Spring catalog 1907

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ESTABLISHED 1873

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The Oldest Seed House in the Southwest

‘Robinson Seed & Plant Co.

Successors to

Holloway Seed & Floral Co.

221 Elm Street and 220 Pacific Avenue,
DALLAS, TEXAS.

Warehouses 97, 99, and 101 Lamar St.
On Our Own Private Tracks.

Office Phone Main 2039
Greenhouses: Junius and Fitzhugh Sts. Phone Haskel 131.

xe] | is with some degree of pride that we present to our customers and
"|| friends this our Thirty-third Annual Catalogue, and we desire to sin-
cerely thank those who have for se many years favored us with their
esteemed patronage and who have madeit possible for us to say that
we are the oldest established seed house in the Southwest.

It has always been the aim of this house to supply the public with seeds
and plants grown with the utmost care, selected from the very best stock and
grown by experts. The seeds are in every instance fresh and pure, crops carefully
inspected by experts while growing. This continued care has established for us
the enviable reputation of to-day of which we have every reason to be proud.

It has been demonstrated in various cities and towns where our seeds are
sold in competition with others they have invariably become the most popular.

Our sales are not confined to the Southwest alone, for we annually ship to
customers in various parts of the United States, to South Africa, South America,
East and West Indies, and Mexico, which leads us to say that in view of the high
grade and large variety of our seeds we are prepared to supply the requirements
of every section, in doing which we do not lose sight of the special demands of

our home trade, making a specialty of all varieties best adapted to our soil and
climate.

We are Exclusively a Mail Order House

_ This does not mean that all orders received by mail are sent by mail.
Large orders of every description are received daily that are sent by freight or ex-
press, but it does mean that you can sit down in your own home and intelligently
order from us your extire requirements in field, garden and flower seeds, plants,
bulbs, shrubs, trees, etc., and do it with every assurance that you will receive
what you order, and no matter where you live we guarantee that you will receive

them in good order and be assured that you are buying the very best the market
affords.

Market Gardeners

_ Will find it to their advantage to ask for our special price list, containing
a complete list specially prepared for those entitled to receive it and to whom it is
mailed free.-

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General Instructions || |

WHAT WE DO.

We Take the Risk—We guarantee that all
money sent us shall reach us, if sent by Post
Office or Express Company’s Money Order,
Bank Drafts, Bills or Coin by Registered Let-
ters. We will not be responsible for coin sent
in ordinary letters, or for postage stamps.

Free by Mail or Express—We send Seeds,
Bulbs and Plants, weighing four pounds or
less, free by mail at the prices named in this
Catalogue. This brings them to the very
doors of our customers without trouble or
expense. To points where the large express
companies touch, we can send some orders
as cheaply by express as by mail. In such
cases we reserve the right to send by express,
prepaid, and notify the purchaser to that
effect. y

By Express—Packages weighing over four
pounds can not go by mail, and are shipped
by express, purchaser paying the charges,
but large packages of seeds, plants and
shrubs can be sent in this way, and larger
specimens of plants furnished, and we will
add extras to partly or wholly pay the ex-
press charges. All the express companies
earry our goods at 20 per cent less than mer-
chandise rates. If charged more please eall
the agent’s attention to this fact when you
receive the goods, and he will refund the
difference.

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We Guarantee that every package we send
out shall reach its destination in good con-
dition and that everything shall be received
exactly as ordered. If a package is lost, or
any of its contents injured on the way, we
will send again. We also guarantee every-
thing true to name.

We Pack all Plants carefully in strong
boxes, which insures their safe transit
through the mails to the remotest part of
the country or abroad.

We Fill all orders as soon as received, if
the stock is ready. Customers who wish
their order, or any part of it, booked for
‘“hipping at later date, should state the fact.

To Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, New Zealand,
Newfoundland, Germany, most of the eoun-
tries of South and Central America, and the
West India Islands, we can send goods in
large parcels by mail, prepaid. We can ship
only seed to other foreign countries by mail,
postpaid.

WHAT BUYERS SHOULD DO.

_Forward Money with the order, and at our
risk, when sent by Post Office Money Order
on Dallas, greenbacks or gold or silver coin,
by Registered Letter; Bank Draft or Express
Company’s Money Order. Post Office Money
Orders are by far the cheapest and the safest
method for remitting, and nearly all post
offices issue them. The fee on a Money Order
is only 3 to 5 cents for small sums. We send
with this Catalogue an order sheet, envelope
and a blank application for a Money Order

to us, and earnestly request our patrons to

remit by Money Order if possible.

_ Stamps—Please do not send postage stamps
in payment for goods if it can be avoided.
Letters often get damp in transit, causing
stamps when enclosed to stick together and
to the order, frequently resulting in the de-
struction of both. We shall return such as
come in bad order.

Private Cheecks—Private cheeks for smal!
sums are not desirable, as it costs us so
much to collect them. All banks now charge

for collecting private checks.

Silver or Gold Coin when sent in letters,
should be sewed or pasted up on strong paper
or cloth, to prevent its breaking through the
envelope, which is frequently the case when
enclosed loose. We will not be responsible
for coin sent to us except in Registered Let-
ter, nor for Stamps.

Be Sure to write your name and address
plainly. We have on our hands hundreds
of orders of last year without names, others
without postoffice or state, and some with
the name or postoffice written in such a care-
less or illegible manner that it is impossible
to read them. Keep a correct copy of your
order, that you may know when the package
arrives if all is correct, as people often for-
get wha. they ordered, and complain without
cause. ;

Please Write your order plainly and dis-
tinctly by itself, and not mix it up with
anything else you may wish to say.

Those who send a neat, plainly written
order will be sure to have it filled correctly
and with dispatch, and will also receive some
valuable “extras.” Always carry out the price
of each article, and after adding the amounts
together and deducting the discount, remit
the extra sum.

‘Order Early—We strive to fill all orders
within a day or two after they reach us,
but this is frequently made impossible by a
great rush of business about planting time.
Do not wait until you need your seeds and
bulbs before ordering. Anticipate planting
time by getting your orders in early.

IMPORTANT—It occasionally happens that
an order is lost in coming to us, or the goods
in going to the customer; therefore, if any
who order do not hear from us within a rea-
sonable length of time, they should send a
duplicate order, naming the date on which
the former one was sent and the amount of
money enclosed; and in what form. This will
enable us to investigate the matter and fill
the duplicate order with dispatch. No in-
quiries can receive attention which do not
eontain duplicate, ete., as here mentioned.

Conclusion—A confidence exists between
the people and our seeds and plants. An ac-
quaintance and experience of a third of a
century of mutual service, employment by
us of every known means to give purchaser
tested seeds of the highest quality at the
lowest price at which they can be produced
and sold, certify that patrons not only get
the best seeds that grow, but an assortment
of varieties it pays to grow in the Southern
States. :

ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., Dallas, Texas.

x : THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

eS We will repay liberally those who secure orders for us among their friends, and
for this purpose have arranged the following list of premiums or discounts. Thus by
securing the orders of a few friends your Own wants can be secured for almost nothing.
oe Although our prices will be found as low as offered in other catalogues, we make
the following additional inducements for the sending of Large Orders. Get your friends
to order with you, for the larger the order the more you get for your money.

Do not understand, however, that it is necessary to form a club, as an individual
order is entitled to the same rates. Anyone who has time and does not wish to spare
the money can secure their own plants, without cost, by soliciting their neighbors to
unite with them in ordering.

EXCEPTIONS

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bl These Club Rates are not allowed on SPECIAL OFFERS, Cormcorios= FARM AND
FiELD SEEDS, or on plants when priced by the dozen.
= ALL OFFERS IN CIRCULARS, and a few other articles, where it is expressly stated,
must not be included in Club Rates. Nor can we allow any of these to be selected as Pre-
miums. You can readily see the reason for this, aS we could not make you a special offer
and give a discount besides.

> Please remember this when ordering, and, if possible, keep the above named excep-
“tions separate from that part of your or der entitled to Club Rates.

MAIL CLUB RATHS—Plants, etc., by Mail prepaid.

= Anyone sending us $1.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
_ ounces from Catalogue to value of 15e extra.
Be: Anyone sending us $2.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of 30e extra.
Anyone sending us $3.60, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue, to value of 50¢ extra,
5 Anyone sending us $4.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of 75e extra.
Anyone sending us $5.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of $1.00 extra. E
a Anyone sending us $6.60, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
- ounces from Catalogue to value of $1.50 extra.
Anyone sending us §8.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
~ ounces from Catalogue to value of $2.00 extra.
_ Anyone sending us $10.00, may Select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and

= ounces om Catalogue to value of $3.00 extra.
ei PLEASE NOTE EXCEPTIONS ABOVE STATED.

EXPRESS CLUB RATES—Plants, ete., sent by Express, Purchasers pay charges when
goods are reeeived. The liberal rates here offered, together with the extras we always
add, will far more than pay for the express charges. :

Anyone sending us $2.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue, to value of 50e exira,
: Anyone sending us $3.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of 75e extra.
; Anyone sending us $4.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of $1.00 extra.
: Anyone sending us $5.60, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces frem Catalogue to value of $1.50 extra.

Anyone sending us $6.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of $2.00 extra, x
Anyone sending us $8.00, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of $3.00 extra, ;

Anyone sending us $10.60, may select Plants, Bulbs, Roses and Seeds in packets and
ounces from Catalogue to value of $4.00 extra.

PLEASE NOTE EXCEPTIONS ABOVE STATED.

Individual orders are allowed tye same rates as Club Orders.
HOW %O SEND CLUB ORDERS.
Keep each person's order separate, giving his or her full name, ‘with the amount of
the order. Then make your selection of the amount due you, naming plants desired as

your discount.
z How WE PACK OUR CLUB GRDERS,

Bach person's ee will be packed separately with his or her full name attached,
so you will have nothing to do but deliver the bundle. If the plants are to be sent by
mail, and you desire them to be sent direct to the person,-we will do so when their or-
der. amounts to $1 or more.

=o If Plants are to be sent by Express, always mention by which Ear Company you
wisn them sent,

THE ROBINSON SEED @ PLANT Co.
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Robinson’s Noveltie
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troductions that have proven after
a thorough test to be of special merit

Robinson’s New Kidney Wax Bush Bean |

This variety of bean has the handsomest pod of any bean in exist- =
ence. The bush grows from eighteen to twenty inches in height. Has
never shown the least tendency to blight. The leaves are a beautiful dark ©
green; the pods are a rich lemon yellow, six to seven inches long, remark-
able for their fine flavor, brittleness, and freedom from strings. _ au

They ripen about the same time as Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. Our |

_ supply is limited, we do not therefore offer in larger quantity than 4 oz. ~
Packets. Price 20c postpaid.

Robinson’s Calico Pole Butter Bean |

This excellent variety is a native of Texas and is therefore splendid-
ly adapted to our hot dry climate. The pods are slightly curved and of
medium length. The green beans are of medium size, beautifully speckled
or blotched dark red. This is one of the earliest varieties, is exceedingly
prolific, bearing abundantly, commencing in early summer and continuing
until killed by frost. A variety that will please everyone. Owing to a7
limited supply we are offering only in 4 oz. Packets. 20c, postpaid.

Robinson's Extra Early Black Valentine Bean |

This is a new and excellent green pod variety. The Red Valentine |
has always been a favorite and except for being more productive and less —
liable to rust this new black variety is somewhat similar. The pods are
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Price:
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By freight
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Robinson’s New Evergreen Sweet Corn

Robinson’s New Evergreen
Sweet Corn

This is the most valuable sweet corn ever
introduced. Wherever grown it creates a
sensation and everyone reports it as having a
strong, vigorous growth from the very start,
yielding a splendid crop of ears quite as large
as field corn, having a most attractive appear-
ance, completely filled with long deep grains
of the most marvelous sweetness. It also has
the reputation of being a great drouth resister,
is very hardy, and the first plantings may be
made the first warm spell after the 10th of
February, continuing for succession up until
June 1st. Whenever this handsome variety
appears on the market it sells more rapidly
than any other variety of sweet corn. It is
for this reason an excellent variety of the mar-
ket gardener’s main crop. Price of choice
seed: Pkt., 2 ozs. 10c; half pt. 15c; pt.
25c, postpaid. By express or freight, qt. 25c
two gts. 40c; pk. $1.25; bu. $4.

Robinson’s “Early Dawn”
- Sweet Corn

See illustration on next page.

This new and excellent variety of extra
early corn has two remarkable features, extra-
ordinary earliness and unparalled sweetness.
Besides these two features it is wonderfully
productive. It is from ten to twelve days
earlier than any other variety. The stalks
grow about four feet high and bear from two
to three ears on each stalk, which being small
can be planted very close together. Plant
five or six kernels te each hill and thin out
later. The rows may be planted just close
enough to admit of cultivation. On account
of its extreme earliness this is a valuable var-
iety for market gardeners. If planted very
early cover only about one inch deep.

Price of select seed, Pkt., 2 ozs. 10c;
half pt. 15c; pt. 25c; postpaid. By exp=
ress or freight, at. 25c; two qts. 40c;
pk. $1.25; bu. $4.

Robinson's
Early Greenland Cucumber

This is the handsomest long green variety
of the White Spine type. Vines are of the
most vigorous growth and are enormously
productive. The cucumbers are from ten to
twelve inches in length, of uniform size, have
an exceedingly dark green color, and present
a splendid appearance in market. Never turn
yellow. The white spines add to the attract-
ive appearance. Flesh deliciously tender and
solid with very few seeds; make splendid
pickles when young; flavor is the best.

Price: pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4 Ib. 40c;
Ib. $1.25; postpaid. By express $1.10 Ib.

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Robinson’s Mammoth :
Triumph Watermelon

See Illustration on Back Cover

There is quite a rivalry among growers to

produce the largest size melons in the com-

munity. Ifyou want to excel in this direction |

and grow the biggest and best melon in your
section, plant our Mammoth Triumph. Spec-
imens of this variety have reached as high as
160 pounds, while melons ranging from 70 to
80 pounds are quite common. It matures
early, is very sweet and of fine flavor, very
prolific, has dark green rind and red flesh.
Stands shipping remarkably well. This var-
iety never fails to create a sensation. ;

Price fancy seed: Pkt. 10c; oz. 250°
4 Ib. 60c; Ib. $2; postpaid.

Robinson’s New
Round Rock Watermelon

We have the distinction of offering for
the first time this grand new melon. The
greatest shipping variety ever produced. | It
has rich dark green skin, no melon equalling
it for tough skin or rind, while for flavor no
shipping melon ever produced equals it. Its

Robinson’s Early Dawn Sweet Corn.
For description see previous page.

rich crimson appetizing flesh is a genuine delight to all beholders. Its fine eating qualities, product-
iveness and large size must make this the most popular melon ever offered for either shipping or
home use. Price for fancy seed: Pkt. 10c; 0z. 25c; 14 lb. 60c; Ib. $2; postpaid.

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This new variety is a distinct type of the Rocky Ford, but with golden meat. _ The melons

are oval, evenly tapered at each end, averaging about six inches in length, about four inches in dia-
meter and about two pounds in weight. The skin is finely netted, and has a light greenish color

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shen ripe. The flesh is a bright golden yellow, ripening close to an exceedingly thin rind and has
a remarkably small seed cavity. The flavor is rich, spicy and sweet, yet with very firm flesh when
properly ripened. In shipping quality it is far superior to the old Rocky Ford variety, reaching
| ee the distance in fine condition. Price: Pkt. 15c; Oz. 50c; 4 Ib. $1.50; Ib. $5; postpaid.

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most solid and prolific Tomato yet introduced.

It is a luxuriant, healthy grower; free from blight; a persistent and early bearer. It is
sc more symmetrical in shape than Ponderosa; is thicker through from stem to blossom end. This ex-
cellent tomato is free from seed and watery cavities, with flesh firm and meat of excellent quality.
a ee Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Ib. 90c; Ib. $3, postpaid.

ROBINSON’S EARLIEST TOMATO

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pact growth, the plants have short close jointed branches setting fruit freely in the center. An
entire plant can be covered with a bushel basket, still each plant will produce over one-half bushel

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ROBINSON’S STANDARD VEGETABLE SEEDS

FOR 1907

Seeds Postpaid by Mail

Please bear in mind that prices quoted in the following
list include prepayment of postage on all seeds ordered
by the packet or ounce.

Half-pounds are supplied at

pound rates; half bushels at bushel rates. §8"We guarantee safe delivery of all Seeds, whether

sent by mail, express or freight.
from prices quoted.

If ordered to be sent by express or freight deduct 10c per Ib.

Artichoke Jerusalem.

ARTICHOKE

New Green Globe.—Sow seed early in the
spring in drills a foot apart, and four
inches apart in the drills. The next spring
transplant to permanent beds, in hills three
feet apart each way, with three plants to
a hill, It requires a deep, rich loam, abound-
ing in moisture and may be protected in
winter by covering with litter of earth.
Produces large globular heads, thick, suc-
culent scales, the bottom of which is the
edible part. Boiled until tender, it makes
a delicious dish. PkKt. 10c; oz. 35e; % Ib.
$1.00.

Jerusalem Artichoke.—Sometimes used as &
table vegetable when pickled, but their
greatest value is for feeding stock. Yields
500 bushels per acre. Plant three bushels
per acre in rows three feet apart. Cultivate
same as Irish potatoes. Greatest hog feed
ever known. ‘Tubers, Tb. 25ec; 3 Tbs. 50c;3.
postpaid. By freight or express, pk. 75c;3.
bu. $1.50,

ASPARAGUS

mene ounce will sow about 50 feet of
rill.

It may be grown from seed, or propa-
gated by roots. A bed once properly made
will last for years, and no garden should be
considered complete without one.

A fair crop may be expected the third
year from the seed, or in one or two years
from the roots, according to their age
when planted, and after that, full crops every
year. The soil for this crop cannot be too
rich, and should be thoroughly trenched two
feet or more in depth. The plants should
be set six to eight inches deep, in rows three
or four feet apart, and one foot apart in
rows. The roots should be set in spring
as sac as the ground is in good working
order.

Moore’s Giant.—The best for growing in the
North. Retains the head close until the
stalks are quite long; it is of uniform
eolor, while for tenderness and quality it
is unparalleled. The size is large and re-
markably uniform. PkKt. 5e; oz. 10e3 %4 Ih.
20e; Ib. 60e.

Barr’s Mammoth.—It comes early and grows
a large stalk it is very productive, throwing
a great number of strong, well-developed
shoots. Pkt. Se; oz. 10c; % Th. 20e3 Th. 60c.
Palmetto.—This variety is of recent intro-
duction and thus far has proved a great
Success in both the North and South. A
ae yielder. PkKt. 5e; oz. 10c; %4 Th. 20e;3
ce.

_Conover’s

Conover’s Colossal Asparagus
Columbian White.—Not only are the stalks
of large size, but they are produced abund-
antly and very early. They are clear white,
and remain so in favorable weather, until

three or four inches above the surface.
PKt. 5c; 4% tb. 25e;3 Ib. 75e.

i Colossal.—-The standard variety.
Price of seed: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Th. 20e;
per Ib. 60c, postpaid.

10 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

_ Asparagus Roots

Moore’s Giant, Barr’s Mammoth, Conover’s
Colossal, Palmetto.—Two year old roots,25e
per doz. postpaid; by express 75e per 100;
$6.00 per 1000.

Columbian White.—Two year old roots, 25e¢
per doz.; by express, $1.00 per 100; $7.00
per 1000.

BEANS

Bush or Snap, Wax or Yellow Pod Varieties
New Stock Grown by Best American Expert Growers

Plant as soon as danger of frost is past,
in light, warm soil, in rows two feet apart,
three inches apart in the rows. Keep well
hoed and draw the earth up to the stems,
but do not hoe when wet, as it will cause

them to rust and injure the crop. Plant every
two weeks until about the middle of Sep-
tember for a-succession. 1 qt. to 100 feet
of drill. Cover 2 inches deep. 1 to 1% bu.
per acre.

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax.—The very strong
growing vines of this variety yield a large
crop of long, nearly straight, very white,
wax-like handsome pods. They are of good
quality and always. command a ready sale,
making the variety one of the most profitable
for the market gardener. It matures about
the same time as the Golden Wax. The dry
beans are large, kidney shaped, white, with
dark markings about the eye. A splendid
variety for Southern planting, for Northern
markets. Large pkg. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45e,
postpaid. By freight or express, pt. 15e; qt.
25e; pk. $1.50; bu. $6.

Keeney’s Rustless Golden Wax.—
This is an improvement on the Gold-
en Wax. The pods are larger and
thicker and absolutely rust proof.
Last season, the Golden Wax re-
sisted drouth remarkably well. Large
Pkt. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 45e, postpaid.
By express or freight, pt. 15¢; qt.
25e; pk. $1.50; bu. $7.00.

Horticultural Wax.—The
dwarf wax bean, enormously pro-
ductive, vine strong and _ robust,
bearing the pods well up from the
ground, and being thus protected
with large foliage will not spot. In
length they are about Six inches;
color, clear, waxy yellow, stringless,
of delicious flavor. The dry bean is
large, oval, not very thick, nearly
covered with splashes. Bright red.

Large pkts. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 45e;3
postpaid. By express or freight, pt.
15e3 qt. 25ce; pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

largest

Davis Kidney White Wax.—Something that
American bean growers have wanted for
years, a wax, podded bush bean, with white
seed. The pods are light golden color and
well filled with large white beans of the most

Davis Kidney Wax
delicious quality. The vines are strong, vig-

orous in growth, and hold their pods far
above the ground. Considerably higher than
the improved Golden Wax. Test yields with
other leading bush wax varieties, showed
over one-third heavier yield on the same
ground. Another and most valuable point
is earliness. It is equally as early as
Golden Wax, and the beans are of a much
finer flavor. By all means give it-a trial this
season. Large Pkts, 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c,
postpaid. By freight or express, pt. 15c; qt.

25e; pk. $2.00; bu. $7.00.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

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Early Dwarf Black Wax.
strain of the old Dwarf Black Wax. This is
the first sort to give a full picking. The pods
are a clear waxy white, round, fleshy, tender
and stringless. A very productive and popu-
lar variety. Seed Jet Black. One of the
finest Snap Beans. Pods four to five inches
long. Large pkt, 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 45e; post-
paid; by freight or express, pt. 15e; qt. 25¢;
pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Prolific Dwarf Black Wax.—One of the
earliest wax podded varieties. Pods four
to five inches in length, usually curved,
quite round, meaty, brittle and stringless,

An extra early

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pke. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 45c; postpaid. By freight
or express, pt. 15¢e; qt. 25e; pk. $1.50; bu.
$6.00.

Robinson’s New Kidney Wax Bush Bean—See Nov=
elties. page 4

Dwarf Horticultural.—Pods are of medium
length, slightly curved, and when nearly de-
veloped are freely splashed with bright red
on the yellow skin. The green beans are of
good size, tender and of fine flavor. Any
surplus beans not needed for use during the
summer make excellent soup or baking beans
for winter. Per pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; postpaid.
By express, Per qt. 30c; 2 qts. 50c; 4 qts. 90c;
pk. $2.00; bu. $7.00.

Bush or Snap Green Pod Varieties

Burpee’s Stringless.—Pods are absolutely
stringless and of a beautiful fleshy appear-
ance.
than the best stock of Improved Extra-Early
Red Valentine. Burpee’s Stringless Green
Pod is of immense value, not only to the
market-gardener and canner, who plant for
profit, but also to the amateur, who seeks
finest quality for the home table. Pkt. 10e;3
pt. 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid. By freight or ex-
press, pt. 15e; qt, 25e; pK. $1.75.

Early Yellow Six Weeks Beans.—tThis is
the earliest six weeks bean that grows, being
the latest improved variety with fleshy pods,
very brittle and tender, quite free from
strings. Large pkKt. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 40ec, post-
paid. By freight or express, pt. 15¢e; qt. 25¢;3
pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Extra Early Red Valentine.—An entirely :

new strain of this splendid variety, which is
bound to become popular. Under favorable
conditions has been known to mature in 30
days from its appearance above ground. The
pods are remarkably fleshy and tender and
remain a long time on the plant without be-
coming hard. Seed mottled light and dark
brown. Don’t fail to try them this year. Large
pkt. 10e; pt. 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid. By freight
ES eee pt. 15e; qt. 25e; pk. $1.50; bu.

Best of All.—Pods long, very fleshy, suc- |

culent, stringless, and rich in flavor; produces
early and abundantly; one of the most val-
uable green podded beans for either market

Ready to market two weeks earlier |

or family use. Large pkKts. 10c; pt. 25e3 qt.
40ec, postpaid. By freight or express, pt. 15c;
qt. 25e; pK. $1.75; bu. $6.00.

Early Mohawk.—An old standard variety,
very hardy, stand frost that kill other sorts,
therefore can be planted earlier and mature
later than most kinds. Fine for pickling.
Large pkKts. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 40c; postpaid.
By freight or express, pt. 15c; qt. 25c; pk.
$1.50; bu. $5.50.

Early Refugee.—A favorite for canning
and pickling. Large pkts. 10c; pt. 25e; qt.
40ce; postpaid. By freight or express, pt. 15¢;
at. 25e; pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Black Valentine Bean.—An extra early
Green Pod Bean. An enormous cropper. It
produces extra large pods that are tender
and delicious in quality. It is a good bean
to force as well as to use for late planting.
Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 40c. By freight
Sona pt 15e; qt. 25e; pk. $1.50; bu.

Robinson’s Extra Early Black Valentine—See Nov=
elties, page 4.

The Longfellow Bush Bean.—An ideal snap
bean. A producer of round, straight, solid,
green, fleshy pods, that are tender and brit-
tle. Cooks up with delicious flavor, of ro-
bust, compact habit, affording pods fit to pick
as early or earlier than any other. Large
pkKts. 10ce; pt. 25e; qt. 40c, postpaid. By freight
or express, pt. 15e; qt, 25c; pK. $1.50; bu $6.00.

Bush Lima Beans

Burpee Bush Lima

Why Send North for Seeds Specially
Adapted to the South

Henderson’s Bush Lima.——The most valu-
able characteristic of this Bush Lima is its
extreme earliness, as it comes in from two
to three weeks ahead of any of the other
climbing or Bush Limas; is enormously pro-
ductive, bearing continuously throughout the
summer until killed by the frost. Its great-
est merit lies in the fact that it is a true
bush variety. Large pkt. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 40e,
postpaid. By express or freight, pt. 15e; qt.
25e; pk. $1.75; bu, $7.00.

Burpee Bush Lima. (see cut)—The bushes
grow eighteen to twenty inches high, of stout
growth and always erect, yet branching vig-
orously. <A prolific bearer and a sure crop-
per, yielding handsome large pods, well filled
with very large beans, which are identical
in size and luscious flavor to the well-known
large pole Limas. Large pkKts. 10e; pt. 25e;
qt. 40ec, postpaid. By freight or express, pt.
15e3 qt. 25e3; pK. $1.75; bu. $7.00. shes

Kinney, Tex., Sept. 9, 1906.

Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas:
Kind Sirs:—If you can and will, please
send me one of the Last Spring Catalogues,
when the firm was Holloway Seed Co. Your
seed are all right and prices reasonable.
Yours truly,

Mc L. BREWER.

12 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,
CE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXA

Pole or Running Beans
Plant after all danger of frost is over.

Green Pod.—These should not be planted until the weather has
become warm, say from March until July. The soil should be well
enriched. Set poles four feet apart each way and plant six to eight
beans around them about one inch deep, and when well started thin
out to three good plants to each hill. The Limas, being more tender
and liable te rot in the ground, if cold and wet, must be planted later.
They should be planted edgewise with the eye down and about two
inches deep. The seed of the Limas is very large, flat and white in
color. Picking the pods as fast as the beans are large enough to use
will lengthen the time of bearing. One quart will plant 100 hills,
twelve quarts one acre.

Kentucky Wonder.—The enormous produciiveness of the old Ken-
tucky Wonder is well known. This recent introduction is a new
variety, having all its superb qualities except having a beautiful
transparent yellow color. It is a rampant grower, one plant filling
a pole with a mass of vines densely loaded with luscious beans almost
a solid mass of pods from top to bottom; the pods are so fieshy that
they are frequently greater in width than in breadth. They are
delicious. If pods are gathered as they mature the vines will con-
tinue to bear until end of season. Good seed searce.

Large pkt. 10e; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By freight or express,
pt. 2@c; qt. 35e; pK. $2.00; bu. $7.50.

Lazy Wife.—One of the best snaps of the later green podded pole
beans. The numerous pods, borne in large elusters, are five to
seven inches long, broad, thick, fleshy and entirely stringless. When
young they have a rich buttery flavor which is retained until they are
nearly ripe. The dry beans are excellent for winter use. Seed white.
Large pkts. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 45e; postpaid. By freight or express,
pt. 15e; qt. 30ce; pK. $2.00; bu, $6.50. =

Southern Prolific—No variety bears larger pods
than this, which is an improved and very desirable
sort. It stands the heat and drouth of summer
better than any other sort and is planted to suc-
ceed them. If planted in July and August, will
continue to bear until frost. Large pkKts. 10e; pt.
25c; qt. 40c, postpaid. By freight or express, pt.
15e; qt. 25e; pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

White Creaseback.—This well known variety is
highly esteemed in the South. It is the most pro-
ductive pole bean grown. It is entirely stringless
and distinctly creased along the back, hence the
name. It is very early in ripening, long before
any other pole bean; grows in clusters of from ¢
to 12 pods. Large pkKts. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 40c, post-
paid. By freight or express, pt. 15ce; qt. 25e; pk.
$1.50, bu, $6.00.

White Dutch Case Knife—Is of quick growth,
producing large flat pods, early in the season. Be-
ing white-seeded, it is excellent to grow dry shell
beans for winter. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 40e,
postpaid. By freight or express, pt. 15e; qt. 25e;
pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00, é

Golden Cluster.—Large pods, yellow and of ex-
cellent flavor. The dry seeds are thick and pure
white. Large pKt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid.
my peg or express, pt. 15c; qt. 25e; pk. $1.50;

u. 00.

F Searlet Runner.—Plants are of strong, quick
growth, bears large sprays of bright, scarlet, pea-
like flowers. When fully ripened the dry beans
are of bright scarlet, heavily blotched with purple,
often used for ornamenting porches and trellises.
Large pkt. 10c; pt, 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid. By freight
or express, pt. 15¢c; qt. 25c; pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Horticultural, Cranberry, or Wren’s Egze.—A pop-
ular old variety for either snapshorts or dry shell
beans, especially adapted for short seasons and cool
locations. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid.
By aan: or express, pt. 15¢e; qt. 25c; pk. $1.50:

u. . o

Cut Short or Corn Hill.—An old variety, very
popular for planting among corn, and it will give
a good crop without use of poles; vines medium,
pods short, cylindrical and tender; beans nearly ob-
long, cut off diagonally at the ends, white covered
at one end with reddish brown dots. Large pkt. 10c;
pt. 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid. By freight or express,
pt. 15¢e; qt. 25c; pK. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Robinson’s Calico Pole Butter Bean—See Novelties, page 4

KENTUCKY WONDER-Natural Size Lazy Wife

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 13

Pole Beans==Wax Pod

Kentucky Wonder Wax.—tThe greatest Wax
‘Pole Bean ever introduced. The merits of
the old Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean are well
Known. We now introduce a variety having
all its superb qualities except that it is of
a beautiful transparent yellow color. In say-
ing that this bean is even more prolific than
its green podded namesake, we do not over-
step the bounds of truth. It commences to
bear when scarcely higher than the average
bush variety and keeps on producing until
killed by frost. In some comparatively frost-

less districts it has continued in bearing from
June to December. It is a rampant grower,
one plant filling a pole with a mass of vines
densely loaded with luscious beans, almost
a solid mass of pods from bottom to top.
They are solidly meaty, entirely stringless,
and, when cooked, deliciously rich and but-
tery. The seed closely resembles that of

Kentucky Wonder. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 30c;
qt, 50c, postpaid. By express or freight, pt.
20e; qt. 25e; pk. $2.00.

Pole Beans==Lima

King of the Grden Lima.—The old stand-
ard variety, beans of unusual size, very de-
sirable. Large pkts. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 40c,
postpaid. By freight or express, pt. 15e; qt.
25e; pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Large White Lima,—wW ith nearly every one,
the seeds, either green or ripe, of this variety
are considered the most tender and delicious
of all the bean family. Vines growing tall,
vigorous, but slender. Leaves medium size,
smooth, light green. Blossoms small white,
pods come in clusters, long, broad, very thin,
dark green. Beans large, kidney-shaped
greenish white, flat. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25e;

qt. 40e; postpaid. By freight or express, pt.
15e; qt. 25e3 pk. $1.50; bu. $6.00.

Yard Long.—This is a curosity. The pods
average two feet or more in length, are round,
somewhat glossy, having the thickness of
a lead pencil. In small packets only. Per
pkt. 10c.

Small White Lima or Sieva.—This bean
succeeds better in the South than any other
pole Lima; is very productive, and bears until
frost. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 40c, postpaid. By
freight or express, pt. 15c; qt. 25c; pk. $1.50;
bu. $6.00.

BEETS

One ounce will sow fifty feet of drill, 6
to 8 pounds per acre.

Culture.—The soil best suited to the beet
is a deep light and rich sandy loam. For
early beets seed should be sown about the
middle of February. or as soon as the ground
is in good working coudition, in drills twelve
to fourteen inches apart, and thinned to three
or four inches apart in the drills. For win-
*er crops the first of June is the right time.
cover one inch deep.

Robinson’s Crimson Ball Extra Early Beet.
—This splendid variety of extra early Beet
is of nearly a perfect globe shape, remark-
,ably free from side roots. The flesh is very
dark red, making it the most beautiful pick-
ling beet yet introduced. It is of unsur-
passed flavor, tender, juicy and sweet, retain-
ing its freedom from woodiness much longer
than any of the old varieties. Price, pkt.
10c; oz, 15c; % Ib. 30e; Ib. 7T5e, postpaid.

Extra Early Egyptian.—Grows extra quick-
ly, producing flat, smooth turnip roots aver-
aging two inches in diameter. Per pkt. 5c;
oz. 10c; % Ib. 20c; per Ib. 60c.

Crosby’s Improved Extra Early.—Still in
the lead as the best Extra Early Blood Tur-
nip Beet for market or home table. It re-
tains its superior qualities and does not be-
come woody and tasteless, like the old Egyp-
tian, when allowed to stand too long, and may

Extra Early Egyptian

Eclipse

be sown outside as late as July. Crosby’s
Egyptian Beet, as originated and selected by
Mr. Crosby, is a very shy seeder, and the
genuine seed from seed stock grown and se-
lected by the originator himself cannot be
obtained at a lower price than here offered.
Pkt, Sec; oz. 10ce; %4 Ib. 20c; ib. 75c, postpaid.

Betroit Dark Red.—Tops small and up-
right, admitting of close planting. Roots
medium in size, globular or oval, and very
smooth; skin dark blood red; flesh deep bright
red, zoned with a lighter shade, fine-grained,

erisp, tender and sweet, remaining so long
after many sorts become woody. This is
certainly a market gardener’s Beet. PkKt 5e;
oz. 10c; % Th. 20c; Ib. 60c.

Early Blood Turnip.—Early; of rapid

erowth, with small tops. PkKt. Se; oz. 10¢;

% Ib. 20e; Ib. 50e.

Eclipse.—Roots of globe-shaped, deep red,
with sweet, fine-grained flesh, which remains
tender a long time. Very early, of quick
growth. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; % Tb. 20e; Ib. 50e.

14 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

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MANGEL. Golden Tankard

Jilmorin’s Improved White Sugar Beet.—Sugar
Beets are not as heavy yielders as the Mangels, but
are of superior quality, containing a large amount
of sacchrine matter; thousands of acres are planted
with Sugar Beets for manufacturing sugar. They
are excellent for feeding cows, improving wonder-
fully the quality and also the quantity o* the milk.
This variety is a medium-sized white Sugar Beet,
brought by the most careful selection to the high-
est perfection, both in shade and color of roots
and richness of sacchrine matter contained. Pkt.
5e; oz. 10ce; %4 Th. 15e; Ib. 3de.

The Asparagus Beet

A wonderful new vegetable which was recently
offered for the first time after a careful test, which
has thoroughly demonstrated its value. The leaves
are large, light green, and finely curled and crink-
led, and are used for greens, for which we find
them most excellent. But the grat value of the
plantisits large fleshy mid-rib of the leaves, which
are cut and cooked like Asparagus, and are extra
fine. As a Substitute for Asparagus nothing could
be better, and it may be cut and used all sum-
mer. A most valuable new vegetable. Fit to use
2 to 3 months from seed. Pkt. 10e; 3 pkts. 25ce.

Bryan’s Mill, Tex., Jan. 22, 1906.
Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas:
Gentlemen:—Please send me your Catalogue
for 1906. I can’t do without your book in
my library of books on Farm and Garden.
Truly yours,
CHAS. W. CASTNER.

Improved Long Dark Red.

qualities esp
firm flesh, ten
20e; Ib. 50e.

Early Flat Bassano. lat
and rose, very tender, sweet and juicy.
Tb. 25c; Ib. 50ce.

Half-Long Blood.—An excellent second-early.
Good also for winter use.
20e; Ib. 50e.

MANGEL=WURZEL BEETS
FOR STOCK FEEDING

Farmers-can no longer overlook the immense value
of Mangel for feeding purposes.
creased demand each year for seed. The result of
their use is so important that farmers readily real-
ize the immense value of the crop, increased acre-
The improved condition of
all stock to which it is fed is truly wonderful.
There is an increased yield of milk from
without any taste of the Mangel and a great saving
The yield per acre is immense and cost
of raising the crop is trifling compared with the
great advantages derived. The soil should be very
rich, in which event a heavy growth
Plant seed in March
pounds to the acre.

Golden Tankard.—A new yellow sort, very sweet
Large, oval roots, much easier to pull
A heavier cropper.

oz, 10e3; %4

age being the result.

vt and tender.
Sy than the Long Mangels.
5e; oz. 10ce; %4 Ib. 15c; Ib. 35e.

Mammoth Long Red.—Also called Norbiton Giant
A large, well formed variety
excedingly nutritious,
PKt. Se; oz. 10c;

and Carter’s Prize.
of blood-red color;
larger roots than any other sort.
¥% Th. 15e; Ib, 35e.

MANGEL, Mammoth Long Red

Has splendid keeping
lly adapted for winter use; very
der and juicy. PKt. 5e; oz. 10c; % Ib.

—Early and flat; flesh white

Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce; % Ib.

There is an in-

is made.
in rows three feet apart, 5

THE ROBINSON SEED &

Broccoli or Kale

This is a plant the heads of which some-
what resemble cauliflower, but hardier.

Purple Cape—Known as Curly Greens,
close round heads, nearly as large as cauli-
flower.. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35¢e; %4 Ib. $1.00; Ib.
$3.00, postpaid.

PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 15

BRUSSELLS SPROUTS

A very desirable vegetable, which if more
widely known would be as popular as it is
valuable. Few people appreciate its worth
as a winter vegetable. It is hardier than
cabbage and not affected by frost. Sow seed
in February or March and cultivate like cab-
bage. An ounce of seed produces about 2,500
plants.

Improved Half Dwarf or Paris MarkKet.—
The most productive and hardiest variety—
bearing fine, handsome, solid sprouts, grow-
ing closely on the stalk and of finest quality.
Pkts. 5e; oz. 20c, postpaid.

Green Scotch Kale

CABBAGE

High-Bred American Grown Seed.—To gard-
eners generally no vegetable is of greater
importance than the cabbage; and to many
growers the success or failure of this crop
means gain or loss for the year. It does
not pay, therefore, to take any risk in buy-
ing seed. Much of the seed commonly sold
has not had the great care necessary in grow-
ing to make it reliable. Our Cabbage Seed
is the very best that can be grown, raised
only from the centre shoots and from care-
fully selected solid heads true to name. Our
erops are all personally inspected with un-
tiring care and watchfulness. Good drain-
age, plenty of manure, or good heavy loam,
and steady cultivation as long as it is pos-
sible to work between the rows are the re-
quisites to good crops of Cabbage. For the
early sorts sow seed in fall, and when the
plants are a month old transplant to cold-
frames, setting them down to the first leaves.
Sow also in January and February and trans-
plant two feet apart and 18 inches apart in
the row, according to size. For the late va-
rieties, sow from the middle to last of spring
and transplant when 4 to 6 inches high. One
ounce of seed produces 1,500 plants, % pound
produces sufficient plants for an acre.

Extra Early Varieties

_ Selected Early Jersey Wakefield.—The ear-
liest and hardest heading of all extra early
cabbaces. Among the many extra early
varieties that have originated in this coun-
try and Europe there is none better adapted
to American methods of culture and _ the
American market than Early Jersey Wake-
field. The plants are very hardy, not only
to endure frost but also unfavorable con-
ditions of soil and moisture. It is safe to
ship the heads younger than would be possi-
ble with most varieties, and at the same time
they will remain in condition for use longer
than ordinary early sorts. The leaves are

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Early Jersey Wakefield

thick, short and of fine quality. This variety
is the best sort for wintering over and for
very early setting. We offer a stock from
carefullv bred and selected plants which is
much superior to that ordinarily sold. PkKts.
5e3; oz. 10c3; % Th. 35e; Ih. $1.25, postpaid.

Charleston Wakefield.—The largest early
Cabbage with pointed head and very much
larger than the early Jersey, combining with
extra size the good points of the old variety,
ripening a couple of days earlier. Pkt. 5e3
oz. 10ce; % Th. 35e; Th. $1.25.

Early York.—An old sort, but with a good,
solid, round, slightly heart-shaped head. Very

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CABBAGE—Continued

early, tender and of good flavor.

Pkt. 5e3
oz. 10ce; 1%4 Ib. 35e3 Ib. $1.25.

Large Early York.—Similar in shape and
quality to the above, but much larger. Pkt.
Be; oz. 10c; % Th. 35e; Ib. $1.25. :

Second Early Varieties,
ALL ROUND FLAT HEADS

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SS

Henderson’s Early Summer

Henderson’s Early Summer—The Best Ex-
tra Early Flat Head Cabbage.—A wonder-
fully compact plant with few outer leaves,
so that a great number of fine, solid heads can
be produced on an acre. Although it does
not come to full maturity as early as Jersey
Wakefield, it becomes solid enough for use
about as early and is by far the best sort
for those markets that demand a Cabbage
of the Flat Dutch type. The plant is vigorous,
with short stem. The leaves are large, broad
and of a peculiar light green color. The
heads are oval and very large for the size
of che plant, nearly equaling those of the
Flat Dutch. Pkts. 5c; oz. 15¢e; %4 Ib 50e; Ib.
$1.50; postpaid.

Robinson’s Early Cannonball Cabbage

Robinson’s Early Cannonball Cabbage.—
This variety of Cabbage has attracted special
attention wherever introduced. It is an ex-
tremely compact plant, with few outerleaves,
thus producing an enormous quantity of fine
solid heads. It is not claimed that it will
mature quite so early as some of the pointed

varieties, yet it becomes solid very early in
the season. The plant is short stemmed,
very vigorous with large leaves of a beau-
tiful light green color. Has very large oval
heads, and we are sure will give immense
satisfaction. Price, pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib.
60c; Ib $2.00, postpaid.

Early Winnigstadt Cabbage.—This desir-
able variety produces heads twice as large
as the early York, and very solid and just
as early, and a general favorite in the South
with market gardeners. It seems to suffer
less from cabbage worm than other varieties.
Heads are regular, conical, very hard and a
good keeper. Pkts. 5¢; oz. 15e; % Tb. 50c;
Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

Robinson’s Improved Early Drumhead

This is the best of all the early Drumhead
cabbages for the South, just the right sort
if you want an early crop of the Drumhead
Cabbages. It’s a good grower and is especial-
ly valuable for the lighter soils of the South
where many of the pointed Cabbages fail to
make good heads. It is not only hardy to
resist winter cold, but is unexcelled to stand
burning sun without scalding or blistering.
PKt. 5c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 50c; Th. $1.60, postpaid.

Robinson’s All Head

Robinson’s All Head.—The largest heading
of the second early sorts, quality excellent,
heads are remarkably solid,’ deep, flat and
very uniform in size, has very few outside
leaves and of compact growth. May be plant-
ed as close as the Wakefield sorts Pkt. 10c;
¥% Ib. 50c; Th. $1.75, postpaid.

Surehead.—Is of the Flat Dutch type, pro-
ducing large, round, fiattened heads, and is
remarkable for its certainty to head. They
are quite uniform in size, very hard, firm and
fine texture; ordinarily weigh from ten to

fifteen pounds each. A good Keeper. PkKt, 5e;
oz. 15¢e; %4 Ib. 50e; Ib. $1.75, postpaid.
Early Flat Duteh.—An excellent second

early variety, a sure header, the heads weigh-
ing from ten to twelve pounds. Valuable for
forcing or general crop. PkKt. 5e; oz. 15¢;
1% Ib. 40e; Ib. $1.50, postpaid,

All Seasons.—A generally improved strain
of the Early Flat Dutch. The heads being
large and also thick through, make it a most
excellent variety, either for extreme early,
for fall, or for spring marketing. In quality
no Drumhead Cabbage can surpass it; while
in sweetness, tenderness, and richness of
flavor it is very superior, ranking equal to
the Oxheart class. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10e; %4 Th.
50ec; Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

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CABBAGE— Continued

Late Winter Varieties

Autumn King or World Beater.—A compar-
atively new strain of late Cabbage, and one
which will supercede the old Mammoth Mar- »
blehead Cabbage of years ago. The Autumn’
King grows to an enormous size, making
heads as solid as a rock and comes uni-
formly true to type. It can be relied upon to
produce a greater weight of crop from the
Same space of ground than most of the late
sorts, having few outer leaves. Pkt. Se; oz.
20c; 1% Ib. 60c; Ib. $2.00, postpaid.

Selected Premium Late Flat Dutch.—No in-
troduction is necessary for this old, reliable
and popular Cabbage.) It produces large, solid
heads of superior quality, keeping in best
condition for a long time. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15¢e$
% Th. 40c;3 Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

Hollander or Danish Ball Head.—This va-
riety came originally from Europe and some-

times sold as Dutch Cabbage, German Ex-
port, Solid Emperor, etc. The plant is very
vigorous, rather compact growing, with a
longer stem than most American sorts, and
is excedingly hardy, not only in resisting
cold, but dry weather as well. The head is
made up of very thick, broad leaves, which
overlap each other more than most sorts.
It is very solid, and stands shipment so well
that it arrives at its destination in very
attractive condition. In quality it is one of
the best, being very white, crisp and tender.
Pkt. 5e; oz. 20ce; % Ib. 60c; Ib $2.00, post-

paid.

Faultless.—An improved strain of Flat
Dutch, growing larger. It is a sure header,
very hard and firm. Pkts. 10e; oz. 7O0c; Ib.

$2.50, postpaid.

Late Drumhead.—This popular Cabbage
never fails to make a remarkably fine, solid,
large head, with few outer leaves. It is a
strong, vigorous grower, ripening late. It
is a first-class main crop variety, very uni-
form in size and color. PkKt. 5¢; oz. 20c3; %4
Tb. 60c; Ib. $2.00, postpaid.

CARROTS

This splendid vegetable should be fur-
nished with good, rich, deep soil. Sow in
spring as soon as the ground is in good
working order.

For garden culture sow in drills sixteen
to eighteen inches apart, covering the seed
half an inch to an inch deep. It is important
in getting a good stand to press the seed
firmly with the foot or spade as the seed
germinates slowly. For field culture sow in
drills twenty to thirty inches apart and when

plants are one to two inches high thin out the acre.

Earliest French Forcing

Earliest French Forecing.—The earliest forc-
ing varietv, root small reddish orange globu-
lar shaped and splendid flavor, one of the
very best table varieties, much used by mar-
Reyes ont for bunching for early market.

P oe; oz 10e; 14 Ib. 25c; Ib 8d5e, postpaid.

hantenay.—Of a rich, dark orange color.
In earliness it ranks intermediate between
the Danvers and Short Horn. Of the style
of the Danvers, hardly as large, but more
Symmetrical. Our customers will find the
Chantenay a decided acquisition for those
markets which call for carrots of a finer
type than the Danvers. Don’t plant it for
stock feeding as it will not yield equal to
the Danvers. Price, pkt. 5e; ez. 25e; % Ih.
25e; Ib. 80c.

to from three to six inches apart in the
row according to variety.

The short kinds are the finest grained and
can be had very early and may be allowed
to grow thickly on the ground. The large
kinds are splendid for all kinds of stock,
being much relished and are very healthful
for horses in winter. Some prefer the short
varieties even for stock, as they are so easily
gathered and are very prolific. One ounce
will sow 100 feet, three to four pounds to

Improved Rubicon.—This beautiful half-
long staump-root Carrot originated in Rhode
Island. It is the result of careful breeding,
and in shape and color most desirable. The
Carrots grow about the same length as the
well known Danvers, but thicker, and are
a rich dark orange in color. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 10e3
Y% Th. 30c3 Ib. 90e.

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CARROTS—Continued

Danver’s Half Long Orange

Voanvers Half-Long Orange.—A rich orange
ed variety, very smooth and handsome, pro-

ducing very large crops. An excellent mar-

ae are 25e; Ib. 80c, vostpaid.
Guerande, or Oxheart.—A

ket variety. Tops are of medium size and
coarsely divided. The roots taper to a blunt
point; flesh sweet, crisp and tender. Al-
though the roots of this variety grow short-
er, it produces more bulk to the acre than
the, larger field varieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;3

desirable va-
riety on soils too hard and stiff for thelong-
er-growing sorts, as it is not over § or 6
inches long; can be pulled by the hand. Pkt.
5c; oz. 10c; % Th. 25e; Th. 80c, postpaid.

Belgian Carrots.—The great stockfeeding
Carrots of Hurope. Roots grow to a large
pa partly above ground. Very productive.

range, Belgian, White Belgian. Pkt. 5c;

oz. 1008 % Ib. 20c; Ib. 60c, postpaid.

mproved Long Orange.—This is a very
ne selection of the Long Orange Carrot;
early, productive, and of fine shape and qual-
ity. It has scarcely any neck and very short
top. It is also a good variety for forcing.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 4% Tb. 25c; Th. 80c, postpaid.

CAULIFLOWER

The Caulifiower delights in a rich
soil and an abundance of water. Sow
seed for an early summer crop in
February or March, in a hotbed, and
when plants are three to four inches
high transplant four inches apart in
boxes or frames. In the middle of
spring, or as soon as the gardener
deems it prudent, the plants can be
removed to the open ground into
soil that has been well enriched with
go00d manure. Set plants from two
to two and a half feet apart each
way. Cultivate often, throwing up
the earth, and water well in dry
weather. For late Cauliflower sow
seed in a cool, moist place, on the
north side of a building or tight
fence, in this latitude about the first
of March and they will not be trou-
bled with the black beetle so de-
structive to everything of the Cab-
bage tribe when young. One ounce
will produce about 3,500 plants.

Burpee’s New “Dry-Weather” Cauliflower.—
Produces large heads, and is especially adapt-
ed for growing in dry locations where other
varieties fail. To secure the best heads it
is essential, however, to make soil quite rich
and give thorough cultivation. By use of this
strain fine cauliflower can be grown in many
dry districts where it has been impossible
heretofore to raise this luscious vegetable.
Half-size pkt. 15c; per pkt. 25e; 4% oz. $1.00;
% oz. $1.75; per oz. $3.50, %4 Th. $12.00,

Early Snowbalil.—tIts dwarf habit and
short outer leaves allow it to be planted
very close—eighteen to twenty inches apart.
It is well adapted for forcing under glass

Early Snowball Cauliflower

throughout the winter and spring. It gives
a pure snow-white, medium-sized head. Our
Cauliflower seed is grown by a specialist, and
can be relied upon in every respect. PkKt. 15e3
% oz, 60e3 oz. $2.00.

Erfurt Earliest Dwarf.—This variety will
stand the test with any other extra early
sort. It is very dwarf in habit, producing
pure white heads of great solidity and finest
quality; quite desirable for foreing or for
planting in open ground. For a general all-
round market garden variety we can highly
recommend the Erfurt strain. Pkt. 15¢e; 4 oz.
65e3; oz. $2.00.

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CELERY

There is no doubt that Celery is one of the
leading luxuries that the garden produces
for the table, is easily grown and it is a con-
stant je-- to be able to walk out in your gar-
den and pull a few stalks of nice, crisp, brit-
tle celery for meal time. As for soups and
all flavoring it is unsurpassed. Do not fail
to try a few rows this year, it will please
you beyond doubt. Ome ounce of seed will
produce about 2,000 plants.

Giant Pascal.—This self-blanching variety
of celery comes to us from France. It is a

tall sort, growing large, thick and solid
stalks. Dark green in color, it has a golden
heart, and a rich, nutty flavor. Unlike some
of the self-blaneching varieties, this is a
fine keeper, being found in the markets of
Paris from the end of December to the begin-
ning of March. Well worthy the attention
of every enterprising market gardener. Pkt,
5e3 oz. 15c; % Ih. 40c; Th. $1.50, postpaid.

White Plume.——A variety especially adapted
to cultivation by amateurs, as its inner stalks
and leaves are naturally white, and do not

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CELER Y—Continued

require blanching by the old process of high
banking. By simply tying up the stalks and
drawing up the soil with the hoe, the work
of blanching is complete. It is ornamental,

tender, crisp and of good flavor. PKt. 5e;3
oz. 20ce; % Ib. 50e3; Ib $1.75.
Improved Dwarf Golden Heart.—A promi-

nent market gardener has for years sold on
our market this improved strain of Golden
Heart, for which he receives an advanced
price. Its good and long-keeping qualities
are unexcelled by any other variety. PKt.
Be; oz. 15e; % Ib. 40c; Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

Celeriac

Turnip-Rooted Large Smooth Prague.—This
is an improved form of the Turnip-rooted
Celery. Roots large, round and smooth, and
free from side roots: a profitable variety for
market gardeners. Sow seed same as celery,

transplant into rows two feet apart and
about six to eight inches in the row. No
earthing up is required for Celeriac, as it
is the roots which are the edible portion of
the vegetable. For winter use, pack in damp
sand or earth in cellar, or cover with straw
and earth outside. PKt. 5e; oz. 15c; Ib. $2.00.

