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CONTENTS. VEGETABLE SEEDS.
Page Page Page Geleniactetaa cece eee 16 IDNGINS eyadesseorseneseeD.. || Wis Skuse se oodcases 42 Geleryaracen ce TOs 7% ge) || WEMME! Gene soacx 4, 22, 38 | Mushroom Spawn ...27 Chervilse sees es Ti( jeu RAS Ube Seach Se age COD 29 Mustandirtenrce eecere 7, Ghicdnyeentaeee KS | (Garktio SSS oodcsccocce 23 Nasturtium! Scene 27 Ghiviesaaan seer eee i” || Corrales: ségucossososose 36 IN@WENEES Sobocn0dse 2—8 Ghiutasieceen emo 17 | Grainisjer ene ee eons 40 @atsoce soso ene 40 Clover Seeds =. -2 ee “gi (Graces Seeals coats a, ce) 1 Ole) socsosasscsncodeo 27 Collandsweee terrae: 18 Julie ousocoousooeT SO, 87 | OkMI@M —sococao0sees000 AS Coniandemieneeas- oe 38 Elerbsi cement saeccmae gs. | Okatiorn SS) Gcscocscos 28 Corin, INI! sce 5H, W385 S19) 1nl@rEln@enaGl Soccoadono 38 Pansleyamecrceenicr acc 29 Corn, Popping ....-- 18 Iauitie (COM socosbooce Bou ebarsnipe eee 2 COimn, SWORE covets 1@, 2D |) IXAIIG seo sacccncnca000u6 2 IGAS Gbo00 6, 29, 30, 31, 39 Gorn Salad eerec een ee Koll Rabigeeererceenee23 Peppers «gos: sees soe 31 CowaPeas: sa.cnee-eree 39 Lawn Grass Seed ....41 IPOWPNIOSS scoocnacse Hits 32 Cress or Peppergrass, IWannaadler Sossscccdoue 35 || Ie\ermmolisin ~ Gacosoccce Bp Se 20 Week. Maceantrsntesiiee 2 Radishy encase 5> 325 38 Gress, Water 9--...5- 20 | Wetticetsseccpetee ede ce lealape etre etree 34 Gucumbere rae 3, 4, 21 | Maral: WY ieietiaell 02 13 || INGO sconoccsoccococend 38 IDEMEMOM scoossescnce22 |) IMaRARAIA soscooscoccn02) || lite: Beams .ococscsde 38 Dill soe eee ee ce 38 | Melon, Musk ........ 25 WIR Yet igste ehcin steer: 40 Deter IGEN. Goodganeosoe” Wiglom, Waliitss oth Aa, 27 || Sauttrorn Scoossddunccccs 38 | FLOWER SEEDS. Page Page Page Gannlaerace canker 49 Eschscholtzia ........ 54 WSaritatiaw sen ccves sie ees 59 Canterbury Dells ....48 Euphorbia ........ 545 55 Warksputeecc. sccccee 5 Garniationiens. peer 50 Everlastings, Waithivinttsie ence ceserie 59 Castor Oil Beans.49, 67 45, 55, 50, 57, 67 ILWABHE Soonvosccesoe06 59 Gelostacas ras cenos 49 Meveniewoes<ces< secare 55 ob eliameerrer reer eee 59 (Centauneaerreee eee: 50 Flower Seeds ..44 to 72 [Spins se cactacic eres 60 Chrysanthemum ..50, 5! orget-me-not ....55, 61 INEVeIEOlGL soscecsasso0s 59 Cinerariogeer eee. SI Ganllaedicieer eee 55 Maurandia SAO OO On 60 Cleviisigs Goseescceeosose 51 (GSAT Goesacccsu00 55 Marvel of Peru .....- 61 Gleome ae sts ee 51 Gulias ewe ceca: 5S Misrionlette i eeeer ert 60 (Clie WMHNBIS Socccccecoue 51 Globe Amaranth ..... S53 INILEINORET So5oucnos00b5s 69 Cob OCa reese ahi 51 Gnaphalium .......... 50 Mira EIIIS cscosesco0c0s 60 Cockscombyeeeeeeeee. 19 Godetias asses 50 Momordica ....... 47, 60 COIEWS: sossssénvnvoess 52 Gourds! 5 .aescacteaoane 56 Morning Glory ..52, 60 (Colla! scosccssacoc- 52 GiASSES onscoccsccuso0c 56 MISONO Goosdacas 55, 61 Coltimbineeeeeee: A5, 52 lsi@lkiewatdMES coosocoseac 57 Myrsiphyllum ....61, 68 Convolvulus ......... 52 InlSlhi@ WaySTENG 5 a5c0000¢ 57 Nasturtium ....... I, 62 COSNTIOS: 32 sctcktecietions me IRISMOMERODS ssec0onc009 57 Nemoplilamsepasceaeee 62 Gucumisseereeeeeeeree =2 Helipterum Sanford1, INSI@OWIEINE -osccaonceods 62 * Cy Geman sscocousesen Ba 57 Nigellamon ora ieerere 62 Cypress Vine ..)..:.- 53 Hollyhock ........ 5755 Ran Siye aadsa cece eee 43 Dahlia ae dia een 53 INIOMOSAY cassescacooas 58 Retunilaseinceeacrec ane 64 ID Enis eee eos 47, 53 lehyac@bmin IBCEI ~so506c 56 PIMOS sc ssccene . .64, 65 Delphinatumiiesee eee 53 HCE IgE coocsq0c 205905 Physalis F rancheti . 65 IDTECNUOBS sooscrdec 53, 5 Impatiens Sultani ...58 Roly anlehttsiaesemee rere 65 IDeA” scecocoscosos 54 IDOE Gucodosoeea 58, 59 BOD Pye n-e:- eet 65, 66 MISCELLANEOUS. Page Page Page IDEN, sbcosoorspo on 0tld) Roses, Climbing ....79 (Cord Iilenaier s2sdo006 so Dielytra Spectabilis..7 SmmiOVvWoail sobooscosacec 80 Cultivators sss. - eee 93 Exochorday Grd =... iso) SPikeas Syenninae cae 80 WMilbbererreree canes Q2 IRGHEERAUMIE — oanooocoss0e 80 SPHFUCGS cocoossgssovoes Sr IDYoR? LENG! oc soogecdec 95 Fringe Smoke Tree ..80 Stokesia Cvanea ..... 76 Edging Knife ....... 92 Munkiae tees 76 Strawberries ...... 82, 83 ae TOOG! soovousso:t 95 Golden Glow .......- 79 AMI KONE” SH Shosdauasvos 77 P@RMLIASES — oosonoscase 85 Gooseberries ......... 83 Vegetable Plants and. ine Mires Oil ses sooonas 5 (Grea NSCS Sascaoce 82 IR@OES. Gososoorsoovse 81 Flower Stands ....... gl Grasses, Ornamental. .78 Wieicela ncn csacce cree 8o lower st OtSmreeeeeerr g2 Miemlockeaeecet rence: SI Wroastaciasieesctonscn cerns 79 POEMS sanccpouss 93 jnlomeysn@HlS {ssco4eco 79 Gardengluiney scene 2 Horse Chestnut ...... 80 Tools and Garden Reel ........ 03 Iividiranic career 30 . Glazier’s Points ..... 89 Ivy, English ...4.... 79 Supplies. Glazing Tools ......: 89 Japanese @unimniceme errr So Asparagus Buncher ..93 Gratting Knife .....-93 15) (Kou omnt ernercrtsn Hare 80 ever InloMal@ir Goooascu0s 88 Grafting Wax ........ ae Reach estas rate ete Sr BeanwelLOleSmere cece so Hanging Baskets ....01 Reais atten nes 81 smeal SG cavssoncebs o4 Hot Bed Mats =....- gy Reonwyoesscccea ete i \\ bool SietommlbieS Ascanac 95 Iimeuibatonsmey rei 96 Peony, Mouton ...... 77 | Bouquet Holder ..:.. g2 Insect Exterminators, JPibkosey Malavadh? oonecose 77. Bracketsm ci wancansics 93 ' $3, 84, 85 Bilton acetic de catee 81 BrOOC SLSmment trees 96 Labels, painted ...+. 39 Og Cei os Se iene 81 Gages sins scenes 5 Lawn Dressinea 2... 85 Raspberries ase cecrice &3 (CZIIES G55 onpcsonotDoE 99 Lawn Mowers ...... 00 Rhododendrons ..... So Caponizing Vools ....95 Marking Punch ..... Or IVOSESiick uh cele eer 79 Chairsdces rte ee Oe HIERN AS tIGAs inet cr: coeyooe 93
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Poultry Grit Boxes ..95
Powder Guns ........ 88 Pruning Knife ....... 92 leabhacha\cimioas age tocess 265) 87; Raipliiaress icc ucseiee 93 Rolling Stands ...... 94 Seeds Sowerm een ceeee Ni} Shears, Pruning ....88 Shiutieskioe seees shee 02 Sprinklers and Syiiticesm same 87 Thermometers ...... 93 ‘reenGuanrds = aaeeeeee g2 AMES IANS “Gos csouse 89 iiree Pruners) scenes 88 ree Miabsi shscn sc 93-94 Mrellisesiekrou cater eue 9: AinRONGIGS Sho cesanenensc 89 Tying Materials .....o3 Waterines Pots -s..... S6 Weeding Hooks ..... 91
The Frank S. Platt Co.’s
1904 Price List and Descriptive Catalogue Bo ee a) eee
Seeds and Supplies
FOR THE :
Farm and Garden
Good SeedS— The BEST is the cheapest and we have the BEST
To the Sower ot Seeds:
The spring of 1904 presents conditions of considerable uncertainty as to quality and quantity of several important items.
Owing to the cold, wet summer, ravages of insect pests, blight, etc., the CUCUMBER, MELON, SQUASH, TOMATO, EGG PLANT, PEPPER, SWEET CORN, AND SOME VARIETIES OF BEANS AND PEAS are scarce items. This condition fol- lowing two years of light crops, makes it evident that EARLY BUYING will prove ad- vantageous to consumers of large quantities.
We have our usual assortment of THOROUGHLY RELIABLE SEEDS and shall en- deavor to meet all demands, but when supply is exhausted may be compelled to go into the market.
For this reason we ask all our patrons to let us have their lists as early as possible that we may protect your interests.
Yours sincerely, THE FRANK S. PLATT CO.
TERMS. Cash with order, or satisfactory city reference. We will ship by express, C. O. D., on orders pr ceeding $10.00, if 25 per cent. of the amount is remitted with order. Cannot ship C. O. D. by reight.
WRITE ADDRESS PLAINLY. Write your Name, Post Office and State plainly, and in full on every letter. When Express or Freight Office is difierent from Post Office, advise us of the same.
SEEDS, ETC., BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE. Less than one-quarter pound and one-quarter bushel will be charged at slight advance.in price above pound and bushel rates.
POSTAL SERVICE. The postal arrangements admit the sending of seeds to any part of the United States at the rate of eight cents a pound. We will send, postpaid, all Garden and Flower Seeds, sold in packets or by the ounce up to one-quarter pound; but for Seeds in bulk, postage to the amount of eight cents per pound must be added to Catalogue prices. For postage on Peas and Beans add 15 cents per quart, on Corn Io cents, to Catalogue prices.
MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. Prices are subject to variation without notice, on extreme changes in market values.
ABOUT WARRANTING SEEDS. We do not warrant Seeds in any sense of the term, and while we consider the goods we sell of superior order and quality, and exercise the greatest care to secure only pure and reliable seeds, the fact is pertinent and undeniable that crops may fail, no matter how fresh or pure the seeds sown to produce them may be, owing to causes the most expert culti- vator cannot control. Therefore if the purchaser does not accept the seeds on these terms and conditions, they must be returned at once, and the money that has been paid for them will be refunded.
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New and Valuable Varieties.
Worthy of Special Gonsideration.
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Round Stringless Green Pod Bean.
Is the only Stringless Green-Pod Bush Bean in cultivation. The pods ) | are round, long and large, and ready to market two weeks earlier than the | best stock of Improved Extra Early Red Varieties. Price per qt., 20c.; per
i! i bu., $4.50. 7 -/ Rivenhall Giant Yellow Mangel.
f A new type of intermediate form, very large in circumference and longer than the Globe varieties. Stands about half out of ground. The color is a light yellow,
fe ee tay and it is an enormous a f Yy) — cropper. In lots of 10 ap, ) Yi WA ° : D» Ui j hS2525 Ch per OZ. 5c , Uy YY UY, Hii Ty
: per 1b., 30c. : Wy \/GRIMSON GLOBE BEET a = This is a new comer of considerable merit. It is a a almost spherical, with small tops and root. The flesh YAM a is fine grained, dark crimson color, with skin of lighter Aji) a a HY shade, making it very attractive as bunched for the Ay col if market. While not one of the largest type, it grows AN
to good size and is very early. Price per pkt., 5c.; per
0z., I0c.; per lb., Soc. Crimson Globe Beet.
oEvcROWwNWax
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The New Cumberland| Gucumber. :
A very distinct thickly spined sort obtained by crossing the Japanese Climbing on the Peerless It was originated by Mr. C. P.J Coy, the veteran seed grower. Mr. Coy says: “The variety is of the hardy, white spine type, is
White Spine.
a rapid, strong and vigorous grower and very
prolific
straight and symmetrical, thus being as choice for a slicing variety as it is for pickles. Price per| pkt., 10c.; per oz., 20c.; per Ib., $2.25.
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in fruit.
Pencil Pod Black Wax Bean.
Pods are Jong, round, straight, pencil-like, very tender and brittle. In color a rich dark yellow. It also remains in good picking condition for a long time. Price per pt., 25c.; per qt., 40c.; per peck, $1.60.
Golden Grown Stringless Wax Bean.
A new long white seed bean with very round golden pods and perfectly stringless. Its enormous yielding characteristics, beautiful appearance, freedom from string and fine quality, will place it in the front rank with every grower and dealer in canned goods. Vine a true bush in type, of strong healthy growth, carrying its load of pods well up from the ground. The plants are not only a mat of pod in the center but spikelets bearing from four to six long golden pods each are borne above the foliage, entitling it to the name of Golden Crown. Is very early, free from pod rust and blight, producing marketable pods very quickly from the blossom and acquires golden shade when very young. As a dry bean for the produce trade, it will be found of great value. Price per % pt., I0c.; per pt., 20c.; per qt., 35c.; per bu., $8.00.
Jones’ Stringless White Seed, Round Pod Wax Bean.
This grand absolutely stringless bean is the result of five years systematic cross-breeding between Yosemite, and a white seed cross from Ivory Pod Wax. It is nearly a week earlier than any strain of Black Wax, the pods forming very quickly and are long, perfectly round and exceptionally solid, of a delicate light yellow color, perfectly stringless at all stages of growth, showing no coarseness even when past their prime; retains its brittleness and fine table quality when nearly matured. When ripe the seeds are white, medium round and plump. The originator claims that more bushels per acre of green pods can be picked from an acre than from any other wax bean known, and if left to ripen a larger yield of dry beans can be harvested than from the field varieties; also can be planted later in the sea- son with a certainty of a crop. Price per % pt., 1oc.; per pt., 20c.; per qt., 35c.; per bu., $8.00.
The form is exceptionally
Jones’ Stringless Round Pod.
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mM ETRO PO LITAN SWEET GO RN a If a Market Gardener,
you cannot run through GY the corn season with- / out “it, “aseit-c1s 2 the earliest, sweetest and biggest yielder of all the earlies; sets two and three ears to the stalk and is immune to fungus. Who would not pay double for a corn as early as Cory, twice as large, and so far superior in quality ees eee as to make comparison ——— aan ridiculous, and with all — this free from smut? It is indispensable to the family garden be- Metropolitan Sweet Corn. cause of its long dura- : : E : tion in the edible state, combined with all its good points noted above. Price per ear, 4c.; per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.25; per bu., $4.50.
Livingston’s Emerald THE EMERALD GUGUMBE possesses a rich, dark R. green color and spine- ; less skin. The fruit sets early, and its vig- orous vines abound in long, straight, hand- some fruits of the most desirable qualities. For Forcing. For those who grow under glass, or for long dis- tance shipping, it will prove a boon, on ac- count of holding its deep green color so long; besides its size and uniformity will suit such growers much ‘better than ued of the j ‘kinds usually recom- imended for this pur- The Emerald Cucumber. pose. Price per pkt.,
BG nee oo ese Florence or Naples Fennel.
lb., $2.00.
This is a variety of the fennel family that is cultivated for its leaf stalks like celery, giowing heavy at the base and almost forming in bulb form. It has a peculiarly agreeable flavor and is highly esteemed by the ‘sons of Italy, either raw or cooked. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,“15c.; per
Ib., $1.75.
Kieckley Sweets Water Melon.
This is one of the sweetest of the large” varieties. The shape is well shown in photograph. Skin dark green, thin rind, flesh scarlet, very solid, firm and luscious. For the family garden it is decidedly one of the best. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10Cc.; _ . per lb., 75c. Kleckley Sweets Water Melon.
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Big Tom Pumpkin.
NEW “iGIGLE” RADISH.
This Radish derives its name from the transparent whiteness of the root. In form it is long and slightly stump-rooted. The leaves are short and its flavor the very best. The roots grow about four inches long and are ready for use within twenty-two days from the time of sowing. It is a desirable quality for the home garden, and market gardeners will find it a money maker. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 10c.; per Ib., 8ac.
NEW RADISH TRIUMPH.
It is very early, being a “Twenty Day” Rad- ish, almost perfectly round and its tops are very short, which makes it valuable for cultivation under glass. The flesh is very crisp and solid and of miid flavor. Its most dis- tinctive feature, how-
Big Tom Pumpkin.
Made a record yield of twenty tons per acre. Rich orange color, ob- long shape, good qual- ity for pies, and profit- able for stock feeding. It resembles the old Connecticut Field, but is a: heavier cropper and grows very much larger. Price per pkt.,
Toc.; per Ib., 4oc.
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ever, is the unique color Of: the ‘skin? “The ground color is pure white, striped horizon- tally with bright scar- let; some roots are peppered with crimson, others splashed here
New Icicle Radish.
and there. The radishes average about an inch in diameter. New Radish Triumph. Price per pkt., 1oc.; 3 pkts., 20c.; 0z.,
30¢.
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An Extra Early Wrinkled Pea. GRADUS.
The earliest large wrinkled pea up-to-date, traveling under
several aliases, viz.: ‘‘Prosperity,” “Early Giant,” and “Extra Long Pod.” Nearly the size of Telephone and possessing all
its delicious qualities.
The vine is about three feet in height, foliage light green,
and yield beyond all rivals. Maturing but three or four days
after the round, hard early June varieties, and surpassing them
in every point of excellence. Price per qt., 40c.; per pk., $2.50; per bu., $9.00.
Rural_Thoroughbred Gorn. |
This is a white flint variety similar to the Sanford but growing more vigorous, somewhat heavier stalk and foliage.
The ears are long and kernels large. being frequently tinted
pink toward the end. It is medium early and a valuable acquisi-
tion, as it ears early and makes a good balance to run into the silo with the later maturing ensilage corn, when insufficiently eared. Price per 100 ears, $1.50; per qt., 10c.; per pk., 50c.; per bu., $1.50.
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GOCOZELLA SQUASH.
This Italian Squash grows about twenty-two inches long, with a diameter of about four inches. The skin is smooth, of a dark green color, marbled yellow or- paler green, of very rapid growth, and fine flavored. In Italy it is quite a favorite, and is eaten when very young. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., toc.; per lb., 8oc.
DELICATA SQUASH.
This little squash resembles in color and quality the “Cocoanut,” but is elongated, growing from five to eight inches long. It is slightly ribbed, orange
yellow color, mottled and seiped aut erect The quality is superb, being verv solid, dry and sweet. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6oc. Rural Thoroughbred Corn.
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SGARLET KASHMYR.
A new and entirely distinct Turnip. The outer color is rich scarlet, while the flesh is snow-white. It is an extra early sort, small, rarely exceeding three inches in diameter, and flat; the leaves are small, full and strap-leaved; the flesh is very solid, tender, fine- grained and of good quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per @z., 10c.; per % l1b., 25c.; per lb., 75c.
Golden Bronze Squash.
Mr. Lowe, who originated this squash, thus des- scribes it: “A cross of the Bay State and Boston Marrow. In form the same as the last named, with
stem and blossom end precisely like that variety. Size averaging from eight to 10 pounds, color, a dark, grayish green; flesh an exceedingly bright golden yellow; fine grained, very sweet. Early in maturing, a good keeper, and yielding largely of squashes of very uniform size and appearance. As a squash, combining the qualities desired for the table and pies, this has no superior. Specimens grown in 1897 were kept until June, 1898. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., 8oc.
The Delicious Squash.
The Delicious is the product of the work of years in careful selection, crossing and isolating. In form the Delicious is an oval. Its color is almost uniformly of a green shade, with occasionally a blue specimen, it being just about as pure in this respect as the Faxon, weighing between five and ten pounds. In thickness of flesh it surpasses nearly every variety, the color being dark orange. For table use no squash compares with it in its remarkable combination of fineness and compactness of grain, dryness, sweetness and exceeding richness of flavor. It is a fall and winter squash, being excellent at all seasons, but like the old Hubbard, though at any time excellent, does not acquire its best quality until winter. When but half grown it will be
eres se - found to surpass in quality most varieties when fully ripe. Price Golden Bronze Squash. per pkt: "10c!;)3 for: 25c,
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White Egg Turnip.
Delicious Squash.
WHITE EGG TURNIP.
The White Egg Turnip is no stranger, being numbered among my first introductions, but the fact of its superiority having been so thoroughly appreciated as to tempt other dealers to bring it out again under the name of Early Snowball is sufficient evidence that all the recommendations of its introduction have been realized. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per Ib., 4oc.
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MAGNUS TOMATO.
A very distinct variety, color of Beauty and Acme. It is thicker, heavier, and more solid than either. It is unsurpassed in quality and production. The form is perfect, large and attractive. Flesh is very firm. It is a robust grower, with short joints, setting its fruit clusters closer together than most varieties, and it is therefore a heavy cropper. Price pet, pkKt., 5e5 pen OZ!,730c.} penadb:. $3:00:
The Michigan Squash.
This is a valuable member of the late summer and fall contingent and distinct in every way if properly grown. In length it is from eight inches to one foot and three or four inches in diameter, having small seed cavity and weighing two to three ai pounds. The exterior is a very dark green, and it Magnus Tomato. is often designated as the Lone Black Squash. The
flesh is extremely fine grained, peculiar. ly delicate and sweet, and lacking that de- cided squash flavor sO prominent in some highly esteemed, varie- ties. It has a very high local reputation and the party from whom my seed stock was ob-
tained sold 100 dozen Rhode Island Rock, the Wonderful for $100 in the New Keeping Turnip.
Haven market from One load, e wie hueniie brought in a few years ASO eae tCe penn apts, TOC Pe OZ 25 per lb., $3.00.
In this new variety we have a great improvement on | the White French Turnip, made after years of selection, by a Rhode Island market gardener. It is fully three weeks ear- lier than any turnip of its class and can be planted later to follow such crops as peas, corn, beets, etc. It is very — hard and solid, flesh pure white, fine grained, brittle and sweet. Its crowning point, however, is its wonderful keeping qualities, excelling all other Turnips in this Lespect:, Price sper. pkt-95¢.5 pervoz,, lOc, “per albnm5oc
Jones’ Early Red Chief New Fall Wheat.
Originated from Early Red Clawson and Red Arcadian (new), Red Chief will prove a wonder in the wheat line, » being without exception the strongest growing and most F productive of all the Jones’ wheat yet introduced. Its f, growth in the fall is strong, foliage being large, thick and ‘‘dark, covering the ground early in the season, and can be sown very late. It is one of the first to start in the spring. Straw exceptionally thick walled and_ strong heads, carried erect, which is bald, wide, long and of a reddish: brown shade, completely packed with large, med- ium long dark red kernels. It seems to be one that will also prove of. great value on low lands not considered suitable for wheat growing. This is a wheat that has a erand future, Price per bu., $1.50.
Rhode Island Rock Turnip.
GENERAL LIST
Select Vegetable Seeds.
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Artichoke.
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ARTIGHOKE.
( Artischoke—Carciofo—Alcachoja.)
J
V1 Large French Globe. The flower heads of this variety are the portions for the table. Sow early in spring, in rich soil, and transplant the following spring to permanent beds, in rows (or hills) three feet apart,
¥ Asparagus.
ASPARAGUS.
Spargel—Esparrago—Asparago.
Sow the seed early in the spring, in drills about one inch deep, and rows about a foot apart, and in the fall or the succeeding spring the plants may be set out
in beds about two feet apart each way, leay- ing the crown of the root about four inches below the surface.
|| Before winter,
cover the bed with a dress- ing of manure. Purchasing roots instead of
MiI| seed zezZl save
a year in time. , a
We Palmetto.
Very early,large and pale green. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per OZ., 10c.; per lb., 4oc.
Barr’s Mam- ~ moth. Very
large, tender stalks, light col-
pkt., 5c.; peroz., 1oc.; perlb., 4oc.
a 7 and two feet between the plants. It requiresadeep, | Conover’s Colossal. rarge, early, green and very prolife.
rich loam, and should be protected in winter by a Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per Ib., yoc.
covering of leaves or coarse manure. Perennial. , Columbian Mammoth White. 4 targe white variety,
Price per pkt., Iuc.; per oz., 30c. - maturing early. Prce per pkt., 5c.; peroz
y/ Tuberous-Rooted Artichoke. Jerusalem Artichoke. This is quite distinct from the Globe Artichoke, being grown exclusively foritstubers. Price per lb., Ioc., 3 lb., 25c.; per pk., $1.00; per bu., $3.50.
Asparagus Roots.
Asparagus Roots.
er jf 4 jj \ /
-, 10c.; per 1b., 50c.
Conover’s Colossal, t-yearold, - - 100, $ .50; 1000, $3.50
|| -Conover’s Colossal, 2-years old, = I00, 1.00; 1000, 5-00 | Palmetto, 2-years old, - = - - I00, 1.00; I000, 5.00 “Barr’s Mammoth, 100, I.00; I000, 5.00
Luberous-Rooted Artichoke. ° W Columbian Mammoth White, - 100,
I.00; I000, 6.00
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“i VGrenell’s Im | i proved Golden Wax. A rust-proof varie- BEANS--Dwartf, Bush | ty, pods long, straight and thick. Price per qt.-, or Snap. “Challenge Black Wax. An extra early strain of the
WAX POD VARIETIES. Bohnen—Frigoles—Faggiolt.
{2 A succession of sowing can be made from the first
week in May until August. Plant in drills about two
inches deep and from eighteen inches to two feet apart, |
according to the richness of the soil. The plants |
should be about three inches apart. |
Pencil Pod Black Wax. Pods are long, round, straight, pencil-like, very tender and brittle. In color a rich dark yellow. Italso remains in good | picking condition for a long time. Price per pt., 25¢.; per qt., 4oc.; per peck, $1.60.
Allan’s Imperial Wax. Pods long, broad and straight, | of beautiful waxy color with fine texture and flavor, vine vigorous and healthy. Pods must be picked
ywhen young and tender. Seed white, splashed with |
/ chocolate brown. Price per qt., 30c.; per bu., $6.00. |
_/ Golden Crown Stringless Wax. (See Novelties page 3.)
i / Price per %pt., Ioc.; per pt., 20c.; per qt., 35c.; per |
Ee.
f ~ bu.; $8.00. ENN y Jones’ Stringless White Seed, Round Pod Wax. (See cA 10 ' Novelties page 3.) Price per 7% pt., Ioc.; per pt. | / 20c.; per qt., 35c.; per bu., $8.00. |W EARL
» Keeney’s Rustless Golden Wax. The pods are thick, | BI b flat when young, and semi-round later; of rich yel- | ack Wax or Butter. An excellent string bean. The flow color. Price per qt., 25¢.; per bu., $5.50. pods, when ripe, are round, waxy, yellow. Price ' Currie’s Rust Proof. Pods long, flat and straight, of | Ki. per gt.. 25¢.; per bu., $5.50. ' a beautiful golden color. Price per qt., 25c¢.; per bu., | hite Wax. Pods flat, yellow and good every way- Price per qt-, 30c.; per bu., $6-00.
$5.50. * Davis’ White Kidney Wax. A rustless, wax bean,
i pods flat, long and straight; seedsclear white. Price | Beans--Dwarf, Bush or Snap.
f per qt-, 25c.; per bu., $6.00. , _weee*= Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. Pods long, broad, flatand) |” GREEN POD VARIETIES. Beof a waxy yellow. Beans white, mottled with “Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod. Stringless (See ple. Price per qt-, 25c-; per bu., $6.50. | “Noveties, page 2.) Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $4.50.
¥ Yosemite Mammoth Wax. The podsare large, plump The Longfellow Bush Bean. An extra early snap and pulpy, nearly round, bright golden color. Price | bean. [his extra early variety is a prolific producer
Sper qt-, 4oc.; per bu., $8-00. _ of perfectly round, straight, solid, fleshy pods averag-
y Golden-Eye Wax. An early variety, pods flatandofa | ing 6% inches long, without a trace of tough inter- ‘beautiful waxy appearance. Price per qt., 25¢.; per | lining, and having no string when broken, except- bu-, $5-50- | Ang when the pods are quite old. Price per qt., 30¢.;
\ Dwari Golden Wax. Very early; entirely stringless, , / per pk., $2.00: per bu., $6.00. and of arich golden color, flat pods. Price per qt-, | Extra Early Refugee. Round pods dark colored seed. 25c.; per bu.-, $6.00. | Price per qt., 20C.; per bu., $4.00. SW ‘ Extra Early Valentine. Improved <p f round pod Red Valentine. Pris SY / per qt., 20c.; per bu., $4.00. \/Early Long Yellow Six Weeks.
Long flat pods, seeds yellow. ; / Price per qt., 20c-; per bu., £4.00.
Z Early China Dwarf or Red Eye. Very early, pods flat. Price per /qt., 20c.; per bu., $3.75. efugee or Thousand-to-one. Late, round pod, dark seed. Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $3.75.
W ¥ Mohawk. Long flat pods, one of the
best for fall use and pickling.
_/ Price per qt., 20c,; per bu., $4.00.
“Dwarf Horticultural. Large round
beans in proportionately fine large mottled pods. Price per qt., 20c.,
/ per bu., $4.00.
Warren Bush. Broad, flat pods, seed large, oval, thick, purplish “brown. Price per qt., 20C.; per bu., $4.00.
Kidney Wax.
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BEANS Continued.
GREEN POD VARIETIES.
Boston Favorite. (Large Goddard.) Red podded Dwarf Horticultural. f Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $4.00. id Large White Kidney or Royal Dwari. One of the best shell beans, green /f orripe. Price per qt., 15c.; per bu., $3.50. y Red Kidney or Chilian. Generally cultivated as a field bean and used dry. Price per qt., 15c.; per bu., $3.50. » White Marrow. Best adapted to field culture and sale in dry state. Price eo peaGe, L5c:, per bu., $3.00. » White Field or Medium. A standard sort for field cultivation. Price per /__qt., loc.; per bu.. $2.50. * White Pea or Navy. The genuine Boston Baking Bean. Price per qt., Ioc.; per bu., $2.50.
ENGLISH OR BROAD. ~ Broad Windsor. A bush or stump variety; ripens unevenly, thus prolong- ing the season. Thrives best in good. rich, rather damp soil. Price per Gte25c. > per bu., °$5:00.
BUSH LIMAS,
Y Burpee’s Bush Lima. It is a Genuine Lima bean of bush habit, growing from eighteen inches totwo feet high. Price per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
__Dreer’s New Wonder. A large seeded dwarf variety. Price per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5 oo.
Dreer’s Bush Lima. It grows about two feet high and is of the branching habit, maturing early; the beans in a green state are not quite as large as the Large Lima, but grow closer together in pod and are thicker. Price
' per qt., 30c.: per bu., $6.00.
V Henderson’s Bush Lima. Is a Dwarf-growing, flat podded variety, similar to the Large Lima, but smaller. It is the earliest of the lima beans. Price per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
_..-Wo0d’s Prolific Bush. An improved Henderson, larger and better yielder. Price per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5.50.
BEANS-=Pole or Running.
They succeed best in sandy loam, which should be liberally enriched with thoroughly rotted manure in the hills, which are formed according > the variety, from three to four feet apart. ? King of the Garden Lima. Early and prolific; pods large and long, bearing four to seven beans, and quality without a rival. Price per % pt., toc.; per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
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BEANS—Pole or Running—Continued.
“ Ford’s Mammoth. A very long pod, with an average of three beans of medium size. Price per % pt., Ioc.; per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
Early Jersey. A prolific variety, large pods, good pee Price per % pt., Ioc.; per qt., 25c.; per bu.,
5-00.
Extra Large White Lima. a large seeded strain, 25c-; per bu., $5.00.
This is selected stock of Price per ¥% pt., Ioc.; per qt.,
‘Large White Lima. Broad, flat pods, con- taining Hany OKCunw, Hetate seeds. Price per
20C., bu.
$4.50.
eibert’s Extra Early. This bean has proved the earliest GO GEO IGE E
per )
It is a _ large, thin-podded kind, bearing three en OLE Out, full-sized, large white seeds; equal in-guality to our best sorts.
