with the Bordeaux mixture. Do not use it on peach or plum trees. For insects which chew.
HELLEBORE.
0 6b. d-.) Gable obi owond 6.0 ato loo ‘n!lig Jc I ounce NUEVOS loko Kaueeeon Ol BeOS Nop Lo. CBOs OMERUR COME noe nateLG la o so he.o 3 gallons Apply when thoroughly mixed. For insects which chew.
KEROSENE EMULSION.
15 62% 0 (CKoy=h 0) ie are BRT aM eae ig PRR i ee eet aN ca erh lund iGuie mp ¥% pound Boiling water Meh Seen Reet C et onan a oka cede ps bie? icra 1 gallon NS KOI aS EG, Bao c oMowG LOO mows citvoatots 6 oro Blo 2 gallons
Dissolve the soap in the water, add the kerosene, and churn with a pump for 5-10 minutes. Dilute ro to 15 times before applying. For insects which suck, cabbage worms, and all insects which have soft bodies.
ON CABBAGE-GROWING
IN THE GULF STATES.
HERE is probably not one vegetable in the whole list as largely grown in private gardens for family use, and grown on a large scale for shipping commercially, as the Cabbage, and there is not, we believe, one whose habits and nature are so little understood by many of
those cultivating it, though perhaps, so engaged for many years.
Marked variations in the character of the product, and sometimes
even an entirely worthless crop as the reward for the expenditure of a considerable amount of money, time and labor, is not infre- quently charged to causes that are very far from being the correct ones, and in looking around for some one to blame for the failure the seedsman is generally settled upon as being the one at fault, while a little consideration of the habits of the Cabbage plant will clearly show the failure has
been brought about entirely by the workings of nature, and, the causes existing, no other result could be looked for. A brief statement of the habits and nature of the plant, with a few simple rules carefully observed, may prevent a failure and the loss of
a crop in the future.
These remarks will apply more particularly to growing Cabbage in Florida and the Gulf States from the fact that it is in
these sections where the whole operation is conducted, as might be said, ‘‘out of season,’”’ and against nature.
It is a well-known fact that after the plant has once started its growth, if perfection is to be obtained it must not be checked more than once, and this one check is given when the plant has been transferred from the seed bed to the open field. After this has been done, and the growth has been resumed, any further check often results in changing the plant from a biennial toan annual,and when the growth is again resumed there will be an effort to go to seed and not to head, which will be more or less accomplished according to the length of time the growth has been retarded. While some plants will send up the seed stalks to full blooming development, others will make a tall, branching growth of, leaves like a Collard, some a smaller leafy growth, as Kale, while in other cases the central buds will be merely forced upward, making apparently round and cone-shaped Cabbage, and the field will look like a mixture of many kinds and varieties of plants.
This second checking of the growth may come from a decided fall in temperature which, while not enough to kill or wilt the leaves, abso- lutely stops for a time the growth, and many a planter has been deceived into thinking his crop was not injured only to find later on that it had
been practically ruined.
The cause being there, the result was certain, especially if the soil is heavy.
A long-continued drought, with a light soil, will produce a similar result, and will, also, sometimes, from the fact that the check in the growth is not absolute, cause the shedding of a part of the foliage and produce nothing but very small, hard, knotty heads, for plenty of moisture is an absolute necessity for the growth of a perfect Cabbage, in connection with plenty of fertilizer.
These checks to the growth of the Cabbage appear from our observations, extending over many years, to be the cause of the majority of the failures, and we believe if they can be averted much better results will be reached.
A few simple rules for planting and growing may help many to success, where failure has heretofore been the result.
Don’t have the soil in the seed-bed as rich as the field to which the Cabbage is transplanted, or the plants will be starved after transplan-
tation.
Don’t seed too thickly, or force the growth too rapidly, or the plants will grow too tall, slim and tenderand the growth be more seriously
checked by adverse conditions. Root deeply, to resist drought. Supply plenty of moisture and manure.
When setting out, plant up to the first leaf stems.
Don’t sow the seed for a whole crop at one time, for plants of different age are differently affected by adverse circumstances, and by division a planter will have a better chance to profit, at least from a part of his crop.
It might be well in localities where there is apt to be a check by cold, to pursue what is generally termed the lazy man’s plan, that is plant the seed in the field where the Cabbage is to grow to full development, then if there is but one cold check it is the only check to the growth of
the plant, and the danger of shooting to seed is avoided.
Try a portion of the crop in this way.
It is the practice by many Cabbage growers to plow up high ridges at three feet apart, running East and West, and set out the plants on the South side, thus affording the plants valuable protection from cold North winds.
PHILADELPHIA.
D. LANDRETH & SONS,
CABBAGE SEED GROWERS SINCE 1784.
0. M., WHEELING, W. VA.—“ Hereafter I will plant the Extra Early Bush Squash, asI find it five or six days earlier than the White Bush, and more productive.”
64 ind 5 CAULIFLOWER—FLOWER SEEDS—CELERY.
SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER.
—THE SEED OF— Offered for sale by us is not excelled by any strain in the world—no matter whether the price be twice as high or the praise twice as effusive.
|SNOWBALL CAULIPLOWER (ct ecesni dis is iste CELERY. FLOWER SEEDS.
» BON-BON BOXES
LANDRETHS of FLOWER <eeoe
The boxes handsomely ornamented with illustrations of Flowers in Natural Colors.
Bon-Bon Box No. J
CONTAINS 25 PACKETS OF
SWEET PEAS.
Each Packet a named and distinct sort of discriminating selection, Each sort illustrated and described accurately. PRICE $1.25 (Postage paid).
Bon-Bon Box No. 2
CONTAINS 14 PACKETS OF
NASTURTIUMS.
14 DISTINCT SORTS.
Each Packet named and the sort illustrated in Colors and described. PRICE 80c. (Postage paid).
Box No.
CONTAINS 25 PACKETS OF
The illustration above represents La acenes and = sites of pre- A SSOR TED FL O WER SEEDS,
aring for market. The Short Stalked sort is the Paris Golden, prepared in fan-like form and very attractive. Ss BE R
The tall sort is the Giant Paschal tied up by aid of a bunching machine | LEI SEL ONE EN SE UE Ge —a device on the general plan of an Asparagus buncher, the package being | ag¢ single packet prices these would cost $1.25. We sell them at
made exactly square and the stalks pressed so tight together as to make a solid and heavy bundle. ONE DOLLAR (Postage paid.)
LIST OF SPECIAL VARIETIES.
65
NOT ALL NOVELTIES, sur ALL GOOD.
CABBAGE.
DANISH BALL HEAD.—The best keeping of all the Winter sorts. Head round and more solid than any other Cabbage known. Very popular in the Northwestern States. Shiploads of this Cabbage are annually sent to the United States from Holland and Denmark. Per packet, 5c. and roc.; per oz. 30c.
CORN.
EXTRA BARLY BEVERLY.—A halfsugar variety of the height of Crosby. Ears well made out to the point, grain large, set close in straight rows. Three days earlier than Early Burlington and early as the best Corey, while twice as large and twice as productive. A sort destined to be grown by every trucker or market gardener, because of its large size aud double extra early habit. Price per packet, 25c.; per qt. $1.00.
SEE 75°" CUCUMBER.
LONG SPANISH.—An open garden sort of greenhouse origin. Fruit to to 15 inches long when in edible condition, spines black, skin slightly warted ; a very sturdy sort and a good producer. Price 25c. per packet.
LONG GERMAN.—A greenhouse sort changed by several years of field culture to an open garden sort, doing admirably well under most intense sun heat. Foliage small, profuse bloomer, fruit deep green, 12 to 16 inches long, smooth, polished, slim, equal diameter throughout, spines black but very few of them. A choice sort and a big bearer. Price 25c. per packet.
BEET.