Celery Flavoring.—Old seed used for fia-
voring pickles, sauce, ete., oz. Se; Ib. 35e,
postpaid.

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Giant Pascal Celery—See description on previous page

SWEET CORN

Sweet corn should not be planted very
early in the season, for it will not make any
progress until the weather is warm, and will
be very apt to rot. It will decay in places
where Our common field corn will grow,
and the sweeter and purer the less hardship
it will bear. Always select a warm soil for
Sweet Corn, if possible, especially for the

White Cob Cory.—An extremely early va-
riety, usually fit to use in from fifty to sixty
days from seed sowing. It is not only the
earliest of all good sweet corns, but is one
of the sweetest and best. It is a sort or
selection from the famous ‘Red Cob Cory,”
which for years held popular favor as the

best first early. “White Cob Cory” retains
all of the good qualities of its parent, with
the added merits of having a white cob and

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early varieties, as the difference in soil and
exposure will make a week’s difference in
the time of maturity, besides insuring a
crop. Plant in hills, three feet apart for the
earliest varieties, and three and a half to
four feet for the late ones. One quart will
ete hills; 8 to 10 quarts for an acre
in hills.

white kernels, free from the objectionable
reddish tinge that sometimes occurred in the
red cob variety. The plants are dwarf and
stocky, enabling them to be closely planted;
usually two ears are born on a Stalk. It
is not only the best first early sweet corn,
but it is valuable to plant late in Summer
for autumn use. PkKt. 10e;: pt. 25e; qt. 40c,
postpaid. By freight or express, PK, $1.25;
bu. $4.50.

Peep-O°’-Day.—Ten days to two weeks ear-
lier than any other sort and one of the
sweetest of all extra early Sweet Corns. The
above is what the originator has to say for
this corn. As it was tried last season, we
can fully co-operate in his description. The
stalks of Peep-O’-Day Corn grow from 3%
to 4% ft. high, bear from twe to five ears
each. The foliage is light green and being
small stalks will stand very close planting;
if planted in a hill six to seven Kernels
in a hill, thinning out later so as to leave
four plants to a hill; if in rows and not in
hills drop the seed from six to eight inches
apart. If planted early cover about one
inch deep; seed planted later should be put
in deeper according to the amount of moist-
ure in the soil. Have the rows just far enough
apart to admit of cultivation. Market gard-
eners, it is well worth your time to plant a
small acreage of this extra early variety,
for the earliest corn sells for the highest
price and especially so when you have qual-
ity combined with the earliness. PkKts. 15e;
pt, 20e; qt. 35e; postpaid. Pk. $2.00 by freight
or express.

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Extra Early Adams.—A popular variety in the South. It
is not a true sugar corn, but planted on very rich soil and
given thorough cultivation produces well filled ears very
early. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25e; pk. $1.00; bu. $3.50.

Early Adams.—This_is a very hardy sort and can therefore
be planted very early. The stout stalks grow six or seven feet
in height bearing one or two large or medium sized ears which
are well filled with fine white grain that is of excellent quality
if pulled at the proper stage. Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35¢e; pk.
$1.00; bu. $3.50.

Country Gentleman.—Is the finest of all Sweet Corns for
the private table. The arrangement of the kernels on the
cob indicates high quality. The moment your teeth sink into
this luscious, milky, tender Corn, you will become a com-
plete convert to it, for it will delight the most fastidious
epicure. It retains its delicate tenderness and flavor even
when a little old, as the ears are enclosed in a heavy husk,
which tends to keep the ear “in the milk” for several days
longer than other corns. The ears average eight to nine
inches in length and cob small and plump; pearly-white kernels
of great depth fill the ear from end to end. It produces three,
many times four, and occasionally five and six ears to the
stalk. But the great merit of the “Country Gentleman” Corn
is its delicious quality; it is, without doubt, the sweetest and
most tender of any Sweet Corn. (See cut.) PKt. 10c; pt. 25¢;
qt. 40c, postpaid. Pk. $1.25; bu. $4.50; by freight or express.

Mammoth Sweet.—The largest of all the Sugar Corn va-
rieties, producing ears of mammoth size, very productive, sweet
and tender, and of a delicious flavor. Ripens a few days
later than Stowell’s Evergreen. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; post-
paid. Pk. $1.25; bu. $4.50, by freight or express.

Stowell’s Evergreen.—Now recognized everywhere as a stand-
ard variety, both for home use and market, and is the general
favorite. The ears are of a large size, grains deep, exception-
ally tender and sugary, and have the advantage of remaining
longer in the green state than any other. Our stock has been
carefully grown and selected to avoid the tendency to a shorter
grain and deterioration in the evergreen character of this best
of all late sorts. (See cut.) Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35e; postpaid.
Pk. $1.00; bu. $3.50, by freight or express.

Robinson’s New Evergreen Sweet Corn—See Novelties. page 5.

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POP CORN

Queen’s Golden.—The largest of all
Pop Corns. The stalk grows five
to six feet high and bears two or
three ears each. It is yellow, but
pops perfectly white and a single
kernel will expand to nearly an inch
in diameter.

White Rice.—A very handsome and
popular variety; ears short, kernels
long, pointed and resembles rice;
color white. Pkt. 5r; pt. 25ce; qt.

COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 40€:
CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS

One ounce will sow about eighteen square feet, anu six
pounds will sow an acre.

Broad Leaved (Large Seeded).—A delicious salad, used during
the winter and spring months as a substitute for lettuce,
and is also cooked and used like spinach. Sow in spring in
drills one foot apart. It will mature in six weeks. For early
spring use sow in September and winter over like spinach.
Pkt. 5e; oz. 10e; %4 Ib. 20e3 Ib. 60c, postpaid. 5 Tbs. and over
45e per ib. by express.

CRESS

One ounce will sow about fifteen square feet.

Extra Curled—(Pepper Grass.—Fine Flavor; will cut several
times. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; 1%4 Ib. 20e; Ib. 60c.

True Water Cress.—A well known acquatic plant with oval
leaves making a delicious and appetizing salad. Pkt. 10c; oz.
Soe; % Ib. $1.00; Ib. $3.25.

Upland Cress.—Perrennial growth same as Spinach, flavor
resembles water cress. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c.

CIVES OR CHIVES

These are very hardy perrennial plants, soups, stews, etc. Planted in clumps in any
belonging to the Onion family. They are garden soil, they grow readily, and increase
grown exclusively for their tops, which are so as to render a division necessary. Roots,
used for giving a mild onion-like flavor to per bunch 25c, by mail postpaid.

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CUCUMBERS

Cucumbers succeed best in rich, loamy
soil. As soon as the weather becomes warm
and settled, plant in hills four to six feet
apart each way, with 10 to 12 seeds in a
hill; cover one-half inch deep. Air slaked
lime sprinkled on the plants every few days
as soon as they are up will protect them from
the striped beetle. When all danger from
insects is past, thin out the plants, leaving
three or four of the strongest to each hill.
The fruit should be picked -when large
enough, whether required for use or not, as,
if left to ripen on the vines, it destroys their

productiveness. One ounce to 50 hills. Two
pounds will plant one acre.
Improved Long Green.—A well known

standard variety, about twelve inches in
length, of most excellent quality, and when
young makes the best of pickles. Vines vig-
orous and very productive. Our strain of
this valuable sort is unsurpassed by any. PKt.
de; oz. 15¢;3 Ib. $1.25.

Improved Extra Early White Spine.—A
well known standard variety, very popular
in all sections of the country. One of the
best for the table. Flesh tender and crisp.
Fruit uniform in size, straight and dark
green, with a few white spines. PKt. 5c; oz.
10e; %4 Th. 30e; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Robinson’s Everbearing Selected Seed.—
This is not only a very early variety, but
it is extremely prolific. If the fruits are
kept.gathered vines will continue in bearing
throughout the season. The fruits, of me-
dium size and rich dark green color, average
from four to five inches in length by an inch
and a half in diameter. Owing to its great
productiveness it is an excellent variety to
plant for producing small pickles. Pkt. 5e;
oz. 10ce; % Th. 30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Early Frame.—Excellent variety for early
table use; tender and well flavored. Pkt.
5e; oz. 10e; % Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

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IMPROVED ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE
CUCUMBERS.

Our extra selected strain of this favorite
type of Early White Spine is unsurpassed,
either for forcing or the open ground. The
cucumbers are very regular in outline, uni-
form in size, averaging seven to eight inches
in length, straight and of a rich dark green
eolor. hey present the finest appearance
in the market, and, of course, like all of the
true White Spine type, never turn yellow;
the light stripes, or ‘‘white spines’ running
from blossom end, only add to the attractive
appearance of the older fruits. Flesh white,
crisp and _ solid, with comparatively few
seeds; flavor excellent, vines of vigorous
growth and very productive, yielding large
crops, both early and throughout the season.
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10ce; %4 Ib. 30c3 per Ib. $1.09,
By express, 90c per Ib.

Early Green Cluster.—The
Early.—A short, prickly variety bearing in
clusters near the root. It is a great bearer,
and in earliness comes next to the Early Rus-
sian. Pkt. Se; oz. 10e; 4% Ib. 30e; Ib. $1.00,

Best Extra

postpaid.

Robinson’s Early Greenland Cucumber—See
Noveities, page 4.

Early Russian—The earliest in cultivation.
—It sets in pairs, and the first blossoms us-
ually produce fruit, which is three or four
inches long, small, oval-pointed at each end,
covered with fine, small spines, and is re-
markably solid, with very few seeds and of
the best quality. . PKt. 5e; oz. 10e; % Ih. 30e;
Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

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CUCUMBERS —Continued

Japanese Climbing.—The
healthy, vigorous growth, and throw out
strong, grasping tendrils, which enable it
to climb trellises, or any other suitable sup-
port. The cucumbers are thick, exceedingly
tender, and of delicate flavor, flesh pure white,
skin dark gren, turning to brown, and net-
ted when ripe. Pkt, 5c; oz. 15¢e; %4 Ib. 50e,
postpaid.

vines are of

Improved Jersey Pickle.—This makes splen-
did vinegar pickles on account of its eolor,
making what picklemen call a “light” pickle,
excellent for “Gherkins.” It is more pro-

lific than White Spine. New 1and, turned-over
pasture makes the nicest pickle. We have
extra selected seed. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10ce; % Ib.
30e3 Ib. $1.00.

FKordhook Pickling.—An extremly prolific
variety that continues setting its fruits long
after other sorts have ceased to bear. It
produces longer vines and fruits long after
other sorts have ceased to bear. It produces
longer vines and more cucumbers than any
other kind. The thinness of skin, their uni-
formity of size and shape, the crispness and
tenderness of the flesh, taken with its. free-
bearing habit, render it one of the best pickle
eucumbers. Pkt. Se; oz. 10ce; % Ib. 30e; Ib.
$1.00.

COLLARDS

Collards are largely used as “greens” in
some parts of the country, especially South.
They are a form of the cabbage, bearing new
leaves as the old ones are pulled off.

Georgia.—PkKt. 5c; oz. 10ce; 4% Ith. 25e; Ib
Joe, postpaid.

DANDELION

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Large Leaved
Very ear ly
large leaves
which make
wholesome
greens. Sow in
May or June;
cultivate dur-
ing summer and
following
spring the
leaves will be
fit to cut. Pkt.
10e; % oz. 30¢e3
per oz. 50c.

Large Leaved

EGG PLANT

New York Purple

When well grown, and sliced and fried
in batter, this is a most delicious vegetable,
-and should find a place in every garden.
It is a tender plant, requiring a strong uni-

form heat, and should be started in the hot-
bed early. Care is necessary in transplanting
and in the earlier stages of growth to pre-
vent the young plants being chilled, for if
they receive the least check they never re-
cover. Those who have no hotbeds can sow
a few seeds in boxes in the house where a
temperature of 75 degrees can be main-
tained. Plant out early in April two and
a half feet apart. One ounce will produce
about 1,500 plants

Improved New York Purple.—This strain
of this splendid vegetable comes about ten
days earlier than the old variety. The fruit
is large and thick on the plant, the skin
a rich purple black. Pkt. 10e; oz. 40ce; %4 Ib.
$1.50, postpaid.

This plant furnishes an attractive and ap-
petizing salad for the fall and winter months,
or by repeated sowings a supply may be
had nearly all the year round.

Green Curled.—Leaves finely cut or lacinat-
ed, giving the plant a rich mossy appearance
which is greatly enhanced when the cen-
ters are nicely blanched. Pkt. 5e; oz. 15e;
% Ib. 40c; Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

White Curled.—This beautiful variety does
not need blanching to prepare it for use, the
midribs being naturally a pale golden yel-
low, and the finely cut and curled leaves
almost white. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15e; %4 Ib. 40c;
Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

KALE OR BORECOLE

One ounce of seed-will sow 150 feet of
drill, four pounds to the acre.

This plant is useful for furnishing a large
supply of greens for boiling during the
early fall, winter and spring months. Seed
should be sown thinly in drills, about the
middle of June, transplanting to rows three
feet apart when of sufficient size. Later in
the season the dwarf sorts may be sown
rather thickly in drills, or broadcast, to
furnish small heads to be cooked like spin-
ach during the winter months. The plants
are entirely hardy and the quality is much
improved by freezing, but plants should not
be handled while frozen.

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KALE—Continued

Dwarf German, or German Greens.— (Dwarf
Curled Scotch.) The leaves are curly, bright
green, very tender and delicate in flavor. Per

| pkKt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 25ce; per Ib. 75e.

Tall Green Curled Secoteh.—This makes a

beautiful plant about two and a half feet |

high. y% Ib. 25e; per

Ib. 75e.

Per pkt. Se; oz. 10¢;

HORSE RADISH

Horse Radish grows no seeds, but is grown
from pieces of the roots.

Culture.—Mark off rows two and one-half
feet apart in rich, moist, well-prepared
ground, and set the pieces of roots eighteen
inches apart in the rows, two to three inches
below the surface, small end flat down, then
transplant plants same as sweet potatoes.
Se each, 25c per doz., 60c per 100.

KOHL-=RABI

One oz. will
sow a drill of
about 200 feet.

Culture—Sow
the seed in May
or June in the
hot-bed, and
transplant into
rows two feet
apart, setting
the plants 18
inches apart in
the rows. Culti-
vate Same as
for Cabbage.

Early Purple
Vienna.—Above
ground, fine
early sort, ex-
cellent table
variety. Pkt.
de; oz 15¢e; %
Ib. 50c, post-
paid,

Early White Vienna.—Above ground, simi-
lar to preceding variety except in color.
PKt. 5c; oz. 15e; %4 Ib. 50c, postpaid.

GOURDS

Kohl=Rabi

Useful Sorts for the Kitchen Garden

Dish Cloth.—A natural dish-cloth, fur-
nished by the peculiar lining of the fruit,
which is sponge-like, porus, very tough, elas-
tic and durable. Pkt. 10e;3 oz. 30c.

ee

| stem to grow straight.

The. Dipper Gourd.—When grown on the
ground the stems will be curved, while if

| raised as a climbing vine, on a trellis, the

weight of the blossom end will cause the
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30e.

Japanese Nest Egg.—Exactly resemble, in
color, shape and size, the eggs of hens, and
are useful as nest-egges, aS well aS an orna-
mental climber. Pkt. 10c; cz. 30c.

LEEKS

Broad London

The Jeek is very hardy, of easy culture,
and succeeds best in a rich, light soil. The
whole plant is edible, and is used in soup,
boiled in meat, ete. Considered more delicate
in flavor than the onion.

One ounce will sow about 100 feet of drill.

Broad London, or Large American Flag.—
This is a strong-growing variety, producing
large thick stems of sweet flavor when prop-
erly blanched. Our seed is the finest Ameri-
can grown. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 30c; per
Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Strawn, Tex., April 8, 1906.

Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas:
Gentlemen:—I received by express today
(8th) the plants and seeds as ordered of
vou. I find everything O. K. Our P, M.
informed us he could not answer your in-
quiry because you failed to send stamp; we
supplied same and asked him to answer your
inquiry today, but received package later.

MRS. LOUIS P. STRAWN.

Don’t you think it’s worth -something
to you to order from a house with 33
years of Experience ?

24 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

LETTUCE

One ounce will sow 100 square feet, or
120 feet of drill.

No family should be without this delicate
salad. All that is required is a little know-
ledge as to growing it and the home table
can be supplied in the South from October
until May. A most profitable crop for mar-
ket gardeners.

Culture.—Requires a rich, moist soil, and |;
to be crisp and tender needs to be grown in
cool weather. For winter use sow in hot-
beds every two weeks, at the rate of one

‘ ounce of seed to four sashes (a sash is six

feet long by three feet wide.) Cover very
lightly and transplant first to three inches
apart each way, afterward to eight inches.
For garden or field sow in rows, and cover
one fourth of an inch deep, and thin to
twelve inches apart in the rows.

California Cream Butter Head

Philadelphia Butter, often called Catifor-
nia Butter, or Cabbage Lettuce.—Many prefer
a large-growing, thick-leaved, smooth, rich-
flavored Lettuce, and to meet this demand we
present this sort. Plant is dark green, with
many nearly round, thick leaves, formed into
a very solid, round head which stands a long
time without rurning to seed. Leaves very
thick, folded or puckered at the base, the
inner ones blanched to a rich yellow color,
and exceedingly rich and nutty in flavor.
see 5e3; oz. 10ce; % Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00, post-
paid.

Big Boston.—A fine large heading sort, and
succeeds well in cold frames during the win-
ter. The plants are very hardy and vigor-
ous. When well grown, the heads are beau-
tifully blanched and quite tender. Popular
in the South as a winter lettuce for ship-
ping North. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; °%4 Ib. 30c; Ib.
$1.00, postpaid.

Golden Queen.—A fine early head Lettuce,
and one of the best sorts for early outdoor
planting as well as for growing under glass.
The color is a beautiful golden yellow. The
heads are so solid that there is no waste
whatever, and really contain more substance
than many varieties showing double the
size. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Tb. 30c; Th. $1.00;
postpaid.

Black-Seeded Simpson.—The most popular
sort of all the non-heading varieties. One
of the best for use under glass as well as
for early outdor planting. The plants form
large, loose heads; outer leaves a light, yel-
lowish green, with inner leaves blanched al-
most white. 1
long in a good edible condition. For this
reason it makes a popular variety for all
market gardeners’ use. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce; %4
Tb. 30c; Tb, $1.00, postpaid.

Improved Hanson.—This is a standard sum-
mer Lettuce: none more reliable for outdoor
cultivation. The heads grow to a remarkable
size, and are very solid. The outer leaves
are bright green, while the inner head pre-
sents a white appearance, as though blanched
—tender and-ecrisp, and free from. any un-

Resists the heat and remains |

pleasant bitter taste. It is very slow to seed
and is an ideal summer Lettuce. PkKt, 5c;
oz. 10ce; % Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Prize Head.—Plant large, deep green, so
washed with red as often to appear more red
than green, forming a head of a dense mass
of leaves rather than one like a cabbage, and
very slow to run to seed; leaves large, nearly
round, frilled at the edge and densely blis-
tered. They are exceedingly crisp, tender
and good flavored. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10ce; % Ih. 30e3
tb. $1.00, postpaid.

Passion.—A large, handsome cabbage Let-
tuce. The leaves are golden yellow and very
tender. It is especially fine for autumn and
winter planting in the South, maturing finely
for spring shipments. It grows very large,
and is one of the mammoth varieties. Pkt.
5ec3; oz. 10ce3; % Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid,

Early Curled Simpson (Silesia).—Forms a
close compact mass of leaves that are large
and broad, crimped and blistered and light
green in color. Not desirable for forcing
with bottom heat. It is however, recommend-
ed for planting in cold-frames, and extensive-
ly grown in the open. PKt. 5e3; oz. 10ce; %4 Ih.
30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Early Prize Head.—Forms a large, loose
head, stained with red, outer leaves curled;
very crisp and tender; slow in running to |
seed, handsome. Pkt. 5e;3 oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 30e3.
Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Paris White Cos.—The Cos Lettuces are
quite distinct, and are popular on account
of their tender crisp leaves and delicious
flavor. The leaves are long and narrow, and
need to be tied up when they soon form solid
heads, and bleach snow white. Pkt. 5e; oz.
10e: % Ib. 30e; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Denver Market.—Forms large, solid heads
of green, very slow to go to seed. The leaves
are beautifully marked and crimped, very
crisp, tender and of excellent flavor. Pkt.
5es3 oz. 10c3; % Ib. 30e;3 Ib. $1.10.

Improved Hanson

well blanched head.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

LETTUCE—Continued

Improved Iceberg.—Large, handsome head,
fine flavor. The light green, curly outside
leaves have slightly redish edges; inside
leaves are strongly arched, making a solid,
Very hard-headed and
deliciously crisp. One of the best of the
newer sorts and we highly recommend it
for home gardens. PkKt. 5e3; oz. 10e; %4 Ib.
30e; Ib. $1.00.

Deacon.—Stands hot weather better than
any other of the rich butter varieties; it
is also good for forcing. Pkt. 5e; oz. 15¢e;
% Ib. 40c3 Ih. $1.25.

Black-Seeded Tennisball.—Almost without
an equal for forcing in greenhouse or hot-
beds, under glass. It does not succeed well
outside. Pkt 5c; oz. 10c; % Ib. 30e3; Ib. $1.00.

California Cream Butter (Royal Summer
Cabbage).—Stands our hot summer weather
better than many other varieties, Well formed
heads of good size—a little flattened. Rich,
cream yellow leaves which are very thick,
tender and of splendid quality. Popular in
the South for shipping North. Sometimes
called winter Lettuce, because it is so hardy.
PkKt. 5c; oz. 10c; 4% Ib. 30e; Th. $1.00.

Improved Iceberg

FINE MUSHKMELON
(CANTALOUPE)

The muskmelon can be successfully grown

| in a much larger territory than the water-

| for maturing

melon. It does not require so long a season

its fruit as does the latter.

| Neither does it require the warm sandy soil

of the watermelon. It can be grown in cold-

er and heavier soils with but little manuring,
' which should be placed in each hill. The hills

| should be six feet apart.

Do not plant until
the ground has become warm. When about

| a foot long pinch off the tips to make them

branch, which strengthens the vine growth
and matures the fruit earlier. Give plenty
of water and feed liquid manure once in a
while. A few hills for early use may be had

Robinson’s Improved Rocky Ford

you can do better by buying from us. .

Do not send North for your Seeds and Plants ~when

33 Years Successful Seed Selling.

by sowing on pieces of sod in a hot bed and
when danger of frost is past transplant in
open ground. One ounce is sufficient to plant
fifty hills, two pounds is sufficient for an
acre, planted in hills.

Texas Cannon-Ball Cantaloupe.—This fa-
mous melon originated in Texas; it is per-
fectly round, heavily netted, green flesh of
exceedingly fine flavor, very small seed cav-
ity. Its value for both home use and ship-
ping has never been fully appreciated. Splen-
did for shipping. Do not fail to give this
variety a trial. PKt ce; oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 25e3.
Ib. 85e, postpaid.

Robinson’s Improved Rocky
Ford.—Has proven to be a
most valuable Muskmelon; its.
size, shape and quality exactly
suit melon epicures. It some-
what resembles the old “Net-
ted Gem,” but is more oval in
shape. The vines are exceed-
ingly healthy and vigorous,
bearing an enormous quantity
of fruit during the entire sea-
son. It is safe to say that no
melon has ever come into the
market which has_ sold _ so
readily and at such high
prices as the “Rocky Ford,”
often to the exclusion of other
varieties. The color of the
skin is of a rich greenish-
gold; the netting is promi-
nent and light in color; ap-
pearance very attractive. The
flesh is very deep, ripening
clear to the rind, and it has
an excedingly small _ seed
cavity. It is 12 very sweet and
luscious in flavor, and is en-
tirely devoid of any stringy
character. Our seed was
specially grown for us by a
careful grower at Rocky Ford,
and is the best type of the
genuine Rocky Ford Musk-
melon. It has been used in
many sections and is pro-
nounced by melon growers a
very superior variety. Pkt.
de; oz. 10c3; %4 Ib. 30ce;3 Ib. $1,
postpaid.

26 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

MUSKMELON—Continued

Paul Rose.—An orange-fleshed sort, of
suitable size for a basket melon and of the
finest quality. Fruit oval, about five inches
in diameter, and in general appearance simi-
lar to Golden Netted Gem. Very thick flesh.
Firm and sweet. PKt. Se; oz. 10e; % Ib. 25e;
ib. 85ec, postpaid.

Nutmezg.—A variety of rare good quality.
Form globular, flattened at each end. Wonder-
fully ribbed, with dark green cavities. Ribs
covered with strong netting, fitting it for
shipment. Flesh green and flavor excellent.
Foliage strong and hardy. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c;
% ib. 25e; Ib. 85e, postpaid.

Golden Netted Gem.—A small extra variety
maturing at same time as Jenny Lind. It is
very uniform in size, handsomely netted, and
of globular shape. Flesh a light green, and
possesses the spicy flavor so mueh desired
in the Muskmelon. A popular variety with
market gardeners. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 10c; 4 Ib. 25¢e;
Ib. 85e, postpaid.

Improved Early HackKensack.—Large size,
handsome appearance, bountiful yielder, early
and reliable. Popular with market garden-
ers. The flesh is very thick, of delicious fla-
vor, rich and Sugary. It is a beautiful grow-
er and stands attacks of insects better than
many other sorts. Skin is green and thickly
netted. Flesh, light green. PKt. 5e; oz. 10¢3
% Ib. 25e; Ib. Sdec, postpaid.

Emerald Gem.—For home table use there
is nothing better. No other variety is uni-
formly of such rich flavor and sweetness. The
flesh, which is thicker than in any other
melon of equal size, is of a beautiful salmon
color, and sweet and luscious beyond expres-
sion. Of medium size, prolific and very early.
Skin smooth, of a deep emerald green color.
Pkt. 5e3 oz. 10ce; % Ib. 25e; Th. 85c, postpaid.

Texas Cannonball Muskmelon—Description previous page

The Banquet.—Is a medium-sized melon,
flat at both ends, and beautifully netted. It
is excellent quality; the flesh is uniformly
deep, the color is a dark, rich salmon. PKkKt.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 85ec, postpaid.

Jenny Lind.—An extra early green-flieshed
melon and one of the sweetest in cultivation.
Fruits medium size to small. One of the
best melons for hotel and restaurant use.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10e; 4-Ib. 25e; Th. 85c, postpaid.

Burrell Gem Cantaloupe—See Novelties, page 6.

WATERMELON

At home or in the field the watermelon is
always a refreshing, delightful favorite. Be-
ing of tropical origin it reaches its highest
perfection in the South, therefore select
Southern seed only should be planted. Since
our earliest days in the seed business thirty-
four years ago, we have made melon seed a
specialty and are proud of the record made in
our ability to select the most desirable va-
vieties, The plant prefers a rich, sandy soil

to bring the best product. One ounce of seed
will plant thirty hills, and four pounds an
acre.

Our seed is saved from melons grown ex-
clusively for the seed by growers of expe-
rience, and must not be compared with seed
saved from the culls—left over after the best,
earliest and largest melons are sold on the
market.

GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE-—See Description next page.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 2.

W ATERMELON—Continued

Halbert Honey.—(Select Seed). This melon
originated in Coleman County, Texas, by Mr.
H. A. Halbert. It is one of the best melons
ever grown for private use or near-by mar-
kets. The rind is thin, and will not hold for
shipping any great distance. As the name
indicates, the beautiful crimson flesh of this
melon is probably sweeter than any other
variety in cultivation, surpassing even the
famous Kleckley’s Sweet. It has scarcely
any pulp, and is very melting. It is long,
dark green, slightly ridged, blunt at both
blossom and stem ends and runs from 15 to 30
inches in length and from 5 to 10 inches in
diameter. There are earlier melons, but they
eannot compete with this variety. It uni-
formly demands the highest price. It is
more productive than any other variety we
have seen, in all combining so many good
points that we feel that it is a valuable addi-
tion to our list. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10e; %4 Ib. 30e;3
Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Halbert Honey

Black Diamond.—This melon was raised
in Texas five years ago for the first time, and
without exception is the finest and largest
melon that grows. They sold in this market
last year at 50 cents each when other varie-
ties were selling at 5 cents each. They are of
a very dark green color; flesh red; seed
black; grow from 50 to 100 pounds each. It is
a cross between the Kolb Gem and the
Hoosier King. As a shipper it has no equal.
These melons sold in the Northern market at
$50.00 per car higher than any other variety.
PKt. Sc; oz. 10e; 144-Ib. 25c; Ib. 75e, postpaid.

Dixie.—A decidedly popular melon.—A
cross between the Kolb’s Gem and the old re-
liable Mountain Sweet. It surpasses Kolb’s
Gem as a long-distance shipping melon, while
it fully equals the Mountain Sweet in its ex-
cellent flavor, and is ten to twelve days ear-
lier than either. In shape about one-third
longer than thick; color of skin dark green
and beautifully stripped; rind thin, but re-
markably hard; flesh a bright scarlet, sweet
and juicy. <A strong, vigorous grower, and
exceedingly productive, making it altogether
the melon for the home market or garden.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 25c; Ih. 75e, postpaid.

Duke Jones.—This variety originated with
the introducer of several of our best melons.
One grower says that 65 days after planting
he picked the first ripe melon, ripening close
up to the rind, and pronounced by all who
tasted it of exceptionally fine flavor; it is
solid and of good size. Pkt. 5c; .0z. 10e; %4
Tb. 20c; Th. 60c, postpaid.

Blue Gem.—Pronounced by large Southern
srowers the coming shipping melon of the
United States. It possesses the shipping and
Keeping qualities and is as tough as Kolb
Gem, reaching better size and with less culls.
Mr. T. H. Johnson, of South Carolina, the
largest melon shipper of the South—his year-
ly shipments being 250 cars or 300,000 melons,
regards Blue Gem the greatest’. shipper,
quality infinitely superior to the Kolb Gem,
sells better and will keep longer than any
known melon. Everybody who can grow a
melon should try a Blue Gem, and large
srowers need not hesitate to plant it exten-
Sively. PKt. 5c; oz. 10c; %, Ib. 25e;3 Ib. 75e,
postpaid.

Kolb’s Gem

Kolb’s Gem.—Extensively grown, particu-
larly in the South for shipment to Northern
markets. Fruit uniformly large and nearly
round, mottled and striped with light and
dark green; fiesh of a bright red, and while
somewhat coarse, does not detract from its
delicious sugary flavor. The outer shell is
very hard and firm, which makes it a stand-
ard sort for shipping long distances. PkKt. 5e¢$
oz. 10e; %4 Ib. 30c;3 Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Georgia Sweet.—This new variety is one
of the finest flavored melons grown. The
vines are strong and vigorous; the fruits
oblong in form, eighteen or twenty inches
long, and ten to twelve inches in diameter;
skin dark green; flesh bright red, extremely
sweet, melting, and luscious. Ripens close to
the rind, which is only about one-half inch
in thickness. The large solid heart does not
crack open when ripe. Not a shipper, but
highly recommended for the home market
and family garden. PKt. 5e; oz. 10c; 4 Ib.
Zoe; ib. 75e, postpaid.

Sweet Heart.—Most popular for market.
Large heavy fruit of oval or round form;
skin, very pale green, with distinct netted
lines of a slightly darker shade. The large
handsome fruits bear shipping well. The
solid flesh is a deep rich red, crisp and melt-
ing; its luscious quality has made it a lead-
ing favorite in the markets. PKt. 5e3 oz. 10e;
% Ib. 25e3 Ib. V5e, postpaid.

Improved Georgia Rattlesnake or Gipsey.—
One of the largest varieties, and stands ship-
ment long distances. Fruit of good size, ob-
long in form, distinctly, striped and mottled
light and dark green; flesh bright scarlet and
of excellent quality. An old and very popu-
lar sort. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 20e; Ib. 60c,
postpaid.

See cut on previous page.

Alabama Sweet.—We can say without hesi-
tation this melon has given better satisfac-
tion and brought larger returns to growers
than any other melon that has ever been of-
fered. It is undoubtedly one of the finest
shipping melons ever put on the market. It
is a medium early, strong of growth, very
productive and bears longer than most mel-
ons. Alabama Sweet is a dark green melon
with a faint black stripe; seeds are of a dirty
white color; it is of good size. We have
weighed many that turned the scales at 50
to 60 pounds each. Its flavor is simply de-
licious and its outside appearance very at-
tractive. Its size, shape and ffine cutting
qualities are such as to make it a winner in
any market. Pkt. 5e; oz.-10ce; % Ib. 25e3 Ib.
75e, postpaid.

Florida Favorite.—This is a remarkably
heavy yielder, early and one of the finest
table melons. It is of medium size, long, and
colored with light and dark green stripes
alternatively, flesh deep red, delicious and
sweet, fine and crisp. Its earliness and
quality make it popular jwith those who
plant for their own use and prefer quality to
enormous size. PKt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4 Th. 25e;3 Th.
Tse, postpaid.

28 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

WATERMELON—Continued

Black Boulder, the Great Shipping Water-
melon.—For this grand new and distinct
watermelon we are indebted to the late Aaron
Paul. It is enormously productive, reaching
a mammoth size, with rich, dark green skin.
it cuts equal to any market melon we have
ever eaten, and its shipping qualities are
phenomenal, no other melon equaling it in
tough skin and rind. While it has rapidly
become one of the leading melons for mar-
ket, it is one of the best “all round’? melons
in existence, and for family garden it is also
without a peer. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce3; ™% Ib. 25e;3
Ib. S5e, postpaid.

ENT IM
BRADFORD
Triumph.—A splendid shipping variety of
dJarge size and handsome appearance. The
melons are rather shortened in form, but
thick through. Skin deep bluish green, with

dark red flesh of excellent quality. .Per pkt.
Be; oz. 10c; % Ib. 25e; Ib. 75e, postpaid.

Ice Cream, or “Peerless.”’—An oblong melon
with dark green skin. Flesh sweet; deep
pink. Per Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 4% Ib. 25e3 Ib.
Soe, postpaid.

Colorado Preserving.—This is a large fruit-
ing strain of Citron for preserving. Flesh
clear white and very solid. Olive green.
seed. Per PKt. 5e3; oz. 15ce; %4 Ib. 40c;3 Ib.
$1.25, postpaid.

Melver’s Wonderful Sugar.—.Oblong in
shape; the size is uniformly large. Of hand-
some appearance, the skin shows broad bands
of white, shading into narrower bands of
dark green. The quality is superior; the
flesh is of a soft pale pink, crisp, free from
any stringiness, and juicy. The melons have
a solid heart, free from cracks, while the
seed rows are close to the rim. PKt. 5c; oz.
10e; % Ib. 25e;3 Ib. T5e, postpaid.

Mountain Sweet.—An old variety which is
still popular in the cooler Northern States,
where the large-fruited Southern sorts do
not succeed. Per PKt. 5c; oz. 10ce; %4, Ib. 25e;5
Ib. 75e, postpaid.

Bradford.—This is a favorite
melon for the South, isa
strong, vigorous grower and
very productive. The melons
are long and grow to a large
size. Color, dark green with a
still darker stripe of same
color. The flesh is very tender,
luscious, and of fine flavor. The
tind, though thine Sis: Very
tough, making it a very desi-
rable shipping melon. We
strongly recommend this mel-
on for the Southern growers.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % Tb. 30c; Ib.
85e, postpaid.

Branch’s Genuine Rattlesnake.—This strain
has been kept pure for over thirty years, be-
ing the only variety grown on Mr. Branch’s
farm. It is very much superior to the ordi-
nary Georgia Rattlesnake. Its shipping
qualities are of the very best; it is very at-
tractive in appearance, has a thin rind, deep
scarlet flesh and very delicious flavor. Our
seed of this melon is strictly select. Pkt.
5e3 oz 10c; % Ib. 25e3 Ib. 85ec, postpaid.

Gray Monarch, or Mammoth White Icing.—
Truly fine variety. The skin is a very light
green color. The flesh is deep red in color,
and of very fine quality. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10e;

Florida Favorite—See description previous page

Thirty-three Years of Successful Seed Selling

- THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 2%
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WATERMELONS—Continued

Harris’ Earliest.—Our earliest good
watermelon. An oval shaped melon
originating in Tennesse. Beautifully

striped with dark green and gray. PLeeis
extra early, hardy and a fine shipper;
melons running from 20 to 30 pounds eacb
and combining good shipping qualities
with good eating qualities, something rare.
Flesh is bright red, tender, sweet and de-
licious. Matures about June 10th and con-
tinues to produce splendid melons until
August. Its extreme earliness, fine ap-
pearance and superb table qualities make
it a splendid seller in market at top
prices. Our seed of this is grown for us
by Mr. Harris, the originator. Pkt. 5e3
oz. 10¢; 14-Tb. 30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid. By
express, net postpaid, 90c Ib.

Robinson’s Mammoth Triumph Watermelon—
See description, Novelties page 6; illustrated on
back cover.

Robinson’s New Round Rock Watermelon—See
Novelties, page 6.

MUSTARD

One ounce will sow about eighty feet of
drill. Fine for salad. In the South can be
sown in fall and early in spring in rows six
inches apart and rather thick in rows. Cut it
when about an inch or two high.

Southern Giant Curled.—This mustard is
very highly esteemed in the South, where
the seed is sown in the fall, and the plants
used very early in the spring as a salad. Our
stock is the true curled leaf. Pkt. Se; oz. 10¢e;
%4-Ib. 20c; Ib. 60e, postpaid.

Ostrich Plume.—The most beautiful Mus-
tard grown, besides possessing a very supe-
rior flavor, when cooked, to any other va-
riety. This new variety originated in the
South. and where known is the most highly
regarded of any yet in cultivation. The leaves
are beautifully crimped, ruffled and frilled,
making a most attractive table garnishment.
Sow in February, March or April, or during
September and October, either broadcast or
in drills 6 inches apart. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce; 4-Ib.
30e; Ib. S85e, postpaid,

Chinese.—Leaves twice the size of the or-
dinary White Mustard, of a deeper green.
Flavor, pleasantly sweet and pungent and
preferable as a salad. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce3; 4% Ib.
20e; Ib. 60c, postpaid.

WICHINESE: @

Black or Brown.—For culinary use. Pkt.
Se; oz. 10ce3; %-Ib. 15c, postpaid.

White or Yellow.—For salads or medicinal
purposé. Pkt. 5c; %4-Ib. 10c; Ib. 35c, postpaid.

ORRA

This is an annual from the West Indies,
cultivated for its young seed pods, which are
used in soups, or stewed and served like as-
paragus. It is highly esteemed in the South
for making gumbo soup. The pods when
young and tender may be sliced in sections
and strung on a thread and hung up in the
shade to cure like dried apples; in this condi-
tion they can be used for soup at any time.
The ripe seeds also are parched and used in-
stead of coffee.

Lady Finger.—The plants are uniform in
growth, and with their large hibiscus-like
flowers, make a pretty sight. The plants

produce long slender pods. PKt. 5e3 oz. 10e3
4%4-Ib. 20c; Ib. 60c, postpaid.

Dwarf Prolific, or Density.—A fine new
variety, much dwarfer than the ordinary
dwarf okra, and much more productive. Short,
thick pods. Pkt. de; oz. 10e; %4 Ib. 20e; Ib. 50c.
postpaid.

White Velvet Okra.—The pods are perfect-
ly round, smooth and of attractive white
velvet appearance; of superior flavor and
tenderness. Pkt. 5e; oz.10e; %4 Ib. 20c; ib.
D0ec, postpaid.

Tall Green.—A favorite in the South, called
also Perkins’ Mammoth Long Pod. Pkt. Ses
oz. 10e; %4-Ib. 20e; ib. 50c, postpaid.

Market Gardeners should get our Price
List.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

ONION

High Grade Onion

Culture.—Onions must have a clean and
very rich soil; it is useless to attempt to
grow them on a poor, unsuitable one. A lib-
era: use of manure is more essential to this
than to any other crop. It should be of the
best quality, well fermented, and thoroughly
worked over during the previous summer. If
it is too rank it is liable to make soft onions,
with many scallions. Any of the high-grade
commercial fertilizers are good for ordinary
soils and fine ground bone will often benefit
soils that are already very rich. A week
too late in sowing makes the difference be-
tween a good and a bad harvest. If onions
do not get a good growth before hot, dry
weather, the crop is sure to be a failure. Sow

Profitable American Varieties.—The onion
is such an important crop to large growers,
and the preparation of the soil and culture so
expensive, and consequently a failure from
bad seed or other causes is so disastrous,
that long ago we determined to sell no seed
except what we knew to be new, true, and
good. The onion crop is usually exceedingly
profitable, ranging from 300 to 500 bushels
per acre, according to richness of soil, cul-
ture, etc.

Yellow Varieties

Pritzetaker.—This is the money maker for
Southern growers. Scores of farmers have
during the past few years made small for-
tunes raising this variety. It is the onion

that matures in 90 days from seed. Hundreds
of carloads are shipped to Northern markets
yearly.

In an average season with proper cultiva-
tion will produce from 300 to 500 bushels to
The main thing to insure to suc-
They are

the acre.
ress is to plant our genuine seed.

Prizetaker

Seed Our Specialty

in drills, not less than a foot apart nor more
than half an inch deep. Keep the soil mellow
and clear of weeds. Three days of neglect
when the weeds are growing rapidly will
sometimes ruin a crop. In cultivating to
destroy weeds and keep the ground mellow,
do not cover the young bulbs with earth. As
onions grow on the top of the ground, they
may be allowed to remain pretty thick, no
matter if they crowd each other. With prop-
er manuring, onions can be grown on the
same land for a score of years, and it will be-
come cleaner and better every year. One
ounce will plant 100 feet of drill, or five
pounds per acre.

Yellow Globe Danvers

a beautiful rich straw color and grow to
enormous size, averaging 12 to 14 inches in
circumference, firm and of the mildest flavor.
They always attract attention in the market.
Are wonderfully productive and can be grown
by anyone. Pkt. 5e; oz. 15e; % Tbh. 40c; th.
$1.25, postpaid. By express at_ buyers’ ex=
pense, Ib. $1.00. Write for special prices on

lagsSe quantities.

ellow Flat Danvers.—The earliest of the
ellows. Excellent to grow yellow sets. Flesh
white, fine grained solid. A good keeper.

Yellow Globe Danvers.—Noit so perfectly

lobe shaped as Large White Globe, but is
One of the most popular and profitable onions
to grow for market. Of medium _ size; skin
of a beautiful silver yellow color, flesh white,
comparatively mild, well flavored. PkKt. 5e;
Ww ane 14-Ib. 35ce; Ib. $1.25, postpaid.

‘Michigan Yellow Globe.—This variety is a
selection from the Yellow Globe Danvers,
made for the purpose of securing a “black
land” Onion, and for this purpose it is a de-
cided success. It is of a perfect globe shape,
slightly darker in color than Danvers, a
heavy cropper, and first-class keeper. Pkt.
Bes oz. 15¢e; %4 Ib. 35e; Ib. $1.10, postpaid.

Vie 5e; oz. 10e; %4 Ib. 35e; Th. $1.25, postpaid.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLA

ONIONS—Yellow Varieties Continued

Southport Yellow Globe.—This variety has
the same general characteristics as the
Southport White, and Red Globe, but yellow
in color. It is entirely distinct from the Dan-
vers type. The fiesh is white and mild in
flavor. It is quite productive and a good
keeper. It is a handsome Onion, like all the
Southport shapes; and they always command
a high price in the Eastern markets. PKt.
Be; oz. 10c; %4 Ib. 35e; Ib. $1.25, postpaid.

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fs, ustralian Brown.—This Onion has claim-
d a high place in American Onion culture

within recent years, and seems abundantly
able to maintain it. It is of medium size and
of good quality, very early, rather flattened
in shape, of brown color, and wonderfully
hard and solid. It begins to form a bulb at
an early period of its growth, when only a
few inches high, and quickly reaches matu-
rity. Its leading and most valuable feature,
aside from appearance and quality, is its
long Keeping quality. PkKt. Se; oz. 10ce; 4-Ib.
30e; Ib. 90e, postpaid.

Red Varieties

Improved Large Red Globe.—Differs from
e Wethersfield in being almost a perfect
globe,.and matures later, and by its hand-
some /appearance on the market sells better.
An &xcellent keeper. Requires lighter soil

Giant Rocce, or Naples.—One of
the best known of the Italian On-
ions in this country. Quite exten-
sively grown in some sections, where
it produces immense crops, single
bulbs weighing 1% to 2 pounds
each. Flavor very mild and deli-
eate; color light brown, flesh white.
Very handsome, globular shape and
a good keeper. PKRt. 5c; oz. 10e; %4-

Th. 30c, Ib. $1.00, postpaid.
\ Imported Red Bermuda.—oOur gen-

ine Bermuda Red is a favorite for
home use and home markets in many
parts of the South. Pale waxy red;
the variety in all sections where a
red Onion is preferred. Teneriffe-
grown seed. PKt. 5 e,oz. 25e, %4-Ib.
75e, Ib. $2.60, postpaid. By express,
not prepaid, ™“-Ib. 65e, th. $2.50.
Write for prices on large quantities.

ABANC

than Wethersfield or any of the flat onions.
PKt 5e; oz. 10c; 4-lb. 30e; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.
By express, not prepaid, fb. 90ce. Write for
prices on large quantities.

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wi Southport Large Red Globe.—With
the exception, perhaps, of some of the
white varieties, there is no onion that
realizes such high prices as this, its
beautiful globe shape and rich purp-
lish crimson color making it extremely
desirable. It is a good keeper and of
excellent quality. Pkt. 5e; oz.10e; %4=Ib.
30¢; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

Large Red Weathersfield.—When a
variety has become so well known and
popular as the Red Weathersfield, it
searcely requires lengthy description.
It is the standard red onion of America,
and for general usefulness it has never
been equaled. We have a select strain.
PKt. 5c; oz. 10c %4-Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00,
postpaid. By express, not prepaid, fb.
90e. Write for prices on large quanti-
ties.

To insure success in Onion Growing

plant our Genuine Seed.

White Varieties

Ve White Giobe.—Large
shaped onion, firm, fine-grained, mild-flavor,
Keeps well. This is one of the handsomest
onions grown, of beautiful shape, clear white
skin, and commands the highest market price.
PRt. Se; oz. 10: “4-fo. 30e; Ih. $1.00. By ex-
press; not prepaid, Mm. Side. Write for prices
naarge quantities.

xtra Early White Pearl.
lest of the white onions.

Waxy Skin, and is a good keeper.
is snow-white, and the flavor

One of the ear-
It has a snowy,

is mild and

globe- |

The fiesh

pleasant. It sometimes grows 5 to 6 inches
in diameter the first year from seed. Pkt.
se; oz. 10c; %4-tb. 30c; Tbh. $1.00, postpaid. By
express, not prepaid, Ib. SSe. Write for prices
onglarge quantities.

mported White Bermuda.—This onion is
tender and of very mild flavor, inside a
pearly white, grows to a large size and is
flat. Imported Teneriffe grown seed. PKt.
de; oz. 25e; %4 Th. 8d5e; Th. $3.00. American
grown seed, pkt. Sec, oz. 20c, %4-Ib. 60c, Ib.
$2.00.

32 é THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

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Fee, Silverskin or
White Portugal.—Very
desirable for family use;
flavor mild and pleas-
ant; skin silvery white,
of handsome _ appear-
ance; highly esteemed
for pickling when
young; also for market
in early winter. Exten- .
sively planted for white
onion sets. Pkt. 5e;3 oz.
10c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00,
postpaid. By express,
at e per Ib.

Mammoth Silver King.
—This mammoth variety
is one of the largest in
cultivation, averaging
from 15 to 22 inches in
circumference, often
weighing from 2% to 4
pounds each. It matures
early and is of uniform-
ly large size and fine
Shape, being flattened,
but thick. The skin is
of a beautiful silver-
white, flesh tender, and
of mild sweet flavor.
Its striking size and
handsome appearance,
as well as mild flavor,
recommend it for exhi-
bition at fairs, for the
fancy market as well
as for the table. Pkt.
5e; oz. 10c; % Tb. 30c;3
Ib. $1.00, postpaid. By
express, not prepaid, Ib.
85e. Write for prices
on large quantities.

Standard varieties which we can supply
at; uniform price of pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; ™% Ib.

We Ib $1.00, postpaid.
by said ea RED CREOLE.

L PASO OR LARGE MEXICAN.
“CRYSTAL WHITE WAX.
EARLY WHITE QUEEN.

ARLY WHITE ITALIAN MAY.
\@PINK PRIZE TAKER. :
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ONION SETS

Prices liable to change. We will always
fill orders at market rates or quote on appli-
cation. If wanted by freight or express, de-
duct 10 cents per quart.

White Multiplier Sets
—Of a pure silver-
white color, enormous-
x hy productive, fre-
Zyquently producing as
fAAIMany as 20 bulbs in a
<esingle cluster from one

~ bulb planted. Of ex-
* cellent quality and size
Sep for bunching; very
SS early. By mail, qt. 35¢;
Y 4 qts. $1.10; by freight
or express, pk. $1.00; bu.
$4.00.

These are the kind in com-
mon use. They are produced from seed sown
very thickly in the spring of the year, when
the small set onions is produced. Planted in
the spring they quickly produce “green
onions” for table use, or if let grow they will
EEeauee large onions much quicker than from
seed.

White Bottom, by mail, qt. 30c; 4 qts. $1.00;
by express or freight, 4% bu. 75c; bu. $2.75;
bbl. $7.50.

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Bottom Sets.

ONIONS—White Varieties, Continued

Yellow Bottom, by mail, qt. 30c; 4 qts. $1;
by express or freight, 4 bu. 75e; bu. $2.753
bbl. $7.00.

Red Bottom, by mail, gt. 30c; 4 qts. $1.00;
by express or freight, 4 bu. 75sec; bu. $2.50;
bbl. $7.00. f

Potato Onions.—This excellent sort multi-
plies by division of the parent bulb. It is
prized for its mild flavor. Matures early
and is a good cropper. By mail, per qt. 30c;
4 qts. $1.00; by freight or express, 4 bu. 65¢;
bu, $2.60.

Egyptian or Tree Onion
See description on next page

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 33

ONION SETS—Continued

Potato Onion Sets.—They are the divisions
from the larger parent onions, as above, and
when planted will produce the earliest green
Onions for use on the table or the earliest
dry ripe onions. They should be in every
family garden. By mail, qt. 30c; 4 qts. $1.00;
by freight or express, pk. $1.00; bu. $4.00.

tian or Perennial Tree Onion.—This is
an everlasting onion. When once set out
they will continue for years without the
least protection in winter. As soon as the
frost is out of the ground they grow very
rapidly. The bottoms divide and make sev-
eral irregular shaped onions that are sweet
and tender. The sets are produced in many
clusters (like that shown in the illustration)
on the tops of the stalks. These are what we
offer. They can be nlanted in the fall and
produce the earliest of any green garden
stuff, or it can be planted in the spring. Price,
qt. 25c; 4 qts. 75e, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, % bu. 50c; bu. $1.75.

GARLIC

One pound will plant ten feet of drill.

Garlic is used for a variety of flavorin
purposes. Plant the sets six inches apart in
rows one foot apart. As soon as the leaves
have turned, the crop is matured, and may

be harvested like onions.

Garlic Sets.—Per Ib. postpaid, 40c; by ex-
press, Ib. 25c; 10 Tbs., $2.00.

PARSNIPS

Improved Crown

One ounce of good seed to 200 feet of drill;
5 to 6 pounés per acre.

A deep, rich sandy'loam is preferable. Sow
in drills 15 or 18 inches apart and thin to
6 or 8 inches in the row. The roots are im-

proved by leaving them in the ground dur-
ing the winter. Excellent food for cattle and
also for table use.

Improved Crown.—A_ selection from the
Hollow Crown—finer, more symmetrical in
shape and more sugary and tender. A very
heavy cropper, smooth and a fine variety for
the home or market garden. PKt. 5e; oz. 10e;
144-Ib. 20c; Ib. 50ce, postpaid.

Long White.—A standard variety of great
merit. Pkt. 5e, oz. 10c, 4-Ib. 20c, Ib. 50c.

Gurnsey, or Imp. Half Long.—This is the
best parsnip for the majority of market gar-
deners and fer family use. The root grows
medium length, smooth; flesh fine grained
and has excellent flavor. A heavy cropper. AS
the roots do not grow so deep as the long
kinds and are larger at the top, they are
easier handled. Also excellent for stock.
Pkt. Se, oz. 10c, %4-Ib. 20c, Ib. 60c, pestpaid.

PARSLEY

As Parsley seed germinates very slowly,
it should be planted in a bed if possible. For
outdoor sowing always prepare the seed by
placing it in hot water to soak for twenty-
four hours, in a warm place. Sow thickly,
rows one foot apart and half an inch deep,
pressing down well after sowing.

Champion Moss Curled Parsley.

When well up, thin to six inches apart.
Parsley lives through the winter, and seed
may be sown in the autumn or spring. The
curled varieties are beautiful for garnishing,
and handsome enough for bouquet green. One
ounce will sow 150 feet of drill.

Holloway’s, or Spring Plain.—Leaves fiat,
deeply cut but not curled. It is often pre-
ferred on account of its very dark color and
because of the hardiness, but especially be-
cause of its superiority for flavoring, while
the curled sorts are more extensively used for
garnishing. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10e; % Tb. 20e; Ih.
3d0c, postpaid.

Champion Moss Curled.—A compact grow-
ing, finely cut and densely curled variety, of
a deep green color. Owing to its fine color
and handsome foliage, it is one of the most
popular sorts. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; % Ib. 20e; Ib.
D0e, postpaid.

