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BEARING MONEYBACKLA WN MOWERS
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SHEAR CUT AND SELF ADJUSTING
These well-known mowers are high in quality and as moderate in price as the pre-
vailing conditions warrant. Simplicity is the reason for the great success enjoyed by
this machine. An improved knife tested out last year marks the greatest improvement
in mowers in the last twenty years. Delivered free to any freight station in Connecti-
cut on receipt of price.
Style A.
Seven-inch Traction Wheels.
Three Revolving Knives.
Parallel Bearings.
14- inch cut $9.75 each
Style B.
Eight-inch Traction Wheels.
Three Revolving Knives.
Parallel Bearings.
14-inch cut $10.75 each
16-inch cut 11.25 each
STYLE B LAWN MOWER.
STYLE E LAWN MOWER.
Style D.
Nine-inch Traction Wheels.
Four Revolving Knives.
Ball Bearings.
14-inch cut $13.50 each
16-inch cut 14.00 each
18-inch cut 14.50 each
Style E,.
Ten-inch Traction Wheels.
Four Revolving Knives.
Ball Bearings.
16- inch cut $15.50 each
ISinch cut 16.50 each
20-inch cut 17.50 each
Motor Mower
Our experience proves this to be a most satisfactory
machine and one which will fill a long-felt want. Send
for full information.
Cuts 27 inches wide.
Cutting capacity, 4 to 5 acres.
Motor. 4-cycle. Ignition, magneto.
Climbs 35% grade. Horsepower, 2%
Weight, 200 lbs. Price, $285.00.
Style F.
Eleven-inch Traction Wheels.
Five Revolving Knives.
Ball Bearings.
18-inch cut $.21.50 each
20- inch cut 23.50 each
LAWN ROLLERS. See page 78.
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Our Forty-Seventh Year
This catalogue, without colored plates or exaggerated reproductions, under-
takes to list and describe truthfully standard and new varieties of Vegetable,
Field and Flower Seeds of most desirable sorts.
There are such great differences in various strains of the same variety, we
pride ourselves on giving special attention to their selection, and our prices will
be found to be very conservative when their true value is considered. It has
always been a regular custom in our establishment to test every lot of seed
to determine per cent of germination. By exercising all possible care in se-
lecting and handling seed, we satisfy our old customers and through them
secure many new ones. Platt’s seeds have proved their good reputation; they
are worth more than their cost.
Appreciating all favors of the past, we will do our utmost to merit con-
tinuance.
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OUR POULTRY SUPPLIES
We are printing the annual list in conjunction with the Seed Catalogue, and pages 80 to 90
offer a comprehensive introductory to this special feature*.
The name “PLATCO” applied to our special formulas represents the superlative. In feed
it signifies purity, sound, clean, sweet grain. We do not employ adulterants or by-products,
screenings, salvaged stock, or musty and damaged matter. QUALITY and the BEST spells it
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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARKET GARDENERS
We sell to Market Gardeners, Truckers and Farmers’ Clubs at special wholesale
rates, and solicit your inquiries for close prices on round lots.
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SEEDS, ETC., BY PARCEL POST.
The prices in this catalogue do not include postage, except on vegetable and flower seeds
by the packet, ounce or quarter-pound and single pound. Larger amounts according to zone
rates (see table below). When allowing for postage make allowance for packing, as one
pound packed ready to mail weighs more than one pound and counts as two pounds accord-
ing to postal rules, wnich state “a fraction of a pound being computed as a full pound.” Poi-
sons are not mailable.
Parcel Post Zone Rates Within the United States.
First Pound
or Fraction.
Each
Additional
Pound or
Fraction.
First Zone, up to 50 miles from New Haven
$0.05
$0.01
Second Zone, up to 150 miles from New Haven
.05
.01
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Third Zone, up to 300 miles from New Haven
.06
.02
Fourth Zone, up to 600 miles from New Haven......
.07
.04
Fifth Zone, up to 1,000 miles from New Haven
.08
.06
Sixth Zone, up to 1,400 miles from New Haven .....................
.09
.08
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Seventh Zone, up to 1,800 miles from New Haven
.11
.10
Eighth Zone, all over 1,800 miles from New Haven
.12
.12
EXPRESS SHIPMENTS.
There is a special express rate on seeds of 25 per cent less than the regular rates. Ex-
press is more desirable in most cases for packages weighing 20 pounds or more, according to
local conditions. Liquids and poisons should be ordered sent by express or freight, as poisons
are not mailable.
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
Should be used when possible on heavy goods. The saving will be considerable,
and allow plenty of time.
Order early
TERMS CASH WITH ORDER.
Accounts cannot be opened for small amounts. Persons wishing to open accounts must
furnish satisfactory references, and allow time for investigation before shipment can be made.
BAGS.
As a rule seeds are best shipped in strong cotton sacks holding up to two and one-half
bushels each, and must be charged for at market price; present charge, 45 cents each. Bur-
lap bags, 10c. each, are unsuitable for grass and other fine seeds.
WRITE ADDRESS PLAINLY.
Write your Name, Post-Office and State plainly and in full on every letter. When Express
E| or Freight Office is different from Post Office, advise us of the same.
SEEDS, ETC., BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE.
Quarter-pound and one-quarter bushel will be charged at slight advance above pound and
bushel rates — 5 pounds at the 10-pound rate; 25 pounds at the 100-pound rate. Prices subject
to market and changes without notice.
ABOUT WARRANTING SEEDS.
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness or any
other matter of any Seeds, Bulbs or Plants we send out, and we will not be in any way respon-
sible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once
to be returned.
THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY
448 - 452 STATE STREET :: NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
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Washington Asparagus.
New Giant rust resistant variety developed by U. S.
Department of Agriculture. A most desirable sort of su-
perior table qualities as well. Although introduced only a
few years ago, it is now in greater demand by experienced
gardeners than any other. Price per pkt., 10c. ; per oz., 45c. ;
per pt-lb., $1.25; per lb., $4.50.
For plants see page 7.
Fordhook Bush Limas.
The vigorous upright plants come into bearing early
GOLDEN ACRE CABBAGE. and produce an abundant, continuous crop of pods, borne
in clusters well up from the ground. The pods are from
four to five inches long; thick and heavy, as th *y are tightly filled with three to five seeds of
excellent quality This type of pod is preferred in the market, and Fordhooks are more exten-
sively grown by market gardeners in the east than any other variety. Lima Beans were one
of our specialties before the first bush lima was introduced, and we take special pride in the
quality of our stocks. Price per pkt., 15c.; per pt., 45c.; per qt., 80c.; per 10 lbs., $3.80;
per 100 lbs., $35.00.
Golden Acre Cabbage.
The extreme earliness in Golden Acre Cabbage has been obtained only by practically the
same care and expense as in the production of high-bred cauliflower seed. The originator
states that if seed was raised in the ordinary manner the stock would immediately begin to de-
generate and become of no particular merit. To quote his description, “eighty days from time of
sowing, head measures 9 inches in diameter, entire plant occupies space of 20 inches, foliage
consists of 13 leaves and height of stalk 1J4 inches. ” In general, it is of the Copenhagen Mar-
ket type. Its earliness is of great value to market gardeners. Seed very limited this year. Price
per pkt., 25c.; per oz., $1.75; per Nl-lb., $5.50.
Copenhagen Market Cabbage.
Exceptionally hard and solid, round heads ; average eight pounds each, of fine quality, few
outer leaves, small core and nearly as early as Jersey Wakefield, with greater yield, also desir-
able for fall and early winter use. Our seed is grown for us in Denmark, where the finest stocks
of Copenhagen Market Cabbage are produced. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 40c.; per ^4 -lb.,
$1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Snowball Cauliflower.
No other variety has given such satis-
faction Our seed is grown in Denmark,
and we believe there is none better. It is
the earliest cauliflower, and the one cauli-
flower that is most certain to head when
conditions are ordinarily favorable. Very
dwarf, and of compact growth, with
large, firm and beautiful snow white
heads. It is equally as well adapted for
forcing under glass during winter and
spring as for culture in open ground.
Price per pkt., 25c.; per oz., $2.50;. per
BHb., $7.00.
COPENHAGEN MARKET CABBAGE.
THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Merit List i-i
Special Stock. A greatly improved strain
of this valuable celery, which was origin-
ally a selection of the green in Golden Self-
Blanching, which has been carried on by
an eastern market gardener who has made
a specialty of celery for many years. The
plants are from 20 to 24 inches tall, uni-
form in size, full hearted, crisp, rich in
flavor, maturing early, blanching in ten
days to two weeks ; the heart a light golden
yellow, free from pithy stakes and keeping
well until the holidays. After two years'
trials we have decided to discontinue list-
ing the ordinary grade of seed, which sold
for much less but did not produce as profit-
able results for the grower. Price per
pkt., 10c.; per oz., $1.25; per lb., $15.00.
Davis Perfect Cucumber.
Our stock of this favorite is especially fine, and under favor-
able field conditions the most handsome cucumber grown. Extra
long, slender and dark green, almost identical with the greenhouse
product. Equally good for forcing. Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz.,
15c.; per p^-lb., 40c. ; per lb., $1.50.
Early Fortune Cucumber.
This belongs to the white spine type, and
is the best we have ever seen. It is early,
productive, and blight resisting; remark-
ably uniform
fruits about nine
inches long,
holding their
fine dark green
___ color long after
EASY BLANCHING CELERY. picking ; flesh
firm, crisp, and
few seeds.
Owing to its blight-resisting qualities we believe is due the high
percentage of perfect fruits. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per
pj-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
New York Lettuce or Wonderful.
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A distinct, very large, flatish globular head ; outer leaves dark
green frilled at the edge, inner portion crisp, compact, beautifully
blanched and tender ; of excellent quality ; stands hot weather well.
It is also known as Los Angeles and is the variety grown extensive-
ly on the Pacific Coast for eastern markets, where, it is reported,
6,000 carloads were produced in the Imperial Valley alone last
season and sold under the name of Iceberg. However, that name
belong to another sort, which leads to confusion. Price per pkt.,
5c. ; per oz., 25c. ; per lb., $2.50.
EARLY FORTUNE
CUCUMBER
Easy Blanching Celery.
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL Merit List
Ailsa Craig Onion.
An English sort of the very largest, frequently five inches in diameter, weighing two
pounds each. Skin straw color, flesh white, firm and mild. For exhibition sow in hot-bed
and transplant. Price per pkt, 5c. ; per oz., 25c. ; per pi -lb., 75c. ; per lb., $2.75.
Early Scarlet Globe Radish.
A splendid early radish either for forcing or outdoor ; globe shaped, bright cardinal color,
flesh white and remaining crisp for
a long period; tops small. Its fine
appearance and quality have made
it the most popular bunching sort.
Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 15c.;
per pj-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
King of Denmark
Spinach.