ONES IDSC | Ghtes, Dreer’s Lima. 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
Small Lima or Sieva. Similar to Large Lima inshape and color, but smaller and earlier. Price per ¥% pt., Ioc-; per qt., 25c.; per bu., $4-50.
Dreer’s Lima. Early and productive, The bean is thick and round, growing close in the pee. Price per % pt., Ioc.; per qt-, 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
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The beans are very dark and the Price per % pt., 1oc.; per qt.,
Scarlet Runner. flowers bright scarlet. 25¢c.; per bu., $5.00.
Y White Dutch Runner. Similar to the Scarlet Run-
ner, except in flower and seed, which are white. |
Price per % pt., Ioc.; per qt., 25c.; per bu., $4.50.
y Dutch Case Knife. Early and prolific, long flat pods with white seeds; sometimes used as snaps, but generally shelled. Price per % pt., Ioc., per qt., 25c.; per bu., $4 50.
Lazy Wife. The pods are produced in great abund- ance and are from four to five inches in length, rather broad, thick and fleshy, entirely stringless. The dry beans are pure white and excellent for winter use. Price per % pt., Ioc.; perqt., 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
White Creaseback. An early, green-podded pole bean for use as snaps or string beans, of rapid growth and very productive. Pods grow in clusters and are from five to six inches in length, perfectly round, being deeply creased. They are solidly fleshy, entirely stringless and of finest quality. Price per We Dt, LOC Per Gt... 30CG..k Der DI1.,, $6.00.
London Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. Pods
* striped with red, seeds oval, of medium size, used
¥
both in the pod and shelled; good dry. Price per |
yy pt., 1Oc.; per gt, 2he.8 per Diu., 5-00:
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. Large, green pods, often measuring eight to ten inches, and one of the best green podded snaps of the catalogue. Price per % pt., Ioc.; per qt., 25c.; per bu., $5.00.
several |
[Pion UOES5 HSE Cl, |
Lima w@ have. |
Price per % pt., |
“Early Golden Cluster. Pods are golden yellow, from six to eight inches long, borne profusely in clusters of four to six. Price per % pt., Ioc.; per qt., 30c.;
/. per bu., $6.00.
German Wax, Black or Indian Chief. Seeds black and ,oval, pods yellow and produced in abundance. Price
_é. per % pt, Ioc.; per qt., 30c.; per bu., $6.00. ;
“French Yard Long. Pods sometimes grow from two
to three feet long; very curious; should be supported
on brush. Price per pkt., roc.
BEETS.
Runkel Rube—Remolacha—Bietoli. ~
The beet is used in all stages of its growth. All
7 the varieties succeed best on a) (deep, tel sandy loam, and require to be thinned when small and kept free from weeds. For early beets, sOwW as soon as the ground will admit, in drills fourteen inches apart, and thin to four inches distant. For winter sow
abot the mid- weet spring. Yark Red
lv Egyptian. The earliest beet in cultivation; flat, very deep red,smalltops. Price per pkts, 5C.5) Jpekeoza. TOC.;* per ibs,
pa
Crimson Globe (See Novelties, > per oz., Toc.; per lb cer improved strain of tke Egyptian beet. Is much thicker and smoother, about as early. Price per pkt, 5¢5 J DEY VOzZ., OCs per 1b.,50¢c. lectric. Very early, round, dark red, small foliage. Price Upon pit. 2 5C:; sper
7 OZ. TOG.) peralpr
V, 50c.
tDirigo. A very dark
red early variety,
smooth .and round.
Price per pt. se;
PET. (0Z,,48OC » er
1b., 4oc.
etroit Dark Red.
Tops small; roat
ovoid; paculiaehs
smooth; color of skin dark blood red, flesh bright red.
Price per pkt., 5c.;
Per {oz 1cc.; sper,
Detroit Dark Red.
Yi Fave 2.) btice per pkts5c: rosby’s Egyptian. An
v6
1b., 4oc. Dewing’s Early Blood Turnip.
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BEET S—Continued.
aa Very early; dark red flesh and skin, small
BED almost ee in form. Price per pkt., 5c.;
ee per Tb., 4oc. ects Early Blood Turnip. Very dark skin and flesh.
uality the best. Price per pkt., 5+.; peroz., Ve Ioc.;@per ‘b., 4oc. ‘VE
and’s Blood Turnip. Deep blood skin, aud very Pe. : i olumbid? Price per pkt.,5c.;
dark flesh of best quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., g@c.; per lb., 4oc. arly rip. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.;
per Ib
per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc. arly Bassano¢~Flesh circled with bright red, grows LOMmarce sizes Erice perepkt:, 5¢;) per oz-,) 10c=; per lb., 30c.
Pd
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Swiss Chard. ing’s Early Blood Turnip. Deep blood red, free
Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.;
from fibrous roots. r lb., 4oc. ly Yellow Turnip. Flesh yellow, tender and eet. Price per pkt., 5c.; peroz., Ioc.; per lb., 50c. ve Smooth Blood. An excellent late variety and “good for winter use; smooth skin, flesh dark red. “ price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., 4oc. Lentz Blood Turnip. Price per pkt. ESCs: per OZ-,) EOC;; r 1b., 4oc /s iss Chard or Silver. This variety is cultivated for» its leaves. The mid rib ' yy ; is boiled and served like 4 4 asparagus, and the other portions of the leaves are used as_ spinach. When wanted, cut close down to the ground, and new leaves will grow.
BEETS.
Mangel Wurtzel.
LARGELY .GROWN FOR _ FEEDING STOCK.
ef Globe. A large, round, red _ skinned variety, and good keep- Gt heoze,.5e-; per b.,
208 In lots of 10 Ibs.
@ I5c-
ange Yellow Globe.
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL.
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Golden Tankard.
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Orange Yellow Globe. Grows smooth; free from small roots. Large size and good color. Per
Veoh ISR Jae Ds, BOCA shat lots of lbs., @ I5c.
/Golden Giant Interme- diate. A very large yellow sort, with russet skin and light, yellow- colored flesh. Per oz., 59.; per lb., 25c.; in lots
yof Io lby -@ 20¢.
WGoldet’ Tankard. Half
long, nearly uniform di-
meter from top to bot-
ae good quality. Per 5C3 perm lby2se.: in
ie of 10Abs., @ 200.
y Rivenhafi Giant Yellow. (See Novelties, page 2).
Per oz., ao per 1b., 30c.;
in lots of 191bs., @ 25c.
YMammot Long Red. Grows to an enormous size, and acknowledged the most desirable of its class. Per oz., 5c.; per lb., 30c.; in lots of 10 lbs. @ 25c.
Sugar Beets.
y White French Sugar. This attains a large size and is ex- tensively grown for feeding, though employed largely in the
Mammoth Long Red.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per manufacture of beet sugar. @z., 10¢.; perib., 50c. Rew Oz SCs pele bs.) 20C.in Ih lots of 10 lbs., @ I5c.
; Lane’s Improved Imperial Sugar. This was obtained through suc- cessive careful selections from the French Sugar Beet. Ges 8 jose lds, Bsesé lbs., @ 20c.
Per oz., in lots of Io
Y Klein Wauzleben Sugar. 5ow pei l Dae 25C.;
Ibs , @ 2cc.
Per 02z., in lots of Io
White French Sugar.
14 THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY'S FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL.
BROCCOLI.
Spargel Kohl—Broculi— Broccoli.
ee Broccoli is a variety of cabbage nearly allied to cauliflower; succeeds only
y undercool, dampconditions. Sow thinly in seed beds about the middle of spring, transplant and cultivate according to directions for winter cabbages. The plants in
seed beds are very apt to run up tall and slender, unless they are thinned and
kept free from weeds.
* Early White Cape. The heads when full grown are large, white and compact, and one of the most certain to head. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 4oc.
Early Purple Cape. Differs from the white in color only. Price per pkt., 10c.;
' BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
Sprossen Kohl—Berza de Brusels—Broccolo di Carolo.
A very desirable vegetable. The plant grows two or three feet high, and pro- duces from the sides of the stalk numerous little sprouts one or two inches in diame- ter, resembling cabbages. The leaves look like the Savoy, and should he broken down in the fall, to give the little cabbages more room to grow. They are used for falland winter greens, are quite hardy, and should be treated in all respects like “winter cabbage or kale. = Dalkeith. Dwarf, compact, producing larger sprouts than the older varieties. Price
per pkt., 5C-3) per oz, 20c; "per lib: $2700;
CABBAGE.
Kopf Kohlt—Berza de Repollo—Cappuccie.
ail AIN CROP onl Sy < FEM VARIETE:
<i i :
Surehead. Succession.
The cabbage requires a deep, rich soil and thorough working. For early use the plants should be started in a hotbed or cold frame; but seed for winter cabbage should be sown in a seed bed early in the spring. Some of the large late varieties seem to do best if the seed is sown in the hills where they are to remain, and in that case sow two or three seeds where each plant is desired, and then pull up all but the strongest. Plant the large varieties three feet apart; the small, early sorts, from a foot to eighteen inches. The Savoy cabbages have wrinkled leayes, and are of fine flavor, especially after a little frost has touched them in the autumn.
Early Etampes. Very early, good quality. Price per pkt.,5c.; per oz., 15c.; per Ib., $1.50. v Extra Early Express. The earliest of all, similar to Etampes. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c ; per lb., $2.00% Early York. One of the earliest, cone-shaped variety. Price per pkt., 5c; per oz.. 15¢c., per lb., $1.25. yuatly Jersey Wakefield. Heads very solid pyramidal blunted at the top. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. ,/ Charleston or Large Wakefield. Similar to Early Jersey Wakefield, but larger and a little later. Price per DEE SC PELIOZ 25 C. Pel. G2nhO. VEarly Winningstadt. Heads good size, cone-shape and solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per 1b., $1.25. » All Seasons or Vandergaw. The heads of this cabbage are large and thick through; an excellent variety for early or fall marketing. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. ,Early Flat Dutch. Medium early, fair size, flat head. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50. (| yp All Head. It is a large, flat, early summer variety of fine quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. Early Summer. Medium early, good size, of the Drumhead order. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per 0z., 15c-; per lb., $1.50. , Surehead. Very large thick flattened heads. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2-00.
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MANUAL. 15
GAB BAG E continued.
Succession. The cabbage is about one week later than the early summer, but is double the SizeuEricerper pkt., 5C.; per Oz., 20c.; per
wv \b.. $2.00. ottler’s Improved Brunswick. ‘This is a short stem, early, large heading Drumhead variety.
yPrice per pkt., 5c., per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. he Lupton Cabbage. It is a medium late Drumbhead variety, coming in after the second
_earlies and before the late. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c. + per ib., $1.50.
Danish Ball Head. (Fine Danish-grown seed.) The round hard-headed cabbage, imported late every winter and prized for its solidity, size of head and keeping qualites. Price per Pkt FCs perm Oz-,20c., per Ib., $2:00. remium Flat Dutch. A variety for the winter; heads large, solid, broad and flat on the top; they open white and crisp. Price per pkt., 5c ;
Ppemez.. 15¢.> per lb., $1-50.
Miarse American Drumhead. Grows to a large siz, with compact heads. per 0z., f20c.; per lb., $2-00.
Autumn King. A large solid, deep heading variety; an excellent keeper. Price per pkt,, 5c., peroz., 2oc.; per lb , $2.00
Prices per pkt.,5C.5
Stone [Mason Drumhead. Head flat and solid, stem |
Shee and) small suPrice per pkt., 5¢.; per 0z., 15c.; per lb., #1.50.
SeriAminoth Marblehead Drumhead. the largest grown. per lb., $2.00.
Periection Drumhead Savoy. Very tender and ex-
A late variety; Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.;
cellent for winter use; the largest heading sort of its |
kind. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50, RED VARIETIES.
i Red Dutch Erfurt. Small hard heads. REE PRts 5c. Pek Oz... 15c.; per lb'.; ¢r-50.
Mammoth Red Rock. Heads large, round and thick, |
very dark from surface to center. Ge.) per Oz., 2oc.> per Ib., $2.00.
CARROTS.
Mochre—Zanahoria—Carote.
ipnice) pen pkt.;
The carrot, like other root crops, delights in a sandy loam, deeply tilled. For early crops sow in the Spring, as soon as the ground is in good working orders)" LO late crops they may be sown any time until the middle of June. Sow in rows about fifteen inchesapart, thinning out to three or four. inches between the plants.
Guerande or Oxhea ret.
Early French Forcing. Small oval in shape; the best ‘forcing variety. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., uc.
Early Scariet Horn. An early summer variety, excel- lent for table use; color, deep orange. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6oc.
Price |
Early Jersey Wakefield.
GARROT S— continued.
Karly Half-Long Scarlet Carentan. Stump-ending. The skin is smooth, flesh red and without core or
heart. It is excellent for forcing, fine quality and petiecurshapes ePrice per pkt., (5C.;\ per Oz., -toc.; per Ib., 50c.
Shantenay Half- Long Scarlet. A stump-end variety of good quality, large shouldered and very productive. Price per pkt.. 7 5e-1 pec O77) sLOCes) per albe
Soc.
/Guerande or Ox- heart. Very large at the top, in pro- portion to its length, holding its size well for three to five inches, and termin- ating abruptly. Price
SS
DCE pkt 5c per per oz., 1oc.; per lb., soc.
Y Improved Danvers. Half-Long Scarlet Carentan. Grows quite large, medium in length; stump-end, bright orange color and a good cropper.
y@ Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6oc.
Long Orange Improved. Roots of large size and adapted to garden or field culture. A profitable variety for stock feeding. Price per pkt., 5c.; per ©z., 1oc.; per Ib., 50c.
White Giant, Green Top. Used for feeding horses and stock. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
CARDOON.
Kardon—Cardo—Cardone.
Cardoon is grown for the mid-rib of the leaf, and requires to be blanched in the same manner as celery. Sow early in the spring, wuaere the plants are to remain, in drills about three feet apart, an inch anda half deep, and thin out the young plants to a foot apart in drills.
, Large Spanish. Price per pkt., toc.; per oz., 40c.
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‘CAULIFLOWER.
Blumen Kohl-Coliflor-Cavolfiore. Should be sown according to instructions for cabbage, manuring liberally aud cultivating thoroughly. I+ will thrive best in cool, moist situations. _-<—= New Dry Weather. Early and good summer var‘ety, on ordinary cabbage land. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., $1.50; per lb., $15.00. : -»” Early Snowball. Very reliable for heading, besides being very dwarf in growth, with short outside leaves. Price per pkt., 20c.; per oz., $2.00; per 1b., $20.00. ¥ Improved Early Paris. A standard early variety. Price per pkt., 1oc.; per oz., 7oc.; per lb. $7-00. Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt Good for forcing. Very dwarf, pure white heads, good quality. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., $1.75; per lb., $18.00. » Early London. A large medium variety. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 50c.; per 1b., $5.00. Autumn Late Giant. A valuable late variety, producing large white, firm heads. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., 60c.; per lb., $6.00. , LeNormand’s Short Stem Mammoth. The largest and one of the most reliable for general cultivation. Price l per pKt., 102; per Oz... 75€.; per Ib. S7-50:
GELERIAG OR TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY.
A variety of celery, having turnip-sltaped roots which may be cooked or sliced and used with vinegar, making a most excellent salad. It is more hardy, and may be treated in the same manner as celery.
urnip-Rooted. Turnip-shaped, sweet and well-flavored. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.25.
Large Prague. Nearly round, smooth and good quality. Price Y per pkt., 5c., per oz., 20c.; per lb., $1.50.
GHERVIL.
Gartenkerbel—FPerifollo—Cerfaglio.
Cultivated like parsley. The young leaves are used for flavor- ing. For summer use sow in March, and in July for winter. ele Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., I5c.; per lb., $1.50.
CHICORY.
A C. Ss ~ <n Cichorien—Cicorea. Sold he ihe roots of this vegetable are much used as a substitute for SIP coffee. NN sis flarge Rooted or Coffee. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per Y lb., 60c.
Celeriae.
GELERY.
Seleri— A pios—Sedanti o Acct.
Sow seeds in hotbed or very early in open ground (it is slow to germinate, and should be kept very moist.) Sow in straight rows for convenience in weeding when plants are very small. When twoor three inches high thin out or transplant to three inches apart. Celery requires very rich soil and plenty of water. Plants may be set from May to the middle of August. The large growers plant most of the crop upon the surface, having pre- viously plowed in all the manure possible, and setting in rows two to four feet apart and six inches in the row.
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green foliage and golden heart. per oz., I5c., perlb., $1.00. Sout a Self=Blanching. The ribs are perfectly solid, ‘crisp and brittle, and of delicious flavor. “pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. den Self=Blanching, French. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 30c.; per lb., $3.00.
Price per pkt, 5c.;
Golden Self-Blanching,
Kalamazoo Broadribbed. Cream-white color through-
fout, attains a very large size, of quick growth, stiff | ana close habit, very solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; per |
fez.,20c. ; per Ib., $1.50. hite Plume. This is very early; its stalks, inner leaves and heart blanching naturally to a cream wisite.s brice pet pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
Golden-Hearted Half Dwarf. Center stalks and leaves blanching a rich yellow; solid, good cropper and Feeperssrtice per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 1oc.; per lb.,
/ $i.00. er Heartwell. A vigorous and stocky growing |
kind, with large and compact heart of pure golden color; good late variety. Price per pkt., 5c.; per peezr5e.5 per lb., $1.50. V Crawiord’s Hali Dwar. grows to a good size. wotse., per lb., $1.50. V Schumacher. Yellow center, solid and crisp. A late variety and good keeper. Price per pkt., 5c.; per moz2ac.; per ib., $2.00. / Giant White Solid. One of the old standard sorts and a very large variety. Price per pkt., 5c.; peroz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
A very popular variety, Pricesper pk ty 5¢.5, Per OZ,
Large, thick and solidj’stalks, dark |/~Winter Queen.
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\Boston [Market. Short, compact and solid, and keeps well through the winter. Price per pkt., 5c.; per OZ5, 15G.,;) per 1bs,) $1.50.
Valuable on account of its excellent
winter-keeping q .alities. It grows very thick, solid
heavy stalks, with a large heart. Price per pkt.,
BC pel OZ 25C. 5 per |b. 2.50:
A strong compact grower; stems solid and crisp; extra early and a long keeper. Price per Dist 5eu PCL OZe 25. > peti b., h2550:
‘New Rose. This is very ornamental, the delicate tracing of rose shading with the white in the blanch- ed stalks and heart. Very solid, rich, and nutty in HAavon es xceps well. wbrice pers Pkt. y5Cs) sper (OZ., £56. sper bis) 62.50:
AXelery Seed. For flavoring. Old seed. Kes perl bs. 40c
_/GHIVES.
6 Schnittlauch—Cipollette.
BGicepernoze,
Chives are perfectly hardy little perennial mem- bers of the onion tribe and are grown exclusively for their tops, which are used whenever the flavor of onion
is required. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they will grow rapidly, and in time increase so as to render a division necessary. Thetops appear very early in spring, and can be cut throughout the season. Roots, per bunch, Ioc.
)/ GHUFAS OR EARTH ALMONDS.
These resem- ble in sweetness and flavor cocoanut. Very prolific, a sin- gle one yield- ing from two to four hundred. Plant one foot to eighteen inches apart.
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Blatterkohl—Cabu—Cavoli.
South, when small, as greens.
apart and pull off the larger leaves before using. True Southern. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per !b., $1.00.
/ Granone per Scoppio. V Nonpareil White. Hight-rowed. Long ears, pops very large : ears, 25c.; per qt., shelled, 30c. Collards. per qt., shelled, 30c.
,/White Rice. Sharp-pointed kernels,
twelve to sixteen-rowed. per dozen ears, shelled, 25c. ‘Red Rice. twelve to sixteen-rowed. Price per
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\/Golden Dew Drop. It is an early yellow, eight-rowed flint variety. Grains
of good size; small white cob. Price per I00 ears, $1.50; per qt., Ioc.; / per bu., $1.50.
Early Eight-Rowed Yellow Canada. The earliest corn, a yellow glazed or flint variety, eight-rowed and cob small; produces two or three ears to the Stalk, and grows from four to five feet high. Price per 100 ears, $1.50;
f per qt., 10c.; per bu., $1.50.
*“Compton’s Early. A very early and prolific yellow flint variety, twelve to sixteen-rowed, small kernel and rather large cob. Price per Ioo ears, $1.50; per qt.. loc.; per bu., $1.50.
,/ Longfellow. The ears are remarkably long, cob small, kernels large
eight-rowed yellow flint. Price per 100 ears, $1.50; per qt-, Loc.; per bu.,
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Rural Thoroughbred. White flint, eight to twelve rows, long ears, heavy
“stalks and foliage, excellent for ensilage. Price per 100 ears, $1.50; per qt., Ioc.; per bu., $1.50.
Large Yellow Flint. Similar to the preceding except in color. 100 ears, $1.50; per qt., Ioc.; per bu.,; $1.50.
Queen of the Prairie or Pride of the North. This is an early Yellow Dent variety. It will mature in ninety days. Price per 100 ears, $1.50; per qt., Loc.; per bu, $150. .
y Leaming. The ears are large, with deep, large dented grain; orange-yellow
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» Golden Superb (Dent). A very productive variety; fourteen to sixteen-
rowed; very large kernel. Price per I00 ears, $2.00; per qt., Ioc.; per bu., $1.50.
| Hickory King. Extremely large grain and small coh; white Dent. per qt., roc.; per bu., $1.60. , Southern White Fodder. A white Dent corn bearing a medium sized ear, ‘ kernels on small cob. It is generally grown for its stalk and foliage, height of fourteen to eighteen feet. per qt., 1oc.; per bu., $1.00. Red Cob Ensilage. foliage.
One of the best for ensilage. Price per qt., 10c.; per bu., $1.00.
Field Culture.
Used extensively as an ensilage or fodder crop.
DS OR CGOLEWORTS.
A class of plants closely allied to the cabbage family, which are used in the
Sow in early spring in drills one foot apart. The young plants are ready for use as soon as they have attained sufficient size, but if
it is desired to keep them in good condition, thin the plants to six or eight inches
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Extra Early Adams or Burling= ton. While not asugarcorn, this is a tender, white variety for table use. Dwarf stalk, small ears; very hardy, can be planted earlier than any sweet corn; ma- tures within sixty days. Price Beweat, Ac.; per gt.,20c.; per bu, $2°75.
urbank Eariy Maine. Extra early, pure white,
kernel and cob; good sized ear. Per ear, Ac.; / per qt., 20c.; per bu., $5.00. yf Cory: Very early. Ears good size and quality excellent;
color of both corn and ccb light red when dry. Per ear, 4c.; per qt., 20¢c.; per bu., $5.00.
hite Cory. Very early, good sized, both corn and cob white. Per ear, 5c.; per qt., 20c.; per bu., $5.00.
eee cohitan: (See Novelties, Page ,,) Perear, 4c; per gt., 25c.; per pk., $1.25; per bu., $5.00.
Early Minnesota. Very early, white, sweet and good Early Golden Yellow. Average quality, good sige
flavor, ears of fair size and marketable. Price per ears. The seed when dry is a beautiful golden color. Price per ear, 5c.; per qt.,,30c.; per bu., $6.00.
Potter’s Excelsior or Squantum. Medium early.
Large ears of excellent quality. Very productive. / Price per ear, 5c.; per qt., 30c.; per bu., $6.00.
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¥ Crosby’s Extra Early. An early kind; very sweet and sugary, grows ten to twenty rows on an ear.
Price per Gar, 4c:; per qt., 25c..:, . Champion. This is the largest of our early varieties. Mexican Sugar. Very sweet, but objectionable on ¥ It is ten and twelve rows, very fine in quality and account of its color, which is black. Price per ear, follows closely the extra earlies. Price per ear, 4c. ; 4c.; per qt., 20c.; per bu., $5.00. per qt., 20c. ; per bu., $5.00.
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y Perry’s Hybrid. Grows about six feet high. Ears | Hickox Improved. A large-eared, medium-late vari- twelve-rowed, sometimes fourteen. The corn is ety of great merit. Price per ear, 5c; per qt., 25¢.; white and the cob light red. Price per ear, 4c.; per | per bu., $6.00. aoa Pt.» B5.00. ‘Stowell’s Evergreen. -A 1 iety and standard
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\ Stabler’s Early. Large ears, twelve to fourteen rows, Bariifon family) oclenacker nee. | Price per eaciec!-
well rounded with very sweet, pure white kernels. |, per qt., 25c.; per bu., $7.00
Price per ear, 5c.; per qt., 30c.; per bu., $6.00. 2 \ Pee and Kay. Medium size ears; kernels white and Roslyn Hybrid. Of the early mammoth type, but sweet; ears are ten to twelve-rowed. Price per ear, rounding out full at the tip. Price per ear, 5c.; per qt., 25c.; per bu., $6.00.
4c.; per qt., 20c.; per bu., $5.00. 2 Egyptian. The ear is large size, flavor peculiarly rich
y Moore’s Early Concord. Ears large, with twelve to sixteen rows, and of superior quality. Price per ear, and sweet. Price per ear, 5c.; per qt., 30c.; per bu.,
4c.; per qt.. 20c.; per bu., $5.00. $6 00.
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Sweet Gorn—cContinued. LATE VARIETIES.
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Plus Ultra, Shoe Peg, Little Gem or Quaker Sweet (allone). It is a medium late variety, me- dium sized ears of deli-
Gress or Pepper Grass.
Kresse—Berro 0 Mastuerzo—Crescione.
Extensively used as a small salad. Sow early in the spring, very thickly in shallow drills. The sowing should be repeated at intervals, as it soon runs to seed.
One ounce of seed: will sow a bed of sixteen square feet.
>» Extra Curled. =, Hine er © ley; leaved, pun- gent and re-
cate, sweet and fine freshing. Price flavored corn. Price per per pkt., 5c.; eat, 5.) per qt-, ZoOc..) per ‘peLnozs, prec: bu., $8.00, Bewlby Ace: : "2 “Upland. Re- Early Mammoth. Some- ase SI ane
times called Marblehead Early Mammoth. Similar in all respects to the large Late Mammoth, except in time of matur- ing, which is ten days to two weeks earlier. Price per ear, 5c.; per qt., 30c.; per bu., $6.00.
om Late Mammoth. The larg- er est and latest variety, growing from sixteen to twenty rows On an ear; quality excellent. Price per ear, 5c.; per qt., 30C.; , “per bu., $6.00.
water cress in taste; same culture as spinach, a per- eunial plant. Per pkt., roc.
“Sweet Corn for Fodder. The sweet corn is decided- ly preferable to the yellow or field varieties for this purpose, the stalks being fine grained and better supplied with saccharine matter. Price per bu., $200
Upland ess.
V GRESS--Water.
Wasser Kresse—Crescione Acquatico.
This is a well-known hardy, perennial aquatic plant, growing abundantly along the margins of run- ning streams, ditches and ponds. Where it does not grow naturally it is easily introduced by planting along the margins of ponds or streams, where it increases, both by spreading of the roots and by seeding.
Country Gentleman.
\Corn Salad or Fetticus.
Ackersalat—Macha o Valerianilla—Valerianella o Insalata.
A vegetable used as a salad. It is sown on the first opening of spring, in rows one foot apart, and is fit for use in six or eight weeks from the time of sowing. If wanted tocome up in early spring, it is sown in Septem- ber and covered up with straw or hay as soon as cold weather sets in, and is wintered over the same as spinach.
Large Leaved. Per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
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Water Cress.
True Water Cress. OZ., 25C.
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CUCUMBER.
Gurke— Pepino—Cetrinolo.
Make rich hills of well-rotted manure, two feet in diameter, and plant a dozen or more seeds, covering half aninch deep. When all danger from insects is over, pull all but three or four of the strongest plants. The middle of June is early enough to plant for pick-
ling. Make the hills about six feet apart. For early cucumbers the hot-bed is negéssary. ivingston’s Evergreen.
A very strong grower, early, bearing firm, crisp fruits, either for pickling or slicing. Price per pkt., Heep eDeE OZ Se. per 1b., $1.50
hite Pearl. It is distinct in character ; milky-white surface, large and pro- lific; good for slicing as a green table cucumber. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per
f/f 0z., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. / Early Russian. The earli- est of all, fruit short, a valuable variety for small pickles. Price per pkt., 5C.; per oz., 20c.; per lb.,
Ay 1.50.
Nichol’s [edium Green. This variety is a good pickle sort, while it is medium size and prolific. jf Price per pkt., 5c.; per
Y_0z., 15c.; per lb., $1.50. Early Cluster. Very early, and bears mostly clus- ters, near the root. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,15c.; I per lb., $1.50, Early Frame. Medium size, good for table use or
forcing. Price per pkt., C.; per oz., 15c.; per lb.,
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y Boston Pickling. It is medium long, good color and a great producer. Price per pkt., 5c.; per
Giant Pera. oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
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Short Green or Gherkin. Medium in size. Excellent for pickling, very prolific. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 15¢c.; per lb., $1 50.
Cumberland. (See Novelties, page 3). Price per pkt.,
recs per 02, 20c.,, per lib: $2.25:
"The Emerald. (See Novelties, page 4.) Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00.
rlington Early White Spine. For both market use
and pickling. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per
‘lb., $2.00.
‘Benneit’s or Peerless White Spine. A large variety. The fruit is straight and well formed; full at both ends. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb. $2.00
v Evergreen White Spine. They grow long and very straight, make fine, hard, brittle pickles when five to six inches long. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00.
' Early White Spine. A large, smooth and prolific
sort, good for all purposes that a cucumber can be
applied to. Price per pkt., 5c.; peroz., 20c.; per Ib.,
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iaicn Prolific. Medium in size, very prolific and used generally for pickling. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per Ib., $2.00.
“London Long Green. Dark green. Fine for large pickles or cutting up. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 2OC Pe ty Day p2/00;
Giant Pera. Grows very large, frequently to one and
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a half feet in length, very smooth and straight. Price per pkt., 5c; per oz , 25c.; per 1b., $2.50. Gherkin or West India. Very small and used for pickles only; extremely pro- lific; the vine resembles the water - melon
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~aii Za 20€.; ee lb., Gherkin or West India. $2.00.
Japanese Climbing. Vines are vigorous, and throw out strong grasping tendrils. Skin dark green, flesh pure white. Price perpkt.,5c.; per oz.,15c.; perlb. $1.50
Snake. A singular shaped vegetable, presenting a very curious formation, and quite suggestive of the name. Price per pkt., Ioc.
‘Telegraph. Best for hot-house culture, and will do well out doors in light soil, the fruit growing twelve to eighteen inches long. Price per pkt., 2o0c.
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Dandelion
DANDELION.
Lowenzahn—Amaigon—Cicorea.
The Dandelion affords one of the earliest as well as one of the best and most healthful spring greens. It is also sometimes blanched and used asasalad. The seeds may be sown in May, in drills ten inches apart; thin out the young plants about three inches apart ; cultivate during the season, and the following spring the plants will be fit for the ‘table.
Improved Large Leaved. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 40c.; per lb. $4.00.
EGG PLANT.
Lierpflanze—Berengena—Moliguane.
Sow in a hot-bed in February and March; when the plants are one or two inches high, transplant or thin out to two or three inches apart. When the weather is warm and settled, they may be planted out in a warm situation, two feet apart each way.
Zt —— Lmproved New York Spineless.
The plant is low and branching and quite free from spines, fruit of large size and perfect form. Price per pkt., 5c.;
er 0Z., 30C.; per lb., 3.00. Black Pekin. Fruit very large, solid and dark pur- ple. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 40c.; per lb., $4.00.
; London Green Curled.
ENDIVE.
Endivien—Endivia—indivia o Escarola.
Make the first sowing about the middle of May, on a bed of well-pulverized, rich soil, scattering the seed thinly, and covering it lightly. For the main crop, sow in the middle of June and again about the middle of July; and for plants to stand the winter, sow early in August. When the plants are about two inches high, transplant into nursery beds upon rich, well- prepared soil, taking specia! care not to injure the roots. One ounce will sow a bed about eighty feet square,
vy London Green Curled Endive.
Leaves curly and finely fringed; very hardy and fine quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 9oc.
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chiefly used in soups and stews. per oz., 10c.; per lb., 9oc.
FLORENGE OR NAPLES FENNEL.
Frinocchio di Napoli.
Sow in early spring in rows fifteen to twenty inches apart, in rich, moist soil. Thin out to six or eight inches. It is usually boiled for the table. It some- what resembles celery, possessing a sweet and agree- able smel/ and flavor. Eaten raw when young and tender, but boiled when matured. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.75.
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Tall Green Curled Scotch. Similar to the dwarf except that it grows eighteen to twenty-four inches , high. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 60c.
Improved Siberian. Dwarf, curly, dark-green leaves, very hardy and an immense cropper. Undoubtedly the best adapted to our climate and more extensively grown than any other variety. Price per pkt., 5c.;
» #per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
“Purple, Curled or Brown Kale. A beautifully curled variety, with dark-colored leaves. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., $1.00.
KOHL-RABI OR TURNIP GABBAGE.
Kohlrabi—Colinabo—Rapa.
GARLIC.
Aglio.
Garlic thrives best in a light, well-enriched soil; the sets should be planted in early spring, in rows one foot apart and from one to five inches between the plants in the rows. The crop matures in August, when it
= is harvested like Garlic. the onion. Used in flavoring soups, stews and other dishes.
Garlic Sets. Price per lb., 25c.
KALE OR BOREGOLE.
Blatter Kohl—Col - Cavalo Riccio.