Do not send North for your
- seeds and plants when you can do
better by buying from us,

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

PEAS

The Pea is very hardy, and will endure a
great amount of cold, either in or above the
ground; and it is well to sow some of the
earliest varieties as soon as possible—the
sooner the better—in warm light soil, pre-
pared the previous autumn. The general
crop may be sown about two weeks later
and on somewhat heavier soil. Avoid fresh
manure and very rich soil, as they cause
the vines to grow too rank. Sow peas in
drills about four inches deep. The drills must
not be nearer than two feet except for the

All wrinkled peas re-
main longer in season,
and are more delicate
in flavor and are sweet-

er than the smooth
sorts, for as in sugar
corn, the wrinkled ap-
pearance indicates a

greater amount of sac-
charine matter.

When any of the fol-

lowest sorts. Those growing three _ feet
high or more should not be nearer than
three or four feet, and should have brush for
their support. One pint will sow forty feet
of drill; two bushels for an acre, in drills
three feet apart.

The crop should be gathered as fast as it
is fit for use. If even a few pods begin to
ripen, not only will new pods cease to form,
but those partly advanced will stop grow-
ing.

lowing varieties of Peas
are ordered shipped by
express, deduct Se per
pint, iSe per quart.

EARLY VARIETIES
(DWARF.)
American Wonder.—The
earliest of the dwarf
wrinkled varieties. Vine
stout, branching, about
nine inches high and cov-
ered with well filled pods
containing five to eight
large, exceedingly sweet,
tender and well flavored
peas. Seed medium sized,
wrinkled and pale green.
We have taken great pains
in growing our stock and
know it to be much better
than that usually offered.
Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25ce;3 qt.

i 45¢e; pk. $2.25.
1 Nott’s Excelsior. The
best early dwarf pea. It
combines the good quali-
ties of the American Won-
der and Premium Gem
Peas. The vines are larg-
er and more _ productive
than American Wonder and
earlier than Premium Gem.
The peas, in sweetness and
quality are unsurpassed.
Seed wrinkled and green
in color. A most desirable
sort for the market gard-
ener and unsurpassed for
the home garden. Large
pkt. 10e;3; pt. 25e; qt. 45e;
pk. $2.25; bu. $7.50.
Alaska.—A small blue
pea, the earliest of all the
extra early varieties, good
flavor; pods dark green,
well filled and ripen uni-
formly. One of the very
best for market gardeners.
Vines two and one-half
feet high. Large pkt. 10e;
pt. 25e; qt. 40e; pk. $1.50.

Thomas
Laxton

Nott’s Excelsior

Thomas Laxton.—This new pea outranks
all other extra early wrinkled varieties in
hardiness and productiveness. The pods are
large and shapely, of a rich dark green color,
and filled from end to end with seven or
eight very large, white-seeded, wrinkled sug-
ar peas, the flavor of which is unsurpassed
by any other pea in cultivation. The vines
are strong and hardy and from three to
three and one-half feet in height. Large pkt.
10e; pt. 30e; qt. 50c.

Early Morning Star.—This pea is planted
extensively h-- the market gardeners in the
South, and is the most productive early pea
that grows. Large pkt. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 45e;3
pk. $2.25.

Extra Early Premium Gem.—A great im-
provement over Little Gem, having larger
pods and being more productive. A fine
dwarf, green, wrinkled variety, fifteen inches
high. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 45e; pk.
$1.75.

New Gradus Extra Early Pea.—This is an
extra early wrinkled variety introduced by
us last year. It has proven such a suc-
cess that we call general attention to it
again this year. It is the earliest large pod-
ded wrinkled pea ever introduced, bearing
in immense quantities peas of the finest qual-
ity, delicious in flavor, large in size. Vines
very vigorous. May be planted as early as
the smooth varieties. Grows about two and
one-half feet high. The peas have a beau-
tiful dark green color which is retained aft-
er cooking.

Our stock has been secured from the
largest and best growers after having been
carefully inspected during the growing sea-
son, and We are sure every purchaser will
be well pleased. Market gardeners should
plant this variety liberally as it is a splendid
market sort. Price: Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25e;3
qt. 40c, postpaid; pk. $1.50, by express, not
postpaid.

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THE ROBINSON SEED &

PEAS—Early Varieties Continued

First and Best.—The earliest and most even
strain of white extra early peas in existence,
maturing so well together that sometimes a
single picking will secure the entire crop.
Vines vigorous and hardy, one and one-half
to two feet high, bearing three to seven
medium sized smooth peas of fair quality.
The seed is small-sized, smooth, yellow-
white. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk.
$1.50.

ROBINSON’S SECOND EARLY SORTS

Daisy.—The Daisy is a second early pea
of robust habit, vines two feet in height,
bearing an abundance of well-filled pods con-
taining seven to nine large and deliciously
flavored peas. It is one of the finest dwarf
early green wrinkled Marrow Peas in culti-
vation, and one that ought to be grown in
every garden whose owner appreciates peas.
Sturdy and branching in habit, requiring no
stakes. coming early and remaining late in
profitable productiveness, giving green peas
of considerable size and of best quality, it is
one in the very front rank. Large pkt. 10e,
Y%-pt. 15e; pt. 25e; qt. 50e; pk. $1.75.

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New Gradus Extra Early Pea—See description previous page

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Bliss’ Everbearing.—A fine wrinkled
sort, about thirty inches high; very ro-

bust, bearing heavy crops of large,
well-filled pods; peas of excellent fla-
vor. Owing to its branching habit, the
peas should be planted about six inch-

es apart. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt.
« 40ce; pk. $1.50.

Bliss’ Abundance.—Remarkably pro-
ductive, one and a half or two feet in
height; pods three inches long; peas
large, wrinkled, of superior quality.
Large pkt. 10e; pt. 25e; qt. 40c; pk.

$1.50.
LATE SORTS.

Black Eyed Marrowfat.—A favorite
variety; grows about five feet high.
Large pkt. 10c; pt. 20c3 qt. 35e; pK. 90e.

Large White Marrowfat.—A favorite
sort; grows about six feet high. Large
pKt. 10c; pt. 20e; qt. 35e; pk. 90c.

Champion of Engiand.—A standard
sort; popular in all markets. Produc-
tive, high flavored, seeds wrinkled, five
feet high. Large pkt. 10ce; pt. 25e; qt.
40c; pk. $1.25.

Pride of the Market.—A remarkable
robust sort, 18 to 20 inches high, stiff
stalk and very productive. The stalks
are covered with the immense pods,
and peas from bottom te top. Requires
no sticks; wrinkled. Large pkt. 10¢e;
pt. 25e; qt. 46e; pk. $1.75.

Telephone.—A tall, wrinkled marrow,
very productive and of the best quality,
with long pods containing from 7 to
10 very fine flavored peas. Height about
4 feet. Large pkt. 10c; pt. 25e; qt. 40c3
pk. $1.75.

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PUMPHIN

The pumpkin bears abundantly and furn-
ishes a great amount of food for cows, hogs,
etc. Several of the varieties are used for
culinary purposes. They are generally raised
between hills of corn but may be planted
with success in fields by themselves. They

more properly belong to the farm than gar-
den as they readily mix it with and injure the
quality of the finer squash or fine crops. One
ounce will plant about 25 hills, four pounds
to the acre. Plant same time as corn.

Big Tom Field Pumpkins.—This great
new pumpkin, the seed of which was
offered for the first time last season, is
the result of many years’ selection from
the old Golden Marrow or Michigan
Mammoth Pumpkin. So carefully has
the selection been made that the Big
Toms will run uniformly to more than
twice the size and weight. The skin
and flesh are of a deep, rich orange col-
or, of excellent flavor for pies, etc.,
cooking soft and tender. For table use
and stock feeding no more profitable or
better variety can be grown. Pkt. 5e;
oz. 10ce; 144-Ib. 25e; Ib. Toe, postpaid.

Mammoth Atias Pumpkin.—King of
the mammoths.—The great prize Pump-
kin. This truly colossal variety first
came to our attention Some years ago,
while visiting France, where we se-
cured seed, and distributed it among
our customers. The results have been
astonishing. No other pumpkin ever
introduced has reached such enormous
weights and been awarded as many
prizes. Hundreds of our customers
have raised specimens weighing over one
hundred and fifty pounds each, and heaviest
ever grown being two hundred and forty
pounds. It frequently attains a diameter
of over four feet. The flesh and skin are of
a bright golden yellow color, very fine grain-
ed, of excellent quality, and, notwithtsand-
ing its enormous size, is one of the very best
pie or table pumpkins. Pkt, 10c; oz. 20c; %4
Tb. 50c; Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

Mammoth Etampes Bright Red.—This giant
variety from France is quite celebrated and
has ween grown in this country to enormous
size. It is a bright glossy red color, a splen-
did variety to grow 19r exhibition purposes,
Pkt. 5e3 oz. 10ce; %4-lb. 25e;3 Ih. 75e.

Gray Boulogne.—Grows to very large,
round size, flattened on the ends; Skin of a

grayish green color; growing to a weight of.

sixty to seventy-five pounds with ordinary
culture. PKt. 5e; oz. 10ce3; %4 Ib. 25¢; Th. 75sec.
postpaid,

Mammoth Tours of Citroville—A French
variety, which is used largely for cattle
feeding; it grows to an immense size, often
weighing over 100 pounds. Pkt. Se; oz. 10¢e;
144-TIb. 20c; Ib. 60c, postpaid.

Tennessee Sweet Potato.—Bell shaped. Fla-
vor is considered superior to sweet potato.
Very delicious for pies. Keeps late in the
season. PkKt. 5e; oz. 10c; %4-Ib. 20c; Ib. 60ce,
postpaid.

Large Cheese.—Superior to Kentucky Field
in being adapted to table use, as well as
stock feeding. Shape, flat; skin, mottled light
green and yellow, changing to a rich cream
color. Flesh yellow, thick and tender. Pkt.
be; oz. 10ce; 4-Ib. 20c; Ih. 60c, postpaid.

Connecticut Field.—A large yellow variety
with a hard shell. Excellent for stock feed-
ing. The hardiest of all varieties and enor-
mously productive. Pkt. 5e3; oz. 10e; 4%. Ih.
20c; Ib. 60c, postpaid.

Every farmer should put
of pumpkins. They are easily cultivated
when planted with corn or potatoes. For
stock feeding purposes they are unsurpassed,
and for pie making during the winter
menths—well, what is better?

in a big crop

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CASHAW

Green Striped Cashaw.—Sweet, and better
than any Winter Squash. It keeps well; it
takes the place here of the Winter Squashes,
which are very little cultivated. The striped

variety has been cultivated here for a cen-

tury and never was found north or west,
Within a few years it has been brought out
by northern seedsmen as Japan Pie Pumpkin,

This is an improvement on the white ca-

shaw, being a mottled green and white strip-
ed. The flesh is rich yellow color, solid; fine
grained, very thick, excellent for pies and
equallv good for baking. They are very
hardy and yield a heavy crop.
We had this kind grown alongside of the
Southern Striped Cashaw and found it one
and the same. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10ce; %4 Ib.
20e; Ib. V5e, postpaid.

Green Striped Cashaw

Thirty-three Years of Successful
Seed Selling.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

37

PEPPER

Gne ounce will produce 1,500 plants. A
strong, uniform heat is required to germi-
nate these seeds, and a thoroughly pulveriz-
ed, well-enriched warm soil is necessary to
perfect the fruit. When the plants are about
3 inches high transplant into rows 38 feet
apart, and allow 2 feet between the plants. -

Ruby King.—A large and handsome va-
riety. Under ordinary cultivation they grow
meee 6 Inches. Jones by. 3,60. 4. inches. in

diameter; when ripe they are of a beautiful

ruby red color, and are always remarkably
mild and pleasant to the taste. Pkt. 5e; oz.
Zoe; %4-Ib. T5e, postpaid.

Large Sweet Mountain.— Very large and ex-
eellent for mangoes. PKt. 5e; oz. 25e; %4 Ib.
75e, postpaid,

Golden Dawn.—A most beautiful golden
yellow, making it very beautiful in appear-
ance either in growth or for the table. In
productiveness they stand at the head of the
list. The flavor particularly sweet and mild,

and entirely free from any fiery flavor. Pkt.
5e; oz. 25e; %4-Ib? 75e, postpaid.
Large Bell or Sweet Bull Nose.—Early,

very large, square form, pleasant to taste,

Pkt.

very suitable for filling with cabbage.
Se; Oz. 25e; %4-Ib. 75e, postpaid.

Golden Dawn

Long Red Cayenne.—A late variety; small
bright scarlet, cone shaped, pungent pods; as
much used for pickling when green as when
ripe. PKt. 5c; oz. 25e; 144-Ib. 75e, postpaid.

Red Chili. Small, bright red peppers, very

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Ruby King

Cherry

Red Cluster.—A distinct and beautiful
variety, bearing a profusion of bright
searlet fruit in clusters in an upright po-
sition. Hot and pungent. AS a decora-
tive plant for the flower garden or for
pots, it will be found very useful. PKt. 5e,
oz. 25¢e; 4-Ib. T5e, postpaid.

Celestial. A Chinese variety, useful as
well as ornamental. Sets its fruit early,

and continues until frost. When fully
grown the fruit is bright scarlet. Makes
a plant of striking beauty. PkKt. 5e, oz.

25¢e; %4-Ib. 75e, postpaid.

Chinese Giant—A magnificent new va-
riety, the largest and finest pepper in cul-
tivation. The plant is about two feet
high, of strong, vigorous growth, stocky
in habit, very productive, and ripens its
fruit earlier than the Ruby King. The
fruit averages four inches in diameter,
and is of a bright glossy scarlet when
ripe. The fiesh is unusually thick and
very mild, having none of the pungency
of most of the older varieties. The im-
mense size of the fruit and its brilliant
color render it very attractive and will
cause it to sell readily in the market. PKt.
10e, 4-0z. 25e, %-oz. 40e, oz. T5e, %-Ihb.
$2.00; Ib. $7.50, postpaid.

hot and pungent; the pods generally used
for making “pepper sauce’; very prolific.
Pkt. 5e; oz. 25¢e; 4-Ib. 75ec, postpaid.

Tabaseo.—Hottest small bright red.
5e; oz. 2oe; 14-Ib. F5e, postpaid.

Pkt.

POTATOES

Special Peints on Shipping Potatces.—We
always ship potatoes and other heavy goods
by freight, excepting when ordered sent by
express, or the quantity is such that to send
by express is cheaper.

Many people order small quantities, like
a peck, to go by freight, thinking the charges
will be less. This is seldom the case, as the
railroad companies make no rate for less
than 100 pounds; therefore, the freight on

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a bushel is just as cheap as on a peck. Pack-
ed for shipment, potatoes weigh about:
Peck, 20 pounds; half bushel, 40 pounds;
bushel, 70 pounds; barrel, 185 pounds. Please
state whether you want the potatoes by
freight or express, and do not fail to name
the station to which they are to be sent.
Prices of potatoes by the barrel fluctuate.
The prices quoted here are about aS we ex-
pect them to be during January, but we will

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POTATOES—Continued

take pleasure in quoting prices at any time
upon request, or will fill any orders entrusted
to us at lowest prices at the time the order
is received.

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Bliss Triumph

Bliss Triumph.—This is the earliest potato
that grows, is very hardy and is especially
adapted for Southern growers. Its’ great
productiveness, handsome color and resist-
ance to disease makes it a most popular
variety. We secure our stock direct from
growers in car load lots by which means we
can assure our customers the genuine va-
riety at lowest price. By freight or express,
not prepaid, pk. 75e; %-bu. $1.25; bu. of 60
Ibs. $2.40; per bbl. of 165 Ibs. $5.00. Write for
prices on large quantities.

Genuine Tennessee Triumph.—We were the
first to introduce this celebrated potato into
the Texas market 25 years ago. It is so well
known to Texas growers that a description
is unnecessary except to Say that it seems
better adapted to Southern soil and gives
better results than any othe. variety. We
ship direct from the growers in car lots.
Price, by freight or express, not prepaid, pk.
We; %-bu. $1.25; bu. of 60 Ibs. $2.40; bbl. of
165 Ibs. $5.00. Write for prices on large quan-
tities.

Early Ohio.—Our stock of these is of extra
fine quality, especially for seed purposes in
the Red River district in North Texas, fa-
mous for its superior Early Ohio Potatoes.
We could not supply the demand for this va-
riety last season, and it fully maintains its
great popularity as an extra early variety,
giving entire satisfaction Wherever grown.
The tubers are oval, oblong, round at the
seed end. It is an excellent keeper, very
productive and of fine quality. Price, by
freight or express, not prepaid, per pk. 75c;
%=-bu. $1.25; per bu. of 60 Ibs. $2.40; bbl. of
165 Ibs. $5.00.

Standard varieties which we carry in stock
and ean furnish at above prices:

Early Rose.
New York Rose.
Michigan Rose.
Peerless,

SEED SWEET POTATOES

Red Vineless.—The best and most produc-
tive potato grown. Slips grow quickly
after transplanting. Each one is well sup-
plied with fibers and requires but little water
and attention. This potato will double the
yield of the ordinary old vine yam, and is far
superior for market or eating. Pk. 40c; bu.
$1.50, by express only. Slips ready April and
May. 50c per 1600; $3.50 per 1000.

The Pumpkin Yam.—Taking into considera-
tion quality and productiveness, the Yam
stands at the head of the list. Frequently

when baked the saccharine matter in the
shape of candy will be seen hanging to them
in strings. Skin and flesh yellow and very
sweet. Without doubt the best potato for
family use. Price, p. 40c; bu. $1.50; by ex-
press only. Slips ready in April and May. 50c¢
per 100; $3.50 per 1000.

The White Yam.—This is the earliest va-
riety we have, frequently, under favorable
circumstances, giving good sized tubers two
months after planting the vine. Very pro-
ductive, having given 300 bushels per acre
when planted early and on rich land. Skin
dull white or yellow, flesh white, dry ard
mealy. Price, pk. 49c; bu. $1.50, by express
only. Slips ready in April and May. 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1000.

RHUBARB

Rhubarb, or Pie Plant.—Rhubarb (or pie
plant, as it is commonly known) should be
in everybody’s garden. There is no difficulty
in cultivating it, and it yields from year to
year of its own accord. For making pies,
sauce, ete., it is recognized the world over
as one of the standards. Do not fail to order
a liberal supply of roots this year. You will
be pleased with the results. « PKt. 5e; oz. 15e;
4%4-Ib. 40e;3 Ib. $1.25, postpaid.

St. Martin’s.—One of the earliest as well as
most prolific sorts.

Victoria.—Very large, but later than Lin-
naeus.

Linnaeus.—Early and tender.

Rhubarb Hoots.—Rhubarb Roots may be
planted early in the spring or fall, setting
the roots three feet apart each way. It re-
quires but little labor; once planted they will
remain in bearing condition for five or six
years, only requiring a top dressing of ma-
nure dug in spring or fall. Choice selected,
large roots, with two or three eyes, by ex=
press, 2 for 25c; per doz. $1.00; 100 $5.00.

SALSIFY

Salsify.—Salsify
or Vegetable Oys-
ter is used for
soups, also boiled,
fried, etc., and
possesses the fla-
vor of the oyser,
for which it is
sometimes used
as a substitute.
Culture the same
as for Carrots
and Parsnips;
flourishes best
with longest,
smoothest roots,
in a light, deep,
mellow soil, thor-
oughly enriched
with well rotted
manure. Coarse
and ‘fresh ma-
nure will cause
the roots to grow
ill-shaped. Sow
early in spring,
tn drills a foot or
more apart, cov-
ering the seed not
more than two
inches in depth.
Thin out to. six
inches apart. A

portion of the
crop may remain
in the ground all
the winter, like,
the Parsnip. One
ounce will sow

75 feet of drill.

| crisp and tender.
| be sown in the hotbed, in drills, three or four

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS, 39

SALSIFY—Continued

Mammoth Sandwich Island.—This is the
largest and most profitable Salsify now in
cultivation. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 15¢e; 4-Ib. 40e;3 Ib.
$1.50, postpaid.

Seolymus, Spanish Salsify.—More produc-
tive than Salsify. The roots resemble a
small parsnip, and will keep through the
winter like a turnip. Cultivate like pars-
nips. It is eaten like Salsify. Pkt. 10e; oz.
20e; 144-Ib. 85ec; Th. $3.00, postpaid.

SPINACH

Undoubtedly the finest greens that can
be grown. There is a big market for gar-
deners who supply their customers with
Spinach. Texas is the field in which to

raise large quantities for Northern ship-
ments on account of rich soil and mild win-
It is an abundant yielder.

ters. For sum-

Bloomsdale Spinach

mer use sow early in the spring in deep,

| rich soil; sow in drills about one foot apart,

cover one inch deep. For a continued supply
of “greens’’ resow every two or three weeks
throughout the season, and for real early
spring use sow the winter varieties about the
first of September, and protect by covering
with straw. Soak seed in hot water before
plgnting. One ounce will plant 100 feet of
dyill, 10 pounds in drills will plant an acre.

Bloomsdale or Savoy.—Highly popular

ith market gardeners. Bloomsdale is con-
sidered the best sort for the South. The
leaves are wrinkled in the same manner as
the Savoy Cabbage. A crop of this variety
weighs much heavier than any other va-
riety. It grows very quickly. Fine for fall
rou Pkt. 5c; 14-Ib. 10c; Ib. 35c, postpaid.

Round Thick Leaf.—Leaves large and

eshy. An excellent market sort. Good for
either spring or fall sowing. PkKt. 5c; 4-Ilhb.
ye Ib. 35¢e, postpaid.

Long Standing.—Good for spring sowing.
Stands a long time before shooting to seed.
Large, thick leaves. Pkt. 5e; %4-lb. 10c; Ib.

» postpaid.

Prickley.—Very hardy and vigorous. Tri-
angular, arrow-shaped leaves. For fall sow-
Ve PKt. 5e; 144-Ib. 10c; Ib. 35c, postpaid.

V

ictoria.—Much later than Long Standing.
A fine variety for spring sowing. The leaves
are very heavy and of an almost black
green color; of the Savoy type. It can be
used when all other sorts have “gone to
seed.” PKt. 5e; %4-Ib. 10c; Ib. 35e, postpaid.

New Zealand.—Makes a luxuriant growth
all summer. In appearance, entirely dis-
tinct from other spinach, but its quality
is very desirable. Pkt. 5c; 4-Ib. 10e; Ib. 35c.
postpaid.

RADISH

Radishes must make a rapid growth to be
For early use seed should

inches apart and half an inch deep. For an
early crop in the open ground, select a
sandy soil, and a warm south border, under
the shelter of a fence or building, if possi-
ble, and sow thinly in drills ten inches apart.
For a succession sow every two weeks until
September. A lot of fresh sandy loam from
the woods is better than manure for the rad-
ish crop. Good radishes can not be grown
in heavy soils. As soon as the first leaves
appear sprinkle with soot or ashes to save
them from the little turnip fly. One ounce
will sow 100 feet of drill; ten pounds to the
acre.

Usxira Early Deep Scarlet Turnip.—Of ex-
tremely quick growth, maturing in about
three weeks. Leaves very short, rendering
them particularly adapted to forcing under
glass; of superior flavor, crisp and tender;
skin deep carmine red; very attractive. Also
a splendid sort for the home garden. Price,
pkt. Bes OZ. 10¢e; 144-Ib. 20¢e;3 Ib. 50e, postpaid.

Long Bright Searlet or Cincinnati Market.
—The brightest and handsomest scarlet rad-
ish grown. It makes roots fit for use in
twenty-five days from time of sowing and

remains in good condition until fully grown,
when it is large and crisp. Tops small. Pkt.
Be; oz. 10c; %4-Ib. 20c; Ib. 50c, postpaid.

Extra Early Deep Scarlet Turnip

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

RADISH—Continued

Early Searlet Globe.—As a forcing radish
the Early Scarlet Globe has established a
reputation as the leading sort—the best in
every way. It is handsome in form and
color—a beautiful oval, and rich scarlet. The
amount of its foliage is small compared
with other varieties, and small for the size
of the radish. The peculiar merit of this
variety as a forcing radish, is that it will
bear the heat requisite for forcing without
becoming pithy or spongy. The flesh is
crisp, tender, juicy, and mild. It is equally
as good for open garden culture as for forc-
ing, and therefore it commends itself equally
to the amateur and to the market gardener.
PK 5e; oz. 10c; 4-Ib. 206c; Ib. 50c, postpaid.

White tipped, beau-
having a white tipped

arly Searlet Turnip.
tiful searlet variety,

tail, or root. Very fine. PkKt. 5e; oz. 10¢e;3
¥4-Ib. 20c; Ib. 50c, postpaid.
Philadelphia White “Box.’—Is superior

nd entirely distinct from many early white
turnip radishes. Remarkably short top,
rapid growth, perfect turnip shape, extra
fine quality, showing no disposition to be-
come pithy with age. Its short top and rapid
growth especially fit it for growing under

glass. PKt. Se; oz. 10ce; 4-Ib. 20c; Ib. 60c,
posppaid.
Early White Olive Shaped.—Clear, white,

crisp and mild flavored. PkKt. 5e; oz. 10e; %4-=

Tb. 20c; Ib. 6O0c, postpaid.

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French Breakfast

Uso Breakfast.—Or scarlet olive-shaped
White Tip. Very tender and beautiful. Fine
for open ground or forcing. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10e;
4%4-itb. 20c; Ih. 50c, postpaid.

Viens White Vienna, or Lady Finger.—A
ery excellent variety with long, very
smooth, white roots which are crisp and
tender and is one of the most desirable of

the white summer sorts. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10e; %4
Ib. 20c; Ib. 50c, postpaid.

4 /Chinese Rose.—The standard variety; roots
“M@ylindrical, or largest at the bottom, taper-
ing abruptly to a small top. Skin very

flesh
PKt.

smooth and of a bright rose color;
firm, crisp, tender and quite pungent.
5e; oz. 10c; 144-ib. 20c; Ib. 50c, postpaid.

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Chartier Radish

LAs Chartier, or Shepherd.—Although

this American variety is too large for forc-
ing, it is one of the very best for sowing
outdoors. The roots are in good condition
for the table very early and continue hard
and crisp until they reach a diameter of
about an inch and a quarter, thus affording
good roots for a much longer time than any
of the preceding varieties. The long, cylin-
drical roots are scarlet-rose in color and
gradually taper and shade into white at the
tip. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4-Ib. 20e; Ib. 50c, post-

pai

Improved Triumph.—The new forcing or
extra early radish is a most distinet novelty.
The small, round, pure white roots are beau-
tifully marked with spots and dashes of
carmine. The tops are small and it matures
about as early as any variety in cultivation.
Desirable on account of its distinct beauty,
earliness and good quality. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10e3
%4-Ib. 30c; Ib. $1.00, postpaid.

earlet Turnip.—Round, about an inhe in
diameter; skin scarlet; flesh white.

[Avnite Turnip.—Similar to preceding ex-
cept in color; less pungent.

ellow Turnip.—Similar to above; except

in color.

UMvooa's Early Frame.—Similar to Long
carlet, but shorter, earlier, and adapted for
forcing.

All above, price, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c3 4-Ib.
20¢c3 Tb. 50c, postpaid. j

ong Black Spanish.—Lareg, long; one of
the hardiest;
oz. 10ce3; %-Ib. 20¢e;

Seurlet China.—One of the best fall and
winter varieties; a favorite with market gar-
deners. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14-lb. 20c; Ib. 60c.
postpaid.

Round Black Spanish.—One of the best
or winter use. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce; 4-lb. 20¢;
Jb. 50c, postpaid.

keeps until spring. Pkt. 5e;3
Ib. 50c, postpaid.

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‘squash.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

SQUASH

It is useless to plant squash
until the soil is quite warm,
and all danger from frost or
eold nights is over; as they
make a very rapid growth
there is no necessity for haste
in getting the seed into the
ground. Squash likes a rich
soil and it is best to manure
in the hill. Plant a dozen
seeds in each hill, and when
danger from “bugs” is over
pull up ail but three or four.
A mellow, warm soil is best.
For such sorts, make hills
four or five feet apart each
way, and for the running
Kinds twice that distance.
Squash are in two classes,

Summer and Winter. The
Summer are used when young
and tender, and the Winter
when well ripened will usual-
ly keep till spring. Winter
Squash should be ripened thoroughly,

ne

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or

they will be watery and lack sweetness and |

richness, and will not keep through the
winter. One ounce of early varieties for
fifty hills and two ounces of late will plant
fifty hills; three to four pounds per acre.

Winter CrooknecKk.—An old and ~wwell-
Known variety. Will often Keep good until
the crop is gathered the following year. Pkt.
oe; oz. 10c; 4-Ib. 25e; Ib. Sde.

Hubbard Squash

Hubbard.—The most popular of all the |

winter varieties; an excellent keeper. More
largely grown as a late sort than any other
It is of large size, often weighing
§ to 25 lbs. Color bluish-green, occasionally
marked with brownish orange or _ yellow.
Flesh fine-grained, dry and excellent flavor.
It can be had in use from September to
May. PKt. 5e; oz. 10e; 14-Ib. 30ce; Ib. $1.00.

Mammoth White Bush Seallop.—A well
known variety of dwarf habit and upright
growth. Color creamy white, excellent for

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LEONARD’S MAMMOTH RUSH SCALLOPED?

table use while young and tender. The fruit
is a beautiful, clear waxy white instead of
the yellowish-white so often seen in the old
Early White Bush Scallop and is superior
to that variety in size and beauty. PkKt. ie;
oz. 10e; 4-Ib. 25e; Ib. S85d5e.

Mammoth Yellow Bush.—Closely resem-
bles the preceding except in color, which is
dark, rich, golden yellow. The squashes are
of the finest quality and extra large size.
PRt. 5e; oz. 10c; 4-Ib. 25e; Ib. Sde.

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Crookneck Squash

Giant Summer Crookneck.—This is very
early and grows to a large size, often 18 to
20 inehes long, and is a beautiful bright
yellow. It is a profitable sort for market,
Keeps bearing all summer and commands
good prices. It needs to be farther apart
than the other bush varieties. PkKt. 5e; oz.’
10e; Y%-Ib. 25e3 Ib. Sd5e.

Ft. Stockton, Pecos Co., Tex., March 5, 1906
Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas:

My Dear Sirs:—The seeds and plants re-
ceived and in fine condition. We are well
pleased with them, especially the flowers; they
reached us in such good condition. Will be
only too glad to recommend your firm to those
wishing to order plants.

Yours very truiy,
MRS. STANLEY WILSON.

Thirty-four Years of Successful Seed Selling ~—

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42 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

TOMATOES

Seed Grown by Expert Growers Specially for Us.

An ounce will produce 1,500 plants; 4
ounces will produce enough for 1 acre.
They do best on a light, warm, not over
rich soil; and success depends to a very ©
great extent On securing a rapid, vigor-
ous, unchecked growth the early part of
the season. Transplant as soon as the
plants are fit to handle into shallow
boxes, setting them 4 to 5 inches apart.
When strong and stocky, set out in hills
4 feet apart. By training the vines on
trellises or other supports they will be
more productive, and the fruit will be of
much better quality.

Spark’s Earliana.—The earliest and best
large smooth red tomato. Our experience
with this new and most valuable variety
confirms all that has been claimed for
it. Market gardeners in this vicinity are
enthusiastic in its praise, and grow it for
early market in preference to any other
variety. It is a full week ahead of all
others. The plant is of strong and vig-
orous growth, setting its fruit freely and
in great abundance. The fruit is not only
remarkable for its earliness, but for its
large size, perfect form, bright red color,
and delicious flavor. It ripens clear to the
stem, and does not crack. Its solidity and
fine quality are quite equal to the best
medium and late sorts. Pkt. 10c; %-oz.
20c; oz. 35e; %4-Ib. $1.00; Tbh. $3.50.

Livingston’s Perfection.—It is shaped like
the Acme, somewhat larger, the same flavor,
fully as early, perfectly smooth, blood-red in
color, with more flesh and fewer seeds. A heavy
cropper, and produces more and larger fruit
at the close of the season. PKt. 5e3 oz. 20c;
44-lb. 60e; Ib. $2.00.

Livingston’s Favorite.—It is the largest per-
fect shaped tomato in cultivation, has no green
core, is aS smooth as an apple, never cracks af-
ter ripening. It is a brilliant dark glossy-red
color, ripening all over and through evenly.
It has not so much early ripe fruit as some
varieties, but it bears continuously till frost.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14-Ib. 60c; Ib. $2.00.

New Dwarf Stone.—This splendid new va-
riety is one that will meet with general fa-
vor, eSpecially with those whose gardening
space is limited. The strong, upright growth
allows very close planting. In small gar-
dens the plants may be set 18 by 24 inches
apart and yet produce an abundant crop.
The shape of the fruit is perfect, with a
good skin, which is free from cracks about
the stem end. It is very solid, ripens evenly
and is of most excellent quality. The Dwarf
Stone is double the size of the Dwarf Cham-
pion, equally as early, and fully as prolific,

consequently much more productive. Pkt.
Dc; oz. 20e; 4-Ib. 60c; Ib. $2.00.
Atlantic Prize—This is the largest,

smoothest, best flavored and brightest col-
ored extra early tomato. Vine medium size,
with few leaves, very hardy, bearing the
fruit low down on the stem and in enormous
clusters, which ripen all together. Those
whose trade demand that they have a large,
smooth, good flavored, very early fruit, will
find this variety to be just what they want.

Beauty.—We have been selecting this to a
larger, smoother fruit than the _ original
stock, and think we have made it the
smoothest and best of the large purple sorts.
Vine large, vigorous and heavy bearers;
fruit large, uniform in size, very smooth,
color of skin purplish pink; flesh light pink
and of excellent flavor. While we think the
color weak for canning, it is used consider-
ably for this purpose. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; %4=-Ih. —
Dd0c; Ib. $1.75.

Buckeye State.—A late, purple fruited va-
riety, and we think one of the best late sorts.
The vine is exceptionally strong growing
and vigorous. It should be given more room
than most varieties. Fruit very large, round,
smooth and of good quality. Pkt. 5e; oz.
20e; 144-Ib. 75e; Ib. $2.50.

Dwarf Champion.—Dwarf and compact in
habit, the plant growing stiff and upright,
with very thick and short-jointed stems, re- |
quiring no stakes. Often sold as Tree To-
mato. Can be planted as close as three
feet. As a cropper it is unsurpassed. Color
same as Acme. Perfectly round and smooth.
Pkt. 5e; OZ. 25¢c}3 14%4-Ib. 85e; Ib. $3.00,

Ibs. each, of rich

extremely de-

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 43

TOMATOES—Continued

Ponderosa—This
grand new variety
is a monster of
the Tomato family,
the tomatoes often _
weighing 2 to 3

bright crimson
eolor and all solid
meat; exceptional-
ly free from seed;

licious in flavor,
whether used raw
or cooked; a sin-
gle tomato is
enough for a meal.
Very desirable for
family and mar-
ket purposes, PKt.
Be; oz. 35ce; 4-Ib.
$1.00; Ib. $3.00.

Crimson Cushion
is the earliest
large tomato. A
continuous and
late fruiter. Of
immense size and
as smooth as an
apple. Ripens
thoroughly all
over, the stem end
coloring as well.
Almost seedless
and as solid as
beefsteak; prodig-
ious bearer.

The “Crimson Cushion” is more symmet-
rical in shape than the ‘Ponderosa,’ and
is much thicker through from stem to “blos-
som end; in fact, so marked is this char-
acteristic that it is frequently almost round.
The color is brilliant scarlet-crimson, un-
tinged with purple, and ripens up almost
completely to the stem. The “Crimson Cush-
ion,’ like the “Ponderosa,” is almost seed-
less. The flesh is firm and “meaty” and of
Superb quality. It is enormously prolific
and early for so large a tomato. Pkt. 10ce;
oz. 30c; 14=-Ib. $1.00; Ib. $3.50.

The Tree Tomato.—This tomato has be-
come the favorite with nearly all the large
srowers, especially in East Texas; over 75
per cent of this variety was raised for the
Eastern Market.
keepers and more prolific than any other.
These grow very large and smooth. For
shipping they are without exception the very
best. Our seed is direct from the grower,
1906 crop, and true to name. PKt. de; oz.
20c; 144-Ib. TSC3 Ib. $2.50.

Non Pius Ultra.—The best tomato in the
world for an early tomato; it ripens ten
days earlier than any other; the color is
bright red. It is very productive, ripe and
out of the way before other kinds are ripe.
PEt. Se; oz. 20e; %4-Ib. 50ce; Ib. $1.75.

They are also the best |

PONDEROSA

A fine solid, smooth, ear-
ly variety, medium size, red, with a purplish

Improved Acme.

tinge. It has become quite popular for pri-
vate gardens and with canners. PKt. 5e;
oz. 15e; 4-Ib. 50c; Ib. $1.75.

Peach.—<A distinct and attractive tomato,
resembling a peach in shape, size, bloom and
color. It has a delicacy of flavor not found
in other varieties of tomato. Fine for pre-
serves, etc. PKt. 5c; oz. 20c; %4-tb. 75c; Ib-
$2.75.

Improved Trophy—A standard late varie-
ty; fruit very large, rich deep red, gener-
ally smooth; very solid and of excellent fla-
vor. Fine for canning. PKt, 5e; oz. 15¢e; 4-Ib.
50c; Ib. $1.75.

Yellow Pilum.—Shape uniformly oval and
perfectly smooth. Color lemon yellow. Used
for preserves. PKt. 5c; oz. 30ce; 4-Ib. $1.00.

Red and Yellow Pear-Shaped.—Fine for
preserving and pickling. Pkt. 5e; oz. 25e;
4%4=-Ib. 90e.

Strawberry, or Winter Cherry.—A distinct
species, with small fruit encased in a husk,
much prized for preserving. PkKt. 5c; oz. 25e.

TURNIPS

Turnips grow to their greatest perfection in England and France.

We import our

seed direct from these sections in large quantities.

The attention of our customers and friends
is called particularly to the fact that much
worthless Turnip seed is being seld. We
handle none but the very best selected seed.

Culture.—For spring crop sow the early
flat varieties, very early. For fall or main

crop sow any time there is moisture in the
ground from August to October. All sorts
grow well in the fall. One ounce will sow

200 feet of row; two to three pounds are
required for an acre.

RSC

Lh

yee or Purple-Top White
Globe.—An improved va-
riety of the purple top tur-
nip; globular in shape, of
fine appearance, a good
keeper of excellent quality,
and equally desirable for
table or stock. Pkt. 5e; oz.

pestpaid.

Wa Extra Early Purple-Top
Milan.—A white variety,
purple-top and strap leaf.
This, with the White Mi-
lan, is the earliest of all
turnips. Remains in good
condition a long while.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 4-Ib. 20e3

- 60c, postpaid.

New White Egs.—A
quick-growing, egg-shaped,
perfectly smooth, pure
white variety, growing half
out of the ground, with
small top and rough leaves.
The flesh is very sweet,
firm and mild, never hayv-
ing the rank, strong taste
of some white varieties.
Pkt. 5e; oz. 10ce; 144-Ttb. 15e;3

- 45e, postpaid.

Early White Flat Dutch.—A most excellent
early garden variety and largely used in the
Southern States. Root medium sized, flat,
color, white; very early, sweet and tender.
It is desirable for table use, PKt. 5e; oz.
10ce; %-Ib. 15c; Ib. 45e, postpaid.

Pics Early White Milan.—The earliest of

Among the finer turnips this takes the
first rank by its unexcelled earliness and
its beautiful shape. It is so smooth and neat
as to look polished by hand, and the scant
short (entire) foliage forms a becoming or-
mament to the fine root. PKt. 5e; oz. 10e;
rib. 15c; Ih. 60c, postpaid.

Pomeranian White Globe.—Immense white,
globe-shaped roots, in rich ground frequent-
ly attaining the weight of 12 pounds. Con-
sidering this size, it matures early. A very
Zood autumn variety for both table and
stock. Pkt. Se; oz. 10ce; 4-Ib. 15ce; Tbh. 45e,

stpaid.

(7 ee Top.—Grown only for tops, which
are used for greens or salad in the South,
also for stock pasturage. PKt. Se; oz. 10¢;
%-Ib. 15e; Ib. 45e, postpaid.

weet German.—A globe-shaped white va-
riety of good quality, either for table or
feeding. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; 4-Ib. 15¢e; Ib. 45e,
postpaid.
urple-Top Strap Leaf.—The leading, stan-
ard American variety. Good for early spring
and fall use. Color, red or purple above
ground, white below. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; %4=Ib.

i5e; Ib. 45e.

Large White Norfolk.—A standard sort,
usually grown for feeding stock, but though
a little coarse in texture it is of very good
quality for the table. The roots are large,
spherical, or slightiy flattened and very
white. It is allowed to stand during the
winter in the South and Southwest, where
the tops are used for greens. Pkt. 5e;3 oz.
10c; %4-th. 15ce; Th. 45c, postpaid.

Cow Horn or Long White.—This variety is

[pure white, except a little shade of green at
the top, and is carrot-like in form, growing
nearly half-out of the ground and generally
slightly crooked. It is delicate and well-
flavored, of very rapid growth and has ob-
tained considerable favor as a market sort
for fall and winter use. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10¢;
4%4-Tb. 15¢c; ib. 45c, postpaid.

Yellow Fleshed Sorts

rge Amber Globe.—One of the best yel-
ow-fleshed varieties for a field crop for

TURNIPS— Continued

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

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Purple and White Top Milan

stock. Flesh yellow, fine grained and sweet; |
color of skin yellow, top green. Grows to
a large size, is hardy, keeps well and is a

- good cropper, very popular in the South.
wee Be; oz. 10c; %4-Ib. 15e; Ib. 45c, postpaid.
Purple-Top Yellow Aberdeen.—Roots me-
dium sized, round;; fiesh pale yellow, tender
and sugary; the plant is hardy, productive
and keeps well. It is an old esteemed va-
riety, considered as approaching very nearly
to the Rutabaga in hardiness and firmness
of texture. It is valuable for feeding cattle,

for which use it is extensively grown. Pkt.
5e; oz. 10ce; 4-tb. 15e; Th. 45¢e, postpaid.

Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga ;
Description next page.

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TURNIPS—Continued
Ruta Baga

Anyone who raises stock should not fail to
grow a large supply of Rutabagas for feed-
ing purposes, as they are superior to any
other root vegetable grown for cattle, hogs,
sheep-dand horses. They are indispensable.

inproved Purple Top Ruta Baga.—One of
the best of the Swedes in cultivation; hardy
and productive; fiesh yellow, of solid tex-
ture, sweet and well flavored; shape slightly
oblong, terminating abruptly; color

deep |

purple above and bright yellow under the

ground; leaves small, with little or no neck;

perfect in form, rich in flavor and first-class |

in every respect. Price, pKt. 5c; oz. 10c; 4-Ib.
15¢; . 45e, postpaid.

range Jelly, or Golden Ball.—One of the |

most delicate and sweetest yellow fleshed
turnips.

|

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Not of large size, but firm, hard, |

PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 45

and of most excellent flavor; egg-shaped.
Keeps well, and as a table variety has no
superior. PKt. de; oz. 10c; 4-Ib. 25e; Ib. 40e,
postpaid.

ROBINSON’S SIX OUNCE
TURNIP COLLECTION

The most popular collection of seeds
we ever offered. We sell thousands
of them. On receipt of 25 cents we
will send you one ounce each of Early
White Flat Dutch, Extra Early White
Eggs, Purple Top Globe, Yellow Aber-
deen, Purple Top Rutabaga, and South-
ern Seven Top, postpaid. This gives
you 6 ounces of the finest varieties,
early, medium and late. The greatest
seed buyer’s bargain we have ever
offered. Don’t delay. It’s time to
plant them now.

VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS

We grow
plants and roots, and can supply all the va-
rieties listed below in the proper season:

Vegetable Roots

ASPARAGUS Per 1000
Conover’s Colossal, 2-year-old roots, per

doz. 25eF pers t00, 375G ££ &..B..2 32444 6 50
Palmetto, 2-year-old roots, per doz. 25c;

UE eh Renn ee R LS See aS wo aie, a! 0 6 50
Columbian Mammoth, 2-year-old roots,

PEE daz p20 Der TOM T5e. 2.4. sms bo ee 6 50
Barr’s Mammoth, 2-year-old roots, per

doz. 25¢e; per 100,. He: .~8326022i0G..: 650
Robinson’s Giant 2-year-old roots, per

NO ie eae TUM CO eh a. cies is = Saece cic are 8 50

Horseradish, 2-year-old roots, per doz.

25c; per 100, 90c¢.

Rhuberb Roots, strong roots, per doz.
$2.00.

Rhubarb Roots, small roots, per doz.
$1.00.

Jerusalem Artichoke, per bu. $1.50.
doz. $1.00.

large quantities of vegetable |

Please notice: We send vegetable plants
and roots by express only at buyer’s expense.
Special prices to buyers in large quantities.

Vegetable Plants -

Per 1000
Cabbage, “all seasonable varieties, per
dezafie per £00 % O65 72523.%35..... $3 50
Caulifiower, all seasonable varieties, per
dez.¢ 2065 per 6 A00,-, 51.00. oa s,. yi seen 7 50
Celery Plant, all seasonable varieties,
pen; deze bes perst00Q; 15C@iass sz ae .l. 6 50
Ege Plants, all leading varieties, per
adozt "20C2 per S100 Ste2S . 5 cc ce ccs awe 10 00
Pepper Plants, all leading varieties, per
COZ en TOG sePer 100s. 11 min sicys, 65,6 scum shavers 750
Tomato Plants, all leading varieties,

ready in February, March and April,

per“aez. 10c; per £00, SVe?. A... 35 OR... 3 50
Lettuce Plants, all leading varieties,

per, doz... 190es3 mer 1 0bs 40c.2e25G. .txS. JL. 3 00
Mint Plants, per doz. 75c.
Strawberry Plants, all leading varieties,

Per NdOZ-1De; POE W106, THC... as - 2seye oe 6 00
Sweet Potato Slips, per 100, 50c....... 350

SWEET, POT AND

MEDICINAL HERBS

A few Pot Herbs and Sweet Herbs should |

have a place in every vegetable garden.
Every cook and every good housekeeper
Knows the value of the little patch of herbs
upon which she makes daily drafts in the
Summer, and which furnishes such a nice
collection of dried herbs for winter season-
ing, without which the Thanksgiving turkey
would searcely be worth the having; while
as domestic medicines several kinds are held
in high repute. A very small space in the

Pkt.
Mmine per iip.. oe, per OZ. 10C..... 2... 3. 5
MMe BCE UL. GOCL a ce a Oe ee sleet 5
wwe Seek. Mer’ OZ.” ZUG... .".°.°.-.°.% Pre 5
porate. «per 67-0 156 20 0!5). go.0 eligqaud 238 5
Caraway, per Ib. 7d5c; per oz. 10c....... 3D
Sa TSS ey ee ie eee 5
Coriander, per Ib. 75c; per oz. 10c......... 5
oe ER ae NB Tee os icy os wh kis, 0 weet etn. slope orem sie 38 5
Fennel, Large Sweet, per oz. 10c....... 5

garden will give all the herbs needed in the
family. The culture is very simple; and the
best way is to make a little seed bed in the
early spring and set the plants out in a bed
as soon as large enough. As a general rule
it is best to cut the herbs when in fiower,
tie them up in small bunches, hang in the
shade to dry. We will give a list of the
herbs generally cultivated and prized. Of
some kinds we furnish roots, as will be seen
below:

Pkt.
Hoarhound, per 0Z. 25C..........22e0200- 5
Hop Seed, per oz. $1.50...............2-. 25
FEyssop, ‘per “622 "25e¢. DRAM. Sta A Ae de 5
Lavender, per 0Z. 20C............200200- 5
Majoram, Sweet, per 02.20c............. 5
Rosemary, per oz 40c......: FEL IAS, atts he 5
Hue, - per OZ. 20C 25S Fe. JA ob ae 5
Saffron, péerdez 10¢. t/... PO SGU 8.4... 5
Sage, per Ib. $1.50; per oz. 15c............ 5

eu THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

SWEET, POT AND MEDICINAL HERBS—Continued

Savory, Summer, per oz 15c........... peed. Pett
Savory, Winter, per oz. 20c............. ea
Sorrel, French, per 0z. 15c........ 0.00 penn:
TANS, DClpeOA5g WUC rds oe mi en eee ee eee 5
Thyme, Broad-Leaved, or Winter, per
oz. S0¢: KENPO is > SESE Bue ewes a PSE
Summer, Der OZ. 0806 «sists ccs dee 5
Wormwood, per 0Z 380C...........0.eeee 5

Lavender, roots, by mail, doz., $2.00; each 20
Sage, roots, by mail, doz. $2; each....... 20

Castor Oil Bean—For ornament and medi-
cine; 6 feet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.
Chervil— Pkt. 5c.

Holt’s Mammoth Sage—The plants are
very strong growing, the first season at-
taining one foot in height, and spreading
so that a single plant covers a circular space
three feet in diameter. The leaves are borne
well above the soil, keeping them clean;
they are very large and of unusual sub-
stance, strong in flavor, and of superior qual-
ity. It is perfectly hardy, even in New Eng=
land, and attains still larger growth the
second season. It is the most desirable sage,
but never seeds. Prices: 3 plants for 25¢;
7 for 50c; or 15 plants for $1.00, sent safely
by mail, postpaid.

PEDIGREE TOBACCO SEED

' Write for Prices in Quantity

Sumatra—Vigorious sort of Spanish origin,
producing cigar wrappers of the highest
quality, especially popular with Southern
growers. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30e.

Havana—Very choice cigar variety grown
from the finest seed imported from the
‘Vuelta de Abajo” district’ in Cuba. Pkt.
10c; oz. 50c; %4-Ib. $1.50.

Improved White Burley—This variety is
especially valuable to manufacturers, either
for cut or plug tobacco. It is often used
for wrapper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30e; 4-Ib $1.

Improved Yellow Pryor—The leaf is soft
and tough, like French kid, commands top
prices. PkKt. 10e; oz. 50c; 4-Ib. $1.75.

Yellow Oronoko—A reliable old yellow va-
rieyt grown for more than 50 years. PkKt.
10ce; oz. 40c; %4-Ib. $1.50.

Blue Pryor—The genuine James River fa-
vorite, rich shipper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 4-Ib.
$1.50.

Sweet Oronoko—For first-class plug filler,
makes the best sun-cured natural chewing
leaf. Pkt. 10e; OZ. 40c; 144-Ib. $1.50.

Robinson’s Special Seed Collections

Our Special Offer is composed of the very Choicest Quality of New Crop Seeds.
The varieties have been carefully selected for Southern Home Garden use
and will please every purchaser.

20 Packets

1 Pkt. Sure Head Cabbage..... 5
1 Pkt. Premium Flat Dutch Cabbage 5
1 Pkt. Early Eclipse Beet ........ 5
1 PkKt. Early Scarlet Horn Carrot.. 5
1 Pkt. Arlington White Spine Cu-
CUTMDEI co tecsrs ce ree eee a a Sere oreeteters ore 5
1 Pkt. Ex. Early Valentine Beans G
OUMIGES) sac <p sonalete etansus,4 caotous’S cusporene - 5
1 Pkt. True Southern Collard! “42: 35
1 Pkt. Wonderful Cabbage Lettuce. 5
1 Pkt. Rocky Ford Cantaloupe..... 5
1 Pkt. Jones Jumbo Watermelon... 5

Robinson’s Half=Dollar
Vegetable Collection

50 Cts.

1 Pkt. Seminole (Ex. Harly) Water-

melon 14. . AIDS LG. .ersK . 5
1 Pkt. Georgia Rattlesnake Water-

MELON, .aevie seks oe eens 6 a. 5
1 Pkt. Chinese*Mustard’~-7......«:.-. 5
1 PKt. Prize-Taker=Onion. oe 5
1_ Pkt Wihite: VelvetsOkran ee ata 5
1 Pkt. Early Long Scarlet Radish... 5
1 Pkt. Mammoth White Bush Squash 5
1 Pkt. New Stone Tomato.......... 5
1 Pkt. Pride of Market Peas (2 02.) 5
1 Pkt. Purple Top Globe Turnip.... 5

For 50c we will send the above 20 packets of seeds by mail. No change will
be made in this collection.

$1.00 Home Sarahl Collection }

Pt. Ex. Early Valentine Beans.
Pt. Pride of Market Peas
Oz. Early Eclipse Beets
Pkt. Trucker Cabbage

Pkt. Sure Head Cabbage
Pkt. Big Boston Lettuce
Pkt. Ponderose Tomato
Oz. Radish Mixture
Pkt. Australian Brown Onion. eas «ag
1 Pkt. Arlington White Spine Sau

cumber

ecesirecee

Fh Pek pak fk ft fe ft pat fot

{One Dollar}
| Postpaid |

1 Pkt Chinese (Mustarde ans es ..me - 5
; Pkt. Mammoth White Bush Squash 5
1 Pkt. Georgia HaLtlesnass Water- iz

- MeElON .< cies Cre eRe Sener oo ene i ae

1 Oz. Purple Top Globe Turnip b= $< 10

1 Pkt. Rocky Ford Cantaloupe .... 5

1 Pkt. True Southern Collard ..... 5
$155

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

47

CHOICE VEGETABLE SEEDS
AT ONLY 3 CENTS PER PACKET

We offer a selection of the leading vege- |
table seeds at 3c per packet, and at a cor-
respondingly low price by the ounce and

pound. For this purpose we have secured
large stocks, all of high class strains. They
are better than box seeds at the grocery
store, one-half of which, on the average, are
yearly returned unsold, and a commission of
nearly one-half of the net sales is paid to
the groceryman; yet the box business
profitable. They are far better than the free

is |

seeds distributed by the government, an
abuse now grown so great as to seriously
affect the legitimate seed trade, and ruins
some of those engaged in it, while the mis-
erable quality of seed distributed aggregates
a great loss to those who use it. In short,
these 3-cent seeds are first-class commercial
strains, though they may not come up to
our special selected and high bred strains
offered in this catalogue. We offer them in
competition with free seeds and box seeds.

ALL SEEDS ON THIS PAGE AT 3c PER PACKET.

Asparagus, Mammoth—A fine large, strong
growing sort, good for heavy or light soils.
Oz. 10ce; Ib. $1.

Artichoke, Globe—This is cultivated for its
unopened flower-buds, which are cooked like
asparagus. Oz. 25e.