CROSBY’S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN.—An early form of the Egyptian and consequently very desirable. Thicker in body than the Egyptian, small necked and dark fleshed. Fine for early market. Per packet, Ioc.; per oz. 20c.
EXTRA BHARLY DIRIGO.—tThe earliest Beet in cultivation, and very choice in shape and qualities. Earlier than either the Egyptian or Eclipse. Per packet, 1oc.; per oz. 2oc.
LETTUCE.
GOLDEN FORCING.—Leaves golden in color, very much savoyed, crumpled on edges with sharp angular twists. A quick growing sort. Valuable for early use and slow to shoot to seed. Price per packet, roc.
|
LETTUCE— (Continued).
CURLED SUMATRA.—Of habit similar to Curled Simpson, but of superior strain, leaves very numerous, lemon colored, curled, quick in growth, an excellent cutting sort. Price per packet, toc.
ONION SETS.
SINGLE HEART TOP ONION SETS.—The Top Onion as usually sold has many hearts or eyes, as can be readily seen when a bulb is cut across. When such are planted each eye makes a distinct bulb, none of which attain a marketable size.
The Single Heart Top Set makes a large solid bulb, very early, a good keeper and of excellent quality.
In offering them we must ask more than double the price of the com- mon stock, as they are rare and in great demand.‘ Price 4oc. per quart.
POTATO.
IRISH COBBLER.—Fxceedingly early, safely said to be the earliest Potatoes grown in the vicinity of Philadelphia; size medium, shape chunky, eyes deep, flesh white, quality excellent, and with all these merits it isa large producer. Per bushel, $1.75.
PUMPKIN.
YELLOW MONSTER.—4 yellow sort, growing toa weight of 100 to 200 pounds; a grand sort to grow for exhibition. We have grown this sort on our Virginia Farm of a weight of 250 lbs. Price 20c. per packet.
RADISH.
CELESTIAL or CHINESE HALF LONG STUMP.—Pure white, in shape somewhat resembling a half long stump-rooted Carrot. A quick variety, very tender and agreeable in flavor. Catalogued by some seedmen as Chi- nese Celestial.
This can be used either as a Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter Radish. A sort of unusual merit. Pkts. 5c. and 1oc.; per oz. 15¢.
BURLINGTON EARLY WHITE FORC- ING.—In shape flat to ovoid, color white, very quick in growth, superior for forcing under glass or growing in the open garden. Certain to give satisfaction to the most critical. Price per packet, roc,
SQUASH.
MAMMOTH GOLDEN CUSTARD SQUASH.
MAMMOTH GOLDEN CUSTARD.—A bush vine, fruit double the
size of the White Bush and bright yellow in color.
Ready for table a few days later than the White.
A showy sort. Price per packet, ioc.
66 LIST OF SPECIAL VARIETIES.
CANTALOUPES.
Landreths’ * 2 2 New Persian Cantaloupes.
_ (Of five years’ acclimatization on Reedland Farm.)
LANDRETH®D’ No. 1.—A good market sort, deeply ribbed, very productive, green fleshed, heavily webbed, early, half round. Packet, 1oc.; oz. 30c.
LAN DRETHS’ No, 2.—Ovalin form, green fleshed, with gold centre, small cavity, heavy netting, early, well ribbed. Packet, 1oc.; per oz. 30c.
LANDRETH®D’ No. 3.—Very early, half oval, large
Packet Ioc.; per oz, 30c.
LANDRETHS’ No. 4.—Green fleshed, chunky form, early, very salable in market. Packet, toc.; per oz. 3oc.
LANDRETHS’ No. 5.—Heavy netting, form ob- long, thick fleshed, desirable sort. Packet, 1oc.; per OZ. 30c.
LANDRETHS’ No. 6.—Egg shaped, very early green fleshed, salmon heart; so exceeding produc- tive as to be phenomenal. Packet, 1oc.; per oz. 30c.
LANDRETHS’ Wo. 7.—Globular, intermediate tipener, green flesh, golden cavity, heavy netting, strong rind. Packet, 10c.; per oz. 30c.
LANDRETH®D’ No. 8.—Large round sort, fully rib- bed, early, green fleshed. Packet, 1oc.; per oz. 30c.
LANDRETHSB’ No. 9.—Productive, early, oval in form, green fleshed, well covered with netting,
LANDRETHS’ NEW PERSIAN CANTALOUPES. medium size. Packet, Ioc.; per oz. 30c. LANDRETHS’ No. 10.—An oval fruit, larger than Acme, entirely covered with netting, vigorous vine. Packet, 1oc.; per oz. 3oc. LANDRETHS’ No. 11.—An early Nutmeg form, good table size, strong netting; a good market sort. Packet, 1oc.; per oz. 30c. LANDRETHS’ No. 12.—An excellent sort, very showy, completely covered with netting, golden between the ribs, similar to a small Acme a good seller. Packet, 10c.; per oz. 3oc.
These twelve types are all good—Nos. 1 and 12 especially fine. We recommend trial of all.
LARGE WHITE FRENCH.—It is a chunky, oblong Cantaloupe Melon of large diameter, fruit weighing on an average about ten pounds. The character of this Melon fits it asa show melon, and yet it is so delicious in flavor as to make it desirable on any table. Rind whitish green, turn- ing to yellow; ribs protruding to such an unusual degree as frequently to make the fruit prismatic; skin slightly netted; flesh yellow and orange, when ripe the edible portion extending almost to the skin. Only suitable for black or heavy soil. Price, per packet, loc.; per oz. 15c.
LARGE BLACK PARIS.—Here we present a | melon which may be termed a show melon, so large and distinct is it in form and markings, and yet it possesses qualities of the first order. Described, it 1s a very large, oblong, square-ended Cantaloupe Melon, weighing from ten to fifteen pounds. Rind black; ribs broad, massive and prominent, with deep cavities between; skin somewhat netted; flesh deep orange, very thick and excellent in flavor. Foliage small, and resisting heat; very showy and selling wellin market. Price, per packet, 1oc.;per OZ. I5¢.
MUSTARD.
CANTALOUPES.
LARGE WHITE FRENCH. LARGE BLACK Paris,
FI
W LANDRETHS’ PHONOGRAPH.— Landreths’ LANDRETH—Yellowish green, so much curled as NE PEA new sort, very productive in mammoth pods, quality to look like a double curled Kale; very choice, and b most excellent, very sugary, a choice sort, maturing
not to be had elsewhere. Only sold in packets at in 60 days; the Phonograph is destined to take a
20c, each, place alongside of the Telephone. Packet, 5c. and toc.; per qt. 30c.
netting covering the fruit, distinctly ribbed.”
LIST OF SPECIAL, VARIETIES. 67
TOMATOES.
The five following Novelties in Tomatoes we offer in
Packets at 25 cents each.
SCARLET CROSS 90 DAYS.—Earliest to ripen of the cross- bred sorts, being edible in about 90 days from germination of the seed. Color scarlet, and proof against sunburn. Form of a deep oval between stem end and blossom end. Fruit three weeks earlier than Stone, but larger than Stone and distinct in form, being so very thick. Borne in bunches, sometimes as many as 12to 14 big fruit in a cluster. Fruit ripening all over, without crack or even core. Cells 4 to six. Variety exceedingly productive. Vine very vigorous and dark in color.
THREE-CELLED CROSS 110 DAYS.—Form that of a goose egg or something like a Chemung, but perfectly solid, which the Chemung is not. Color maroon or purple. A perfect ripener. A distinct strain, as it varies from 2 to 3 cells, all other Tomatoes except the Two-celled Cross and the Currant varieties, having 5 to 7 cells. This, like the Two-Celled Cross, is a fine sort to grow for Fruit Stand sales, because it is attractive and very distinct appear- ance. Ripening in about 110 days.
PURPLE CROSS 95 DAYS.—Second in precocity of the cross- bred sorts, ripening in about 95 days from germination. Color fixed asa velvety maroon. Form one inch more in depth between stem end and blossom end than Beauty, anda large fruit which is very solid and 20 days earlier than Beauty. Fruit borne inclusters, as many as 17 big fruit being taken from one cluster. A wonderful producer. (See illustration.)