Sow in April, in drills fourteen to eighteen inches apart, covering the seeds thinly and evenly, and thin out when hoeing to from four to six inches apart. The varieties are extremely hardy, and are best when touched by frost. For winter and spring use, sow in August or September.
Dwart Moss Curled.
German Greens or Sprouts. Light green, very curly, good for spring or fall sowing. Price per pkt., 5c.;
per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 50c.
Dwarf Moss Curled. Very dwarf, light green. SS flosely curled and crimpled. Price per pkt., 5c.; Z (WANS ZZ / per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 80c. YG 2 NON // Owart Green Curled Scotch. Very dwarf, of spread- ; \ SS f
ing habit, hardy, and improved by light frost. Price Bef pet, Fe.; pet oz., roc.; per lb., 75c.
Kohl-Rabi or Turnip Cabbage.
Half way between a turnip and a cabbage, partaking of the nature and flavor of both. The bulbs are cooked like turnips. Sow from April to July; plant and cultivate the same as cab- bage. Set in drills eighteen inches apart, and eight inches in the drills. As they are difficult to transplant, they are sometimes sown where they are to stand, and afterward thinned out.
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“Early White Vienna. Grows to a fair size, skin light green, flesh white; short stump and tops. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb.. $2.00
‘ Early Purple Vienna. Differs from the above in
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color only. Pricé per pkt., §c.; per oz., 20¢.; per lb., $2.00.
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LETTUCE.
Salat—Lechuga—Lattuga.
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Culture. Sow early in spring in a hotbed; trans- plant in April for summer use. Again, sow from April at intervals in the open ground, and for winter and
Lavge Musselburg Leek.
LEEK.
Lauch—Puerro—Cipollette.
Sow as early in the spring as the season admits, either in seed beds or places where they are intended to grow. When four inches in height thin to three inches; when from six to eight, transplant to ten . inches apart, leaving those in the drills about six TEE LG. inches apart. Set as deep as possible without covering | spring use, in August and September. Protect by
the small center leaves. means of a cold frame during the winter. Vawes Musselburg. The largest and most prolific.\y Prize Head. Forms large, loose heads of bronzed- Price perl pkt-,)5¢:7) perOz.,sl5C. pera b.,n plas Os edged leaves. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., I5¢.; per Ib., $1.00.
ESS New York. It grows large and is crisp and SN 3 i> , tender. Price) per pkt) j5¢;-penroz-ases
\ v . A.W i; \ \ N 1 NY >) ® LAN N r, er lb., $1.00. I M ,, F) 2 (| ¥ escon A large Butter-Head variety of great N ; KAY mY Ms merit. Outer leavesare light green shading | 72>\\' Li. Wea to a pale yellow center of exceptionally Ny ~~) 4)) My fine quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., [be SY K'\ 15c., per lb., $1.00.
, Tennis Ball Black Seeded. One
"of the earliest; forms a close, hard head, not large, but very tender and crisp. Price per pkt., 5c-; (per loz-serocs =perulioe. $1.00.
_/Boston Market or White Seeded. = é Tennis Ball. Grows very com- a Sa pact, oneof the best for forcing. SINV. ss Price per pkt., 53) peroz., 15G.. EN) per lb., $1.00, ;
), Big Boston. Large head, excel-
‘ lent for forcing. Price per pkt., 5c perloz.) i5e), per ibs, $I. 25.
Grand Rapids. This is a very Sate ae = large, thin-leaved, curly-head.
wz mr aS lettuce. Price-.per--pkt.;- 5¢.;. The Deacon. per oz., 15¢.; per lb., $1.00.
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LETTUGE— continues. ,
Salat—Lechuga—Lattuga.
Early Curled Silesia. Very early, tender and crisp; forming close center but not heading. Price per pkt., 5C.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 8oc.
Yearly Curled Simpson. Resembles Silesia, but grows
/ larger. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; perlb., goc.
YBlack Seeded Simpson. It does not properly form a head, but a compact mass of leaves; stands the sum- mer heat excellently, and attains a large size. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., $1.00.
VDenver Market. It forms large solid heads of a good light green color. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., goc.
YWhite Summer Cabbage. A fine large-headed variety, -and one of the best for garden culture. Price per
DeepEt-, 5.) per Oz., 10C.;, per lh., Soc:
VHubbard Market. A large white cabbage variety ; equally valuable for forcing or open ground. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per 1b., 80c.
y/Satisiacuon or Salaman- der. One of the best for summer use, forming good-sized compact
Heads. brice) per) pkt.,
ee PeLOZ.1) LOC i Det libs.
y $1.00. ¥
Hanson. Heads very large and solid, sometimes weighing two or three pounds. Price per pkt., Ke per oz., Toc. per Ib., $1.00.
¥
Continuity. Is a brown variety, superior to any other of the brown sorts, in quality, size, solidity and duration of edible condition. Price per pkt., Fe ePeHIOZ.,.15C.) per lib.
i $1.50. iB
rown Dutch. Round head, leaves edged with brown, very hardy and good quali- Py eretice per pkt., i5C.; ‘per oz., I0c.;
f \b., $1.00.
V Paris White Cos. This grows upright, with long, narrow leaves, and should be tied up to blancha week or more before Sritine. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per oz., Rje.5) per by, $1.25:
MUSK-MELON.
Cantalupe—Melon Muscatel —Phone o Mellone.
Culture. Plant in the spring, in hills five or six feet apart each way, well manured with old rotten compost. Scatter a dozen seeds to the hill, and after they are out of danger from bugs, thin to three or four plants. A light, dry, sandy soil and adry atmosphere are most suitable. Melons should not be planted near any other varieties if it is desired to preserve them pure.
Rocky Ford. This is an oval-shaped mel- on of medium size and thickly netted. The flesh is green, firm, sugary and of exquisite flavor. Price per pkt., 5c.; _per.oz., 1oc.; per lb., 80c.
us
e —
7 : The Petoskey or Paul Rose Musk-melon. It is a
cross between the Osage and Netted Gem, and com-
bines the best features of the originals. The fruit is
oval, medium size, dark exterior, thickly netted;
with rich salmon flesh, so thick as to nearly close
the seed cavity. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per l1b., $1.00.
Osage or Miller’s Cream. This is a popular variety, medium size, thick, hard, salmon flesh, decidedly tich and sugary. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per 1b., $1.00.
‘Delmonico. Flesh, an orange-pink color. The melons are oval shaped and very deeply netted. Price per \/pkt., 5c.; per oz., toc.; per lb., $1.00.
“Emerald Gem. This variety is small, but prolific. Has a thin green rind and very small seed cavity, almost the entire body of the fruit consisting of rich, luscious meat of asalmon color. Price per pkt., 5c.; sper 0z., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
YHackensack. It attains a large size, isround in shape, flattened at the ends, green flesh, most deliciously flavored and wonderfully productive. Price per
, #pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., $1.00.
“Anne Arundel or Acme. Very large round, flattened at both ends, flesh green, thick and fine flavored. Price per pkt., 5c.; peroz., 10c.; per lb., $1.00.
‘Golden Netted Gem. Flesh light green in color, and of fine luscious flavor, skin green, regularly ribbed and thick hymiletted sb tice speTEpKt., 5C.pen OZ.
/toc.; per lb., 80c.
Surprise. Skin cream colored, thickly netted; flesh thick, of bright salmon color, and excellent flavor; fearly and fair size. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc. « per lb., $1.00. Tip-Top Nutmeg. This is avery large melon, deepiy ribbed, and thickly netted skin. The flesh is green, thick, very sweet and delicious. Price per pkt.,5c.,
3” per oz., Ioc.; per lb., $1.00. Nutmeg. Grows toa good size, nearly round, thickly netted, green flesh. toc.; per lb., $1.00.
ErniCem per mp kts 5 Co perOze,
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FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL.
MART YNIA.
The seed pods are used to a considerable extent for
pickling, when gathered green and tender. Sow in
the open ground in May, and transplant two feet apart.
/Martynia Proboscidea. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
WATER-MELON.
Wassermelone—Zandia—Anguria o Mellone.
Culture. Plant in hills six or eight feet apart, in May. Select warm, light, dry ground, and in prepar- ing the hills let them be dug out as broad and deep as the soil will admit; fill at least one-third full of the best decomposed stable manure, and mix thoroughly with the soil; fill up a little above the level of the ground.
yy Cole’s Early. A striped early variety, nearly round, medium size, crimson flesh of superior quality. Priceiper pKt., 5¢: 7 per Oz.4 10C- perl. OOC.
Phinney’s Eariy. Flesh deep red; superior quality, early and productive. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., TOC. perl bss OOC.
Hungarian Honey. This is asmall melon with dark green exterior. It is richer and sweeter than any other water-melon, ripening thoroughly upto within one-fourth inch of the outer skin. The seeds are very small. It is early and very productive. Price
I0Cc.;
y
2
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ow
per pkt-,)5¢.5 sperioz
—i-Mclvyer Sugar.
Cole's Early.
Very large, long striped fruits. Flesh
fine grained, light pink; very sweet. Price per pkt.,
| f 5¢.; sper oz., toc: per lb: Gee:
“ Kleckley Sweets or Monte Cristo. (See Novelties page 4). Price per pkt., 5.; peroz., Ioc,; per 1b., 75¢.
Jordan Gray Monarch. The skin is a mottled gray, shape long, flesh bright crimson. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 50c.
} Seminole. Itis oblong in shape. Two colors, gray and light green. Melons of both colors are fre- quently found on the same vine. It is extra early, large and productive. Price per pkt., 5c.; peroz., Ioc.; per lb., soc.
lb Dixie. It is productive, fine quality and fine flavor. It has a remarkably hard but very thinrind. Price / per pkt., 5c.; per 0oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6oc.
i Sweet Heart. Mottled light green; large, oval, | heavy; red flesh; fine shipper. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 600.
¥ Kolb’s Gem. This isa striped oblong melon, of large size, solid, and rich in quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 5oc.
® The Triumph. Rind dark green color. Seed large’ and dark. The flesh is brightred. It is very early, large and prolific. Price per pkt., 5c.: per oz., Ioc.; é per lb., 6oc.
\ Pride of Georgia. Dark green in color, nearly round, | and grows partly upon its end. Flesh bright crim- son and very fine white seeds. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., roc.; per lb., 5oc.
ce Cream or Peer= less. White seed; of medium size, early; green skin, very thin rind; flesh solid, scarlet, crisp. Price per pkt., :5¢-5 per oz., 1oc.; perlb., 50c.
ve
Cuban Queen. This is a large variety; skin is striped, flesh bright red, remark- ably solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; | per oz., Ioc.; per 1b., 50c.
Mountain Sweet. One of the best for general culture; col- or dark green; rind thin; flesh solid; scarlet, sweet and delicious. Price per pkt., 5¢.3 pet eu: Ioc.; per lb., 50c.
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rown or Black. More pungent in flavor than the white. Price peroz., 5c.; per lb., 20c.
ew Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the ordinary White Mustard. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6o0c.
NASTURTIUM OR INDIAN GRESS.
Nasturtium—Maraneula—Narturzio.
itron for Preserves and Sweetmeats. Round, striped, very productive. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 75c. ,
Plant in April and May in rows; the climbing varieties to cover some trellis, or twine around poles or other support; the dwarf kind in rows or hills, three feet apart, along a border or walk. The seeds, when tender enough to be easily punctured by the fin- ger nail, are used for pickles.
Dwarf. Mixed. This grows from six inches to a foot inpheishts -brice per pkt:, 5c.; per oz, 10c:; per Ib.
sks J | 80c.
a Citron for Preserving. | Tall. Mixed. An ornamental climber. From six to
| fotorado Preserving Citron. Grows to a very large Tenumfeetme nice peru pkt.05C.) sper OZ., 1Oc...per lbs size, often thirty to forty pounds; flesh very firm Soc.
and solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per 1b., | 75¢c-
MUSHROOM SPAWN.
Champignonbrut—Seta—Funghi.
Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally supposed. They may be grown in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared in the open air in the same manner as hotbeds.
OKRA OR GOMBO.
Safran—Quimbon bo—Othro.
Select warm, rich soil and plant in rows two feet apart, thinning plants a foot apart in the row. The English Mill Track. Price per 1b., 12c.; 1olbsfor $1.00 | pods are used to thicken soups, being gathered young.
in bricks. Okra is preserved for winter use by slicing the pods French. “Un boxes of 3 pounds; per box, $1.00. into rings and drying them upon strings hung up and
MUSTARD. exposed to the air.
Miushrooms.
Senf—M ostaza—M ortarda. “White Velvet. Pods round, smooth, free from seams, Sow in April, drills a foot apart, and thin out | / ea fee ae en
' moderately when about three inches high. lv i ; eo - S V white jLondon. The seed is ground and used for ’| Dwarf Green Prolific or Density. A very dwarf and various purposes. Used for salads or greens. Price prolific variety. Pods green, smooth and thickly
per oz.,.5c.; per lb., 20c. set. “Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per Ib., 4oc.
28 THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY'S FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL.
ONIONS.
Zwiebel—Cebolla—Cipolle.
Onion seeds should be sown as early as it is possible to work the ground, in drills one inch deep and twelve to sixteen inches apart, in rich soil, deeply dug and lightly rolled. Thin to one inch apart. When sowing for sets, seeds must be put in very thick, at the rate of about twenty pounds totheacre. The same patch may be used year after year for onions and never made too rich.
y Danvers Yellow Globe. Large, nearly round, and productive ; very mild, ripens early, and is a good keeper. Price per pkt., 5C.s perloz., 16C perilb..90c:
c «Southport Yellow Globe. My seed of this valuable, heavy,
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and
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cropping sort is raised from the finest.Southport Onions. Price“per pki, 5¢-> pel OZ... 102)> perl by, Ol.cor
»Yellow Dutch or Strasburg. Large and flat. A great yielder.
" Sown extensively for sets. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc ;
per lb., $1.00.
p/Large Yellow Spanish or Prize Taker. They are rich straw color and of enormous size. The flavor is mild and delicate. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per 1b., $1.25.
Australian Brown. Nearly round, medium size, with skin of a deep amber brown, extremely hard and firm, of fine flavor and will keep almost indefinitely. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., $1 oo.
Extra Early Red. About ten days earlier than Large Red. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., $1.00.
Large Red Wethersfield. A large flat variety, keeps well, and is) mildtinsiavors Prices petapki,. 5.6 per OZ.) 1OC.-nperml ba, $1.00.
Southport Red Globe. This is a large, round, deep red-skinned variety; very mild, good keeper. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per 1b., $1.00.
Southport White Globe. In form nearly ovoid, very regular and symmetrical; skin white, mild and pleasant flavor. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., [5c.; per lb., $1.50.
White Fortugal or Siiver Skin. Very early, mild flavor, prized for pickling. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb.,
“ONION SETS.
Onion sets, both rare-ripes and tops, are placed on the surface, in shallow twelve-inch drills, about four inches apart, and lightly covered. Potato onions are planted in spring or fall, as they will survive the winter. By this process early onions may be obtained several weeks earlier than from seed.
s
White Onion Sets. Per qt., 15c. Yellow Onion Sets. Per qt., 15c. Red Onion Sets. Per qt., I5c.
Potato Onion Sets. Per qt., 20c. Egyptian or Perenniai Tree. [er qt., 15c. Shallots. Per qt., I5c.
For sets in quantity, get specialquotations, as prices vary during the season of planting.
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PARSLEY.
Petersilie—Perjil—Prazzemolo.
Parsley succeeds best in rich, mellow soil. As the seeds germinate very slowly, three or four weeks elapsing sometimes before it makes its appearance, it should be sown early in spring. Sow thickly in rows a foot apart and half an inch deep. For winter use, protect in a frame or light cellar.
Fay
y Skate
ood color. Ib., 50c. Fern Leaf. A fine curled, fern-like variety. Price per “pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., 50c. Plain Leaf. This is hardier than the curled varieties. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
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Moss Curled Parsley. Moss Curled. Very closely curled and¥
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per
PARSNIPS.
¥ \\ OM =.
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Pastinake —Chirijia —Pastanache.
Sow asearly in spring as the weather will ad- mit, in drills fifteen inches apart, covering lightly. When well up, thin out to five or six inches apart in the rows. Unlike carrots, they are improved by : frost, and it is usual to =. take up in the fall a cer- @=2e8 tain quantity for winter => use, leaving the rest in the ground until spring,
— toe dug upas required. Ss ALong White Smooth. "5 V These grow large and
quite long, free from = side roots, white, sweet and excellent flavor. fPrice per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
al Jrsttaw Crowned. BY Thick shoulder, med-
ium long. The Hollow Crowns are considered
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i kinds. Price per pkt., Parsnip. 5¢.; per oz., 10c.,; per
lb., 60c. BLE FoR
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL.
PEAS.
Erbsen—Chichoros—Firelli.
Wrinkled varieties marked with an *.
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Culture. Peas, for an early crop, should be sown as soon as the ground is in working condition. The soil for their reception should be light and dry. For gen- eral crops the ground should be well manured the previous year, which causes them to yield more abun- dantly. They are usually planted in double rows, three or four inches apart, and covered to the depth of two and one-half to three inches. All wrinkled peas are superior to and more delicate in flavor than those that present a full and perfect form; like sugar corn, the saccharine matter which they contain causes them to shrivel when dried, and they will remain much longer in season than the other kinds.
EARLIEST PEAS. Two to Three Feet High.
jSunol. It has vigorous vines, growing two and one- half feet. The seeds are white, round and slightly dented. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.30; per bu.,
$5.00.
Barly Dexter. Long, large, full pods; a general favorite. Height, two and one-half feet; seed, round, white. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.25;
/ per bu., $4.50.
“Rural New Yorker. One of the earliest and very pro- ductive. Seeds round and slightly dented. Height of vine, two feet. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10; per bu., $4.00.
Alaska. Very early in growth; first class in every respect. Seed round, blue, slightly pitted. Height, two and one-half feet. Per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10; per bu., $4.00.
Alaska.
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PE AS-— Continued.
v First and Best. Extremely early, and ripening with such uniformity that they may be picked clean with one or two pickings. Height, two and one-half feet. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10; per bu., $4.00.
Daniel O’Rourke. Valuable early June variety ; white, round seed. Price per qt., 15c.; per pk., $1.00; per bu., $3 75.
{/ Improved Daniel O’Rourke. One of the earliest standard market varieties; white, round seeds, Height, two and one-half feet. Price per qt., 20c.;
_/ per pk , $1.10; per bu., $4.00. “*Eclipse \ Avery early wrinkled variety of great _ *Surprise { merit. Vine growing about twenty inches high, vigorous and abundantly furnished with large well filled pods. Quality exceptionally fine. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.60; per bu., $6.00. \/*Nott’s Perfection. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.60; per bu., $6.00. » *Gradus.
-¥~kled pea.
bu., $9.00.
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Price per qt., 4oc.; per pk;, $2.50; per
» *Horsford’s Market Garden. It requires no brushing, |
t is extremely prolific. Height, two feet. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10; per bu, $4.00.
»*McLean’s Advancer. An early wrinkled variety ;
“second early for market or family use. Height, two and one-half feet. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10;
per bu., $4.00.
PEAS, DWARF.
* American Wonder. It is one of the earliest wrinkled peas we have. Dwarf and robust in habit, growing but ten to fifteen inches high. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.85; per bu., $7.00.
»*Little Gem. Very early and prolific; quality unsur-
" passed. Height, twelve inches. Price perqt., 25c.; per pk., $1.60; per bu., $6.00
Early Premium Gem. This is an improved Little Gem, possessing similar qualities. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.60; per bu., $6.00.
'*Dwarf Telephone. A large wrinkled, half dwarf variety. Vines grow eighteen inches to two feet, and bear profusely. Price per qt., 4oc.; per pk., $2.00; per bu., $7.50.
_*Nott’s Excelsior. Robust and vigorous in growth, producing in profusion long, handsome pods. Seed
‘ green, wrinkled. Height, twelve inches. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.0,, per bu., $7.00.
(See Novelties page 6.) The earliest wrin- |
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL.
GENERAL AND LATE GROP. Two and One-half to Five Feet High.
, *Heroine. Pods long and slightly curved, well filled with large peas of fine flavor. Height, two feet; seed green and very much wrinkled. Price per (gt...92oc-: per pk., $1.25; per
bu., $4.50. *Bliss’ Ever Bearing.
“Height of vines, eighteen inches to two feet; foliage
very large, firm and bright green; pods three to four inches long on the average. Price sper gt-,20c.; per pk., $1.25, per bu., $4.50. |, Pride of the [Market. Height, from eight- een inches to two feet. Seeds are blu- ish green, slightly dented. Price per @t.,7 20C;) perapi., .$1-35-; per bu., $5.00. *Stratagem. Large podded, green wrin- xled pea. Height, two and one - half feet. “Priee persqt., 20c.; per pk., $1.50; per bu., $6.00. » *Yorkshire Hero. * A large, late wrin- kled sort ; vines rank and vigorous, but not tall (sometimes called Dwarf Cham- pion.) Height, two and one-half feet. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10 ; per bu., $4.00. ‘*Shropshire Hero. Similar to the Yorkshire Hero, but much more abundant. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.25; per bu., $4.50. ‘*Telephone. This is a wrinkled variety, and peas of excellent quality. Height, two to three feet. Price /per qt., 20c.; perpk., $1.35; per bu., $5-00- , *Champion of England. An old favorite, rich flavored
Tall Gray Sugar.
and very prolific. Height, five feet. Price per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.10; per bu., ($4.00.
Long Island [lammoth. Very popular with market gardeners, owing to its large deep green pod. Height, three feet. Price
/per qt., 20c.; per pk., $1.25; per
‘ bu., $4.00.
White Marrowfat. Correctly named, a rich marrow pea. Height, five feet. Price per qt., 15c.;perpk.,75c-; perbu., $2.50.
| Black-Eyed Ilarrowfat. A stand-
ard late pea among the market gardeners; the pods grow very large. Height, three feet. Price periqt., 10c.; per pk., 75c-.5 “per bu., #2.50.
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PEAS — continued. EDIBLE PODDED PEAS.
7 of superior quality. Price per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.50; per bu., $5.00.
Livingston’s Prolific Giant Podded Sugar Pea. Vines |
¥ about three feet high, bearing very large, broad, fleshy pods. Price per qt., 35c.; per pk., $2.00. | /Tall French Broad Pod Melting Sugar. This bears
* pods from five to six inches long and an inch wide.
The vines grow five feet long, and require support. |
Price per pkt,., 1oc:; per pt., 25c.; per qt., 35c.
PEAS FOR SOWING BROADCAST.
Canada Field. Used for field culture only. In their dry state they are used for feeding stock, making soups, etc.
with oats. Our stock is northern grown and free | from bugs. Price per qt., Ioc.; per pk., 50c-; per bu., $1.75.
PEPPERS.
Pfeffer— Pimiento—Pepperont.
Peppers should be started under glass. plant into the open ground towards the close of May, having the rows eighteen inches apart; plants a foot apart in the rows. The
ground should be made very rich, either by high manuring before plants are transplanted, or by the liberal application of guano or liquid manure
terwards.
uby King. The pep- pers often obtain avery large size. When ripe they are bright ruby red. Price per pkt., ige-; PECL. Oz., ©20c.. per
/\b., $1.80.
y Large Bell or Bull Nose. An early variety, fruit three to five inches long, flesh thick, sweet
: ane mild. Price per . pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 15¢c.; Se Sane per lb., $1.50. 2
Sweet Mountain or Bell. A large, early variety, of jnild flavor, rind thick and fleshy, Price per pkt.,
/ 5c.; per oz., 15¢.; per lb., $1.50.
Chinese Giant. The largest variety known. It is one of the square shouldered type, thick, sweet flesh and yf good yielder. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., 60c.
/ Squash or Tomato-Shaped. This kind is flat like a tomato, and is generally used for pickling; flesh Abick, acrid and pungent. Price per pkt., 5c.; per "oz , 20c.; per lb., $2.00.
Golden Queen. Very large, bright golden yellow, mild in flavor. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c ; per 1b., $2.00.
Celestial. The plant sets its fruit very early, and con- tinues until frost. Up to time they are fully ripe, they are of a delicate, creamy-yellow color, then ehanging to vivid scarlet. The peppers are very mild. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
Tall Gray Sugar. A large podded, dark seeded variety |
They are usually sown broadcast and | often with oats or barley, and either cut and fed | green, or left to ripen and then threshed and ground |
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b’Red Cherry. A small, round variety of dwarf growth, very piquant and quite ornamental, Price per pkt., 5¢.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
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Sweet Mountain.
Mie Red Cayenne. three or four inches long and oneand cne-half inches
Fruit bright coral red, grows
win diameter. } lb., $2.50. Small Chili. Very piquant and prolific. Bie Re 5C- Per OZ.) 30C.. per lbs, $3.00: Red Cluster. Small, thin peppers of a coral-red color, very hot and pungent. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25¢c-; per 1b:; $2.50. -
POTATOES.
Kartoffeln—Pasatas—Patate.
As prices of potatoes fluctuate according to supply and demand, it is impractical to maintain any fixed price for seed stock that may in our judgment seem throughout the planting season proper, when the catalogue goes to press—in December—any quotations will be given on application.
Bovee. Extraearly, long oval, smooth, good yielder.
Burpee’s Extra Early. About ten days earlier than Early Rose. Good size, oblong, creamy white, superior table quality.
Polaris. Extra early, oblong in shape, with surface a little flattened, having few eyes.
Irish Cobbler. Extra early white, productive.
Puritan. The skin and flesh are white, it cooks dry and floury, is very early.
Early Fortune. Extra early, resembling the Early Rose; very prolific.
Early Michigan. Snowy white, fine grained, of deli- cate flavor.
New Queen. Ripens early, is of superb quality, and yield immense crops.
Early Norther. Large size and early ripening give it especial value.
Early Harvest. nearly white.
Clark’s Pride, or ‘‘Ensign Bagley.’’ Oue of the largest early potatoes, smooth, white surface, fine grained, with few eyes, oval in shape, and very prolific.
Early Rose. True stock, grown in Maine.
Early Maine. A long, pink skin, prolific variety of fine quality, resembling the Rose.
Beauty of Hebron. Like the Early Rose in shape, but lighter color; ripens early.
Prices per pkt., 5¢.5 per Oz.,.25¢-5 per
Price per
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Very early, large smooth tubers,
(/Suzar. sweet and fine grained.
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Carmen No. 1. very dry.
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Flesh is white, perfect in quality, and
Delaware. This is an oval oblong potato, white skin and flesh, large, or above the average.
Late Beauty of Hebron. Large oblong, good qualty.
White Elephant. Very produc- tive, excellent flavor and splen- did keeper.
Late Rose. True stock, grown in Maine.
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Green Mountain. Vines strong and vigorous; tubes white, smooth and very large.
Great Divide. Long, white, heavy yielder; late.
Rural New Yorker No. 2. size, with smooth white skin.
Carmen No.3. This is a late potato, white skin, grow- ing uniformly large; a great yielder.
White Star. The tubers are large and oblong. The skin is white and covered with a russet netting.
Empire State. Medium late, white, oval, good quality and yielder.
Uncle Sam. Late, white, long oval tuber of large size.
Sir Walter Raleigh. Thisisa very large, late, white potato
The tubers are of large
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL. ‘ * winter Crookneck. Anold standard sort and good keeper, flesh close grained and flavor excellent. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 5oc. _/ Improved - Mam=- moth. Grows to an immense size and has often been produced weighing two hundred pounds. Price per pkt., /5C:; Pez.) 10es
sm per lb.. 8oc. g Large Tours or Mammoth. A
productive vari- ety which grows
10 an immense size. Bricegper pkt,) S@; open
Connecticut Field.
0z.,,LOc.<aper Ib.,
i pe5oce
~King of Tlam= moths, Jumbo or Potiron. One of the largest pumpkins; flesh bright yellow. Price per pkt., 5c. ;
/ per vz.) roc; per Ib-,\Goc:
“Mammoth Chili. Grows to a very large size, is oval in shape, flesh of a rich orange color, while surface isasalmon red. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
RADISH.
Rettig—Rabanos—Ravanelli.
All Imported Seed, French Grown.
Sow early varieties in the spring as early as the ground can be worked, in drills ten inches apart, covering the seed half an inch deep; thin the plants toan inch apart in the row, as they are more ten- der and succulent when grown quickly. A rich, moist, sandy
square ended and a tremen-
soil should be selected, and fre-
dous cropper.
Also many other varieties not enumerated in this list.
PUMPKIN.
Kurbis—Calabaza—Z ucca. Plant about the middle of spring in manured hills, eight feet apart, and leave but two or three plantsina
hil; or plant in spring with Indian corn. Avoid anting near other vines. A small, orange-colored pumpkin. It is very
Price) per pia 5c; penoz., 1oc.; per 1b., 50c.
/Winter Luxury. A round russet yellow pumpkin used main'y for pies; very productive and good keeper. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10.; perlb , 60c.
Large Cheese. A good cooking variety, cheese shape,
creamy yellow color, flesh fine grained, and one of |
the best for pies. per lb.. 4oc. Connecticut Field. The large. round, orange-yellow field variety; very productive. Price per qt., 25c.; peroz:, 5C; pervs soe Big Tom. (See Novelties page 6). 5C.; per 0z., Loc:; per ilbs, Aoc.
Peiceaper pkty $e.) per Oz. loc:
Price per pkt.,
quently watered in dry weath- er. For a succession, sow every two weeks till midsummer.
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RADISH — continued.
Extra Early Scarlet Forcing Turnip. Matures in ||, about twenty days. Bright red, globe shaped, small ipayved. ghrice “per -pkt:; 5¢.;\ per oz., Ioc.; per b., 5o0c. xtra Early Scarlet Forcing (White Tipped.) It is a week earlier than Scarlet Turnip. Its shape is per- fectly globular, with rich, deep scarlet top, blending * into pure white at the bottom. It is fit to pullin
French Breakiast. A quick growing, oval-shaped radish, light color and white tips sebrice per pkt:, KCl PerOZ.,)1OC-s. per, lb., 50¢c.
/ Early Olive = Shaped Scarlet. Very early, oblong in shape. Briceyper pkt.; 5¢5
PEWOZ = ELOCe
per lb., 4oc.
White Stras- ’ burg. Pure white, firm and brittle; grows to a large size.
three weeks from sowing. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 9z., Ioc.; per lb., 50c.
PFO joor pkt., 5c.; per og., I0C.; per Yb., 50¢.
* Chartier. It is an earlysum- mer variety; deep pink, blending into a pure, waxy white at the
roots. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 10c;; per lb:, Goce:
Early Scarlet Globe. One of the best for forcing,. per- fectly round, bright cardinal color. Price per pkt. 5c.; per oz., Ioce; per lb., 50c./
‘} Early Scarlet Turnip (White Tipped.) Early, fine grain and flavor; round, with white tip. Price per-pkt.: 5¢. > per
f02., toc.; per lb-, 4oc.
SQN Early Scarlet Turnip. | we Small,round, mildand |
crisp; astandard early | Sorts Price per pkt., | A&-; Per Oz., Ioc.; per | / \b., 4oc. | yYDeep Scarlet Turnip. | Very early and a good | forcing variety. Price Pec pt 5e;. per Oz, |
yf t0c= per ib. 40c.
/Triumph Radish. (See “ Novelties, page 5.)
Price sper pt. 10c.; per 0z., 30c.
\/White Summer Turnip.
¥ Same shape as Scarlet
Turnip, but purewhite. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 022,50 LOC). sper lb); 5oc. ray Summer Turnip. _ . Similar to the preced- Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
Winter
Chartier.
fing, but darker skin. Ioc.; per Ib., 5oc.
: New Icicle. (See Novelties, page 5.) Price per pkt., 5¢.; per 0z., 10¢-; per lb., 8oc.
California Mammoth
Early Long Scarlet Short Top. Bright red color, very small. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per oz., Ioc.; per ]b., 4oc.
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Black Spanish cr Fail Radish.
Radishes.
White.
“ Black Spanish
or Fall. (Round.) For winter use; texture
firm) ands Ss -ovleid:: Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., loc.; per Ib., 40c.
Black Spanish or Fall. (Long.) Like the above, differing ouly in shape. Price per pkts, 5C.,peroz., foc.; per lb., 4uc.
China Rose or Win-=
ter. Very fine for winter use; large and tender. Price
per pkt., 5c.; peroz., roc.; per lb., 4oc.
California [lammoth White. A winter Surt, grows eight to ten inches long, and
keeps well. Price Derep ts 5. wa peL O22.) LOC.. a penap De.
6oc.
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RAPE--English.
Dwarf Essex, forage plant of great value. Of rapid and luxuriant growth, attaining a height of two or three feet. It may be sown throughout the season, and in a few weeks from sowing, stock can be turned in on it. For broadcasting, sow ten pounds to the acre; in drills, five pounds.
Used also for greens and salad. Price per lb., 12c.; ten pounds for $1.00.
Salisify or Oyster Plant.
Flaferwurzel—Ostion Vegetal—Sassefrica.
Sow in early spring, in light, rich soil, in drills fourteen inches apart; thin the plants to three inches in the row. The roots will be ready for use in October, and, like the parsnip, im- prove by remaining in the ground through the winter.
¢/Mammoth Sandwich Island. Roots grow long, large, smooth and white. Brice per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.; per lb., $1.00.
Wong White French. The standard variety. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 10c.; per Ib., 80c.
SPINAGH.
Spinat—Espinaca—Spinact.