Beet, Improved Early Blood Turnip.—Very
fine quality, and an old popular sort. Oz.
10c; Ib. 50c.

Beet, Improved Long Smooth Red—Long,
handsome roots of finest quality. A great
eropper and a good Keeper. Oz. 10e; Ib. 40e.

very
Heavy

Carrot, Improved Long Orange—A
popular variety for stock feeding.
eropper. Oz. 10e; ib. 60ce.

Cabbage, All-Seasons.—As the name would
indicate, good for all seasons—early, medium
or late. A sure header and long keeper;
quality very fine. It is a remarkably good
new sort. Head large and solid, round with
flat top, finest quality, and ready for market
almost as early as the standard early sorts.
Oz. 15e; Th. $1.50.

Cabbage, Early Express.—Fine, quick
growing sort, and a favorite everywhere.
Oz. 10e; Ib. $1.25.

Autumn Giant.—Extra large
50e.

Cauliflower.
and fine. Oz.

Celery, Boston Market.—One of the very |

best. Oz. 10e3; Th. $1.00.

Cress, Extra Curled—An appetizing relish
of fresh, piquant taste, often added to let-
tuce and other fresh salads for variety. Very
easy to grow and can be sown in any little
nook or vacant spot. Oz. Se; Ib. 40c.

Cucumber, Green Prolific Pickling—A stand-
ard of pickling variety, with slender, dark
green fruit, very crisp. Oz. 10c; Ib. $1.00.

Cucumber, Improved Early Russian.—One
of the most valuable. It is so very dwarf,
hills need to be only three feet apart, yet
it is one of the most prolific varieties of all,
and that in hot, dry weather that crisps
nearly other variety, root and branch. Oz.
10e; Ib. $1.00.

Egg Plant, Improved Spineless.—It is of
the N. Y. Purple type, but much larger in
size, and of the richest glossy purple color.
In quality it is unsurpassed. Its stems and
leaves are devoid of spines and the plants
can be handled without discomfort. Oz. 25e.

Ground Cherry.—Something like the old
Husk Tomato. Easily grown on any light
soil and very prolific bearers of tender little
fruits, each enclosed in a husk. For pies,
sauce and preserves they are much liked, and
if left in the husk will keep a long time in
a cool, dry room. Oz. 10ce.

Lettuce, Big Boston.—A very handsome,
large-growing variety of rich golden yellow
eolor. Good quality, grows quickly and is
ready to use early. Oz. 10c; Ib. $1.00.

Lettuce, Curled Simpson.—A fine sort, still
able to hold its own against all newcomers.
In every respect this is a first-class sort, and
always. popular. Oz. 10e; Ib. $1.00.

Muskmelon, Cannon Ball—A very profit-
ahle sort to grow, as they .will yield 3,000
to 4,000 melons to the acre, and these large,
handsome ones, of sweet, delicious flavor.
Popular with both buyer and seller. Oz. 10e;
Ib .60c.

48 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

VEGETABLE SEEDS—Continued.

All Seeds on this page at 3c per Packet.

Onion, Yellow Danvers—A fine standard va- |

riety. Oz. 10c; Ib. $1.00.
Onien, Southport Red Globe—Fine globe-
shaped and good cropper. Oz. 10e; Ib. $1.25.
Pepper, Large Bell—A ffine old standard
sort, large, bell-shaped. Oz. 15e; Ib. $2.00.
Pumpkin, Large Cheese.—An old standard
sort, and a grand variety for large field crop.
Oz. 10ce; Ib. 50e.

Radish, Early Searlet Turnip—aA fine, quick
growing early radish, of fine eating qualities.
Oz. 10c; Ib. 60c.

Squash, Hubbard—Another ffine winter
squash that keeps well nearly all winter.
Shell hard and flinty; pale green in color.
Flesh a brilliant orange-red; very dry and
rich in flavor. A fine baking variety. Oz.
15c; Ib. Tse.

Squash, Mammoth White.—This sort is good
for summer and winter use. Thin skinned,
fine grained and of very pleasant flavor. Will
keep almost any length of time. Oz. 10e;
Ib. 60c.

Sweet Corn, Mammoth—Immense ears of
superb quality; very late. Can scarcely be
omitted from any first-class garden. Pt. 20e;
qt. 35e.

TREE

*The following are the best adapted va-
rieties for the South. We will be glad to
quote prices on any other kinds you may
desire. Send us your list. Please note that
all tree seeds germinate very slowly.

Catalpa.—For the formation of timber on
plantations, no tree excels the Catalpa. It
is adapted to almost all soils and situations.
It is of exceedingly rapid growth, on our
Northwestern prairies its success is remark-
able. It is easily transplanted. It is free
from insects and diseases. It makes splendid
timber for posts, cross ties, ete. Its flowers
are beautiful, its foliage is large and hand-
some. We know of no other tree that can
be planted to better advantage. Pkt. 5c; oz.
15e; Tbh. $1.50, postpaid.

Cottonwood.—One of the quickest growing
trees in cultivation. It is well adapted to
any location. Its lumber of recent years has
come into great popularity and commands
high prices, when grown in quantities. Pkt.
ne; oz. 10c; Ib. $1.50, postpaid.

Black or Yellow Locust.—One of the most
beautiful and valuable trees adapted to the
South. It is noted for its rapid growth of
hard and durable timber; succeeds well in
most Southern locations. For posts they are
grown along the avenues and highways,
where they answer the triple purpose of post
growing, shade, and ornament; also in the
pastures, where it thrives while interfering
but little with grass production. Then, too,
there are many untillable spots, that are now
producing nothing of value, that could make
good returns if planted in black locust sprouts
and made to grow the post timber for the
farm or to sell to the neighbors.

For the avenue or highway they should be
set about ten feet apart and should be as even
in size as possible to make a pretty row.
One strong point the locust has over other
deciduous trees is that its foliage makes but

_Tomato, Beauty—Esteemed as the perfec-
tion of a tomato. Extremely early and a
great cropper. Fruits large, smooth, without
green spots or core, and almost entirely free
from cracks or rotten spots. Oz. 15e; Ib. $2.

Tomato, Peach—A distinct, medium sized
tomato, of very peculiar but pleasant flavor.
The fruit of this tomato is about the size
and shape of a peach and is of soft, peachy-

red color. Oz. 15e3; Ib. $2.00.

Turnip, Early Flat Dutch—Clear, white
skin and juicy, crisp fiesh. A fine sort for
either market or home garden. Oz. 5e; Ib.

45e.

Turnip, Purple Top Ruta Baga—0Oz. 5c;
Ib. 45e.

Watermelon, Mountain Sweet—A fine old
sort, so deliciously sweet and tender that
it will almost melt in one’s mouth. The best
variety for the extreme North, where few
watermelons succeed. Oz. 10e; Ib. 60c.

e
Watermelon, Phinney’s Early—An _ early,
oval variety, prolific, sweet and crisp. One
of the best. Oz. 10e; Th. 60c.

SEEDS

little litter on the lawn or avenue. Then,
too, they are ornamental, especially so when
in bloom. In the pastures they afford suffi-
cient shade for the stock, and being of much
more value than most of the trees used for
this purpose they should replace them. Pkt.
oc; Oz. 10c; Ib. 40c, postpaid.

Honey Locust.—This is a very pretty three
and is covered with long spines, hence it is
much used as a hedge plan. Makes a rapid
growth, is splendid for fuel but is not so
good for timber as it is not considered dur-
able. Scald seed before planting. Pkt. 5e;

oz. 10¢e; Ib. 40c.

Sycamore.—This is one of our most valuable
native trees. It. finds its greatest growth
along streams or other moist localities. Makes
rapid growth, is easily transplanted, and
valuable for shade on lawns or avenues. Pkt,
de; oz. 10c; Ib. 40c, postpaid.

Osage Orange.—A native tree that has been
generally introduced over the country from
its extensive employment as a hedge plant.
The best way to prepare the seed for planting
is to soak in a running creek until it com-
mences sprouting, then plant like any other |
seed. Another way to sprout is by putting
it in a vessel, and covering it daily with
warm water, until the sprouts come up. We
prefer the first method. Proper time to sow
is in April or May. PkKt. 5c; oz. 10c; Ib. 40c,

postpaid. Write for price list on large quan-
tities,

Russian Mulberry.—A valuable quick-grow-
ing, native tree, is easily cultivated, |
hardy, makes fine hedge if kept cut

back. The berries are fine for fruit, and it
is planted by many as a feed for birds. The
timber makes good posts and the lumber
is used for cabinet work. PKt. 5c; oz. 20¢3

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49

HIGH GRADE FARM SEEDS

We purchase clean and sell enormous quantities of Field Seeds such as Corn, Wheat,

Oats, Barley, Alfalfa, Grass Seed, etc.

If you are a buyer you cannot do better, quality and price considered, than to order

from us.

The market is constantly fluctuating, but if you entrust your order with us, you will

always be certain of securing lowest market prices.

If you have a choice crop of seed of any kind to sell, -send us samples and get

our prices.

NOTICE:

Farmers and Planters who require
large quantities of Field Seeds, please

mail us list of your actual requirements and we

will take pleasure in making you

PRICES. : : :

SPECIAL

SELECT SEED CORN

The farmer and planter can not exercise
too much care in the selection of Seed Corn
for planting. Over half of that sold in the

various stores being nothing more than the |
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ordinary quality for feeding purposes,

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possibly better screened. We have made the |
growing of seed corn one of our specialties |

for more than thirty years, and send out

samples perfect in both appearance

is no brand of corn more popular than ours |

for the Southern Country.

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growth and venture the assertion that there |

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In husKing the finest and purest ears only
are selected, and when thoroughly dry the
small points are taken off before shelling.
Our samples are then thoroughly tested to
ensure growth. This continued selection has
increased both the size of the ear and grain
of every variety of field corn sold by us.
Our seed corn is raised in Missouri, Iowa,
Oklahoma, Northern and Western Texas, and
Mexico, being selected from varieties that
have produced from seventy-five to one hun-
dred bushels per acre.

It Pays to Plant the Best Strains
of Corn.

The farmer’s foundation for success de-
pends upon his corn yield. Let us urge you
to stop planting the old worn out varieties.
You Know the result of experience with
them. The cost of the change is too great,
you may think, but such is not the case.
For example, figure out the cost of poor seed
corn, even were it free, compare it with the
cost of good seed corn. You get 30 or 40
bushels. per acre from your old, worn. out

Our new varieties will yield you
10 to 15 per cent more than that amount.
The new kind is about 99 per cent better in
appearance, which is quite an item when it
comes to marketing. It is about the same
per cent better in vitality, which is quite
an item also when it comes to feeding, and
then your time and labor. One kind requires
the same amount of cultivation as the other.

varieties.

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Holloway’s Sunflower Corn

THE GREAT 90-DAY CORN

THE LARGEST; BEST AND
MOST PRODUCTIVE
EARLY YELLOW CORN
EVER DISCOVERED.

Introduced by us some seven years ago, has
proven to be the very best Yellow Corn for the
South. The demand for this variety is in-
creasing so rapidly that extensive prepara-
tions have been made for 1907, which we
hope will enable us to promptly supply our
large and growing trade.

The wondrous beauty of Holloway’s Sun-=
flower Corn attracts universal attention. The
stalk grows about 8 feet high, the ears
growing midway on the stalk, making it just
right for easy gathering. The ears are large,
well filled to the end with from 16 to 20
rows of large, golden and yellow grains,
with medium to small cob, insuring early
drying out of the ears. Making it in all
the most perfect type of corn ever introduced
to Southern farmers. Price: Pk. 50e; %4-bu.
80c; bu. $1.50, by freight or express at buy=

er’s expense.

Eight pounds will plant an acre.

NOTICE

Owing to the heavy de=
mand for Holloway’s Sun=
flower Corn this season,
we urge our farmer friends
to order early. We are
now booking orders.

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ROBINSON'S
WHITE PERFECTION
CORN

THE GREAT 75 DAY
YIELDER

INTRODUCED BY US FOR THE SEASON
OF 1906, HAS CREATED THE GREAT-
EST SENSATION OF ANY WHITE
CORN EVER GROWN.

The most wonderful new variety of Corn
ever introduced to the Southern farmer. We
have purchased the entire crop of the orig-
inator for 1907, which is a large one, still
we question our ability to supply our de-
mand.

Grown in North Texas it is entirely ac-
climated and will yield a full crop the first
year. We are certainly proud to be able to
give the farmers of the South something that =
we Know is desirable.

Description—Robinson’s White Perfection
fs a White Dent Corn, growing on stalks
about 8 feet high. all stalks being heavy
yielders, none of them barren. Hars grow
about ten inches long, being thick and uni-
form in appearance, with 16 to 18 rows of
very large kernels, as shown in cut. Cobs
well filled over the tips. Matured to roasting
ears this year in 75 days from day of plant-
ing. Do not fail.to give it a trial. You
will never have known the pleasure of grow-
ing big early white corn until you try this
variety.

Price: Sample Pkt. ic; Ih. 25e, postpaid;
by freight or express, 8 Ibs. (sufficient for
planting one acre) 50c; pk. 75e; 144-bu. $1.25;
bu. $2.00.

Early Golden Beauty—This is one of the
largest grained and most handsome varieties
of yellow corn that we have ever seen, The
ears have bright golden yellow grains, of
remarkable size and completely filled out to
the extreme end of the cob. The cob is un-
usually small; when broken in half the grains
will generally reach across. The richness
of color and fine quality of grain make it
very superior for grinding into meal. ‘The
ears are easily shelled, although the Kernels
are firmly on the ear. The stalks take a
strong hold in the ground and grow vigor-
ously to a height of 8 to 10 feet. The ears
are not liable to smut or rotten ends. Ma-
tures in about 105 days. Price: Pk. 40¢;
1%4-bu. 75e3; bu. $1.35. By freight or express
at buyer’s expense. Write for prices on large
quantities.

St. Charles—An old, well known variety. Is
peculiarly adapted to bottom land, but does
well on prairie or upland in a favorable sea-
son. A valuable sort for ensilage, owing to
its heavy leaf growth. Grains are pearly
white, deep, and set on a red cob with 18 to
24 rows. We always have a large demand
for this variety from customers everywhere.
Price, pk. 45e3; Y-bu. 80c; bu. $1.45. By
freight or express at buyer’s expense. Write
for prices on large quantities.

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THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

SELECT SEED CORN—Contined

“LILY OF THE WEST” WHITE CORN

D. K. HAYES

D. K. HAYES,
The Eminent Breeder of Acclimated White
Corn.

We take pleasure in introducing to our
friends this veteran breeder of Texas Accli-
mated White Corn. We always like to in-
troduce a man that has “made good.’ We
say without fear of contradiction that in
his efforts covering a period of sixteen
years in expert corn breeding, no man in the
South has been more successful. Wherever
his corn has been exhibited, it has not had
anything approaching a successful competitor.

In the organization of the Texas Corn
Breeders’ Association, he is recognized as
the most eminent White Corn Breeder in
the South, and for this reason. was requested
to take a leading part in the Association.

We are pleased to announce that we have
for the season of 1907 been selected to repre-
sent this most valuable introduction, having
purehased his entire crop. Mr. Hayes has
chosen to call his celebrated white corn The
Lily of the West, and as such we present it
to our customers. In giving a description,
will say that it has a short, thick-set ear
with red cob, varying from nine to eleven
inches in length with 16 to 18 rows to the
ear of beautiful deep grains well filled over
end of cob, grains deeply dented, showing an
abundance of sugar, therefore making splen-
did roasting ears of large size. Stalk about
8 to 9 feet high, all bearing, in fact, is the
most prolific variety in the South. This year
matured into roasting ears in 62° days from
date of planting, enabling it to mature before
dry weather sets in.

Price: Pkt. (2 0z.) 5¢; Ib. 25e3 postpaid. By
freight or express: 8 Ibs. (enough for planting
one acre) 60c; pk. $1.00; bu. $2.50.

Hickory King—This white field corn
has the largest grains, with the small-
est cob, of any white corn Known. So
large are the grains and so small is
the cob that on an ear broken in half
a single grain will almost completely
cover the cob section. It is ofa strong,
vigorous growth; the stalks are deeply
rooted, taking a firm hold in the ground
and stand upright. It yields splendid
crops on light soil, and is undoubtedly
one of the most productive white field
corns in existence. Frequently grows
with two ears to the stalk. Makes a
splendid quality of meal. Matures in
100 days. Price: Pk. 50c; 1%4-bu. 80c;
bu. $1.50.

Iowa Gold Mine—Combines the good
qualities of all Yellow Dent varieties.
Matures medium early. Ears good size
and symmetrical. Color, a bright gold-
en yellow. Grain very deep; cob small
and therefore dries out very quickly
as soon as ripe.

Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic
in praise of this variety, and it has received
everywhere the most cordial endorsement as
“one of the vdest,” and “the most profitable
variety ever grown.” It yields 60 to 62 Ibs.
from 70 Ibs. of ears. Price, Pk. 40c; 42-bu.
%5e3; bu. $1.35. By freight or express at buy-
er’s expense.. Write for prices on large quan-
tities.

Mine—This variety possesses

Iowa Silver
many of the characteristics which have made
the Iowa Gold Mine such a favorite, except
in color—being pure white, with deep grains

and small cob. Stalks grow 8 to 10 feet
in height, and ears set well down towards the
ground. Medium early. Every stalk bears
an ear and many times two. Fodder light,
bred essentially for grain. A grand variety
for Southern farmers. Price, pk. 45e; 44-bu.
80c; bu. $1.45. By freight or express at buy-
er’s expense. Write for prices on large quan-
tities.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS, 53

MEXICAN JUNE CORN

SELECT SEED CORN—Continued

Early Leaming.—One of the best general
purpose varieties in use to-day. Classed as
20 days in ripening. Have known it, under
favorable conditions, to mature in less time.
Any farmer wishing to plant for general crop
cannot do better than when he selects this
variety. Price: Pk. 45e; %-bu. 80ec; bu. $1.45.
By freight or express at buyer’s expense.
Write for prices on large quantities.

Champion Earity White Pearl—An extra
early pure white Dent variety. Very produc-
tive and exceedingly heavy. The grains are
extra deep and wide, two of them will more
than span the cob, which is small. The ears
grow large and long, weighing from one to
one and one-half pounds each; filling out to
a remarkable degree at both ends of the cob.
The cob is white and of medium size. The
grain is pure white, heavy and long, with
the rows set close together. It makes a good
meal corn, and being soft is also good for
feed. The Champion White Pearl matures in
75 days, thus giving early roasting ears in
the spring and is also planted late for fall
roasting ears. On account of its many good
qualities, the Champion White Pearl will give
entire satisfaction wherever it is grown and
for whatever purpose. We highly recom-
mend it for a general crop of white corn,
as it has been tried year after year, under
all conditions and given satisfaction. Price,
pk. 45e; 144-bu. 80ce; bu. $1.45. Write for prices
on large quantities.

Mexican June Corn—tThis variety has be-
come a known quantity among the most pro-
gressive farmers, having proven itself worthy
of a high place in the hearts of Southern
growers. There are only a few localities in
Texas and Mexico where the true sort can be
found, and we have been fortunate in securing
a limited quantity, which has given our cus-
tomers the highest degree of satisfaction
Description: The genuine Mexican Dwarf va-
riety grows 6 to 8 feet high, has medium size
grains, and matures about 30 days earlier
than the tall variety which we can fur-
nish when wanted. None of the varieties
should be planted before June ist, and will
come to maturity and make splendid yield
as late as July 15th. It has the drouth resist-
ing qualities possessed by no other corn,
and at times during drouthy periods wilts and
looks ruined, yet with the cool nights of
August and September it recuperates to a
truly surprising degree, and matures into
splendid yields. Remember not to plant too
early. June ist to July 15th is the proper
time. Price: Tall wariety, Tb. 15e; pk. 50e3
bu. $1.75; dwarf, ib. lide; pk. 50c; bu. $1.75.

Bloody Butcher—A very attractive variety,
having ears well filled with blood-red grains.
The ears are very large and the yield is
exceedingly heavy, especially on heavy soils.
Price, pK. 50c; 14-bu. 80c; bu. $1.50.

Strawberry—This is one of the best va-
rieties for Texas, being a large grain, large
eared variety, and those who have planted
it praise it very highly. Price, pk. 50c; 144-bu.
80e; bu. $1.50.

Kansas Sunflower—This variety has proven
itself admirably adapted to Southern plant-
ing, a number of our customers having re-
ported 100 bushels to the acre. Has the
reputation of maturing in 90 days. Ears of
uniform shape, with large grains of fine
golden color. Price: Pk. 40ce; %4-bu. 70c; bu.
$1.25.

Giant Yellow Gourd—This celebrated corn
is a most wonderful producer, reports hav-
ing reached us of its yielding 120 bushels per
acre in Dallas County. It is one of the finest
yellow varieties ever introduced in the South.
Try it. Priee, pk. 60c; 12-bu. $1.25; bu. $2.00.

Giant White Gourd—Has same producing
qualities as the yellow above described.
Price, nk. Qe; 14-bu. $1.25: bu. $2.60.

54 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

Select Seed Corn—Continued

White Dent—An old and much sought for
variety that never fails to satisfy those who
are acquainted with prolific yield and early
maturing habits. Price, pk. 40e; 14-bu. TS5C3
bu. $1.35.

Yellow Golden Dent—A very early variety
and yields very prolific crops. A grand va-
riety. Price, pk. 40c; 1%4-bu. 75e; bu. $1.35.
$2.00, by freight or express.

Great Brazilian Flour’ Corn—One of the
greatest novelties ever introduced. Originated
in Brazil, where it constitutes the principal
food of the inhabitants. It is truly a mar-
velous plant. For years our seed was always
exhausted before the season ended, so great
was the demand. You are sure to like it.
It grows 8 feet high, and from one kernel
sends enough stools to produce 100 ears.
Its strong points are:

1. Twenty-five barrels of flour can be
grown from one acre, and this flour is of as
fine a grade as is made of wheat, which is
five times aS much as wheat produces per
acre.

2. The bread and biscuits baked there-
from are fully as palatable as from any
flour known.

3. When boiled in a green state it has
no superior among sweet corn, while its
yield is thrice that of sweet corn.

4. Matures in all latitudes where corn
ripens.

5. Cultivate as you would corn, allowing
two kernels to a hill.

6. It yields at the rate of 100 bushels

of green fodder per acre, for cattle, of
the most delicious, sweet, tender, juicy, nu-
tritious food we have ever seen. Indeed, it
seems as though this will soon rank as the
greatest fodder producing plant in the world.

7. This is a wonderful corn. It makes
flour-in quality equal to wheat. Of course
it is not so white, but oh, what delicious
cakes, rolls and biscuits. For flour, plant
10 Tbs. per acre. For fodder plant 15 Ibs.
Price, Th. 20c, postpaid. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.50,
at buyer’s expense. Write for prices in larger
quantities.

Branching Dhoura Corn—yYields from 6 to
16 stalks from one seed. Being allied to
sugar cane, cattle, horses and hogs will eat
it ravenously. The Rural New Yorker says:
“Though, during the severe drough, corn
dried up within a few feet of it, the Branch-
ing Dhoura suffered but very little, produc-
ing from 4 to 12 branches, and grew sturdily
from 6 to 10 feet high. If cut down it starts
again with renewed strength. It yielded at
the first cutting at the rate of 68 tons to the
acre.’ Plant 5 tbs. of seed corn per acre.
Price, th. 20ec, postpaid. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.50,
at buyer’s expense,

Squaw Corn—Quite a popular novelty, hav-
ing a long, slender ear, with a variety of
colored grains—red, white, blue, speckled,
presenting a very novel and pleasing ap-
pearance. Makes fine roasting ears; will
make two crops when planted early and late.
Some stalks yield two or three ears. Try it.
It will please vou. Price, Th. 20c, postpaid;
pk. 50e3; bu. $1.50, by freight or express at
buyer’s expense.

FORAGE CROPS

By reason of its extremely rich soil and
equable climate, there is no crop on the
farm that should receive so much of the
farmers’ attention in Texas and the South
as Forage. The many varieties and easy
culture of this variety of crop renders it
entirely possible for every one to be not
only well supplied for home use but the
revenue from them can be made quite con-
siderable. It is therefore of the utmost im-
portance that a close study be made by farm-

ers in every community in order to obtain
those forage crops best suited to his particu-
lar locality. We have made a special study
of the various seeds for this particular branch
of industry and have introduced many varie-
ties during our thirty-two years in business.
We therefore confidentially feel that our cus-
tomers can fully rely upon the following va-
rieties as being peculiarly adapted to
Southern planting.

KAFFIR CORN

See Illustration on following page

This is a non-saccharine sorghum with
erect stalks, wide foliage, low growing and
much prized on account of its drouth resisting
qualities and grows luxuriously in sections
where ordinary corn fails entirely. The
yield per acre is from 30 to 60 bushels of
seed according to the season, this seed is
valuable for stock and poultry and when
finely ground renders a fair quality of flour.
The fodder makes a large yield of forage
and is much more easily handled than corn,
as the stalk is stout, withstanding wind, does

not tangle and branches from top points,

instead of the roots. It is usually sown in

rows 3 feet apart and requires from three
to five pounds per acre.

White—Grows from 4 to 5 feet high, mak-
ing straight upright growth with stalky
stem, wide leaves. Price, Tb. 20c, postpaid.
20 Ths. 50e; 100 Ibs. $1.50, by freight or ex-
press. j

Red—tThis variety grows taller than the
white, the stalks more slender and juicy.
Heads long and slender, measuring 1 to
2 feet. The seed is red and yields well on
poor land, and ripens earlier than the white.
Price Tb. postpaid, 20c. 20 Ibs. 50c; 100 Ibs.
$2.00, by freight or express.

BROOM CORN

Specially Grown For Seed.

For several years this has been @ very
profitable crop, worth $80 to $160 a ton.
An acre gives 800 to 1,000 Ibs. of brush and
about 40 bushels of seed, worth nearly as
much as oats for feed. 46 ¥bs. to the bushel.

Improved HEvergreen—Grows about 8 to
10 feet high, stands up well and is entirely
free from crooked brush. The fiber is long
and fine. Its great value to growers is the
fact that it will not get red in the field

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sts)

before it is cut, but is strictly a green va-
riety of brush, commanding highest price.
Pkt. 10c; Ib. 20c; 4 Ibs. 75c, postpaid; pk.
75e; bu. $2.50, by express or frenght.

Extra Early Japanese—This is the earliest
broom corn in existence; matures in about
75 days when planted late. Have seen some
that was planted July 17th and ready to cut
October ist. It is just the kind for early
market. It has withstood dry weather better
than any other variety. Brush is fine and
long. PkKt. 10c; tb. 20c; 4 tbs. 75e, postpaid;
pk. 75e; bu. $2.25, by express or freight.

BROOM CORN—Continued

California Golden—An excellent standard
variety, grows a very fine brush of good
length, and is free from the large center
stem. Bleaches very evenly, even in the sun.
PkKt. 10c; ib. 20c; 4 Ibs. 75e, postpaid; pk. 60c3
bu. $2.25, by express or freight.

Gentine Dwarf—Grows from 3 to 4 feet
high, with straight, smooth brush. Princi-
pally used for making whisks and brushes.
Pkt. 10ec; Ib. 20ce; 4 Ibs. 75e, postpaid; pk. 75ec;3
bu. $2.75, by express or freight.

KAFFIR CORN—See Description previous page

%

MILO MAIZE

See Illustration on following page

Yellow—This wonderful fodder plant has
done much for Southern farmers, withstand-
ing drouth as no other forage plant will, so
much that it will produce two crops most
any year, however drouthy, and is a splendid
feed for all kinds of stock, heads and foddef
both being used. It is enormously produc-
tive and will yield from 50 to 75 bushels per
acre, besides the enormous crops of fodder,
grows 8 to 10 feet high. No farmer should
neglect this splendid crop. Five pounds will
plant an acre; plant in rows and thin out
Same as corn. Price, Ib. 20c, postpaid. 20
Ibs. $1.00; 100 Ibs. $2.00, by freight or ex-
press, at purchasers expense.

Dwarf Yellow—This variety is said to be
better than the tall sort. Matures earlier,
roots easily plowed up; is a certain crop
maker. Grows 3% to 5 feet. Five pounds

will plant an acre, usually planted in rows
and thinned out same as ordinary corn. Price,
Ib. 20c, postpaid. 20 Ibs. $1.00; 100 Ibs. $3.00,
by freight or express at purchasez’s risk.

Jerusalem Corn.—Another splendid grain
crop for drouthy sections growing from 3 to
5 feet high, making one large head on main
stalk and several smaller ones on the side
shoots. The grain is pure white and nearly
flat; grain is sometimes used for household
purposes. One of the most satisfactory crops
for both grain and forage. On rich soil has
made a yield of 75 bushels per acre first
crop, and a second crop many times grows
from the old stumps, producing a third as
much more, making it a paying crop and
should not be neglected. Price, lb. 25c, post-
paid; 20 Ibs. $2.00, by freight or express at
buyer’s expense.

56 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

MiLO MAIZE—See Description on previous page

BUCKWHEAT

Silver Hull-—This improved variety is much

better than the old sort. It is in bloom
longer, matures sooner and yields double the
quantity per acre. The husk is thinner, the
corners less prominent, and the grain of a
beautiful light gray color. The flour is said
to be better and more nutritious. Lb. 25e,
postpaid; bu. 48 (ibs.) $2.50.

Japanese.—This variety has been raised
here with good results. It is early, very
productive, and the rich, dark brown kernels
are twice the size of any other Buckwheat,
yielding a superior flour. Owing to its
branching character, only half as much seed
is required per acre; the straw is much stiffer
and stands up better. Lb. 25e, postpaid; bu.
(48 Ibs.) $2.50.

FLAX

When grown for seed sow One bushel per
acre; if fiber is wanted, sow at the rate of
two or three bushels. The soil. should be
well cultivated. Lb. 25e, postpaid; pk. $1.00;
bu. $3.50.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 57

SUGAR CANE--(sorGHUM)

Sorghum

There are
two kinds or
varieties of
sugar cane, one
for manufact-
uring and the
other for fod-
der. It is plant-
ed extensively
in the South
and grows lux-
uriantly, has
great drouth-
resisting quali-
ties and should
be more largely
cultivate d.
When sown
broadcast re-
quires 1% to 2
bushels per
acre when
drilled 1 peck
per acre, Plant
from March
until July.

Karly Or-

ange. — Has.

large, heavy
stalk, is very
juicy therefore
best adapted
for syrup.
When sown
thickly makes
very good hay;
matures about
two weeks later
than amber.

Price, lb. 20c,
postpaid; pk.
30e. Larger
quantities mar-
Ket price,

Early Amber.—This is considered one of
the best varieties for feed, matures very
early, is much relished by stock on account
of the sweetness of both stalk and leaves.
It is an elegant feed for dairymen and stock-
men, and many times two or three crops per
season are raised; has small stalk and is
therefore not best for syrup. Price, Ib. 20e,
postpaid; pk. 30ce. Larger quantities market
price.

Red Top African.—This variety is a very
rank grower producing heavy yield of fod-
der also makes splendid syrup. Priee, Ib. 20ce,
postpaid; pk. 30c. Larger quantities market
price.

TEXAS
SEEDED RIBBON CANE

This variety closely resembles the genuine
Ribbon Cane as raised from cuttings. Custo-
mers who purchased seed of us this season
report yields running from 400 to 600 gal-
lons per acre. It is a very tall grower, the
stalks ranging from 12 to 15 feet; the stalks
are also very large, which accounts for the
enormous yield. The quality of syrup is su-
perior to the best sorghum. It matures from
August 20th to Stpember ist, or nearly two
months earlier than the Ribbon Cane. Price,
lb. 25e, postpaid. By freight or express. Ib.
15e; 10 Ibs. 75e. Write for prices on large
quantities.

Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane

58

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

COW OR FIELD PEAS

The great Soil Improvers—The greatest economy crop for farmers.

Tow Peas are almost indispensable in the
South, but their worth is not generally rec-
ognized. Most remarkable benefits are be-
ing realized by those who grow them, in
great improvement in the soil and increased
capacity of farms to yield stock and grain
crops. They largely dispense with all kinds
of fertilizers. Make good land more produc-
tive. Make poor land good land. For pas-
ture and hay are of inestimable value. More
fattening than corn. Roots penetrate deep
in the soil. Grow well on poor soil and rap-
idly enrich it. Positively the more of these
peas you grow the richer the soil becomes,
even if you remove the crops.

All varieties of Cow Peas, like clover, are
air plants, differing from clover in having
much larger leaf development, therefore ex-
tracting much more fertilizing elements from
the air while the roots extend deeper into
the soil and bring the potash to the surface,
which combined with nitrogen makes nearly
the complete fertilizer. They may be sown
any time during the year after frost until
August and turn the entire crop under when
in bloom or any time thereafter.

How to Use Cow Peas

For Hay.—Sow early in the spring on
ground as prepared for oats or corn, 1 to 1%
bushels per acre broadeast and harrow in, or
drill with grain drill. Cut when peas are
forming and cure as clover. If the ground is
not wanted for a different crop don’t disturb
it. Then the roots will throw up another
erop, which may be pastured or turned under
in the fall for fertilizer. Follow with wheat
and notice the grand results. The yield of

‘hay is 2 to 5 tons per acre and the ground is
| benefited.

Cow Peas and Millet may be mixed. Sow

_, one-half bushel of peas broadcast, then follow

| with half bushel of millet per acre; they will
grow together. Cut for hay when millet seed
is in the dough. Cure thoroughly as other
hay.

_ Cow Peas and Sorghum.—tTreat same as
above, ecxept use six quarts of sorghum (cane
seed) instead of millet.

Corn Peas and Kiffir Corn.—Sow one bushel
of Cow Peas and follow with one-fourth
bushel of Kaffir Corn to the acre; follow same
instructions as above. One advantage of sow-
ing cow peas with other crops is in the fact
that they are supported off the ground, make
a larger growth and can be harvested better
and cleaner.

For Pasture—Sow any time from. early
spring until July| Turn stock on after they
are well developed, but preferably after peas
are nearly matured, when the stock, particu-
larly hogs, will derive full benefit from the

crop and fatten quicker and yield better qual-.

tty of pork than if fed On corn.

Cow Peas and Corn—A popular economical
and profitable way to use cow peas is to sow
them in your cornfield. First plant your corn
about four feet apart in rows (the plants may
stand close in the rows and have the usual
number of plants per acre), when the time
comes to lay the corn by, drill the peas be-
tween the rows of corn. (Whip-Poor-Will and
Black we recommend), All the varieties are
fine for table use.

Varieties

Prices are liable to change. We will send
latest price-list and prices on application.
Bags are free. We will always sell at the
lowest prices.

Improved Whip-Poor-Will—A favorite early
bunch-growing variety, has brown speckled
seed, which are more easily gathered than
from the vine-growing sorts. This variety
is a prime favorite on account of its early
maturity and habit of growth. Price, pkt.
10e; pt. 30c, postpaid; pk. 65c; bu. $2.00.

Large Black-Eye—They make a profitable
crop to grow for picking the dry peas for
sale in the market during the winter, at
the same time make an excellent soil im-
prover, being similar in growth of vine and
action of roots upon the soil as the Black and
Wonderful. PkKt. 10c; qt. 30c, postpaid; pk.
$1.00; bu. $3.75.

Clay—A favorite variety in many sections.
Makes a growth of vine similar to the Black
Pea, but is later in maturing. Suitable for

hay, pasture and seed fertilizer. Pkt. 10c;
qt. 30c, postpaid; pk. 60c; bu. $2.25.
Wonderful or Unknown—This makes an

enormous and remarkable growth of vines,
but requires the full season to make its crop.
In yield and growth of vines, it surpasses
any of the varieties of cow peas, and it yields
very largely of the shelled peas. Pkt. 10ce;
qt. 60c, postpaid; pk. 60c; bu. $2.25.

Red Ripper—A popular variety and the
hardiest of all. Seed in the lower South will
lie in the ground all winter and come up
from the self-sown seed. Growth of vines
medium in length, making good hay and for-
age. It can be sown early while the ground
is cold if desired, but is a late pea in ma-
turing. Price, pkt. 10c; qt. 30e, postpaid;
pk. 75e; bu. $2.50.

Early Black—This variety is a favorite in
northern latitudes. It matures early and 1s
suited for late planting. One of the best for
improving land and most valuable as a forage
crop, making an enormous yield of rich and
nutritious feed. It yields more largely of

shelled peas per acre than most others and

avery strong top growth. Price, per pKt. 10¢;
qt. 30c, postpaid; pk. 60c; bu. $2.25.

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COW PEAS—Continued

Mixed—When sowing for pasture or fer-
tilizer we recommend a mixture of varieties.
They are usually cheaper, besides if the sea-
son does not suit some varieties, others will
do well, thus insuring a good growth. Pkt.
10ce; qt. 30e, postpaid; pk. 60c; bu. $2.00.

Cream Peas—This is the most beautiful
table pea we have ever had the pleasure of
offering our customers. It has given the best
satisfaction of any variety we have ever of-
fered for table use, and very deservedly so,
as there are none that can surpass it in
splendid flavor. In point of yield, they double

the well known Black Eye, command a higher
price on the market, cook quicker and are in
every Way superior to it as a table sort.
It grows in bunch form; peas are of a cream
color. We hope all our customers will try
this grand pea, and we feel sure you will be
pleased with it. Price, pkt. 10c; qt. 35e, post-
paid; pk. SGec; bu. $3.00.

Lady Peas—Very small seeded but strong
growing and prolific pea for table use. Peas
are creamy white and of the finest quality.
Price, pkt. 10c; qt. 30c, postpaid; pk. 75e;
bu. $3.00.

HOLLOWAY’S IMPROVED
SAND OR WINTER VETCH.

(Vicia Villiosa)

several years
ago we pro-
cured from Eu-
rope a quantity
of this grand

seed (which is
a variety of
stock peas)
which was dis-
tributed gen-

eustomers
throughout the
country, with
iam GSW lmalke ai
g satisfactory re-
sults. So great-
ly has the de-
mand increased
for seed that
many orders
have been un-
filled. It is a
most rapid
grower with
very little mois-
ture, thriving
wonderfully. It
withstands the
heaviest frost,
can be sown in
spring, or pre-
ferably fall, say
30 pounds of
vetches and 25
pounds of rye,
which will
make. splendid
winter pasture.

Winter Vetch
When sown in the spring it makes the very

best hay, equal to alfalfa. It is a great start-
er and when sown in rows will soon cover
the ground making a complete net-work,
yielding a tremendous amount of fodder.

As a fertilizer it has few equals, enriches
the soil very quickly and can be plowed under
twice in a season.

When intended for hay it should be left
standing until the blooms have mostly ma-
tured into pods with some of the seed well
formed, the crop is then ready for the mow-
er, yielding according to soil from 5 to 7
tons per acre.

Don’t fail to try it, for in our belief you
will reap results not before dreamed of, not
only giving crops, but greatly enriching the
soil as quickly as can be done in any other
way. Our seed is specially grown. The
demand is large and we advise early orders.

Price, Tbh. 25e, postpaid; 10 Tbs. $1.60; 100 Tbs.
$15.00, by freight or express at buyer’s ex-
pense.

forage plant |

erally with our |

SOY OR SOJA BEAN

Also called Soya Bean, Coffee Bean, Coffee
Berry, Japanese Jaavaa Coffee, American Cof-
fee Berry, Etc., Ete.

The Soy Beans have demonstrated a great
farm value in the past few years, and could
be profitably grown to a much greater ex-
tent.

We have the following from the U. S.

Department of Agriculture.

“The stems alone are too coarse to make
good hay, but are covered with such a dense
growth of leaves and are so prolific in fruit
that the hay is prized highly, especially for
milech cows and for fattening animals. The
yield of green foliage is very heavy when
grown on good soil, and the yield of beans
is from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. It is one
of the best legumes for the silo, as it can
be more easily handled for the cutter than
can plants like clover or cow peas.”’

“Being a quick maturing annual, it will
prove especially helpful for those who cannot
grow clover. A crop of Soy Beans can be
produced between spring and autumn frosts
anywhere in the States.’

A crop of Soy Beans grown on land that
will make 40 bushels of corn per acre will,
if plowed under, put $16 worth of fertilizer
matter per acre into the soil..

Land that will make 1% tons of timothy
or clover, will make three tons of Soja Bean
hay, worth more per ton than timothy.

Culture.—The soil may be prepared as for
corn. Nitrogenous manures have proven bene-

ficial. The seed may be sown broadcast with
the wheat drill, in rows 16 to 24 inches
apart, or with the corn drill, to be ceulti-

cated as corn, one-half bushel per acre. Soy
Beans may follow a crop of rye or barley or
be sown in the standing corn at the time of
the last cultivation, if weather is season-
able. If sown in corn put in two rows
of Soy Beans between each two rows
of corn. Sow about two pecks to the acre
in rows, like corn, and cultivate, if seed
is desired. For pasture, soiling or hay, sow
four or five pecks to the acre. To harvest
for seed cut off or pull up the plant when
the first pods begin to open and thresh
them as soon as dry. In threshing remove
econeaves and run cylinder slowly or the seed
will split. Price, pkt. 10c; Th. 20c; 4 Ibs. 75c;5
by freight or express, 4-bu. $1.00; bu. 83.00.

Don't you think it’s worth something
to-you to order from a house with 34
years of Experience ?

80 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

VELVET BEANS

This properly belongs to the pea family,
is a climbing plant of extremely rapid
growth, attaining a growth of 35 to 50 feet,
branching widely and covered with heavy
foliage. Like all of the pea family it enriches
the soil to a remarkable degree and is highly
recommended for planting in erchards for
fertilizing.

Culture—Plant in rows four feet apart as
soon as danger of frost is past. leaving them

DWARF ESSEX RAPE

There are millions of acres of good land
that lie idle part or all of the year to run
to weeds that can be sown to this Rape at
slight expense, and produce the finest feed
imaginable, and at the same time improve
the soil.

When once introduced the trade increases
rapidly on account of its merits.

We can not improve on the recommenda-
tions of the Department of Agriculture,
therefore quote from their Circular No. 12
as follows:

“Under ordinary field conditions Rape
reaches a height of from 1% to 4 feet, and
the strong growing roots penetrate the soil
‘to a considerable depth.

For its best development Rape requires a
rich, moist, loamy soil, and will usually do
well on any but light sandy soil or stiff
clays, in general, a soil that will produce
a good crop of turnips, cabbage, wheat or
corn, will be suitable for Rape.

“Throughout the Northern States gener-
ally, seeding may take place from the first
of June or possibly earlier, to the middle
or last of July, according to the season and
locality. In the South the seed may be
sown in spring and fall. Under favorable
conditions three to four pounds of seed
per acre will be sufficient, and will never
be necessary to use more than five pounds
per acre. The seed should be planted in
drills far enough apart to allow cultivation.
Often fine Rape may be grown on land that
has already produced a crop of some of the
early maturing cereals, such as rye, oats,
or barley. As soon as the crop of grain
is removed the land is plowed or disked
and at once seeded to Rape. Field peas and
other early maturing forage crops, or rye
or winter oats that have been
pastured off in spring may also
be followed by Rape with profit-

able results

Another practice which is com-
ing into favor in some sections
of the country is to sow Rape
in the spring with some grain
crop, such as wheat, allowing the
former to take possession of the
field when the latter has been
removed. This method is es-
pecially satisfuctory when succu-
lent forage is desired for fal\
feeding. Rape may be also be
sown in the corn field just be-
fore the last plowing, as is often
done with turnips, rye and win-
ter wheat. The Rape is usually
ready for use about 8 to 10 weeks
from the date of seeding. Sheep
and swine may be turned into
the field and allowed to remain
until the Rape is pastured off.

one foot apart in the rows and two or
three plants in a plaze. Tue growth is
rapid, the foliage dense, and by fall the
dead leaves make a mulch several inches
deep. Splendid for stock of all kinds, which
are very fond of it. In s9me sections the
beans are ground and builed ior stock food.
Price, pt. 20c; qt. 35c,postpaid. Pk. 80e;
bu. $3.00, by express or freight at buyer's
risk.

Rape has a high feeding value. It makes
an excellent feed for fattening sheep and
swine and for producing an abundant flow
of milk from milch cows. Rape can be used
to good advantage as a part of the rations
for animals that are being fed in pens for
market or for the show ring. It is also
a valuable food for young lambs at weaning
time. By beginning as early as practicable
in the spring and seeding at intervals of
two or three weeks, a continuous succession
of Rape can be produced throughout the
period when the permanent pastures are
most likely to be short. Rape will endure
quite severe cold weather and thus will lasta
long time after the ordinary pasture grasses
succumb to the frost.”

There is much adulterated and not true
seed on the market. There is only one va-
riety of Rape valuable for this country, and
it is the Dwarf Essex. Therefore prospective ?
purchasers should use caution in buying. We >
offer the genuine, carefully grown for us
in England, at prices so low as can be af-
forded, quality considered. Price, by mail,
pkt. Se; Ib. 20c; 4 Ibs. 75e. By freight or
express, per Ib. 12c; 5 Ibs. 40c; 10 Ibs. 75c;
100 Ibs. $8.00.

Do not send North for your
seeds and plants when you can do
better by buying from us.

f at

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

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SUNFLOWER

Mammoth Russian—It is grown for its
seeds, which are valuable food for stock, par-
ticularly poultry, also for parrots. Is con-
sidered the best egg-producing food known.
Poultry eat it greedily, fatten on it, obtaina
bright, lustrious plumage, and strong, healthy
condition that fully illustrates the wonder-
ful benefits from its use. Can be raised
as cheaply as corn, having yielded at the
rate of 120 bushels per acre. Single heads
measure from 12 to 22 inches across, and
contain an immense quantity of seed. Can
be sown any time up to middle of July.
PKt. 5e; Ib. 20c; 4 Ibs. 75e. By freight or
express, 5 Ibs. 40c; 10 Ibs. 75c; 100 Ibs. or
more, 6c per Ib.

AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH

A forage plant for alkali soils, and regions
subject to periodic drought.

This is a most wonderful forage plant, as
it will grow freely in arid and alkali lands
that will produce no other vegetation, yield-
ing a marvelously liberal foliage, which is
eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock. It is of
ereeping habit. From 20 to 30 tons of green
fodder have been harvested from one acre.
It has further been proven that after three
or four crops have been grown on alkali
land the soil is then capable of producing
any other vegetation. In many sections of
the State this in itself is of priceless value.
This plant has been very extensively tried
the California Experimental Station,

' where single plants grown on the poorest

- alkali

. will seed an acre.

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ground have reached a diameter of
in one season. One pound of seed
It grows readily from
seed and requires no cultivation. Price, post-
paid, pkt. 5¢e; oz. 15e; %4-Ib. 35e; Ib. $1.25.

SPELTZ

Recently introduced from Russia, where
its value as a cereal has long been es-
teemed. It appears to do better than any
other grain on poor thin soil and in extreme
dry seasons. It is eaten greedily by all
kinds of stock, including poultry, and its
feeding qualities are excellent. A very fair
flour is made from it. Many suppose Speltz
to be the grain grown by the Egyptians in
the time of Moses. We believe it worthy of
a trial. Sow broadcast same as oats, using

16 feet

about 75 pounds to the acre. (40 Ibs. to bu.)
Price, postpaid, pkt. 5e; Ib. 20c; 3 Ibs. 50c.
By express or freight at buyer’s expense,
Y%-bu. 40¢3

1-bu. 25¢e;3 %-bu. 75e3; bu. $1.25.

TEOSINTE

(Reana Luxurians)

Somewhat resembles Indian corn in @e-
ppearance, but leaves are much longer and
broader, and the stalks contain sweeter sap.
One plant is considered sufficient to feed @
pair of cattle 24 hours. 85 stalks have been
grown from one seed, attaining a height of
11 feet. In the South it surpasses either
corn or sorghum as a Soiling or fodder plant.
Be sure to try it. In this immediate vicinity,
planted July 38rd. it produced from 1 seed
27 stalks, and attained a height of 7 feet
by September 10, making a luxuriant growth
of leaves, which the horses and cattle ate
of freely. About 3 pounds of seed are re-
quired per acre. Price of seed, postpaid, oz.
10e; %4-Ib. 25e; Ib. T5e.

CHUFAS
OR EARTH ALMONDS

Chufas, or Earth Almonds—An important
stock food raised extensively in the South
and which should be grown by every farmer
For fattening hogs and poultry, nothing can
give more satisfactory results. The roots er
nuts grow under the ground, near the sur-
face, within easy reach of chickens and hogs
and are easily found by them. They may be
left in the ground until wanted. They ma-
ture in September. Plant in April or May
in rows 8 feet apart, dropping 2 or 3 Chufas
every 10 or 12 inches apart. Do not fail to
give them a trial, and you will be pleased
with the result. Sow 15 pounds of seed per
acre. Soak before planting if dry. Pkt. 10e;
Tb. 30ce, postpaid. By freight or express at
buyer’s expense, pK. $1.25; bu. $4.50.

GIANT BEGGAR WEED

A wonderful new forage plant and re-
storer of land. It is more valuable for
fertilizing than either peas or clover, and
equal to them for feeding. When once es-
tablished it grows every year without fur-
ther attention. It will not interfere with
other crops, can be kept under by cultivation,
can be eradicated in two years of successive
pasturing. This is important because some
forage plants become pestS when the land
is needed for other crops. The plant is a
strong feeder with deep roots like alfalfa,
bringing from the sub-soil the dormant fer-
tilizing elements, and will enrich the land
by its decaying foliage without the expense
of plowing it under. Land planted with
Beggar Weed has improved 300 per cent in
six years. Hogs, horses, cows and mules eat
it greedily. Can be pasture land in sum-
mer and fall. Can be sown in the corn field.
Will thrive on much poorer land than most
forage crops. More fattening to stock than
all other Known forage plants. Five pounds
of seed for an acre. Drill or sow broadcast
in the spring after frost. Postpaid, oz. 10c;

BIRD SEED

We have facilities for supplying fancy,
clean and reliable Bird Seeds and Bird Foods;
the best only; recleaned and dust blown out.
The highest grade seed only of every kind,
is used in Robinson’s Mixture. If seed is
ordered to go by mail, add 10c per pound.

Bird Seed, Holloway’s Mixed.—Lhb. 10c; 5
Tbs. 40c; 10 Ibs. G65c.
Blue Maw (Poppy)—Per Ib. 20c; 5 Ibs. 80c.

Canary Seed.—Per ib. 10c; 5 Tbs. 40e; 10
Ibs. 75e.

Hemp.—Per Ib. 10c; 5 Ibs. 35e; 10 Ths. 65e.

Lettuce.—Per %-Ib. 10c; Ib. 25c3; 5 Tbs.
31.00.

Millet.—Recleaned, Per Ib. 6e; 10 ibs. 50c.
Mocking Bird Food.—Per Ib. tin 55ce.
Rape.—Per Ib. 10c; 5 Ths. 30c; 10 Tbs. 55e.

Sunflower.—Per Ib. 10c; 5 Tbs. 40e; 10 Tbs.
70c.

WILD RICE

(Zizania Aquatica.)

An annual which sows itself about the
middle of September, lies dormant all win-
ter, in spring commences to sprout as soon
as water gets warm, reaching the surface
in the first half of June. It: grows very
rapidly in one to three feet of water, ripen-
ing late in August or early in September.
It should be sown broadcast from a boat,
in one or two feet of water and where
there is a mud bottom. It succeeds best
when planted in the fall before the ice forms
but it has been successfully planted in the
spring and also through the ice in winter.
As an attraction for wild fowl it cannot be
equalled. In large ponds and lakes it puri-
fies the water, affords a refuge for the
small fry from the large fish, as well as
furnishing them plenty of food from the ani-
maliculae upon its stalks; for planting in
fish ponds it is especially desirable. It also
does well along the shores of marshes and
makes a good hay. Lb. 30e; $15 per 100 Ibs.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

BROME GRASS

(Bromus Inermis.)

Unecrowned King of the Deserts and Dry
Sandy Soils.

The Department of Agriculture has been
experimenting with this grass at its experi-
mental stations in the arid regions. The
Station at Garden
City, Kan., says: “We
have grown Bromus
Inermis successfully
and we think it is
the coming grass for 3%
the arid regions of yxy
the West. It is green
from the middle of
March to about No-
vember.”

Prof. Shaw, of
Minnesota pertinent-
ly says:

“This grass can-
not be obtained too ,
soon by the farmers
of the Northwest.”
It is the grass for
hot, dry climes and
soils. It will grow
on all kinds of soil,
even on yellow sand,
and is equally good
for pasturing, curing
into hay, or cutting
green. All kinds of stock eat it readily, and
it is very rich in nutritive value. Perennial,
two to three feet high, flowering in June
and August.

Brome Grass

It Pays on Any Ground

The South Dakota Experimental Station,
of Brookings, says: “This is the best grass
that has yet been tried at this station. When
properly sown it catches well, giving a good
sod the first year; in favorable seasons a
fair yield of hay may also be obtained. Up
to the present the best results have been
obtained by sowing plenty of seed on well
prepared ground as early as possible in the
spring. From 2 to 2% bushels should be
sown to the acre, depending somewhat upon
the season and condition of soil. The forage
though coarse, is of excellent quality, and
under ordinary circumstances a large amount
of early spring and fall feed may be ob-
tained, in addition to a good yield of hay.
Thus far the grass has endured drought per-
fectly and has never winter-killed in the
least. It does well sown with clover or with
clover and timothy. Use twenty pounds to
the acre if alone; if with alfalfa fifteen
pounds. It may be sown in the fall with
winter wheat, or in the spring. Cut when
first coming into bloom. Choicest Northern
grown stock seed, postpaid, 14-Ib. 15c; Ib.
25e; at buyer’s expense, 10 Ths. $1.40; 25 Ibs.
$3.40; 50 Ths. $6.50; 100 Ths. $12.50.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

PEANUTS

Mammoth Virginia.—The Mammoth Vir-
ginia Peanut is the most profitable variety
to grow, and is more desirable than the
common spreading kind, because more easily
cultivated; very erect stems and upright fo-
liage and the largest pods and kernels of
any variety; also fewer imperfect pods. The
vines make valuable forage. Pkt. 10e; Ib.
25¢c, postpaid. 20 Ibs. $2.50; 100 Ibs. $10.00,
by express or freight.