A new spinach of importance ; it
will stand one to two weeks longer
than any other before running up
a seed stalk. The leaves are large,
round, dark green and crumpled,
resembling Long Seasons in appear-
ance. Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz.,
10c.; per p[-lb., 20c.; per lb., 60c
KING OF DENMXRK SPINACH
Extends the season two weeks.
THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
A BEAUTIFUL LAWN IN EDGEWOOD PARK. CHILDREN'S OAK IN BACKGROUND.
Platt’s Evergreen Lawn Mixture.
This is a mixture of heavy recleaned seed of the finest quality that we prepare for general
situations. It is composed of a judicious combination of the short fine growing grasses that have
proved most satisfactory. It is perfectly adapted to the soil and climate of New Haven, as evi-
denced by the many beautiful lawns and parks that have been produced with “Platt’s Evergreen
Lawn Mixture” for more than a quarter of a century. Weight, 25 lbs. per bu. Price per pt.,
25c.; per qt., 40c.; per f4-bu., $1.35; per 14 -bu., $2.50; per bu., $9.00.
Swedish Oats.
It will pay well where grain is desired to sow these heavy yielding oats ; kernel white, very
large, strong, stiff straw ; where common have been grown the yield is often increased 25 to 50
per cent. Price per %-bu., 45c.; per bu., $1.50.
Rosen Rye.
Rye cross-breeds and differs from wheat, which will not cross-fertilize, if two or more
kinds are grown together for years. To prevent hybridization it must be isolated from other rye.
The new Rosen rye is a large-headed variety which, when pure, has four full rows of grains.
Farmers who have grown rye know that 15 to 20 bushels per acre is about what they can expect.
Such farmers, who changed to the Rosen rye are now getting 25 to 30 bushels, and 40 to 45 bush-
el yields are not very uncommon. Price per pk., 60c. ; per bu., $2.00. As price fluctuates with
the grain market, write for price when ready to buy.
Sudan Grass.
The Department of Agriculture reports that Sudan Grass will be of the greatest value in
regions that are deficient in rainfall. Sudan Grass is strictly an annual, reaching a height of
from 7 to 9 feet. All stock relish the hay and thrive on it. Yields of from two to four tons
per acre are common. Sudan Grass should not be sown until the soil has become warm in the
spring. It may be sown in rows 18 to 42 inches apart, and cultivated like corn ; 4 to 6 lbs.,
drilled; or broadcast, 16 to 24 lbs per acre are required. When cut for hay it is best just after
full bloom, so that it will have as much time as possible for a second growth. Price per lb.,
25c. ; per 100 lbs., $20.00. Price liable to change.
GENERAL LIST OF
Select Vegetable Seeds
Artichoke.
Artichoke — Cariojo — Alcachoje.
Tuberous Rooted Artichoke. Jerusalem Artichoke.
This is quite distinct from the Globe Artichoke, being
grown exclusively for its tubers ; perfectly hardy.
Price per lb., 10c.; per 3 lbs., 25c.; per pk., $1.00; per
bushel, $3.50.
Large French Globe (Perennial). The flower heads are
the edible portions, and are cooked like asparagus. Sow
during February or March and transplant after danger
from frost in rows three feet apart, and two feet between
the plants. It requires a deep, rich loam, and slight win-
ter protection. Plants not usually productive after third
year. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 75c.
GLOBE ARTICHOKE.
Asparagus.
Spergel — Esyarrago — Asyarago.
Sow early, in drills about one inch deep, and rows about a
foot apart. In the fall or succeeding spring the plants may
be set out in beds about two feet apart each way, leaving
the crown of the root about four inches below the surface.
Before winter cover the bed with a dressing of manure.
Purchasing roots instead of seeds will save a year in time.
Giant Argenteuil. French origin; very early; purple.
Blanches readily. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per y4-\ b.,
30c. ; per lb., $1.00.
Bonvalettes’ Giant. Large, vigorous, early white or pale
green, combining all the best qualities. Price per pkt., 5c. ,
per oz., 10c.; per Jj-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Palmetto. Very early, large and pale green. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 10c.; per y~lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Columbian Mammoth White. A large variety maturing early.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 25c., per lb., 85c.
ASPARAGUS.
Washington. New Giant rust resistant variety de-
veloped by U. S. Department of Agriculture. A most
desirable sort of superior table qualities as well. A -
though introduced only a few years ago, it is now m
greater demand by experienced gardeners than any
other. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 45c.; per Jq-lb.,
$1.25; per lb., $4.50.
Asparagus Roots.
Strong one-year-old roots are recommended.
100. 1000.
Palmetto, 1 -year old $9.50
Palmetto, 2 years old ...... J-50 J2.00
Washington. Large 1-year-old roots . L/J> 1S.UU
Shipping weight, 1 year old, 3 lbs. per 100; 2-year
old, 5 lbs. per 100.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Bush Beans.
Bohnen — Frigoles — Faggioli.
DWARF OR SNAP.
A succession of sowing can usually be made from the first
week in May until August in Connecticut. Plant in drills
\l/2 to 2 inches deep and from eighteen inches to 2^4 feet
apart, according to the richness of the soil and method of
cultivation. The plants should be about three inches apart.
Use about one quart to each 250 feet of drill.
WAX PODDED VARIETIES.
Crackerjack. (Webber Wax). One of the earliest. String-
less wax, bright yellow, semi-round, podded, 6 inches long,
hardy, prolific and finest quality; seed yellow. Very popu-
lar with truckers about New Haven. Also one of the best
for home gardens. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs.,
$2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Currie’s Rust Proof. Extra early and hardy. Pods are
handsome, 5 y2 to 6 inches long, flat and straight ; very little
string, seed black. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs.,
$2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Sure Crop Wax. Very desirable, high quality bean. A
selection from and superior to Currie’s Rust Proof ; black-
seeded, pods 6 to 7 inches long, flat, fleshy and stringless.