Culture. For the sum- mer crop, sow early in March, and at intervals of a fortnight, tillthe middle of July, in quantities accord- ing to the demand. The round-seeded
ieti a h Salsify or Oyster Plant. vere cas
use. The winter crop should be sown from the middle of August to the beginning of September. It should always be sown in drills from one to two inches deep, and from twelve to eighteen inches apart, scattering the seed thinly and covering them with the finest of soil. Protect the winter crops on the approach of severe frosts.
\Norfolk Savoy Leaved. (Bloomsdale.) It is very productive and the hardiest of all the smooth-leaved varieties. Price per pkt., 5c.; per ez., roc.; per lb., 20c.; ten pounds and over, at 15c.
Victoria. It isavery large, crumpled-leaved, * dark green plant, spreading well on the ground. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 30c.; ten pounds and over, at 20c.
improved Large Round Leaf. A variety with Y very thick leaves, (ePrice peri pkt.,; se. sper oz., loc.; per lb., 20c.; ten pounds and over,
at 15¢.
VGiant Thick Leaf or Round Viroflay. Similar to the lettuce-leaved, but much larger in habit of growth. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 30c.; ten pounds and over, at 2o0c. é
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ft Giant Thick Leaf or Round Viroflay.
Long Standing. A fine round-leaved summer variety, slow torun up its seed stalks, Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 20c.; ten pounds and over, f atisc- ' Prickly or Fall. The hardiest variety; leaves thick and triangular in form. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc-; per lb-, 30c-; ten pounds and over, at 25c-
SQUASH.
Speise Kurbiss—Calabaza—Zucche -
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= ee = Ss UASH ts Hubbard. Dark green, hard shelled variety; flesh —Continued. fine grained, dry and of good flavor. Price per pkt.,
50. a Pek OZ..e1OC..) per lib.) Soc: | Warted Hubbard. Similar in shape and color to the original Hubbard Squash, but developing at least
one-third to one-half larger fruits in great abund- ance, with hard, roughly warted surface. Quality
The squash isa very tender vine, and so sensitive, to the cold that it cannot with safety be planted out,’ until the weather becomes warm and settled. Plant in hills ten feet apart for running varieties; five feet for bush sorts; working some fine rich manure into i / ‘ each hill. Sprinkle liberally with plaster, wood ashes, of flesh is equal to any of its class. Price per pkt., or air-slacked lime, in the early stages of growth. 5c.; per 0z., Ioc., per lb., goc.
Cultivate until runners are well started. | New Red or Golden Hubbard. A reproduction of the i uy ATTTTTTTTTAT old Green Hubbard, except in color, which is a bright, deep orange yellow. Flesh, deep golden yellow, much richer in color than Hubbard; fine grain, cooks very dry, and is of excellent flavor. Its keeping qualities and productiveness are unex- ediled=), terices per pkts) 5c) per Oz. 10. . per 1b., 80c.
Michigan. (See Novelties, page 8.) Price per / pkt., Ioc.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $3.00.
Vrordhook. Of a light yellow color outside, and straw yellow within. The flesh is sweet and fine grained. Price per pkt., 5c.; per @Z5,,LOC:; sper I by,so0e:
VBoston Marrow. A superior fall squash, of rich orange color and very productive. Bricesper pkt 5C: aperroz.,.s1OC-ssaperel bs 6oc.
Yellow Bush Scallop Summer. One of the earliest; grows flat, with scallop edges, and is a good market sort. Price per pkt., 5c; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6oc.
hite Bush Scallop. Like the above in everything except color, which is creamy
white. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per 1b., 60c. Early Summer Crookneck Bush. Early
and productive; the best kind for sum-
eruse, Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; Sipe 1b., 65c. Giant Crookneck. (Summer.) Grows about
double the size of the early Summer Crookneck and is about as early. Price per /pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per 1b., Soc. ineapple. It is very peculiar and dis- tinctive in shape; the skin is acream white. Good for both summer and win- fem, Prices per pkt., .5c); per oz; Toc.: yper 1b., 60c.
ocoanut. Thisisvery prolific, producing from six to twelve on a vine; the flesh fine grained and solid. Price per pkt., | 5¢.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 75c. é
Warted Hubbard.
V Delicata. (See Novelties, page 6). Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.;
» 4. per Ib., 6oc.
» Perfect Gem. From four to six inches in diameter, of a creamy yel- low color, slightly ribbed, thin, smooth skin, fine grained and sweet. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 60c.
b Cocozella. (See Novelties page 6), Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; / per Ib., 80c.
\ The Faxon. Medium size, winter variety; orange flesh of fine qual- ine ice per pkt., 5C.; per oz., lec.; per lb., Soc.
» Winter Crookneck. Flesh close grained, sweet and fine flavored. Police per pki-. 5c. 5 per oz., loc.; per lb., 50c.
\ | Pike’s Peak or Sibley. Fine grain and wonderfully productive.
. The flesh is thick and rich colored, shell hard and flinty. Price per
4 Bok te e5C.4) per O77, Loc.. per Ib. Gac.
yp Vhe Delicious Squash. (See Novelties, page 7). Price per pkt., Ioc.; = 3 for 25c. i
SS
New Ned or Golden Hubbard.
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SQUASH —Gontinued.
V Golden Bronze. (See Novelties, page 7). Price per PE; 5€-5 Per Oz., 1oc.; per lbs, Soc. Essex Hybrid. This is a cross between the Turban Vand the Hubbard, having the shape of the former and the shell of the latter. Price per pkt., 5c.; per OZ.) LOC) Eper lbs 65:
Bay State. Flattened at ends, skin blue green, flesh
rich yellow and quality fine. Price per pkt., 5c.; per | O77, NOC aper sib, ROO:
TOBAGGO.
Sow the seed in frames the latter part of March, or in open ground when the soil has become settled and warm. Keep well watered, and when the plants are two inches high they may be transplanted in rows three feet apart each way. Tobacco requires a very rich, light, mellow soil.
Connecticut Seed Leaf. The popular kind cultivated
in this vicinity, and produce.avery heavy crop of fine broad leaves. per 1b., $2.00.
Price per pkt-, 5¢:3 per 0z.,.20ce;
qunes
Tobacco. Havana. An excellent variety; leaves narrow, long and pointed. Price perspkt5e-7, pet Oz620cmper lb., $2.50.
' TOMATO.
Liebesapfel-—Tomates—Fomodoro.
To obtain fruit very early, sow the seeds in green- house during February or March, or in hotbed when season has sufficiently advanced. In about five weeks plants should be transplanted to another hotbed, until about the middle of May; they may be put into the ground in hills about four feet apart each way. The richer the soil the ranker will be the growth of vines, but an ordinary, warm, light soil, with fine, well- rotted manure in the hill, and a sunny location, will produce the more handsome and plentiful fruit.
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V/ Dwarf Champion. It stands up well, having a stiff
bush stem. Thecrop ripens early and evenly. It is a good cropper, smooth, medium in size; in color, © purple, tinged with crimson. Price per pkt., 5c.; AACA AXG8 josie Wor, sas x0)
/ The Aristocrat. An exceedingly dwarf variety; the color of the fruit is fine rich, glossy red. It is solid and smooth, and in size from medium to large. Val- uable for forcing. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
/Earliana. Is not only remarkable for its earliness but for its very large size, handsome shape and bright
red color =Price- per, pkt.,- 5c.) per Ozmsoe ner lb , $3.00.
' Fordhook. Extra early, purple tinged ; solid; medium size.
fine smooth, Price sper (pki 5€-;) pen ozs
€2o¢c.; per lb,, $2.00.
Matchless. Extra large, smooth, bright, red and solid. Price per pkt-, 5€.3 Per ,Oz., 25Cas Permian 250s
A good yellow sort, of first quality. —
It is solid, very smooth, large in size; ripensearly.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
SGolden Queen.
Livingstone’s Stone.
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Prize.
| ¥£ $2.00.
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Very early; smooth, bright red and solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 20c.; per lb., $1.75. ivingston’s Stone. Bright scarlet, very smooth, ripening evenly to the stem; solid and firm fleshed. | _/Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb., $2.00. ivingston’s Beauty. Dark red, large size, smooth and fair. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per lb.,
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ssex Hybrid. Color purplishred, ripening through- out with great uniformity. Price per pkt., 5c.; per
/, oz., 20c.; per Ib., $1.75.
y Acme. Very prolific; in color a purplish crimson ; very smooth and solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz..
y20¢c.; per lb., $2.00.
yLivingston’s Favorite. Is large and smooth, bright red. Does not crack after ripening. It has very few seeds and is very productive. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20e:; per lb:, $2.00.
| y Trophy. This fine tomato is large in size, bright red,
solid, smooth; a great yielder. Price per pkt., 5c.; f per oz., 20c.; per lb., $1.75. YBuckeye State. Very solid; color deep purplish red,
and very large in size. Price per pkt 5c.; per oz.,
_Y Livingston’s ‘‘Magnus.”’
_¥ Mikado.
2uc.; per lb., $2.00. = (See Novelties page ). Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 30c.; per lb., $3.c0.
The tomatoes are perfectly solid, generally smooth, but somewhat irregular. The color is pur- plish red, foliage distinct; coarse leaved. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
vy Ponderosa. This excels in size, weight and solidity.
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Its color is light crimson, and almost seedless. Price /per pkt., 5¢.; peroz., 30c.; per lb., $3.00.
jHonor Bright. Its chief peculiarities are its solidity, and changes of color the fruit undergoes during de- velopment; first it is light green, then an attractive waxy white, then lemon, changing tored. Itis one of the longest keeping varieties. Price per pkt., 5c.;
fe per oz., 20c.; “per 1b;, $2.00.
© Peach. Resembles a peach in shape, size and color;
beautifully blended and covered with a delicate bloom like a peach. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
Jy 20c.; per lb., £2.00. yYellow Pear. Pear shaped and used for pickling or BEE LDKt. 0 5e>. Per Oz, 20C>. per ot; Cherry. A small, round, . red tomato; size and shape
like acherry. Price per pkt., C.; per 0z., 20c., per lb., $2.00.
rawberry or Ground Cher- ry. This, unlike other vari- eties, grows ina husk or pod, and may be kept all winter
preserving. Price lb., $2.00.
ed. The fruit is yellow and has a very sweet pleasant flavor; may be eaten raw, but is generally used for pre- Selves. -btice per pikt:, 5c. : per 0z., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
TURNIP.
Rube—N abo—Rape.
For early use, sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, in drills fourteen inches apart, covering but slightly, except in dry weather. The soil should be light and, if possible, new. Manure with plaster, ashes or phosphate. Thin the early varieties to six inches apart, and the Ruta Bagas from eight to ten inches. For fall and winter use, the early kinds should be sown in July and August, and the Ruta Bagas through June. Hoe them a month after sowing.
Cherry.
if the husks are not remoy- |
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White Ege, (See Nov- ‘elties, page 7). It is anearly, very smooth, fine hard grained, white oval turnip, as its name indicates, and uusurpassed for tablesnse. Gebrice per PEE. 5e-5) Per Oz-,, Loc.;
per lb., 4oc. Farly White Milan. =y A flat pure white,
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very fine grain, extra early. Price per pkt., 5 Cem PCEOz>, LOC. sper 1b., 50c.
/Extra Early Purple
¥Y Top Milan. This isa pure white fleshed early sweet purple top variety. Best of
all for forcing. Price per pkt., 5; per oz., toc.; per lb., 5oc.
Early White Flat Dutch. A fine gar- den variety, differing from White Strap Weationly, in gethe shape of its leaf, this Price per pkt.,
White Egg. growing broader and rough edged. 5€.; per 0z.; 1oc ;:per lb., 4oc.
af | Early White Strap Leaf. A good flat turnip for early or late culture, and grows to a large size. Price per #pkt., 5c.; per oz., toc.; per lb., 4oc.
"Early Red=Top Strap Leaf. This is similar to the preceding in all respects except the top of the turnip which is red or purple where ex- | posed above ground. | Pfice per pkt., 5c.; per | pz., Ioc.; per 1b., 35c. Scarlet Kashmyr. (See Novelties, page 7). |e Price per pkt..15c.5) per engiz. OCs sper | ben 75C VLong W hite or Cow Horn. A long, quick
growing turnip, fine grained, tender and sweet. Price per pkt., ce; per Oz., Toc.; per be lb., 5oc. s Red Top White Globe. It is a white turnip
| with a red top. Price pef pkt., 5c¢.; per oz., foc.; per lb., 4oc. YGolden Ball. Rapid grower, globe shaped, and of a deep yellow color. Price per pkt., Bes Per Oz., 10e.; sper 7, lb., 4oc. Yellow Stone. This is a small, early fall var- iety of light yellow color, Price per pkts 5e.;. Petoz-, loc.) per lb., 4oe.
Cow Horn.
Long White or
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This grows to a large size, aud is one of the best
y, ‘Yellow Globe.
TURNIP-— continuea.
Price per pkt:, 5¢:; per oz., Ioc.; per Ib., Aoc.
Nellow Aberdeen. \ (Green Top). This is globe-shaped, and a good keeper. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.; per 1b., 4oc.
= : Swedish or SSS -Ruta-Baga Varieties.
A white fleshed hard fine grained sweet variety possessing exceptional keeping qualities, which together with its quick maturing habit gives it advantages over the breadstone and White French. Price per pkt., 5c; per 0z., Ioc.;
er lb., 50c.
White French. Sometimes called White Rock, on account of its firmness and solidity; flesh pure white mild, very sweet and good flavor. Price per pkt., HOLS Ss OArG UOC poste long ACW
Sweet German. White, sweet, and an excellent keeper; very hard and solid. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
Long Island Smooth Yellow. This is a fine-grained, hard, solid and sweet turnip; green top and good for table use or stock feeding; is very prolific and a good keeper. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
Yellow French. An old variety; texture very firm and quality excellent; keeps through the winter and till late in the spring. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Toc.; per lb., 4oc.
Laing’s Improved Ruta Baga. One of the earliest Swedes; a desirable variety, of excellent quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
American Purple-Top Ruta Baga. This is largely grown for feeding stock, but is very popular with the market gardeners for the table. Price per pkt., 5C.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 50¢.
Skirving’s Ruta Baga. This has a purple top; yel- low, solid and fine grained. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
SWEET, or POT AND MEDICINAL HERBS.
A few pot herbs, or sweet herbs, as they are usually called, should have a place in every vegetable garden. A very small space in the garden will give all the herbs needed in any family. The culture is very sim- ple, and the best way is to make a little seed bed in early spring, and set the plants out as soon as large enough in a bed. Asa general rule, it is best to cut herbs when in flower, tie them up in small bunches and hang in the shadetodry. The following are a list of herbs most cultivated and prized:
Anise. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.
Balm. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.
Borage. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.00. Caraway. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., roc.; per lb., 50c. Coriander. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 75¢.
A Early Rea-1 op Strap Leaf.
for general crop. |
Dill, Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., 75c. Horehound. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 30c. Lavender. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.
Rue. Price per pkt.,5c.; per oz., 20¢.
Saffron. Price per pkt., 5c.; peroz., Ioc.; per lb., $1.00.
Sweet Basil.
Sage, Broad Leaf English. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15¢.; per lb., $1.50.
Sweet Basil. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20¢.
Sweet Fennel (Large). 1oc.; per lb., 75c.
Sweet [Marjoram. per Ib., $2.00.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z.,
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20C.;
Thyme.
Summer Savory. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., I5¢., per lb., $1.50.
Thyme, Broad Leaf English. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per lb., $2.50.
Tarragon. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Wormwood. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 25c.
HOME-GROWN HERBS.
We frequently have calls for Pure, Home-Grown,
' Dried Herbs, and realize that the dirty, dry, aayed
materials packed and pressed into small packeges and sold for Pure, Fresh Herbs are not »p to the require- ments. They are often too old and ripe before cutting, and frequently stock that has been beaten by storms and become too much damaged and gritty to dispose of any other way. There is no good reason why every garden should not have its little patch of herbs from which the daily cuttings can be made, as wanted, all through the summer, and a nice quantity cut at the proper time and cured for winter use, preserving the fine green, fresh color, strength and aroma so desir- able, but seldom secured in the regular stock pack- ages. Sage, Summer Savory, Thyme, Sweet Marjoram, etc., are so easily managed that it would seem hardly necessary to offer the suggestion, but as we have all these good things in our garden, hope others may ap- preciate them as we do. ;
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Special Mixtures
For Lawns, Permanent Pastures or Hay are Unexcelled.
FARM SEEDS.
Evergreen Broom Corn. Best for general cultivation ; brush fine and long. Price per lb., 15¢.; per 100 lbs., . $7.00.
Early Amber Sugar Cane. Grows ten to twelve feet high. Price per lb., 15c.; per 100 lbs., $6.00.
Kaffir Corn. Will make a fine crop for forage if cut in early bloom, and the shoots that then follow will mature a full crop of seed and forage. Both grain and fodder are excellent, the whole stalk tender to the full maturity of seed. The grain is extremely valuable for feeding to poultry and will make a flour that is like wheat. Cultivated the same as our com- mon lndian corn, requiring four or five pounds of seed per acre. Price per lb., 6c.; per Ioo lbs., $4.00.
Flax Seed. Price per lb., 6c.; per 100 lbs., $4 00.
junflower. Mammoth Russian; large heads, grown for seeds. Price per lb., Ioc.; per 100 lbs., $5.00.
Hemp. Price per lb., 6c.; per 100 lbs., $5.00.
Celery Seed. For flavoring. Price per oz., 5c.; per lb., 40c.; per 100 lbs., $20.00.
Spring Vetches or Tares. A species of the pea, grown extensively in England and to a considerable extent in Canada for stock. Culture same as field peas, two
* busnels per acre. Price per qt., 15c.; per bu., $4.50.
"i Y Canada Field Peas. See page 31. Price per qt., Ioc.; per bu., $1.75.
Southern Cow Peas. A valuable crop for ploughing under, and especially desirable for Jight lands. Sow about one and one-half bushels per acre.
Clay, $2.00. per bu. Black, $2.00. per bu. Whippoorwill, $2.50 per bu. Black Eye, $2.50 per bu.
Soja Bean or German Coffee Bean. Its principal value consists in its uses as a forage crop—for feed- ing green—and for ploughing in asa fertilizer. Price rd | per bu., $2 50. “3h
4 Green Soy or Soja Bean. This matures earlier and is consequently better adapted to this climate and latitude than the yellow Soy. Price per bu., $3.00.
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GRAIN. SPRING WHEAT.
China Spring. A white chaff, bearded, standard vari- ety. Price per bu., $1.75.
White Russian Spring. A light colored variety of red wheat. An enormous cropper, and bears long heads. Price per bu., $1.75.
WINTER WHEAT.
Golden Straw or Red Chaff. The straw is very strong and stands up well until the grain is matured. The heads are broad, beardless and of good length, with the grains set close together. The chaff is of a golden reddish tint, grains large and very heavy. Is a very heavy stooler; in fact is a very desirable variety in every respect. Price per bu., $1.50.
Jones’ Early Red Chief (Bald).
(See Novelties page 8). Price per bu., $1.50.
Japanese Buckwheat.
Hamilton Red. A new variety, being first heard from a year ago in Livingston County, N. Y. This is the ideal wheat for farmers wishing a red colored wheat and heavy yielder. Heads are heavily bearded, compact and of good length; color of chaff, a dark bronze; grains large, very heavy and set closely together. Straw stiff, of medium height, aud heavy stooling proclivities. Price per bu., $1.50.
Red [editerranean. ‘his is one of the most desirable kinds for this locality; heads bearded, well filled and ripens early. Price per bu., $1.50.
BUGCKWHEAT.
Japanese. The straw is heavier, it branches more, and does not need to be sown as thickly as the other kinds. Price per bu., $1.25.
Silver Hull. A heavy yielder; the berry is ofa light silvery gray color. Price per bu., $1.50.
Common Gray. An old and well-known variety. Price per bu., $1.00.
SPRING BARLEY. Orzo.
Barley. (For cutting green.) Dairymen who sow barley with peas early in spring obtain a most nutritious and milk-prodncing food. It may profitably be sown late in summer, also, as it will stand consider- able frost and furnishesarich pasture clear into November. Two rowed. Price per bu., $1.00
Imperial. A six-rowed productive va- riety ; straw tall and stiff with long, full heads; stools freely. Price per bu., $1.25.
Beardless. Similar in appearance to the six-rowed varieties while grow- ing, but the beard does not develop and it is much pleasauter to handle while harves'ing and cleaning. Itis also much better for feeding as stock do not suffer from the sharp needle- like spines. Price per bu., $1.10.
Speltz. It resists drouth. It thrives ou poor lands, in stony ground, in forest regions, and on the prairies. It makes a good crop with almost any condition of soil or climate. Itisa wonder. Price per bu. of 40 lbs., $1.25.
Two-rowed Vermont Champion. Very large plump berry. Price per bu., $1.50.
RYE.
Spring. It is an excellent catch-crop where winter grain has been killed out, making good straw and fair yield. Price per bu., $1.25.
Choice White.
large kernel, flour.
Winter. This is the ordinary variety sown in the fall, but my seed is from choice selected stock. Price per bu., 7 5C-
Light colored grain, and makes superior Price per bu., 85c.
OATS. Avene o Biada.
Lincoln. Enormously productive; early, stiff straw, thin hull], and heavy meated, and as near rust proof asany. Price per bu., goc.
Welcome. A heavy barley oat, with stiff straw. Price per bu., $1.00.
Choice White. Price per bu., 75c.
Golden Straw: W heat.
Also other improved sorts for spring sowing not here enumerated.
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GRASS SEED FOR | LAWNS, ETC.
In laying out a piece of ground for a lawn, care should be exercised to obtain the proper grade and slope, and perfect the general plan of the grounds before attempting to sow any seed at all. After the ; correct grade has been obtained, and the surface suffi- ciently plowed or spaded, it should be thoroughly harrowed to pulverize the lumps, and so left, that there may be at least from five to ten inches of good, rich soil over the whole surface. Then all the roots and loose stones should be removed, and the surface bushed or raked down perfectly smooth and in a suitable con- dition for successful germination and growth of the fine seed which is used for seeding. The prepar- ation of most lawn seeds is composed of the finest kind of grasses, and for that reason should be sown much thicker than the coarse sorts that are used in field seeding. After sowing the seed, rake or harrow the surface lightly, and then roll thoroughly, to smooth off, and leave in good condition.
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This mixture is the finest in quality that we pre-
pare for general situations. It is composed of a judicious combination of the short fine-growing varie- ties that have proved most valuable. It is perfectly adapted to the soil and climate of New Haven, as evi- denced by the many beautiful lawns and parks that have been developed and seeded with ‘‘ Platt’s Ever- green Lawn Mixture’’ for twenty-five years. Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $4.00.
LAWN GRASS SEED. FINE MIXTURE.
This is composed entirely of indigenous grasses of the finer grades, and in sufficient variety to pro- duce throughout the spring, summer and autumn very satisfactory results. Price per qt., I5c.; per
bu., $3-00- GRASS SEEDS.
Prices subject to variations. Special quotations for large quantities.
Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture. Consists of a number of grasses lony recog- nized as the best combination for
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A good article for large areas, or seeding the grounds about the new home. It is prepared witha well-balanced proportion of fibrous rooted grasses that alone are the perfect composition of a firm, tenacious turf. These varieties are not selected with especial reference to their height, as that feature is regulated by the lawn mower, but more particularly the turf- forming properties and continuity of development, thus insuring a succession ofripening. Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $4.00. . : ;
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tures; also for mixing with others for lawns. Price per qt., 15c.; per bu.,:2.00., per Ioo lbs., $12 oo.
Red Top Grass. (Agrostis Vulgaris.) (Inchaff.) A valuable native, permanent grass, as a mixture in meadows, pastures or lawns, growing in almost any soil, moist or dry, and starding our hot climate. Price ner qt., Ioc.; per bu., 80c.; per 100 lhs., $5.00.
Red Top, Fancy Cleaned. Absolutely pure seed. Weight thirty-five pounds per bushel. Price per qt.. 20c.;-per hu., $5.00; per 100 lbs.. $12 00.
Rhode Island Bent Grass. (Agvostis Canina.) A valuable grass for lawns, sow three or four bushels to the acre for lawns; for pasture, one and one-half to three bushels. Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $3.00; per 100 lbs., $18.00, ;
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GRASS SEEDS-— continued.
Extra Clean Kentucky Blue Grass. (oa Pratensis.) Valuable for lawns when mixed with other varieties,
retaining its verdure in the hottest weather. Per qt., 20c.; per bu., $2.00; per 100 lbs., £12.00. Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass. (Festuca
Pratensis.) A highly valuable species for permanent grass land. It does not, however, attain to its full productive power till the second or third year, when it far exceeds most other sorts in the quantity of its produce and nutritive matter. It is relished by stock, both in hay and pasture, and is one of the most desirable permanent grasses for general cul- tunes ericey per qt. 20C.. sper (bls, f2.50miperE oo lbs., $14.00.
Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture.
Wood Meadow Grass. (foa nemoralis.) It makes a very early growth in spring and is strongly recommended for pasture, thriving well under close feeding, also valuable in lawn mixture. Price per lb., 35c.; per I00 lbs., $30.00.
Orchard Grass. (Dactylis Glomerata.) One of the most desirable pasture grasses for stock and for shady places: Price per qt., 15¢., per bu-., $2.25. 5 per 100 lbs., $14.00.
Sheep’s Fescue. (Festuca Ovina.) Grows freely in dry and open pastures. Its chief merit for sheep pasture is that it occupies land which better grasses refuse. Grows from six to ten inches high. Price per qt., 20c.; per bu., $2.50; per 1oolbs., $15.00.
Sweet Vernal Grass. (Axnthroxanthum odoratum.) True perennial sweet vernal. Useful to mix with other grasses for pastures and lawns, on account of its early growth, and emitting an agreeable odor when cut for hay. Price per lb.,°75c.; 100 lbs., $70.00. |
Timothy. (Phleum Pratense.) A well-known grass, and onsome soils it will produce a larger crop than any other variety. We carry a large stock of this seed, which is graded as ‘‘Prime,”’ ‘‘Strictly Prime’’ and ‘‘Choice.’’? Prices on application.
MILLETS.
Hungarian Grass Millet. Early; height two to three feet; abundant foliage and small head; yields well on light soils. Price per qt., 10c.; per bu., $1.25; per 100 lbs., $2.25.
Siberian. Sometimes called Russian Millet. The plant grows larger than common Millet, with beard and chaff similar to Hnngarian; making aranker growth,
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produces more leaves than either Common Millet, German Millet, or Hungarian, leaves starting close to the ground and continuing nearly to top of stem; leaves wide and tender, making it preferable to other Millets for Hay. Yield of Hay reported one-third to one-half more per acre, besides Hay softer when cured, greener in color and preferred by stock to other Hay or Millets. Price per qt., 10c.; per bu., $1.25.; per 100 lbs., $2.25.
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and yields very heavy crops; grows from two to four feet high, heads single and similar to Hungarian, though larger and with bright yellow oval seeds. Price per qt., 10c.; per bu., $1.50; per 100 Ibs., $2.50.
True Southern or Golden Millet. Eqnal in quality to any ot the other millets and far superior in yield, growing from three to eight feet high, with abund- ant foliage, and terminating with large seed heads, formed by numerous panicles of small, round, bright golden yellow seeds. Price per qt., Ioc.; per bu., $2.00; per 100 lbs., $3.50.
Japanese or Barn Yard. This is a new forage plant of great value, growing luxuriantly on most any soil and under indifferent conditions. My experiments with it, ina small way, have convinced me that it will pro- duce a larger amount of hay than any of the other small stalk varieties. It will grow in seasons of ex- treme drouth, and attain a height of six to twelve feet. Price per gt., 20c,; per 1b.,10c.; per 100 lbs., $8.00.
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CLOVER White Dutch. (Z7vifolium Repens.) Thrives best in a damp locations, and while not a heavy producer, it is valuable in permanent pastures. In connection
Crimson Trefoil or Scarlet Italian Clover. (77zfol- zum Incarvnatum.) This is a variety in common use in the South for feeding green. The yield in fodder is immense, and after cutting, it at once commences growing again, and continues until severe, cold, freezing weather. Inu warm climates, four or five
cuttings are made during theseason. It grows about one foot high, blossoms long, pointed, and ofa very deep red or carmine color. Makes good hay. Price per lb., roc.; per 100 lbs., $8.00.
Red Clover, Mammoth or Pea Vine. Grows five or six feet high, with large, coarse stalks, and is largely used for plowing under for manure. Prices on ap- as plication. PAS
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with Blue Grass it affords the most nutritious food for sheep and cattle, and also makes a fine mixture for lawns. Price per oz., 5c.; per 34 lb., Ioc.; per Ib., 25c.; 25 lbs. and over, 20c.
Crimson Clover.
Alsike or Hybrid Clover. (7Zrifolium Hybridum.) Even clover-sick lands will produce a good crop of this; perennial and very hardy. Itis very valuable both for pasturing and soiling; very productive, sweet and fragrant. The flowers area distinct light pink, and much liked by bees. Sow in spring or fall, six pounds per acre. Price per lb., 20¢.; 25 lbs. and over at 18c.
Lucerne or Alfalfa: (Medicago Sativa.) Very pro- ductive, succeeds in any good soil, and lasts fora number of years. Itthrives on dry, rich sandy soil, producing three to four cuttings annually, and even in seasons of severe drought is always fresh and
green, because the roots extend sodeep into the soil. ES 7p) # It grows two to three feet high, with purple blos- aN wit soms. It yields an immense amount of green food SAV We CAE fet cattle, and should be cut when commencing to BRB SONS, oom, or it i 4 a (MG) , or it can be used as ordinary clover hay. In Teaco op APA?
stead of exhausting the land, it increases fertility,
but does not succeed on compact clay or on land with | Red Clover, Medium. (7vifo/iuwm Pratense.) The impermeable subsoil. Sow Io to 15 pounds per acre. common variety, used with other grasses for either Price per Ib., 16c ; 25 lbs. and over at I5c. pasture or meadow. Prices on application,
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ABRONIA.
Extremely pretty creeping plant; verbena-like heads of sweet-scented flowers; very effective in beds, rock work or hanging baskets. Half-hardy annual.
Umbellata. Rosy Lilac. White. Price per pkt., 5c. Arenaria. A beautiful yellow variety. Price per pkt.,
AGERATUM.
A Mexican flower of blush-like appearance, suit- able for bedding or pot culture. Blooms continually. Abronia. Annual.
Teron Gi ae Blue;) two weet. Price) per ¢ ADONIS.
Showy border flowers, with pretty, fine cut foliage; hardy annual, lasting a long time in bloom.
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Ageratum. u Tom Thumb. Blue, dwarf, six inches. Price per | Adonis. pkt.,.5c: Imperialis. Dwarf, white, eight inches Price per | Aéstivalis. (Flos Adonis.) Scarlet. Price per pkt., pkt., 5c. 5c
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AGROGLINIUM. | Mite me cae very sweet. Price per pkt., 5c.;
Pretty summer-flowering annuals, bearing quanti- Saxatile Compacta. Golde= yellow flowers. Hardy ties of large double, everlasting flowers of white, rose, | ate ern Blooms the first season. Price per etc. Pept, 5c:
Double Mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc. AMARANTH US.
Rose. Price per pkt., 5c. White. Pri Et. 5¢: :
ra eae oS Ornamental foliage plants of extremely brilliant and showy colors. Half-hardy annual.
Tricolor. (/oseph’s Coat.) eaves yellow, red and green. Price per pkt., 5c.
Caudatus. (Love Lies Bleeding.) Flowers in bunches of Jong, drooping, chenile-like tassels. Price per pkt., 5c.
Salicifolius. (/ountain Plant.) Gracefully drooping, willowy-shaped leaves. In the latter stages of growth the leaves are brilliantly banded and tipped with orange, carmine and bronze. Price per pkt., 5c.
ANTIRRHINUM.
AGROSTEMMA OR CROWN OF THE FIELD.
An attractive, free-flower- ing hardy perennial, pro- : ducing flowers on long, Acroclinium.
Snapdragon. slender stems like a single pink; blossoms the first | One of the most useful summer-flowering peren- season. White and rose-colored flowers. nials, producing long spikes and beautiful bright-
colored flowers, the first season.
Tom Thumb. Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c. Tall Mixed Colors. Price per pkt., 5c.
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Agrostemma or Crown of the Field.
Ceeli Rosea. (Rose of Heaven.) Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
ALYSSUM SWEET.
A very pretty little plant for edging or ribbon lines, blooming all summer. Mardy annual.
Little Gem or Tom Thumb. (Compactum Erectum.) A fine plant for low beds and edgings. Price per
pkt., 5c. | ead = AQUILEGIA.
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he i "hth ee Bl a a Cg Te A very showy class, with curiously shaped blos- ee Sg a soms in great variety of colors; ranks among the finest
early flowering plants. Hardy perennials.
Aqutlegia.
Double Varieties. In finest mixture. Price per
pkt., 5c. Single Varieties. All colors mixed. Price per pkt., 5c. 4 Chrysantha. Golden spurred flowers. Price per et pkt., Ioc.
Chrysantha Alba. Pure white, with long spurs. Price per pkt., I5c.
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ASPERULA.
A profuse blooming hardy annual, attaining an The flowers, which are beautiful light blue, are very sweet scented, and last
average growth of one foot.
long while in perfection. Odorata (Sweet Woodruff).