TW O-CELLED CROSS 115 DAYS.—In novelty only approached by the Three-Celled Cross, which is not so curious as this very dis- tinct Tomato, is as largeasa big goose egg and solid as an apple, free from cracks, green core or blemishes. Color like Acme. Fo- liage silvery, but a strong vine. An admirable sort for forcing un-
der glass or for early sales at Fruit Stands,
its novelty of shape, size, coloring, speak-
ingits own praise: Ripening in about 115
days. (See illustration.)
SMALL BARLY RED.—Earliest of all the Landreth hybrids—small, round, deep ted in color, very solid and perfectly smooth. Those who want Tomatoes ear- lier than their neighbors should plant the Small Early Red, which will ripen in 80 days. Packets, 25c.
VIRGINIA CORKER.—A new Red sort of large size, exceedingly heavy and fruit thick as Beauty, but of more productive- ness. A marked peculiarity in the shape
to oval, it differs from other sorts in having indications of a prismatic or angular de- velopment—a slight projection where the interior cross-walls of the fruit join the exterior walls. The fruit is thus just per- ceptibly seven or eight-sided. It is very meaty, and will be found a profitable sort for market gardeners. Price, per packet, 10C.; per Oz. 25¢.
SMALL EARLY RED.
SCARLET Cross TOMATO.
of fruit of the Corker is, while it is round ~
PURPLE CROSS TOMATO.
Cross SECTION OF TWO-CELLED CROSS TOMALO.
BEAUTIFY YOUR GARDEN.
Even if you do not grow any Ornamental Flowers let us induce you to try some
PHLOX DRUMMONDII,
described on page to. PORTULACA.
described on page Io. SWEET PEA,
described on page 8.
We put these Seeds up in small packets which we retail at 5c. each for Sweet Peas, and toc. each for Nasturtiums and Portulaca, but we
offer them more cheaply in one dollar collections.
NASTURTIUMS. In Bon- Bon Boxes (see page 64.) 14 Packets of 14 distinct colors for 8oc.
SWEET PEAS. In Bon-Bon Boxes (See page 64). 25 Packets of 25 distinct colors for $1.25.
These Boxes, very ornamental, we will mail and pay the postage upon receipt of price named. No annual Flowers are so showy as these, none more easily grown, none will be so much admired and envied by neighbors whose gardens are without them.
Send for a box of each and you will thank us ten times over,
SCARLET COCKSCOMB. 14 inches across.
68 LIST OF SPECIAL VARIETIES.
The illustrations represent some experi-
Curious Gralting. ae ok ments in grafting done on BLOOMSDALE
FARM during the summer of 1896.
No. I represents a Tomato Vine grafted upon a Potato Vine, the Tomato producing well developed fruit, while at the same time the Potato root produces a crop of tubers sustained by the leaf action of the Tomato.
No. 2 represents a Potato Vine grafted upon a Tomato Vine. The Potato will develop small tubers above ground at the joints of the stems, but the Tomato or root will not produce anything.
No. 3 represents a Tomato Vine grafted on an Egg Plant and on top of the Tomato a successful graft of Tobacco.
No. 4 represents a plant of Stone Tomato trained to produce 12 branches—one of which is allowed to produce fruit of Stone—each of the others bearing a fruit-bearing graft of as many distinct varieties of Tomatoes, flat, round, oval, red, yellow, purple and white.
More curious than any of the preceding, we have had a free blooming Geranium
; No. 1. grafted on top of a Tomato vine. fe
No. 2.
6 During winter, when there are no outside Flowers, Everlastings are Everlasting Fiowers. very acceptable, as they are both beautiful and retentive of their attrac- tiveness. We accordingly recommend the planting of Bachelor Buttons,
Helichrysum, Rhodanthe, Xeranthemum and Cockscomb, which latter will often produce scarlet and golden heads of 12 and 14 inches across and many pounds in weight, all of which can be gathered in Autumn and preserved in perfection for months.
SPRING BULBOUS ROOTS. DUTCH BULBS mm Purchase February to March.
FOR FALL PLANTING. eer
eryllis: 5. .0¢ See mea, aes. io Pee eae Assorted Varieties,
Purchase from September to December for Autumn Planting. Amary! a Pe er ae Assorted Varieties. Caladium (Elephant’s Ear) ........... Assorted Varieties,
Dahiias . ..... . >_> see Wiss... 6... 2. ee ASSOTbed Vanetes:
In every Garden a space, large or small, should be planted Dielytra Spectabilis . 2. ...... =........ Bleeding Heart. ith Bulbs of Erianthus Ravenmee .-5.............4.4. Hardy Pampas.
with Bulbs o Gladiolus . 2). cee: ee Assorted Colors.
Gynerium Argenteum .................. Pampas Grass.
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Jonguils, Grocus, etc. Lilium Auratum.
Lilium Candidum.,.
D ‘ D ’ ‘ Lilium Lancefolium Rubrum. They will greet you early in the following Spring with Lilium Lancefolium Roseum, beauty and fragrance, before other Flowers are developed. Ee gene
Require very little care. Send for our Catalogue ready Sep- Narcissus Orientalis ... 2... 00/0... 00-1 eee Chinese Lily. D ‘ D 124 tos 0 EL EDN SPORES UN. 0 aere es eee ssorted. tember first, and make a selection, Our Bulbs are all choice, [ritoma Uvariait Soy ne 8 aS ee Red-hot Poker, and of our own importation from Holland. Muberose . .. \ ARG Maia) see s,s cy ee a Double White. Tuberose.... . is meme eS tele! oe ain eee Pearl.
Yucca Filamentosa.
CATALOGUES OF BULBS MAILED FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS ABOUT SEPTEMBER tst.
DEC. Ist,
1896.
Landreth ee Kitchen Gardeners’ Priced=List.
For Terms of Sale and Hints to Purchasers, see second page of cover of Landreths’ Seed Catalogue, 1897. Revised Priced-L ists issued on the first of every month. Address,
SEED
For illustrations and full descriptions of these varieties, see Landreths’ Seed Catalogue for 1897 ; mailed free to all applicants.
FARIIERS and MERCHANTS,
D. LANDRETH & SONS,
21 and 23 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Single Papers of any of the following Varieties furnished at 5 cents and 10 cents each, except where otherwise noted.
Address as above.
Under 8 qts. per qt.