Plant hardy, productive, a few days later than Currie’s.
Price per pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.60; 100 lbs., $23.00.
Pencil Pod Black Wax. Pods 6 to 7 inches long, straight,
and very ten-
CRACKERJACK WAX.
der. In color
a golden yel-
low; the best
quality round-podded, black-seeded wax. Price per pt.,
30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Round Pod Kidney Wax. (Brittle Wax). Early, round
podded, 5 to 6 inches long, stringless and of finest quality.
Seed white, with very little brownish-black marking at the
eye. Per pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.60; 100 lbs., $23.00.
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. Pods attractive, 6 inches long,
broad, flat, nearly stringless; medium early. Beans white,
mottled with purple. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10
lbs., $2.50 ; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Improved Golden Wax. Thick, straight, broad pods, 4 to
Ay2 inches long, seed mottled. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt.,
55c. ; 10 lbs., $2.50 ; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Davis’ White Kidney Wax. Handsome flat pods, 6 to 7
inches long, seed white, very productive; has considerable
string and fibre ; valued principally as a market gardener’s
sort, or excellent shell bean. Price per pt., 30.c; per qt.,
55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Hodson Wax. Long, semi-round, straight, light yellow
pods, very late, quality fair. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.;
10 lbs., $2.50 ; 100 lbs., $22.00.
GREEN PODDED VARIETIES.
Note — Not less than 5 pounds beans sold at the 10-pound rate, or 25 pounds at the 100-pound rate.
Postage extra on Beans, Sweet Corn and Peas, except in pkts. Beans and Peas weigh about 2 lbs. per
qt.; Sweet Corn 1/4 lbs. Add for postage according to zone. (See page 2).
STRINGLESS GREEN POD.
Black Valentine. Very hardy and productive. Extra
early. Vigorous vine; pods straight and semi-round, not
stringless. A large crop can be depended on. Price per pt.,
30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Bountiful. Pods 6V2 to 7 inches long, slightly curved,
stringless, excellent quality. Seed bright yellow. Continues
to bear over a longer period than most sorts ; suitable for
home or market. The best flat green pod. Price per pt.,
30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Stringless Green Pod. Very early. The pods are round,
five inches long and brittle. Finest quality. Price per pt.,
30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Extra Early Valentine. Improved round pod Red Valen-
tine. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs.,
$22.00.
Pkt. any variety Beans, 15c. eacb,
except where noted.
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FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
Beans — Continued.
Longfellow. Medium early snap. Round,
•straight, fleshy pods, 5 to 6 inches long,
very little string. Price per pt., 30c.; per
qt, 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Low’s Champion. Flat pods, usually five
inches long; entirely stringless and very
tender. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.;
10 lbs., $2.30; 100 lbs., $20.00.
Full Measure. An excellent early bean
•of fine quality, stringless, round pods,
fleshy, 6 inches long. Seed mottled red.
Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs.,
$2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Early Long Yellow Six Weeks. Long
flat pods, seeds yellow. Per pt., 30c. ; per
qt., 55c. ; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Refugee or Thousand-to-one. Late,
round pod, good quality, almost stringless,
dark seed. Per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10
lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Dwarf Horticultural. Large round beans
in fine mottled pods; used mostly as an
early shell bean. Per pt., 35c.; per qt.,
60c.; 10 lbs., $2.60; 100 lbs., $23.00.
Large White Kidney or Royal Dwarf.
One of the best shell beans, green or
dried. Per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c. ; 10 lbs.,
$2.30; 100 lbs., $20.00.
Red Kidney or Chilian. Generally culti-
vated as a field bean and used dry. Per
pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.30; 100
lbs., $20.00.
Yellow Eye. Generally grown as a field variety; very pro-
lific and superior quality for boiling or baking. Per pt., 30c. ;
per qt, 50c.; 10 lbs, $2.20; 100 lbs, $19.00.
White Pea or Navy. Boston baking bean. Per pt, 30c. ;
per qt, 50c.; 10 lbs, $2.10; 100 lbs, $18.00.
White Marrow. Best adapted to field culture and sale in dry state.
$2.10 ; 100 lbs, $18.00.
Pkts. any variety Beans 15c. each, except where noted.
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Per pt, 30c.; per qt, 50c.; 10 lbs.
ENGLISH OR BROAD.
Broad Windsor. A bush or stump variety; ripens unevenly, thus prolonging the season,
in good rich, rather damp soil. (Bu, 50 lbs.) Per pkt, 15c.; per pt, 35c.; per qt, 60c.
Thrives best
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA.
It is the
Henderson’s Bush Lima. Small, flat-seeded,
per qt, 65c. ; 10 lbs, $2.90 ; 100 lbs, $26.00.
Wood’s Prolific Bush. Improved Henderson; larger; better yielder.
65c.; 10 lbs, $2.90; 100 lbs, $26.00.
Dwarf or Bush Lima.
Burpee’s Bush Lima. 18 in. to 2 ft. high.
Original large-seeded bush lima. Seed flat,
3 to 4 in pod; 4 to 4 y2 in. long. Pint, 45c.;
qt, 70c.; 10 lbs, $3.20; 100 lbs, $29.00.