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ASTER.
VICTORIA. A magnificent strain of asters, flowers very large, double, globular and of striking and beautiful colors.
The dried flowers and leaves have a delicious perfume and impart an agree- able perfume to clothes, etc., when kept among
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| lb., $12.00. Rose. Price per pkt., loc.; per oz., $1.00; per Ib.,
$12.00. ’ Dark Blue. lb., $12.00. Fine Mixed. lb., $10.00. AMER CAN BRANCHING. This is a fine type of the California branching asters, growing eighteen inches to two feet high. Flowers very large and a little later than all other varieties. White. Price per pkt., 1oc.; per oz., 80c.; per lb., $8.00. Pink. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., 80c.; per lb., $8.00. Crimson. Price per pkt., 1oc.; per oz., 80c.; per Ib., $8.00. Lavender. Price per pkt., 1oc.; per oz., 80c.; per lb., $8.00. Purple. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 80c.; per lb., $8.00 Mixed. Price per pkt., 1oc.; per oz., 60c.; per lb., $7.00.
COMET OR PLUME. The flowers are large, quite double, with long, loose wavy petals. Fine mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., 8oc.
White. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., $1.00.
Light Blue. Price per pkt., 1oc,; per oz., $1.co.
Rose. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., $1.00.
Dwarf Chrysanthemum-ilowered. The largest flowering of the dwarf asters, and produces a succession of grand flowers. Fine mixed. Price per pkt., roc.
Corcardeau or Crown. Flowers large and double, with white centers bordered with some bright color. Mixed. Price per pkt., roc.
Queen ofthe Market, Mixed. A large, early variety of branching habit. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 50c.; per lb., $6.co.
White. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 50c.; per lb., $7.00.
Quilled [Mixed Double. Flowers are of tube or quill shape, except the outer flat petals, which are frequently different color than the center, Price per pkt., 5c.
Pzony-flowered Perfection. Flowers very large, perfectly round with slightly incurved petals, borne on single stems. Price per pKt., LOC; pemoOz.,750c:
China. The common double flowering variety. per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 50c ; per 1b., $5.00.
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BALLOON VINE.
Cardiospermum. Love in a Puff.
A genus of rapid-grow- ing, handsome climbers, re- markable for an inflated membraneous capsule, from which it is sometimes called ‘‘ Balloon Vine.”’
Halicacabum. White. Price per pkt., 5c.
BALSAM.
They are among the showiest and most popular of our summer garden annuals, forming bushy plants, covered with large doub‘ flowers, of brilliant colors.
Double Fine Mixed. Per per pkt., 5c.
Double Camelia
Balloon Vine.
Flowered. Finest mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Double Camelia White. Price per pkt., 5c
Double Scarlet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Double Flesh Color. Price per pkt., 5c.
Balsam Apple.
(See Mormordica.)
BRANGHYCOME.
Swan River Daisy.
An annual, growing six to eight inches high, and coy- ered all summer with a pro- fusion of single blue and white daisy-like flowers. Fine mixed. Price per pkt.,
BARTORIA.
Half-hardy annual. The flowers are a very bright metallic yellow, and exceed- ingly brilliant in the sun-
shine. It likes considerable Branchycome. moisture and suffers in a drought. Plants grow seventeen inches to two feet
high, with thistle-like, downy leaves.
Aurea. Golden yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.
BELLIS PERENNIS.
Double Daisy.
Prefers a cool, sheltered situation, and needs some protection inthe winter. Flowers are quilled or flat petaled, white, red or variegated. MHalf-hardy per- ennial,
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Price per pkt., roc. Double Quilled. Mixed. Price per pkt., roc. Double Mixed. Price per pkt., roc.
BROWALLIA.
Profuse blooming plants, continuing throughout the summer, studded with blue and white flowers, growing freely in any rich soil. Half-hardy annual.
Browallia. Elata Cerulea. Sky blue with white eyes. Price per pkt., 5c. Elata Alba. Pure white. Price per pkt., 5c.
GAGALIA.
Tassel Flower.
A pretty half-hardy annual, with tassel-shaped flowers, scarlet and golden yellow. Blooms from July to September.
Mixed Colors. Price per pkt., 5c.
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GALANDRINIA.,
Very pretty plants, succu- 5 lent stems and fleshy leaves, belonging to the Purslane family. Annual.
Grandiflora. Large flowered rosy pink. Price per pkt., 5c.
Galceolaria.
Splendid plants for green- house decoration, forming in spring dense masses of beauti- ful pocket-like flowers. The seeds germinate best without heat, and should be grown in pans or pots. Mottled and spotted.
Large Flowered. pkt., 25c.
Rugosa Shrubby or Bedding Varieties. Price per pkt., 25c.
GALENDULA.
Marigold.
Showy, free- flowering hardy annuals, growing in any good garden soil, pro- ducing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders, and continu- ing in bloom until killed by frosts.
Meteor. Large, double, light yellow flowers, strip- ed with bright orange. Price per okt., 5c.; per oz.,
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Calceolaria.
25¢. Pongei fl. pi. Large, pure white. Semi-double. Price per pkt., 5c.
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Calendula.
Prince of Orange. Grows from ten to twenty inches in height, with a profusion of flowers during the entire summer. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.
¢ Galliopsis or Goreopsis.
Few, if any, annuals are more useful than these; the colors are rich and striking ; flowers numerous and beau- tiful. Hardy annual.
Fine Mixed. Price per pkt.,
5c: Lanceolata. (Perennial.)
Golden yellow. Price per pkt:, 5¢:
Coronata. Large single yel- low flowers. Price. per pkt., 5c.
Golden Wave. (Drummon-
dit.) Plants very bushy and compact and covered with large golden blossoms having dark centers. Prices ner. pkt.ise
Double. Rich golden yellow, maroon spotted. Price per pkt., 5c.
Gampanula.
Hardy, herbaceous peren- nials, bearing attractive bell flowers, thriving best in light rich soil; some of the varie- ties flower in first season if planted early. Carpatica and Speculum are fine for beds, edgings and ribbon garden- ing.
Campanula Pyramidalis. Blue and white mixed; hardy perennial; three feet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Carpatica [lixed. Free flowering, blue and white mixed, continuing in bloom the whole season ; hardy perennials; six inches. Price per pkt., 5c.
CANTERBURY BELLS.
Media, Single Mixed. Beautiful, large, bell-shaped flowers; hardy biennials; two and one-half feet. Erice per pkt., 5¢:
Media, Double Mixed. Two and one-half feet. per pkt., 5c.
Media Calycanthema. (Cup and Saucer.) This is the finest variety of Campanula, producing plants with
white and blue flowers, resembling cup and saucer ; mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc.
‘Campanula.
Price
Ganary Bird Flower.
Tropaeolum Canariensis.
An exceedingly ornamen- tal creeper, with bright, yel- low fringed flowers, resem- bling a canary bird with wings partly spread, and neat, finely divided foliage; a general favorite.
Canary Bird Flower.
Yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.
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GANDYTUFT.
Seed sown in April flower from July to September, and some of the sorts till frost comes. All the varieties are hardy and easy to cultivate. Single plants look well and bloom profusely. Hardy an- nuals, one foot high.
Hyacinth Flowered White. A variety of very decided merit, growing long stiff stems of large headed blooms, suitable for bou- quets and cut flower work. Price per pkt., 1oc.; per 0z., 50C.
Empress or Snow Queen. Pure white flowers, borne on a candelabra-shaped plant. Per pkt., Ioc.
Carmine. Price per pkt., 5c.
Crimson. Price per pkt., 5c.
Lilac. Price per pkt., 5c.
White Fragrant. Price per PREGE5SC:
White Rocket. Price per pkt.. 5c.
Mixed Colors. Price per PEG 5C:5. Per Oz-; 20C:
Perennial. (Jberis Sempervirens.) Hardy, low growing, compact, plant; blooms early in spring in masses of pure white. Fine for border edges or cemetery planting. Price per pkt., Ioc.
CANNA.
(Indian Shot.)
The seed shells are very hard, and to facilitate germination it is a good plan to soak them in warm water ten to twelve hours before planting.
Dwari Large Flowered French. Their great merit lies in the large size and brilliant hues of the flowers,
ranging through all the shades of yellow and orange to the richest crimson, scarlet and vermilion; some are also beautifully spotted. Mixed. Price per pkt., roc.
GASTOR OIL BEANS.
(See Ricinus.)
GELOSIA or GOGKSGOMB.
A very desirable and showy plant, producing large combs of crimson or yellow flowers. The ‘“‘ Cristata’’ sorts are the well known Coxcombs.
Hyacinth Flowered White.
Celosia Plumosa.
NY Gristata, the True ; Gockscomb. Mixed. Including manycolors. Price per pkt., 5c. Rosea. One foot, Rate ae C- Golden Beauty. Golden yellow, ‘“‘ ‘* “‘ 5c.
Japonica. Pryamidal plant, composed of crimson branches, each bearing a comb of the same color, and finely ruffed. Price per pkt., 5c.
’/Glasgow Prize. Very dwarf, immense crimson combs. One foot. Price per pkt., Joc.
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Plumosa, or Feathered Cockscomb. Plants surmounted with long feathery plumes;
exceedingly handsome.
Lye ~ Plumosa, Golden Yellow. Three feet. Price per
DEE, LOC: ;
€anna. Scarlet. Three feet. Price per pkt., Ioc. Cristata.
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- CARNATION.
Carnations and Picotee Pinks are general favor- ites for their delicious fragrance and richness of colors. The seed we offer will produce many splen- did novelties in double or semi-double flowers; protect during the winter; half-hardy perenuials; 146 feet.
Carnation, Finest German. Mixed colors; saved from fine double-named flowers. Price per pkt., 15¢c.
Fine Double Mixed. The hardiest and best vari- eties for garden culture. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Marguerite. Flowers four months after sowing the seed, its profusion of bloom, variety of beauti- ful colors and delicious perfume, insure its popu- larity in all gardens where cut flowers are in demand. Price per pkt., Ioc.
CENTAUREA.
Centaurea Cyanus. Known as ‘‘ Blue Bottle,’’ “Corn Flower,”’ ‘‘Ragged Sailor,’’ etc., fine for cut flowers; two to three feet.
Blue. A very old, favorite annual, flowering freely in almost any situation.
AE Pricesperspktee5c: PENG Centaurea Marguerite. Sg Large, pure white blooms. LG: a WS Price per pkt., Ioc.
Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Centaurea Cyanus.
White-Leaved or Dusty Miller Varieties.
Valuable plants for ribbon bedding. The silvery whiteness of the leaves being very effective with other colored leaved plants.
Gymnocarpa. Graceful, fine-cut silvery white foliage. One and one-half feet. Price per pkt., roc. Candidissima. Silvery, broad-cut leaves. Price per
pkt., 15c.
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Carnation Marguerite.
GHRYSANTHEMUM.
The annual varieties are exceedingly pretty. They are bright, free bloomers, rapid in growth, and merit a prominent place in every annual garden. They are also good for ordinary bouquetcutting. All the annual Chrysanthemums make beautiful pot plants, if sown in cold frames and pricked off singly into six-inch pots. They are perfectly hardy.
Segetum Grandiflorum. The golden Marguerite; large, bright yellow flowers. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Burridgeanum, or Lord Beaconsfield. Crimson, maroon edged, and striped gold, brown eye, ringed yellow. Price per pkt., loc.
Carinatum Eclipse. Pure golden, with a bright, pur- plish-searlet ring and dark brown disc ; very striking. Price per pkt., roc.
Mixed Single Annual Vari- eties. Price per pkt., 5c.
Coronarium, Double Yel-
low. Handsome border plants, two feet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Double White. Very showy, two feet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Mixed Double Annual Va- rieties. Price per pkt., 5c.
Single Chrysanthemum,
GHRYSANTHEMUM
Continued. The following varieties are for pot culture in the house and for florists’ bouquets.
Japonicum, fl. pl. (New Japanese variety.) Flowers of peculiar form and much beauty, combining numerous shades of color. Very interesting. MHalf-hardy perennial. Price per pkt., 25c.
Inodorum Plenissimum. Dwarf-growing, double white variety, very fine flowering and beautiful for pot culture. Price per pkt., loc.
Frutescens Grandiflorum. (‘‘7he Marguerite” or ‘‘Paris Daisy.’’) Immense quantities are grown by French florists, and find a ready sale. It produces freely its white, star-like flowers under the most unfavorable conditions. Price per pkt. Ioc.
CGLEOME.
(The Giant Spider Plant.)
Seed sown in the open ground in May will commence blos- soming July Ist, and continue until frost, attaining a height of five or six feet. The flowers are deep purple pink when they first open, but fade to a light pink. Thestamensareseveral inches long, which Pil
gives it the name of Spider flower. Sas joss : Pungens. Price per pkt., 5c. j () 5 ES =< GINERARIA. A magnificent greenhouse plant having a range and brightness of color seldom equaled. Sow seeds from May to July. | Hybrida. Large Flowering. Brilliant blossoms, beautifully marked colors. Price per pkt., 25c. Fine Mixed. Choice strain of showy and bright colors. Price per pkt., 15c. Maritima. (Dusty Muller.) Silvery foliage, fine for bed-
ding, edging and ribbon planting. Price per pkt., 5c.
GLARKIA.
An old favorite annual,
Uf \\ | growing and producing freely | y \WSax\ its flowers under almost any : circumstances. Price per
Clarkia. pkt., 5c. P
Cineraria.
GLIANTHUS.
(Australian Glory Pea.)
Magnificent plants which should be grown in light, rich soil. A shrubby, tend- er greenhouse perennial.
Dampieri. Flowers in clusters, pea-shap- ed; four to six inches in length ; of bril- liant scarlet. Price per pkt., roc.
COBOEA.
A beautiful rapid-growing climbing plant, with large, handsome, bell-shaped PSEZ sia tom flowers. Sowearly and plant out about Clianthus Dampieri. June. Insowing, plant the seeds edge- wise, and cover lightly.
Scandens. Price per pkt., toc.
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COLEUS.
A distinctive foliage plant with large, brilliantly colored leaves ranging through shades of scarlet, yel- low, green and variegated markings. Sow early in spring,
Fine Mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Choice Large Leaved Varieties. Price per pkt., 25c.
COLLINSIA.
Very pretty tre--flowering plants, oDlooming in whorls and several whorls around each flowerstem; hardy annual; 114 feet.
Collinsia Mixed. pkt., 5c.
COLUMBINE.
(See Aquilegia.)
Gonvolvulus.
(Morning Glory.)
Price per
Collinsia. Free-flowering climber, succeeds in almost
Major. any situation. Height, fifteen feet. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.
The Japanese Morning Glory. The flowers are al- most ta:liwited in variety of colors, from purest white through all the different shades of pink, rose,
red, carmine, crimson, blue, purple and
Fine mixed.
maroon. Sow early ina warm, sunny
place, or, to gain time, start the seeds in the house. Choice Iixed. Price pkt., 5¢.; Oz., 20C. Tricolor Mi- ner. “ Busa Morning Gio- ries’’ grow on- ly about one foot high; the flowers are
Convolvulus Major.
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freely borne, and, if pleasant, remain all day. The plant spreads with much regularity, and a bed of them is a beauti- ful object all summer. Price per pkt., 5c.
SOSMOS.
An autumn flowering plant, with feathery foliage. The flowers are borne profusely in loose clusters. Seed should be sown early in the spring and the plants transplanted in the open border when danger from frost is past. It begins bloom- ing in August and continues until cut down by frost. For planting in shrubbery it will be found very valu- able.
Conuoleuler Wnor.
Cosmos.
Early Dwarf Dawn. Delicate pink. Price per pkt., 5c.
Hybridus Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Hybridus, White Pearl. Price per pkt., 5c.
Dwarf Yellow Cosmos. This forms a ‘plant about 2 feet high; the flowers, about 13% inches across, are star-shaped and of arich golden yellow. Price per
Snake Cucumber.
GUCGUMIS OR SNAKE CUCUMBER.
Ficxuosus. It is a rapid growing vine, quite orna- mental, and often attaining a length ofsix feet. The fruits are curious, and, if allowed to fully ripen, can be kept forsometime. Annual. Price per pkt., roc.
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GYGLAMEN.
A genus of the most beautiful and elegant winter and spring blooming plants for pot culture in parlor or conservatory, univer- sally admired. If sown early in spring under glass, and well grown, will make flowering bulbs in one year.
Persicum. Mixed, selected from finest varieties. Price per pkt., Ioc ;
Giganteum. Flowers of an extraordinary size, broad petals and stout flower stalks. Price per pkt., 25c.
GYPRESS VINE.
A clinging plant with very delicate, fern- like foliage, and masses of beautiful, star- shaped flowers borne in clusters. Half- hardy anaual.
Scarlet. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 30c. White. $s Ses ate 30¢. Mixed. as Sega 30€.
DAHLIA.
One of our best autumnal flowering plants; blooms until killed by frost; tuber- * ous rooted, half-hardy perennials ; ‘bloom- ing the first year from seed, if sown early; protect the roots during winter in a dry cellar in sand ; two to eight feet. Cyclamen. Large Flowering. Saved from the ae double flow-
ers. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Small Flowering. (Bouquet or Lilliputian.) Saved
ABL AN”
Cypress Vine.
with flowers averaging three inches in diameter, and of the most brilliant colors.
from choice double flowers; mixed colors. Price DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. per pkt., roc. . Chinensis. (China or Indian Pink.) Finest double sue PUR > ESSE SRST WOW SEE. PEGS (Rae sey mixed. One foot. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c. Snowflake. Large double fringed flowers. Price per DAISY Bellis Perennts. DSip Be
Heddewigii, fl. pl. (Double Japan Pink.) Very beau- DELPHINIUM. tiful mixed colors. One foot. Price per pkt., 5c.
(Perennial Larkspur.)
The tribe of Delphinium, | to which the well-known | Larkspur belongs, is one of the handsomest and most useful of all perennials, pro- ducing magnificent spikes of bloom in great profusion throughout the summer; if sown early they will flower the firstseason. Half-hardy | perennial.
Formosum. Beautiful sin- gle variety ; blue with white
Delphinium. center. Price per pkt., 5c.
Grandiflorum fl. pl. Finest double. Price per pkt., 15c.
Finest Mixed. Price per pkt.,
DIANTHUS.
Dianthus Caryophyllus and its varieties are the much ad- mired Carnation and Picotees. @=S Dianthus Barbatus is the well- = known Sweet William. Dian- thus Chinensis and varieties are known as Indian Pinks. Dianthus Heddewigii and Di-
‘Pheasant’ s ee Fink.
Mourning Cloak or White Frill. (Dianthus Hedde- wigit.) The flowers are verydark and rich, some marooncolor. It hasarich clovefragrance. Half- hardy annual and grow<a foot high. Price per pkt.,
adematus are splendid sorts, Dianthus. 5c.
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Diadematus Flora Plena. (Double Diadem Pink.) A striking variety ; luxuriant, but dwarf and compact of growth. Flowers double, comprising all shades of color. Price per pkt., 5c.
Imperialis, fl. pl. (Double Imperial Pink.) Fine mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES.
Laciniatus. A beautiful fringed variety; various colors. One foot. Price per pkt., 5c.
‘sFasternQueen.’’ The broad bands of mauve upon the paler surface of the petals are very striking and pretty. Price per pkt., 5c.
‘¢Crimson Belle.’’ A rich crimson color, flowers of very large size. Price per pkt.,
5c.
Little Gem. A dwarf variety, growing about six inches high. Al- mostcovered with rosy veined and carmine flowers. Price per pkt., 5c.
HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES.
Highly valued for the great beauty and fragrance of their flowers. These make splendid bushy plants, from one to two feet high, for permanent beds and borders.
Eastern Queen Dianthus.
Gardnerianus, fl. pl., Mixed. (Double Hardy Garden |
Pink.) Warge fringed flowers. Price per pkt., 5c.
Plumarius, fl. pl., Tlixed (Double Pheasant’s Eve Pink.) Double fringed flowers of white, crimson or purple shades, spotted and variegated ; ten to twelve inches high. Price per pkt., roc.
Scoticus, [ixed. (Scotch Paisley Pink ) Warge flower- ing, with fringed edges of various colors. Price per
DIGITALIS.
(Foxglove.)
Handsome and highly or- namental plants, of stately growth, bearing long spikes of large, showy flowers, running through shades of white, rose, yellow and purple. Fine for shrubberies and half - shady places. Hardy perennial.
Fine Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Monstrosa. Very long spike with large, novel and beau- tiful flowers. Price per pkt., roc.
ESGHSGHOLTZIA.
( California Poppy.)
Very attractive plants for beds, edgings or masses ; pro- fuse flowering and fine cut foliage. In bloom from June till frost. Hardy annuals. One foot.
SINGLE VARIETIES.
Hunnemannia. (Yellow Bush Eschscholtzia.) This is a smost profuse bloomer grow- ing 12to 18 inches high and the bright yellow flowers are born on good stiff stems suit- able for cutting. Seed sown in April or May will bloom in July. 10c.
Golden West. Sulphur yellow with orange center. Price per pkt.. 5c.
Rose Cardinal. Beautiful rose color. 5c: \
Mandarin. large flowers of a bright scarlet; inner side rich orange. Price per pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed. Includes many finesingle sorts. Price per pEty 5c:
ow Eschscholtzia.
(California Poppy.)
Price per pkt.,
Pricegper-pkt.,
DOUBLE VARIETIES.
Double White. Price per pkt., 5c. Double Yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.
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Hunnemannia or Yellow Bush Eschscholtzia.
EUPHORBIA.
(Snow on the Mountain.)
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Marginata Variegata. It grows about two feet in height. The large leaves are nearly two inches long, and small at the tops of branches ; light green and white mar- gined. A native of our western states and territo- ries. Price per pkt., 5c.
Euphorbia Marginata.
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EU PHORBIA— continued.
Mexican Fire Plant, or Fire on the Mountain. This isa hardy annual of the easiest culture, and resem- bles in habit and color the hot-house Poinsettia. The plants grow two to three feet high, of branching,
bush-like form, with smooth, glossy leaves, which |
are at first entirely green; but about midsummer clusters of small, white flowers appear on the end of each branch, surrounded by beautiful orange-scarlet bracts, presenting a striking and brilliant combina- tion of colors. Price per pkt., roc.
FEVERFEW.
Matricaria.
Free-flowering, herbaceous plants, succeeding in any gar- den soil; blooms until frost; hardy, perennial, blooming the first season if sown early. Alba Plenissima Double
White. Seeds saved from fine double flowers. Eight- een inches high. Price per pkt., roc.
FORGET-ME-NOT.
(ALyosoits )
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mrs ies sae Price per dais White. Price per pkt., 5c. Crimson.
Pica e
Geranium.
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‘GAILLARDIA.
Showy and universally admired annuals, flowering the first year; among the gayest ornaments of summer flower beds.
Picta Lorenziana. fusely in large flowers of bright colors. pkt., 5c.
Grandiflora Hybrida. Perennial. yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.
Fine [lixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
GERANIUM.
Single [fixed Zonale. Including many varieties. Price per pkt., I0¢.
Double [lixed. Including many varieties. Price per pkt., 25c.
Pelargonium. (Lady Washing- ton) Desirable plants for pot culture; the flowers are borne in clusters, are rich and beauti- fully marked. Price per pkt.,
GILIA.
Hardy annual, grows in almost any situation; pro-
fuse bloomers and fine for
heds and rockeries.
Tricolor. Price per pkt., 5c.
Fine Mixed. Price per pkt.; 5c.
GLOBE AMARANTH.
*‘Bachelor’s Buttons ”’ These are annuals, forming bushy plants about two feet high and bearing a great many flowers of purple, white, striped, etc. Quite ornamental as summer blooming plants, and very desirable ‘‘ Everlastings.”’
A double variety, blooming pro- Price per
Rich crimson and
Globe Amaranth.
Price per pkt.,
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GNAPHALIUM.
(Edelweiss. )
Leontopodium. The famous ‘‘Kdelweiss’’ of the Alps. The flowers are star-shaped, of downy texture, and pure white, and are sought after as souvenirs. They retain their natural appearance for years. Very desirable for dried bouquets, etc. Price per pkt., 15c.
GODETIA.
oe. ||); (Satin Flower. ) paper” Very handsome and showy Godetia. aunual, of dwarf, compact growth, bearing large flowers of exquisite colors and shades that glisten in the sun light like satin.
Lady Albemarie. Carmine, shading to lilac. Price per pkt., 5c.
Duchess of Albany. Pure satin white. Price per pkt., 5c.
Lady Satin Rose. Glossy rose pink. Price per pkt., 5c. Finest Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Gourds.
A very orna- mental class of rapid growing climbers. The fruit is of curious shapes, sizes and colors. All are hard shelled and will keep indefi- nitely. Useful for covering fences, brush, or unsight- ly places. Nest Egg.
A cap-
ital nest egg. Produces a fine
Nest Egg Gourd. white fruit the
shape of an egg. Price per pkt., 5c.
Orange. The fruit resembles an orange in shape and color. Price per pkt., 5c.
Lemon. The fruit resembles alemon in shape and color. Price per pkt., 5c.
Hercules Club. Club shape. Grows 4 to 6 feet in length. Price per pkt., 5c.
Dipper. Its name indicates its Kk use. Price per: pkt., 5c: a b i
Dish Cloth. A vegetable dish = cloth; the seeds are envel- WitedGoane oped in a sponge-like cloth, tough and elastic, and admirably answering the pur- pose of its name. The fruit is about two feet in length. Price per pkt., 5c.
Sugar Trough. This variety grows to a large size. Price per pkt., 5c.
‘liniature. Small, green bottomed and bottle-shaped. Price per pkt., 5c.
Bottle. Singularly shaped and resembling a bottle. Price per pkt., 5c.
Fancy and Ornamental. Mixed varieties. Price per pkt., 5c. Large. Mixed varieties. Price per pkt., 5c.
For winter decoration these are very beautiful. For this purpose they should be cut before they are thoroughly ripe. The plants should be trans- planted or thinned out sufficiently to afford space for growth of each as soon as they can be handled; this will allow them to de- velop their character.
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Avena Sterilis. ( Animated
Oats.) Long, drooping panicles. Price per pkt., Briza Maxima. 5c.
Briza Maxima. ( Quaking Grass.) Price per pkt., 5c. Bromus Brizeformis. One of the best grasses for
dried bouquets. Price per pkt., 5c. Coix Lachrymez. (/od’s
Tears.) Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 20¢. Eragrostis Elegans. (Love
Grass.) Price per pkt., 5ce. Gynerium Argenteum.
( Pampas Grass.) Price er pkt., 5c. Stipa Pennata. (eather
Grass.) Indispensable in grass bouquets. Price per pkt., 5c.
SE GCANG PHILS ——
Coix Lachryme.
Gynerium Argenteum. Stipa Pennata.
HYAGINTH BEAN.
Dolichos.
A beautiful class of quick-growing ornamental climbers, often growing fifteen or twenty feet ina sea- son, producing an abundance of clustered spikes of pur- ple and white flowers, which are folluwed by exceed. ingly ornamental seed pods.
Mixed. * Price per pkt., 5c.
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HELIANTHUS.
Sunflower.
Flelianthus Cucumertfolia.
Tall growing plants, with large and showy yellow
flowers. Hardy annuals. SINGLE VARIETIES. [liniature. (Cucumertfolia.) Dwarf, bushy habit,
profuse in its bloom of bright yellow, black-centered flowers. Price per pkt., 5c.
Stella. Flowers from two to three inches in diameter with black centers, borne on long stems; suitable for cutting. Price per pkt., 5c.
Oscar Wilde.
The flowers are small, and consist of a
small, black center, surrounded by a row of bright golden petals.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz, Ioc.
Helianthus Globosus Fistulosus
Helianthus Oscar Wilde.
Mammoth Russian. Very rank in its growth, often eight to twelve feet high, bearing single heads meas- uring from fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., roc.
DOUBLE VARIETIES. Chrysanthemum Flowered. Grows six feet high and bears profusely all summer. Perfectly double, the color is bright golden yellow. The flowers are so perfect in form that they resemble very double chrys- anthemums. Price per pkt., Ioc.; per oz., 25c. Californicus. Extra large and double. Five feet. price per pkt., 5c. Globosus Fistulosis. Flowers very large and globular formed. Six feet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Helichrysum
(Straw Flower).
HELIGHRYSUM.
Straw Flower.
Bright and attractive summer blooming annuals, of free growth, aud producing in abundance large dou- ble red, white and yellow flowers, valuable as an ‘‘Ever- lasting.”’
Large Flowering, Double Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
HELIOTROPE.
A half-hardy perennial, flowering during the whole season; it a deliciously fragrant and most desirable bou- quet flower; also asplendid bedding plant. Seeds sown in the spring will make fine plants for summer bloom- ing. Tlixed. Price per pkt., oc.
Helipterum Sanfordi.
Avery pretty aunual, and good border plant of dwarf habit, bearing large globular clusters of bright golden yellow flowers, perhaps the best known of the ‘‘ Rverlasting,” and sold in bunches as immortelles. Priceiper pkt,,.5¢:
HOLLYHOGK.
For majestic growth and. massive beauty the holly- hock stands unrivalled. Flowers very large, perfectly double, and of great variety of color.
Good lixed. Price per pkt., 5c-
Extra Choice,Double Finest [ixed. Price per pkt., Ioc. Double Yellow. Price pkt., Ioc.
Double Rose. Price per pkt., 1oc.
Double Blood Red. Price per pkt , Ioc.
Double Salmon. Price per pkt., roc.
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HOLLY- HOGK.
Continued.
Canary Yellow. Priceiipes pk, Ioc. White. Price per pkt., loc. Mammoth Fringed Alleghany Mixed. Price. per opkt., Ioc.
Honesty.
Silvery, transpar-
XS Z 7 ent seed vessels, ae > IONS SEL SN: AN \ of beautiful effect for dried bouquets. Price aly ZN etpa fiyZ Z; PWR Sg lll per pkt., 5c.
NGOOSAY aeeea) ICE PLANT.
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A very pretty little trailing plant, the
SEN Ween = leaves of which are covered with crystalline
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Half-hardy annual.
ITMesembryanthe- jan \Y ZN mum Crystallinum. INS eel DW ae < \ Price per pkt., 5c. mean . I \ J 3 a | Impatiens
Sultant.
A beautiful deco- rative plant, produc- ie ing cherry-red, waxy Ai flowers continuously. Ice Plant.
Zanzibar or Sultana’s Balsam. Price per pkt., roc.
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This is a rapid and luxuriant summer climber, profuse in its blooming of large, beautiful flowers, and invaluable for covering walls, trellises, arbors or stumps of trees.
Coccinea. (Star Jpo- mea.) Small scarlet flower. Price per DEES 5C.
Bona Nox. ( Lvening Glory or Good Night.) Large, pure white, fragrant flowers.
Ipomea. Price per pkt., roc. Ipomea Bona Box.
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IPOMEA-— Continued. Noctiflora. (Joon Flower.) Yue Flowers, which expand in the evening, are white, from five to six inches in diameter, and emit a Jasmine-like odur; the vines grow very rapidly, attaining a height of twenty-five feet. Price per pkt., Ioc.
LANTANA.
One of the most desirable half-hardy, greenhouse er bedding plauts, consta: tly »n bloom; verbena-like heads of orange, whi'e, rose and other colored flowers. Finest Mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc.
LARKSPUR ANNUAL.
Delphinium.
A beautiful genus of plants, very dwarf and compact habits, possessing almost every requisite for the adorn- ment of the garden, blooming in the greatest profusion, and of every variety of the most brilliant colors. Emperor. Of bushy habit, remarkably floriferous,
with beautiful dark blue, red striped and tri-colored flowers. Price per pkt., 5c. Double Dwirf Rocket Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c. Tall Double Rocket Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c;
LATHYRUS.
Everlasting Pea. Showy, free-flowering plants, growing in any com- mon soil; very ornamental on trellis work, old stumps, or for covering fences or walls. Hardv perennials.
Lathyrus. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Latifolius, White. Latifolius, Pink Beauty. Latifolius, Crimson. Price per pkt., roc. Latifolius, Scarlet. Price per pkt., toc. Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
LINUM.
Flowering Flax. A showy bedding plant of the flax family, having brilliant flower- of various colors, borne on slender stems, with fine foliage. Does well in any light gar-
Price per pkt., Ioc.
d nsoil, Hardy annual.
Grandiflorum Coccineum. Bright scarlet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Flavum. B-autiful golden yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.
Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
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LOBGELIA.
The following dwarf and trailing varieties of this popular and beautiful flowering plant will be found most desirable for pot culture, edgings, hanging bas- kets, etc., blooming profusely from June to November. Half-hardy annual.
Erinus Varieties for Baskets, Vases, Etc. Six te nine inches. 8 Alba. Pure white. Price per N ae pkt., 5c.
Bd \\) Speciosa. Bright blue. Price
ny per pkt., 5¢- Gracilis. Light blue; long, slender, trailing stems.
Price per pkt., 5c. Mixed. Contains many sorts Price per pkt., 5c.
{ alia st Compacta Varieties for
Ws: gings, Etc. Four to six Ae ler inches.
a White Gem. Pure white. == Price per pkt., 5c. Crystal Palace. Dark blue;
= fine for bedding. Price per Lobelia. pkt., 5c. Prima Donna. Dwarf, bushy plants, with rich velvety crimson maroon flowers. Price per pkt., Ioc. Mixed Varieties. Price per pkt, 5c.