Tennessee Red—Best of all varieties, splen-
didly adapted to Texas soils, both black and
sandy; three to four large nuts in each pod,
very prolific, has made yield equal to 1%
tons vines and pods per acre. Price, post-
paid, Ih. 25c; by freight or express, Ib. 15c;
20 Ibs, $2.50; 100 Ibs. $10.00.

Spanish. —
The earliest
V, arose ty
grown; pods
are small
but remark-
ably solid
and well

filled, and
the yield
per iae7e

very large;
can be culti-
vated with
the plow. Be
cause of
their early
habit and
easy cultiva-
tion it is the
best variety
to grow for
fattening
hogs. Pkt.

10c; Ib. 25c, postpaid;

Spanish Peanut

by freight or express.

SEED WHEAT

We make a specialty of seed wheat and have spe-

inerease in your crop.

Hybrid

without question the

berry

Z/
W 6 QS Jat er for late planting.
\

most

cial crops grown for us and our seed comes from
crops that have grown to full maturity under the
most favorable circumstances, making from 20 to 35
bushels per acre of plump, full grains.
from your degraded seed you will make a handsome
Do not be deceived by high };
sounding names of new varieties offered.

We find best adapted to our locality the Panhandle
and Oklahoma grown select seed.

By changing

Mediterranean Wheat—wWe have procured
a few thousand bushels of this most excellent variety
of wheat from the originator who has hybridized it
with other varieties for fourteen years, until it is now
satisfactory wheat for
Texas planters that can be found on the market. The
is of medium size and plump. It
wonderful stooler, consequently when dilled requires
only three-fourths bushels per acre.
ing is not advised for this variety and yearly experi-
ments have proven that best results are obtained
when sown from October 12th to 20th for early plant-
ing, and from October 25th to November 10th or even

is a most

Very early sow-

We are sure all farmers who are fortunate enough

bushels per acre.

Fultz—This

Price per bu. $1.20.

is a smooth headed
tures about two weeks earlier than Mediterranean.

to secure some of this seed will be highly
with the result, as the originator has for fourteen
years past made from twenty
acre, wet or dry. This year the yield was thirty-five
Price per bu. $1.25.

to forty

variety

pleased

bushels per

and ma-

Maearonii—This hard variety is especially adapted
to our Southern ciimate and is much sought after. It

is a great drouth resister; yields 25 to 40 bu. per acre.

Fultz Wheat Price per bu. $1.25.

20 Ibs. $2.00;

Mediterranean
Wheat

Thirty-four Years of Successful Seed Selling

100 Ibs. $7.00,

——— i mee _—————

64 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

SEED WHEAT—Continued

_ Velvet Don Spring
‘Wheat (Nicaragua).
—It is not generally
known that Govern-
ment experts have
perfected a _ variety
of wheat adapted
to the South for
spring planting. It
is an improved type
of Nicaragua or Ma-
caroni Wheat, and
differs from it in that
it can be sown and
produce a full crop
when planted any
time from December
ist to March ist, and
has a grain about
double the size of
the ordinary variety.
It is a very great
drouth resisting sort
and will make a good
yield in the arid dis-
tricts when any other
variety will fail.
During the year 1905

twenty million bush-
els of Macaroni
Wheat were exported
to Europe and as
Galveston is the sec-
ond largest export
City wines the. ais.
there is every reason
to believe that this
hi new variety will
prove a most profit-
able crop for our
Southern farmers,
besides the Bureau of
Agriculture has dem-

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WE We doubt that flour from
RN Za this Wheat makes a

Superior quality of

bread. It yields from
20 to 40 bushels per
acre. The seed we
offer made 32 bushels
per acre and weighed
64 pounds. Plant 1
bushel per acre.
Price, per bu. $1.25,
by freight or express,
not prepaid.
Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas.

Gentlemen:—The new Nicaragua Wheat,
ealled by the U. S. Government Bureau of
Agriculture Durum Wheat, I have examined
and know positively that it is a fine pedi-
gree of Spring Wheat and is the purest va-
riety grown from seed furnished by the Gov-
ernment. I know it to be the best variety
of Hard Wheat, and am personally acquaint-
ed with the man who raised this Wheat, and
know that it produces 32 bushels to the acre
and weighed 64 pounds to the bushel when
thrashed. I ean truly state that it is the
best sample I have ever met with. Respect-
fully yours, JAS. J. M. SMITH,

Former Cereal Correspondent for U. S. D. of
A., Dallas, Texas.

Velvet Don Spring
Wheat [Nicaragua]

-or express at buyer’s expense.

MILLET SEED

Big German.—True large headed variety.
This has been considered the best variety
and is largely grown wherever its value is
known. It helps out wonderfully when a

hay; % bu. if for seed, from May 1 to
Ground must be rich and well
drained. 50 Ibs. per bu. Pkt. 5c; Ib. 20c,
postpaid; 20 Ibs. 60c; 100 Ibs. $2.00, by freight
Prices sub-
ject to change.

Japanese Millet (Panicum crus-galli), or
Billion Dollar Grass.—This millet is entirely
distinct from any other, and is especially
valuable for the Southern States. It yields
an enormous crop of forage, which is greatly
relished by stock. When cured it makes
an excellent hay, its feeding value being
much superior to corn fodder. <A splendid
silage may be made by mixing two parts
Japanese Millet with Sand Vetch or Soy
Beans, forming a complete balanced ration
for milch cows. Sow the seed broadcast at
the rate of 30 Ibs. to the acre, or in drill
12 to 18 inches apart, using 15 to 20 Ibs:
per acre. (36 Ibs. to the buhsel.) Postpaid,
Ib. 25¢c, at buyer’s expense by express or
freight, 20 Ibs. $2.00; 100 Ibs. $8.50.

Pearl Millet, or Pencillaria.—This quick-
growing forage plant has been long known,
but has been recently sold at a high price
as a novelty under its botanical name of
“Pencillaria.” Sown in drills four feet apart
and cultivated like corn the plants attain
a height of eight to ten feet, with slender
stalks and slender long-bladed leaves. These
stalks can be cured for winter use, and the
seed makes an excellent poultry food, but
the best use of the plant is to cut the stalks
for green forage when about three feet
high and allow the plants to make a second
growth for fall feeding or ensilage. The
edges of the leaves are set with small sharp
spines, and we find that dairy cows do not
eat it so readily as they do other forage
plants, hence it should be cutwhile young
and tender or the stalks should be made into
ensilage which will soften the small spines.
Sown in rows three and a half to four feet
apart, three to four pounds of seed are re-
quired for an acre. When sown broadcast
or drilled in rows twelve to eighteen inches
apart eight to ten pounds per acre should
be used. Seed should be sown thinly, as
the plants stool very freely. Price, pkt. 5e;
th. 25e, postpaid; 100 Ibs. $12.00, by freight
or express, at buyer’s expense.

New “Siberian Millet,” or Hog Millet.—
Called by some “Manitoba Millet,” ‘‘Russian
Millet,” “Broom Corn Millet,’ ete. The name
Hog Millet, however, is very appropriate, on
account of its large yield of seed and great
value for stock feed, especially for hogs. In
sections where corn will not succeed, this
millet largely solves the problem as a sub-
stitute. It is very early, and it yields from
30 to 60 bushels per acre. PkKt. 10e; tb. 20e,
postpaid; 20 Ibs. 75c; 100 Tbs. $3.00, by freight
or express.

Common Millet.—Smaller growth than Ger-
man. Makes fine hay... It will succeed on
poorer ground than the German. Sow 50
ape Lo acre. Price, Ib. 20c, postpaid; 100 Ibs.

Hungarian Millet.—Early; height, two to
three feet; abundant foliage and slender
head; withstands droughts and yields well.
Sow 25 to 30 pounds per acre. Price, Ib. 20c;
postpaid. 20 Ibs. 60ec; 100 Ths. $2.50.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 65

Texas Red Rust Proof

SEED OATS

Prices of oats are continuously fluctuating. Write
for prices, or if orders are intrusted to us we will
always give lowest prices on the day shipment is
made.

Texas Red Rust Proof—This is the best known va-
riety tor Southern planting. It frequently yields 100
bushels per acre and we have known of more pro-
lific yields. Sown in the fall, makes splendid winter
pasture which does not prevent its making full crop
in the spring. Nearly always stands our Texas win-
ters, and it is said that even half stand of fall sown
yields more than a full crop of spring sown. For
fall planting sow three bu. per acre in September or
October. For spring planting sow three bushels per
acre, February to March 15th. Price per bu. 50e.

Winter Turf—This variety comes from Tennessee
and has proven most valuable for winter grazing,
besides maturing full crops of 50 to 75 bushels in
the spring. It stools out to such an extent that 1%
to 2 bushels is sufficient per acre. They are grayish
white in color. This variety has stood the heavy
freezing of our late winters. Price 8de bu.

OKlahoma Rust Proof Oats—There yrs a strong de-
mand for this variety of oats, and those who grew it
last year report that the crop yielded aouble those of
their neighbors who used the common variety. Price
60e bu.

We have a select lot of these oats which were har-
vested and thrashed without being rained on—they
are therefore fine and bright. We are sure they will
Please those of our customers whose orders are
booked in time to secure them. They are very scarce
and hard to obtain. Order now.

Black Russian—This old reliable varrety needs no
comment. The grain is heavy and plump, stools out
well and stands winters almost equal to the Rust
Proof. You will not be disappointed if you sow this
oats. Prices on application.

WARNING—Earmers from the North need to know
that none of the high sounding, record splitting wva-
rieties advertised in Northern Catalogs will do any
good in the South. Plant Known varieties adapted to
the South and you will be sure to raise a crop.

SEED BARLEY

Barley is much sought after for its splendid hog
feeding qualities. In some sections it is used almost
entirely for horses and mules. We use the utmost
caution in selecting our seed aS some varieties are
hard to secure. We have a good supply of the fol-
lowing varieties:

Winter—True variety, good winter grown seed
scarce. Price $1 bu.

Beardless—Worthy of a trial. Price $1 bu.

Spring Bearded—We have a good supply. Price $1
per bu.
Highland Chief—A splendid variety. Price $1 bu.

RYE

Rye makes good winter pasture and is liked on ac-
count of its ability to stand hard freezing. We have
a good supply of selected seed. Price $1 per bu.

ALFALFA CLOVER

The Agricultural Wonder

There is no other clover or other crop go down very deep—from 6 to 15 feet and
capable of withstanding so much dry weath- more in mellow soil. It is peculiarly adapted
er and that will flourish and keep green to the soil and climate of the South, especial-

during long-protracted drouths,
such enormous crops as Alfalfa.

and yield ly Texas, and although enormously produc-
The roots tive, it does not impoverish the soil, on the

The cut represents a Single Plant of Alfalfa, showing how far down the root will go in search of moisture,

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

ALFALFA CLOVER-—Continued

other hand, enriches and improves it. In
well established fields the past few years
have proven its ability not only to resist
drouths, but to yield large crops in the face
of drouths which have proven destructive
to all other crops, remaining perfectly green
while everything around was brown and
parched.

It is adapted for hay and pasture, and
especially for soiling uses, as it furnishes
three and more cuttings during the year.
When used for pasture it should not be so
very closely cropped. It should be tried by
every farmer in this country where the soil
is at all suitable. Once established, every
acre of Alfalfa will be worth two to three
times as much as any other farm crop as
usually grown.

Alfalfa is the greatest money maker ever
introduced to Southern farmers; when plant-
ed for hay it yields from 4 to 7 tons per acre
each season and sells from $12.00 to $15.00
per ton. Hogs and Alfalfa seem particularly
adapted for each other and hogs raised on
it will bring as much as though raised on
corn and are preferred by the packing houses
over corn-fed hogs.

Culture.—Alfalfa succeeds best on very
deep soil, either black waxy or sandy. It
does not thrive well on low, wet, stiff clay
soils. Once well set with it, a field will last
indefinitely. It has been known to live on
well kept fields for 18 years; some say it
will last 100 years. The roots penetrate into
the soil to a depth necessary to reach mois-
ture, anywhere from 6 to 30 feet; in this
way is fed during drouths in a manner im-
possible for any other crop to reach. The
land should be thoroughly and deeply cul-
tivated, subsoiled, harrowed, preparatory to
planting. It may be sown in fall if season-
able during September, October and Novem-
ber, and in the spring during February,
March and April. It should be cut when
blooms first appear, but only once during
first season; after that from two to four
cuttings may be made, besides furnishing
excellent winter pasture. Do not over-pas-
ture. It is too valuable a crop to neglect
in this way. One head of stock to the acre
is sufficient and then see that is is not pas-
tured too eclosely. Use wheelbarrow or Pre-
mier Seeders for sowing. Use 25 Ibs. per
acre.

Buy the best Alfalfa Seed.—Our sales an-
nually run into the hundreds of thousands
of pounds. We purchase in very large lots
and are by far the largest dealers in the
South in this seed. We have always pur-
chased the choisest quality and our custom-

ALFALFA BACTERIA.

Inoeulate Your Soil.—Reecently a
valuable discovery was made that re-
moves the last obstacle to the almost
mmniversal growing of .this .valuable
crop. The reason of failures, so fre-
quently experienced in the past was
On account of the absence in the soil
of a bacteria that is essential to the
srowth and permanency of the crop.
This we can now supply. Don’t sow
Alfalfa Clover Seed without inocula-
tion, or it may be a failure. With inoec-
ulation it is certain to be a sueceess.
Price $1.50 for sufficient for one acre.

Alfalfa for Bees.—Its flowers form a
splendid source from which the honey
.bee can draw its nectar, and the bee
is a fine distributor of pollen. Try a
patch.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 67

ALFALFA CLOVER—Continued

ers will find our varieties to be of superior
quality.

Price for choicest seed, Ib. 30c, postpaid;
10 Ibs. $1.85; 100 Ibs. $15.00.

Price for faney home grown, non-irrigated
ae 1b. 30e, postpaid; 10 Ibs. $2.00; 100 Ibs.
00.

Prices for fancy home grown, irrigated
saan ek 30c, postpaid; 10 Ibs. $1.75; 100 Ibs.

Write for prices on large lots.

Turkestan Alfalfa.—Hardy in Northern
elimates.—This Alfalfa promises to be one
of the most important introductions of re-
cent years.

The seed was first secured from Russian
Turkestan by Prof. N. E. Hanson, while en-
gaged as agricultural explorer for the Agri-
eultural Department, Washington. In 1898
and 1899, 1,101 packages of the seed were
distributed by the Secretary ofAgriculture
throughout the United States. By tests
the Turkestan Alfalfa appears to be superior
to the old Alfalfa, particularly in being
hardier to withstand cold of Northern eli-
mates, also the seed germinates quicker and
the young plants grow more rapidly under
similar conditions. The plantS are more
leafy than the common, with finer stems.
The same general directions for cultivation
as for common Alfalfa may be followed.

Value as Fodder Plant on Dry, Arid Soils.
—The climate of Turkestan is not unlike
that of our interior States, being far removed

from the ocean and surrounded by wide ex-
panses of dry land. The summers are very
hot and long, and in many places the evap-
oration exceeds the quantity of moisture that
has fallen during the year. The inhabitants
are mainly employed raising cattle, and here
it is this alfalfa grows and fiourishes.

Withstands Extreme Cold Without Injury.
—At the Experiment Station, Brookings, S.
D., with a minimum temperature of 40 de-
grees below zero and the ground bare, com-
mon alfalfa was killed, while Turkestan
came through unharmed. At the Wyoming
Experiment Station the Turkestan Alfalfa
was exposed to a minimum temperature of
45 degrees below zero without harm.

The director of the Russian Department of
Agriculture, writing about Turkestan Alfalfa,
says: “It is the chief forage in use through-
out Central Asia, and is of the highest im-
portance, since during the summer it forms
the chief and in winter prepared in the shape
of hay, the only fodder for cattle. Turke-
stan Alfalfa, like common alfalfa, has a very
large root system.

Good crops on Alkali Soils.—The introduc-
tion of Turkestan Alfalfa permits of a great
extension of the area heretofore devoted to
the cultivation of alfalfa, and this, too, in
sections where climatic conditions have al-
most prohibited the growing of leguminous
forage crops. Not only does it endure ex-
treme drouth and cold, but excellent crops
of fi! have been raised on strongly alkali
soils.

Price, Ib. postpaid, 35e; 10 Ibs. $2.20; 100
Ibs. $17.50.

CLOVERS

BUR CLOVER

Medicago

Californin’s Great Native Forage Plant.—
Yields a rank and abundant growth of nu-
tritious herbage, valuable for dairies, stock
ranges and for fertilizing purposes. Splendid
results on Alkali soils. This well known na-
tive forage plant of California is one of the
Medicago family, of which Alfalfa (Medicago
Sativa) is the best known member. The fam-
ily possess many characteristics in common,
sending down a long tap root and produc-
ing a prodigous amount of feed, very nu-
tritious and relished by all kinds of stock.
Bur Clover not only makes a good green
fodder, but it bears a large amount of ex-
ceedingly nutritious seed burs, which will
keep stock fat during the dry season.

The University of California states: “Bur
Clovers are good nitrogen producers, and for
this purpose are as valuable as clovers.” But
Clover has not been sown in the past to the
extent its feeding value warrants mainly be-
cause of the impossibility of securing pure
seed, the separation of foul matter having
been found almost impossible. This difficulty
has now been overcome by the invention of
special machinery and arrangements have
been made to secure the crop in large quan-
tities. From now on we will be able to fill

all orders for seed in quantities to Suit, we |

guaranteeing purity equal to samples we
will furnish. Price of seed in Burs, which

we do not recommend as best, Ib. 25¢, post- |

paid; 20 Ibs. $2.50; 100 Ibs. $8.00.

Price of seed cleaned from Burs, Ib. 35e,

postpaid; 20 Ibs. $4.00; 100 Ibs. $16.50.

Denticulata

White Clover.—A small creeping perennial
variety, valuable for its pasturage and lawns.
Its flowers are well liked by bees. Flourish-
es in a variety of soils, but prefers moist
ground. It should be included in mixtures for
permanent pastures and for lawns. Tt. is
effective in preventing the soil from being
washed by heavy rains. Sow 6 pounds per
acre. Price, Ib. 40c, postpaid; 20 Tbs. $5.00;
160 ths. $23.

Crimsen. Clover .—
(Searlet Clover.)— This
is a highly valuable va-
riety on account of its
wonderful quick growth.
Sown early in spring it
furnishes a large crop
of hay in May or June.
It may be sown in mid-
summer or early fall as
a catch crop for _ fine
winter pasturage and 4g
for early spring, before g
other grasses or clovers “*
are ready. It does not
winter-kill so easily as
Red Clover, owing to its
mass of roots which
spread out and go_ to
the depth of the furrbw.
For hay it must be cut
before coming into full

bloom. Price, tb. 25e,
postpaid; 20 Tbs. $2.00;
100 Tbs. $8.50.

White Clover

68 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

ee

BUR CLOVER—Continued

_Bokhara Clover.—(Melilotus alba.)—Some-
times called Sweet Clover. A tall, shrub-
like plant, 4 to 6 feet high, with branches
whose extremities bear numerous small white
flowers of great fragrance during the entire
season, and constantly sought by bees. Sow
10 pounds per acre. (60 Ibs. per bu.) Price
Ib. 30c, postpaid; 10 Ibs. $1.50; 100 Ibs. $12.50.

Alsike, or Swedish Clover.—A very hardy
variety that succeeds on any kind of soil
and resists extremes of heat and drouth.
It is usually planted in mixture with grasses
for pasturage and for hay. It is excellent
for bees. When once established, it yields
enormously and can be cut several times
during the season. In recent years failure
to secure a Stand with Red Clover is of fre-
quent occurrence. We suggest you trying
Alsike. Many have done this to their aqd-
vantage. It is similar to Red Clover in every
particular of growth and feeding value. Price
Tb. 35c, postpaid; 20 Ibs. $4.00; 100 Ibs. $17.

Mammoth Clover (Sapling).—Grows much
taller and heavier than common Red Clover;
produces an enormous yield and is of high
feeding quality. It is a great soil enricher
and is far cheaper than any other fertilizer.
It will make your soils light and loamy. Do
not fail to give it a trial. Faney Recleaned.
Price, Th. 30c, postpaid; 20 Ibs. $3.50; 100 Ibs.
$16.00.

Japan Clover.—This is essentially a South-
ern clover and should not be planted much
north of the 86th latitude. It is a native of
China, from whence it got to Japan, where

it flourished and spread over the entire coun-
try, improving the soil to a remarkable ex-
tent and filling up the waste places with
luxuriant forage. Since its introduction on
the Atlantic seaboard it has been gradually
forging west. Already a good many people
in Texas have tried it and find it a valuable
stock feed. On sand, gravel or bare clay
hill tops, no other plant known is so yvalua-
ble for grazing. It does equally well on rich
soil. Few forage plants will yield so much
or so valuable hay. The roots penetrate
deep down in the subsoil, making it a great
drouth resister. Sow in spring 15 to 20 tbs,
per acre. 40c per Ib., 10 Ibs. $2.50; 100 Tbs,
$22.00.

Red Clover.—The oldest variety of clover
in cultivation, too well known to give any
lengthy deschiption. In the South should be
sown in the fall, about 10 Ibs. to the acre.
Price, Ib. 30c, postpaid; 10 Ibs. $1.80; 100 Ibs.
$16.00.

Red Top (Agrostis Vulgaris).—A valuable
grass for moist soils and low lands. It is
a good, permanent grass, standing our cli-
mate as well as any other, and consequently
well suited to our pastures, in which it should
be fed close, for if allowed to grow up to
seed the cattle refuse it. On moist, rich
soil it will grow 2 feet, and on poor, gravel-
ly soil about half that height. 14 Ibs, to bu.
Sow 2 bu. to acre, fall or spring. Price, very
fancy seed, Ib. 30c, postpaid; 20 Ibs. $3.00;
100 Ibs. $12.50. Choice seed, Ib. 25c, postpaid.
20 Ibs. $2.50; 100 Ibs. $11.00.

Grass

Kentucky Blue Grass.—Makes a fine pas-
turage and mixed with white clover makes a
good lawn grass. 50 Ibs. per acre for lown,
25 Ibs. per acre for pasture. Price, fancy,
Ib. 25c; 10 Ibs. $1.50; 100 Ibs. $14.00.

Orchard Grass (Dacty-
lis Glomerata.)—Of ex-
ceptional value for per-
manent pasture and for
hay crops. It is very
early, coming in ahead
of all other grasses, re-
covers quickly after be-
ing cut, and endures
close cropping. If cut
when it comes into flow-
er makes excellent hay,
but if allowed to stand,
however, it becomes hard
and pithy. It thrives well
on all soils. 14 Ibs. per
bu. 20 to 25 Ibs. per acre.

Price, Ib. 30e, postpaid.
20 Ibs. $4.00; 100 Ibs.
$17.50.

Johnson Grass (Sor-
ghum Halapense). — A
perennial grass with
eane-like roots. It is
very tender and nutri-
tious, good for stock.
Hardy only in the South
and Southwestern states,
(25 tbs. per bu.) Sow
20 to 25 Ibs. per acre.
Price, Ib. 20c, postpaid;
20 Ths. $1.75; 100 Ths. $5.

ORCHARD GRASS.

Seed

Meadow Fescue (Festuca Pratensis)—Eng-
lish Blue Grass).—One of the best of our
natural grasses. It is greedily eaten by all
kinds of stock, is very fattening, and makes
excellent hay. It is very hardy and suc-
ceeds in almost all soils, but attains its
greatest perfection in moist, rich land. Comes
into use very early and again late in the
fall. 14 Ibs. per bu.) Price, Tb. 30c, post-
paid; 20 Ibs. $3.00; 100 Ibs. $12.50.

Sheep’s Fescue (Festuca Ovina)—This grass
should form a large part of all mixtures in-
tended for sheep grazing on high upland or
dry pastures. In growth it is short and
dense, and of excellent nutritive qualities,
deep rooted and not easily affected by drouth;
12 Ibs. to bushel. Sow 30 to 40 Ytbs. per acre.
ort Ib. 30c, postpaid; 20 Ibs. $3.00; 100 Ibs.

Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus Pratensis—
Closely resembles Timothy, but flowers much
earlier, and thrives in all soils excepting dry
Sands or gravel. It succeeds best in strong,
moist, rich soils. Being of early and rapid
srowth it is particularly valuable for per-
manent pasture. It is highly relished by all
kinds of stock, endures close cropping and
forms a luxuriant aftermath. 10 Tbs. per bu.
ea Ib. 40c, postpaid; 10 Ths. $2.50; 100 Ibs.

Mesquite or Velvet Grass.—A fine grass for
Texas, makes splendid pasture, having good
fattening qualities; also makes a good lawn
grass, aS it grows close and does not run
like Bermuda. Sow 25 tbs. to acre. 25e per
Ib.; 10 Ibs. $1.25; 100 Ibs. $11.00.

Texas Blue Grass.—A native Texas grass.
It is perennial, is green all winter, attain-
ing a vigorous growth. Plant any time from
September until March. 5 Tbs. per acre. Very
desirable. Price, tb. 30c, postpaid; 10 Ibs.
$1.30; 100 Ibs. $12.50.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

GRASS SEED—Continued

Rescue Grass.—A Southern winter pasture

grass;

germinate.
to 30 days.

up in the fall.

horses.

thrive.

made some

KENTUCKY BLUE.

When sown in fall it requires 20 HS
It may be sown in spring or sum- eS
mer in corn, cotton or oat stubble, and comes 4
Growth is slow when young,
and rapid after it begins to spread or bunch.
Then it stands grazing or trampling well.
is a favorite grass with chickens, pigs and
Like everything else it does best on
good soil, but will do well wherever oats will
We have seen it where the houses
protection
18 inches high in February.
20 to 25 Ibs. to sow an acre.

In our opinion it will be only a short time
until it will be as well Known in the South
as blue grass is in Kentucky. In other words,
we believe Rescue will become a standard
crop, even as Alfalfa is going to be.

comes up in the fall with first cool
weather, lives or grows through the winter,
sometimes making fine pasture before Christ-
mas, depending on soil, season and location,
and makes seed in May or sooner.
dies down, coming next fall from the seed.

It does not come from the roots; it is nota

pest, and it Slightly resembles oats in forma- Ea
tion of bunch, roots and head.

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Price,

ib. 30e, postpaid; 10 Tbs. $1.60; 100 Tbs. $15.00.

Timothy — (Pheleum pratense).— Timothy
hay always commands the highest price and
is considered the standard. If it is desired
to mix clover with it, use the Mammoth, as
the Common Red ripens about three weeks
ahead of the Timothy, losing greatly before
the Timothy is ready to cut. Sow 12 to 15
tbs. per acre. Ib. 25e, postpaid; 20 Ibs. $2;
100 Ips. $7.50.

Perennial, or English Rye Grass.—A nu-
tritious, permanent grass for meadows and
pasture, or for mixing with other grasses
for lawns. Does well on sloping banks, as
its roots are fibrous and mat-like. Is es-
pecially adapted for pastures, as it will en-
dure close cropping and is of strong, quick

and successive after-growth. It produces
an abundance of foliage, which remains
bright and green throughout the season, and
for this reason is also much used for lawn
grass mixtures. It is also well adapted for
permanent meadows and yields large quanti-
ties of very nutirtious hay; well liked by
all kinds of stock. Prefers rich or moist soil,
such as will produce good corn. Sow 20 Ibs.
ia be Te Per Ib. 25¢e; 20 Ibs. $2.50; 100 Ibs.

Lawn.—A mixture of best grasses and clo-
vers to make a lawn where Bermuda Grass
is not wanted. Choice mixed, Ib. 30c, post-
paid; by freight or express, Ib. 20c; 20 Ibs.
$3.50; 100 Tbs. $15.00.

Bermuda Grass (Cyndos Dac-
tylon).—Texas is the home of this
the most valuable grass for the
Southern States. It is hardy as
far North as the Southern Kan-
sas line. It withstands heat and
drouth to a most wonderful de-
gree, is most valuable for both
pasture and hay, and is unsur-
passed for lawns, forming a
beautiful sward in a few months
from planting. The roots quick-
ly permeate the soil, making it

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valuable for binding the embank-
ments of dams, creeks, etc., to
prevent washing. It is a creep-
ing plant, putting out roots at
every joint, quickly covering the
ground. Sow seed in the spring.
Plant the roots in spring about
12 inches each way. Sow about
8 Ibs. per acre. Choice new erop
seed, Ib. 75e, postpaid. By freight
or express at buyer’s expense, 10
Tbs. $6.50; 20 Tbs. $12.00; 100 Ibs.
$52.50. Roots, $3.50 per 1000.

Permanent Pasture Mixture

The soil, climate and conditions of the
Southern States are so different from those
of the North that different species of plants
as well as different methods of culture and
treatment, are necessary to success in the
making of meadows and pastures. Althoug.2
the growing season is almost continuous for
some species, there are none that will make a
vigorous growth throughout the year, and
permanent pastures can be made only with
mixture of several species which make their
growth at different seasons. The kinds of

grass seed to make a permanent pasture
are the following: Colorado Grass, Rescue
Grass, Brome, Italian Rye, Meadow Rescue
Grass, Canadian Blue Grass, Red Top Herds
Grass. English Rye Grass, Brumus Inermis.
These sown together will make a fine per-
manent pasture and will keep green the
whole year round if sown according to di-
rections. Price, Ib. 30c, postpaid; 20 Ibs.
$3.50; 100 Tbs. $15.00, by freight or express
at buyer’s expense.

70 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

SELECT COTTON SEED

Texas is the world’s cotton field. Its farm-
ers are more vitally interested in its success-
ful cultivation than of any other farm pro-
duct. It is of the utmost importance, there-
fore, that no mistake be made in the selec-
tion of high bred cotton seed. We have made
this department of our business a special
study and have introduced many of the new
varieties to our thousands of customers.
Many unscrupulous dealers palm off ordinary
cotton seed, claiming for it much merit, when
in fact it is nothing more nor less than gin
run cotton seed. This we positively will not
do. Every customer will get exactly what
he orders, if careful selection and close
scrutiny on our part amounts to anything.

Robinson’s
Improved Big Boll Cotton

See Illustration on Front Cover

It is with great pride that we offer to the
farmers of the South this wonderful strain
of Improved Cotton, the originator having
given it his entire attention for the past five
years. This is strictly a storm-proof, five-
lock, mammoth-boll cotton, the bolls being
larger than any variety ever grown. The
stalk is short-jointed, and has a long stem.
It is very easily picked, the bolls being of
enormous size, always yielding from 34 to 38
per cent of lint. Those who have raised this
cotton declare it to be the best cotton ever
grown. The cotton matures early, and is
thus ahead of the insects. We are positive
that you will be more than satisfied with this
cotton, and will never have occasion to regret
if you plant your entire crop with the seed.
We are sole agents for this cotton, and you
cannot procure the pure seed from any one
else. We only have a limited amount, and
urge you to send your orders in as early as
possible. Price, by freight or express, at
buyer’s expense, pk. 50c; bu. $1.75; 5 bu. $83
10 bu. $14.

Rowden’s Improved Big Boll
Prolific

This famous cotton was introduced into
Texas by us five years ago and has proven
itself without doubt the most satisfactory
variety ever offered the cotton growers of
the South. It is from 30 to 35 days earlier
than the average cotton seed which makes
it the best sort to overcome the ravages of
the boll weevil and other cotton pests. It is
the best storm proof cotton in existence to-
day, besides being by far the easiest to pick,
so much so that many pickers claim their
ability to gather from 180 to 200 pounds per
day over the common varieties. It more
than thirds itself at the gin as 1400 pounds
will make a full 500 pound bale.

We do not hesitate to offer our Improved
Rowden as being the best variety of cotton
seed ever offered the planters of the South.

We have thousands of letters from planters
in Texas and Oklahoma who say it is without
exception the best cotton introduced. We
have purchased a large quantity of the val-
uable variety, being careful to secure the
first picking from expert growers of known
reliability, insuring purity and _e earliness.
Price, by freight or express, at buyer’s ex-
pense, pk. 40c; bu. $1; 5 bu. $4.75; 10 bu. §9.

Rowden’s Improved Big Boll Prolific

Russell’s Big Boll

This wonderful cotton originated with Mr.

Mr. G. T. Russell, of Alabama. It
large, five-lock, storm-proof cotton. :
vigorous grower and grows very tall, with
an abundance of large limbs near the ground.
The roots grow very deep, enabling it to
withstand severe drouth.

It makes a very long staple and a strong
fiber, and when ginned it always commands
the highest market price. It has never been
troubled with the boll weevil on account of
its extreme toughness, and is very easily
gathered on account of the large bolls.

The seed look to be mixed seed, as they
are both green and white, but this is char
acteristic of the variety. :

We are positive that this sort will give
perfect satisfaction and every farmer should
give it a trial. Price, by freight or express,
at buyer’s expense, pk. 40c; bu. $1; 5 bu.
$4.75; 10 bu. $9.

Berry’s Big Boll

This is one of the finest big boll varieties
that has ever been introduced. It is a five-
lock cotton similar to the Rowden. Very
heavy yielder. Mr. Berry, of Georgia, has
been selling this seed at $2.50 per bushel.
The seed we have for sale this year has been
grown one year in Texas from seed received
from Mr. Berry last year. It is of very fine
quality. Price, by freight or express, at
buyer’s expense, pk. 40c; bu. $1; 5 bu. $4.75;
10 bu. $9.

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THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. ret

Improved Long Staple
Cotton

If you want $100.00 per bale for your cot-
ton, plant Long Staple. We are prepared to
furnish this variety, having secured our seed
from expert growers along Red River. Ex-
_ perience has demonstrated that it produces

about the same quantity per acre as ordinary
cotton while
the price, ranging from 18c to 23c per pound.
It will produce on ordinary prairie land, but
it delights in deep rich bottom soil, and it
is here that it grows to the greatest perfec-
tion. In describing Long Staple cotton,
bears about the same description as Rowden
or Russell’s Big Boll, except that the fiber
or staple is two or three times longer, hence
its desirability for certain uses. It matures
early, continues to make _ until killed by
frost. Plant in rows four feet apart and
from 18 to 24 inches apart in the row. Every
farmer should plant a few acres of this va-
riety. Price, select seed, Ib. 35ce; 3 Ib. Sl,
postpaid. By freight or express at buyer’s
expense, pk. 60c; bu. $2; 10 bu. lots $17.50.

Genuine King’s Improved
Extra Early

This valuable variety we have had grown
for us under government supervision on the
farm of Mr. E. S. Peters, Calvert, Texas. It
will thrive on more different kinds of soil
than any other sort. It is a heavy yielder,
many crops in the boll weevil district this
year making a bale to the acre. King’s Im-
proved has very small leaves, allowing the
sun to shine through it. The squares when
stung fall off readily and is a most profuse
fruiter when planted in good soil. A very
important feature is that the King’s Im-
proved grown in Texas will make a larger
stock, fruit heavier and make larger bolls
than seed imported from North Carolina. It
also matures earlier, planted side by side
with the North Carolina seed. The Texas
grown had open bolls in 103 days from plant-

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ing, while the North Carolina required 113
days. This variety is strongly recommended
by the government in being the best variety
to resist boll weevil ravages. Price by freight
or express, at buyer’s expense, pk. 40c; ba.
$i; 5 bu. $4.75; 10 bu. $9.

Mabene’s Extra Early
Triumph

This cotton has a strong, thrifty, deep
rooted, medium sized, well shaped _ staik.
Long, stout, short jointed limbs, thickly set
on stalk. In case of severe dry weather it
will continue to fruit after other cotton has
shed the forms. It begins to fruit near the
ground and close to stalk. Bolls are usually
five-lock, very large and solid, therefore mak-
ing more cotton than other spongy, large
bolls. The large five-lock bolls are produced
to tip of limb and top of stalk to end of the
season. It is the earliest of all big boll va-
rieties, being only a week later than King’s
Early. As a storm proof cotton it is su-
perior to all other cotton. More of it can
be picked in a day than any other variety.
It makes from 36 to 41 per cent of lint
(Thirty-six to forty-one pounds of lint to
100 pounds of seed cotton). The average be-
ing 38 per cent. While other cotton makes
from 29 to 35 per cent. Average being 32.
The excess of lint in Triumph cotton over
other varieties, will pay for the picking. A
number of farmers have demonstrated this
during the last few years. The large yield
of cotton in South Texas this year, under a
severe drouth is due to planting Triumph
cotton seed. Lint of the Triumph cotton
is Silky, and stronger than that of any other
variety—1 1-16 to 1 1-8 inches in length.
Price, by freight or express, at buyer’s ex-
pense, pk. 40c; bu. $1; 5 bu. $4.75; 10 bu. $9.

Hand Seed Sowers

(BROADCAST )

SHE
CYCLONE

CYCLONE BROADCAST
SEEDER

PATENTED.

Superior to any other on the market for
sowing all kinds of seed broadcast, also for
distributing land plaster and fertilizer. Made
in four different styles—both bow and crank
machines. The only seeder in which the en-
tire bottom plate moves in agitating the
feed. Sows from 30 to 60 feet to the round,
according to the kind of seed.

Guaranteed to give perfect
Price $2.00.

satisfaction.

Don’t Guess

AT IMPORTANT MATTERS.
Cyclone seedrs have been upon the market
for sixteen years; they are perfectly accu-
rate and trustworthy, will never bunch seed,
but are guaranteed to evenly distribute it.

72 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

Cyclone Broadcast Seeder—Continued

They afford the best means of distributing
land plaster and all chemical fertilizer. The
feed plate is not made of tin, but of annealed
iron, therefore will not bend and leak seed.
TBete is no tin on these seeders, except the
an.

DOLLARS AND CENTS.

The price on each of the four different
styles is as low as a first-class machine can
be built for. By being absolutely reliable it
will pay for itself in a day. When seed is
from $3.00 to $5.00 a bushel every “pinch”
must count. Bunched seed will not get the
crop. Seed must be evenly distributed and
given a chance to “stool.” The “Cyclone”
Seeders are the safeguard.

WH GUARANTEE

These machines will save one-fourth of seed,
two-thirds of labor and gain one-fourth in-
crease in crop by sowing perfectly even. That
more seed can be Sown in less time and more
evenly distributed with a Cyclone Seeder
than with any other. These machines can
be used satisfactorily in any ordinary wind.
That by following directions on each ma-
chine you will get the exact amount of seed
desired, evenly distributed over every acre.

THE PREMIER BROADCAST
SEED SOWER

THE STRONGEST, NEATEST AND MOST
COMPACT HAND SEED SOWER
EVER MADE.

The frame of the machine, which carries
all the bearing parts, is made of one piece

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The Premier Broadcast Seed Sower

of metal, thus assuring perfect and perma-
nent alignment. This feature, which is pos-
sessed by no other machine, makes the Pre-
mier the easiest running machine on the
market and prevents it from getting out of
order. The seed is fed to the fan wheel
through an adjustable slide in such a man-
ner as to insure an even distribution. The
slide can be closed instantly; it moves freely
and is so constructed that it can never bind.
The grain bag is supported by a Strap thrown
across the shoulders and is made of can-
vas, securely fastened to the base of the ma-
chine. Sows any seed that is sown broad-
cast, such as oats, wheat, rye, rice, flax, mil-
let, clover, timothy, grass seed, ete. Under
ordinary conditions will sow at a round about
as follows: Wheat, 50 feet; rye, 50 feet;
clover, flax or millet, 40 feet; grass seed, 24
to 36 feet. Price $1.25.

Thomson’s

No. Weight Price

Wheelbarrow
Grass-Seeder

6,° 4142 ae 49 Ibs. $10 00
GAOL) eee ... 43 Ibs. 11 00
5p ll feds as- eek pee 45 Ibs. 12 50

The Best for Windy Weather

Thomson’s Wheelbarrow Grass Seed Sower

On the market 30 years, and upwards of

200,000 in use. The seeder shown in this cut

is an old time-tried implement, and is par-
ticularly adapted to sowing all small seeds
like clover, timothy, alfalfa, and also all
chaffy seeds like red top, orchard grass and
clean blue grass. In Texas we find them the
best style of broadcast seeder for alfalfa. In

any country where winds prevail they are
at home. Seed can be sown mixed or sep-
arate in any quantity per acre desired. They
are light, weigh only 40 to 50 pounds. They
run easily and the entire sowing is governed
by the wheel, making them accurate in quan-
tity. Anybody can use them.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 73

Robinson’s Choice Collection of Flower Seeds

There is no person rich or poor enough who
lives either in country or city, but who can
afford a flower garden. A lovely display can
be had for a few cents and it adds an air of
refinement to every home. Our seeds are
sold cn honor, by far the most of them are
imported from growers abroad who make a
specialty of the flower-growing business and
are therefore in position to give us the best
sorts. We do not pretend to list all known
varieties in this catalogue, but we give a
list of choice kinds. Neither do we list weed
seeds and give them flaming descriptions and
in this way palm off worthless trash to our
customers.

Annual plants such as are contained in the
following lists are those that mature and

ARCTOTIS.

Grandis (“Blue-Eyed African Daisy’’)

See illustration. This remarkable novelty
is of easy growth, and quickly forms a bush
two or three feet across with distinct silvery
white deeply cut foliage. Each plant pro-
duces an immense number of daisy-like flow-
ers which measure two and a half to three
inches across and are silvery white, with a
sky-blue eye surrounded by a narrow yel-
low zone.
lilae blue. They bloom from early in the
season until killed by frost. Per pkt. 5e.

Ageratum—One of the very best bedding
plants, remaining in bloom from early sum-
mer until frost. Easily raised from the seed,
which should be sown in hot bed or window
box in February and transferred to open
ground when danger from frost is past. Also
makes fine winter bloomer. :

Mexicanum—Lavender blue; height

feet. PKt. 5e3; oz. 46c.
Tom Thumb—Blue, height 8 in. PKt. 5e; oz.
40c.

Tom Thumb—wWhite, height § in. PKt. 5e;
oz. 46ce.

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flower from the seed the same season they
are planted and then die. If wanted the next
season, the seed must again be sown, hence:
they are known as annuals.

Culture—In planting flower seed great care
should be used to see that they are not cov-
ered too deep. Many of the smaller seed
need cnly to be pressed down with the hand
or with a board. Always press the soil firm=
ly after sowing. Prepare the soil deep and
fine, the great secret of growing fine flowers
is plenty of manure and plenty of water,

then if you have good seed they will do the
rest.

Robinson’s
Seeds are Sold

on Honor

Arctotis

Alyssum—A beautiful summer flowering
plant, producing its fragrant flowers through-
out the season. Profuse clusters of white
flowers of very pleasing effect. Splendid for
beds, vases. baskets, rockwork or edgings.
Every garden should have plenty of it.

Little Gem—Dwarf habit; 4 to 6 inches. Pkt,

| Be; oz 40e.

Searlet Alyssum (Bethami)—tTrailing habit,
white, fragrant. Pkt. 5e; oz. 25e.

ASTERS,

Asters.—The great demand now for Asters
shows their adaptability to any climate. They
bloom from July until frost. Should have
richly prepared ground, but will give good
returns in any good garden soil.

Comet.—A beautiful and distinct class with
long curled and twisted petals, somewhat
resembling Japanese Chrysanthemums, 15 in.
high. Mixed Colors, pkt. 5c; oz. $1.75.

German Quilled.—Double flower, fine,
inches high. Mixed colors, pKt. 5c; oz. 50c.

Betteridge’s Quilled—Perfectly double tube
of quilled petals; 2 feet high. PkKt. 5e3 oz.
a0c.

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T4 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

BALSAM (LADY SLIPPER).

An old favorite garden annual upon which
great improvement has been made during
recent years. It is the easiest culture, pro-
ducing masses of beautiful, brilliant colored,
double flowers; 18 inches high.

Double Camellia Flowered.—Finest mixed

colors. PKt. 10e; oz. $1.00.

White Perfection.—Double,
ers. Pkt. 10e; oz. $1.00.

immense flow-

CALENDULA.

Dwarf bushy plants, blooming profusely
till frost; easy culture, indispensible in every
garden and fine for pot culture in winter.
Choice mixed, 12 inches high, pkt. 5c; oz. 25c.

CALLIOPSIS.

For a mass of bright colors scarcely sur-
passed. Large, bright flowers in great abund-
ance from early summer until frost. Succeeds

everywhere. 12 inches high. Golden Wave,
pkt. 5e; oz. 30c.
ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON).

Beautiful spikes of gaily colored flowers,
produced abundantly the first summer until
after frost.

Tall Mixed.—18 inches high. Pkt. 5e; oz.
50c.

Tom Thumb.—6 inches high. Pkt. 5e3 oz.
$1.00.

GERANIUMS (From Seed).

It is not generally known that geraniums
can be raised from seed and make fine flow-
ering plants the first season. It is pleasing to
‘watch their growth, and there is opportunity
for securing new varieties. Plant early.
Splendid mixed varieties, pkt. 5c.

CANDYTUFT.

Among the
most beautiful
of annual
plants, produc-
ing neat clust-
ers of flowers
very freely; 12
inches high.

Giant Empress
—Large heads
of pure white.
PkKt. 5e3 oz. 25e.

Choice Mixed
—White, car-
mine, crimson,
ete. Pkt. 5e3 oz.
20c.

Empress Candytuft

CARNATION (Giant Marguerite).

This deservedly popular variety is the most
satisfactory for amateurs as it produces
blooms in twelve weeks from time of sowing.
The strain we offer is semi-dwarf having
robust habit, requiring no support, and pro-
duces on long stems an abundance of large,
double, delightfully scented flowers about 12
inches high.

Deep Crimson.—Pkt. 10c; oz. $2.50.
Bright Rose.—Pkt. 19¢e; oz. $2.00.
Pure White.—Pkt. 10c; oz. $2.00.

Fine Mixed Yellow, Scarlet, White, etc.—
Pkt. 10c; oz. $2.00.

Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

ORNAMENTAL CASTOR OIL BEAN (Ricinus)
See Illustration next page

These highly ornamental plants should be
in every garden. They produce picturesque
foliage with brilliant colored fruit, produc-
ing a charming sub-tropical effect. Fine for
lawns, massing, or center plants for beds.
Great improvement has been made in recent
years in the production of different varie-
ties, which are worthy of special attention.

Borboniensis.—Large, beautiful green fo-
liage,.15 to 20 feet high. Pkt. 5e; oz. 20c.

Cambodgiensis.—Main stem and leaf stalks
are ebony colored, leaves richly colored and
evenly divided, on account of foliage assum-
ing different shades as the plant increases
charming effects may be had when planted
in groups; 5 feet. Pkt. 5e; oz. 25e.

Marguerite Carnation

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Ricinus (Castor Bean)

CASTOR BEAN—Continued

Gibsoni.—Dwarf branching habit, deep red
foliage, 5 feet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.

Sanguineus.—Beautiful blood red stalks and
red foliage and fruit, very striking; 8 feet.
PkKt. Se; oz. 20c.

Zanzibariensis.—A distinct class from Zan-
zibar of surpassing size and beauty. The
plants attain great dimensions with gigantic
foliage, with a coloring which ranges from
light to dark green leaves with some of
eoppery bronze; 15 feet, sometimes 20 feet.
Pkt. 5e; oz. 20c.

COCKSCOMB (Celosia.)

Popular annuals of pyramidal growth each
branch tipped with a spike or feathery bloom.

Dwarf Feathered.—Mixed crimson, scarlet,
fiery red and golden yellow, about 10 inches
high. Pkt. 10e.

Glasgow Prize.—Immense, showy,
crimson combs, 12 inches high. Pkt. 10e.

PARIS DAISY—MARGUERITE.

One of our most popular plants for cut
flowers. Blossoms of the purest white, with
yellow centers, borne on long, strong stems.
Hardy. Pkt. 10c.

dark

CENTAUREA.

These are favorites all over the entire
eountry and are much in demand as cut
flowers. The beautiful artistic shaped flow-
ers are borne on long stems which, when cut,
will stand for several days in good con-
dition.

Candidissima (Dusty Miller).—White fo-
liage for yases, borders, etc.; 12 inches high.
PKt. 10ce; oz. 80c.

COSMOS.

These beautiful annuals originated in New
Mexico about 10 years ago. The plants make
rapid growth, producing large bushes fully
five feet high, covered with thousands of
showy flowers resembling single dahlias.
Bloom in the South from June to September.
Easily raised from the seed, making a grand
display.

Pink—Pkt. 5c.

White—Pkt. 5c.

Crimson—PkKt. ide.

Mixed (fine)—PKRt. 5e.

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CYANUS.
Cornflower, 18 inches high. PKt. 5e3 oz. 30c.

Sweet Sultan.—Mixed colors, 18 inches high.
Pkt. 5e3 oz. 75e.

GAILLARDIA.

Beautiful showy annuals continuing in
bloom from early summer until frost, giv-
ing the richest profusion of brilliant flowers.
Excellent for borders, beds and for cutting;
2 feet high.

Amblyoden.—Deep blood red.

60e.
Mixed.—Very striking.

ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy).

A showy plant of low spreading growth,
with finely divided foliage, blooming through-
out the season; 12 inches high.

Pkt. Se; oz.
PKt. 5e3 oz. 50e.

California Poppy

Rose Cardinal.—A charming variety pro-
ducing freely large intense carmine flowers,
inside orange. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40e.

Mandarin.—Inner sides of petals rich
orange, outside scarlet orange. PkKt. 10¢3 oz.
40c.

Golden West.—Mammoth flowering, yellow
and orange. Pkt. 5e.

FOUR O'CLOCK (Mirabilis or Marvel of
Peru).,

Illustration next page
A brilliant and showy plant of compact

growth with rich glossy leaves and profusion
of bloom during the entire summer, present-

76 THE ROBINSON SEED &

Four O’clock

ing a gorgeous sight in the afternoon and
early morning. One of the most satisfactory
and beautiful of our summer flowering an-
nuals. It should be in every garden.

Wine Mixed Colors.-Two feet high. Pkt.

“Bes oz. 20c.

Tom Thumb, Mixed Colors.—One foot high.
Pkt. 10e; oz. 25e.

FORGET ME NOT (Myosotis).

A charming little annual, best adapted to
moist, shady locations; blooms in spring; 6
inches high.

White—PKt. 5e; oz. 75e.

Blue—PkKt. 5e; oz. 75e.

Datura (An-
gels Trum-
pet).— Large
Dest a neiezh=
ing, showy
plants bear-
ing large
trumpet-
shaped flow-
ers six inch-
es in length
and very
fragrant.
Grow to
5 feet high.
Wright i—
White, sin-
gle lower.
Pkt. 5e,

Cornucopia

Large beau-
tiful flow-
ers measur-
ing 4 inches
acer 0 1S ‘S| }
White and
purple. Pkt.
oe.

Golden Queen.—Brilliant yellow, very fine.
Pkt. Se.

Datura

LOBELIA.

Plants of dwarf, compact growth, covered
with small star-like flowers. Very pretty
for edgings, for flower beds or hanging bas-
kets and vases; 4 to 6 inches high.

Lobelia

PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

LOBELIA—Continued.

te Compacta—Rich blue. Pkt. 5e; oz.
Erinus Compacta Alba.—White.
oz. $1.00.
Erinus Crystal Palace.—Dwarf blue. Pkt.
de; Oz $1.00.

HELIOTROPE.

The delightful fragrance of this flower is
known to everyone, but it is not generally
known that it is easily raised from seed.
It is a splendid bedding plant and ean be
trained as a greenhouse climber. Seed sown
in spring where it is to remain will make
fine summer blooming plants. Grows about
two feet high.

Lemoines Giant White—Pkt. 15ce.
Lemoines Giant Blue—Pkt. 15e.

HIBISCUS.

A showy garden flower, growing about two
feet high, having saucer shaped fiowers,
cream color with purple eye. :

Africanus—Pkt. 5e.

Hibiscus

FLOWERING TOBACCO (Nicotiana Sanderae)

This new and beautiful hardy annual plant, |

with itS rosy-carmine flowers,
startlingly beautiful effect

produces a

tion among annuals of any color or kind of
foliage, whether in the back ground or in
the open, this incomparably beauitful plant
is charming. Seed sown

necessary.
to grow. The care given to the most ordinary

annual will suit this new Nicotiana admir- |

ably, and for a minimum of care a maximum
wealth of its orchid-like blossoms can be

had in the garden all the Summer and au- |

tumn; 3 to 4 feet high. Pkt. 15ce.
NASTURTIUMS.

For freedom of bloom, ease of culture and |

handsome effect few flowers equal the nas-
turtium.
in the poorest soil and give the greatest

PKt. 5e3.

in the garden. |
Such an intensely glowing rosy-carmine color |
is unknown in any plant of similar character; |
and either in flower beds, shrubbery borders, |
or in the wild garden—in fact, in any posi- |

ee eed ean Te aa See ie a a al al peel Bs vee

in January and |
transplanted in April or May in the position |
where it is intended to flower is all that is |
There is no plant that is easier |

They are of quick growth, thrive |

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Nasturtium

abundance of lovely sweet scented fiowers.
Splendid when used as cut flowers.
Tom Thumb Varieties—Nine inches high:

Deep Scarlet, Pkt. 5c; oz. 15e.

Lovely Crimson, pkt. 5e; oz. 15e.
Brilliant Yellow, pkt. 5¢; 07. 15e.

Fine Mixed, all colors, pkt. 5e; oz. 15e.

MIGNONETTE.
Its delightful

fragrance is a
lasting pleas-
ure to all who
know this
beautiful flow-
er. It grows

rapidly and de-
lights in the

cool, moist
weather of
early spring
and late fall.
Should be sown
early £Or
spring, and
again in Aug-¥&
ust for fall
blooming.

Machet—De-
liciously scent-
ed gray flowers.
PEt. 5e;3 oz, 35e.

Golden Queen.—Light yellow. Pkt. 5e3 oz.
ec.

Goliath.—Giant red spikes,
fine. Pkt. 10e; oz. 60ce.

Mignonette

new and very

. PETUNIAS.