IN QUANTITIES. IN QUANTITIES. IN QUANTITIES. ca ee vcs thascioalee ae * Indicates Novelties and 25 Z os * Indicates povertics and ao g Ths * Indicates Novelties and Ee! B Specialties. 5 2 oo Specialties. os ee} oo Specialties. ag wat See Catalogue, 1897. 8 St 55 See Catalogue, 1897. x S ay See Catalogue, 1897. we Nt Le) 4 a ga) | ao gi) 5 | 2 bel sg 5 & |p 6 f |p 5 uy PEAS. | BUSH BEANS —Green POLE BEANS—Coxtinued. *Landreths’ Extra Early $5 00 |$1 40 | $0 25 Pods. Creaseback, or Fat Horse. . |$6 50 |$1 70 Early Frame Improved . | 3 50 95 20| *Landreths’ First in Mar- Kentucky Wonder ..... 7 00 | I 80 Early May Improved ... ./ 3 50 95 20 ket. CANN See $7 00 |$1 80 | $o 35 White Dutch, or Case Knife . | 6 50 | 1 70 Morning Star, Extra Early . 4 00 | I Io 20) *Extra Early Red Valen- Monstrous Podded Southern Philadelphia Extra Early .| 4 00] 1 £0 20 tine, Select (Sealed). . . | 4 50 | 1 20 25 IPRNT®. 5 5 6 ob 6 O46 7 50 | 2 00 .Improved Daniel O’Rourke . | 4 00 | 1 10 20! *Improved Extra Early HorticulturallPoleny samc 7 00 | I 80 IE GAS EO) Wk PA Seer ono 4 00 | I Io 20 Red Valentine ..... 4.25] 115 25 ScarletiRiunnent.) -eeneee OTB W-7S IGSuanGyBeSt ele) y=) |) 4 00 | I 10 20! *Mohawk or Early Brown Giant Wax, Red Seed. . . .| 9 00 | 2 50 loz Oe Be sa ele ou 3 50 95 20 Six Weeks. . Seuliiaaesaleners 25 Seek Noprurthene en enemen: 7 50 | 2 00 Rue New MogeE Sel tcmons 4 00} I Io 20 Long Early Yellow | Six Tall pecan Wax, Black Alaska or Sitka . . 5 GO | I 40 25 Weeks Sn vas 1. ae 2 It 2 Seedy Ge wchdoteches Woilvel eae 7 00 | I 80 Kentish Invicta....... 4 00 | I Io 20 China Red Bye ....... i 2 I 2 Be OldvHomestead ey a a = 7 00 | I 80 American Wonder 6 00 | I 60 30 Bestiof Alles Ic. 2 tiat eee 4 50 | 1 20 25 Southern Prolific (New Nott’s Excelsior ..... 6 oo | I 60 30 Horticultural Dwarf ....| 5 50| 150 30 Naoiad'< Yas'<)) 640.6 oo lo 6 6 00 | 1 60 McLean’s Little Gem .. . .| 5 00/ 1 40 25 Extra Early Refugee . . 7A 2X5 \\ a0 sy 25 Red Speckled Oval Seeded Bremtar oem oo Koo oN > 00 | I & 25] Refugee, or Brown Speckled Cut Short. ........ 7 50 | 2 00 uke o BMY, 2) oie 00 | I 60 30 Valentinian i.e ne ‘ Woya ANID G6) oo a ac 6 00 | I 60 30 paar ahtic GEO ic 7 ae é Ba E eS ze CORN—Garden. Heroine .........-.- 6 25 | 1 65 35 Pride of Newtown. ..... 450 | 1 20 25 Extra Early Adams (60 Fas a wack pe esi: | ° ee : 2 | 2 INGIPIUSUltrale oe ae eee 4 50 | 1 20 25 paave i aT eC. Ge © 3 00 85 cLean’s Advancer..... 5 | dams’ Early 275 75 Horsford’s Market Garden .| 4 75 | I 25 25| BUSH BEANS—Wax Pods. *Extra Early Beverly. Pkt. 25c.). ..|. 2. *Bloomsdale....... .| 4 75/1 25 25| *Landreths’ Scarlet. . . .| 7 00 | 1 80 35| *Early Landreth Market | 3 00 85 *French Canner (used by | Scarlet Flageolet Wax .. .| 6 00 | I 60 30| Southern Roasting Ear. .| 2 75 75 French Canners) ...../400|/110/ 20) Tmproved Dwarf German| Corey Sugar, Amber Grain . | 2 75 75 Abundance ...-..... 5 00 | I 40 25 Wiebe a be sek eee | 6 00 | 1 60 30 Corey Sugar, White Grain .| 3 25 go Sharpe’s Queen. ..... | 6 00 | I 60 | 30 Improved Prolific Black Wax | 6 00 | 1 60 30 Extra Early Minnesota Sugar} 3 00 85 Sharpe’s Victory ...... 6 00 | I 60 82) Gaceail \weeeg See 65 6 6 50 | I 70 35 Early Crosby Sugar. .... 275 75 Stratacem Market... ¢ 25 x 6s eS Dwarf Kidney Wax ( Nov- 2 é ee Concord re Scan ouettc 275 35 ~, ER ee oo oe oo 8 1G Manic £6 Shauolcupiicer 9,0 00 | I 60 30 ICR ORT) | Te ee kel etter ans 3 00 5) Shropshire Hero ...... | 6 co | I 60 30 Improved Golden Wax .. ..| 5 50 | 1 50 30 Asylum Bmeheo A lol sc 3 25 go Yorkshire Hero-....... 5 50 | I 50 30 GoldensWax ohlons eee 5 50 | I 50 30| *Landreths’ ‘ (The best Eugenie (Sweetest of Wrin- IDOE Ween a do GO eo 5 50 | I 50 30 allaround Corn) ..... 3 25 go “ple Vena) ayieig- ed lee 2 2 E 2 ES iWihitehWasl s)he cueemene 6 50 | 1 70 35 See Sear 4 UENOB 3 ae ‘e ok Bo Ob 8 utlington Hybrid .....| 2 5 Dwarf Blue Imperial .. . .| 4 00 1 10 20) GROCERY BEANS. Triti phisicareemen sans ane 3 00 85 Melegraphy- 2. ee 6 00 | I 60 30 White Cranberry, Field Bean | 4 50 | 1 20 25 Early Mammoth (fine) Champion of England. . . .| 4 00} 1 10 20 White Kidney Royal Dwarf, Sugar’ (UA GH 3 00 85 Telephone......... 5 50 | I 50 30 or Field Bean ....... 4 50] x 20 25 Kight- Rowed Sugar ie see 3, 00 85 Monty cneid ae i 6 nd Sar: . | 4 00 | I Io 20 Navigiiponctes 3 Gre) aes 4 50 20 25 Early Large Cob “ (Perry’s), Main Crop Long Islan ar- (GER) 69 Go oe Ox 3 00 85 rowfat..... 5 50 | I 50 3° DWARF LIMA BEANS. Country Gentleman Sugar. 3 25 90 900 tod 2 tee: 4 75 | I 25 25| Dwarf Carolina (Hender-| Black Mexican Sugar. . 3 00 85 Irish Large White Marrow . | 3 00 85 15 GH) Gash plea doo 6 | 6 25 | I 65 35 Evergreen “(Stowell’ s) 3 00 85 Peruvian, or Black-Kyed | | Dreer’s Bush Lima ..... | 8 00 | 2 25 40 Late Marimoth 55 Ber Aa 3 00 85 WEN AtrOwse holst ol sh oh sece-se 3 00 85 15 True Dwarf Lima (Burpee) .| 8 00 | 2 25 40 Excelsior (Cea EONS 3 00 85 es ENGLISH BEANS. | Egyptian Shi sob Lat aes 300] 83 SUGAR PEAS—Edible Early Mazagan, Long Pod .| 6 00 | 1 60 30 me Pod y Ma CORN—Field. oas. Broad Windsor ....... 6 00 60 30 Dear Sugar (Purple Blos- | Landreths’ Large White pnaha Opee noo mone 8 00 | 2 25 |} 40 POLE BEANS. Flint (best for Hominy) Dwarf Sugar (White Blos- Lima—Extra Early Jersey g 00 | 250 45 (Specialty) e-em 2 00 60 GGiiTH) L tour al Seema TON eon Ome | 50 Lima—Large Jersey...) 9 00 | 2 50 45 Pennsylvania Long Yellow Tall Sugar (Purple Blos- Lima—Large White. .... 7 50 | 2 00 40 WHS ooo a bea 88s 175 50 oR So 5) ano OvomonD a 6 00 | 1 60 | 30 Lima—Challenger .....j| 700] 1 80 35 sliliSCarOLa- ve wemrene 3 00 85 yall Sugar (White Blos- } Lima—King of the Garden .| 7 50 | 2 00 40| Pennsylvania Early Sie). 5 iol olla 010 e000 Deo 7 00 | x 80 | 3 Lima—Carolina, or Se-| Dent (Chester Co.) . . .| 1 75 50 Melting Sugar... 1 «eile = = meres 50 Luo oid oO OM Do oO -7 | 6 50 | I 70 35 Leaming (early) ...... I 75 50
Single Papers of any of the above varieties furnished at 5 cents and to cents each, except where otherwise noted.