MARIGOLD.
Very effective, half-hardy annual; very showy is the garden, and continuing in flower from early in the summer till frost. The African, the tallest, is the most
Marigold. effective in large beds, mixed flowers and shrubbery
borders. The Dwarf French makes splendid compact
edging for beds and borders.
Double French Dwarf Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 50c.
African Double [Mixed. Tall—Orange brown. Price per pkt., 5°-; per oz., 4oc.
Eldorado. Tall—Large flowers in all shades of yel- low. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 50C.
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LUPINS.
A well- known genus; very conspicu- ousand showy. Many ofthe varieties are of a stately, ro- bust growth, which make them valuable
(SOT eine sce flowers and shrubbery borders. Har- dy annual. Affinis. Blue,
white and purple. Per kt., 5c. Crookshanki. Blue, white and yellow. Per pkt., 5c.
white. Price
Lupins. Hybrida Atrococcineus.
per pkt., 5c. Mixed Colors.
MAURANDIA.
These beautiful summer climbers cannot be too highly recommended, whether for the adornment of the conservatory or greenhouse, or for trailing on trel- lis work. Blooms the first season from seed.
Barclayana. Rich violet. Price per pkt., Ioc. Finest [Mixed. Price per pkt., oc.
Searlet and
Price per pkt., 5c.
Defiance Mignonette.
MIGNONETTE.
A well-known favorite, highly esteemed for its fragrance; essential in every garden. If it is well thinned out as soon as the plants are large enongh, they will grow stronger and produce larger spikes of bloom. Hardy annual.
Reseda Odorata. Improved, large flowering. Price per pkt., 5c; per oz., isc.
Parson’s White. A distinct, almost white variety- Price per pkt., 5c.
Hybrid Spiral. Produces flower spikes from eight te ten inches in length. Price per pkt., 5c.
Machet. A dwarf, bushy, French variety, excellent for potculture. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 50c.
Bird’s Mammoth. Flower spikes of immense size, often measuring eight or nine inches in length. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Allen’s Defiance. When grown under favorable con- ditions its spikes will be of remarkable size—froma twelve to fifteen inches long. Price per pkt., 15c-
MIMOSA.
Sensitive Plant.
A very interesting and curious plant, iis leaves closing if touched or shaken. Pudica. Price per
pkt., 5c.
Mimulus.
Monkey Flower.
The mimulus is a beautiful, tender looking plant, with almost transparent branches. Succeeds best in moist, shady situations; fine for baskets under shel-
Mimosa ( Sensitive Plant).
ter, verandas or vases, and for culture in the house.
Mixed. Blotched and spotted hybrid. pkt., 5c.
Moschatus. (Musk FPlant). Foliage emits a strong musky perfume; flowers, canary yellow. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Price per
Mormordica.
Luxuriant annual climbers, with ornamental foliage, fruit golden yellow, warted, and when ripe, opens, showing the “97K seeds and its brilliant carmine ANY interior. Ten to fifteen feet.
Mormordica Balsamina.
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Apple-shaped fruit. Price Oe per pkt., 5c. Charanta. Pear-shaped fruit. Price ser pkt., 5¢.
MORNING GLORY.
( See Convolvulus).
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MARVEL OF PERU.
Four O'clock.
This grows EO BSCE shal height, well bina nie herd: bright foliage, fragrant flowers and _ desirable colors. Set plants two feet apart. It is real- ly a good plant, and makes a nice summer hedge. Seeds Shion wld abe planted in the
open ground Wile nemateine plants are de- sired.
TMiarvel of Peru or Four O’clock. Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Marvel of Peru.
MYOSOTIS.
Forget-me-not.
Marvel of Peru.
Variegated. Price per pkt., 5c.
A well-known plaut, bearing clusters of star-like flowers, best adapted to moist situations, though grow- img in almost any soil. Half-hardy perennial.
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Bright blue. Price per pkt., 5c. Price per pkt., 5c.
Alpesiris Cerulz. Alpestris Alba. Pure white.
Dissitiflora. Large flowering, dark blue; (the true forget-me-not). Price per pkt., loc.
MYRSIPHYLLUM.
(See Smilax.)
| Aurora.
| Cloth of Gold.
NASTURTIUM.
Tropeolum.
Plants of great beauty, blooming throughout the summer and fall, and in the greenhouse during winter. The tall varieties make good covering for walls and trellises. The compact growth and rich colored flowers of the dwarf varieties make them desirable for
: bedding plants. They succeed best in light soil, not very rich.
TALL VARIETIES.
Crimson. Rich color. Price PET/OZ..120C-, PET Pte 5: Pearl. White. Price per oz.,
20C3) per Pkt... 5C-
Rose. Beautifulshade. Price PELIOZ.,.20C.-s per pkit., 5C- Scarlet. Brilliant red. Price pet Oz), 205 sper pt, 5c: Yellow. Spotted crimson. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt.,
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| Mixed. Allcolors. Price per Ibe $u.25 sper oz...15c-: ee peraplets. 5C:
DWAREF VARIETIES.
Salmon rose, shading from pink to carmine. Price per 0z., 20c.; per pkt., 5c. Beauty. Yellow, striped with red.
20c.; per pkt., 5c. Searlet flowers with golden yellow foliagen rice per OZ..920c-) per pkt.5C.
Empress of India. Very dark green foliage; flowers bright crimson. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Rrices perez,
Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur yellow, spotted maroon. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c. King of Tom Thumbs. Intense scarlet. Price per
OZ 20C EDeh Pict. ny 5 Ce
King Theodore. Deep maroon flowers and dark foliage. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Lady Birad. ‘oh. Golden yel- low, striped and spotted with bright Kedeguelat acre per OZ.,, 20C.; per pe; 5c:
Pearl. Creamy
white. Price 3 \
per 0z., 20C.; ~I€ Gy <4 \
per pkt., 5c. Daea<G Rose. Dark \\WNGs
pink. Price = Ne aN. jw &
er OZ., 20C.; Para SL ia EL
Het pkt., 5c. Nasturtium, Dwarf.
Golden King. Pure bright yellow. 2uc.; per pkt., 5c.
Mixed. All colors. per pkt., 5c.
LOBBIANUM NASTURTIUMS.
The brilliance and profusion in blooming of the Lobbianum varieties render them superior for green- house or conservatory decoration in winter; also for trellises, arbors and vases, etc., in summer ; half-hardy annuals. Six to ten feet.
Price per oz.,
Price per lb., $1.50; per oz.,I5c.;
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LOBBIANUM NASTURTIUMS— Continued.
Brilliant. Rich scarlet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Spitfire. Crimson. Price per pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt.,
5c.
Nasturtium Peregri= num. (See Canary Bird HKlower.) Price per pkt., 5c.
Lovein a Mist or Devil ina Bush.
A compact, free-flower- ing plant, with finely cut foliage, curious look- ing flowers and seed pods; of easy culture, growing in any garden soil. Hardyannual. One foot. Damascena. Blue and
white mixed. Price Nasturtiums. per pkt., 5c.
NIGOTIANA.
Affinis. A very ornamental plant with long, tubular white flowers, deliciously fragrant, and as easily grown as the common tobacco. Price per pkt , 5c.
Giant Red Flowered. The foliage is luxuriant; surmounted with Nicotiana Affinis. crimson flowers. They grow rapidly, and continue until cut down i by frost. Price per pkt., 5c.
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Pink. A delicate pink shade. Price per pkt., 5c. Splendid Mixed Single. Price per pkt., 5c.
ie EMOPH H _A. Large Flowering, Double Mixed. Flowers perfectly
double, making a gorgeous display, remaininy open Make allday. Price per pkt., Ioc.
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dwarf -growing, free- flowering hardy annuals,
of spreading habit.
Marginata. Azure blue, edged with white. Price penipkts.65C:
Finest Mixed Colors. Price per pkt., 5c.
PORTULAGA.
These brilliant and popular hardy annuals are of the easiest culture, luxuriating in an exposed, sunny
situation, and producing throughout the summer their hl ~ & ag : various colored flowers in the greatest profusion. ly, Wi hie Ree ae A ; b \ PR 12, ~ LD Gf We TR \\ Goiden Striped. Straw color with golden or orange ; WA ‘N SM J Ch,
stripes. Price per pkt, 5c. ! Alba. Clear white. Price per pkt., 5c. Portulaca; Large Flowering, Double Mixed.
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It will flower betterin the middle of summer if plant- ed where it is somewhat shaded from the hot sun, and especially if furnished with a good supply of water, but in almost any situation will give fine flowers in the spring
and autumn.
Good quality. Price per pkt., 5c.
Mixed Seeds. English grown. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Mixed Seeds. German grown. Price per pkt.. 5c.
Giant Trimardeau. Extra large and fine. Mixed. Price per Pts 5c: :
Large Beigian or Butterfly. Mixed. Price per pkt., 25c.
King of the Blacks. Almost coal black. Price per pkt., 5c.
Emperor William. Ultramarine Blue, with purple violet eyes. Price per pkt., 5c.
Peacock Blue. Rich velvety blue, white edge. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Light Blue’ Sky blue. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Violet. With white border. Price per pkt., Ioc
Bugnot’s Superb Striped and Blotched. Extra and very showy. Price per pkt., I5c.
Yellow Margined. Beautiful color, with margin or belt of yellow. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Mahogany Colored. A rich bronzy red. Price per pkt., foc.
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Pansy.
Red Victoria. Bright coppery colors, but not strictly Price per pkt., Ioc. red. Price per pkt., Ioc. Odier or Large Eyed. Dark spots on each petal, and
Pure Yellow. Fine for bedding. Price per pkt., Ioc. | large eyes. Price per pkt., roc.
Bronze. Coppercolored. Price per pkt., roc. | White. Sometimes slightly marked with purple. |
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Petunia.
LARGE FLOWERING PHLOX.
The large-flowering kinds-are a decided improve- ment on the Drummondii, producing flowers twice the
sizeof the latter, with the most brilliant colors.
Alba. Pure-white, extra large. Brilliant Scarlet. Price per pkt., 5c. Rosy Carmine. White Eye. Rosea Pink. White Eye. Price per pkt., 5c. Vivid Crimson. Large White Kye. Large Yellow. A very fine color.
Splendid Mixed. Includes all of the above, and many other shades and colors. Price per pkt., roc.
Star of Quedlinburgh. Star-shaped Phlox of dwarf habit, with very pretty flowers, mixed colors. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Price per pkt., 5c.
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The brilliancy and va- riety of its colors, com- bined with the duration of ‘its blooming period ren- der it invaluable. The plants are of easy culture and thrive well in any good garden soil.
: Fine Mixed. Price per
5c.
Extra Choice [lixed. Largest flowered. Price per pkt., Ioc.
California Giants. Strip ed and blotched; extra fine mixed. Price per pkt., 25c. 3
Striped and Blotched. Large flowered, extra. Price per pkt., roc.
Large Single Fringed. Blotched and striped: large flowering, mixed. Price per pkt., 25c.
Finest Double. Beautiful shades of crimson, white, rose, striped and blotehed. “Price per pkt., 25c.
i, SAV iS; PHLOX.
* : This splendid genus of plant is unrivaled for richness of color, profu- fusion of blossoms, length of duration in bloom, and whether in clumps or masses, looks equally beautiful.
Phlox Drummondii. Mixed. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
DOUBLE - FLOWERING PHLOX.
Flowers are double and semi-double, and last much longer than those of the Single Phlox. The white is
especially valuable as a cut flower.
Double White. Double Scarlet. Double Mixed. Price per pkt., roc.
DWARF PHLOX.
Phlox Drummondti Nana Compacta.
Price perpkt,, 10c. Price per pkt., roc. |
These are the best for ribbon bedding or borders. The plants grow very symmetrically in neat little bushes about eight inches high; covered with flowers during the whole summer and fall, as large as those of the Drummondii, and as easy to grow.
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DWARF PHLOX.
Continued.
Snowball. Flowers pure white; the plants resemble large snowballs when in full bloom. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Fireball. Glowing, brilliant scarlet. Price per pkt., Loc.
Dwarf Phlox, [lixed. Price per pkt., roc.
PHYSALIS FRANGHETI.
Chinese Lantern Plant.
Physalis Francheti.
pot or outdoor culture; hardy perennials.
Polyanthus, English. The best single, all colors mixed. Double hose-in-hose, mixed. Price per pkt., 15c.
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Polyanthus.
Primula Elatior.
Showy, carly spring, free- flowering plants, fine for either Nine inches.
Price per pkt., 5c.
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POPPIES.
Plants with large and brilliant colored flowers, growing freely in any common soil, producing a rich and effective display in mixed flower borders and shrubbery.
SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES.
Tulip Poppy. A magnificent species from Armenia. The plants grow abowt fourteen inches high and produce from fifty to sixty large tulip-like flowers of dazzling scar- Le fee LICe periplats, eLOC.
Shirley Poppies. These are gener- ally single or semi-double; the color extending from pure white through the most delicate shades of pale pink, rose and carmine. Price per pkt., Ioc. oy)
Danebrog. Large bright scarlet, white cross in center. Price per pkt., 5c.
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PO PPiIES—continued.
Umbrosum. Richest vermilion, with a deep, shiny black spot on each petal. Price per pkt., 5c.
English Scarlet. The common field poppy of Great Britain, dazzling scarlet. Price per pkt., 5c.
Flag of Truce. Satiny white flower, three to four inches across. Price per pkt., 5c.
Single [Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Nudicaule. (The Iceland Poppy.)
DOUBLE ANNUAL POPPIES.
Fairy Blush. Very double flowers, white, elegantly fringed and tipped with rose. Price per pkt., Ioc. White Swan. Immense double flowers, beautifully fringed, and of purest white. Price per pkt., Ioc. Mikado, The flowers are brilliant scarlet and white, with elegantly curved petals, like a Japanese chrys- anthemum, the fringed edges being crimson scarlet.
Price per pvkt., Ioc.
Cardinal. Very large; brilliant red. Price per pkt.. 5c.
HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES.
Bracteatum. Very large orange-scarlet flowers, averaging five inches in diam- eter, Perennial variety. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Nudicaule. (7he Ice- land Poppy.) Per- fectly hardy, and produce an endless profusion of flowers which are most use- ful for cutting. They have bright green, fern —-like foliage, formed in tufts, from which issue tender stalks about twelve inches in height, sur- mounted by yellow, white or orange- scarlet flowers. Price per pkt., Ioc.
PYRETHRUM.
Handsome herbaceous plants of easy culture. P. Aureum is the well-known Golden Feather, so much used for car- pet bedding, edging, etc. From the flowers of P. Roseum is obtained the Persian in- sect powder. P. Hybrid- um and vya- rieties are among the handsomest of hardy flowering herbaceous plants.
Aureum. ‘( Golden Feather.) Bright yel- low foliage. Price per pkt., 5c.
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( Persian Insect Powder Plant.) Flowers Per pkt., Ioc.
Roseum. bright rose; one and one-half feet.
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PRIMULA.
Chinese Primrose.
This is a beautiful flowering plant for winter or spring decorations in the home or conservatory. It is usually advised to sow Primula seeds in July and August, but in our hot, dry climate it is very difficult for them to germinate at that season. I have found that the best time to sow is in February, March or April. Then sown, the seeds germinate freely, and fine plants can be had for winter flowering.
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SINGLE VARIETIES.
Single White Fringed. Price per pkt., 25c.
Single Red Fringed. Price per pkt., 25c.
Superb Mixed. This strain of English Primula is universally admired, and contains the finest varieties and colors. Price per pkt., 25c.
Fine Mixed Colors. Price per pkt., 15c.
DOUBLE GHINESE PRIMROSE.
White. Price per pkt., 50c. Mixed. Price per pkt., 5oc.
HARDY PRIMROSES.
These are among the best of the early spring blooming plants. With a slight protection they will stand the winter, but do better if protected by a cold frame.
Primula Japonica. (/apanese Primrose.) Bright and showy flowers, borne in whorls on stems six to nine inches long; mixed colors. Price per pkt., Ioc.
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RHODANTHE.
Maculata, Mixed. Half-hardy annual. Valuable forgarden or pot culture, as they come into flower early and contin- ue for a long time. An everlasting. Flowers of va- rious colors; white, pink, crimson, etc. Price per pkt. 5e.
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RIGINUS.
Castor Oil Beans.
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage annual, with palm-like leaves ; much used for sub-tropical effects on the lawn, or for centers of beds of foliage plants.
Zanzibarensis. The different varieties in- cluded in our mixture have light and dark green leaves and some of coppery bronze changing to dark green, with reddish ribs; six to teu feet. The seeds are quite dis- tinct in color and beautifully marked. Price Per Oz., 20c.,) per pKt., 5¢.
Cambogiensis. Leaves of a bronzy red maroon color, with large, red veins; the main stem or trunk, ebony black. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Borboniensis. Fifteen feet; grows very large and rank; foliage green. Price per pkt., 5c.
Gibsonii. Six feet; red foliage and stems. Price per pkt:, 5c.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 15c.; per pkt., 5c.
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RUDBEGKIA.
Cone Flowers.
These robust.growing plants are fine free flowering annuals. They are of very easy culture and produce showy flowers during summer and autumn.
Bicolor. An annual variety; bright yellow, with black-purple center. Price per pkt., loc. Newmanii. Perennial; grows two feet; large, golden-
yellow flowers with velvety maroon center cone. Price per pkt., Ioc.
SALPIGLOSSIS.
One of the most beautiful of flowering annuals, forming strong, bushy plants about eighteen iuches high, and bearing throughout the season large flowers
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of many beautiful colors, all exquisitely veined and laced.
Large Flowering Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
SALVIA.
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Splendid ornamental plants for outdoor decora- tions, their beautiful spikes of brilliant scarlet and blue flowers being produced in great profusion from July until October. Half-hardy annual.
Splendens. Scarlet, free bloomer. Price per pkt., Io0c.; per Oz., $150. : Splendens ‘‘Bonfire.’’ (Nana Compacta Erecta.)
Growing in a compact bush about two feethigh. Its erect spikes of flowers of brilliant scarlet stand clear above the dark green foliage and completely cover thie: plants weal Ce per pK ml5 ce
Price per pkt., 20c.
Patens. Splendid deep blue.
Sanvitalia.
Pretty, dwarf -growing, free-flowering plants, suit- able for small beds, rock work or edgings, continu- ing in bloom during the summer and autumn months. Hardy annual.
Procumbens. Double,
golden yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.
sanvitalia.
Scabiosa.
Mourning Bride.
_ A beautiful border
plant, producing a pro- ! fusion of flowers in great § variety of colors; excel- =~ lent for cutting for table bouquets, etc. The flow- ers are quite double and globular, varying in all b shades of white, car- (Mourning Bride.) mine, maroon, lilac, etc. Hardy anuual.
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Scabiosa.
Mixed Dwarf Double. HONG | PAKS: overs leita, GCs
Tall, Large Flowering, Dou- 2 ble. Mixed. Price per pxt., 5c.
Schizanthus The Butterfly Flower.
A class of plants combining elegance of growth with a rich profusion of curiously striped and blotched flowers. Half- hardy annual.
Best Mixed Varieties. per pkt., 5c.
Price
SMILAX.
Myrsiphyllum.
Schizanthus.
There is no climbing plant in cultivation that sur- passes this in the graceful beauty of its foliage. In cut flowers it is considered indispensable by florists.
Smilax. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., Ioc.
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STOGKS.
Stock—Princess Alice.
GERMAN TEN-WEEKS.
The Ten-Weeks’ Stock (‘‘ Stock Gilly,’’ or ‘‘ Gilly- flower,’’ as they are sometimes called) are especially recommended on account of their long continuance in bloom and vigorous habit. Very desirable for pot cul- ture or out-door blossoming. Flowers very double. Half-hardy annual.
German Ten-Weeks. Fine mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Large Flowering. Choice mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Pure White. Price per pkt., roc.
Scarlet Victoria. Brilliant red. Price per pkt., roc.
Princess Alice. (Cut and Come Again.) A fine per- petual blooming stock, growing about two feet high.
If sown early it commences blooming in June, and
continues until destroyed by frost. It throws out
numerous side branches bearing clusters of very double, pure white, fragrant blossoms. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Large Flowered Dwarf Pyramidal. Very finest mixed.
Price per pkt., Ioc.
Intermediate or Autumnal Flowering. Very beauti- ful choice double flowers; mixed. Iwo feet. per pkt., Ioc-
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Price
. ZX An ornamental PAVIA and interesting genus of fruit- bearing plants; singularly gro- tesque in fruit and foliage.
Capsicastrum. VSJerusalem Cherry). Cov- ered with scar- let fruit during winter. 14 ft. ——— at Price per pkt.. 7S Xen ——s
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SWEET WILLIAM.
Dianthus Barbatus.
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A very beautiful class of plants, of extreme neat- ness and diversity of color. For display in the garden or borders, the Sweet William is indispensable; grown in clumps, twelve to eighteen inches high. Hardy perennial.
Fine [lixed. Price per pkt., 5c. Double Flowering. Finest mixed. Toc.
Price per pkt.,
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SWEET PEAS.
Free flowering climber, continuing in bloom all sum-
mer; valuable in trailing or trellis work, covering rough
fences, etc. Seed should be sown as early in the spring as is
practicable to work the ground, and covered deeply, four to
six inches.
Dorothy Tennant. Rose purple, self colored. Price per pkt., 5C.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., goc.
Duchess of York. White, striped with pink. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc., per lb., 50c.
Duke of Westminster. Standard clear purple, wings purple with tint of violet. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Foc.; per 1b., soc.
0z., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
Fashion. Medium size, rose magenta. Price per pkt., 5c.; per
toc.; per 1b , 4oc,
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Capt. of the Blues. Standard almost clear purple, wings blue, shaded and tinged with purple. Price per pkt.,5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per 1b., 5oc.
Lovely. Standard and wings deep pink shading to very light pink at edges. Price per pkt., 5c; per 0z., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
[lajestic. Rose red, self colored. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6o0c.
Mars. Bright fiery crimson. Price per pkt., 5c., per OZ. sLOC.-e Nets Dsl 5OCe
Mrs. Eckford. Delicate primrose yellow. Price per pPKt../5 3:5, pen.Gz..,1acs) per, |b., 4oc:
Navy Blue. Bright blue, finest of its color. Price per pkt. 5c: per oz, Ioc.; per lb., 60c.
New Countess. Delicate lavendar. Price per pkt., Sec per Oz... 10c.; per lbs, 50c:
Othello. Very dark maroon, showing veins of almost black. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 5oc.
Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon. Primrose. Price per pkt , 5c.; per oz , Ioc.; per lb , 6oc. Katherine Tracy. Softrosy pink. Price | er pkt., 5¢.; per oz., toc.; per 1lb., 4oc P : Hotiio Euktonde) Giecaai ee quite | olao) Onsize ose eee heavy ly shaded with lilac. Price per pkt. 5c¢.; per oz., 1oc.; per lb., 4oc. d : Christmas or Extra Early. (For forc-| Blanche Ferry. Standard bright pink, ing.) Pink and white. Price per pkt.. 5¢.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 6oc. American Queen. Magenta rose, self | Black Knight. Very large and darkest coloredy Price per pkt-; 5c¢:; per oz,
Golden Gleam. Light primrose. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10. ; per lb., 50c.
Golden Rose. Primrose, lightly striped and mottled with light
pink. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per 1b., goc.
Gorgeous. Standard scarlet orange,; Apple Blossom. Standard crimson, wings bright rose strongly tinged with orange. Price per pkt., Sc.; per oz.,
pink shaded, wings white, tinged with pink. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.; per lb., 4oc.
Blanche Burpee. Largest, pure white. Price per: per pkt:, 5¢ per Oz,, s10c., per 1b., 60c.
Price per pkt5, 54. per 0z., 1Ge.; per lb., 6o0c.
wings nearly white. Price per pkt., 5C.> per oz... LOC. per ip. 40Es
maroon. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per oz.,
| 1oc.; per Ib., 6oc!
Prima Donna. Pure pink. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., 10c; per Ib., 4oc. Prince Edward oi York. Standard scarlet, wings crim- son. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per Ib., 50e. Royal Rose. Standard crimson pink, shading deeper at mid rib. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 50¢.
Sadie Burpee. Pure white. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz . 10c.; per 1b, 5o0c.
Salopian. Pure crimson scarlet. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 5cec. f
Senator. Standard maroon and violet, wings violet and indigo, both striped on white. Price per pkt., 5¢.; per oz., Ioc., per 1b., 4oc.
Shahzada. Standard deep maroon, wings dark violet Price ner pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per lb., 50c.
American Seedling. A choice selection of American production of light shades. Price per pkt., 5c.; per 0z., Ioc.; per lb., 5oc.
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SWEET PEAS.
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4 Eckiord’s Hybrids. Finest
yg) wiixed, a carefully propor- tioned mixture of the best of the preceding varieties, which cannot fail to give flowers of the best form and a wide range of color. Price per pkt., 5c., per oz., TOG perelibss5c-
Choice Mixed. This mixture contains some of the newer and rarer kinds, and while not being equal to the above, yetcan be depended upon to make a fine dis- play and give satisfaction. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per ]b., 30c.
CUPID, DWARF _ OR BEDDING SWEET PEAS.
A Alice Eckford. Rich,creamy white, blended with soft flesh pink. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 1oc.; per 1b., $1.00.
Beauty. Rosy pink, shading to white at the edges. Price per pkt., 5c.; Detwozw1Oc- per lb. pl-.Oo:
Primrose. Creamy yellow. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per 1b., $1.00.
Pink. Rosy pink standard, white wings. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., LOC. 7a per lbs, .75C-
White. Pure white. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz , Ioc.; per lb., 80c.
Tlixed. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., Ioc.; per Ib., 75c.
THUNBERGIA.
Sometimes called ‘‘Black-eyed Susan.’’ Extremely ornamental, free-bloomiug climbers of rapid growth, handsome foliage and much- admired. flowers; good for ; greenhouse culture, or in warm situations out-doors. Half-hardy annuals.
Fine Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c.
Thunbergia. ; VERBENA.
Well-known and universally admired plants; invaluable for sum- mer decorations, blooming freely the first year from seed. Half-hardy
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Fine Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c. Mammoth Choice. Mixed. A grand collection of magnifi- cent varieties. Price per Pt oc:
Mammoth White. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Mammoth Scarlet. Price per pkt., Ioc.
VINGA.
Free-flowering, compact, greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with shining green foliage and handsome cireular flowers. If sown early in spring will flower the same season, and will be very useful for bedding or pot culture.
Rosea. Rose. Price per pkt.,5c. Rosea Alba. White with crim- son eye. Price per pkt., 5c. V erbena.
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hardy perennial. Single. Double.
Finest mixed.- Price per pkt., 5e- Finest mixed. Price per pkt., Ioc.
ZINNIA.,
Annual of great beauty and brilliancy; of branch- ing habit and superb colors; continues in bloom a long time ; very effective in beds, groups or mixed borders.
Half-hardy annual.
Large Flowering, Double White. Large Flowering, Double Scarlet.
Zebra. A very pretty strain of striped flowers. As the colors vary on each plant, they present a curious as well as pretty appea-ance. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Double Lilliput. Close, bushy plants bearing small
double pompon-shaped flowers of brightest colors. Price per pkt., Ioc.
Double Fine Mixed. Price per pkt., 5c. Extra Double [Mixed. Price per pkt., 1oc.
Price per pkt., 5c. Price per pkt,. 5c.
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MIXED WILD GARDEN SEED.
The seeds I offer for the Wild Flower Garden are a mixture of over one hundred and fifty different varieties, and as such can be offered at a much less price than when sold in separate packets. June, in carefully prepared beds of good, rich loam, thoroughly incorporated
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with well-rotted ma- nure. Cover with a thin coating of fine, dry earth; keep the plants thinned to pre- vent overcrowding. Price per pkt., 5c.3 per 0oz., 20¢.
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NEW LARGE- FLOWERING FRENGH CANNAS.
Unquestionably the finest plants of our entire list | They pro- | duce the tropical luxuriance of foliage of the common | kinds, to which is added the gorgeousness of their |
for summer blooming and lawn decoration.
flaming panicles of bloom, which are borne in immense heads at the terminus of every shoot, the colors rang- ing through all the shades of orange, scarlet and crim-
Robusta. Foliage dark bronzy maroon, interlaced with green. A perfect dark-leaved variety. Flower heads of compact form; color, bright cherry. Six feet. Price each, 1oc.; per doz., $1.00.
Florence Vaughan. Bright, rich golden yellow, spot- ted with red; flowers of the largest size; foliage rich green. Three feet. Price each, toc.; per doz., $1.00,
Francoise Crozy. The color is a shade of apricot.
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son. Many are striped, spotted, veined, or beautifully margined. The main requisite for culture is rich soil, deeply dug and heavily manured.
Alphonse Bouvier. The color is rich, brilliant crim- son; foliage deep green. Five to six feet. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Burbank. Very large canary-yellow flowers, flecked with carmine spots in the throat. Foliage green and vigorous. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Charles Henderson. A fine crimson, very popular. Its habit of growth is compact and uniform, rarely exceeding three and one-half feet in height. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
bordered with bright yellow. Price each, Ioc.; per
doz., $1.00.
Flamingo. Red flowers, bronze shaded leaves. each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Madame Crozy. The flowers are of the largest size, scirlet, bordered with golden yellow, The plant is dwarf in habit; foliage light green. Price each, roc. ; per doz., $1.00.
Paul Marquant. Large flowers in bold, shapely truss- es; salmon rose. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Queen Charlotte. Resembling the Madame Crozy, but having a much wider band of yellow around each petal. Price each, I5c.; per doz., $1.50.
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The begonias grow best if planted in partial shade, in a soil composed of leaf mold, sand, and a portion of well- rotted manure. They also make splendid specimen plants when grown in pots. When through flowering they should be dried off and shaken free from earth and packed in charcoal dust cr dry leaf mold and kept in a warm room until February or March, when they may be started again.
Single, Scarlet, Orange, Crimson, Pink, White, Yel= low. Price each, 8c.; per doz., 75¢.; per one hundred, $5.00.
Mixed Single. Price each, 6c.;
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= a Ioc.; per doz., $1.00; per ore ae hundred, $7.00.
DAHRLIAS.
‘Single. Finest named sorts. Price each;,- f0c.; per doz, $1.00.
Pompon or Bouquet. Finest known varieties, like Guiding Star, White Aster, etc., etc. Price each, Ioc ; per doz., $1.00.
Large Flowering Double. We have a fine collection of the finest sorts in «xistence. Named sorts. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1 oo. :
Finest [Mixed. Unnamed bulbs. Price per doz., 60c.
Dahiia.
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Extra Large. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
First Size Bulbs. Price each, 15¢.; per doz., $1.50. Second Size Bulbs. Price each, 10c.; per doz., $1.00. Third Size Bulbs. Price each, 5c.; per doz., 50c.
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GLADIOLI.
The most brilliant and showy of all the summer flowering bulbs. Their im- mense spikes of gorgeous bloom com- prise in color all the shades from white to the deepest scarlet, purple and yel- low, with blotchings and markings of charmingly contrasted shades. They will grow in any good garden soil and bloom with the most ordinary care. The bulbs should be planted at intervals, in April and May, tosecure a succession of bloom. Take up in the fall and store in a dry cellar or other cool place, well protected from frost.
Gladiolus Bulbs.
(Choice Mixtures.)
Meadowvale [lixture. First size. All colors. Price each, 2c.; perdoz., 20c., per one hundred, $1.50.
Groff’s Hybrid Seedling. ‘‘ Choice Mixture.’’ Price each, 4c.; per doz. 35¢c.; per one hundred, $2.50.
Shades of White and Light. Price each, 3c., per doz., 35c.; per one hun- dred, $2.50.
Shades of Yellow. Price each, 4c., per doz., 4oc.; per one hundred, $3.00.
Shades of Pink and Variegated. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 35c.; per one hun- dred, 2.50. E
Shades of Red. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 25c.; per one hundred, $1-75.
Galadium Esculentum. Elephant’s Ears.
One of the largest of ornamental fo- liage plants, grows in any garden soil, and when ful! size stands four or five feet high, with immense leaves meas- uring four feet in length by two and one-half feet in breadth.
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If by mail, add 15c. per dozen.
Tuberose.
DOUBLE TUBEROSE.
The tuberose, being a native of a tropical climate, requires the extreme heat of summer and will not bloom till late unless started in the forcing-house or hot-bed in February or March. They may be trans- ferred to open ground after the soil has become warm and settled summer weather prevails. The bulbs are
extremely sensitive; a slight freezing destroys the |
crown or heart.
EXCELSIOR DWARF PEARL.
First Size. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 25c.; per one hundred, $1.50.
Second Size. Price each, 2c.; per doz., I5c.; per one hundred, $1.00.
Third Size. Price each, Ic.; perdoz., Ioc.; per one hundred, 75c.
HARDY AND
HERBAGEOUS PLANTS MADERIA VINE.
The Maderia vine is a beautiul climber, with thick, glossy, light green leaves, climbing twenty feet or more, and twiningin any desired form. Price each, 5¢.; per dozen, 50c.
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The Cornflower or Stokes’ Aster.
STOKESIA GYANEA. (The Cornflower or Stokes’ Aster.)
This is one of our beautiful native hardy plants. The plant grows from 18 to 24 inces high, bearing freely, from early July until frost, its hand- some lavender-blue Centaurea-like blossoms, each measuring from 4 to 5 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, succeeding in any open sunny position. Price each; 15c.; per doz., $1.50.