Are universal favorites by reason of their
rich colors, fragrance and length of blooming
period. About 15 inches high.

Snow Ball—Pure white, new. PkKt. 10c.

Giants of California—Gigantic flowers of

every shade of crimson, pink, lavender, etc.
PKt. 10c.

PETUNIAS—Continued.
Dark Blue—New and very fine. Pkt. 15e.
Large Flowering—Mixed. Pkt. 10c.

PORTULACA.

A flower of unsurpassed beauty which will
grow and thrive in dry, hot locations where
almost any other flower would soon die.
Very easily grown and may be transplanted
even when in bloom without injury. Blooms
all summer and until frost, grows about 6
inches high.

Finest Single—Mixed colors, large brilliant
colored flowers. Pkt. 5e; oz. 50e.

Double Flowered—White. PkKt. 10e.
Double Flowered—Red. PkKt. 16c.
Double Fiowered—Orange. .PKt. 10e.
Double Fiowered—Mixed. Very beautifuL
Pkt. 10e.
SALPIGLOSSIS.
This is a great favorite among annuals,

is of easy culture, produces beautiful orchid-
like fiowers, blooming from early summer
until late fall.

Large Klowering—Mixed. PKt. 5e; oz. 75e.

PHLOX.

Drummondit
—Beautiful
free flower-
ing annuals
of compact
growth, com
mencing to
bloom early
in summer
and lasting
until frost.
Splendid for
sowing in
masses giv-
ing a sheet
of brilliant
eolors defy-
ing descrip-
tion.

Fine Mix-
ed Colors—
Beautiful.
PKt 5c; oz.
Toe.

Pure White
—PkKt. Seg
oz. $1.00.

Bright Scarlet—PkKt. 5e3; oz. $1.25.
Large Blood Red—PkKt. 5e; oz. $1.25.
Large Yellow—Pkt. 5e; oz. $1.50.

MARIGOLDS.

Phlox

Popular garden favorites of quick growth
and free flowering habit, producing a pro-
fusion of bright flowers all summer; two to
three feet high.

African Double—Tall varieties, fine mixed
colors. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 50e.

Orange Color—Rich double.
60e.

French Dwari—Mixed colors.

PKt. 5c; oz

PRKt. 5e3 oz.

PINKS (Dianthus).

For freedom of bloom and ease of culture
few flowers equal these. They cover a variety
of rich colors, beautifully marked. They con-
tinue in bloom the entire’ summer and fall
until frost.

Imperial Double White—PkKt. 5e; oz. 40c.
Sanquineus, Blood Red—PK?t. 5c; oz. 40c.
Choice Double Mixed—PkKt. 5e; oz. 40e.
Diadem Double Mixed—PKRt. 5c; oz. 40c..

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Pink
(See preceding page.)

POPPIES.

Universally loved are these beautiful and
striking garden annuals. Nothing can be
more showy, no plant easier to raise and we
venture the assertion that 25c worth of poppy
seed will make more show and cause more
comment than any other garden flower in
cultivation. Great advancement has_ been
made during recent years in the develop-
ment of the poppy and they today are one
of the most desirable flowers to be had. They
may be sown any time from November until
March, the earlier the better. Do not wait
for warm weather, and do not cover them
deep, merely hide the seed under the sur-
face in beds where they are to remain. Our
strain of seed comes from expert growers
and will be found first-class in every par-
ticular.

Improved
Shirley —
The colors
range thru
all shades,
rose , pink,
earmine and
brilliant
erimson. A
large num-
ber of the
flowers are
edged with
white. They
grow about
18 ~° inches
high; are
fine for cut
flowers. Pkt.

Tulip Pop-
py —A mag-
nificent spe-
cies srow-
ing about 14
inches high
and produc-
ing 50 to 60
large tulip-
like. flowers
of the most
brilliant
scarlet. Pkt
DC$ OZ. 50e.

Umbrosum—Rich vermilion with a deep
shining black spot on each petal. Grows
about 18 inches high. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 25ce.

Pure White—A grand variety with large
white flowers, round and double. About 18
inches high. Pkt. 5e;3 oz. 35e.

Poppy

Carnation Flowered—Splendid double frin-
ged fiowers, mixed colors. Pkt. 5e; oz. 20c.

Peony Flowered—Large showy double flow-
ers resembling peony. Mixed colors. Pkt.
Se; oz. 20c.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

5c; Oz SOc. —

PANSIES,

These beautiful flowers are universally ad-
mired by both young and old. It is quite
easy to see faces in pansies, especially by
the children. Every garden should have
this grand flower. It is a plant that loves cool
shady spots rich, mellow soil, where, if kept
well watered they surprise us with a pro-
fusion of grand blooms. Our seed is the
choisest product of the best European zgrow-
ers.

Finest English Mixed—Pkt, 10c; oz. $1.50.

Giant Trimardeau, finest mixed—Pkt. 10c;
0Z. $3.50.

Cassiers’ Giant, immense fiowers.—Pkt. 10¢;
oz. $6.00.

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Pansy
SCABIOSA, OR MOURNING BRIDE.

Very effective garden annuals having large
double flowers on long stems, fine f6e cue:
ting. This flower is not cultivated as general-

Ly a it deserves to be. Grows about 30 inches
igh.

Fine mixed colors, pkt. 10c.
White, pkt. 10c.

Purple, pkt. 10c.

Fiery Scarlet, pkt. 10c.

SALVIA.

(Flowering Sage).
This is one of the
most gorgeous of
For months
it is a continuous
flame of bright scar-
let, the great spikes
of bloom completely

concealing the fo-
liage. It is of the
easiest culture and
should be in every
garden. Grows 2%
feet high.

_ Salvia Splendins.—
PRKt. 10c; oz, 40c.

Scabiosa

STOCKS (Ten Weeks).

These popular flowers are easily grown and
are great favorites on account of their beau-
ty and fragrance; adapted to massing, edging
or pot culture. Grows 12 inches high. |

Blood Red, 10c; Crimson, 10c; Blue, 10¢;
Canary, 10c; White, 10c; Dwarf Mixed, 10c;3
German Dwarf Mixed, 10c.

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SUNFLOWER (Helianthus).

Miniature flowers, plants covered with hun-
dreds of bright orange flowers, with bright
neat foliage. Very showy and suitable for
backgrounds and shrubberies; 8 feet high.
Pkt. 5e; oz. 15e.

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1 82 VERBENAS (Hybrida).
Rey Free flowering, hardy annuals. of low
spreading growth, making a gorgeous dis-
play the entire summer, splendid for cut-

ting. Good healthy plants can be grown from

seed.

Pure White—A fine strain of large flower-
ing hybrid. PkKt. 10ec3 oz. $1.50.

Searlet—Brightest scarlet, very beautiful.
Pkt. 10e; oz. $1.50.

Extra Fine Mixed—Large in flower and of
the richest colors. Pkt. 10e3 oz. $1.50.

Salvia

Sweet Peas

Sweet Peas are among the most beautiful of our
hardy annual flowers. They thrive in any good gar-
den soil when given an open, sunny place, not too
clase to fences or buildings and as far as possible from
large trees. Sow as early as possible. In the South,
January and February are the most suitable months
though they may be successfully planted in March.
Dig a trench 12 to 15 inches deep, put in same about
6 inches of rotten manure, mix thoroughly with dirt,
then drop the seed thickly and cover about six inches
deep. Furnish a support early, they thrive better
when this is done. It is important to keep the surface
soil fine and mellow. Treated as above the most lovely
flowers are raised in the South. Price, pkt. 5e; any
seven pkts. 25c; oz. 10c, and any 4 oz. 25e, postpaid.

} - WHITE:
Mont Blane—Very early flowering
habit. New.

Blanehe Burpee—Very large and
beautiful flower, three on each stem,
which are quite stiff; flowers all
facing one way.

YELLOW:

Mrs. Eekford—Lovely shade of
light primrose yellow; fine for cut
flowers.

The Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon.—A

beautiful yellow, with a large, bold
flower.

LAVENDER:

Countess of Radner — Beautiful
shade of light lavender, fine form
and size.

New Countess—New and very fine,
light lavender.

BLUE AND PURPLE:

Lottie EekKkford—White shaded and edged
with soft lavender.

Emily Eckford—Flower large size, stand-
ard light rosy purple, wing rich purple.
PINK:

Royal Rose—Standard rich flesh pink.

Prima Donna—Soft clear pink.

RED AND SCARLET:

Brilliant—Bright crimson scarlet.

Prinee Edward of York—HExtra large stand-
and crimson scarlet, wings scarlet.

Eekford’s Finest Mixture—This contains
many of Mr. Eckford’s recent developments,
embracing every imaginable shade and color.
Very fine, Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Ib. 60c, postpaid.

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Mammoth Zinnia

ZINNIAS.

This free flowering annual will always
be popular. Flowers all summer, even dur-
ing the most severe drouths. Great perfec-
tion has been attained in the growth of the
newer varieties.

Dwarf Fireball—Double flowers of a daz-
zling fiery scarlet; beautiful; 15 inches high.
Pkt. 10e.

Dwarf Snowball—Double Dahlia-like flow-
ers, pure white; 15 inches high. Pkt. 10c.

Tall Varieties—Large flowering; 3 _ feet
high. Crimson, PkKt. Se; Searlet, pkt. 5c;
Rose, pkt. 5e; Yellow, pkt. 5c; White, pkt. 5c;
Mixed Colors, pkt. Se.

Giant Double Flowering—Growing 2 feet
high, compact plants, flowers very large, very
double and perfect form. Cirmson, pkt. 5c;
Searlet, pkt. 5c; Orange, pKt. 5c; Violet, pkt.
5e; White, pkt. 5c.

Robinson’s Seeds
Are Sold on Honor

Seeds of Ornamental Annual Climbers

Balloon Vine—A graceful climber, known
also as Love im a Puff. Very rapid growth
with pretty foliage and inflated capsules; 10
feet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c.

Balsam Appie—Curious climbing vines with
ornamental foliage, fruit golden yellow,
warted and when ripe opens showing the seed
and its brilliant carmine interior. Fine for
trellises, rock work, stumps, ete. Grows 10
feet. PkKt. Se; oz. 30ce.

Balsam Pear—Same as above except the
fruit is pear-shaped. Pkt. 5e3 oz. 30e.

Canary Bird Vine.—A _ beautiful, rapid
climber with handsomely fringed rich yellow
flowers having a fancied resemblance to a
bird with its wings half expanded. Very
delicate foliage. 10 feet. PkKt. Se.

Cobaea Scandens—Also known as cup and
saucer vine. A climber of-rapid growth, has
graceful bell-shaped flowers, beautiful violet
hue, valuable for covering trellises, arbors,
trunks of trees, etc. Plant seed edgewise and
cover lightly; 20 feet. Pkt. 10e.

Wild Cucumber Vine—Ore of the most
rapid growing and free flowering of the an-
nual climbers, attaining a great height. Begin
to bloom early in the season and by mid-
Summer are covered with large sprays of
small white flowers. Splendid for trellises,
old fences, trunks of trees, ete. PkKt. 5e;3
OZ. 25e.

Cypress Vine—Very delicate fern like fo-
liage bearing masses of beautiful, small, star-
shaped flowers. Very popular; 15 to 20 feet.

Searlet—Pkt. 5e; oz. 25e.

White—Pkt. 5c; oz. 25ce.

Searlet Ivy Leaved—Very beautiful. PKt. 5e;
OZ. Zoe.

Mixed—White and scarlet. Pkt. 5e; oz. 25e.

DOLICHOS OR JACK BEAN.

Makes a dense and rapid growth, will cover
trellis, fence or old tree in a short time. Pkt.
5e3; oz. 10¢e.

THUNBERGIA.

(Black-Eyed Susan)—A beautiful, rapid
Srowing climber, when given a sunny posi-
tion; used extensively in hanging baskets,
vases, low fences, etc.

Choice Mixed Colors—Buff, white, orange,
etc. Pkt. 5e; oz. 50c.

JAPAN HOP.

Variegated. A
beautiful variety
of the Japan Hop.-
Vine. The leaves
are distinctly
striped and blotch-
ed with silvery
white and dark

green. It is the
most rapid grower
of any annual
climber and in a
short time reaches
a height of 40 to
50 feet, grows to
full perfection the
first season. Its
fine foliage and
luxurious growth
makes a fine cov-
ering for old
fences, trellises,
verandas. No
other vine stands
heat and drouth so
well and it is re-
markably free
from all insects.
See cut. Pkt. 10ce.

Japan Hop

MORNING GLORY.

The flowers are so bright and beautiful
and the vines of such rapid growth that they
should be planted by everyone.

Imperial Japanese—Very large and beau-
tiful flowers with distinct coloring ranging
from rich purple to pure white. The foliage
is exceedingly fine, having many forms; some
leaves are heavily marbled with white or
yellow. PkKt. 5e; oz. 20c. E

Striped—Flowers striped with red, blue and
rose on white ground. Pkt. 5e;3 oz. 20c.

Choice Mixed—Many colors, very fine. Pkt.
5c; oz. 20c.

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Seeds of Ornamental Climbers— Continued

= MOONFLOWER.

Rapid growing
and beautiful flowers.

climbers, having varied
Splendid for quickly

covering walls, fences, trellises, etc. Mixed
varieties, white and blue flowers. Pkt. 10c;
oz. 7d5e.
; MINA LOBATA.
A beautiful Mexican climber. The buds

at first are vivid red, turning yellow before
they open and when fully open the flowers”

are a creamy white. They are freely produced
from top to bottom on the vine, which has
a growth of about 20 feet. Sow seed early.
PkKt. 10ce.

Sanzguinea—Same as above only producing
freely blood red flowers. Pkt. 10ce.

NARTURTIUMS.

Our strain of climbing Nasturtiums are all
strong and vigorous. The shoots can be

trained on strings or wires or can be readily
made to climb netting or even ordinary pal-
ing fence. They make a Striking effect when
planted on slopes and allowed to trail down
on the ground; very effective in masses or
long rows.

Choice Mixed—Containing many bright col-
ors. PKt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14-lb. 30c.

ORNAMENTAL GOURDS.

Rapid growing, annual climbers, with sin-
gular shaped fruit and fine foliage.

Dipper or Calabash—Pkt. 5e.

Hercules Club—Club shaped;
Pkt. 5e.

Ezss
Pkt. 5e.

Serpent—Striped like a serpent. Pkt. 5e.

4 feet long.

Shaped—Hgg shaped fruit, white.

Robinson’s Summer Flowering Bulbs 2 Roots

Our bulbs and roots will all bloom this
year, please do not compare them with the
largely advertised variety sold at ridiculously
low prices. Many of our varieties are en-
tirely hardy and may remain in the open

Tuberous=Rooted Begonias

The Tuberuos-rooted Begonia is a very de-
sirable plant, either for window, conserva-
tory, or outdoor planting, and has of recent
years become a strong rival to the Geranium
and Verbena as a bedding plant.

Large Single Mixed.—These produce very
large single flowers in a splendid assortment
of colors. The bulbs should be started early
in the spring in very light or sandy soil;
give but little moisture until they have Start-
ed into growth. Mixed—1i10 cents each; 4 for
25 cts., or 75 cts. per dozen, postpaid. Wecan
also furnish the single-flowered bulbs in
separate colors of Crimson, Pink, White, Yel-
low and Orange. We offer separate colors
at 10 ets. each; 3 for 25cts; $1.00 per dozen,
by mail, postpaid.

Gloxinia

ground from year to year. Such as are not
hardy may be taken up in the fall and cared
for during the winter months and planted out
the following season.

Best Double, Mixed.—These flowers are uni-
formly large, double and full centered, in a
magnificent range of beautiful rich colors.
They produce a profusion of grand flowers.
15c each; 4 for 50c, of $1.50 per doz. We can
supply also the following Separate colors:
Crimson, Pink, White and Yellow, at 20c
each; 3 for 50c, or $1.75 per doz., postpaid.

Caladium Esculentum
Elephant’s Ears

One of the most effective and easily grown
plants for the lawn of flower border. Will
thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but to
get the best results plant in rich soil and
give plenty of water. With such treatment a
select size bulb will make a plant about 5
feet high with leaves three feet long and
20 inches wide.

First Size bulks, 25e each; $2.50 doz.
Second Size bulbs 10e each; $1.00 doz.

GLOXINIA

Grand Erect Flowering Varieties

Dry Bulbs in Separate Colors Ready in
November.

The Gloxinias are known as among
the echcicest and most beautiful flower-
ing plants we have for Winter and
Spring bloom in living room, conserva-
tory or greenhouse. They grow easily
from the bulbs and bloom freely for
several months; each bulb will make a
large plant and produce many splendid
flowefs, 3 to 4 inches across, and of
the most gorgeous and exquisite colors;
some are spotted and mottled, others
beautifully varigated anaA all inde-
secribably rich and velvety. They are
recognized by all as entirely out of
the usual, and among the most rare
and handsome house plants to be had.
When done blooming the bulbs should
be dried off and laid away till time to
plant again. We offer three _ colors,
scarlet, blue and white; 15e each; 3 for
40e; $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.

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Summer Flowering Bulbs—Continued

Fancy Leaved Caladium

A superbly ornamental foliage plant for
greenhouse, conservatory, window-boxes, or
for planting outdoors in a sheltered and
shaded location. The bulbs we offer are grown
from a fine collection. Mixed bulbs, 20e each;
3 for 50c; 6 for 85e, by mail, pustpaid.

Field=-Grown Roots of
Choicest Double Dahlias

The Double-flowered Dahlia is one of the
most popular fall flowers, and from strong
field-grown roots fine flowers may be had the
first season much earlier than from plants
grown from seed. Where the roots are sent
by mail a portion of the tuber is removed
to reduce the cost of postage, but the portion
attached to the stem from which the eyes
start is left intact; planted in rich, warm
soil they start quickly into growth and make
fine strong plants.

Mixed Colors made up from the best va-
rieties of all colors. Dormant Roots, 25e

each; doz., $2.50.
IRIS

Iris, Japanese (Iris Kaempferi).—These
beautiful herbaceous plants are among our
handsomest spring flowering plants and are
becoming very popular. They commence
blooming about the middle of April and con-
tinue to produce blooms for 5 or 6- weeks.
Many of the flowers are from 8 to 12 inches
in diameter and are almost as handsome as

-of manure and water.

Japanese Iris

orchids, with their rich colorings and mark-
ings. The Iris does best in a rich, wet situa-
tion and should receive an abundant supply
Choice mixed varieties,
white, purple, blue, etc.,15e each; $1.50 per
doz., $12.50 per 100.

CANNAS

We are extensive growers of Cannas, and
though our list of varieties is not so large
as offered by some establishments, it repre-
sents the pick of today. Every variety offered

Three New Cannas

King Humbert.—A cross between the Crozy
and Orchid Flowered varieties. Flowers are
as large as those of any of the Orchid Flow-
ered Cannas, yet have the firmness and sub-
stance of the Crozy type. Bright orange scar-
let streaked with crimson. Foliage bronze,
wee brownish green stripes. Grows 4 to 4%

eet.

Papa Nardy.—A new French Canna, grow-
ing about four feet high, with bright green
foliage. Flowers large, well rounded; beau-
tiful purplish crimson.

St. Louis.—Greatly admired by all Canna
specialists on account of its combining bright
ecrimson-secarlet flowers and handsome dark
bronze foliage. 4 to 4% feet.

The above 3 New Cannas 35c each; 3 for $1

NEW EVERBLOOMING WHITE CANNA.
MONT BLANC,

Three feet. This magnificent new Canna
is the result of many years of careful hybrid-
izing, and we now have the pleasure of intro-
ducing the finest White Canna in commerce.
Mont Blanc has a vigorous constitution, and
produces its large, beautiful white flowers in
strong branching stalks well above the fo-
liage. It blooms early- and continuously in
the grandest profusion during the whole
growing season, until stopped by freezing
weather. Its foliage is a bright glossy green;
very large and handsome, and so thick and

by us is fully tested and proven to be satis-
factory. 10c each, or $1.00 doz., except where
noted.

leathery it is not often injured by rain or
wind. It is a strong-growing, vigorous va-
riety, and will produce from fifteen to twenty
flower-stalks in a season. Its great masses
of snowy white flowers contrast finely with

- out the brightness of the scarlet.

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Cannas— Continued

the splendid crimson and pink varieties, mak-
ing as gorgeous flower beds for the lawn or
garden as it is possible to have. 25e each, 5
for $1.00.

Alphonse Bouvier.—Bright crimson flower-
spikes, two or three to a stalk; very large
and full, all blooming together.

Florence Vaughn.—The finest yellow spot-
ted Canna... Flowers very large, brilliant yel-
low, spotted with bright red; a strong grow-
er and free bloomer.

Italia. Bright, orange-scarlet, with a very
broad golden yellow border. The flowers,
which are produced on massive stems about
16 inches long, are set well above large,
heavy foliage.

Madame Crozy.—Immense fiower-heads of

the deepest vermillion, gold bordered; petals

very wide and broadly rounded.

Paul Marquant.—Extra large flowers of
deep salmon color, shaded orange; vigorous,
free blooming.

Queen Charlotte.— Rich crimson-scarlet,
with wide gold border on every petal. It
blooms profusely, and the flower-spike, which
= very large and full, stands well above the
eaves.

Austria.—A counterpart of Italia, except in
the color of its flowers, which are of a pure
canary, with but few traces of small reddish
brown spots in the center of the two inside
petals.

Chicago.—The best of all the red varieties.
Foliage green, 9 to 10 inches wide; fiower-
truss and stalk stands boldly erect. The large
flowers open out nearly flat; petals 1% inches
wide and five in number. Color a clear, deep
vermilion, without markings, under a purplish
gloss. 5 feet.

Mile. Berat.—The best bedder. Flowers a
very soft shade of rosy carmine; petals long,
graceful. A bed of this variety is simply
superb, making a good show of flower-trusses
all the time; solid mass of pink. Leaves
green. 5 feet.

President Cleveland.—This variety attracted |

widespread attention last season and is con-

ceded to be one of the finest introductions of |

late years. Color bright orange-scarlet; very
showy; one of the best blooming sorts on our
grounds this year.

Pennsylvania.—With us the past year this
Canna proved one of the most attractive of
all the large flowered or “Orchid-fiowered”’
type. It is really the only pure deep scarlet
in this class of Cannas. The flowers are im-
mense in size, often measuring six inches
and over across, with single petals, 2 to 2%
inches wide. Plant grows five to six feet
high, with its bloom carried well above the
handsome bright green foliage. Its brilliant
coloring, free blooming habit, and vigorous
growth place it in the front rank of all
“Orchid-Flowered Cannas.”

Souv. de Antoine Crozy.—By far the bright-
est gilt-edged Canna grown. Flowers bril-
liant crimson-scarlet, bordered by a _ broad
band of golden yellow, which serves to set
One of
the most attractive in the entire collection.
About 3% feet. Price, 20e each; 6 for $1.00.

Shenandoah.—This is an excellent variety
presenting quite a novel combination. An
excellent red or bronze leaved variety, useful
and beautiful on account of its foliage, but
in addition to this, crowned with larger
spikes of deep rosy pink flowers.

Crimsen Bedder.—One of the most showy
and longest lasting flower of any Canna we
grow. Brightest imaginable shade of crim-
son scarlet. Plant is very compact in growth,
throwing up straight flower spikes with well
shaped trusses of bloom. Flowers remain in
perfect condition for a longer period than

ordinary varieties, making it one of the most
valuable for planting in masses where bright
red color is desired.

The Express.—The result of a cross between
Philadelphia and Gloriosa. Foliage and
growth dwarf, generally growing 2 to 2%
feet. Color, bright scahlet-crimson, a shade
lighter than Philadelphia. Petals very broad.
made up into well shaped flowers. A free
and continuous bloomer.

Victory.—Flowers of the largest size, indi-
vidual petals measuring 1% inches. Bright
orange-searlet with crimson veins running
lengthwise of the petals, and bordered with
an irregular band of yellow. An extra strong
grower, throwing up immense flower spikes.
Height 5 to 6 feet.

Magnificent Gladiolus

A search, be it ever so painstaking and
complete, of the floral kingdom, will discover
no flower of such easy culture, embracing
the great range of color with endless com-
binations and variety, to equal the Gladiolus.
Although called the people’s flower, it today
is practically unknown to the amateur and
average grower, and we claim for the newer
hybrids greater beauty and more exquisite
coloring than in any other garden ornament.
Even the orchids failed to equal it, excepting
in durability as a cut flower, and here the
Gladiolus excels all others. For the best re-
sults, cut the spike when the first flower
opens and blooms in the house. This treat-
ment is also beneficial to the bulb.

Newest reds, scarlets, and crimsons. The
world’s commercial strains, offer few equals
and none better (they should be largely
planted.) Each de; doz. 50c.

New White, Light and Yellow. _All shades
of white, cream and yellow in many com-
binations, relieved by stains and blotches of
rich coiors in most pleasing contracts. Each
6e; doz. 60c. ;

Rare Blues, in Clematis, Lilac and Helio-
trope Shades. New hybrids of Papillo Major,
practically unknown. No such seedlings of-
fered elsewhere in the world. Each 5e; 35e
doz.

84 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

German Iris

LILIUM (Lily)

All herbaceous borders should have
a few lilies scattered through them, in-
cluding Auratum, Candidum, Specious-
um varieties, ete., etc. The sorts of-
fered below can be planted with excel-
lent results during the spring months.
It is in the hardy border that Lilies
do best, as they get the benefit of the
shade of the surrounding plants, which
is so necessary for their welfare.

Auratum (Gold-banded Lily).—Large
graceful flowers, composed of six petals
of a delicate ivory white, thickly stud-
ded with chocolate crimson spots, and
striped through the center a golden
yellow.

Speciosum Album—Large white flow-
ers of great substance, with a green-
ish band running through the center
of each petal.

Speciosum Rubrum, or Roseum.—

White, heavily spotted with rich rosy:

erimson spots. (See cut.)

Speciosum Melpomene.—Very large
flowers, rich blood-crimson, heavily
spotted.

Tigrinum Splendens (Tiger Lily).—
Very large fiowers, orange spotted
black. 12e each; $1.25 per doz.

Price.—Any of the above, except
where noted, first size bulbs, 15e each;
$1.50 per doz., extra Size bulbs 25e each;
$2.50 per doz. If Lily bulbs are wanted
by mail, add 5c per bulb for postage.

Madeira Vine

The Maderia Vine is of rapid growth,
with dense and beautiful foliage, twin-
ing to great height. It grows anywhere
but does better in a warm, sunny, shel-
tered location. It is also a very pretty
plant for training around the windows
in the house. Strong Tubers, exch 5c;
3 for 10c; per doz. 30c, postpaid.

SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS—Continued
Tuberoses

One of the best known and most easi-
ly grown flowering bulbs. Easily rec-
ognized by its exquisite fragrance and
beautiful flower spikes which are borne
on long stems, making it an admirable
cut flower for house decoration. If start-
ed in pots and then transplanted to open
ground can be had in flower much
earlier.

Mexican Tuberose.—This variety is
especially adapted to the South. Blooms
continuously from June until frost,
bearing large fragrant flowers. Thrive
best in sandy locations, when well wa-
tered, easily grown, and should be
generally planted. Price, 5e each; 6 for
25e; 12 for 40ec, postpaid.

“Mammoth Excelsior Dwarf Pearl.—
Our “Mammoth Excelsior Dwarf Pearl’
is a special selection made for many
years of the most Dwarf, double, and
full flowered spikes and 1s exceptional-
ly sturdy and dwarf in habit. This
“Mammoth strain’ is positively the
highest type of the Tuberose. Price, 5e
each; doz., 40c.

German Iris or
Fleur=de=Lis

(I. Germanica).—The German Iris is
one of the most desirable early spring
flowering plants. The flowers are of
large size and of exquisite colors. No

garden is complete without a collection
of these beautiful ‘Flags.’ Choice mix-
ed colors. 12%e each; $1.25 per doz.;
$10.00 per 100.

" cas ,

Rubrum Lily

Why Send North for Roses when you can
buy larger and better at home? Remember
Texas is the world’s rose garden.

See next page.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 85

Choice Roses

Owing to its mild climate Texas is a
veritable rose garden. Its mild winters and
rich soil make it possible to grow the grand-
est and most perfect warieties, equalling those
found anywhere in the world. Is it therefore
surprising that we are in a position to offer
Field Grown Roses superior to those found
anywhere in this country.

It is not possible for any grower to produce
better Roses than are grown by us. We use
2% inch pots, thereby enabling us to furnish
plants far superior to those grown in 1%
inch size used by many growers and our
patrons can always be assured that they will
receive plants that are sure to give the very
best results.

Our first size plants which are furnished
for 10e each, or 16 for $1.00, will give a weaith

of bloom the first season, and we strongly
recommend this size as the results are sure
to be satisfactory.

We ship them with perfect safety to any
part of the United States and guarantee them
true to name and to be as represented.

PRICES :

Splendid young plants from 2% inch pots,
by mail or express, 10c each or 16 for $1.00.
3%
or $1.25 per dozen. Splendid field grown roses

Larger plants from inch pots 15e each,
2 years old, 25e, cr $2.50 per doz., except where
noted.

Varieties marked (*) we furnish field
grown.

*Ascrippina.—This is a brilliant fiery red va-
riety, sweet and double. Is a strong, vigor-
ous grower and continuous bloomer. They
bloom the first year from young plants and
also are splendid autumn bloomers, remain-
ing in flower until the approach of winter'|

For bedding in masses or for making Rose-.

hedges this is a variety that is unsurpassed
and will charm every one who gives it a trial
on account of the thousands of rich, fiery-red
blooms.

*American Beauty, the Popular Perpetual
Bloomer.—Belongs to the hybrid perpetual
class and is well known as one of the grand-
est perpetual blooming roses we have; makes
splendid buds and magnificent large blooms.
Color, deep rich crimson, exquisitely shaded;
true perpetual bloomer, bearing flowers all
through the season. Always scarce and in
great demand.

* Bridesmaid.—The most popular pink Tea
Rose. Thousands of this variety are grown
every year for cut flowers; also very desir-
able for Summer bedding out-of-doors. A de-
lightful shade of bright pink.

*Bride.—A pure white Rose of perfect form
and fine size. The buds are long and pointed;
the flower opens up beautiful and full; de-
lightfully scented.

*Bon Silene.—Still a prime favorite on ac-
count of its delightful fragrance and strong
growth; deep rose, shaded carmine.

*Bessie Brown.—A Rose of transcendent
beauty and one of the largest and fullest
that we have ever seen; it is erect and vig-
orous in growth, flowering profusely all
through the Summer. Color, pure white,
sometimes faintly flushed pink.

Bougere.—Very similar to the Catherine
Mermet in color. We find it to be one of the
most continuous bloomers. A first-class all-
round Rose.

Catherine Mermet.—Buds very large and
globular; petals recurved, showing to advan-
tage the lovely light, creamy pink, reminding
one of La France in its silvery shading.

Captain Christy.—Hybrid Tea. Delicate flesh
color, rosy center; medium to large size, full.
Extra good.

*Clothilde Soupert.—Color, a French white,
deepening to a rosy blush in the center, ex-
ceeding in distinctness of shadings the well
known Malmaison. Form and substance of
the flowers are so perfect that the hottest
weather does not cause a deterioration of
either, so that even in midSummer a boquet
of splendid buds and open flowers can be ob-
tained.

David Pradel.—This is a grand Rose, sure
to give satisfaction. It is a clean, handsome
grower and an early and profuse bloomer,
both buds and flowers are extra large and
beautiful; color, rich rosy red, elegantly
shaded. Very fragrant.

Duchess de Brabant.—This variety unites
in a pronounced degree the highest attributes
of a garden Rose, being very vigorous, never
fails to produce flowers; healthy, rarely dis-
eased in any way; produces large, full blos-
soms, beautiful in bud or open flower, and
delightfully fragrant. The color is an at-
tractive shade of soft, rosy pink, deepening
to bright rose.

Etoile de Lyon.—One of the best and most
beautiful yellow Tea Roses for general plant-
ing; may be had in bloom the entire year
by proper treatment. The flowers are of
good size, deep, full, very sweet-scented, rich,
golden yellow.

Gruss au Teplitz.—As a bedding Rose this
is one of the finest and most useful varie-
ties ever sent out. The color is brightest
searlet, shaded to deep, rich, velvety crim-
son. It is very fragrant. The freest grower
and most profuse bloomer of any ever-bloom-
er. The mass of color produced is wonderful,
and the foliage is extremely beautiful, all
the younger growth being a bronzy plum
color. A queen among scarlet bedders. It
will undoubtedly supersede Agrippina, Queen
Searlet and all others of this class.

Golden Gate.—This variety is near kin to
Niphetos, bringing buds of similar shape and
size, but flushed with pink and salmon. It
is the strongest grower of its class, throwing
up heavy canes persistently; one of the most
profuse blomers extant. :

*Helen Gould.—The Sensational Rose. This
is probably the most beautiful and satisfac-
tory Rose for general planting ever intro-
duced in America. It has proven itself to be
the strongest growing, freest blooming and

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CHOICE ROSES—Continued.

hardiest rose in existence. It is a better rose
for general planting than American Beauty.
The flowers are full and perfectly double, the
buds beautifully made, long and pointed. The
color is a warm, rosy crimson. It is a very
easy rose to get along with; anybody can
grow it and you can’t keep it from bloom-
ing. Be sure and plant this grand rose.

The Queen

Hermosa.—Always in bloom and always
beautiful; the color is a most pleasing shade
of pink; very fragrant.

New Tea Rose, “Ivory.”—A most important
addition to our list of roses for cut-flower
purposes. It is a “sport” from Golden Gate.
The variety now offered embodies all the
good points of its parent—size, freedom of
bloom, strong, vigorous, healthy growth, with
a pure white color—which make it an in-
valuable acquisition, and must at once meet
with popular favor.

La Detroit.—The new Breitmeyer Rose,
which has been so largely exhibited and ad-
vertised. Shell-pink, shading to soft rose;
reverse of outer petals cream colored; fra-
grance like that of Old Bon Silene. In form
it is large, cup-shaped; petals’. shell-like.
Rich glossy foliage. A rampant, vigorous
grower, producing long shoots.

Liberty.—A lovlier thing than this new rose
was never fashioned. Always abreast of the
times. We have a large stock of this variety,
although a recent arrival in the rose world.
The color is bright, flashing crimson-scarlet.

*Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.—A beautiful
rose, with elegant, large-pointed buds and
creamy white; deliciously fragrant. The plant
is a strong, healthy grower and constant
bloomer. The flowers are on strong, stiff
stems, with rich, glossy foliage, making it one
of the finest roses for corsage wear, or any
use whatever.

(For Prices see page 85.)

Louis Philippe.—Rich, dark velvety crim-
son; free and beautiful.

Meteor.—Rich, velvety crimson, exceedingly
bright and attractive. The plant is of vigor-
ous growth and very free-flowering.

Mrs. DeGraw.—An ideal bedding Rose that
will give an abundance of bloom from early
Summer until frost. The flowers are bright,
rich pink, of good size and very fragrant.
Blooms in clusters. eS

Mad. de Watteville.—Delightfully fragrant,
extra large flowers of fine shape; white, shad-
ed with salmon, deepening to bright rose at
edge of petals.

Marie Guillot.—Splendid for any use; es-
pecially desirable for Summer Rose beds;.pure
white, sometimes tinted pale yellow.

Marie Van Houtte.—Is creamy white, outer
petals outlined with bright rose: occasionally
the entire flower is suffused with light pink;
growth strong; bloom profuse.

Mad. Schwaller.—A remarkable Rose, hav-
ing the strength and style of the Hybrid Per-
petual and the free-flowering qualities of the
Tea; color deep rosy flesh, deepening on edge
of petals.

Pink Maman Cochet.—This superb Rose is
well known as a queen among Roses and one
of the best and most beautiful varieties and
quite hardy. The flowers are of enormous
size, very full and of great depth and sub-
stance. Color, rich coral pink, elegantly

‘shaded with rosy crimson; has broad, thick

shell-like petals and makes superb long
pointed buds; continues loaded with buds
and flowers the whole season. Deliciously
sweet and a hardy, vigorous grower. It
ranks among the very finest hardy ever-
blooming roses, has no superior and should
be included in every collection.

Red Maman Cochet.—(Helen Gould.)—A
most valuable, hardy ever-blooming Rose.
Recommended for garden planting. It is a
healthy, vigorous grower, throwing up strong
shoots and producing great masses of splen-
did roses the whole growing season. Flowers
are extra large, perfectly double and delic-
iously sweet. Color, bright rich crimson, ele-
gantly shaded and exceedingly beautiful.

White Maman Cochet.—A splendid Rose;
has all the good qualities of Maman Cochet,
but is pure snow-white, equally large and
fragrant. One of the very best pure-white,
hardy, everblooming roses for bedding in
lawn or garden.

Yellow Maman Cochet.—(Madam Matrat)—
A new and beautiful hardy Tea Rose, throw-
ing up fine, strong stems and beautiful sul-
phur-yellow flowers and bearing large, soli-
tary buds of grand size and perfectly double,
splendid form; one of the finest yellow bed-
ders ever offered.

Marie Van Houtte.—Is creamy white, outer
petals outlined with bright rose; occasion-
ally the entire flower is suffused with light
pink; growth strong; bloom profuse.

*Mad. Franeciska Kruger.—Large Flowers of
beautiful copper-yellow. Unlike any other
roses on our list.

*Mad. Caroline Testout.—Probably no Rose
stands higher in public estimation today than
La France, and when we say that this ele-
gant new rose is a close counterpart of La
France we have said enough to insure its
being planted by a vast number of people.
It is decidedly deeper and more brilliant in
color and a larger flower, and is as good in
other ways. It is a wonderful Rose.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

87

CHOICE ROSES—Continued.

*Niphetos.—Still a great favorite and one of
the best white Tea Roses. The buds are long
and pointed, opening out into a large, pure-
white flower, delightfully fragrant.

*The Frances E. Willard Rose.—Is a strong,
vigorous grower, and true ever-bloomer, mak-
ing healthy, handsome bushes. The buds and
flowers are of large size and perfect form,
pure snow white and so full and perfect they
resemble Camelias. It is delightfully fra-
grant, and one of the grandest of all pure
white Roses.

*Mrs. John Laing.—Queen of the Hybrid
Perpetuals. A splendid, constant-blooming
Hybrid Perpetual, perfectly hardy, with im-
mense flowers, full and double, borne in
great profusion on long stiff stems, and ex-
eceedingly sweet. The color is a clear, bright,
shining pink, exquisitely shaded. The buds
are long and pointed.

ub

Helen Gould

*General Jacqueminot.—Rich velvety crim-
son; magnificent in bud state or open.

*Madame Abel Chatenay.—This is a won-
derfully strong, healthy growing variety, with
rich, bright foliage. A grand bedding rose,
as it is a profuse and continuous bloomer.
Flowers are large and full; petals recurved
and of a beautiful creamy rose, shaded with
rose vermillion and tinged with salmon, The
base of the petals is very highly colored.
This will undoubtedly make a fine garden rose
because of its substance and hardiness. The
flowers are borne on long stems.

(For Prices see page 85.)

Four La France Roses

*Pink La Franee.—The flowers are very
large, double, delightfully fragrant; light sil-
very pink; blooms continuously throughout
the season and stands first among the Roses
for our climate.

*White La Franee.—Pearly white shading
to rose; like La France in other character-
istics.

*Red La France—(Duehess of Albany).—
Retains all the characteristics of the type,
with the blooms three to four shades darker,
of a deep carmine-pink hue.

*Striped La France.—Beautifully variegated
bright rose on satin pink ground.

*White Bougere—A free bloomer, and clean, |
healthy grower; blooms of great substance;
pure white; good stiff stem; as pure a white
as Niphetos, and will produce 50 per cent
more blooms than Bride.

*Princess Bonnie.—Undoubtedly one
of the finest and most beautiful hardy
ever-blooming Roses in cultivation.
Color, bright rich crimson, exquisitely
shaded and delightfully sweet. Noted
for the grand size and beautiful form
of both flowers and buds. It is a quick
and constant bloomer, loaded with
flowers the whole season; entirely
hardy. ;

*Queen of Edgely, or Pink American
Beauty.—This grand new Rose is a
sport of American Beauty; it is an ex-
act counterpart of the American Beauty
in every particular except color, which
is a bright pink somewhat of the shade
of Mme. Caroline Testout and Brides-
mand. It.has the same vigorous growth
beautiful foliage and fragrance as the
parent; the flowers are large and deep,
cup-shaped and full, borne on stems
often 6 feet in length; foliage to the
very flower.

*Snowflake.—Never out of bloom and
as a pure white bedding rose its equal
is hard to find.

*Sunrise.—A grand improvement over
the well known Sunset. The color is
a blending of deep yellow with bright
searlet and clear, deep copper shad-
ings; as the bud opens the scarlet
changes to dark red. The buds are
perfect and the open flower is one of
the handsomest imaginable.

*Sunset.—F ull, finely formed flowers;
rich, golden amber, tinged and shaded
ruddy copper; a prolific bloomer.

The Queen, Grand Tea Rose.—A vig-
orous, healthy grower and constant
bearer of large, very double roses, pure
suowswpite and very sweet and beauti-

ul.

*Perle des Jardins.—Not new, but one of
the most beautiful deep yellow Roses in
existence. Makes grand buds; open flowers
are extra large, perfectly double and delic-
iously sweet; the color is. pure rich, golden
yellow, the plant is a healthy grower and
constant bloomer.

*Winnie Davis.—The color is apricot pink,
shading to a flesh tint at base of petals;
buds oblong and well formed.

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CHOICE ROSES—Continued.

*Safrano.—A fine old variety. This is a
splendid rose that has not been superseded
by any newcomer of its class or color. It
grows vigorously and has the vitality neces-
sary to produce a continuous crop of flowers
from early summer until late in autumn;
quite hardy. It is valued very highly for its
beautiful buds and handsome flowers. The
color is a bright apricot yellow, sometimes
tinted wih rose. Very fragrant.

A Grand Selection

(For Prices see page 85.)

Paul Neyron.—The largest flowered Rose in
cultivation and one of the most prolific bloom-
ers; color, deep clear rose, very fresh and
attractive. The plant is an exceptionally
good grower, making straight shoots four to
five feet high in one season, and each shoot
tipped with an immense flower, often five
inches in diameter. We always recommend
Paul Neyron when a good hardy pink or rose-
colored Rose is desired.

of Fine New Roses

(For Prices see page 85.)

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New Bedding Rose

*Mme. Norbert Levavasseur (Baby Rambler)—tThis is
without question the most important addition to our
list of bedding roses for many years, and one which
seems destined to become the leading popular bedding
variety.

It is a cross between Crimson Rambler and one
of the dwarf Polyantha sorts, producing large trusses
of bright Crimson flowers similar to the Crimson
Rambler, but instead of climbing, the plants form
dwarf, compact bushes, not over 18 inches high, with
clean dark foliage, which is never attacked by disease
or insects and is perfectly hardy; but the most unique
and novel feature about it is the phenomenal freedom
with which it produces fiowers. In this respect it
out-classes any Rose of any type Known, the plant
being never out of bloom from early spring until
stopped by hard frost in the late autumn.

*Rosalind Orr English.—New Hybrid Tea—As fine in.
color as anything in the Rose family, a pure bright
pink, glowing at the center, and wnen grown under
glass its color is a bright coral pink;
producing tall,

a remarkably

free grower, strong shoots crowned

by fine buds.

25e each.

Frau Karl Druschke

Baby Rambler
*Mme. Philippe Rivoire (H. T.)—Very free-

branching in growth, foliage deep bronzy
green, flowers large, full and globular; color
apricot yellow, center nankin yellow, reverse
of petals carmine; opens quickly even in mid-
winter.
*New Everblooming Irish Rose
Killarney.—This great Irish Hy-
brid Tea Rose is of recent intro-
duction. It is perfectly hardy in
this latitude. A strong, robust
grower with bright foliage, flow-
ering very freely throughout the
season. The flowers are very
large, the buds long and pointed.
The color is beautiful satiny pink,
shaded and suffused pale pink.

*Frau Karl Druschke.—This is
the grandest new white Rose that
has been introduced for years. It
is perfectly hardy and very free
flowering, producing flowers of
exceptionally large size, very full
and double, and of a pure snow-
white. It makes a beautiful, long
shaped bud, and blooms freely
throughout the Summer and is
a strong, hardy plant.

*Mme. Jenny Gillemont (H. T.)
—Buds long and pointed, deep
saffron yellow, opening canary
with dark golden shading; blooms
large, petals immense; opens very
freely; a fine, upright grower of
branching habit. Exquisitely beautiful; very
large in size, but very long and pointed.

*Angel Peulffo. Beautiful foliage, bud of
exquisite shape, flower immense, very full,
opens readily even in dark weather; one of

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THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 89

| A Grand Selection of Fine New Roses—Continued
| For Prices see page 85.

| the most brilliant combinations of pink pine Loneen paictabesti (Ee Eas OF PU Sy
: : growth, foliage dark green, buds long an
| shades yer produced: com. Ere adom BUZe pointed, flower large and full, color glossy
quick opening, all point to this as a coming carmine searlet, lightened with vermillion;
forcing variety. extremely free; very erect, one of the best
| novelties of recent years, specially as a red
*Wellesley.—This grand Rose, seedling of SETS WOSe.
| Liberty crossed with Bridesmaid, retains the *New Rose Richmond. (Hybrid Tea)—This
| form of Liberty with the fullness of Brides- is one of the most beautiful Roses in our en-
| maid, and in color is a beautiful shade of tire collection and probably the best red va-
pink, the outside of the petals being bright riety. It is -a strong, robust grower, with
and clear with a silvery reverse. It is a healthy, dark green foliage. Flowers are full,
very vigorous, healthy grower, carrying the handsome and sweet, of a deep carnation red,
flowers on long, stiff stems which are clothed buds long and pointed. A very satisfactory

a

with heavy dark green foliage. It is re- Rose in every respect, and cannot fail to give
markably free-flowering and possesses un- satisfaction. A splendid bloomer. Hardy with
| usual fine keeping qualities. light protection.

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Choice Ever-Blooming
Climbing Roses

For Porches, Trellises, Sum=
mer Houses, Arches, Etc.

*Climbing Malmaison.—Identical with Mal-
maison, but of strong, vigorous climbing
habit. The Malmaison is one of the mest
beautiful Roses in cultivation, lovely creamy
flesh with bright rose center. The flowers
are very large, perfectly double and delic-
iously sweet. Quite hardy.

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x i *Reine Marie Henrietta.—A strong-growing
i x ee i ; and climbing Rose, making a grand pillar

Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Rose in the South. Flowers full and well-

formed; rich, brilliant im j

*Climbing Clothilde Soupert.—New, and one | pao ane companion to Mavechal Wake “Tey
of the finest hardy, ever-blooming Roses ever it
introduced. A strong, vigorous climber; per- z
fectly hardy, immense bloomer, loaded with *Yellow Marechal Neil.—A beautiful ceep,
large, perfectly double flowers the entire :ea- | sulphur yellow; very large and exceedingly
son; color, rich creamy white, finely tinged | fragrant. It is the finest yellow rose in ex-
with amber rose; deepening center to bright | istence. It has a climbing habit, and where
red. it is allowed to grow until it attains a large

*Climbing Souvenir of Wootton.—One of the size, as it will in a few years, it yields thous-
most beautiful hardy, ever-blooming climb- ands of beautiful, golden yellow flowers. Hs-
ing Roses yet produced. Pure, rich velvety pecially desirable in the Souch. We have a
red, fully equal to Gen’l. Jacqueminot in <olor grand stock of this variety.
and equally large and beautiful. Plant in a es s
somewhat sheltered place and it wilt give ex- Price, large and nicely shaped two-sear-old
cellent satisfaction. bushes at 50c each.

Rose of vigorous and rapid growth,

90 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

Choice Ever-Blooming Climbing Roses—Continued

*Climbing Meteor.—Undoubtedly the finest
bright crimson hardy, ever-blooming climb-
ing Rose ever introduced; makes exquisite
buds and large, beautifully shaped flowers
of the true Jacqueminot color. A vigorous
srower and constant bloomer; producing
beautiful clusters of roses all through the
season.

*New Hardy Climbing Rose, “Dorothy Per-
kins.”—This is a grand, new, hardy climber.
Grows 10 to 15 feet in a season; blooms in
immense clusters like the Crimson Rambler,
but the blooms are more double and of a
beautiful shell-pink color, passing to clear,
dep rose; makes large, pointed buds and is
au very satisfactory Rose for general plant-
ing.

_ *Climbing Bridesmaid.—What Bridesmaid
is to the garden this Rose is to the higher
planes, where it decks the airy heights with

a wonderful profusion of clear, deep pink
flowers.
*Kmpress of China.—A true perpetual

bloomer, producing a profusion of fiowers
even the first season. Flowers of good size,
semi-double, of a beautiful bright pink.

*Gainesborough.—The best of all climbing
Roses. We are fully convinced that for a
hardy, ever-blooming climber it has no equal,
even eclipsing that grand variety, Mrs. Rob-
ert Peary. For beauty and size we place
this variety at the head of the Hybrid Teas.
Its delicate colors are hard to describe, being
delicately tinted flesh, almost white, and lus-
trous as satin; when in full bloom it resem-
bles a large, white, fluffy peony, but without
a suggestion of stiffness, often measuring 8
or 9 inches in diameter. Be sure and try
this grand Rose.

*Mary Washington.—Said to have origi-
mated at Mount Vernon over one hundred
years ago. It is an ever-blooming, climbing
and
makes a profusion of fine buds, which are
borne in large clusters. The flowers are
of medium size, pure white, perfectly double
and very sweet.

*Pink Rambler (Psyche).—A new Rose from
the Crimson Rambler, which is identical with
its parent in all its fine qualities except the
color, which is a light salmon rose, shaded
with pink. A strong grower.

*White Pet.—A strong-growing, abundant
blooming climbing Polyantha. An°excellent
pillar Rose, blooming in immense clusters of
pure-white flowers.

Wm. Allen Richardson.—A beautifully col-
ored and very free-blooming Rose of vigor-
ous growth; color, orange-yellow, center cop-
pery yellow, faintly tinted rose. The plant
is a strong, rampant grower, and altogether
a very valuable variety.

*Climbing Snowball.—A sport from the
Polyantha Rose, Snowball, and is one of the
best climbing, ever-blooming white Roses.
It blooms freely in clusters, like its parent,
Snowball, and is altogether an exceptional
variety.

Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (Mrs.
Robert Peary).—This is one of the most
charming of all climbing Roses. It is a
strong and rapid grower, throwing up shoots
10 to 20 feet high. It is perfectly hardy.
It blooms continuously throughout the sea-
son. No illustration can do the beautiful
blooms justice, being equal to the finest cut
flower roses. They are extra large, full, deep
and double, produced on long stiff stems.
The buds are long and pointed with a most
delicious fragrance. This is the only pure
white variety that will give you flowers the
entire season. Our stock is of the best, grown
on own roots and it should be planted by
everyone.

Price, strong plants, 15¢ each, postpaid; 2
year old field grown plants, 30c each, by ex-

press.

ROBINSON'S
Dollar Collection of Roses

5 CHOICE EVERBLOOMING
HARDY ROSES

or

In order to supply our large deamnd for
Roses, it is necessary for us to grow more
than are needed, thus leaving on our hands
many choice varieties. This surplus stock

embraces nearly all of the best sorts. This
is our reason for making the following
offer: For one dollar we will send by mail,
postpaid, to any postoffiice, or by express,
purchasers paying express charges twenty-
five choice ever-blooming roses of our

selection. These will pe strong plants
grown on their own roots that will bloom
the first and every year thereafter. In
ordering, please mention Robinson’s Dol-
lar Collection. You will be pleased with
this assortment. There will be no prem-
iums offered with the $1.00 collection.
When ordered sent by express you will re-
ceive larger and better plants than by
mail.

egy

| THE ROBINSON SEHD & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS, 91

OUR GREAT AMERICAN BEAUTY SET

A Sensational Combination of this famous and much
admired favorite. This combination lends a new
charm to rose lovers by the addition of the long
sought for Pink Variety, added to which please im-
agine the wonderful beauty of a new White Rose,
both havingall the good qualities of the Red.

Pink
American
Beauty

The Rose-growing
public has for years
been seeking for a
pink American Beau-
ty. This demand is
now fully realized in
this lovely pink sort.
The color is soft rich
pink, fading to a still
lighter shade. It is
a strong grower, pro-
ducing its massive
flowers fully as at-
tractive as its sister
variety, the Red.

The stems are
long, having dark
glossy foliage and
a fragrance that
is superb. Our
stock is genuine,
and will please the
most fastidious
purchaser. Strong

plants, grown on
their own roots,
guaranteed true to
name; 20c each;
dozen plants, 15¢e
each.

Red American
Beauty

Belongs to the hybrid perpetual
elass and is well known as one of
the grandest perpetual blooming
roses we have; makes splendid
buds and magnificent large flow-
ers, very double and deliciously
fragrant. Color, deep rich crim-
son, exquisitely shaded; true per-
petual bloomer, bearing flowers
all through the season. Always
searee and in great demand.

AMERICAN BEAUTY

Strozg plants, grown on their cwn roots,
Ww e e guaranteed true to name, 20c each. Dozen
hite American Beauty plants, 15e each. 2 year old field grown

Has all the good qualities of the Red and plants, specially prepared for Winter and

pink except it is pure white. 2 year old plants, Spring planting, 3Gc each; dozen plants, 25¢
35e each; grown on their Own roots, guaran-
teed true to name. - exeh. All guaranteed true to name.

SPECIAL OFFER Waste pint: Strong Plants oc; no premiums given

on this special offer. .

32 , THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

Our Splendid “Maman Cochet” Set of Roses

In this set we offer the most satisfactory combination known to profes-
sional Rose Growers. Perfectly hardy everywhere; will give a wealth of blooms
with charming long pointed buds, besides a combination of colors that is sought
after by all rose lovers, Red, Pink, Yellow and White. Do not fail to include
this set in your order. You will be well satisfied.