POSTAGE EXTRA. K
On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 5c. per quart; flat packets, free of Postage.
Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds, ounces, toc. and 5c. See our Descriptive List of Seeds in Landreths’ Seed Catalogue, free to all who apply.
D, LANDRETH & SONS, PHILADELPHIA,
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a < oO fe * Indicates Novelties and oa 3 ao: * Indicates Novelties and Tal) . 3 * Indicates Novelties and Specialties. 22) 2 loo Specialties. ya} a =a Specialties. See Catalogue, 1897. ma st be See Catalogue, 1897. RL St by See Catalogue, 1897. oo H TA i a " oO es >a] Yu 8 > oO =| o) Ay is) ° A P CORN—Field—Continued. CABBAGE— Continued. CELERY—Continued. TEHEEOYAY NSW 56 oo ROO $2 oo |$o 60 |$o 10 Vandergaw Early Drumhead |$2 25 |$o 65 |$o 25 Half-Dwarf (Crawford's) . Golden Dent (showy) . I 75 50 10 (Second Early.) BostonwVianket sh ee Southern White Gourd Seed . | 1 75 50 10 | *Landreths’ All the Year *Paris Golden Yellow . . Old Cabin Home ...... 2 00 60 10 Round.......... 32 90 35 Sandringham ........ EIOrseuloothie mn alee item: a7 5) 50 10 Winnigstadt..... I 25 35 15 Rediorspinikk Hf .).).. 8 nue SHEED SMOOtHinn alsa nies 75) 50 10 Large Jersey Wakefield, ‘or Celeriac, or Turnip-Rooted . (VIMO Fo 5 5 6 whe 2 50 70 25 White Plume... .. . | — || *Bloomsdale Early Giant Pascale) = 2 2 See S Market...) cs os Se 250 70 25 Hartwell’s Perfection. . . 2 . ° New York Early Summer. . | 2 25 65 25 Flavoring Celery (old seed, ee) 2 s 5 TENS o maleic all e bet rly not forsowing) ...... wo Xe fc, war at Dutch 2 0 eo a cs 4 Early Flat Dutch ...... 2 zs és = CHERVIL. TABLE BEET 5 es & is Succession een 2 00 60 20 Curled.........-.- : New York All Seasons 2 10 60 20 | CHICORY. —__ | ——_ | ——_ Bloomsdale Brunswick . 2 50 70 25 Large Rooted Early Brunswick (imported) 2 25 65 25 Sepa ce) yo") ie Gor oe Egyptian Extra Farly . - |$0 50 |f0 15 |f0 10 | *Bloomsdale Early COLLARDS. AROAMOS oo ooo duo 0 0 50 15 10 Drumhead........ 3 25 go 35 Creole, or Southern. . *Extra Karly Dirigo. Pkt. toc. int 0 20 Long Island Medium Flat *White-Leaved ...... EES) or Extra Early 2 - " mutch oop sd (i As epee a 2 50 70 25 *Landreth Marrow... . ESO 2 oe GAG pee 6 o arly Drumhead (importe 22 6 2 Rinkebeartee |... 2 sue eee *Landreths’ Very Early St. Deas Och ORC Me y ae ) 2 a ee fe White Georgia, or Cabbaging HMorcine i ee ee 60 20 10 (Late Varieties ) Improved Blood Red (Ed- *Market Gardeners’ Large CORN SALAD. ARIE) 5 bo 66.0 6 06 6 50 15 10 Late Flat Dutch (very Broad-Leaved ........ *Philadelphia Early Turnip . 55 15 10 Choice) fick: pee) - cae me 275 75 30 |CRESS *Early Blood-Red Turnip 5° 15 1o | *Market Gardeners’ Large Curl d (P. Grass) *Crosby’s Improved Late Drumhead (very Bread Peaced.
Egyptian. Pkt. roc. dt mat 20 Choice eae ede 275 75 30 eee SENN ahs BA A co a 6 Red Turnip (Dewing’s). . .| 50 15 10 EE lborieaale Large Late Flat ee BBY Sire eee BRIGHEML 55 noo 0 6 Olo > 60 20 10 Dutch ieee ta. La leo DGD 5) x ater... 2... +s ee ee IWC oo ‘oa 3 o leto 6 & 6 60 20 @ || SIN oaangclale Large Late CUCUMBER.
*Loug Blood-Red (very Drumhead )) 3257. 2.7. 200] 60] 20 | *Landreths’ First ...... meen) (eu nn ex: fs COMMAND) | 5g oy Ze Sureheadiy 5 5 2c cee 250| 70{ 25 | *Landreths’ Choice (fine form) Philadelphia Perfection. . . 55 15 10 *Hollandetn | a oa 3 50 95 35 arlyskrame |. os neememe Half-Long Blood... . . . s° 15 wo Drumhead Savoy ...... 275 75 30 Early White Spine (Im- Swiss Chard (edible leaf iil SENOA75 | 2 eo 2 50 70 25 DLOVeEd) tlh . 1-3 n eee stems) -.---.--.-+-- 55 15 ute) Green Curled Savoy... . . 2 50 79 25 Ever beating PE bo SG Green Glazed ..... 275 75 30 zbah COMBS e eg ao 5 6 eo -
CATTLE BEET. Red Dutch (for pickling) . 275 75 30 Short Prolific Pickle Silesian Sear 5.16 GMOS. 6 45 15 10 Jersey Pickle . |... v% Imperial Sugar ....... 45 15 10 *Long Spanish. . . Pkt., 25¢. Red-Top Sugar ....... 45 15 10 CARDOON. song orinak iS topes a Mangold-Wurzel, Mammoth PUVIS ga brwie py eks: stems go 40 Medium Green (Nichol's) « 3 prone Neg a 90095 00 30 10 ae Boston Pickling. . Stee
ein Wanz AD Fyn gay iis Pie 55 15 Long Green Turke
Norbiton Long Giant 30 Io 10 CARROT. ly COME aG Long Green y. Z Mangold- Wurzel, Yellow Extra Early Forcing . . go) 30 uo Gherkin or Burr (for pick-
Globe hats cavases bie tee 30 10 10 Early Scarlet-Horn, Blunt. - 75 25 Io lingonly).... Mangold-Wurzel, Yellow Oval] 4o 15 10 Early Scarlet-Horn, Pointed | 75 25 Io Mangold-Wurzel, Golden Hal ene Coreless, or Ca- gall disse o PAR DELION:
AEVARENT! G6 6 9 boo 6 € 40 15 TO) Ik Nac ek, Peete ia abbaeing.. 2. .-1- iene
Nantes Half-Long...... 60 20 10
ARTICHOKE. Chantenay Half-Long Scarlet 80 25 10 | EGG-PLANT. ILE TH (CHOPS 6 46 54 o 4 oO 5 00 | I 4o 50 *Orange Danvers Half- Landreths’ Thornless Large Jerusalem Artichoke Roots, Long (fime) ....... 7o 20 10 Round Burple = yee bush., $2.75. Long Orgs oye Bg Oe 60 20 10 New York Improved ... .