GOLDEN GLOW.
New Double Rudbeckia.
A hardy perennial plant growing four to eight feet high, branching freely, and blooming profusely, on long graceful stems; exquisite double blossoms of the bright- est golden color. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS.
Bleeding Heart.
One of our most ornamental spring plants, with handsome peony-like foli- age and long, drooping ra- cemes of bright pink and white heart-shaped flowers.
Dielytra Specta-= bilis. Price each, 20c.; per doz., $2 oo.
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FUNKIA. Day Lily. The roots should be set out in the autumn to become wellestablished, and they will bloom the following spring. They need not be disturbed for many years.
Alba. Pure white, fragrant flowers, green foliage, Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
Funkia Variegata. Foliage very handsome, green and white; flowers lilac. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
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HARDY PHLOX.
The Phloxes are among the most desirable of the hardy perennials ; their large and very brilliant trusses of beautiful flowers comprise all shades of color, from white to crimson, striped and mottled. Divide and replant in freshly prepared soil each alternate year. They delight in sunny situations and a rich soil.
Bacchante. Dark crimson rose. Bridesmaid. Pure white, crimson eye. Cross of Honor. White, with band of rosy lilac. Coquelicot. Scarlet, carmine eye. Henry Hurger. White, bright rose eye. La Vagne. Rosy pink, red eye. [atadore. Bright orange scarlet, cherry eye. Michael Cervantes. Pure white, distinct crimson eye. Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta, red eye. Pantheon. Deep salmon rose. Pearl. Pure white. Mad. Neilson. Fine rose.
Price each, 15c.; per doz., $1.50
PEONIES.
The Peonies are greatly prized on account of their large, vigorous, healthy, bushy form and abundance of magnificent bloom of large, bright, double flowers. They are extremely hardy, and may be planted either in fall or spring, growing well in any soil.
White. 25c.; clump of roots, 5oc. Rose. Sweet scented. of roots, 50c. Crimson. Very dark crimson. clump of roots, 5oc. . Mixed Colors. Price per doz., $1.50.
PEONY MOUTAN.
Tree Peonies.
Price, large root, 25c.;
A beautiful group of hardy Japanese shrubs, having flowers of immense size, both single and double, vary- ing in color from white to scarlet, splashed, spotted | and striped in every conceivable manner. They form bushes four to five feet high, and as many through. | In three sizes. Price 5oc. and $1.00 each.
Tritoma, Flame Flower.
Torch Lily or Red Hot Poker.
Blooms from midsum- | mer till freezing weath- er. The stalks shoot up | from three to four feet | high, and continue
blooming for several |
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Tritoma, Flame Flower, Torch Lily or Red Hot Poker.
Large double, pure white. Price, large root, |
Price, large root, 25c.; clump |
weeks. As the flowers bud, open and fade, they pass through the shades of yellow, red and blue, that a bar of hot iron does in cooling. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
Ginnamon Vine.
Beautiful summer climber; glossy foliage and fragrant flowers; stem dies down in winter, but the root is hardy. Large selected roots. Price each, 5c.; per doz., 5oc.
Cinnamon Vine Root.
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LILIES.
Auratum, the Golden Banded Lily of Japan. Flowers a foot across, pure white, spotted crimson, witha golden band through the center of each petal; very fragrant; the king of lilies. Price each, I5c.; per doz., $1.50.
Tigridias. Tiger lily, orange spotted. Ioc.; per doz., $1.00,
Roseum or Rubrum. Rose or pink, spotted darker; very beautiful. Price each, 20c.; per doz., $2 oo.
Speciosum Melpomene. Very large crimson flowers, heavily spotted. Price each, 15c.; per doz., $1-50.- Monstrosum Album. Pure white, with immense
clusters of bloom, often fifty in a bunch; grand. Priceseach: 25¢.—per doz... 52.50.
Candidum. (Annunciation or St. Joseph Lily). The well-known garden lily; snow white, fragrant blos- soms ; it is also one of the best forcing lilies for flo- rists. Three to four feet. Blossoms in the open ground about June. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Longiflorum. Large white trumpet shaped flowers. Price each, 15c.; per doz., $1 50.
Harrisii, the Bermuda or Easter Lily. Flowers pure white and trumpet-shaped- Its great value consists in the earliness and free-blooming qualities, a single plant frequently producing from eight to twelve flowers at a time; extremely valuable for forcing, but not sufficiently hardy for out-door planting, unless well protected. First size bulbs, price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50. Second size bulbs, price each, Isc.; per doz., $1.50. Third size bulbs, price each Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
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HARDY ORNAMENTAL _ GRASSES.
Very effective and picturesque groupings are made in parks and large lawns, and single plants are often used to great advantage in small areas.
Arundo Donax. A magnificent hardy grass, growing
to a heignt of fifteen feet, and forming dense clumps. Price, 25c. to $1 00 each.
A. D. Variegata. A hardv, broal-leaved variegated Bam)oo; foliag+ creamy white and green; growing six to eight feet high. Price, 25c. to $1.00.
Bambusa Metake. (Japanese Bamboo.) A perfectly hardy variety of dwarf habit, attaining a height of not over five to six feet. The foliage is of a rich, dark green, and is retained on the plant in a fresh condition almost the entire winter. It makesa most desirable addition to the border in connection with shrubbery, or as an individual specimen for the lawn. Price, 25c. to $1 oo.
Festuca Glauca. A pretty tufted grass with glaucous foliage. Price 25c. to 50c. each. Uniola Litifolia. One of the best of our native peren-
nial grasses, growing from three to four feet high, with large flat flower heads in graceful drooping Price 25c. each; per doz., $2 50.
panicles.
Eulaha Japonica Zebrina.
Eulalia Japonica Variegata. A very graceful, tall, orvameutal grass frum Japan. Its long, narrow leaf- blades are striped green, white and often pink or yellow. It throws up stalks from four to six feet in height, terminated witha clusterof flower spikes. Price 25c. each; per doz., $2.50; clumps, 5o0c. to $1.00.
E. Gracillima Univittata. This is a grand addition of compact habit, with very narrow foliage, of a bright green color with a silvery white mid-rib. Price, 25c. each; per doz.. $2.50; clumps, 5o0c. to $1.00.
E. Japonica Zebrina. This variety resembles japonica in hardiness, growth and bloom. The long blades are marked with broad yellow bands across the leaf. It makes a very attractive specimen plant for the lawn. Price, 25c. each; per doz., $2.50; clumps, soc. to $1 oo. ;
Erianthus Ravennez. A hardy ornamental grass, which grows from nine to twelve feet high, frequently throwing up from thirty to fifiy flowerspikes. It resembles the pampas grass, but blooms much more abundantly. Price, 25c. each; clumps, 50c. and 75¢.
Phalaris Arundinacea Variegata. (Variegated Ribbon Grass.) Warge variegated foliage; an excellent grass for bordering large beds. Price, 1oc.each; per doz., $1.00; per one hundred, $6.00.
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Hardy Hybrid Roses.
The varieties giveu below and many recent intro- ductions will be carried in stock for spring sales.
Culture. Roses require a rich, well-drained soil, euriched with well-rotted manure. Applications of liquid manure during the growing season will stimu- late a more v'gorous growth.
Anne de Diesbach. Rosy pink. Coquette des Alps. White, shaded rose. General Jacqueminot. Crimson. Persian Yellow. Bright yellow. Paul Neyron. Deep rose. Prince Camille DeRohan. Dark Red. Ulrich Brunner. Cherry red. Mrs John Laing. Pink. Mabel Morrison. White. Capt Christy. Pink. Magna Charta. Pink. Baroness Rothchild. La France. Rose. Prices: note two-year-old, each, 30c.; per doz., 3, OO. Extra selected two-year-old, per doz., #4 50. Extra strong, transplanted, three-year-old, each, 75c.; per doz., $7.00.
Glimbing Roses.
New Climbing Rose—Dorothy Perkins.
A hardy climbing rose, which in strong, vigorous growth resembles the popular Crimson Rambler; its fl »wers are borne in clusters of 30 to 40 and are of a beautiful shell pink, double and large size for a cluster rose and deliciously scented. Extra strong one-year- old plants, 30c.each; per doz, $3.00; Young plants, Isc each; $:.50 per dozen.
Crimson Rambler. The plant makes rapid growth of many branches and smaller shoots, all of which bear clusters of bright crimson flowers. Price, 25c., 5oc. and $1 00 each.
Yellow Rambler. (Ag/aza.) A prrfectly hardy yel- low climbing rose. The flowers are of fair siz~ and borne in large clusters. Price, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 each,
Baltimore Belle. A beautiful rose, producing large clusters of double flowers blush white, changing to light rose. Price, 25°. to 50c. each.
Queen of the Prairie Large double flowers of a deep rosy carmine and very fragrant. Price, 25c. to 50c.
each. GLIMBING SHRUBS.
Ampelopsis Veitchii. (‘‘Boston Ivy” or “Japan Tvy.’’) It is perfectly hardy, clinging to stones, bri: k or woodwork with the greatest tenacity. In the summer the foliage is a rich shade of green, but in the fall it }
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each, 50¢.;
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changes to gor- geous tinis of scarlet, crim- son and orange, Price, 20¢c. ea.; per doz., $2 00.
Ampelopsis Quinquefolia. The old Vir- ginia creeper. Invaluable where a coarse rapid climber is desired. The foliage is larger than the above. Price, 20¢c. ea.; per doz., $2.00.
Aristolochia Sipho. A vig- Orous and rap- id-growing climber, bear- ing singular brownish col- ored flowers, resembling in shape a Dutch- man’s pipe.
Pita Cle p25 C. ; each; per doz Dorothy Perkins Roses. en, $2.50. Extra strong plants, soc. each.
Bignonia Radicans. ( 77umpet Creeper.) A very rapid grower ; flowers in large bunches, of rich orange scar.et. Price, 25c each; per dozen $2.25. Extra size plants, 50c. each.
Clematis Paniculata. (/apan’s Sweet Clematis.) Mts foliage is a rich glossy gr en. Flowers delicate, star- like in form, and pure white, borne in large panicles and extremely fragrant. A very rapid grower. Price, two-year plants, 35c. each; per dozen $3.50. Extra three-year o'd plants. 50c. each; per dozen, $5.00.
Clematis Jackmani. The best known and most pop- Ular variety. Color dark rich royal] purple. Price, 35c. each; per dozen, $3.50.
Clematis Henryi Creamy white, large and handsome. Price, 35c. each; per dozen, $3.50.
Honeysuckle, Japan. Golden leaved. Price, 25c. to 50c. each.
Honeysuckle, Chinese Evergreen. Fragrant; blooms all surnmer. Price 25c. to 50c. each.
Honeysuckle, White Japan. Fragrant; a fine healthy grower and profuse bloomer. Price, 20c. to 50c. each.
Ivy, English. Invaluable from the fact of remaining green throughout the year. Large plants. Price, 25c. to 50c. each.
Wistaria, Sinen- sis. The favorite variety, produc- ing thousands of pendulous clus- ters of delicate violet blue blos- soms. Price 25c. to 5o0c. each.
Wistaria Sinensis Alba. Of similiar habit to Sinensis, with pure white flowers. Price, 25c. to 50c. each.
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Althea, Double Rose or Rose oi Sharon. Strong, erect-growing shrubs of the easiest culture, which bear large and showy flowers during the last half of
Price, 50c. to $1.00 each.
Althea, Double White. Like the rose, except Une COLTS se LrICe GOC: to $1.00 each.
Calycanthus. (Straw- berry scented shrub.) Woot and flowers fra- grant. Blossoms in JOINS, IBC, ARES uo 5oc. each.
Deutzia Gracilis. tirely hardy; white. Price, 5oc. and $1.00.
Deutzia Crenata. Dou- ble white; rose tinged. Exices) 25C... 50C-n and $1.00.
Deutzia Scabra. A rap- id growing single va-
summer.
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| riety; flowers white, large. Price, 25c. and Calycanthus. 50¢.
Exochorda Grandiilora. A finely shaped shrub, with a profusion of pure white flowers, borne in racemes of five or six. Price, 5oc.
Forsythia. Leaves and branches deep green; flowers bright yellow. Blooms very early inspring. Price, 25c- to 50c.
Hydrangea Grandiflora. This is a beautiful shrub, with enormously large and dense flower heads, opening pure white, becoming tinged with rose color in their mature bloom. Blossoms profusely during the summer months; perfectly hardy. Price, 25c., 5oc. and $1.00.
Japan Quince. Has. bright scarlet-crimson flowers in great profusion in early spring. Price, 25c., 50c. and $100.
Lilac, Common. The common purple species; good shrub. Price. 25c. and 5oc.
Lilac, Common White. Flowers pure white; very fragrant. Price, 25c. and 5oc.
Purple Fringe Smoke Tree. A shrub much § admired for its curious fringe of hair-like flowers that cover the whole surface of the plantin the summer. Price, 50c. each.
Rhododendrons. These are among the most valuable of our hardy flowering shrubs and cannot be surpassed for lawn decoration. The flowers range through shades of rose, pink, crimson, white, etc., six to twelve inches in diameter. Plants with four to eight buds. Price, $1.00 to $1.50.
Spirea Prunifolia. (Bridal Wreath) Flowers in clusters, covering the whole length of the branches; white and very double; May. Price, 25c. to 50¢c.
Spirea Reevesii. Double white. © Blooms in large clusters, very fine. Price, 25c. to 50c. Weigelia Rosea Nana Variegata. One of the most conspicuous shrubs that we cultivate; leaves beauti- fully margined creamy white; flowers pink. Price
25c. to 50c. each.
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Van Houteii. The finest of all the white Spireas. A beautiful ornament for the lawn at any season, but when in flower it isa complete fountain of white bloom. Clusters of twenty to thirty white flat flo- rets make up the raceme, and are set close along the drooping stems. Price, 25c. to 50c.
Japan Snowball. (Vibenum Plicatum.) Foliage cor- rugated, olive green through summer, but towards fall it turns much darker. Flowers, though hardly as large as the old variety, are much more numerous an’ pure white. They are often as many as twenty balls on a branch eighteen inches long. Price, 50c., 75c.; and $1.00.
Snowball. A favorite shrub, with clusters of white flowers. Price, 25c. to 50c.
Weigelia. An elegant shrub, with clusters of pink and white flowers. Price, 25c. to 50c.
HORSE CHESTNUT. Price, 5oc. to $1.50.
HEDGE PLANTS AND EVERGREENS.
California Privets. One totwo feet. 60c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
Two to two and one-half feet.
$1.00; per one hundred, $8.00.
Price per dozen,
Price per dozen,
Two and oue-half to three feet, bushy. Price per dozen, $2.00; per one hundred, $15.00. Arbor Vitae. (American.) Eight inches. Price per
dozen, $1.00; per one hundred, $5.00.
Ten to twelve inches. Price per dozen, $1.50.; per one hundred, $7.00.
Eighteen to twenty-four inches. $2.00.; ner one hundred, $12.00.
Price per dozen,
Arbor Vitae. (Szderzan.) One foot. $1.50; per one hundred, $10.00. Eighteen totwenty-four inches. $3.00; per one hundred, $20.00.
Price per dozen;
Price per dozen,
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HEDGE PLANTS AND EVERGREENS.
Continued.
Hemlocks. One foot. hundred, $10.00.
One to one and one-half feet. $3.00; per one hundred, $20 oo.
One and one-half to two feet. $4.00; per one hundred, $30.00.
Spruce. (Norway.) Onefoot. Price per dozen, $1.50; per one hundred, $10.00. EBighteen to twenty-four inches. $2.50; per one hundred, $15.00. Two to twoand one-half feet. Price per dozen, $3.50; per one hundred, $25.00.
Price per dozen, $1.50; per one Price per dozen,
Price per dozen,
Price per dozen,
FRUIT TREES.
Apples’ Standard. Standard. Five to seven feet. Standard. Seven to nine feet. Dwarf and Crab. Price, 3oc.
Pears. Standard. Four to five feet. Price, 50c. Standard. Five to six feet. Price, 65c. Standard. Sixtoeight feet. Price, $1.00 to $1.50.
Pears on Quince Stock. Fourto five feet. Price, 5oc.
to 75¢.
Cherries. Four to five feet. Price, 50c.
Five to seven feet. Price, 75c. Extra size. Price, $1.00 to $2.00. Peaches. Twoto four feet. Price, 15c.
Four to six feet. Price, 25c. Six to eight feet. Price, 5o0c.
Plums. Abundance, Lombard, Washington. 50c. to $1 oo.
Quinces. Three to four feet. Price, 30c. Four to six feet. Price, 50c.
Large sizes. Price, 75c. to $1.00.
Four to five feet. Price, 25c. Price, 4oc. Price, 75c.
Price,
VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS.
We grow large quantities of vegetable plants and roots, and can supply all the varieties listed below in their proper season.
Artichoke. (/Jerusalem.) Price, 25c. per qt.; per pk., $1.00. Asparagus. (Conover's Colossal.) Two years old.
Price per one hundred, $1.00; per one thousand, $5.00.
Asparagus. (Barr’s Mammoth.) Price per one hun- dred, $1.00; per one thousand, $5.00.
Asparagus. (/Falmetto.) Price per one hundred, $1.00; per one thousand, $5.00.
Cabbage Plants. (Hot-bed) Ready after April Ist. Early Jersey Wakefield, Early Drumhead, Succes- sion. Price per one hundred, 50c.; per one thous- and, $4.00.
Cauliflower Plants. (Hot-bed.) Price per doz., 15c.; per one hundred, $1.00.
Celery Plants. Ready July 1st. Golden Self-Blanch- ing, Golden Dwarf, White Plume, Giant Pascal, etc. Price per doz., Ioc.; per one hundred, 50c.; per one thousand, $4.00.
Chives. For flavoring. Price per clump, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Egg Plants. Ready in May and June. Improved Large Purple. Grown in pots. doz., 35c. and 75¢.; per one hundred, $4.00. ac
Fennel Roots. Three years old. Price each, roc. to 25c.; per doz., $1.00 and $2.00.
Hop Vine Roots. Price per doz., 50c.; per one hun- dred, $2.50.
Horse Radish Sets. Price per doz., Ioc.; per one hundred, 50c.; per one thousand, $3.00.
Lettuce Plants. Ready in April and May. Price per doz., Ioc.; per one hundred, 5oc.
New York Price per
Pepper Plants. Ready in May and June. Large Sweet Mountain. Price per doz., 15c.; per one hun-
= - dred, $1.00. ; Rhubarb Roots. Linnzus and Vic- toria. Strong roots; price each,
Sweet Potatoes.
20c.; per doz., $2.00. Small roots, each, 15c.; per doz., $1.50; per one hundred, $10.00.
Sage. Broad leaf. variety. Price doz., $1.00.
Sweet Potato Plants. Yellow Nan- semond. Price per bunch of twenty-five, 20c.; per one hundred, 50c.; per one thousand, $4.00.
Sweet Potato Plants. Red Nanse- mond. Price per bunch of twenty- five, 20c.; per one hundred, 5oc.; per one thousand, $4.00.
Tomato Plants. Ready in May and June. We can always supply through season well-grown plants of the leading varieties. Price per doz.,15c. and 20c.; per one hun- dred, $1.00 and $1.25.
Wormwood Roots. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.00. #
4M Special quotations on application for large quantities.
A large-leaved each, 15c.; per
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Agawam.
sweet.
VINES.
Large; dark red; roe Gea, AR
per doz., $2.50.
Brighton.
Berry medium
size; color, light red. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
Clinton.
A small black grape,
very hardy and excellent for
wine.
Priceseach20c: per
doz., $2.00.
Concord.
Very hardy and
good quality; the best for general culture. Priceeach,
Eaton.
20¢c.; per doz., $2.00. Bunch very
large,
compact, often double-
shouldered ;
berries very
large, round, black, covered with a heavy bloom ; adheres
firmly to the stem.
Price
each, 35c.; per doz., $3.00. Golden Pocklington. The wine is a strong grower; never mildews. The fruit is of a light golden yellow; berries round, very large and tnickly set on a bunch. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
Green Mountain.
A white grape. Bunch medium to long,
irregular; stem long above bunch; berry medium; pale
green. Lindley.
Price each, 35c.; per doz., $3.00. (Rogers No. 9.) Ared grape of the best quality,
and one of the most desirable of Rogers’ Hybrids. Ripens with Concord, and keeps well; medium to large in bunch and berry; flesh tender, sweet, and of a high, aromatic
flavor.
Vine vigorous, hardy and healthy. It seems to
be more productive when mixed with other varieties. Price each, 25c ; per doz., $2.50.
Merrimac. large, sweet fruit. Moore’s Diamond.
(Rogers No. 79.) Black, vigorous growth, and Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50. White; bunch large, compact, shoul-
dered; berries large, round; skin thick, firm. Vine a good grower, with healthy foliage. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
Moore’s Early. Ripens early.
The bunches are large and
compact; berries large, black, and good flavor; strong,
healthy grower, an immense bearer.
per doz., $2.50.
Niagara.
Bunches very large and compact; berries large as Concord, mostly round; light greenish white, slightly ambered inthesun. Price each, 35c.;
per doz., $3.00.
Worden. Large, black, early and very productive. Price each, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
The varieties of grape vines have become so nu- merous that I catalogue only those that have proved most valuable and desirable in this vicinity, but can ° supply any of the others if wanted.
STRAWBERRIES.
Bubach. Very strong, healthy, vigorous plant. Very productive, large berries, and ripens early. Price per doz., 30c.; per one hundred, $1.50.
(P.) Bright scarlet, immensely produc-
Crescent.
tive, early and profitable. For near markets a profitable variety. Price per doz., 30c.; per one hundred, $1.50.
Erice seach 25¢s,
Berries medium size,
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Marshall Strawberry.
Marshall.
Very large, round, dark crimson; very vigorous and productive; medium to late. Price per doz., 30c.; per one hundred, $1.50.
Mary. The ber-
ries are conical in form with blunt apex, ex- ceptionally uni- form in size and shape, deep crimson color, and ofrich, high quality. Price per doz., 4oc.; er one hundred 2.50.
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STRAWBERRIES.
Continued. Sharpless. Very large, irregular berries of a good flavor. Very productive. Price per doz., 30c.; per
one hundred, $1.50.
Rio. (Perfect.) This is a good early variety, strong, healthy foliage, perfect blossoms, fruit large size, evenly colored and firm. Price per doz., 25c.; per one hundred, $1.50.
Parker Earle. The plant is a robust grower, with perfect flowers, berries large, conical, regular and uniform, glossy crimson, flesh firm, and in quality excellent. Price per doz. 30c.; per one hundred,
$1.50. RASPBERRIES.
Cumberland. This is a very hardy and the most profitable market variety, because of its immense size, firmness and great productiveness. Price each, 10c.; per doz., $1.00; per one hundred, $6.00.
Cuthbert. Canes hardy and strong with large healthy foliage, exceedingly productive. Berries large red, firm and of good flavor. Price per doz., 75c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
Gregg. (Black Cap.) Canes of strong, vigorous growth, very productive; berries large, covered with heavy bloom, firm and fine flavor. Price per
doz., 75c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
Golden Queen. A yellow raspberry, of large size, great beauty, high quality, hardiness and produc- tiveness. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., 75c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
BLAGKBERRIES.
Kittatinny. Very large and of excellent flavor. Price per doz., 75c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
Lawton. Very large, juicy and sweet. doz., 75c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
Snyder. Very productive. Flavor rich and good, ripens early. Price per doz., 75c.; per one hundred, $4.00.
Price per
WHITE BLACKBERRY.
“IGEBERG.”
Is a cross between the Lawton and the Crystal White. Clusters are larger than those of Lawton, berries are large white, are earlier, sweeter, more tender and melting throughout, though as firm as Lawton when ripe. Price each, 1oc.; per doz., $1.00.; per one hundred, $8.00.
GOOSEBERRIES.
Downing.. Fruit large, smooth, and roundish; color light green, with delicate veins; flesh rather soft, juicy and very good.
Industry. Fruit very large and hairy; color dark red; flesh very rich and excellent flavor.
Red Jacket. As large as the largest; berry smooth, very prolific and hardy; quality the best.
Prices.—2 years, 10c. each; 75c. per dozen; $5.00 per I00.
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GURRANTS.
Fay’s Prolific. A red variety, very large and pro- ductive. Price each, 10c.;-per doz., $1.00; per one hundred, $6.00.
Red Cherry. Large and fine for market. Price each, 10c.; per doz., $1.00; per one hundred, $5.00.
White Grape. The best white currant. Price each, 10c.; per doz., $1.00; per one hundred, $6 00.
Black Naples. For jams and jellies. Price each, 10c.; per doz., $1.00; per one hundred, $6.00.
INSEGT EXTERMINATORS.
Bug Death. Use Bug Death liberally on rose bushes, house plants, shrubs, etc.; the results will be marvelous. It is the best powder on the market for hen lice.
It is’ perfectly safe to handle. Will not injure stock or animals in the least. Must be kept per- fectly dry, so it will not clog in the shaker.
The experience of those who have used Bug Death shows conclusively that the extra yield in the crop more than pays the entire cost.
Price per one-pound package, 1I5c.; three-pound package, 35c.; five-pound package, 50c.; twelve-and- one-half-pound package, $1.00; per 100 lbs., $7.00. London Purple. One of the best destroyers for
insects. The proper proportions for using are at the rate of one pound to 150 gallons of water: Price per pound, 20c.; ten pounds, ‘$1.75.
Hellebore. A powder used for destroying insects on plants and bushes. Price per oz., 5c.; per one- fourth pound, toc.; pér pound, 25¢.; per five pounds, $1.00.
Sulphur. For the extermination of fungii and mildew on grape vines and other plant foliage. Price per pound, 8c.; per one hundred pounds, $5.00.
Slug Shot. To destroy potato bugs, and those on tomato and egg plants; currant worms, cabbage lice-and worms, flea beetles and striped bugs on melons, squash, turnips, beets, onions, etc.; canker worms and caterpillars on fruit and ornamental trees. Five and ten-pound packages, 5c. per pound. In-barrel lots (225 to 260 pounds per barrel), 4c. per pound.
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Insect Exterminators.
Continued.
Hammond’s Grape Dust is a preparation to kill the destructive mildew that strikes the grape vine, affecting leaves. fruit and stems in un- favorable seasons. Also for like use upon any other plants or trees affected with mold, mil- dew or rust mites, and for any use where a fumigator or antiseptic is required, either in greenhouses or in the
open air. Price, five- pound package, 35c:: keg of one hundred
pounds, $5.00.
Half and half; ready for insects. Price, 25c per
Paris Green and Fungiroid. use against fungii and pound; five pounds, $1.00.
Paris Green. The most practical and generally employed substance for destroying the potato bug and other insects. Strictly pure. Price per pound, 25c.; five pounds for $1.00; $18.00 per one hundred pounds.
Fungiroid. Prevents blight and mildew, and mixed with Paris Green is a valuable combination against slugs, bugs, worms and fungii. Price, two sizes, I5c. and 75c.
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Tobacco Dust. This is the leaf and refuse of tobacco manufacture, ground to a fine powder and ¢
a specific for aphis, flees, beetles, etc. It is also a good fertilizer and preventive for insects in the ground and about roots. Price per pound, Ioc.; five pounds, 25c ; by the barrel, $3.00, per one hundred pounds.
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Bordeaux Mixture. Ready for im- mediate use by adding water. Forty- nine gallons of water to one gallon ot mixture. Price
per qdt., 40c.; peG, cia llio mn
< : $1.00. Pp ‘TS 6 Fly Fluid, or Cattle Com- BLIGHT <: LO wit nOanvae your’ horses.
Gian titliesna) tld other animals from tortures of flies, mid- gets, mosquitoes and other insects. Price per pint, 25c.; quart, 50c.; gallon, $1.25.
Tobacco and Sulphur Insecticide and Fertilizer. It will destroy rose bugs, lice, cut worms, vine bugs, tomato worms, currant worms, cabbage lice and
parasites of all descriptions. Mix thoroughly with earth in pots; or in the hills, one part powder to five parts earth. In 25c. and 50c. packages.
Whale Oil Soap. For removing and preventing the ravages of insects, grubs, slugs, etc. on trees. plants and vines. Dissolve at the rate of one ounce of soap to a gallon of water, and syringe the plants every day or two until the insects are removed. Price per package, containing one pound, I5c.; eight pounds, $1.00; one hundred pounds, $6.00.
Carbolic Disinfecting Soap. For washing horses, cattle, dogs, pigs and other domestic animals (ex- cept cats). Use like other bug soap, rubbing it well in, and allow the solution to dry on the animal. Price per package, I5c. and 25c.
Sulpho-Tobacco Soap. Kills insects on flowers and plants in the window, flower and vegetable gar- dens, shrubs, small fruit trees, etc. For domestic purposes, it is valuable as an exterminator of moths, cockroaches. carpet bugs, and is a superior wash for dogs and all animals. Relieves horses and cows from the torment of flies. Prevents poultry lice. Every insect will succumb to this insecticide. The cost is trifling. 10 cents—3-oz. cake makes 1% gallons prepared solution. Mailed, postnaid for 13 cents. 20 cents—8-oz. cake makes 4 gallons prepared solution. Mailed, postpaid for 28 cents.
Tobacco Soap. An excellent specific for the destruc- tion of plant-infecting insects and parasites. Is equally valuable for removing vermin from ani- mals, furniture, etc. Price, per one-half-pound bar. 20c. each.
Nicoticide. The first cost is the only cost; no labor is required in its application, and it does its work so thoroughlv that a house well fumigated will require no further attention for many weeks. - Its fumes are fatal to all insect life. Price per one- half pint. $1.25) ner nint. Soca necimoll nae soar
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The Fumigators, consist- ing of pan, ‘wire frame and the lamp, are very durable, and will last for years. Price, 50 cents.
Nikoteen is used either by fumigating or spraying. Is composed of that ele- ment in tobacco which gives it its value as an insecticide and nothing
else. One part of Niko- teen to six hundred DAGESMOL Wate Gulse a sufficiently strong spray- ing solution for all in- sects except scale on Palms Hors scale) athe solution. may be used one part Nikoteen to
Nicoticide Fumigator.
four hundred parts wa- ter. Price per pint bottle, $1-5o.
Aphis Punk is specially designed for use in private places. It is very effective as an insecticide and easy of application. A box contains one dozen rolls, each containing sixty grains of nicotine— sufficient for fumigating six hundred feet of floor paste in houses of ordinary height. Price per box,
Oc.
Persian Insect Powder. This is powder made from the flower of the Russian Pyrethrum, and valuabie as a poison for lice on plants, water bugs, roaches, bed bugs, etc. Price per pound, 4oc.
Kerosene Emulsion. Manufactured on the most ap- proved formulae. Not injurious to foliage and a sure remedy for lice, scale and other insect pests. Price per quart can, 40c.; gallon, $1.25; five-gallon,
$3.75.
Soluble Fir Tree Oil. For destroying all insects and parasites that infest fruit trees, plants and animals, whether on the foliage or at the roots, such as mealy bugs, American blight, red spider, scale, thrip, green or black fly, woolly aphis, caterpillars, grubs, ants, worms, lice, fleas, etc. Price per half- pint, 40c.; per pint, 75c.; per quart, $1.25.
FERTILIZERS.
Feed Your Plants and See Them Grow.
Platt’s Concentrated Plant food. This is highly concentrated form of Plant food for house plants, conservatories and small outdoor plantings. It may be applied dry or in solution and is sure to produce satisfactory results. Price, small package, 1oc.; large size, 20c.
Essex Flower Food. foliage, and generous and perfect flowering. small size, 10c.; large size, 25c.
Bowker’s Food for Flowers. An excellent fertilizer for house plants. Easily applied by dissolving in water. Clean to handle, without odor; produces rich, green growth, and profusion of flowers. Price, small packages, Ioc.; large packages, enough for twenty plants one year, 25¢.
Lawn Dressing. This dressing is so prepared that it acts gradually through the season, producing a luxuriant growth of grass of rich, green color. Ten-pound bags, for 1,000 square feet, 50c.; twenty- five-pound bags, for 2,000 square feet, $1.00; one hundred pounds, for one-quarter acre, $3.00; per ton, $50.00.
A-A-Superphosnhate. Quantity required for garden and field crops, 500 to 600 pounds per acre. For
garden crops it is best drilled in at seed-sowing five! For top dressing grass, 600 pounds per
Pric2,
It produces rapid growth, rich’
acre. Price per one hundred pounds, $2.50; per ton, $40.00. oe Climax Bone Phosphate. A good fertilizer for
grass or garden crops, quick in action, requiring 600 to 800 “pounds per acre. Price per one hundred
-ounds, $2.00; per ton, $30.00. Pure Pulverized Sheep Manure.
manure, and most nutritious for plants. and lasting.
A pure natural Its effect
is immediate Excellent for mixing
with the soil for Cet a plants. (one part manure and six parts soil). Strewn over and dug into the vegetable garden, or placed directly in drills or hills, it promotes a rapid, steady growth until maturity. It makes rich, safe and quick liquid manure; one pound to five gallons of water can be used daily, if necessary, with safety. Price, five pounds, 25c.; ten pounds, 50c.; per one-hundred- pound bag $2. 50; per ton, twenty bags, $25.00.