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. A true
bush lima ; when fully grown about 24 in.
high; pods borne abundantly 5 to 6 in. long
by 1% wide. Beans larger, much thicker
than old type and will outyield it by nearly
a third; in season about one week earlier
quality finest. Per pt, 40c.; qt, 70c.; 10
lbs, $3.30; 100 lbs, $30.00. _
Fordhook Bush. The vigorous upright
plants come into bearing early and pro-
duce an abundant continuous crop of pods
borne in clusters well up from the ground.
Pods are from 4 to 5 in. long; thick and
heavy, as they are tightly filled with 3 to
5 seeds of excellent quality. Type pre-
ferred in the market, and Fordhooks are
more extensively grown by market gar-
deners in the east than any other variety.
Lima beans were one of our specialties
before the first bush lima was introduced,
and we take special pride in the quality
of our stocks. Per pkt, 15c.; pt, 45c.; qt,
80c.; 10 lbs, $3.80; 100 lbs, $35.00.
earliet of the limas. Price per pt, 35c.;
Price per pt, 35c.; per qt.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Pkts. any variety Pole Beans 15c. each
except where noted.
Beans — Continued.
POLE OR RUNNING.
They succeed best in sandy loam, which should be liberally enriched with thoroughly rotted manure
in the hills, which are formed according to the variety, from three to four feet apart.
Platt’s King of the Garden Lima. Early and prolific; pods large, 6 to 8 inches
long, bearing four to six, sometimes seven beans. Introduced by us in 1883,
Now widely known, and continues to be the general favorite pole lima..
Early Leviathan. Earliest, large pod, containing 5 to 6 white beans
Carpinteria or Ideal. Long pods containing 4 or 5 green-tinted seeds of finest
Large White Lima. Large seeded, broad flat pods
Small Lima or Sieva. A small-seeded early variety, immensely productive, ex-
cellent also for dried shell beans; called butter beans in the ^outh
Scarlet Runner. The beans are very dark; flowers bright scarlet; very orna-
mental; is also used as a snap of fine quality when young. Plants of strong,
quick growth. (Bu., 50 lbs.)
Dutch Case Knife. Early and prolific, long, flat pods with white seeds; best as
a green or dry shell bean
Lazy Wife. Pods four to five inches in length, rather broad, thick and fleshy, en-
tirely stringless. The dry beans are round and pure white
London Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. Pods stringless, striped with red,
seeds oval, medium size ; suitable for snap or shell
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. Immensely productive; large green pods,
8 to 9 inches long, round, fleshy, finest quality, stringless until nearly ma-
ture ; one of the best green podded pole snaps ; seeds light brown
Burger’s Green Pod. White-seeded Kentucky Wonder
Early Golden Cluster. Pods from six to eight inches long ; attractive, straight,
fleshy, flat and stringless, golden yellow, seeds white
French Yard Long. Curious slender green
pods, two to three feet long; requires
long season. Per pkt., 15c.
Pt.
Qt.
10 lbs.
100 lbs.
35c.
65c.
$2.90
$26.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
35c.
60 c.
2.70
24.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
35c.
60c.
2.80
25.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
30c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
35c.
65c.
2.90
26.00
40c.
75c.
3.50
32.00
Beets.
Pkt. any variety Beet 5c. each
except where noted.
Oz.
10c.
%-lb.
25c.
Lb
$ .85
Runkle Rube — Remolacha — Bietoti.
The beet is used in all stages of its growth. All the varieties suc-
ceed best on a deep, rich, sandy loam, and require to be thinned when
small and kept free from weeds. For early beets sow as soon as the
ground will admit, in drills fourteen inches apart, and thin to four
iches distant. For winter use sow in May or June.
Early Flat Egyptian. The earliest beet in culti-
vation ; for forcing or transplanting ; flat,
tender when young; very dark red; small
tops; a market sort. Crosby’s is better qual-
ity for home garden
Crosby’s Egyptian. An improved type of the
Egyptian Beet. A flattened globe in shape,
deep red; fine quality early sort, for home or
market bunching
Early Wonder. A select strain of the Crosby
type. Our stock has been persistent-
ently selected (for the qualities sought by
market gardeners; a flattened globe in shape,
dark red color, earliness and uniformity, tops
small; an ideal bunching variety 15c.
Crimson Globe. The flesh is fine grained, dark crim on, with skin of lighter shade..
Detroit Dark Red. Tops small; roots ovoid and smoDth ; color dark blood red; best
for main crop, remaining tender longer than the early sorts 10c.
Eclipse. Early; dark red, small tops, almost spherical 10c
Edmand’s Blood Turnip. Deep blood skin, and very dark flesh; excellent keeper
Early Blood Turnip. A good variety for general use
Early Bassano. Flesh circled with bright red and white, flat, large tops adapted for
use as greens
Dewing’s Early Blood Turnip. Deep blood red ; good for summer, autumn or winter
Early Yellow Turnip. Flesh yellow 10c
Half Long Blood. Late variety and finest quality for winter use; smooth skin;
flesh dark red, sweet and exceptionally tender
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN BEET.
10c.
30c.
1.00
15c.
35c.
1.25
10c.
30c.
1.00
10c.
30c.
1.00
10c.
25c.
.85
10c.
25c.
.85
10c.
25c.
.85
10c.
25c.
.85
10c.
25c.
.85
10c.
25c.
.85
10c.
30c.
1.00
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Swiss Chard Lucullus.
Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet.
This variety is cultivated for its leaves. The mid-rib is
boiled and served like asparagus, and the other portions of
the leaves are used as spinach. When wanted, cut close
down to the ground without injury to the crown, and new
leaves will grow.
Swiss Chard or Silver. This is the smooth-leaved variety.
Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Swiss Chard and Giant Lucullus. Large leaf, much crum-
pled stalks and foliage heavy. Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz.,
10c.; per %-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Beets— Mangel Wurtzel.
For Feeding Stock.
Red Globe. A large, round, red-skinned variety. Price
per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Mammoth Long Red. Grows to an enormous size, pro-
ducing 30 to 40 tons per acre of valuable food for stock ;
roots grow well above ground,
therefore easy to harvest.
Per oz., 10c.; per xA-\b., 20c.;
per lb., 60c.
Giant Sludstrup. An orange
yellow sort, ovoid in shape,
not the largest in bulk yield,
but excels in amount of dry matter per acre yield. Price per oz., 10c.;
per }4-lb., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Golden Tankard. Half long, nearly uniform diameter from top to bot-
tom. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54 -lb., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Sugar Beets.
White French Sugar. For feeding or beet sugar, making one of the
richest in sugar content. Price per oz., 10c.; per ~%-\b., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Lane’s Improved Imperial Sugar. An American selection from the
French Sugar Beet. Price per oz., 10c.; per j/a-Vo., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Klein Wauzleben Sugar. Long, medium size; color, rosy orange; very
sweet. Price per oz., 10c.; per %-\b., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Broccoli.
Spargel Kohl — Broculi — Broccoli.
Broccoli is closely allied to cauliflower; succeeds only under cool, damp
conditions. Sow thinly in seed beds about the middle of spring, transplant
and cultivate according to directions for winter cabbage.
Early White Cape. The heads when full
grown are large, white and compact. Price per
pkt., 10c.; per oz., 60c.; per %-\b., $1.50.
Early Purple Cape. Differs from the white in
color only. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 70c.
Brussels Sprouts.
Sprosen Kohl — Berza de Brussels. Broccoli di
Carolo.
Mammoth Long Red
Mangel.
Brussels Sprouts.
The plants grow two or three feet high, and
produce from the sides of the stalk numerous
little sprouts one or two inches in diameter, re-
sembling cabbages. The leaves look like the
Savoy, and should be broken down in the fall, to give the little cabbages more
room to grow.
Dalkeith. Dwarf, compact, producing large sprouts. Price per pkt., 10c.;
per oz., 20c.; per Vx~\ b., 60c.; per lb., $2.00.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Cabbage.
Kopj Kohl—Berza de Repollo — Cappuccie.
The Cabbage requires a
deep, rich soil and thorough
working. For earl}'- use the
plants should be started in a
hotbed or cold frame ; but seed
for winter cabbage should be
sown in a seed, bed for Con-
necticut the last of May and
transplanted when 4 to 6 inch-
es high. Some of the large
late varieties seem to do well
if the seed is sown in the hills
where they are to remain, and
in that case sow two or three
seeds where each plant is de-
sired, and then pull up all but
the strongest. Plant the large
varieties three feet apart; the
small, early sorts from a foot
to eighteen inches. The Savoy cabbages have
wrinkled leaves, and are of fine flavor, especial-
ly after a little frost has touched them in the
autumn.
'Golden Acre Cabbage. Earliest round head.
See full description on page 3. Price per pkt.,
25c.; per oz., $1.75; per %-\b., $5.50.
All Head Early. A large, flat, early summer
variety of fine quality, good keeper if sown late.
Per pkt., 5c. ; oz., 30c. ; lA~lb., 85c. ; lb., $3.00.
Copenhagen Market. (See Merit List). Ex-
ceptionally hard and solid, round heads; average
eight pounds each, of fine quality, few outer EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD,
leaves, small core and nearly as early as Jersey
Wakefield, with greater yield, also desirable for fall and early winter use. Our seed is grown for us in
Denmark, where the finest stocks of Copenhagen Market Cabbage are produced. Price per pkt., 5c.;
per oz., 40c.; per lA~\b., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Early Jersey Wakefield. Heads very solid, pyramidal, blunted at the top. The best and most popular
early pointed head. Our stock is especially bred for earliness and uniformity. Price per pkt., 5c.; per
oz., 30c.; per %-lb., 85c.; per lb., $3.00.
Charleston or Large Wakefield. Similar to Early Jersey Wakefield, but larger and a little later. Price
per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 30c. ; per Ft-lb., 85c. ; per lb., $3.00.
All Season. The heads of this cabbage are large and thick through, a desirable sort for kraut. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per Fr lb., 75c.; per lb., $2.50.
Henderson’s Early Summer. Medium early, good size, of the Drumhead order. Price per pkt., 5c. ;
per oz., 25c.; per J^-lb., 75c.; per lb., $2.50.
Surehead. Large, thick, flattened heads of flat Dutch type. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 25c.; Ft-lb., 75c.; lb., $2.50.
Succession. A large, second early drumhead, sure heading sort for summer and fall use. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per ^4 -lb.., 75c.; per lb., $2.50.
Danish Ball Head. Short stem. (Fine Danish-grown seed). Round, hard-headed. Late, the longest
keeper and finest quality. Seed should be sown two weeks earlier than for Flat Dutch or most other
late. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 35c.; per J^-lb., $1.00; per lb., $3.75.
Premium Flat Dutch. Heads large, solid. A standard variety. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 25c. ; T4-lb.,65c. ; lb., $2.25.
Large American Drumhead. Large size, compact heads. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 25c. ; J^-lb., 75c. ; lb., $2.50.
SAVOY, OR CURLING VARIETIES.