Guerande, or Oxheart.... 75 25 10
ASPARAGUS SEED. Long Red, Coreless ..... 85 25 10 SE led
Colossallpem bee eee 45 15 10 Large White Belgian (for seenckn a Palmettonwn (ot hohe watteutie M3 |) iy |) cattle)... oi aie es ee 15} 10 White? Cavled i Geceienuice ASPARAGUS ROOTS. eT eee er ee eee eee salad) i ie Per Perdiggue irmiies bl) © poo” Sain alan Mossi Curled!= 505 sansmemene
100 1000 Colossal—net cash . $0.60 $4 00 CAULIFLOWER. PACE Ae uae Palmetto—net cash .60 4.00 Ear ; y Snowball. Dwarl CurlediScorchaaaee Pkt. got... 2... 2 we : 3 25 hiladelphia Dwarf German OO hi *Select Barly Dwarf Erfurt. Pace, 7. : ee as: 2 Large Harly White .) Pe Pre 5° Pkt. cS pee ao eo 2 50 Dwarf Extra Curled German PurpleiCapek = cass oe eee 506 ae 60 eHStean °Rarly Copenha- Greens... ... ese BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 200} 60 20 gem. Pkt. 4oc....... 175 Norfolk |... = S/S Sewanee CABBAGE *Extra Early Paris. Pkt. toc. 80 Bloomsdale :..... 5.2 siete y =M Half-Farly Paris. Pkt. toc. . 80 Purple Dwarf German
Our Specialty for over 100 Years. iAMloierswebict 0c.) See go Mrashach ay (First Early. ) Lenormands. Pkt. toc... . 75 Rosette 1. . . hoe *Landreths Earliest .. .| 3 25 90 35 Large Late Dutch. Pkt. roc. 80 Siberian... 3 cca *Belect Nery Kmrly Texnscy Ordinary Early Dwarf Er- New Orleans Broadleaf... Pe iar Acces One Aes ie a ini, JOM elo bo oo. I 50 Dwarf Curled Slow Seeder, *Reedland Early Draum- Lae at 20c “ge Cnimpenal) 2
eas ee 7 ae 2 90 35 = 2 Louisville Early Drumhead ae CELERY. ; KOHL-RABI
(true Louisville stock). . .| 200 60 20 Arse \Wwiitte: ._. iuctnmneme I 50 45 15 Turnip-Rooted Cabbage.
*Bloomsdale Bullock-Heart .| 2 50 70 25 Dwarf White 9.9% Sele I 50 45 15 White Wiens foo. seen Landreths’ Early Sum- Goldem Dwarf: .\ 0,5 smemee 1 60 45 15 Purple iss ware. eee mer Flathead. ..... 2 50 70 25 Golden Heart. = nie 1 60 45 15 Green or White. .....
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Under 4 oz. per oz.
20 20 15
Single Papers of any of | the above varieties furnished ats cents and 10 cents each, except where otherwise noted.
POSTAGE EXTRA.
packets, free of Postage. K
ply.
On Peas and Beans, 16c. per quart; Corn, 15c. per quart; Small Seeds, 8c. per pound. Quarter-pounds, ounces, toc, and 5c. flat See our Descriptive List of Seeds in Landreths’ Seed Catalogue, free to all who app
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* N 5 . 2 | * Indicates Novelties and 2. . °. * Indicates Noveltiesand || 2 , - $.. * Indicates Novelties and ain * So Specialties. St} | El | SG Specialties, <i |) EF | Se Specialties. Se | say See Catalogue, 1897. a oF St coe See Catalogue, 1897. eal SS Hy a See Catalogue, 1897. a 4 S | Oa Boron ene $a) 5 | ao ga} » | e6 } & | P 6 ej |S 3S IS) LEEK. CANTALOUPE MELON. ONION— Continued. ‘Large London, or Flag. . . |$1 50 |$0 45 | $o 15] *Extra Early Citron (first *Bloomsdale Extra Early MareRObyaN Go 5 ooo Oe 2 00 60 20 ready for shipment) . |$1 00 |$o 30 | $o I0 Red)Sealy a |$3 00 |$o 85 | $o 30 GCarentaniycrses scrim cite 2 00 60 20 JennysLind 4 5: . 60 20 10| *Landreth Hard Round ROUEN! ARS RON cos alee ce reine: 2 00 60 20 “Extra Early Cape May I 25 35 15 Goldens: 5) .02 3 Ree 2 00 60 20 *Extra Early June o ol) a Bs 35 15 White Portugal ....... 2 50 70 25 LETTUCE. *Extra Early Hackensack . . 85 25 10] Large Red Wethersfield. . .| 1 50 45 15 *Bloomsdale Reliable 2 25 65 25| *Extra EarlyAtlantic City) 1 25 35 15 Southport Red Globe .. . 75) 50 20 *Landreths’ Forcing . 2 75 75 30 Golden Jenny.) =) 75 3% 60 20 10 Southport Yellow Globe. . .| I 50 45 15 ‘Lamedreths’ Earliest Cut- dmetald! Gem goo bo O00 7o 20 10 Southport White Globe . . . | 3 25 go 35 Cine ss EG. She I 75 50 20 mproved Jenny. ...:.. 70 20 10 : Black Seeded Simpson go 30 10 ACME (or Baltimore Ce) 60 20 10 imipoxted Wamictics, Early Curled Silesian. . . go 30 7@|| BROCE 5 ob oboe c 70 20 10 Sore 10169 9 6 0,7 I 75 50 20 Curled Simpson (White- AninevArtindele) sane I 00 30 1o| ,#xtra Early Barletta | I 75 50 20 Seededimiei ie: sd tie vs is go 30 1o| *South Jersey ........ I 25 35 15| *Bermuda White....... 275 75 30 *Curled Sumatra . . Pkt., roc Netted Nutmeg ....... 70 20 1o| *Bermuda Red........ 275 75 30 Golden Queen. ....... I 25 35 15 Netted Gem......... 60 20 io} White Garganus, or Mam- Boston Cunledmem eee: go | 30 O|| Green Girl cocoecace 70 | 20 10 moth Silver King... . . 275 | 75 30 Virginia Solid Header I 75 50 20| *Reedland Giant (a mon- IVS TVS? og op Bo 6 OO ek 275 75 30 Tennisball (Black-Seeded) go 30 ste) Sternrelon) nee go 30 1o| Red Garganus, or Mammoth Tennisball (White-Seeded) . go 30 LO} eePineappleiaesr pani ona 70 20 10 Pompeli,......... | 2 5° 79 25 Florida Favorite ...... Mae al lierashl: 15| Salmon and Green 90] 30 3o| White Rocca. ........ 35°] 95 35 BarlviCabbagem users go 30 10 MillerisiGreaniy oie ieee 90 30 10 Red Rocca... . . Roe 26) Ooo 7° 25 Speckled Dutch Butterhead.| 150] 45 151 ie OSASEN erm ene etic eae go} 30 1o| Large White Flat Tripoli. .) 275 | 75 30 gun penals ee 28 ee go 30 10 Large INGO G gig oA OO oc I 25 35 15| PARSLEY. Golden Forcing . . Pkt., roc Missouri . i 12 I : Slow Seeder . 22. .../.. I 50 45 15 California Citron ‘(yel- > a : Ordinary acuried ae Ta aa KN ee ® oe White Cabbage . oa 3° zo Love tle shh) eee) een I 00 30 10) Fine Sanledvor Double .. . Bo = 10 *Bloomsdale Early Sum- Hackensack, or Turk’s Cap . 