*Pink Maman Cochet.—This su-
perb rose is well known as a
queen among roses and one of
the best and most beautiful va-
rities ever grown and quite hardy.
The flowers are of enormous size,
very full and of great depth -and
substance. Color, rich coral pink,
elegantly shaded with rosy crim-
son, has broad thick sShell-like
petals and makes superb long
pointed buds, immense bloomer,
continues loaded with buds and
flowers the whole season. Delic-
iously sweet, and a hardy, vigor-
ous grower. It ranks among the
very finest hardy everblooming
roses, has no superior and should
be included in every collection.
Price, strong plants,: 15¢ each;
larger size, 20c, postpaid; two-
year size, 25¢c, express.

* Red Maman Cochet (Helen
Gould).—A most valuable hardy
ever-blooming rose. Recommend-
ed for garden planting. It is a
healthy, vigorous grower, throw-
ing up strong shoots and produc-
ing great masses of splendid roses
the whole growing season. Flow-
ers are extra large, perfectly
double and deliciously sweet. Col-
or, bright rich crimson, elegantly
shaded and exceedingly beautiful;
it is entirely hardy here, and
needs no protection, though the
usual winter covering of leaves
or garden litter is always desir-
able, when convenient. Strong
plants, 15¢c each; larger size, 20c,
postpaid. Two-year size, 25c, ex-
press.

*White Maman Cochet—A splen-
did rose; has all the good quali-
ties of Maman Cochet, but is pure
snow white, equally large and
fragrant, hardy and productive.

MAMAN COCHET

One of the very best pure white, hardy, ever-
blooming roses for bedding in lawn or gar-
den; 15¢ and 20c each, postpaid. Two-year
size, 25c, by express.

*Yellow Maman Cochet (Madam Matrat).—
A new and beautiful hardy tea rose, throwing
up fine, strong stems, and beautiful sulphur-
yellow flowers, bearing large solitary buds
of grand size, perfectly double,

splendid

form and freely borne; one of the finest yel-
low bedders ever offered, and equally as val-
uable as Maman Cochet. 15e eaeh; larger
size, 20c, postpaid. Two-year size, 25¢c, by
express. .

SPECIAL OFFER:—tThe four Great Cochet
Roses for 50c; larger size, 65e; two-year

bushes, the 4 for 90c, by express.

Thirty-four Years of Successful Seed Selling

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The
Beautiful

La France Rose

95

PRICE of Roses on this page, 15c each; any 4 for
50c; 9 for $1.00; Two-year old plants 25c each; $2.50
per doz., by express at purchaser’s expense.

Who is it that does not admire this famous variety of Hardy Ever-blooming French Roses ?
They are especially adapted to the South, resisting heat and drouth and producing a wealth of
lovely buds and open blooms throughout the entire season.

PINK LA FRANCE
has become so famous as one of the greatest

of Roses for general planting, that a descrip-
tion is hardly needed. It is exceedingly
sweet and handsome, and altogether one of
the -lovliest and most desirable Roses one
ean plant. Both flowers and buds are of
grand size; the color is a lovely shade of
Silver pink, tinged with crimson; delicious
fragrance, exceedingly sweet; very full and
wonderfully beautiful; commences to bloom
soon after planting and continues until stop-
ped by freezing weather.

WHITE LA FRANCE

(Augustine Guinoisse2u)

This magnificent new Rose is a pure white
La France, having just a breath of rose-
tinted blush, decidedly clouding the depths
of its broad petals; the buds and flowers are
extra large, very full and finely formed; the
fragrance is delicious. It is a free, continous
bloomer.

CLIMBING LA FRANCE

A sport from La France and identical with
it in every particular, save its climbing habit
of growth. One of the most magnificent
climbing Roses. It is a strong, rapid grower,
producing its splendid, large, delicate, silvery
pink flowers in great abundance.

STRIPED LA FRANCE
resembles Pink La France in every particu-
lar with the exception of color, which is
bright, satiny pink, distinctly striped with
bright rose.
RED LA FRANCE
(Duchess of Albany)

A superb Rose; resembles La France, but
is much deeper in color, hence the name Red
La France. It is a continuous and free bloom-
er, producing a great abundance of lovely
buds and flowers all through the season; ex-
tra large, elegant in form, very double and
full; remarkably fragrant; color, brilliant
rose pink, exquisitely shaded. It is recom-
mended as one of the largest, sweetest and
best roses for general planting in open
ground or greenhouse culture.

YELLOW LA FRANCE
(Mad. Pernet Ducher)

Very pretty, semi-double and of medium
size; color bright canary yellow. By all odds
the best new French Rose of its color intro-
duced for many years.

SPECIAL OFFER

Strong Plants, one each Pink, White, Climb-
ing, Striped, Red and Yellow La Franee, post-
paid for 60c; two-year-old plants, six in all,
by express, at purchaser’s expense, $1.20.

94 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

CHOICE PLANTS Fer THE GARDEN anil

Under This Heading will be found a com-
plete assortment of the most desirable plants
Suitable for the dwelling-house, conservatory
and greenhouse, or for bedding out in the
garden. Also a collection of Hardy Shrubs,
Vines, and Bushes, Evergreens and Deciduous
Trees for ornamental purposes. Our facilities
are excellent for growing and handling in

: ABUTILON

This deservedly popular plant is of easy
culture, fine for bedding, rewarding the grow-
er with a wealth of blooms during the entire
summer. By Keeping them in pots in sum-
mer will make free bloomers in winter. We
highly recommend the flower as one thriving
in almost any situation with little attention.
Grows 2 or 3 feet high.

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Savitzii.—The best of all variegated Abu-
tilons. Forms a compact, bushy plant, free
from all trace or appearance of coarseness.
Foliage bright pleasing green, broadly edged
with white, producing a cheering effect when
used with Cannas or other plants as an out-
door bedder. The variegation is very much
whiter than Souv. de Bonn, often the white
predominating. This is. really a beautiful
plant; one of the finest variegated plants ever
sent out. 15¢; 12 for $1.50.

Souvenir de Bonn.—It is.a strong, upright
grower, with large bright green foliage, d s-
tinctly edged with a broad band of creamy
white and yellow. Flowers very large, on
stems 8 or 9 inches in length. Color bright
orange-red; very effective with its beautifully
variegated foliage. 10c; 12 for $1.00.

Eelipse.—Fine for baskets and vases, trail-
ing in habit. Its foliage is very attractive,
beautifully marked dark green and yellow,
Flowers bright yellow, with crimson throat.
10e; 12 for $1.00.

ALTERNANTHERA

An admirable dwarf plant of compact
growth used for edging to flower beds, about
6 inches high.

Aurea Nana.—Bright yellow foliage. 5e
each; 50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100.

Amonea Spectabilis.—Crimson, pink
bronze.- 5c each; 50¢c doz; $3.50 per 100.

and

GREENHOUSE

quantity the great variety of plants that we
catalogue. We have endeavored to list on
the following pages all those plants, both new
and old, that hold a prominent place in horti-
culture. If any of our customers desire a
plant not catalogued we will appreciate all
inquiries and give them our prompt attention.

LEMON VERBENA

Aloysia Citriodora

Possesses a delightful fragrance entirely
unlike that of any other plant. Should be
planted in every garden and cut to use in
bouquets of flowers. May be repotted in the
fall and carried over in the house, but makes
but little growth during winter months. 10e
each; $1.00 doz.; $7.50 per 100.

SWEET ALYSSUM

A favorite little annual, because of its fra-
grance and abundance of bloom. As easy to
grow as any weed, and blooms from early
summer until severe freezing weather in fall.
small pots. Good for cutting or button-hole
bouquets. 5Se each; 50c per doz; $3.50 per 100.

ANTIRRHINUM- Snapdragon

The Snapdragons do not receive in this
country the attention they deserve. ‘Tourists
see them used in beds and borders in all the
famous parks and gardens of the Old World,
and we know from actual tests that they do
just as well here as in HKurope. They succeed
best in a rather light soil, in a Sunny position
and, although perennials, succeed well when
treated as annuals. Fine for cutting.

Giant White—1Cec each; $1.00 doz.

Fiery Scarlet.—10c each; $1.00 doz.

Giant Yellow—10c each; $1.00 doz.

Norfolk Island Pine—Description next page

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 95

Choice Plants for the Garden and Greenhouse—Continued

Asparagus Sprengeri.—A new variety of the
finest ornamental qualities. For hanging pots
or bracket pots when the masses of rich
foliage can droop in its natural grace, it is
one of the lovliest objects it is possible to
find for window decoration. For cutting it

lasts weeks in water. Plants also blossom
freely and bear large red berries which add
greatly to the beauty of the wavy foliage.
Nothing finer for decorating or for boquet
making. Fine plants 25e; larger size 50c and
$1.60.

Acalpha Sanderi

New
Emerald

Feather
Asparagus

Plumosus Nanus.—Fine lace-like foliage,
compact and most exquisite, a grand foliage
plant. Fine plants 25e; larger size 50e.

Bruceville, Tex., April 19, 1906.

Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas:

My plants are simply lovely and were all
right except Begonia crushed a little. They
are serving aS an advertisement for you, and
you will get an order from here through their
influence. Thanking you for the nice plants,
I am your future friend and customer,

MRS. J. A. WALK.

AGERATUM

For Summer bedding or in baskets
and vases these are very useful, offering
opportunity for grand color effects by
supplying the blue shades lacking in
most bedding plant families. 10e per
doz.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA.

Norfolk Island Pine.—The most popu-
lar of all the tender evergreens; is be-
coming a greater favorite every season.
As a decorative plant for the house
this is one of the handsomest and most

serviceable plants in our collection.

See Illustration on previous page.

4-ineh pots,. 6 in. high, each..... Soest)

5-ineh pots,. 10 in. high, each..... $1.25

6-ineh pots, 15 im. high, each...... 1.50

6-inch pots, 18 in. high, each..... - 2.00
ACHRYANTHUS.

Beautiful bedding plants with bril-
liant tinted leaves, producing a great
contrast with other plants. Consider-
ed preferable to Coleus for massing
and ribbon work. Wine plants 10e¢ exch,

Fae doz.
ACALYPHA SANDERI.

Chenile Plant.—Foliage deep, glossy
green; flowers bright red, rope-like
pendants drooping from the axil of each
leaf, often eighteen to twenty inches
long. Makes splendid growth when
planted outside in summer, and if
grown-in pots should be repotted fre-
quently to promote vigorous growth.
In watering be careful not to wet the
flowers, and they will remain perfect
much longer. 15e each; $1.50 doz.

96 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO.,, DALLAS, TEXAS.

Plants for the Garden and Greenhouse—Continued

BEGONIAS

Price 10ce each; $1.00 per doz., except where
noted. Large Rlants 25c Each.

Few plants can be grown so readily and
produce such a profusion and brilliancy of
foliage and flowers as Begonias.

Alba Picta.—Long pointed slender leaves,
thickly spotted with silver white; foliage
small and elegant; white flowers in clusters.

Argentea Guttata.—Has the silvery blotch-
es of Alba Picta, and in grace is not equalled
by any other variety. Beautiful fringed ob-
long leaves, with silver markings; white
flowers in clusters on ends af great stems.

Foliosa.—One of the most graceful of all
Begonias. Foliage small; in fact the small-
est leaved of any Begonia. Bright pink flow-
ers.

Rex.—Painted-leaf Begonias. These are
grown for their handsome variegated foliage.
For house culture, baskets, vases, ete., there
is nothing more beautiful. We have a very
fine assortment. 25¢ each.

President Carnot.—A very strong growing
variety of stiff upright habit; foliage large;
similar in style to Begonia Rubra, but more
than twice as large; upper side deep green,
under side purplish red. -. Flowers beautiful
coral red borne in large panicles.

Hybrida Multiflora.—Lovely variety, pro-
ducing a profusion of rosy-pink flowers. Very
satisfactory.

Sandersonii.—One of the best. Flowers are
scarlet, shading to crimson. Borne in profus-
ion continuously. Known as Coral Begonia.

Rubra.—Strong slender branches, heavy,
waxy green leaves with panicles of coral
covered flowers.

Majorie Daw.—New trailing Begonia. Bears
great clusters of large shining pink flowers
that droop from long stems.

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Rex Begonia

Erfordia.— We can recommend this variety
as being one of the very best. It grows in
Symmetrical, compact form, with shining
green foliage, continually covered with clus-
ters cf rosy salmon flowers. One of the most
prolific bloomers in the Begonia family.

Thurstoni.—A beautiful stately plant with
remarkably handsome, glossy foliage. The
under side of the leaves is a rich, purplish
red, the veinings very prominent, while the
face, or upper side, is a bronzy green, shaded
with crimson and olive, with a peculiar glos-
sy metallic luster over all. Flowers rosy
white in large clusters. 15e.

Fiambeau.—Exceedingly free-flower-
ing, commencing to bloom when very
small and flowers continually. Color
deep rosy pink, changing to delicate
light pink. A reliable bedding variety,
flowering fully as free when planted in
the open ground as when grown in
pots in the house. 20e.

Metallica.—A shrubby variety, good
grower and free bloomer; leaves tri-
angular; under side of leaf and stem
hairy; the surface of a lustrious metal-
lic or bronze color, veined darker, flow-
ers white. 15e.

Manicata Aurea—Large, glossy leaves
beautifully blotched with creamy white,
with carmine etchings in the mature
leaves. Flowers delicate blush white
on long stems. 20e.

Otto Hacker.—A_ strong, vigorous
grower, of fine upright habit, with large
shining deep green leaves eight to ten

borne in immense clusters eight to ten
inches across. 15e.

Paul Bruant.—Leaf fine pointed, large
and smooth, flowers in large panicles,
so freely produced as to nearly cover
the plant; light rose.

Rubra.-—This Begonia is still a great
favorite. The flowers are a rich coral
red, hanging in large pendant clusters;
these, combined with the rich green
foliage, make it one of the best plants
for house culture.

inches long. Flowers bright coral red, .

Bas Ee 8. ae

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT

CARNATIONS

The delicately rich and grateful odor, in connection
with the beautiful colors and perfect outline of the
Carnation, secures for it a prominent place in all col-
lections of plants, either for the house or garden. It
is one of the sweetest of flowers, and yields an abun-
dance of blooms all summer. The plants may be pot-
ted in October, watered and shaded a few days, and

CcoO., DALLAS, TEXAS. 97

they will go right along blooming all winter,

bright sunny window.
riety of colors and is
varieties.
oted.

“The 30,000 Carnation”
eter, on strong, erect stems.

tor was paid $30,000 for the original stock.

Mrs. F. Jooste.
ing scarcely any

lavender.

Our list embraces a large va-
the cream of the standard
Price, 10e each; $1.00 dozen, except where

(Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson.)
Tt is a beautiful shade of pink, 3 to 4 inches in diam-
It is such a grand flower
and so strong and sturdy in growth that the origina-

An almost pure pink in color, show-
It combines large size

with good length and stiffness of stem and

growth. We had good resuits from this variety this
season.
Prosperity.—One of the largest Carnations in culti-

vation, very striking in color and form; pure white,
mottled with soft pink, forming a combination seldom

equaled in plant life.

The Queen.—The best and most prolific white Car-
nation to date, bearing a 3 to 3% in. bloom on a long,
The calyx
We can strongly
recommend this variety as the best we know as an

rigid stem. A fine keeper and shipper.
never bursts, and no poor flowers.

all-round commercial variety.
Enchantress.

Sitely delicate shade of shell-pink, deepening
the center. The stem and habit of growth
nearly perfect as can be. Blooms early and
uously.

Queen Louise.—Pure white. It has much to

mend it as a commercial variety. Its freedom of bloom,

One of the grandest of recently
troduced Carnations, a leader in its color, an exqui-

in a

strong

in-

toward
are as
contin-

recom-

ease of culture and perfect calyx are among its lead-

ing features.
ing a perfect bloom.

G. H. Crane.—We do not hesitate to recom-
mend this as the best scarlet Carnation. It
is a very large-fiowering sort, first-class in
both quality and quantity of bloom. It comes
into flower early and continues all season;
color a clear, brilliant scarlet.

Mrs. E. A. Nelson.—Pure glistening pink,
Similar to the shade of Mrs. Francis Joost.
An early and continuous bloomer, reaching

three to four inches in diameter when grown |

for speciment flowers.

Lieut. Peary.—Pure white of fine form and
fragrance. Flowers of largest size and borne
on strong long stems and very free flower-
ing.

Lady Bountiful.—A pure white, 3% inches
across, stems 24 inches; splendid calyx and
good clove fragrance; for a big, fine carna-

tion this is marvelously free.

White Lawson.—A pure white sport from
Lawson; exactly like the parent except in
eolor.

The Belle.—Color,
3x3% inches, form perfect,
wiry, fragrance, spicy clove.
flowering.

pure white, size full
stem stiff and
Early and free

Nelson Fisher.—Pronounced an improved
form of Mrs. Lawson; produced by the orig-
inator of Mrs. Lawson, and surely worthy of
extensive cultivation. Very bright, deep
pink, showing none of the magenta shading
often seen in Lawson.

Always in bloom, every shoot produc-

|
j

Carnation

Mrs. Patten.—A very high grade, commer-
cial variegated. Color white, daintily marked
with Lawson pink; blooms early and freely.
One of the best in its class.

THE LATEST.

Fiancee.—It is a magnificent pink variety,
with long, stiff stems and a big flower; the
color is bright, pure pink, about the shade of
Marquis at its best; it belongs in the class
with Enchantress. Priee 15e each; $1.50 doz.

Cardinal.—We feel sure that this variety
will prove a first-rate commercial red; it
is free in bloom, had a good calyx, and a nice
regular form; one of its finest qualities is
the quickness with which it opens its buds,
and this quaiity is doubly appreciated in
mid-winter when nearly all the reds are
so slow in expanding. Its defect is a weak-
ness of stem early in the season, never so
pronounced as to bar it commercially, but
it is in fine condition for the holiday trade
and later; it never shows single blooms at
any stage of its growth; can be planted very
close. 15e eaeh; $1.50 doz.

New Orleans, La., Dec. 15th, 1906
Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas.

Dear Sirs:= My plants came O. K. and are fine. I
am sorry I did not get in touch with you sooner. Please
send by express the following order. Very truly,

[Signed } P. J. Orchard

98 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

CARNATIONS—Continued
Six New Carnations, 1906 Introduction

Glendale.—A splendid variegated sort, hav-
Ing stems and a good big flower. The two
colors, red and white, are clear and pleasing.
Was awarded first prize at World’s fair as
best variegated.

My Maryland.—In color it is a pure glisten-
ing white, size 3% inches. Flowers form
perfect, very free and will produce an abund-
ance of flowers throughout the season.

John E. Haines.—A brilliant scarlet of
splendid form and very large flower.

Robert Craig.—An ideal Christmas scarlet,
with enormous blooms, 34% to 3% inches in
diameter. A healthy grower, strong, vigor-
ous, and free.

Victory.—Many carnation growers say it is
the finest scarlet color of any carnation;
even when the flowers are aged they seem
to retain their bright color. Size 3 inches
and over, fine long stems.

_ White Perfection.—Pure white.
inches and over in diameter. Beautifully
fringed; very fragrant; exceedingly free
blooming; early and continuous; very healthy
and vigorous; stems stiff 3 feet long and
over.

Blooms 3

Price: 20c each.
Carnations $1.00.

The above set of New

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Chrysanthemum

Dr. Enguehard.—Japanese incurved. Color,
a true pink without the least trace of pur-
ple. Stem and foliage perfect. E

F. A. Cobbald.—A large handsome flower,
on a stiff stem elegantly. foliaged. The color
is mauve pink, very attractive.

Golden Chadwick.—A large perfectly built
incurved flower of a deep lemon color. Un-
doubtedly the best all-round Chrysanthe-
mum.

Golden Beauty.—The color is grand, as is
also the spread of the bloom; the petals have
a velvety finish. This variety is superb. We
feel safe in calling this the grandest of the
late yellow.

Golden wedi nee brightest iyellow,
form perfect.

Intensity.—One of the very few red va-
rieties. Brilliant crimson.

Mrs. Nathan Smith.—Pure glistening: white.
Flowers: of great substance loosely incurved
and very symmetrical, of dwarf habit. One
of the finest Japanese incurved introductions.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Who does not admire the “Queen of Au-
tumn,” the handsomest of all autumnal flow-
ers, and easily cultivated in almost any soil?
They flower well in October and November
in the open ground. But a good way is to
cultivate the plants in the garden, with
plenty of room, in good, rich soil, until the
first of October, when they may be safely
transferred to pots. Give a thorough water-
ing and set in a shady place for a few days,
after which they may be exposed to the full
light. Great improvement has been made
in recent years in Chrysanthemums, and you
will be surprised by discarding the old varie-
ties and securing the newer kinds. Fine
plants 10e each; 75c dozen.

Black Hawk.—Dark crimson scarlet; large,
strong grower, stiff stem, grand foliage, fin-
est variety of this color grown.

Cheltoni.—A fine deep yellow of elegant
form. Extra large.

Col. de Appleton.—One of the largest glob-
ular yellow sorts; grand stem and foliage.
A leader among yellows.

Cc. J. Salter.
flower.

Early yellow. Large perfect

Convention Hall—Color, white of an ex-
ceedingly pure tone. Very broad center, pet-
als inecurving closely.

Mrs. J. Jomes.—Delicate creamy white.
Large flowers with incurved petals, one of
the finest of its class. The foliage and stem
are perfect.

Mrs. Perrin.—A wonderfully clear bright
pink, the brightest shade of pink yet intro-
duced in the Chrysanthemum. The flower
is of globular incurved form with fine satin
finish.

Mrs. H. Robinson—The grandest early white
variety, immense incurving broad channeled
petals of great substance.

Modesta.—This variety has proven one of
the finest yellow.

Maud Dean.—Probably the most. popular
large pink. An extra good grower,.making
long stout stems with beautiful foliage.

Mile. Marie Ligon.—An extra large Japan-
ese variety with broad petal, deepening to
a rosy lavendar at the base of the petals:
stems and foliage perfect.

A large pure white of

Miss Alice Byron.
good substance.

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS—Continued

Merry Xmas.—Latest white, very fine in
| form, outer petal reflexing, center incurving.
Major Bonneion. Bright clear yellow, the
yellow for all purposes. Produces flowers
| six to seven inches across of straight, stiff
| stems of good length. An ideal Chrysanthe-
| mum, should be included in every collec-
| tion.

Wm. H. Chadwick. — Immense
' bloom of waxy white;
rose.

striking
occasionally tinted

Timothy Eaton.—The largest globular Jap-
| anese variety yet raised. Color creamy white.

White Bonnaffon.—Color pure white; form
| identical with Bonaffon. Growth very short
jointed, not exceeding three feet in height.

|| Foliage large and very dark green.

Yellow Eaton.—Al] that is necessary to
| say of this variety is that it is a good clear
yellow form of Timothy Eaton and fully as
| large and perfect in every respect. Timothy
| Eaton being acknowledged the King of the

| Whites.

Ostrich Plumes or Hairy
Chrysanthemums

Very unique. Easily distinguished from
all others by the downy or hairlike appear-
ance of their flowers. 15e each; 4 for 50ce.

Beauty Lyonaise.—Face of the petals deep
terra cotta, reverse old gold, beautifully
plumed. 15e each; 4 for 50c.

Enfant des Mondes.—A strong free-grow-
ing creamy white variety. 15e each; 4 for
o0e.

Leoeadi Gentils.—Large flowers, clear yel-
| low, without a particle of orange. One of
the best in its class. 15e each; 4 for 50ce.

RK. J. Haggard.—An extra large light yel-
| low of the Ostrich Plume type. Quite a de-
| cided improvement over any other yellow of

this class, the hairy filiaments being very
pronounced and the entire flower quite dou-
ble. 15e each; 4 for 50c.

Hardy
Pompon Chrysanthemums

Hardy Pompon Chrysanthemums.—These
are the very best of all Chrysanthemums
for planting out of doors and also very de-
sirable for growing as pot plants, being
dwarf, compact growers, and free bloomers.
They are perfectly hardy, blooming before
severe frosts will hurt the flowers. Price
10e each; doz. $1.00.

Acto.—Large, flowering, dahlia-like petals,
bright rose, lighter reverse.

Alena.—F lat, reflexed; dainty pink; one of
the best.

Pure white flower, high built

Angelique.
flower.

Blaek Douglas.—Fine dark red.

Daze.—Light pink, dahlia form; extra fine.
Grace Darling.—Pink fringe, yellow center.
Jules LaGravere.—Deep, bright crimson.

Lula.—Lovely snow white, globular form,
and of medium size.

Magnificus.—Pure white, large size, extra

good form. Fine.
extra

Mrs. Wyness.—Pink quillled center;

good.

Savannah.—Good yellow.

Utan.—Light magenta, tipped white; globu-
lar form.

COLEUS
We have nothing in the line of bedding
plants that can ever take the place of Coleus.
There are many of the bright and fancy
leaved kinds that are handsomely marked
and this year we offer an unusually large and
choice selection of varieties. Beautiful ef-
fects may be made by using in solid COS
or as edge to Canna beds, ete.

Write us the shade or ecolor you desire.
Price Se each; doz. 50c; 100 for $4.00.

CROTONS

Excellent decorative plants, gorgeously col-
ored with different combinations of yellow,
red, white and green. They are easily grown
and do well in any warm conservatory or
Window, and are particularly valuable for
bedding out in summer. Price 25¢ to $1.00
each. __

CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA

Cigar Plant

Fine basket plant, with scarlet, pendulous
flowers; neat, compact habit; constant bloom-
er. 10ce each; 75e per doz.

CYCLAMEN
Alpine Violet

We offer a superb strain of these old fa-
vorites. Large flowers and beautifully marked
foliage. This will last for several years, as
they are bulbous and can be bloomed each
year. Strong plants, 50e and $1.00.

Furrh, Tex., May 5, 1906.

Robinson Seed & Plant Co., Dallas, Texas:

Gentlemen:—The . plants reached me in
good condition and I am more than pleased
with same. I will not order any more flowers
this year but’ in 1907 I expect to give you
a nice order. Yours truly,

MRS. C. B. O’BRYAN.

THIRTY-FOUR YEARS SUCCESSFUL SEED SELLING.

100 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

NEW FERNS

_ Ferns cannot be dispensed with in elaborate decora-

tions for the parlor. A single plant of the Sword Fern
is as useful in producing a graceful effect as any plant
we know of. In planting a fernery do not crowd them,
but give them room for the development of the fronds;
their growth is rapid, and many varieties soon double
their original size.

Nephrolipis Piersoni—Winner of numerous Gold
Medals, and highest awards whenever exhibited. This
Fern is the most valuable plant novelty introduced in
many years. It is very beautiful, is distinct from the
Boston Fern, and we believe it will be even more
popular than that old favorite. The fronds are a rich
green in color, and are more finely cut and divided
than are those of the Boston Fern. It is a free and
quick grower, and succeeds admirably as a house
plant. Each 25e; extra large plants 50ce.

Anna Foster—tThis is a sport of the Boston Fern,
discovered in November, 1900, growing in a bunch with
the older_variety. Hach of the individual pinnae is
a perfect miniature reproduction of the full frond as
seen in the Boston Fern, unrolling in the same man-
ner. This variety is a wonderful grower, the fronds
often growing from four to six feet in length in one

season. A charming novelty. Each 25e; extra large

plants $1.00.

Boston Drooping Fern—One of the most satisfac-
tory of decorative plants for house culture. The hand-
some green fronds attain a length of four to five
feet, and droop so gracefully over on every side that
it is often called the Fountain Plant. It always has
a fresh, healthy appearance, and is very attractive.
Fine plants, each 20c; extra large plants 75dc.

SPECIAL OFFER One fine plant each of Nephrolepis Piersoni, Anna

The six following Ferns are_ splendidly
adapted for Fern dishes. Be your own florist
and fill your fern dishes at home. It requires
six to fill a dish 8 inches in diameter.

Adiantum euneatum—The popular Maiden-
Hair Fern.

Onyehium Japonicum—A _ graceful Fern,
with finely-cut foliage.

Aspidium Tsussimense—A pretty species
with dark green foliage.

Pteris Cretiea albo-lienatau—A pretty and
useful variegated variety; leaves green and
white.

Foster, and Boston Drooping Fern, for 5@e.

Pteris tremula—A standard variety, with
handsome fronds of a deep green color.

Pteris Wimsetti—Fine for férn pans and
house culture; finely crested.

EKaech 15¢3 six for. 75e.

FUCHSIAS

For window pot plants or for partialiy
shady spots in the garden these plants, with
their gracefully drooping flowers, are held in
high favor. Furnished in a variety of colors.
10ec each; $1.00 doz.

GERANIUMS

The imorovement in the Geranium, both in
the size of the individual flower and the truss,
is wonderful when compared with the flower
of a dozen years ago. Many of the single
flowers are larger than a silver dollar, and
the trusses are immense balls of living color;
while in color we find from the purest white
to delicate rose, brilliant scarlet, richest
crimson, and many other shades. The fo-
liage varieties are also much improved. The
bronze-leaf with its margin of gold, zoned
with chocolate and crimson, are very fine.
The ivy-leaved section also shows great im-
provement, the flowers being equal in size
and color to the best double and single Geran-
iums of the ordinary type.

Prices, Fine Young Plants

Unnamed, from 2% inch pots, 5e; 50ce doz.
Zoe doz.
Named varieties, from 2%-inch pots, 10c;

Named Varieties, from 3 inch pots, 10c; $1.00
doz.

Named varieties from 4 inch pots, 15c; $1.50
doz.

Named varieties, from 6 inch pots, 25e; $2.50 |

doz.

Do not send North for your
seeds and plants when you can do
better by buying from us,

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' the entire _season.

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101

GERANIUMS—Continued.

DOUBLE VARIETIES

Alphonse Ricard—A semi-double Bruant of
special merit; dwarf; very vigorous habit;
large, green foliage; produces flowers in great
masses; florets and trusses are of enormous

| size, on very strong stalks; a profuse bloom-

er; color bright vermilion-scarlet. A grand

| bedder, and we unhesitatingly recommend it
i} aS-a pot variety,
| bition purposes.

either for spring or exhi-

Beaute Poitevine—A great favorite, and

| conceded to be one of the best semi-double,
| light salmon-pink bedders in existence; un-
| excelled for spring sales; enormous flowers,

aurora-pink, shading to bright salmon in the
Always in demand.

Centaure—A beautiful rose-pink of exqui-

| site form; florets a modei of perfection, borne
| in large trusses on long stems, in the greatest

profusion, held well above the foliage: semi-
dwarf; light green, and heavily zoned, robust
foliage. Stands the sun well, and is unpara-
lleled as a pot specimen; a great favorite.

Comtesse de Hareourt—Double Bruant;
pure snow-white florets, beautifully formed,
abundantly produced in large trusses. Stands
the sun well: one of the best double white.

Double Gen. Grant, or Heteranthe-—This is

| an old standard that has stood the test and

remained in popular favor in spite of the
great acquisitions of recent years. Color
bright vermilion-scarlet; full, round florets,
borne in large trusses on long stems; habit
all that could be desired, well branching, ex-
ceptionally strong, and very vigorous; dis-
tinct, clean, healthy foliage, with a profusion
of bloom. Has been a standard favorite for
over twenty-five years.

Glorie de Franee—Individual florets round,
with regular light center; color white, with
a lovely high-colored pinkish shading; splen-
did habit; a most profuse bloomer. An ex
ceptionally fine variety.

Jean Viaud—The finest double pink Ger-
Brilliant
rose-pink, with white throat, fresh and ex-
quisite; attracts attention everywhere. Mag-
nificent semi-double flower; trusses of enor-
mous size, sometimes measuring six inches in
diameter, on. long, rigid stems; a continual
bloomer, the plants being covered throughout
Habit ideal, its dwarf,
stocky growth being all that could be de-
sired. Its resistence to all temperatures, iron-
clad constitution, and ease of cultivation,
render it the finest Geranium we have for
bedding. With its freedom of bloom it is a
grand variety to grow in pots.

La Favorite—One of the finest, if not the
finest, double white; pure in color; flower
of enormous size; a continuous bloomer, the
plants being covered with flowers the entire
season; has beautiful foliage and finest habit.
Unsurpassed as a white bedder.

Le Cid—A charming shade of dark, velvety
erimson; beautifully shaped floret, fine truss-
es; clean habit, healthy and vigorous. Very
Satisfactory as a bedder and pot plant.

Mme. Barney.—A splendid pure, deep pink,
truss, habit, and profusion
of bloom all that could be desired. A perfect
bedder and splendid for pots.

Mme. Canovers—Very dark, velvety scar-
let, with maroon shading; immense trusses
of large florets, on long, rigid stems, produced
in the greatest profusion throughout the en-
tire season. One of the best dark bedders;
a rival in color to S. A. Nutt, but a stronger
grower.

For Prices see Page 100

Mme. Buchner—Snow-white; strong, vigor-
ous grower, with broad, fluted foliage, slight-
ly zoned; flowers abundantly produced in
large trusses; a superb variety.

Mme. Charotte—Well worthy of a place
among the best class of Bruants; dwarf, vig-
orous habit; foliage heavy, deep green, broad
chocolate zone; enormous trusses of large,
perfect florets, borne in the greatest pro-
fusion on good stems throughout the entire
season; color clear end distinct rosy salmon.
A very attractive sort, unexcelled as a pot
plant; a splendid bedder.

Mme. Jaulin—Very large florets, produced
in enormous trusses; color soft peach-pink,
Surrounded by broad border of white, unpar-
alleled for beauty and freshness; habit dwarf,
vigorous and compact; broad, deep-zoned fo-
liage; a profuse bloomer. One of the best
bedders in this class, and unexcelled for
growing in pots for spring sales; a decided
acquisition to every collection.

Mme. Landry—One of the choicest and
handsomest of the magnificent Bruant or
sunproof type; very free and constant in
bloom throughout the entire season; the
florets are very large, and borne in enormous
trusses, often measuring 20 inches in circum-
ference, on long stems held well above the
foliage; color brilliant, clear apricot-salmon,
shading to copper, with white eye, winning
enthusiastic admiration from all whe see it;
habit, semi-dwarf, vigorous; broad, heavy,
deep-zoned foliage. It has all the best points
of a Bruant Geranium. With its robust na-
ture it is able to stand the extreme heat and
hold its foliage the entire summer; being a
profuse bloomer, it is unexcelled as a pot
plant or for bedding.

Miss Frances Perkins—A charming Shade of
light pink, with white throat; fine, large
florets and trusses, held well above the foliage
on erect foot stalks; clean, healthy foliage;
constant bloomer; is a mass of color the sea-
son through. A remarkably fine variety,
stands our climate well, and is unsurpassed
as a pink bedder.

S. A. Nutt—The standard dark red Gera-
nium; double; brilliant deep scarlet, with
maroon shading; compact, vigorous grower;
stands the sun best of any. Always in demand
as a pot plant or bedder.

Thomas Meehan.—A very noteworthy va-
riety; color distinct brilliant pink, the base
of upper petals marked orange; very large,
round florets, and extremely large trusses;
dwarf, compact, vigorous grower and an
abundant bloomer.

SINGLE VARIETIES

Dryden—Bright, soft crimson, pure white
at the base of petals, giving it a large white
eye; very floriferous; exceptionally clean,
healthy and vigorous; foliage slightly zoned.
Magnificent as a bedder.

Granville—Color a most beautiful shade of
bright rose-pink, white blotch on base of up-
per petals; large florets, borne in enormous
trusses, on long, rigid stalks, held well above
the foliage; habit all that could be desired,
being strong, compact and rigid: stands the
sun well. Is invaluable as a bedder.

L’Aube—Pure snow-white, retaining its pur-
ity the entire season; large, round florets,
magnificent trusses, excellent habit of growth,
and iron-clad constitution make it a most
satisfactory variety, either as a pot plant or
bedding variety. One of the best’ single
whites on the market touay.

102 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

GERANIUMS, Single Varieties—Continued. For Prices see page 100.

Jacquerie—Brilliant crimson-scarlet; a most
beautiful color; immense trusses on excep-
tionally strong stems; very vigorous grower,
and unsurpassed as a bedder. Will rank first
in its class and color.

Mme. Bruant—Pure white, veined with car-
mine-lake, often producing a striped effect;
the florets are large and regular, in magnifi-
cent trusses, borne in the greatest profusion
all through the summer. A very attractive
variety, winning admiration wherever seen.

Pelargoniums

Lady Washington Geraniums.

Few people have any idea of the
great strides which have been made
in the last few years in the improve-
ment of the Pelargonium, nor can
they form the slightest conception
of the grand, beautiful acquisitions
that have been recently introduced,
nor of the rich and effective, bril-
liant colors they contain.

In making up our collection we
have aimed to include only the very
best in the different classes, avoid-
ing, as far as possible, those varie-
ties that are so nearly alike as to
cause a confusion or contention as
to their identification, and we are
satisfied that every variety we
offer is capable of producing the
most satisfactory and pleasing re-
sults.

Armand Silvestrie—Bright crim-
osn, black blothches on each petal;
round flowers; good habit.

Charles Outram—White with a
deep purple blotch on each petal.

Countess of Warwick—A beautiful orange
scarlet; a very attractive and effective vari-
ety.

Duchess of Bedford—Flowers pure white,
slight pink spots on top petals, fringed edge.

Duchess of Cornwall—Pure white, blotched
On each petal, rich crimson; large flowers;
splendid, compact habit.

Lady Carrington—The most beautiful tint
of blush white, a slight reddish maroon
blotch on each upper petal.

Lady Primrose—Beautiful tint of blush
rose; distinct blotch on top petals; dwarf
and spreading habit.

Mrs, E. G. Hill—A magnificent variety;
enormous trusses of large, individual florets;
the center of each petal is a soft, light sal-
mon, bordered with rosy salmon; habit ex-
ceptionally strong and vigorous; attractively
zoned; semi-dwartf.

Wm. Ewing—Handsome, pale salmon, light-
ly shaded pink toward the center of petals,
which are of the largest size and perfect
form; blooms abundantly; beautiful, refined
and charming. Splendid as a pot plant or for
exhibition.

Lord Carrington—A beautiful mauve-pur-
ple shade with large crimson blotch on each
petal; enormous flowers and trusses.

Lord Kitchener—Crimson scarlet; a splen-
did variety.

Lord Roberts—Rosy-red tinted: cerise, rich-
ly blotched on upper petals; tinted in the
throat.

Purity—White; large flower and truss; fine
constitution.

Purple Queen—Beautiful soft purple; fine
bold trusses and flowers.

Prices—21% inch pot, 15e each; 3 inch pot,
20e each; 4 inch pot, 25ec each.

FRENCH NOVELTY GERANIUMS

Among these are some of the most beau-
tiful colors and combinations we have ever
seen, and that are bound to become great fa-
vorites.

Double Varieties.

Hugues Lapaire—A beautiful shade of rose-
carmine salmon; large clean foliage; of fine
habit.

Paul Harel—Semi-double
mauve spotted purple;
grower.

flowers, rose-
dwarf; compact

Single Varieties.

Gustave Droz—Soft, bright crimson, white
eye, delicately shaded purple; slightly-zoned
foliage; of good habit.

Jose Echegaray—Semi-double flowers; truss
extremely large; light green foliage with
dark zone; color tender rose shading to large
white center; beautifully effective.

Mistral—Grand semi-double flowers of the
brightest soft crimson, decidedly white eye,

shading through delicate purple to the crim-. i;
son ground; an exquisitely beautiful combi- ..

nation; growth and habit all that could be
desired.
Abel Lefranec—Round flowers; lilac white,

center of petals spotted violet; dwarf grower. .

PRICE—

From 214-inch pots... 10c each $1.00 dozen
From 3-inch pots... 15c each 1.50 dozen
From 4-ineh pots... 25¢e each 2.50 dozen

s the

| beautiful large-flowering varieties,

|_| satisfactory results.
| robust. and hearty growers,

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GERANIUMS—Continued ;

ENGLISH LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES

This list contains some of the best of the
and in
selecting. these we have aimed as much as
possible to take only such varieties as had
indication of being able to stand our
trying and unfavorable summers and give
They are all strong
and, we feel
corfident, will prove a great acquisition to
any collection.

Single Varieties.
Duke of Bedford—Beautiful rich crimson,

| with small white eye; a very attractive varie-
| ty; flowers always well formed and of large
| dimensions,

often measuring 2% inches in

diameter; habit perfect.

Paul -Crampel—This Geranium promises to
supersede many other varieties for bedding,

| owing to its splendid habit and iron-clad con-

| zoned foliage; brilliant scarlet;
| gigantic trusses;

stitution; dwarf and vigorous; large, slightly-
large florets;
exceedingly free in bloom.

Mrs. Brown Potter—Decidedly the most

| beautiful clear bright pink; extremely effect-

| ive large, bold florets;

magnificent trusses;

| vigorous put strong habit; wonderfully free-

ij flowering.

Prince of Grange—The most beautiful clear
orange; florets well built, of fine form and
texture; excellent large trusses; dwarf; vig-
orous heavy-zoned foliage; fine constitution;
a great advance in this section.

Sir Fred Trevor—Maegnificent large trusses
of enormous flowers; color the deepest glow-
ing crimson we ever Saw, with large, white
eye, making it a very attractive and beauti-
ful variety; excellent constitution; it will
soon become a standard variety in this class.

Double Variety.

Mrs. Lawrence—Beautiful bright, clear sal-
mon; semi-double; strong and vigorous; very
branching and free-flowering. A great ad-
vance over all other salmons; trusses large
and held well above the splendid foliage.

PRICE :—

10e each $1.00 dozen
15e each 1.50 dozen
25e each 2.50 dozen

From 2%-inch pots...
Krom 3-inech pots...
From 4-inech pots...

Fancy Leaved Varieties

Dolly Varden—White and green foliage,
dark chocolate zone, shading red; dwarf
grower.

Happy Thought—Center of the leaf creamy
white, with broad margin of rich green; a
distinct and beautiful variegated sort.

Marshal McecMahon—Bright, golden yellow
foliage, with rich chocolate zone; bright and
showy, strong, healthy grower.

Masterpiece—Golden yellow foliage, with
broad very dark zone, variegated red blotch-
es.

Mountain of Snow—Light green, distinctly
variegated with white.

Mrs. Polloeck—Golden yellow edge and
green center, effectively variegated orange
red; dark chocolate zone; strong grower; one
of the best bedding sorts.

Silver-leaved S. A. Nutt—Green, edged
white; very similar to Mme. Salleroi, rathe
stronger grower; flowers are large and pro-
duced in fine trusses; very free bloomer; color
brilliant crimson scarlet.

PRICE:

From 21-inch pots...
From 33-inch pots...
Krom 4-inch pots.

10e each $1.00 dozen
15e each 1.50 dozen
25e each 2.50 dozen

SCENTED LEAVED VARIETIES

These beautiful and useful Geraniums are
now very extensively grown for their highly
fragrant foliage, to be used among the cut
flowers which have no perfume of their own,
as well as for making toilet water, fragrant
jars, flavoring jellies, ete.

Dr. Livingston—This is the so-called skele-
ton Geranium; leaves deeply cut or fern-
like; strongly fragrant.

Fernifolia Odorata—Very attractive on ac-
count of its beautiful fern-like foliage, both
as a plant and when used among flowers; a
Sreat favorite.

Mrs. Taylor—Scarlet flowers borne in great

profusion; dark green foliage; peculiarly
scented.

Nutmeg—Nutmeg scented; small, bright
green foliage.

Rose—This great rose-scented favorite
needs no description. We have a large stock
of it. ;

PRICE:

From 21-inch pots... 10e each $1.00 dozen
From 3-inch pots... 15e each £1.59 dozen
From 4-inch pots... 25e each 2.50 dozen

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JASMINES

Jasminum Grandifloruam—This is an old
favorite and the most satisfactory for gen-
eral culture of all the Jasmines. It flowers
nearly the whole season and is especially
valuable as a house plant in winter; flowers
star-shaped, pure white and very fragrant.
25e and 50¢ each.

Maid of Orleans (New Jasmine)—A maegnifi-
cent new variety with large, double flowers;
blooms profusely all summer; large double
waxy-white flowers of great substance, pro-
duced freely throughout the summer. We
know of no pot plant more desirable than this
the tragrance of the flower is delicious, sweet
and elegant. Prices, 25c, 50e and 75¢ each.

Grand Duke of Tuscany (New Jasmine)—
A magnificent ever blooming plant with large
double, waxy, creamy white flowers, with the
most delicious fragrance of any flower we
know, sweeter than a tuberose; looks like a
large, double white rose. Blooms throughout
the season. A superb pot plant of dwarf,
sturdy habit of growth. Price, 25c, 50e and
Joe each.

Malayan (Rhynchospermum Jasminoides)—
This is one of the most desirable Jasmines
known. The dark evergreen foliage, with the
pure waxy flowers, makes a very effective
plant. The flowers are very fragrant, of a
most delicate odor. 10e and 25ce.

Gardenia Florida (Cape Jasmine)—Nothing
finer for conservatory or open ground. Its
double pure white flowers are delightfully
fragrant, while its deep green glossy foliage
adds materially to its beauty. Hardy in

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Hibiscus Sinensis

HIBISCUS

A beautiful class of plants with handsome,
glossy foliage and brilliant showy flowers,
often measuring from 4 to 6 inches in diame-

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

Jasmine

North Texas and similar latitudes with winter
protection. We offer 3-year-old plants that
will bloom this year. $1.75 by express. Smaller
plants 25¢c, 50c and 5c.

Cesturum Nocturnum (Night Blooming Jas-
mine)—Free blooming shrub, very fragrant
at night; 15e, 25e and 50¢ each.

Jasmine (Confederate or Mayalan) — A
strong climbing variety, dark green waxy
leaves with flowers very fragrant; 25 and
o0c.

ter. They grow under the hottest sun and
bloom most profusely in open ground or in
pots or tubs. The flowers are gorgeously
colored. Price of Hibiscus, 15ce each; $1.50
dozen.

Coleri—Flowers buff-yellow, with crimson
base; very distinct.

Subviolaceus—Flowers of enormous size,
beautiful carmine, tinted with violet; proba-

bly the largest flower of the Hibiscus family.

Carminatus perfectus—F ull, round flower of

perfect shape and of a rich, soft carmine-rose, ~

with a deep crimson eye. A beautiful free

blooming variety.

Grandiflorus—Rich, glossy foliage; blooms
profusely during the summer, literally cover-
ing the plant with scarlet-crimson flowers.

H Minviatus Semi-Plenus—Semi-double flow-
ers, bright vermilion scarlet, petals waved
and recurved.

H. Peachblow—Magnificent flowers 4 to 5
inches in diameter. Color pink with crimson
center; the only variety of this color. Small
plants produce flowers that are larger than
the pots in which they grow during the en-
tire year. As they become larger they make
a magnificent show.

Special Offer—Set of Hibiscus, including
Peachblow, 5 plants in all, postpaid for 75c.

HYDRANGEAS

Beautiful blooming plant, adapted rather
to shady location. The large clusters of flow-
ers resemble the snow ball, only being much
larger.

Otaska—A very beautiful variety from Ja-
pan, giving large clusters of bluish pink
flowers in great abundance through the sea-
son; the flowers are very persistent, lasting
two or three months. Fine plants 10e, 25¢
and $1.60 each.

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Heliotrope

Heliotropes—Heliotropes are great favor-
ites, principally on account of their delicious
fragrance; grow freely under glass, and may
be planted
summer.

INDIA RUBBER TREE

in the open border during the
Choice sorts 10e each; $1.00 doz.

Rubber Plant

One of the very best plants for table or
parlor decoration. Its thick, leathery leaves
enable it to stand excessive heat and dryness.
4-inech pot, 10- inches high, 50c each;. 5-inch
pot, 15-inches high, 75c each; 6-inch pot, 24-
inches high, $1.00 each.

LANTANA

One of the most desirable half-hardy per-
ennial greenhouse or bedding plants, con-
stantly in bloom; Verbena-like heads of
orange, white, rose and other colored flow-
ers; 2 to 5 feet. Mixed colors. Fine plants
10e each; $1.00 for 15..

Standard Sorts

M. Sehmidt—Orange.
Comtesse de Biencourt—Pink.
Alba perfecta—Pure white.

New Weeping Lantana

One of the most beautiful plants ever in-
troduced for baskets, vases, pots or for cul-
ture outdoors. Produces its flowers in clus-
ters by the hundreds from early summer until
severe frosts. Deliciously fragrant. Has a
most graceful drooping habit of growth. Su-
perb. 10e each; $1.60 doz.

Thais—Blush, shading to cream.

Tethys—Lovely cream color, shading to ca-
nary.

New Weeping Lantana

Eoie— Yellow, shading to bright rose; beau-
tiful combination.

Francine—Rosy lilac, with cream center.

Trochere—Dwarf and compact in growth;
color an odd shade of red, with yellow and
Orange centers; very bright and pretty. A
good strong color.

Argus—Orange, with yellow center, much
the color of Amiel.

Amiel—About 1 foot high; approaches the
trailing variety in habit, as the first growths
droop toward the ground, successive growths
rise above these until it forms a dome-shaped
plant covered solid with bloom of the bright-
est shade of orange-red with golden centers;
a leader among bedding plants.

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Wonder Lemon—See description next page.

106

AMERICAN WONDER
LEMON

The Largest Edible Lemon in the World.

Actual weight, two and one-half pounds.

This is one of the most extraordinary nov-
elties that has been sent out in many years.
Our illustration, taken from a photograph,
much reduced in size, gives an idea of the

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

under ordinary cultivation the second year
and will prove a source of geinuine delight.
This is certainly a wonderful novelty, and
one of the greatest we have ever had any-
thing to do with. Plant it in ordinary soil,
in a pot or tub, and it will make a most in-
teresting and valuable plant, not only orna-
mental, but useful, as it will bear each sea-
son a fine crop of these superb lemons. Very
hardy. Price 25e. Large size, ready for fruit-
ing $1.00.

fruit. Single specimens have been taken from
the trees weighing over three pounds each.
In addition to its fruit-bearing qualities, it
makes a very handsome specimen plant for
house culture. The dark green foliage is
very large, and the handsome pure-white
waxy flowers, with yellow stamens, are nearly
as large as tuberose blooms, and as fragrant
as orange blossoms, which they greatly re-
semble. The lemons have a very thin rind
for such large fruit, and are full of rich, acid
juice, and are equal to eight or ten ordinary
lemons. It makes delicious lemonade, and
for every purpose that the lemon is useful

Oxalis

Beautiful small plants, suitable for baskets,
pot plants, rock-work, or outdoor culture;
flowering the first year; half hardy per-
ennials; 9 inches. Price 10c each; $1.00 doz.

Othonna Crassifolia

Resembles the sedums in growth and fo-
liage; flowers bright yellow, produced very

it has no equal. The plants that we will send freely. A fine plant for basket or vase. 10e
you will produce their magnificent large fruits each; 75e per dozen.
Oleanders
Nothing nicer for porch or lawn decoration. Give

good rich soil and plenty of moisture during growing
season. May be wintered over in any cellar where
it does not freeze.

Double Pink—15e and 25c.

Double White—15e and 25c to $1.00.

Variegated—tThis is very attractive; the leaves are
green, with white and yellow stripes;
are pink and white.
25e.

It makes a very decorative plant.

Otaheite Orange

So well known that a description is hardly neces-
sary. A dwarf reproduction of the genuine fruit-
bearing orange tree, the flowers being identical. It
flowers and fruits in pots and blooms continuously
The fragrance of the flowers is delicious, and with one
or two plants one can have a generous supply of
highly vrized and much coveted orange blossoms,
Fruits immediately after flowering; the fruit measures
about three inches in diameter and is quite edible.
As many as 160 blooms have been counted on a single
plant. Strong plants, 25c; larger size, 50c.

PALMS

Kentia Fosteriana—One of the grandest of all Palms.
It is a strong, tall grower, and being of an exceed-
ingly robust disposition thrives in almost any situa-
tion. It will remain uninjured by changes in the tem-
perature, while the splendid surface of its foliage
enables it to stand the dry, hot air of the living room.
The leaves are a deep, glossy green, fan-shaped, split
deeply into segments. This is one of the hardiest
Palms we know. Makes a magnificent pot plant.
Strong young plants, 8 to 12 inches high,50c each,
postpaid; large plants, splendid specimens, $1.50 and
$2.00 each, by express only.

Kentia Belmoreana—Of a dwarfer habit, but more
compact and spreading than Fosteriana, possessing,
however, the same strong manner of growth and
splendid constitution that makes either variety almost
indispensible. Strong young plants, 8 to 12 inches
high, 50c each; large plants, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00,
by express only.

Areca Lutescens—One of the most graceful Palms,
especially when it attains large size. Its dark, glossy
green leaves are gracefully curved on slender stems,
ana the entire foliage is gracefully disposed. The
trunk and stem is a golden green. Strong plants, 8
to 10 inches high, 50e each; plants 18 to 24 inches
high,$1.00, $1.50 and §2.°+ each, by express only.

the blooms. |

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THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

Palms—Continued

Caryota Urens (Fish-tail Palm)—When full
grown makes a beautiful tree in tropical
countries, attaining a height of from 60 te
80 feet. It is an exceedingly rare and inter-
esting specimen. Succeeds well under the
same treatment given an ordinary palm.
Young plants 15¢ each, 4 for 50c; large plants
(12 to 18 inches high) 40e each, postpaid.

Cocos Weddelliana—The most elegant and
graceful of all the smaller Palms. It is an
erect grower and is freely furnished with
gracefully arching leaves of a rich green
eolor. This variety is admirably adapted to
growing in fern dishes, being of slow growth.
Strong plants from 3-inch pots, 30e each;
large plants from 4-inch pots, 50e each, post-=-
paid.

Cyeas Revoluta (Sago Palm)—It is proba-
bly the most valuable decorative plant grown,
both for lawn and house decoration; the
heavy, glossy, deep green fronds resist alike
the gas, dust and changes of temperature to
which house plants are frequently exposed.

We offer plants at $1.25, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00
and $5.00 each, graded according to number

of leaves and size.