Perfection Drumhead Savoy. Reliable, large,
round, late heading, densely crumpled. The
Savoy cabbage is richer and of finest quality,
and should be more extensively grown. Take
about same time to make crop as the Danish
Ball Head. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.;
per }i~lb., 75c.; per lb., $2.50.
RED VARIETIES.
Mammoth Rock Red. Heads large, round and
thick; very dark from surface to center. Sow
seed same time as for Ball Head. Per pkt.. 5c.;
per oz., 35c.; per %-lb., $1.00; per lb., $3.75.
CHINESE CABBAGE.
Pe Tsai. Sometimes called Chinese celery
cabbage, though resembling more nearly the
Cos Lettuce ; used as a salad or cooked as cab-
bage. Sow seed about July 1 in this latitude, as
if sown early it runs to seed. Transplant to 12
COPENHAGEN MARKET CABBAGE. inches apart in the row. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 30c.
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13
Carrots.
M ochre — Z anahoria — Carote.
The carrot, like other root crops, delights in a sandy loam,
deeply tilled. For early crops sow in the spring, as soon
as the ground is in good working order; for late crops
they may be sown any time until the middle of June. Sow
in rows about fifteen inches apart.
French Forcing. The earliest, fine flavor and color, small,
almost round, 2^4 inches long. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
15c.; per Ya~ lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Early Scarlet Horn. An early
summer variety ; color deep orange ;
roots grow about three inches long.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.;
per Ya-Vo., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Nantes. Stump rooted, early,
almost cylindrical, about six inches
long by V/2 inches diameter. Flesh
is deep orange, very tender and
sweet, of finest quality. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per Y~\b.,
35c. ; per lb., $1.25.
Guerande or Oxheart. Very
large at the top, three to five
inches long and terminating abrupt-
ly. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
10c.; per Y~\b., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Chantenay or Model Half-Long
Scarlet. Stump end variety, very
DANVERS HALF-LONG. desirable for bunching, large shoul-
dered, grows about 6 inches long, medium early, deep gold-
en orange, excellent table quality, fine grained, free from hard core. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.;
per %-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Danvers Half-Long. The best known second early or main crop variety was originated by the gar-
deners of Danvers, Mass., and is popular with our trade, both private and market. Roots are usually
six to eight inches long, tapering gently and ending with a blunt point. A good keeper for winter use,
heavy yielder of fine quality and color. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per Y~~b., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Long Orange Improved. Large size, tapering to a point of deep orange color, and adapted to garden or
field culture. A valuable food for stock. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 10c.; per Y~\b., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
White Giant, Green Top. Used for feeding stock; one of
the best because of its enormous productiveness. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per J^-lb., 20c.; per lb., 75c.
Chantenay.
Cardoon.
Kardon — Car do — Cardone.
Cardoon is grown for the midrib of the leaf, and requires
to be blanched in the same manner as celery. Sow early
in the spring, where the plants are to remain, in drills
about three feet apart, an inch and a half deep, and thin
out; the young plants to a foot apart in drills.
Large Spanish. Price per pkt., 10c. ; per oz., 30c. ; per
lb., $3.00.
Guerande or Oxheart.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Cauliflower.
Blumen Kohl — Coliflor —
Cavolfiore
Should be sown according
to instructions for cabbage.
It will thrive best in cool,
moist situations.
Early Snowball. The ear-
liest sort for forcing and
equally well adapted for late
summer and fall crop. Very
reliable heading, medium to
large, very white and solid.
Plants compact, with few
short outside leaves. Our
stocks are from the finest
Danish-grown seed obtain-
able. Price per pkt., 25c.;
per oz., $2.50; per y~lb.,
$7.00.
Early Dwarf Erfurt. Good
for forcing. Very dwarf,
pure white heads. Price per
pkt., 20c. ; per oz., $2.00 ; per
Ya- lb., $6.00.
D anish Giant. (Large
Leaved Snowball type).
Large, white solid heads ;
keeps finely in warm weath-
er, and only ten days later
than Dwarf Erfurt. Price
per pkt., 25c.; per oz., $2.50;
per yA- lb., $8.00.
SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER.
Celeriac or Turnip-Rooted Celery.
A variety of celery, having turnip-shaped roots which may
be cooked, or sliced and used with vinegar, making a most
excellent salad. It is more hardy, and may be treated in the
same manner as celery.
Turnip-Rooted. Turnip-shaped, sweet and pkt- °z- Lb-
well flavored 5c. 15c. $1. 50-
Large Prague. Nearly round, smooth and
good quality 5c. 15c. 1.50
Chervil.
Gartenkerhel — Perifollo — Cerjaghio.
Cultivated and used like parsley. The young leaves are used
for flavoring. For summer use sow in March, and in July for
winter.
Curled. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
Chicory.
Cichorten — Cicorea.
The roots of this vegetable are much used as a substitute for
coffee. The young leaves are also used for salad.
Large Rooted or Coffee. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; lb., $1.50.
Celery.
Seleri — Apios — Sedanio Acci.
Sow seeds in hotbed or very early in open ground (it is slow to germinate, and should be kept
moist). Sow in straight rows for convenience in weeding when plants are small. .When five or six inch-
es high thin out or transplant to five inches apart. Celery requires very rich soil and plenty of water.
Plants may be set from May to the middle of August. Large growers, set the crop level with the sur-
face, having previously plowed in all the manure possible, and setting in rows three to four feet apart
and five or six inches in the row.
Columbia. Second early, following closely Golden Self-Blanching; in color outer portion is light
green with a golden tint, the heart blanching to a light golden yellow; plant medium height stocky, very
heavy and crisp; it has a distinct nutty flavor, of unsurpassed quality. Per pkt., 10c., oz., 35c.,. lb., $ . .