60 20 10 Moss-Curled 80 Be © OG 6g culo Se oo 0 O-o 175 50 20 Casaball(Pexsian))) 0) eae 70 20 10 iRSMTMILEEN le goin Go cove 80 25 10 Always Ready........ I 50 45 15 Montreallaer may tni- itor mela 80 25 10 EimeraldiGeni a) 9 saan ee 80 5 © Greenshrin sed eye rae ce) 30 10 Sire 6 6 6 0'6 6 e201 » 70 20 || SreraptonGmel.o 2. . | 80 BS © SHIEIMEVICISF 5 op 5 ao 6 OO go 30 Io] *Large White French i By 35 15 Ls ceeci a aco lat S American CeUincetays go} 30 10| “Large Black Paris . 125| 35 15 | PARSNIP. Boston Market ....... go 30 10 *Bloomsdale (decidedly the Royal Cabbage ....... go | 30 10| PERSIAN CANTALOUPES. best)... . Owe Paice Soulmeraa leurs *LargestofAll....... 2 00 60 20! Twelve different choice new Sugar,orCup....... 50 15 10 Prize Head, or Satisfaction . go 30 Io varieties. See Catalogue, eTiimnip-rootedss 5 4) se leis 80 2 10 4 p- 5 Nemore Aeoyal Cabbage | 2 00 60 20 PoE IRs 4 Goo ou 3°] PEPPER News MorkiGreeniirec (rt go 3° 10 = GrandsRapidsy eerie I 25 35 15 MUSHROOM SPAWN. GoldenBell ......,../ 225 65 25 BigyBoston Aly ewe aves I 25 35 15 English, per brick of about Large Sweet Spanish ... .| 2 25 65 25 Golden Curled........ I 25 35 15 1% lbs., 15c. (Postage 8c. Rub yg Kein! oy a arene ee 27/5) 75 30 Bronzed Curled ....... I 25 35 15 per lb. extra.) Romatos or Squash-Shaped . 2 BS 85 | 25 Cuyledbindiale mmol: go 30 10 EVIONNS @ Ss Boe oo 0 8 oo a) S| 25 TSE TON a pean brs Otero te I 25 35 15 bg red apa : ad oa RAG ONSIAY 65 0 & 6 ao 00 2 25 65 25 *Landreths’ Heat-Resist- SS SEU op os 9 go 0 S Bil OSCE aa armen men meer | 2 25 65 25 inelGosm nee 2 00 60 20 pblack or Brown Seeded. . . 25 ) To) SmaiflChiliRed ...... 2 25 65 25 GTEGTI COS el tee I 25 35 15 Lendrety - Pkt. 20c. 3 - ¥6 *Celestial (various colors on | Witte} Cosiay Seen ees I 25 35 15] x leas 9 3 Same}p lant) ieee eter 2 25 65 25 *Bloomsdale Butter Blvomisaate arses *Very Small Cayenne 3 00 85 30 (Black Seed)....... 4 So 45 1S Giant: Sathorn’ Gnrleds us 33 va PUM IN WIC ATIDINGIN Gro 60500 0 So 30 10 ° oo ia PKIN. NASTURTIUM. | wiellowsCashawaewcmcien rt 60 20 10 WATERMELON. Disa Bellew Oe a I 50 45 15 cucess G5 98 fo 6 OO D1ONG 35 = 19 mit TEN o bo gu be OB Tall Yellow .....-.-.- 50 45 BS soreness Sieh ip he 6 SOR Eee ay, Hossein e i: = 28 a = Ornamental Nasturtiums. See wane ate eh peas I 25 35 15 Light Green Rind Icing 6 oH on Flower Seed List, Catalogue, ONVOE 9 0 = 20C. oN 5° Dark Green Rind Icing . 60 20 Io pp. 9 and Io RADISH. Heo aes sae) 99 9:0 016 go 25 to | OKRA. Scarlet Turnip-Shaped. se 20 10 ChigmOnen oecgdsou 50 | 15 10 Deere sige ho) ek Spe 45 Hs jo) Landreths’ Earliest. . | 125 | 35 15 Seminole Top ale es oes Ps ae a See eae aa 45 = AS oe Scarlet Erfurt Tur- =a A = r o A CORA RE ep eee ON RE a Set etd ob) iio ot ooo bro. la Cea a wee ‘ : BONS, Eien 09 ee 1o| *New South (choice)... . . 60} 20 10| *white-Tipped Karly Scariet | é PEGIGO? 6 op angen de él) Ss qo eeanean’, Lone aren | AOD RD aoe JON eee ZOU a 20, American Queen ......| 125) 35 15 Pod: a fy ee ee 55 ‘5 TO| *Early Scarlet Prussian Globe| 90] 30] 10 Gem (Kolb’s)........ || a 3 vee Eee tak lg sega DO ue Teemily Deep Scarlet Tur- | Gem (Kolb’s) (blue) . 80 25 TO} aT TRE TS es Pamela || le caret fee cueg TAR DL ETS St hom aclCs) Loy ele dn the nte ate 55 I5 |} Io Pride of Georgia. ...... 50 15 10| ONION. Harly Red Turnip-Rooted . 55 15 | 0 Peenlessween oo ee ee 75 25 10 *Early Garnet Turnip- Rooted | 1 25 35 | 15 JO)SAG | y Nae USSR ae een ceaie aba 60 20 10 American Varieties, White Turnip-Shaped. | ILGyifE IDES 6G oo wed ou 80 25 10| *Extra Early Bloomsdale | *Short-Topped Earliest White | | IDK JONES 2 G Gao oo one I 25 35 15 Pearlhis. 6 is SA | 275 75 BO) |enn Turnip 1 25 35 | 15 *Arkansas Traveler 1150] 45 15| *Bloomsdale Extra Early | Early White Turnip-Rooted] 60 30 eeTO *Orange (acuriosity) .... 80 25 10 Red (set'seed)- . - 2: 2 50 7° 25] *Burlingtou Early White | Indiana Sweetheart . i AS || 25 15| Bloomsdale Silver Skin.|...|... 45 Forcing Pkt.. 10c, | | JES RENEE So 6 oo 6 Gor b 25) ||0s5 15 Extra Early Red seems 2525 65 25 Extra Early ‘Forcing White | ASRS 6.6 6.6.6 Giotelanoa 55 15 10 SUVerSk1nl eee) ci) cee emer 2 50 7o 25 Tipped I 25 35 | 15 CMB co ooo 0 6 6 6 On 55 15 10| *Bloomsdale Large Yel- Philadelphia Thies 80} 25 | =e) EWMESTENS 5 Go Gb ob 55 15 10 low Strasburg ..... I 75 50 20| *Summer White 70 20 | 10 Georcianeem sy omnrn sy tous 55 15 10 Yellow Dutch or Strasburg | I 50 45 15 Waitticn i | GrayivMonarchicnsns sles oe 70 | 20 10| *Bloomsdale Danvers I 75 50 20 Half Long Varieties. TromClads Py wet eas ee 50 15 10 Yellow Globe Danvers I 50 45 15 French Breakfast White Tip 60 20 | 10 ScalywSRAr ken persis vase 80} 25 10 Flat Danvers Yellow . . I 25 35 15 Deep Scarlet Olive-Shaped . go 30 | 10 Florida Favorite ...... Tek} |e 20) 10| *Bloomsdale Extra Early White Olive-Shaped. .... 80 25 | 10 Citron Water (for preserving)| 70} 20 10 GoldSeal......... 275 75 30 Erenchi Caferiys tush toca re I 25 35 15
Single Papers of any of the above varieties furnished at 5 cents and 10 cents each, except where otherwise noted.
On Peas and Beans, 6c. per quart ; Corn, 15c. per quart ;
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Small Seeds, 8c, per pound. Quarter pounds, ounces, toc. and sc. flat See our Descriptive List of Seeds in Landreths’ Seed Catalogue, free to all who apply. D. LANDRETH & SONS, PHILADELPHIA.