CHOICE PANSIES

a Dae

Ve a yy el Ny
atiily

Our choice prize strain of Pansies has
gained for us an enviable reputation among
all lovers of this handsome bedding plant.
The brilliant colors and size of the flowers
mark it as one of the finest strains in exist-
ence. We devote a good deal of space at our
trial grounds to the growing of pansies, and
thus we are able to furnish in small or large
quantity selected flowering plants at the fol-
lowing low prices:

Faney varieties,
100 $3.00.

extra selected, doz 50ce;

Paris Daisies

French Marguerites—A beautiful plant of
easy culture and one that generally gives
best satisfaction; flowers white and yellow,
1% to 2 inches in diameter. Price 10¢c each;
$1.00 per doz.

New Paris Daisy

Queen Alexandria—A wonderful improve-
ment on the type; a fine large flower, double
- anemone center of short, white, overlapping
petals, enclosed by long ray petals. Price 15ce
each; $1.50 dozen.

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Chinese Primrose

In White, Pink and Crimson.—Few house
plants offered give better satisfaction than
this. It requires to be kept cool, a north
window suiting it best. Care should be taken
in watering that no water gets in the buds,
as it causes them to decay. In the summer
it can be turned out into a shady border. .The
plants we offer are fine, and the colors are
sure to please. We have them in white, pink
and crimson. 2d5e each.

Plumbago

_A plant worthy of more general cultiva-
tion; producing large trusses of delicate azure
flowers. Excellent for bedding out in sum-
mer or growing in pots for single specimen
plants,

Capensis .Alba—Equally as desirable as
Plumbago Capensis and identical in every re-
spect but color, which in this variety is beau-
tiful creamy white; 10ce each, $1.00 doz.

Capensis—A splendid plant for the South.
Blooms during the hottest weather. Very
free bloomer. Color light blue. 10e each ;
$1.00 dozen.

Petunias

Petunias are among the most satisfactory
plants to grow, as they are extremely flori-
ferous, and bloom from early summer to cold
weather.

Double—Of this favorite bedding plant we
have a carefully selected collection in white
and pink. Price for small plants for planting,
10e each; $1.00 per doz.

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Petunias

Smilax

Myrisiphylium Asparagoldes—In many re-
spects the Smilax is the most useful, and it
is certainly one of the most graceful climb-
ers which adorn the greenhouse or conserva-
tory; for bouquets and fioral decorations it
is indispensible. Fine plants 10c each.

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Swainsonia—The Swan Flower

Among Winter-blooming plants for house or con-
gervatory the Swainsonias are among the prettiest
and most desirable. They have beautiful fern-like
foliage and will bloom every day in the year. The
blossoms are the shape of sweet-peas and nearly as
large, and borne in beautiful clusters on long slender
branches. It begins to bloom while quite small, and
will. continue as long as kept in Srowing condition.
AS easy to grow as a geranium; and will thrive and
bloom with only the most ordinary care. When mak-
ing up your order for house plants do not forget
to include the beautiful Swan Flowers. We offer two
Splendid varieties.

Swainsonia Alba—Large snowy white blossoms, in
long pendant clusters; very beautiful and fine for
cutting. i15e, 25e and 50e each.

Swainsonia Rosea—Same as the Alba except in color,
which is bright rich rosy red. Very handsome, 15e,
25c and 50c each.

Primula Obconica

Always in bloom. This is a charming plant for
Winter. In fact, we know of no plant that is bet-
ter adapted to home culture than this one. It is not
susceptible to changes of temperature that most plants
are subject to. It bears its elegant panicles and
sprays of blooms of a delicate pink and white in the
greatest profusion. It is certainly elegant. 25e each.

G5e doz.

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Solanum or Jerusalem Cherry Plant, 25c.
TRADESCANTIA

Tradescantia (Wandering Jew)—For bas-
kets, brackets and vases. Three varieties,
green, purple and variegated. 5e each; 50c

dozen.
VERBENA

We offer the most distinct varieties of
these useful bedding plants. All are of the
mammoth or large-flowering type. The colors
range through all the different shades of
scarlet, purple, crimson, pink, blue, white,
etc. Se each; 50c dozen.

VINCA

Madagascar Periwinkle or Old Maid—Orna-
mental, free-blooming plants and one of the
most satisfactory flowering bedding plants
we have. They bloom continuously through
the summer. The beautiful glossy foliage
and white.or rose colored flowers make a
grand display; about 18 inches high. Choice
plants 10c each; $1.00 per doz.

Winca Major Variegata.—More of this used
for baskets and vases than there is of any
other two basket plants. Beautifully varie-
gated green and white foliage, and strong,
trailing habit of growth. 10¢ each.

Splendens—One of the finest of all bedding plants,
being completely covered in autumn with long spikes
of dazzling scarlet flowers, remaining in bloom until

cut down by frost. 10e each; 75e per doz.

Silverspot.—The distinctive feature of this splendid
novelty is its strikingly handsome spotted foliage.
The leaves are rich, soft, dark green, with light
sulphur or cream-colored spots of various sizes liberal-
ly sprinkled over them. The intense, bright scarlet
flowers are very large; the plants are of neat, compact
habit. 10e each; 75e doz.

SOLANUM

Capsicastrum (Jerusalem Cherry)—This is a very
useful pot plant for Christmas decoration. It is of
dwarf, branching habit; the leaves small and oval
shaped, bearing in the greatest profusion bright scar-
let globular berries.

Swainsonia

SALVIA

Alba.—The same as Splendens in every respect ex-
cept in color of flower, which is pure white. 10¢ each;

Very ornamental; 1 foot. Large

Madagascar Periwinkle

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1S1Q) Robinson’s Surprise Collection of
: BEDDING PLANTS

_It is necessary for us to grow large quan- | please and surprise both as to quality and

tities of bedding plants, not knowing what | quantity that will be sent by mail to any
| the demand will be; nearly every year we | address post-paid, or by express, purchaser
have many thousands of choice plants left | paying charges. All to be our selection, for
over after the season has advanced and we One Dollar. If you want a beautiful flower
are going to offer our friends after April | garden of the choicest greenhouse plants. Do
15th a Surplus Collection that will both | not fail to give this collection a trial.

LARGER QUANTITY AND LARGER | 1 ()
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SPECIMENS SENT WHEN ORDERED
BY EXPRESS

A Few Choice Perennial Plants

Perennial plants are those which live over
| winter and bloom from year to year with ever
increasing size and beauty. They do not re-
ward the grower quite so quickly as annuals,
but are worth waiting for as among them
are found many of our most beautiful fiow-
| ers.

Cultivation is of the simplest, taking good
garden soil as a foundation, enriching it with
any good fertilizer, setting the plants early
so as to establish them before the hot dry
weather prevails, keeping ground well moist-
ened and stirred. A mulch of any loose ma-
terial, grass clippings preferred, will assist
in keeping the soil moist.

In the fall apply a covering of manure
which should be forked early in the spring,
beyond which little care need be given.

DELPHINIUMS—Hardy Larkspur

DELPHINIUMS (Hardy Larkspur).

The Hardy Larkspurs are one of the most
important and most satisfactory plants in
the herbaceous garden, and should be planted
extensively even in the smallest garden. The
long spikes of fiowers are produced continu-
ously from June until late in the fall, if the
precaution is taken to remove the flower
stems before they produce seed.

Formosum—The old favorite dark blue va-
riety, grows from 3 to 4 feet high, and is in
fiower almost continuously from June till
frost. 15e each; $1.50 per doz.

ACHILLEA (Millfoil or Yarrow)

Ptarmiea Fl. Pl. (“The Pearl”’)—A beautiful
summer flowering plant upon which flowers
are borne in greatest profusion during entire Hardy Larkspur
season, on strong, erect stems. Strong plants
15e each; $1.50 per doz.

|

Superb Hollyhocks

Few hardy plants combine as many good qualities
as the Hollyhock. For planting in rows or groups
on the lawn or for interspersing among shrubbery,
they are invaluable. The flowers form perfect rosettes
of the most lovely shades of yellow, crimson, rose,
pink, orange, white, etc. The Hollyhock requires @&
rich deep soil well drained, and will repay in quantity
and elegance of bloom any extra care. (See cut.)
We offer strong plants, which will flower this season.

Double Mixed Colors—1lidec each; $1.50 per doz; $1¢
per 1060.

Old-Fashioned Single—A fine strain of these old-
time favorites in choicest mixture. 15¢ each; $1.56
per doz.3; $10 per 100.

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CHOICE PERENNIAL PLANTS—Continued.

HARDY ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

This character of plants attracts attention
wherever used. They become stronger and
more beautiful each year and should be in-
cluded in every garden.

Japonica Variegata—A very graceful va-
riety from Japan. Its long, narrow leaves
are striped green, white and often pink or
yellow. Flower stalks from 4 to 6 feet high;
very ornamental. 15e each.

Gracillima Univitata (Japan Rush.)—Nar-
row green leaves with a silvery white mid-
rib. This plant is of most graceful habit
and is very useful for decorative purposes
and the center of vases, as well as making
an attractive lawn plant; perfectly hardy.
15e each.

EVERBLOOMING
TNA

i TRITOMA.

VTritoma Pfitzerii (Flame Flower)—A grand
4mprovement on the old ‘Tritoma Uvaria
Grandifiora, or Red Hot Poker. The flower
spikes, which are produced with considerably
more freedom than in the old variety, are of
gigantic size, frequently four and a half feet
high, with heads of bloom over twelve inches
dong, or a rich orange scarlet, shading to
salmon-rose on the edge. Each 25e; doz.

$2.50.

Shasta Daisy

Shasta Daisy—The Shasta Daisy is the first
ef a new type, which has been obtained by
hybridization, and rigid selection through @
geries of years. It is a very hardy perennial,
Dplooming better and more abundantly each

Eulalia Japonica Zebrina (Zebra Grass)—
The foliage is distinctly marked with broad
yellow bands. It grows from five to seven
feet in height, forming a most striking and
graceful plant, entirely hardy whether used
aS a Single plant or in groups on lawns, it
has no equal. 15e each.

GYPSOPHILA—Baby’s Breath

Paniculata—Grand herbaceous plant, good
for cutting as well as a first grade border
plant. Flowers are small, pure white, pro-
duced in immense panicles. Blooms in Aug-
ust and September, months when flowers are
none too plentiful. One of the most attrac-
tive and hardy plants grown. 15e3 2 for 25e.

season, and continues to bloom for several
months. It can be multiplied rapidly by
simple division, and it is not particular as to
soil. The pure white flowers average about
four inches in diameter, and are borne on
single, long, stiff wiry stems. The blooms

when cut remain perfectly fresh and in good
eondition for two weeks or more.
plants,

Seed, per

pkt. 10¢e; each 20c.

Our friends who remember the old-fash-
ioned Perennial Phlox of our grandmother’s
garden would hardly recognize the beautiful
varieties grown today as bearing any re-
semblance to them. The improvement
has been truly wonderful; instead of the
small, dull-hued flowers of olden times, we
now have immense trusses, all bright and
showy, the individual flowers three times the
size of the old varieties, and the colors rang-
ing from the purest white to violet. With

Perennial Phlox a show of brilliant flowers |

can be had from June until November, as
they are perpetual bloomers.

15¢e each; large clumps 25c.

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Perfectly hardy. |
Choice shades of red, white and pink. Price |

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

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New Oriental Hybrid Poppies—For bpril-
liancy of colors there is nothing to equal
these Oriental Poppies. 3
enormous size, often measuring over 6 inches
in diameter, while the colors range from soft
flesh and rose to the most brilliant dazzling
searlet and richest maroon purple. Their
eulture is as simple as that of the garden
Poppies. They are perfectly hardy peren-
nials, living through the winter with but Ht-
tle protection, and increasing in size and
beauty every year. 15e each; $1.50 per doz.

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RUDBECKIA (“Golden Glow”).

This hardy plant of recent introduction .s
entitled to rank with single hollyhocks for
picturesqueness. In good soil it grows from
6 to 8 feet high, branches freely, and for
two months in midsummer is literally cov-
ered with its large, bright yellow double
flowers. AS a garden or lawn plant it is
extremely decorative, and equally so as a cut
flower, and very lasting. A large circular:
group of it Surrounded by the dwarfer Rud-:
beckia speciosa is extremely effective. Fine:
Clumps 25e; smaller size 15ce.

Rudbeckia Speciosa—A dwarf variety only

The flowers are of -

HIBISCUS.

“Crimson Eye.”’—Flowers of immense size,
often measuring twenty inches in cireum-
ference. The color is of the purest + white,
with a large spot of deep velvety crimson
in the center. 15e each; $1.50 doz.

PLATYCODON.
(Balloon Flewer, or Japanese Bell-Flower).
The Platycodons are closely allied to the
Campanulas, and form neat, branched bushes
of upright habit, which bear a continual suc-
cession of fiowers from June until October.

Grandifloruam—Deep blue cupped, star-
shaped flowers; 1% feet. 25e each.

Grandifiorum album—A white-flowered form
25e each. :

of the above.

VIOLETS.

The Violet is entirely hardy, a deep violet
purple color and most deliciously fragrant,
entirely free from all diseases and will grow
and bloom in any garden in any situation.
They bloom in the most profuse fashion in
late fall, winter and early spring.

California—Large, single flowers, borne on
long stems, very fragrant. Nice plants 5e
each; doz. 50c; large clumps 10c; $1.60 doz.

Princess of Wales—A very fine’ variety,
with single flowers, having great fragrance,

about 2 feet high. Fine plants 15e; large stems long. Color soft purple violet. 5e each;
elumps 25c. doz. 50c; large clumps 10e each; $1.00 per doz.
Resurrection Plant—An exceedingly interesting

plant, cemes up quickly from seed, perfects its growth
in a short time,
shrivels up and dies, assuming the form of a bird’s
nest, which when placed in water the, branches ex-
pand as if they had come to life again, closing up
Seed, pkt. 10c; dried plants 10e each.

and produces tiny fiowers

when dried.

PAEONIES (Herbaceous).

After trying many
ceeded

Onies do best in a rich, deep,
noon sun they will give excellent results.
as they are heavy feeders.

cultivated. If these few simple 2
ried out the results will be most satisfactory.

We offer a fine collection of double white, red and

pink; price 35c each; 8 for $1.00.

varieties we have at last suc-
in securing a collection of these beautiful
plants which succeed admirably in this section. Pae-
rather moist,
soil. and if plants are protected from the hot after-
They should
have a liberal supply of water at all times, especially
when in bloom. Fertilize liberally with cow manure
Keep the ground well
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SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL CLIMBERS

Select Hardy Perennial Climbers—Once es-
tablished these beautiful climbers grow more
beautiful each year, increasing in size and
strength with no attention more than a cover-
ing of rich manure in the fall, spaded
in in the_ spring. Every home _ should
have one or more of them. They make
cemeteries, churches, etc., much more at-
tractive.

Cinnamon Vine—This gem of a climber is
a@ marvel of beauty and fragrance. Its rapid
growth, abundant foliage and modest, sweet
scented flowers give it supremacy over all
other climbers. The handsome glossy, heart-
shaped leaves and clusters of fragrant white
flowers, make a veranda or window, a bower
of beauty. No one should miss planting this
beautiful vine. Strong tubers, 10e each; 5 for
25e; 12 for 50c. Strong plants 15e each; 6 for
TSC.

Honeysuckles

An old-time favorite and a few of them
should be included in every garden.

Yellow Trumpet—Large clusters of yellow,
trumpet-shaped blooms, changing in a few
days to orange-red on every young twig
throughout the entire growing season, thus
making it a true ever-bloomer. <A healthy
grower, good climber. Strong plants 25¢e; 12
for $2.50.

Halls Japan—Pure white flowers, changing
to buff. Free blooming, very fragrant, ever-
green. Strong plants 25e; 12 for $2.50.

Variegated—Foliage Se ad magi tied,

ellow and green; succeeds well in any sit- 3
vation Strong plants 25e; 12 for $2.50. Cinnamon Vine

CLEMATIS

There is no more ornamental class of plants than
Clematis, and the rich show of bloom produced by
the best varieties is far too magnificent to be fairly
portrayed by mere words. The flowers are of large
size, measuring four to six and sometimes eight inches
in diameter. The colors run from intense velvety pur-
ple through blue, lavender and white, and a new
crimson variety (Madame Edouard Andre) has lately
been added to the list.

Henryi—A vigorous grower and free bloomer, pro-
ducing its large, pure white flowers constantly during
the summer and early autumn. The best large-
flowered variety, producing pure white flowers. Each, ©
50c, 75e and $1.00.

Jackmanni—The flowers are large, intense rich vel-
vety violet-purple and are produced in such mass as
to form a cloud of bloom. Well known and very popu-
lar. Each 50¢e, 75e and $1.00.

Madame Edouard Andre—Also of the Jackmanni
type and is the nearest approach to a bright red
that has yet appeared. The flowers are very large,
usually six-petaled, of a distinct, pleasing shade of
crimson, and are produced in bewildering profusion.
Each 50c, 75e and $1.00.

Paniculata—One of the most valuable of all hardy
flowering vines, of exceedingly rapid growth, soon
reaching a height of fifteen or twenty feet and spread-
ing out in all directions. Small, pure white flowers,
borne in great masses of panicles or clusters on long
stems, so profuse as to fairly cover the plant with a
sheet of fleecy white. Its blooming period is in August
and September, when most other vines have ceased,
and it is then a sight to behold. Not its least charm
is its Magnolia-like fragrance, which fills the air
everywhere even from a single vine, for a long dis-

Clematis tance. It is as hardy as an oak. Each, 25e and 50c.

Madeira or Mignonette Vine—A rapid- quired in this latitude. 5e each; 40e per doz.,
growing vine, covering a large space in a by mail iGe per doz extra.

light green, and numerous racemes of feath- | thousands of pendulous clusters of delicate

ery flowers of delicious fragrance. A beau- violet-blue blossoms, richly perfumed. Extra
tiful and popular vine. No protection re- | gtrong plants 25¢c each.

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

CHOICE HARDY CLIMBERS—Continued.

PERENNIAL PHA.

Lathyrus (Perennial Pea)—One of the best
and most desirable flowering hardy climbing
plants, attractive both in flower and foliage,
growing to a height of 8 to 10 feet and pro-
ducing clusters of large flowers the entire

summer; fine for cutting, lasting well. Lati-
folius, deep rose. Latifolius Albus, pure
white. 25e each; $2.50 doz. Strong 2-year

old plants 50ec each.
ENGLISH IVY.

Hardy English—Invaluable on account of
its remaining evergreen all the year. This is
the variety used for covering walls, ete., and

-~has become very popular for covering graves,

especially if in the shade where grass will
not succeed. Large plants 25e each; $2.50
per doz; $15.00 per 100.

New Crimson Mountain Beauty Vine (An-
tigonon Leptopus)—This is a new climbing
vine of striking and remarkable beauty,

-is especially recommended for the South and

Pacific Coast, where it gives immense satis-
faction.

It is a strong, vigorous climber, suitable for
covering walls, porches, verandas, fences, etc.,

FLOWER

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has handsome foliage and is covered for
months at a time with splendid clusters of
bright pink flowers like flaming Wisterias.
It is the most magnificent flowering vine of
recent introduction, and in parts of Central
America where it abounds, it is said to color
the mountains with a blaze of glowing color.
It is certainly unequalled in brilliant beauty
among climbing vines, and we hope our
friends will give it a liberal trial. Strong
roots 25¢.

Hardy Moonflower

Hardy Moonfiower (Ipomoea Pandurata)—
This is one of the most rapid growing vines.
A root three or four years planted will send
up a number of strong shoots that climb
rapidly to a height of 30 to 40 feet. These
shoots branch freely from the ground up,
forming a perfect network of strong branches,
densely covered with large deep green, heart-
shaped leaves, which overlap each other,
forming a dense screen. The flowers, which
are very large, are a satiny white, with-a
pinkish purple throat, shading off deeper in
the tube. 1¢0e each; $1.00 per doz.

Hardy Moonflower—Continued

White (Ipomaea grandifiora).—A plant that grows

POTS

SSS We pack them very
Z carefully and deliver
Saat them to the transpor=
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—— good order. Price:

and blooms well with every one. If planted out in
rich ground where it has full exposure to the sun, it
will grow 40 feet high by the middle of October,
blooming abundantly the entire season. The flowers
are pure white, from 5 to 6 inches in diameter, emit-
ting a rich jassamine odor at night. They begin to
open about sundown, and close before noon the fol-
lowing day. 10c each; $1.80 per doz.

Heavenly Blue (Impomaea Leari).—This makes a
splendid companion plant to the white Moonflower.
It is equally rapid in growth and as free-blooming
as the white variety, although blooming in the morn-
ing and on dull days. The flowers are the most
heavenly blue, with reddish purple rays, and are 6
inches across. 10c each.

114 THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS,

CHOICE FLOWERING SHRUBS

All shrubs are shipped by express only.
This enables us to send first-class plants.

_Crepe Myrtle—This is one of the most beau-
tiful shrubs grown, produces throughout the
entire summer great clusters of delicately
fringed flowers. Makes a charming beautiful
flowering hedge, or single specimens.

White 35c each; $3.50 per doz.
Crimson (beautiful)—25c each; $2.50 per
dozen.
SWEET-SCENTED SHRUBS.

(Calycanthus)

An old favorite, always in demand; flowers
rich, dark crimson, quite double, delightfully
fragrant and borne abundantly the whole sea-
son. Its delicious perfume is highiy valued.

25¢e each.
DEUTZIA.

A showy class of shrubs, especially valuable
owing to their compact growth, luxuriant
foliage and free flowering qualities. One of
the most popular classes in our collection.

Crenata—Strong, stately grower, attains
the height of 4 to-6 feet; flowers white; very
cour and full. Price 15e each; $1.50 per

ozen.

Pride of Rochester—Resembles Crenata, ex-
cept that the flowers are pure white, with a
faint shade of blush on the outside of petals.
Price 15e each; $1.50 doz.

Lemoinei—One of the best hardy plants
introduced in years. A hybrid between the
two favorites, Deutzia Gracilis and Deutzia
Parviflora, having the free, early flowering
qualities of Gracilis, but is Superior in hav-
ing large flowers of pure white borne in
cone-shaped heads of 20 to 30 flowers each.
very popular for lawn planting. 25e each;
dozen $2.50.

LILAC,

This old favorite is too well Known to need
description. It should be planted by every-
one.

New Persian—Splendid new variety with
deep purple flowers, very fragrant. Price 25e
each; $2.50 doz.

Persieca Alba—The white flowering Persian
variety. Price 25c each; $2.50 per doz.

ALTHEA

ALTHEA, »

This is among the most beautiful of all
summer flowering shrubs. The flowers are
brilliant and striking in color, grows from 9
to 12 feet high when matured. They bloom
during August and September when few other
shrubs are in flower; splendid for hedges or
single specimens.

Double White—25c each; doz. $2.50.
Double Pink—25c each; doz. $2.50.
Double Rose—25e each; doz. $2.50.
Double Variegated—25ic each; doz. $2.50.
Double Purple—25e each; doz. $2.50.
Large plants 50c each.

Jeanne D’Arc—Double Pure White Flowers,
each; doz. $2.50. :

Tota Alba—Single white; 25c each; doz.
$2.50.

Cydonia Janonica (Japan Quince)—Bright
scarlet flowers in great profusion in early
spring. One of the best hardy shrubs. 25e
eachffi doz. $2.50.

CHOICE FLOWERING SHRUBS—Continued.
SPIRAEAS.

No other class of shrubs embraces a more
extensive variety of flowers, foliage and
habit of growth than Spireas. Hardy and
desirable.

Perpetual Blooming Crimson Spiraea

Anthony Waterer—It makes a low, compact
bush 15 to 18 inches high, and is covered
nearly the whole growing season with large
umbels of deep crimson flowers, which meas-
ure nearly a foot across. Blooms the first
and every year, and is seldom out of flower.
As a pot plant or for growing in the open
ground, nothing can equal it. Perfectly hardy
it is unquestionably one of the really merit-
orious plants that we cannot have too many
of. Price 15¢e; larger size 25c.

Reevesii (Bridal Wreath)—Single, pure
white; attains a height of 4 to 6 feet. Equally
as desirable as the snowballs. Blooms in
early spring. Price 15e and 25¢ each; $1.59
per doz.

Callosa Alba—A white flowering variety of
dwarf habit; very fine. 25e; doz. $2.50.

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Choice Flowering Shrubs—Continued

Philadelphus (Syringa or Mock Orange)—A
beautiful shrub with large cup shaped’ flow-
ers of surpassing fragrance, blooms in May,
very desirable. Price 15c each; $1.50 per doz.

PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

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Japan Snowball

Viburnum Plicutum (Japan Snowball)—One
of the most charming, hardy flowering shrubs
in existence; bears great wreaths and clusters
of pure white globular flowers, like real balls
of snow; covered with blooms for weeks in
the spring; grows four to six feet high; en-
tirely hardy; needs no protection; splendid
for door-yard, lawn and cemetery planting.
Has rich dark green foliage finely crinkled
and not subject to insects or disease; does well
everywhere and is always sure to bloom.
When convenient a dressing of well rotted
manure or ground bone on the surface will
improve the size and beauty of the lawn.
Price 15c each; larger size 25ce.

FRUIT BASKETS AND PACKAGES

We make a specialty of, and are head-
quarters for all kinds of fruit and berry
boxes, baskets, etc. We purchase in im-
mense quantities and are prepared to make
prompt shipments.

Fruit Boxes—

One-fourth bu. size, per 100............§$8.25
One-third bu. size, per 100...............-3.00
One-half bu. size, per 100............. 5.735
1 bu. size, per 100...............-....2- 8.00

Berry Boxes—

Octagon, quart size, per 1000...........$3.25
24 quart crates, per 100 ................ 828
Tacks for Berry Boxes, per Ib.......... .40

Grape Baskets—These baskets are always
shipped with handles and covers off and
and packed separately in bundles; nails and

hooks for putting them on are sent with
each shipment.

5-Ib. size, per 100.............2 cee eee SB BOO
8-Ib. size, per 100...........00c ccc cece Doce
4-basket crates, per 100 ............... 10.50

Market Basket—One of the best general
purpose market baskets in use. They are
exceedingly popular and in general use.

One-fourth bushel size, per doz., 56ce.
One-half bushel size, per doz., 50c.

Bushel Stave BaskKets—This makes both a
strong and durable shipping package, per=

fectly smooth inside, does not bruise the
contents.
One kushel size, without cover, each 15c.

One bushel size, without covers, doz. $1.50.
Covers, per doz., 40c.

FERTILIZERS

ACID PHOSPHATE.

There is hardly any soil in Texas that is
not lacking in Acid Phosphate with the ex-
ception of Virgin soils. It is good on worn
out soils and the planter sees results imme-
diately. It gives the plant a rich dark green
color and makes plants fruit better.

It is also splendid to mix with stable ma-
mures and Cow Peas, as it supplies elements
which they do not contain.

It should be applied not less than 200 Ibs.
to the acre and not more than 1000 Ibs.

It should be sown broadeast at planting time
or ten days before planting.

Price, sack, 200 Ibs., $3.00; per ton, 2000
Ibs., $26.00.

Nitrate of Soda or Chili Saltpeter—Nitrate
of Soda is not a substitute for other manures,
but we recommend it as the cheapest and
best form in which to apply Nitrogen to
plants. Gardeners who are using farm ma-
nure should continue to use it, but use Ni-
trate of Soda in addition to other fertilizers.
If your object is to grow maximum crops

116

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

FERTILIZERS—Continued

you must in some way furnish the plants
with nitrate. No matter what manure or
fertilizer is used the Nitrogen must be con-
verted into Nitrate before the plants can use
it. Makes crops mature two weeks earlier.

HOW TO USE NITRATE OF SODA.

_The lumps in this should be removed by
sifting; they should be broken up, which is
easily done by pounding.

For Asparagus, a top-dressing of 250 Ibs.
per acre just as soon as the first shoots make
their appearance.

For Beets, a top-dressing of from 50 to
100 Ibs. per acre once every week or ten days
for at least three or four weeks after the
plants have been well startd.

_ For Cabbage and Cauliflower, a top-dress-
ing of 100 Ibs. per acre after the plants have
begun to make growth after transplanting
and 200 pounds per acre more after the
heads begin to form.

For Celery, frequent and reasonably heavy
top-dressing of 100 ibs. per acre or more
well worked into the soil after the plants
are established.

For Onions, a top-dressing of from 75 to
100 ibs. two or three times at intervals of
about three weeks, after the crops have
well started.

For Cucumbers for Pickles, a top dressing
oe 100 ibs. per acre after the plants begin
Oo run.

For Egg Plant, Spinach and Lettuce, a top-
dressing of 100 Ibs. per acre after the plants
are well started.

For Strawberries, a top-dressing of about
100 tbs. per acre, after the plants have
blossomed.

Price, (subject to market changes) 5 Ibs.
40c, 10 Ibs. 75c; 25 Ths. $1.25; 100 Ibs. $4.50;
500 Ibs. $22.50. Write for prices on larger
quantities,

Pure Bone Meal—Splendid for lawns, flow-
ers, house plants, etc., 5 Tbs. 25¢e; 25 Ibs. $1;
100 Ibs. $3.00; 10c Ib. extra if sent by mail.

ROBINSON’S STANDARD.

The standard fertilizer for all Texas, Ar-
kansas, and Louisiana for cern and cotton.
Given a fair trial, profitable results will be
obtained. For paying and lasting results
use with drill 160 to 200 pounds per acre;
sown broadcast use 250 to 400 pounds per
acre, after ground is plowed and follow with
cultivator. Price, sack, 200 Tbs. $4.50; ton,
2000 Ibs., $32.50.

Robinson’s East Texas Trucker—Made from
blood and bone of Texas cattle, combined
with high-grade potash. Prepared for spe-
cial use by truck and small fruit growers who
believe it pays to insure a large, early and
paying crop at a small cost for a good fer-
tilizer.

Directions for using—For paying results
apply not less than 500 to 600 Ibs. per acre.
Price, sack, 200 Ibs. $4.50; ton, 2000 Ibs.,
$36.00.

Holloway’s Special Vegetable Fertilizer—
This brand is especially prepared for vege-
table crops requiring a liberal supply of
potash properly balanced with ammonia and
phosphoric acid.

It is distinctly a high grade quickacting
fertilizer, and supplies just what is needed
to push crops to an early and complete ma-
turity.

Directions for Using—For potatoes, toma-
toes and other vegetable crops, use at the
rate of 400 to 600 Ibs. per acre. Price, sack,
200 Tbs., $4.50; ton, 2000 Ibs., $40.00.

“AUTO=SPRAY”

MORE THAN 100,000 IN USE THE WORLD OVER.

Endorsed and Used by Agricultural Experiment Stations and Authorities
Everywhere

The “Auto-Spray” No. 1 is warranted to be ,

more useful than any other sprayer of simi-
lar capacity. It is also warranted to be per-
feet in material and workmanship.

The “Auto-Spray” No. 1 is used for spray-
ing all insecticides and fungicides on trees,
shrubs and plants; for all greenhouse work;
for whitewashing and spraying poultry hous-
es; for taking old wall paper off the wall;
in fact, the “Auto-Spray” has come to be a
household necessity.

Qne boy with an “Auto-Spray” will easily
do as much as three men with the ordinary
hand atomizer or any other hand device.

It is only necessary to fill the tank two-thirds
full of solution and pump up pressure, throw
the machine over the shoulder and operate
it without any labor other than walking
through the plantings. Two pumpings will
discharge the entire contents and cover a
quarter to half an acre of potatoes or similar
crop. :

When the necessity for spraying first be-
came apparent, the farmer put his solution
for the extermination of bugs in a sprink-
ling can and walked the length of his pota-
to patch, spraying in this primitive way.
Then the old fashioned hand pump came into
use. With the discovery of other little me-
chanical improvements, sprays gradually be-
came better. The “Auto-Spray” is the high-
est type in the evolution of spraying. It com-

bines the good and essential features of every

other spray pump, and will do things no other
pump is equipped to do.

The “Auto-Spray” is made of best possible
material and workmanship. Tank galvanized
steel or brass. High grade hose. Heavy
self-containing pump, all brass. Nipple con-
nections, nozzles, etc., turned from solid brass
rod with full threads. Castings for handle,
etc., all malleable. No continuous pumping
as in the case of the knapsack sprayer. No
continuous pumping or slopping as with the
bucket pump. The operator simply holds the
nozzle.

PRICES:

No. 1, brass tank, with stop
$6.50

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“Auto-Spray”
cock
“Auto-Spray” No. 1, brass tank, with Auto-
Pop” (“Auto-Pop” is automatic shut-off
in place of stop cock) 7.50

“Auto-Spray” No. 1, galvanized tank, stop
COCK: < iesdhets, cen Shea lin PEs Sonos eee $5.00
“Auto-Spray” No. 1, galvanized tank, ‘‘Auto-
POP?) W285. Ss Se Se Ce ee eee $5.00
2 ft. brass extension rod (for use with
trees: oO Jou ds 5 te See . $0.35
Brass elbow connection (for under side of
VAMGS cane ays gS pushe cee $0.35

Capacity of ‘‘Auto-Spray” No. 1, 4 gallon;
weight, net, 7 Ibs; weight, shipping, 12 Ibs.

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““Auto-Spray’’ No. 1

NEW ERA HAND SPRAYER NO. 20.

Made of extra heavy galvanized steel. A
‘splendid machine for general use, where a
small amount of work is desired.

No. 20 New Era Hand Sprayer, price, each
75¢e; weight 6 Ibs. ;

| “AUTO-SPRAY” NO. 3.
Whitewashing and General Purpose Spraying.

Wonderful Power and Capacity.
| Tank extra heavy galvanized steel; holds
}eight gallons and has reinforced cover. Pump
all brass but handle fittings. Cylinders ex-

The “Ohio”? Garden Plow

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

117

‘‘AUTO-SPRAY’’—Continued

New Era Hand Sprayer No. 20.

tra heavy, 1% inches in diameter, brass ball
valves and three ply hose.

Suitable for spraying insecticides and fun-
gicides on trees, shrubs and vines, as well as
the application of whitewash and cold water
paints, and will do the work of five men with
brushes.

Price—‘‘Auto Spray” No. 3-B, with 8 feet
38-ply hose, 8 feet iron extension and Vermorel
nozzle, $14.00.

Weight, net, 20 pounds; shipping, 35 pounds.
Special Sprayer Catalog sent on request,

describing a full line of Horse Spraying Ma-
chines, ranging in price from $100 to $500.

IMPLEMENTS

The ‘‘Ohio’’ Garden Plow

Net Price, complete, $2.75.

All kinds of work can be done with this
plow and combination of tools; plowing and
breaking of the ground in spring, and har-
rowing, cultivating, hilling and weeding; in
fact, nearly everything that can be done with
the most expensive machines except dropping
the seed.

This machine is mounted on an 18-inch
steel wheel, has adjustable handles which
permit its being used by grown people or
children.

The steady use of this implement guaran-
tees a clean garden and a bountiful crop.

Complete equipment consists of 9-inch re-
versible bull-tongue, tapering from 3% to
1 inch, sweep 9x9 inches, turning blade and
a malleable iron rake or weeder. Four tools
in all.

The “Ohio Combined Culti-

vator and Drill.

The “Ohio” Combined Cultivator and Drill—
Cut shows Seeder attached, ready for use,
with all cultivator parts as shipped.

Seeder is removed by taking out two bolts
and loosening two wing nuts—no wrench or
other tool needed.

118 THE ROBINSON SEED &

The “Ohio”? Combined

‘‘Ohio’’ Combined Cultivator and Drill
Continued

Changed from seeder to cultivator in three
minutes.

Hill and Drill Seeder, changed from hill
to drill or from drill to hill, in one minute,
by loosening one set screw and adjusting one
part only. Nothing taken off or put on. Dis-
tance between hills, four to twenty-eight
inches; changed in one minute or less.

A complete, simple and dependable Com-
bined Hill and Drill Seeding Machine, with
attachments for quickly and easily changing
it to Double and Single Wheel Plow, Har-
row, Rake, Weeder, Hoe, Hiller, Cultivator or
Pulverizer. With this one splendid com-
bination all the work in the average garden
can be done and well executed except the
original deep spring plowing. Just the tool
for the farmer, the amateur gardener, and

PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

BME

Cultivator and Drill

Benchley Texas, Dec. 10, 1906.

Robinson Seed & Plant Co.,
Dallas, Texas.—In regard to Seed Corn I
ordered from you, it made very well for the
year as bad as it was. My Rowden Cotton
made about 33 bales on 37 acres. Since I
have used your Rowden Cotton it has enabled
me to deposit money in the bank and land
so I hope to hear from you in a short time
with one of your Seed Annuals for 1907.
Very respectfully,
HY. BAKER.

THIRTY=FOUR YEARS
OF SUCCESSFUL

SEED SELLING

_. STANDARD WEIGHT OF SEEDS

ere ors who cultivates large or small
plats.
Net price, complete, $10.50.

Per Bushel
Alfalfa Clovientn ccc ees ane 60 Ibs.
Aisike @lover. 2222 20H: Bio ee ea 60 IDs.
Barleyetiviteie see Gh LENE ete ROO ek 48 Ibs.
Beanish one. (6b Ae Cat, MGS ee ce tere) RP 60 Ibs.
Broom Corn 5 ee re a eta ae 46 Ibs.
Buckwheat Gre. Gacein) «sth ll hye ts 48 Ibs.
Canary 'SeedueaeG 2608, ere SER 60 Ibs.
Castor Beans 4c) F Mo. AUR Ee ALS 46 Ibs.
Clover: Seeds Red? 2 aes 5 Aa 2 60 Ibs.
CloveriSeed® wihitete nak k A es We 60 Ibs.
Clover Seed, Crimson ................ 60 Ibs.
CloversSceds Japany ¢ ais sve. srs eie cies 25 Ibs.
Clover Seed, Burr, measured ......... 8 Ibs.
Conn. Shelled, ~Adams 7". . o. tere aac 50 Ibs.
Corn,-Stelledt* Sugars... 02 fhe s «os 46 Ibs.
Corn: Shelled= Mieldy 2 vse re cee eee 56 Ibs.
Corn; (on Wear 2 Ace A 8 ose 6 A A 2 ae 70 Ibs.
Milas SCO bic ccesetekans folenereseons cuss teerege onenel eases 56 Ibs.
Grass Seed, English Rye ............. 20 Ibs.
Grass Seed, Meadow Fescue .......... 15 Ibs.
Grass Seed, Orchard .............2e02. 14 Ibs.
Gress Seed, Kentucky Blue .......... 14 Ibs.
Grass Seed, Timothy ...............4.. 45 Ibs.
Grass) Seed, Hunearian vf oeeee = oie 48 Ibs.

Per Bnshel
Grass Seed, Johnson ................. 25 Ibs,
Grass Seed, Meadow Oats ............ 14 Ibs.
Grass) Seeds Rescues: sae nv = cee cence 14 Ibs.
Hemp Seed (esis Va ee eres 44 Ibs,
Irish Potatoes, heaped measure ...... 60 Ibs.
Millet, German ‘and italiane: caer 50 Tbs.
Mustard <6 05.0 DORR RSG Nee eee ee 58 Ibs.
Oat |. cuccapivens! s.o.6 <i o0ei 6 6 RAIS + cdeneae si eon 32 Ibs,
Osage Oramse.: s4.SeR Ae Ss Sicscke ee a eee 33 Ibs.
OniOns © hc 46.3 Sec ace Se 5-2 Soce tint hetener one 55 Ibs.
Omilon:SCtsS’ ..ceewae eis 6 cee setaree ior emeeeeeteds 32 Ibs.
Gow. Peals’ 260 Boe soles 2 oe, oes 60 Ibs.
English Peas, smooth seed .......... 60 Ibs.
English Peas, wrinkled .............. 56 Ibs.
Rape SEG .« «Fe Meeevetetewe’ jv creiti pete savovekenaiere 50 Ibs.
IY 6 Ye Ne sch fete « aber, Nene Renee eres - 56 Ibs.
Radish ‘Seed. 2oxaccopdec ce Sie cave eeiers etiate «50 Ibs:
Sweet Potatoes. . 2. sim. Gants) doleine & 56 Ibs.
SOPShHumM eee shies antes cee 50 Ibs.
Sunflower Russia Ny oc reuetelsetatiars) teeseereeade 24 Ibs.
TMeEOSUMENG |. oi si cnecouess saljedsacie lot thagehe hee eeaeaene --. 00 Ibe
TE MEGTID, 2 ac chev ote «cn eens tor eueuoL eheneNntete eaee mene 60 Ibs.
Vetch ....:. Hck! nobveh (eH ceetho ee 60 Ibs,
Wheat. Sac e le Aa a diseotts Gaerne 60 Ibs.

CLO ON OC me et ee ie es

| Abutilon

Achillia

| Alyssum

. Birdseed

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

INDEX

Acalysha
Achryanthus

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Ageratum OLS SRS ENRON ie Sa een eae te ea naa
Alfalfa

ee eer ees eee ee eee eee ee eee eee ee ee we

Alternanthea
AMerieane Wonder eMON...)5 . <scs «ss scweie
Antirrhinum
Antigonum Leptopus
Arctotis
Asparagus
Asparagus Roots
Asters

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=)
BallGOwwmenvai Ce eccratcrat si ccc che ust ch ow era ereteteta atetoure
Balsam
Balsam Apple
Barley

ecerereeereeee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee se
eeerereeesee ee eee ee eee ee sce eee

evrererereeeeee eee se ee eee eee eee eee eee

Beets
Beets (Stock)
Begonias
Bermuda Grass

es ese esee eee eee esc oe ese ee eee seeeeee

Brocoli
Broom Corn
Brome Grass
Brussell Sprouts
Buckwheat

Cabbage
Caladiums
Calender

POLES ES EUG SSeS Ae Ss IR Re eat
Calycanthus
Calliopsis

Canteloupe
Candytuft
POLY MID SNS) 5 Gi SS a aie eee
Carnation
Carrots
CaS Race een enaceRwe bee clades
Castor Beans
Cauliflower
Celery
Celeriac
Centaurea
Chives
Chrysanthemums
Chinese Primrose
Chufas
Cinnamon Vine
Clematis
Coboea Scandens
Cockscomb
Coleus

Collards
Clovers
Corn (Sweet)
Corn (Pop)

Corn (Field)
Corn Salad
CGO SIMO Se eee onal esis ow sy wile leer sts is ee wile
COtLORM SCC eee Ce eee eee eee 70
Cress
Crimson Beauty Climber
Crotons
Cucumber
Cuphea Platycentra
Cyanus
Cvclamen
Cypress Vine

esereeeree eee ee eee eee em eee eee eees

eee eee ee ee eee eee eee ee ee eee ewes

es eecerer eee eee ee eee ee eee eee ee eee

eererereceeeeeree see see eee eee eee eee

eeerereseeee see eee eee eee see eeseeeeoee
cseeeecet eee eee este eee ese ees eee see
eeeeesreeeeceee eee see eee ee eaeee ee eeee
eee eee eee ere ere e eee ee eres

eee eer oe eee eee ee ee eoeoees
seer eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eae

eeereeec ee eee eee eee see eer e en

eereeeceee ee eee eo eee eae ee
eeeeereoce eee ee eee ee eee eee ee eoee

eereeveeeeee ee ee ee eee eee eee eee eeee

eeeree eee eee ee eee eee ese e ee eee

eeeseeeere eee eee eee ees

Daisy, Paris
Dahlias
Dandelion
Delphimium
Deutzia
Datura

eoeveneeeeeree eee eters ese e eee ee ee

eseseeeeree eee eeeeseeee ee ee eee

esoecesererceeer es ee eee eee ee ee ees eeee

Ege Plant
TEAPENG ELS ee ane ate Me Re Rg
English Ivy
Escholtzia

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0)(555 ja lelke keke se "ere te rafie alalielele a «se; ee «0 6

mie e) es, 0) es eevee es ese see Ne) ele wine 0 «) 6. 6) © ©.0

TENE er OST ee 5 So are ea SRN Ra es eS
Fertilizers
1M ep: oa (Rene ee A oi aie ae amie eee aie
Flowering Tobacco
OWE TIO ESias Ger ar eos ame arnt, tae oem Se eee
Forget Me Not
Four O’Clocks
Gaillardia
Gea iGiee hy ead waeoha hs teen tales
Geranium
Giant Beggar Weed
(ER Fae ch aE Biche gis ks oo Tee nia EEE es
Golden Glow
GOMES eo istere vo a are acne oe a Soe Coats chars See
Grass Seed
Gypsophila

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ee eee eee ee eee ee eee se eee
ee eee eee ee eee eee wee ee eee eee ese

2} .«llelfel em ©.et ees wire
eee ee ee eee eee eee ene

eeeee eee eee ese ese eee ce ee eee

PAANAE SCCEMSOWEES ie cic ce etcetera race aioe (Gl
Heliotrope
ETO TD Sh case eas aes Pesce ha O eset cutie eb tna vores Maau bs seasd oe abate
LUDISCUST aide cess iste eee eae a 76, 104
Hollyhocks

Honeysuckle
Horse Radich
Hydrangeas

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eeeres eee ee see he we ee wee ewe eee
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ee) ©) es) ©:e-« ellen) s) 0) w)\=\ls) mie) ese) e) 0) e,e) =) ae

Implements
inG@Ga shu her Treer ses oe core ei ee
Iris

Jack Beans
Jasmines

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SONS SO OROECY ORC Oat Ore) Oy Cee HOM Ly Cc

Kaffir Corn
Kale
Kohl-Rabi

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Lantana
Lantana,
Leeks

Wieenine soocesesosscusséssosos

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eee eee eee eee eee ee ee ee

eoeceseec eer eee ee eee eee eee ee ee ee ee meses
eecereeereeeree eee eee ee eee eee se ee eee ee

eeneeeee ees ees ee ee eee ees eee ee eee

Madeira Vine
Marigolds
Mignonette
IW AINGY es BA Ge Sacer sks oo nears OR RRC Pen ce memset Pa,
Milo Maize
Mina Lobeta
Moonfiower
Morning Glory
Musk Melon
Mustard

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eesevreeee eee ee eee see eee ee eos eee
eee ee eee ese eee eee eee ee eee

eereeeer eee eee eee eee ese ese eee ee eee

Nasturtiums
Norfolk Island Pine

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ereeereceeree ees eeee seer eeeeee ese eee eees

Okra
Oleander
Onion
Onion Sets
Oriental Poppy
Ornamental Gourds
Ornamental Grasses
Otaheite Orange
Oxalist 2e Gases ese ee Gp tayo nfateia's. evelnte

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2 y
ty

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e2eecerer eee ee eee ee ee eee eee

Paeonies
Palma
Pansies
Parsnips
Parsley

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eee eee eer eee ee eee see ee eee eee ei a oe

119

120

THE ROBINSON SEED & PLANT CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.

IN DEX--Continued.

ES ATUNT ES rasa ns nd fe SHCA OTE ERE ee ee 63
TAS te Stes SR on yu esuerc ee ae ea O48 Ol fee
Peas: CCOW) = x4, eer. oR tee ee 58 59
meas! “CPerennial).-2 on ped Secon cee 113
Reasu(Sweeb): pu. cp eee ees eke eee 79
GD POT eens See eu eee ee Ai ee ee on
Perennial sPHlOxe reece ci nee 110
POCUMAAG “Pe pol oe ee te ees cas Date cee ne ae 116 TOs
Bhila del ph Ws? geese ees ots oe cee Pee ee 114
iA OO epee Rae oa er tying Shits Sa aan a Mayan goes Bes eed. 72 a:
A 0 Sel Sitaagehr a Bean ee ails ans apn ON erm TaN Seal? Cth
PIB COROT Ti eR eae ie a ei ee 111
BLUM paso cae thee oh SR eee eee 107
POrtulacay Aten oe 6 en ee 37 «6338
Rotate “(Sweet)) \. Nees. A ee eee ee 38
PAPA Bae oe cee ote ee Clay oe Se 108
PUMP Kine. eke sic ee sic kaa oe eee 36
eee:
ECA GAS ab eaeeae ne Sten ete ne te ato te Bee TS ne 389 40
TEV AVD Gee cacaste te terete teltatets "ete Ha tome tote toRete Maloke ete cotsto eee 60
IESCUC. (GLASS © Sedo roto tate he ok oho Oe oe 69
led yokes ie Cie A eee eo eS Ge a Ronee RR a 38
FLICE WOWLCI A): »<. ches thet ee ete ees Cs ee 63
Robinson’s Collection of Bedding Plants 169

Robinson’s Special Seed Collection..... 46 47

FROSES ie isis be euleemus so owe pe ee 85 to 93

Mutat Baca 2 cu ois Res cals Cec Sa ee 45

MEIVCL ctcts Ste ee Gig ee Ee GTR Ose Gene Ee 65
en ee

ULV « co tet Fe tate te tatoo te Mate Netate ites iets eee eee ee 78 108

WCADIOS Ay ee terete re retells, te tee ho Motote tote tela ee oe 78

SaISURY: 5 cts os tai se tetas are ena ols tole tatetoe re eee ee 38

Seeded Ribbon Cane=. io... see eae Ort
Shasta Daisy (2... ince eo eee ee 110
Smilax Wass ooo saci ototet a, bn one eee 107
SOU GTRURND © sc sis dnc rete tate cnete rate honceame tate ee coe een nee 108
Speltz. or. Mmert: -....6:.c.-. cee ee ee 61
SDIMACH + 6.) Ssyecas a ate or ot anoratot eh eee 39
SDITACAS « e+ merde- es ster acetates otat ate’ heteteh enet uate eRe aE 114
SDIaly'CEs + sscc-c toe +. 0 <2 tetotente fe nenoo dete a eee ee 1167 EG
Stocks #..4%.4% 444%.) %. Be beeen ene eee 78
SUAS oer enan evs tarenesateratetadet crete etetotetehetens tae Menai 41
SSW ADS OMAN ie tac ts, So ro tet soe ee ee et ee 108
SUM A OWEF Pie gies nc coo te notete osc tan ee ee 61 79
sel) Meee
*MCOSIMN Ce: +24. ie tote larson Sha do eee RL eee 61
Thunbergia/ Vine «26 4... 83 Pes eee eee ee 80
FR ODACEO. «vane cate sote Tato“ 1c todas (Tee ee eee 46
FCOMALO. «od keseeereu ayes Aree oe ee ee U8 42 5843
Tradecantias issn a ee ee eee 108
Mree. SCCUAS = verscenctesccahe Soke otate eto eeesee ee 49
PET ICON: 5.605 es ee oe aoe 110
TuUbDCrOSES GES... 2: Ge cee ne eee 84
TUEPNIDS 2 Shes esse Dee eee Lee 43 44
=e es
Vegetable Roots and Plants.............
Vi erbenas? se. Ss ie.c ge See 79, 94 108
Violets) t. sk @ os we be wee ese eee 6 eID eee cRital
VAIN Ca? «cok okie eee Seen ie oe 108
ae es
Watermelon: $25.0). doen 6, .26, 27, 28e529
Wheat be ki. Soc eis Wis acs Ae ere de renegs pega Ee 2- 63
Wild Cucumber Vane (2... eee 80
ZARNIAS oO a se ee ee ee 80

CALENDAR

This is intended to inform our patrons as to the kinds of seeds, plants, etc. to be

planted during each month in the year, in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas,

Oklahoma, Indian Territory, and all sections having a similar climate:

January—Secure from us free one of our
latest catalogues which contains full in-
formation on all the best seeds, plants, shrubs
etec., make up your order and send in to us
early. You will then have time to study
over carefully your wants and we can get
your order out before the rush. Sow turnips,
radish, cabbage, beets, spinach, parsley, let-
tuce,, schallots, onion sets, peas, horseradish,
asparagus, tobacco.

February.—Sow in hotbeds or cold frames,
cabbage, eaulifilower, lettuce, radish and
beet; in hotbeds, Eggplant, tomato and pep-
per. Extra early peas, beets, spinach, car-
rot, radish, onions and parsley may also be
sown in the open ground. Sow Dwarf Essex
rape. Early plantings of potatoes and sweet
corn may be made, early field corn. Grass
and clover seeds for field and lawn. Sow

alfalfa.

Mareh.—General planting should com-
mence during this month. Garden peas for
succession every week or so. Cauliflower,
early cabbage seed, spinach, leek, parsley,
celery, onions, lettuce, asparagus seed, radish,
beet, carrots, parsnips, salsify, ete. Under
glass sow tomato, pepper and egg plant.
Plant Irish potatoes, asparagus, horseradish
and rheubarb roots, onion sets., ete. Cauli-
flower, cabbage plants and lettuce, after
leaving sash open at night, may. now be
transplanted to open ground. Some of the
hardy varieties of beans, such as Mohawk, or
Yellow Six Weeks, Valentine and Black Wax
may now be planted. Also early garden corn.
Artichokes for hogs. Field corn, grass seeds
for field and lawn. Sow alfalfa.

April—Transplant cabbage and tomatoes;
plant watermelons, cantaloupes, pole beans
and peas, squash, eucumbers, pepper, sow
sorghum, millet, corn, alfalfa, clover.

May—Plant millet, Kaffir corn, pole beans,
peanuts, black-eyed peas, cow peas, sorghum
seed, milo maize, transplant sweet potatoes.

June—Tvuinato seed for late crop, late cab-
bage, cucumbers, melons, okra, late pump-
kins, sorghum, milo maize, sojo beans, velvet
beans, cow peas, vegetables for late summer
use, Mexican June corn.

July—Sugar corn for late roasting ears,
late cabbage plants, turnips, rutabagas, pick-
ling cucumbers, Mexican June corn.

August—Plant for fallgarden, turnip, cab-
bage, radish, lettuce, onion seed and sets,
spinach, Irish potatoes, beets.

September—Plant beans, cabbage, turnips,
onion sets, rye, barley, wheat, oats.

October—Onion seed and sets,
radish and turnips, wheat, barley,
corn, alfalfa.

November—Lettuce and early cabbage; set
out lettuce, cabbage, asparagus roots, flower-
ing bulbs for spring flowers; sow alfalfa.

December—Flowering bulbs should be
planted this month, they will give a wealth
of bloom in early spring.

mustard,
millet,

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