Ground} Bone. This is for ‘general fertilizing pur- poses:and valuable on the lawn, meadow or in the garden. The finer particles are immediately bene- ficial, the coarse keeping up. the supply of plant
+ food for: a“ long=period.” Price, six pounds, *25c¢.; twenty-five pounds, 75c.; per one-hundred-pound bag, $2.50; per ton of two thousand pounds, $35.00.
Land Plaster or Gypsum. It is an excellent addition to land requiring lime and sulphates, particularly for such crops as turnips, potatoes, grasses and clovers. Quantity required, broad-casted and har- rowed in, one-half to one ton per acre. Price per one-hundred-pound bag, 75c.; per ton, $10.00.
Hard Wood Ashes. Contain all fertilizing elements except nitrogen. They drive away insects, and are beneficial for all crops requiring potash. They are also very good for garden and “field crops, and are of high value for cabbage, potatoes, onions, straw- berries, fruit trees, grass-lands and lawns. Apply one to two tons per acre. Price per barrel, about two hundred fifty pounds, $2.50; per ton (two thousand pounds), in barrels, $18.00.
Nitrate of Soda. This is valuable solely for the nitrogen it contains. It is very quick in action and hastens the maturity of crops. Being extremely soluble, it should not be applied until the plants are above ground, when one hundred to five hun- dred pounds per acre, mixed with wood ashes or land plaster, for convenience in applying, are gen- erally used. Price per five-pound package, BOCs oe -pound package, 50c.; per one hundred pounds, 4.00.
Muriate of Potash. Eighty per cent. pure, equivalent to 48 to 50 per cent. actual potash. A high-grade fertilizer, and one of the best orchard fertilizers known. Especially adapted for all stone fruits, and as a general fertilizer. Muriate of potash and ground bone stands as a leader: Five pounds, 3oc.; ten pounds, 50c.; twenty-five pounds, $1.00; one hundred pounds, $3.00. Original sacks of 224 pounds, $5.50.
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“AUTO-SPRAY” PUMPS.
The “Auto-Spray” is warranted perfect in material and workmanship, and guaranteed the most efficient and useful device made for spraying potatoes, tobacco, small fruits, vines, hen houses, green houses, pig pens, smail orchards, etc.
Extension Pipes are necessary in spraying tall trees. With three lengths of pipe and our new spraying machine, a spray can be thrown to the height of 27 ft. These pipes are all made in lengths of 2 it. for conven- ience in shipping with our machines.
Elbow Extension is used for low-down work and reaching the under side of leaves On grape vines, etc.
sAuto-Spray, .No:.1;~" Brass “Ganka ee eee $5.50
SAuto-Spray, No; 1;- Galvanized! Manke e.... joe eee eee 4.50
Extras—Extension pipes, 2 foot lengths, Galvanized Steel, Brass Ends,
30c.; extension pipes, 2 foot lengths, Solid Brass, 35c.; elbow con- nection, solid brass, 35c.
The “Auto-Spray Torch.”
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Is marvelously effective in burning worms and nests. Thé “Auto-Spray Torch” burns kerosene oil vaporized with oxygen of the air, and is so intensely hot that a single blast is sufficient to destroy a nest of worms. Auto-Spray. Price each, $1.00.
The Empire King Spraying Pump.
Pump and outfit “A.” Empire King Pump with single brass spout and shut-off cock, also with galvanized suction pipe and brass strainer, no hose or nozzle, no barrel. $13.00.
Pump and outfit “B.” Empire King Pump with single brass spout and shut-off cock, also with galvanized suction and strainer, and with one 10-
7 y rae aSSSSS=SS=S=_l_z = foot lead of heavy hose and one Niagara nozzle, no 1% f i barrel. $15.50. TTT i Pump and outht “C.” Empire King Pump with TT
double brass spout and shut-off cock, also with a galvanized suction and strainer, also with two ten- foot leads of hose and with two Niagara nozzles, barrel. $18.00.
Watering Pots.
Heavy Tin Watering Pots Painted Green.
One quart, 15c.; four quarts, 25¢.; six quarts, 30c.; eight quarts, 4oc.; ten quarts, 50c.; twelve quarts, 60c.: sixteen quarts, 75c.
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Fountain Pump.
A most useful and convenient apparatus for water- ing shrubbery, gardens or conservatories; for washing windows, sidewalks, carriages, etc., and for extinguish- ing fires. Prices, $4.00 and $4.50.
The Aquapult Or Portable Hand Force Pump.
A valuable article, which discharges a continuous stream. It will throw about eight gallons per minute. The various uses of this pump are obvious. It is recommended by agriculturists as the best spraying pump for Paris green and London purple. Price, $4.50.
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Spray Pump.
Large Tank and double seamed heads. Tube station- ary, so that there is no danger of getting out of place.
All Tin, 4oc.
Tin Cylinder and Galvanized Iron Tank. Price, 5oc.
Tin Cylinder and Copper Tank. Price, 85c.
All Copper. Price, $1.25.
No. 20 is a perfect machine, being of glass; cannot rust out. The condition of preparation in the sprayer is readily seen. Its shape causes it to give a churning motion when in use, thus keeping the ingredients thor- oughly mixed. Price, 75c.
a) Improved Brass Syringes. = —= Of various sizes and patterns applicable to conservatory, greenhouse or garden purposes. = Se A, $2.00; B, $2.50; C, $3.50; D, $4.50; No. 2, $4.75; No. 3, $6.75; No. 5, $7.50; No. 7, $10.00.
American Improved Syringe, 18 inches long; diameter, 1%
The waterflow is unimpeded, scattering in fine drops evenly over a circular area twenty-five to forty feet diameter. Price, without stand (i. e., with spur to stick in the ground), 4oc. each; by mail, 50c. Price with stand, 75c. each.
Fountain Lawn Sprinkler.
Very simple and_ practical. Can be drawn over the lawn on the hose without detaching, and keeps right side up. Price, $1.00 each.
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Henry’s New Tree Pruner.
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Prices—Four-feet pole, 75c.; six-feet pole, 85c.; eight-feet pole, $1.00; ten-feet, $1.25. Extra blades, each, 25c.
| Henry’s Pruning Shears.
Handle, malleable iron. Blades best cast steel. Price cee 25c. to 50c.
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Water’s Improved Tree Pruner.
Length of pole, 4 ft.; weight 2% lbs.; price ea., $ .75
Length of pole, 6 ft.; weight, 234 lbs.; price ea., .85
Length of pole, 8 ft.; weight, 3)4 lbs.; price ea., 1.00
Length of pole, to ft.; weight, 4%4 lbs.; price ea., 1.25 Extra knives, each, 25C.; per doz., $3.50.
Holder.
The Ghampion or os Powder . Gun.
It will distribute insectitides i in a dry or powered state, effectively and satisfactorily. Price each, $7.50.
The Standard Powder Gun.
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Almont any dry powder may be used, such as Paris Green, Fungiroid, Spanish Pink, London Pur- ple. Sulphur, etc.
Price each, $5.00.
Perfection} Shaker.
| Especially for apply- iii ing Bug Death to po- tato vines. Price each, ~ 65 cents.
Glass Cutting and Glazing Tools.
A tool which contains the appliances for cutting and setting glass; has also attached to it a steel for sharpening knives and scissors, and also a corkscrew. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., $1.00.
Lightning Sack and Bag
Price each, 25 5
cents.
Heavy burlap exterior with
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Humphrey’s Goncaved and Curved Potato Knife.
This knife will cut two or three eyes in a piece. One eye will be as good or better than half a potato cut in any other way. The potato can be cut easier,
A faster and better. Price, 25c.
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Sono SoS MEA NSS Humphrey's Concaved and Curved Potato Knife.
This machine runs so easily and smoothly that the weight of the handle will run the machine. Equipped with agitator and accurate seed gauge.
The Indiana will sow at a round Wheat or Rye, 50 feet; Buckwheat, 45 feet; Flax Seed, Clover and Millet, 36. feet; Grass Seeds, 20 to 36' feet; other seeds, etc., according to their nature and condition. Full directions sent with each machine. Price, $1.50.
Trowels.
Cleve’s Angle Trow- el. Price each, 15c., ‘20c. ‘and 25c.
Common _ Garden Trowel. Price each, five-inch, I0c.; six- inch, 1I2c.; seven- inch, I5c.
The Automatic Gorn Planter.
Plants with one hand as fast as a man can walk, and with more precision as to depth and amount of seed than can be done in the old way. Price, $1.75.
| a Trowbridge’s Grafting Wax. In one pound, one-half-pound, one-quarter-pound packages. Price per one-quarter- pound, Ioc.; per one-half-pound, 15c.; per pound, 25c.
Tree Labels, Painted.
Notched and Copper Wired. Price per one hundred, 20c.; per one thousand, $1.50.
Garden and Pot Labels, Painted.
Four and one-half inch. Price per dozen, 5c.; per one hundred, 20c.; per one thousand, $1.00 Six inch. Price per dozen, 6c.; per one hundred, 25c.; per one thousand, $1.25.
#j7/ Eight inch. Price per dozen, Ioc.; per one hundred, Soc. Twelve inch. Price per dozen, 20c.; per one hundred, goc.
Van Reyper’s Peerless Glazier
Points.
Made of steel wire and galvanized. Made in \ three sizes—Nos. 1,72), 172.) Price per box of | SA’ 1,000, 60c ; in lots of 5,000 by express, 55c. per = iG. Automatic 1,000. Pincers for driving the points, 4oc.; by EME
4 : ’ U,\\\ 3 NRE Corn Planter. mail, Soc. a S
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Light, for Frail Plants.
Plant Stakes.
Heavy, or Dahlia Stakes.
Each. Doz. 100. 6 FT. Each. Doz. 100. $ .15 $1.50 ' $12.00 a 12 1.25 10.00 $ .08 $ .90 ite) 1.00 8.00 07 80 .06 65 07 75 6.00 05 -50 00 —————————————————_— “ .04 .40 3.00 .03 .30 .2.00 OFT. N\g .02 15 1.00
Made for supporting frail plants, such as fuchias,
to the top, and are painted green.
The New Model Mole Trap.
This trap is made of all malleable iron and steel; it has eight needles in the pin plates. It is light, neat, durable and at- tractive. Price
each, $1.50.
Isbell.
New Model.
The Reddick Mole Trap.
This is a $1.00 trap, practical and effectual; galvan- ized throughout to prevent rust.
Isbell’s Mole Trap.
Strong, durable, simple and practical, price each, $1.75.
carnations, tuberoses, etc. They are round, taper
Ganes.
From 5 to 8 feet in length, but
Canes, Bamboo. Doz., 20c.; $1.25
easily cut to any desired size. per 100; $9 per I,000.
Gedar Bean Poles.
Good quality, straight and sharpened. Price per dozen, 50c.; per one hundred, $3.50.
Best quality, eight to ten feet, large and straight, sharpened. Price per dozen, 75c.; per one hundred,
$5.00.
Out o” Sight”) Mole ainan
“Out
The secret of mole catching is a good trap and to know their habits. Full information sent with each trap., Price each, 75c.
Lawn Mowers. Every mow- er cuts paper before being boxed. It will continue to RB cut as well if A kept in order Pf c.e Skene i neh, “$770. 16-inch $3.50.
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Wire Stands for Plants.
INOne 27, inches high. Shelf 33 inches long, 8 inches wide. $2.25. No. 2. 27 inches high. Shelf 36 inches long, 10 inches wide. $2.75.
Styles Nos. 3 and 4 Have Two Shelves.
No. 3. 27 inches high by 18 inches deep. Shelves, 33 inches long, 8 inches wide. Height between shelves 8 inches. $3.25.
No. 4. 27 inches high by 21 inches deep. | Shelves 36 inches long, Io inches wide. Height&X between shelves 8 inches. $4.00.
No. 5. 36 inches high by 24 inches deep. Shelves 33 inches long, 8 inches wide. Height between shelves 8 inches. $4.00.
No. 6. 36 inches high by 30 inches deep. Shelves 36 inches long, 10 inches meee Height between shelves, 8 inches.
5.00.
Wooden
Wooden Plant Stand.
lant Stand.
acsheli: sqeer te S125) | 4ushelie. yo. 3. 1.50 Rustic Hanging Baskets. Ten inch, price each, 85c.; eleven inch, $1.00; twelve inch, $1.25. Flower and Vine Trellis. we weet: high, a. ss. $ 15 Beteet wig we eis $ .85 2) feet hightyec-. =. 25 © VEGE INGEN Soocuen das 1.09 Bie feet high) 2.08. .40 Wereet oni +<.ase eek 1.25 Ae leet Mel, Shas « .60 Smeet white hits acne 1.35
Excelsior Weeding Hook.
This implement can be used to great advantage among small and tender plants. Price each, Sc.
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Rustic Hanging Basket.
This little device gets at the root of the evil and removes it bodily. Price, 5oc.
Lang’s Hand Weeder.
The blade is solid steel, and is LANG’S
sharp on all its edges. Capital for
weeding, thinning and stirring soil HAND es among onions, carrots, strawber- =
MES 7 CLG ME EnICeNeAChey Det express, 25c.; per mail, postpaid, 30c.
Diamond Hand Weeder. | FI By Mai Price seach, 5c:;) per doz:, 50c. ag PrePaip Daisy Hand Weeder.
Price eath, 25c.; per doz., $2.50.
The Perfect Fruit Picker.
Galvanized steel wire, attaches to pole of any length. Price without Daisy Hand Weeder. pole, 35c.; price of pole, toc.
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GUARDS I2 inches in diameter, 6 feet high, $2.00 each; per a doz., $21.00.
15 inches in diameter, 6 feet high, $2.50 each; per
Flower Bed, Lawn and Tree | ..) sc Guard. Wire Tree Guards.
Entirely constructed of No. 8 and 9 galvanized | Size g ; di Steel Wire. The Horizontal Wires being absolutely ee eee ae 8 6 f locked to the Upright Wires by our patented Anchor nee REINS, 522, SIGS Oss 2 eee ee
Clamp make the joints “rivet tight.’ They cannot : dozen. ‘ - slip. Size, Io inches diameter. Lawn Guard. Be heights, 5x 2, 5x8, 6x2 feet. $14.00 per ozen.
Height, 16 inches 22 inches per lineal foot. Price, 15c. 20c. per lineal foot.
The ‘“‘Glen”’ Adjustable Steel Tree Guard.
These Guards are made in various diameters, and two different heights, firm- ly put together without rivets, and are so con; structed to admit of an adjustment of one inch less in the diameter, which is often desirable.
They are made of heavy Bessemer Steel, and treat- ed with black enamel. They are put up in convenient
packages, and_ securely Calla Tulip o Bouquet Bouquet crated for safe shipment. oie Fighien
They are of neat appear- ance and_ substantially constructed, combining to make them most desirable
for protecting shade trees, as well as adding to, in- Calla Bouquet Holder. ctbaid. OP detente rem Green: | -Prices— No. 0725¢);) Nowipagse. 8 Galvanized. Prices—No. 0, 35c.; No. I, 50c. the general appearance of
the property in front of
Iron Chair—$4.50.
Tulip Bouquet . Holder. Green. Prices—No. 4, 20c.; No. 5, 25c.; No. 6, 30c.
which they are placed. Galvanized. Prices—No. 4, 25c.; No. 5, 35c.; No. 6. The reasonable prices at 40. which they are sold bring Large Vases. White and bronze. $1.00 each.
them within the reach of those who heretofore have been obliged to use either unsightly wooden “tree- boxes,” wire contrivances or thin metal make- shifts that rust away in a few months. They are divided in _ halves, which fasten _ together with bolts, and two coil spring wires are sent with each guard to hold the top of the guard equally distant from the tree.
PRICE LIST. (Snbject to change without notice.) 9 inches in diameter, 6 feet high, $1.50 each; per doz., $15.00.
Dibber.
Shufile Hoe. 25C., 30C., 40c.
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Pruning and Budding Kuafe. 25c. to $1.00.
= Yy ss quan vend BRAIDED. > ; sree stceeed CARDEN LINED
Edging Knife. 50c. each.
Garden Line. 100 ft., 50c.
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Garden Reel.
a
Grafting Knife. 50c. each.
A handy tool and should be used Price, $1.25.
Hand Cultivator. in every garden.
Thermometers.
We carry in stock a complete line of thermometers suitable for use in greenhouse, poultry and general work.
Hotbed. Price, $1.25, $1.50. Incubator and Brooder. Price, 45c., 50c., 60c. Maximum and Minimum. Price, $1.25, $2.75.
Japanned Tin Cases. Seven-inch, Ioc.; eight-inch, I2c.; ten-inch, 15c.; twelve-inch, 25c.
In two styles.
iF WATERTOWN: / EE THERMOMETER 5 co.
Price, 50c.
Price, 25c.
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Copper Case. Price, 5oc.
Different styles for general use. 20c., 25c., 35c.. 50c. each.
Garden Reels. Japanned«(@ arms), smallsize 22295. 222. . 50c. each. Japanned. (2 arms), large size’ ...%....... 75c. each. Galvanized (4: arms) heavy 1... -¢-2.--o« $2.00 each. Wrought Iron Pot Brackets. NOs shnoldires5pinehsp Ot a s-csc.Seiee ns Jace ies 30c. INO 2s holditeOrintclt pote swane ee. oles 6. Semi 35¢c Nowe wholdines7einchapOtncciccis recta ccot coe 4oc. Mastica. For glazing green-houses, sashes, etc. Elastic
adhesive and easy to apply. Far superior to putty. Price per gallon, $1.25. Mastica Machines. For applying above, $1.25.
Cuba Bass. Jute Tying Twines. Raphia. Colored Raphia.
Price per pound, 20c. Price per pound, I5c. Price per pound, 20c.
For making baskets and all kinds
fancy work. All different colors. toc. per large bunch; 75c. per pound. ASPARAGUS BUNCHER. J NBT 5 Cialis co ches By sce ae ae RR $1.50 RTiinepo id ChexEn ae pals via cic. tnt DaLeM ecm oe clear .40 @hisel=shapedwlkmifer once. oc. os ns. oe we tee .30
FUMIGATORS for Smoking Greenhouses.
INAS. TE Sat See, 5 ies Ms ts As Se oe pa a re” $2.75 ISG): “Db Sis ste A lp Oa RR 2 3:25 INI@ 3" P RACs ee NR ee AUPE ES Pe 3.75
Cypress Tub, Painted Green, with
Feet. INGE a ISee atichessdiameter.s. 0 » . <.. sc. $1.25 each Nom2as aa) -inchesadiameters 24.224). coc 1.50 each Nowa, 10, seinchesidiameteracs oo... ..kAe ls 2.00 each IN@= a 520, inches diameters. 2.0. b... 0. 0. 42. 2.50 each Wear sa5 24 inches diametersu. 2's 22) 52. se. 3.00 each No Oa 25 inches diameter. .....<-5..... 4.00 each
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White Gedar Tub, Painted Green, with Feet.
No.8. 14 inches diameter, $1.65 each No. 3. 21 inches diameter, $3.85 each No.7. 15 inches diameter, 1.95 each No. 2. 23 inches diameter, 4.40 each f No.6. 16% inches diameter, 2.20 each No. 1. 25 inches diameter, 4.95 each if No.5. 18 inches diameter, 2.75 each No. 0. 27 inches diameter, 5.50 each |i No.4. 19%inches diameter, 3.05 each
Mann’s Tub, Painted Green, without Feet.
inches diameter, $1.15 each |}j= 19% inches diameter,
No.4. 12% inches diameter, $ .75each No.1. 18 No.3. 14 inches diameter, .95 each No.o. No.2. 15 inches diameter, 1.05 each
INDURATED FIBRE-WARE.
It is absolutely impervious to moisture, as the water will not creep through A non-conductor of heat and cold—light
the tubs or over and down the sides. weight and has no joints or seams.
It never shrinks or leaks.
4 in. $ .07 ea., $ 80 doz.
12% inch diameter at top, $1.00 each
Price-List Flower-Pot Saucers. 7 in. $ .10 ea., $1.00 daz. 8 in. 9 in.
Cnn eOSvedey « sSsidoz 6 in 09 ea., .90 doz. AIL =
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Parlor Plant Tub
Is a new specialty—lighter, cleaner, dryer than the old-fashioned wood tub.
1.05 doz. 1.15 doz.
11-ea., Si2bede.
Tu
Outside diameter about 12 inches, will take pot of diameter at bottom, Io in. $ .60 [a3 ce ce 6c is3 ce ce ce iss “ce “ 14 Ti .70 “cr ‘ 16 ‘ “cc ‘ “ce ce (73 (a3 (73 13 ce 85 iss ‘ is c ‘ “ce “ce “oe ce 15 ¢ T.00 ce ‘ 20 ‘ ae ce ‘ ce ‘ 17 T 2 ce ia3 ‘e 22 ce “e ia3 ce ‘ ce ins ins 20 1.50
Price-List of Florists’ Vases.
8 inches diameter inside, 13 in. depth inside. No. o.
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Best Canary Bird Seed. Price per quart, I5c.; two quarts, 2oC.
Best Mixed Canary Bird Seeds. Price per quart, 15c.; two: quarts, 25c.
German Rape. Price per quart, v I5c.; two quarts, 25c. Millet, French Price per pound, 5c. Millet, American. Price per quart, 1oc.; three quarts, 25¢.
Hemp Seed. Price per quart, 10c.; three quarts, 25¢. ead Seed. Price per quart, 1oc.; three quarts, 25C:
4.20 .40 3160 digest Re es 35 ZOO! sain - .30 2.40 4 “i 25 9.00 S 85 5:40) = ‘ .50 Ai80\ Peat AS AOW feet ics ; .40 3.60 ¥ % 35
E BIRDS.
1.35 each |
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For Displaying Gut Flowers. $4.80 per doz. plain, $ .45 each.
Ce we Atay Pr CNEL ECT Seer
134% inch diameter at top, $1.25 each
10 in. $ .13 ea., $1.20 doz.
12 in. 14 in.
Mis ‘eae .20 €a.,
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Maw Seed. Price per pound, 25c. L Price per pound, foc. Mocking Bird Food. Price per bottle, 25c.
Padda or Unhulled Rice. Meal Worms.
Price per one hundred, 5oc.
1.35 doz. 2.25 doz.
Canary Powder or Song Restorer. Price per bottle,
25¢. Audubon’s Bird Tonic. Price per bottle, 25c. Peter’s Treat. Price per roll, 1oc.; per dozen rolls,
$1.00. Bird Gravel.
Price per quart box, Sc.
Cuttle Fish. Price each 3c., two for 5c.; per pound,
50c.
Peas. Round, white for pigeons.
1oc.; per bushel, $1.75. Holden’s Bitd’ Books.
25c. each.
Price per , quart,
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Bird Cages. Parrot Cages. Squirrel Cages.
Brass, 80c. to $3.00. Brass, $1.25 to $10.00. Brass, $2.50 to $5.00.
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GROUND BEEF SCRAPS. Price per one hundred pounds, $2.75. Price per twenty-five pounds, 75c. Price per six pounds, 25c.
ANIMAL MEAL.
Price per one hundred pounds, $2.50. Price per twenty-five pounds, 75c. Price per six pounds, 25c.
GROUND OYSTER SHELLS.
Price per ton, $10.00. Price per one hundred pounds, in bags, 60c. Price per ten pounds, in bags, 25c.
SEA SHELLS.
Price per barrel, $1.25. Price per ten-barrel lots, F. O. B. cars, at $1.00.
BONE MEAL.
Price per one hundred pounds, $3.00. Price per twenty-five pounds, $1.00. Price per six pounds, 25c.
CRACKED BONE.
Price per one hundred pounds, $2.50. Price per twenty-five pounds, 75c. Price per six pounds, 25c.
Mico Spar Cubical Grit. Price per pound, 2c.; per one hundred pounds, 75c.
Cyphers Complete Grit. Price per pound, 2c.; per one hundred pounds, 7oc.
Cyphers Clover Meal. Price per six pounds, 25c.; per twenty-five pounds, 75c.; per one hundred pounds, $2.00.
‘Cyphers Cut Clover. It is the second crop or rowen of the Clover Hay; cut to proper length for mixing with the scalded food for the morning mash, and when fed hot with a little Egg Producer is sure to result satisfactorily to the egg basket. Price per fifty-pound sack, $1.00; per one-hundred-pound sack, $1.75.
Imperial Egg Food. Price per package, 25¢.
Rust’s Egg Producer. Price per one pound box, 25c.; per two-and-one-half-pound box, s50c.; per six- pound box, $1.00; per ten-pound box, $1.50; per twenty-five-pound keg, $3.50. (If my mail, add 16c. a pound for postage.)
Rust’s Havens’ Climax Condition Powder. Price per package, 25c.; five-pound box (equal to six packages), $1.00.
PRATT’S POULTRY FOOD.
Price per package, 25c. and 6oc.
/ Roup Pills. Price 25¢e. per box of fifty pills; SOs jNGIP INOS Ok WIA pills; $1.00 per box of two hundred and fifty pills.
Lambert’s Death to Lice. 5 oz. package. LOCK PLS OZ DKey 25Cs: 48 oz. pkg., 50c.; 100 oz. pkg., $1.00,
Lee’s Lice Killer. CAN, SEXG3 4 Glee
Tat can,
60c.; 4 qt. can, $1.00. 5 gal. can, $4.00.
Marking Punch. MO}ty pinleactekeien chicks or fowls. _Price each, 25¢c: ff
Caponizing Tools. [™
Pilling’s Sets | seid UA, with instructions. \@/ GEO.PPILLING & SON.
price each, $2.50. PHILADELPHIA,
NEST EGGS. Opal or China. Price each, 3c.; per dozen, 25c.; per gross, $2.00:
Knox Lice Expelling. Price each, 1oc.; per doz., 75c Ovinapthol Lice Expelling. Price each, Ioc.; per doz., 75c.
BATES’ SELF-FEEDING POULTRY
FOUNTAIN. Price, one gallon, $1.00; three gallons, $1.50.
THE “SANITARY” POULTRY FOUNTAIN. Price, one gallon, 50c.; two gallons, 85c.
“SANITARY” SELF-FEEDING BOX. Price, 50c. each.
DOG FOOD.
Austin’s Patent Dog Biscuit. Price per pound, 8c.; four pounds, 25c; per one hundred pounds, $5.50. Old Grist Mill Dog Biscuit. Per pound, 8c.:; four
pounds, 25c.; one hundred pounds, $5.50.
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The Gyphers Incubator.
“The Standard Hatcher of the World.”
ap eos SYPHERS gene BATORG Every Cyphers incubator is sold under a positive agree- Spi Oa eae
ment that it will do satisfactory work in the hands of any purchaser who will give it a fair trial, or it can be returned and the price paid for it will be refunded. As agent for the Cyphers Incubators, we are authorized to stand back of this guarantee in every particular.
You save freight by purchasing of us. We sell them at factory prices, free on board cars, at this point.
Price list of Cyphers Incubators: No. 0, 60 hen eggs,
48 duck eggs, $14.00; No. 1, 120 hen eggs, 100 duck eggs,
$20.00; No. 2, 220 hen eggs, 190 duck eggs, $29.00; No. 3, 360 hen eggs, 290 duck eggs, $37.00; No. 2, Double Decker, $58.00; No. 3, Double Decker, $74.00.
The Gyphers Brooders.
The style A is positively the best outdoor brooder in al} particulars that the Cyphers Company knows how to build.
Quantity and quality of material and workmanship con- sidered. |
Price list of the Cyphers indoor and outdoor brooders: Style O, indoor, $8.00; style O, outdoor, $9.00; style B, indoor, $10.00; style A, outdoor, $12.00.
The $6.50 Champion Brooder,
When a chick is placed in the Champion Brooder it is as certain of living as anything under the charge of frail humanity.
The construction of the case of our $6.50 Champion Brooder is planned on a scientific basis and conforms to the best method for all purposes. It is so con- structed that the brooder can be operated either outdoors or indoors, one way equally as well as the other. It is well made, strong and durable, to with-
stand years of hard usage. The material used is one inch pine lumber, tongued and grooved and planed both sides.
Price, OrBaNew Havent os stone $6.50
A TABLE
Showing the number of pounds per bushel, quantity usually sown per acre.
Lbs. per Quantity usua ;
Booka? 5 ie We Stee Bee es bere 2 memiev, OrOaAdCaSt.-, .-....... ss 48 2 to3 bush. Melon, Musk, in hills -.-....... 2 to 3 lbs. Beans, dwarf in drills-.......... 60 1% bush. Melon; Water, in) hills .-;---.--.- 3 to 4 lbs. peansepolesin hilis.--..5....... 60 10 to 12 qts. Millet, broadcast..... Lesa ee 48 % to % bush. aes, aim Gletlssocs aaocceecen Goge 5 to 6 lbs. Mirinle tia pane Seleclelters «ole mi-ieye ee 32) 2onlbs. Beets, in drills, Mangel Wurtzel. 4 to 5 lbs. Oats, broadcast...-. etree cece eens 32 2% to3 bush. Pern COrn tn Wills... .scess +. 8 to to qts. Oramiorim, ir CMV coco caso coos coor 5 to 6 lbs. Buckwheat...... odo StGnartoacces 48 1 bush. Onion, for sets, in drills ........ 30 lbs. Cabbage, in beds to transplant-. 50 1% lb. Onion Sets, in drills............ 8 to 12 bush. MSRGOU IWIN S66. eee ose ew 3 to 4 lbs. Parsnip, in drills......... scodosn 4 to 6 lbs. CLO WSR, Te De ccooe, (GG) - neo AO) Now: Peas, Green Wrinkled....::::-:: 56 144 to1 bush. RIGWET WHIte. 6... es cee cee es 60 12 to 15 lbs. Peas, Round Hard, in drills.... 60 16 bush. POMEMCTAWAUGIKCocic: fc occas cca ss'ss 60 ~—sito lbs. Peas, broadcast.........--...... 60 3 bush. Clover, Lucerne or Alfalfa...... 60 =20 lbs. Potatoes, cut tubers............. 60 6to 10 bush. Conia, Tm In Nesececee aerators 56 8 to 12 qts. PEieya Svs Wa VIS cose cousooscce 4 to 6 lbs. @arm ror Soiling,..----...-....+- 56 3to4q bush. Radish. in drills.-.............. 8 to 10 lbs. Gacumber,in hills.....\0.....-2- 2 lbs. Rye, broadcast, Fall...-........ 56 15 to 2 bush. Flax, DROACLCAS trate ctorcio.s sie cheve’ eevee 56 I bush, Sage, Attell ll Gyevereseweteselewewersreuave creuevs 6 to 8 lbs. Grass, Kentucky Blue........... 14 2 bush. Seilsusy, she OboliSsecode ceeesacacc 8 to to lbs. BeEASS PONCHATC Ts oc oa «vive oes 14 3 bush. Spinach, in drills......-.....-.. 10 to 15 lbs. Grass, English Rye............. 20 2 bush. Spring Rye........--..-....... 56 1% to2 bush. Grass, Sweet Vernal............ 12 1% bush. Sjormiame WWieeivcosee cacs coocesec 60 2 bush. mass, REG TOP. << ~~. coe ve toe I2 Ito 2 bush. Squash, (bush varieties,) in hills 4 to 6 lbs. Grass, Rhode Island Bent ...... I2 1to2 bush. Squash (running varieties,) ‘‘ 3 to 4 lbs. Grass, Timothy or Herd’s Grass- 45 % bush. Sugar Cane .--+ +--+ ---e eeee eee 12 lbs. Grass, Hungarian.....---....... 48 %to3 bush. Tomato, totransplant........... Y Ib. Grass, Mixed Lawn ...........- 20 3to4 bush. Turnip, in drills................ 50 © to 2 Ibs. Mlin Por oégesceeepmogs syocda orcs 4o 1% bush. Turnip, broadcast ---.---------- 50 tors lbs. R212 3 pe cameigere Gace ieieteraaaae ee Om Sul bse Wheat, broadcast, winter....... 60 2 bush. Mustard, broadcast....... ~O60006 50 % bush.
The Number of Plants, Trees, etc., Required to Set an Acre.
Distance. Number. Distance. Number. Distance. Number. 7 ft |y) Nei age aoe 0 ooeemSr ABESOON sihte bys ft. sla ANG) TIGy hts LONI koe so peas edocce banc 194 MipetE aM Yet oS fh-a----=- +025 19.360 4 ft. by 4 ft-------+ +--+. +e. DGaa Uis fits love REESE a= Sooce Sona éace 134 Pt by 2 ft=-<-j---- sense os 10.890 5 ft. by 5 ft------.----+---- ee Whe. ZO ites, |\7 AD Wedcc socoosoese dose 105 2 ite Wy 216 ft. i. .-s02. +s 6,970 6 ft. by 6 ft---.-.-..---+----: WANG DH Itt, ly? AG IE codccoducas osqucc 70 REV Enos ei sass a + oss 14.520 6G ft. by 9 ft-----------e eee es 537 30 ft. by 30 ft..-... Sic a eee 40 2 JRL Zot eee eo re 7,260 12 ft. by I2ft----------.--.-- 702 4@ ite LOW? AO@ltteesecsoScecogésoes 27
Our Cut Flower and Greenhouse - —Pepartment————zZ
fs under the immediate superintendence of a member of the firm, and we aim to keep it up tothe standard of excellence earned by many years of care- ful and painstaking attention to the wants and requirements of our patrons Cut Flowers and Decorations are a specialty, and we strive to always have every feature of its season in superior quantity and quality. Palms and
plants for decorations are also supplied in any quantity, aud at prices agree-
able to the purchaser.
THE FRANK S. PLATT GOMPANY.
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