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IN QUANTITIES, IN QUANTITIES. IN QUANTITIES. * Indicates Novelties and Fa) . 5 * Indicates Novelties and 2 e to * Indicates Novelties and 2 Staal Specialties. Gi | 4 | <8 Specialties. eet PS) Ss Specialties. Real aes oa (SN See Catalogue, 1897. Bypad | measstany| ols See Catalogue, 1897. ee HOSS Gh See Catalogue, 1897. Fil all ae © ou si oY . | oe i) ~ | oo pal a aa pal) ¢g As pal] ¢g AA fo) -y Pp ° Ay P ° ma | Pp RADISH—Coxdinued. SQUASH. TURNIP. Wonderful Half Long, White-Fleshed Table LEG lee, sy lal a Pen $0 70 )$o 20 | $o ro Pee ria. rly Bush, or Paes a Turnips. Half Long Deep Scarlet... 15 25 Be) attyram........ 55 |$0 15 to : Ten Varieties. Early White Bush. ..... 55 15 Io Eee ee pputeh (etka $o 50 |$o 15 | go 10 WLandretha’ White Lady Golden Summer Crook-Neck 60 20 10] arly Flat Red or Purple-Top 5 Finger ........-.. go 30 to} Pike’sPeak.. ...... 80 25 10 (strap-leaved)....... 50 15 10 Wood’s Early Frame .... 60 20 1o| *Long Golden Straight-Neck . | 1 50 45 15| *Large Early Red-Top Globe .| - 50 15 ro *Market Gardeners’ Early Mammoth Chili....... I 50 45 15| *Landreths’ Southern Long Scarlet ...... 70 20 Io Winter Crook-Neck..... 80 25 10 Snow White Globe... 50 15 x0 Long Scarlet Short-Top *Mammoth Golden Custard Pomeranean White Globe (isnareeye) = G4 odo 5 D5 75 25 Be) Pkt., roc. (strap-leaved) ....... 50 15 10 Long Scarlet Short-Top (im- Boston Marrow (sniall)... 7° 20 10 White Globe (green crowned)| 45 15 Io PONE) bs o.0 oo oo Bo 50 15 10 Boston Marrow (extra large Early White Rgg ...... 50 15 10 Long Brightest Scarlet White foriCanners)h %) i +) cen 5° 15 I0o| *Cow Horn.......... 65 20 Io ABH AGl, G an eo oy Oo 8 60 20 10 hee blo sen esll by on ge Gaon Gy omG 60 20 10 Norfolk (green crowned). . 50 15 Io *Bloomsdale Strap-Leaved Marblehead......... 80 25 10] Norfolk (red crowned) .. . 50 15 Io Long Scarlet (fime). . . go 30 Io losgye<ehyoyaGl | 5 44 dg ook 7° 20 10 Wihiterstote. .|. . 2 =. os. 50 15 Io Beye Long ue Vienna . 80 25 10 Seven Boe or Forester Tur- artier, or Long Rose . . .| 1 00 30 10 nip of the South. no | seed | till Yellow Variety. TOMATO. *Dixie Land. ist | July,| 1897. Booey Globe (fine for Sum- *Harly Hee 3.0 Oho Red | 2 25 65 25| *Southern Prize. T40()N)) Ces AR GMOS te Se PICNIC: |G fe) 20 a) Extra Early, or ; Fall or Winter Varieties. a Cluster. .. sh bik Og 2 25 65 25 Yellow-Fleshed Turnips. Round White Stuttgart... 70 20 10] Extra Early GoldenvBally y= 1-1-1 50 15 0 Celestial, or Chinese Half Richmond... se 2 25 65 25 Wellowsstone. |. 0... «ees 50 15 Io Long Stump....... I 25 35 15| *Rarly Bermuda . . it 2 25 65 25] *Amber Globe (green Russian Large White Winter 80 25 TO} Bearity ssa ecneir os Purplish | 2 25 65 25 crowned) strap-leaved. . . 50 15 Io California White Winter ..| 80] 25 to| Acme (very fine). . < 225| 65 25| Yellow Aberdeen, or Scotch Long White Strasburg, or *Favorite (Livin g- | MOS Ao oa, Oe On 40 15 10 Hospital 30.9) GAGES O00 Oo go 30 IO ston’s) BOL OMG ED. A Red | 2 2 65 25 Ruta Bagas or Swedes. Long White Spanish (Fall or ALAS OLE eis es a 2 25 65 25| andreths’ Improved Yellow- WTR) 6 wo ad oo oo 6 60 20 WD|| GOs oo oo obo il 2550 72 25 Fleshed Purple-Top Ruta Tong pee Spanish (Fall or j Golden Queen... Mellow 2 50 70 25 Baga 45 15 +6 HANI) oy 6 a Bo desi on ola 0 20 io} *DwarfChampion . Purplish | 2 50 to} 2 AR ert ENCE Spite *Round Black Spanish (Fall Perfection (Livin i 5 K CHa mgp ion eae owHlesh EC OP \Wabet) oe ob 6 ee oc 80 25 10 Ston7S) seen ee Red| 225) 65 25 ay Tye a a 15 a Seaulct China Winter... . go 30 10| *Wirginia Corker ss 2 50 7° 25 : (CQUbhoAiogs o 65 405050 I 25 35 15 Ponderosa, Pkt. 5c. Paar re be || ae O mA R RIPE SEED. Royalked 8 |a's0 | 70) Js OUR JARKET GARDENERS Spring Sprouts (for Sowing QUIS rat FeO ry Seiten Per bush., poe (largeand smooth) Yellow| 250 | 70 25 SPECIALTIES. per pint, roc. AME 5 5 Ao 6 Terra Cotta | 2 25 65 25 RHUBARB. Pear-Shaped Yellow Yellow | 2 25 65 25| *Bloomsdale Swede or Pear-Shaped Red . Red | 2 25 65 25 Ruta Baga....... 50 15 Io Rhubarb, or Pie Plant. . . .| 1 60 A5 15 t “a S' ee Ignotum...... 225] 65 25| *Amber Globe (red crowned) RHUBARB ROOTS. T. T. T., or Ten strap-leaved........ 50 15 Io Each, 1oc.; per doz., 75¢.; per Ton Tomato. . st 2 50 70 25| *Early Snowball (extra early) 60 20 10 100, $5.00. Baltimore Prize ayerseysbilyn. ~ .). 6 ee 65 20 Io SALSIFY. re sd airer (ants Pens Purplish 2 25 65 | 25 WfHnF INSUIN 55 50054 6 I 2 3. I RISEN Ova foto 0 1b : 2) il Keanciiecdl | LOS Sandwich islands esse I ee oe 2 The Moneymaker . Red! 250] 70 25 HER BS. SCORZONERA , Brandywine... . ce 2 25 65 25 Black Salsif ‘ Atlantic Prize .. . Soe weZs: 65 23) LVR 5 5 Goo open oo 6 se: peal heii 15 EAST SEUEUY 9 0 8 904 175 5° 20! Grape, Cherry or PB OKA ROR si) out ut URE SPORE iD o- 15 SPINACH. Cicanteen Ce lizesonlmtezo 25] Cardoon.......... Birt Nowne 40 *Bloomsdale (Extra) Ivory Ball, or Green Caraway. ....-.-. «=. ss tes veal atts ier 15 Carle) ii fr eee 45 15 10 Gage ere sale Whitish | 2 75 75 go|) OOO 7 Gage Be Aas ors SG Vow. 20 Round Savoy-Leaved .... 30 10 10 Essex Hybrid .. . Purplish | 2 25 65 25 Coriander ......... Peis] WS Shed 10 Long Standing, Round Hybridized Tomatoes (see Dott SA eS eerie ce a eee ee Io Scedediaaeil-ue sane ce 30 10 10 p. 67). NGO! Sn aeons ithe ik! Leo ho 15 Long Standing, Prickly Scarlet Cross . Per pkt., 25¢. iaivemder eS) 5 3): +. lemeume Sets. fol a2 20 Seededienrn- mein in anit 30 10 10! ‘Three-Celled Cross. Per pkt., Rosemary ......... Sacro i We 40 Ewer Ready ........ 50 15 10 25¢. LE og 6 a eee 8 ole 6 rule coe easek 15 Round Dutch (imported) . . 30 10 10 Purple Cross . Per pkt., 25¢. SEOs Gat ee OMOMONEN oh o9 c 2 50 7° 25 Large-Leaved Flanders... 30 ro 10 Two-Celled Cross . Per pkt., Summer Savory ..... Pe Aart pF. Sak 15 Prickly-Seeded (very fine) . 30 10 10 25¢. Sweet Marjoram..... 2 00 60 20 Viroflay (monstrous-leaved) . 30 10 10 Small EKarly Red . Per pkt., Sweet Basil ........ © ye teal ages 20 WACIOGES iG Cornea obcrsemuece | ase) 15 10 25¢. Mihivane 285s 2) ee }35 toaeu| tgneane 35 '
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