Giant Pascal. Stocky, vigorous plants, dark green foliage, stalks solid and after blanching a rich
golden vellow ; crisp and tender. A standard of fine quality and flavor for late winter use. Per p t.,
10c.; per oz., 35c.; per lb., $3.50.
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15
Celery — Continued.
EASY BLANCHING.
Easy Blanching. A greatly improved strain
of this valuable celery which was originally a
selection of the green in Golden Self-Blanch-
ing, which has been carried on by an eastern
market gardener who has made a specialty of
celery for many years. The plants are from 20
to 24 inches tall, uniform in size, full hearted,
crisp, rich in flavor, maturing early, blanching
in ten days to two weeks; the heart a light
golden yellow, free from pithy stalks and keep-
ing well until the holidays. After two years’
trials we have decided to discontinue listing
the ordinary grade of seed,
which sold for much less, but
did not produce as profitable Pkt- 0z- Lb-
results for the grower 10c. $1.25 $15.00
Golden Self - Blanching.
French grown seed. For many
years the leading early golden
yellow celery. Dwarf compact
habit, numerous stalks, large
solid heart blanching easily.
Our seed is grown in France by
the originator. Extensive grow-
ers prefer this stock although
costing more than American
grown 10c. $1.25 14.00
White Plume. Very early;
blanching easily, the leaves to
an attractive greenish white, the
stalks nearly white ; quality fair 10c. 35c. 3.50
Golden- Hearted Half Dwarf.
Center stalks and leaves blanch-
ing, a rich yellow 10c. 35c. 3.50
Winter Queen. Medium
height, thick, light green, solid
stalks, with a large heart crisp,
blanches well 10c. 35c. 3.50
Winter King. Robust and satisfactory, strong growing type of the late, green class, devel-
oping much-prized golden center, equally sought by private garden and market men... 10c. 70c. 6.00
Celery Seed. For flavoring. Old Seed. Price per oz., 10c.; per lb., 75c.; per 100 lbs.,_$65.00.
Chives.
Schnittlauch — Cipollette .
Chives are perfectly hardy little perennial members of
the onion tribe, and are grown exclusively for their tops,
which are used whenever the flavor of onion is required.
Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they
will grow rapidly, and in
time increase so as to ren-
der a division necessary.
The tops appear very
early in spring, and can
be cut throughout the
season.
Roots only, per bunch,
10c. ; three for 25c. Postage
extra, l/2- lb. each. CHIVES.
Chufas or Earth Almond.
Resemble in sweetness and flavor a cocoanut. Very prolific, a sin-
gle one yielding from one to two hundred. Plant 1 ft. to 18 in. apart.
Chufas. Price per oz., 10c. ; per lb., 50c.
CHUFAS.
Collards or Colewort*.
Blatterkohl — Cabu — Cavoli.
A variety of cabbage greens, used extensively in the South.
True Creole or Southern. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., $1.00.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Sweet Corn.
Pkts. any variety Sweet Corn 10c. each
except where noted.
Zucher Maiz — Maiz Granone dolce.
It is generally conceded that seed sweet corn of superior quality is grown in Con-
necticut. Seed is produced here in large quantities for shipment to the most critical
trade.
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES.
Early Dighton. The earliest sweet corn we know of, simi-
Mayflower. Earliest white, good-sized ears, ten to twelve-
rowed. Stalks four to five feet high, hardy and most popular
extra early
White Cory. Very early, good size, both corn and cob
white
Early Minnesota. Very early, white ears of fair size; eight
rowed
Crosby’s Early. Very sweet, fine grains, grows ten to
GOLDEN
BANTAM.
Golden Bantam. Original type. Medium size, 8-rowed,
ears of finest quality, which has never been improved on in
that respect. The seed when dry is a beautiful golden color.
Many prefer it to the larger sorts and make successive plant-
ings every two weeks up to July 15 for this vicinity
MEDIUM VARIETIES.
Golden Giant. A cross between Golden Bantam and Howl-
ing Mob. A fine ear of good quality, 12 to 18 rows, only a
few days later than Golden Bantam, but fifty per cent larger..
Bantam Evergreen. A cross between Golden Bantam and
Stowell’s Evergreen, giving us a corn of fine quality and good
size, ears 7 to 8 inches long. Ready about same time as Howl-
ing Mob
Howling Mob. One of the large-eared, early twelve-rowed
class of much merit and a profitable crop for the trucker
Champion. This is a large early variety. It is twelve-
rowed, good quality
Metropolitan. One of the sweetest and largest of the
second earlies ; twelve-rowed
Stabler’s Early. Large ears, twelve to fourteen rows, pure
white kernels, excellent quality
Potter’s Excelsior or Sqantum. Medium early. Large ears
of excellent quality
Mexican Sugar. Black. Early and very sweet; eight-
rowed; when young the color is very slight
Pt.
Qt.
10 lbs.
100 lbs.
25c.
45 c.
$2.30
$20.00*
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00’
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00*
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45 c.
2.30
20.00’
30c.
50c.
2.50
22.00’
30c.
50c.
2.50
22.00
30c.
50c.
2.50
22.00
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45 c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45 c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45 c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45 c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45c.
2.30
20.00
25c.
45 c.
2.30
20.00
LATE VARIETIES.
Hickox Improved. A large-eared medium late variety
Early Evergreen. About ten days earlier than Stowell’s
Stowell’s Evergreen. A large variety, 8 to 9 inches long ; the standard for fam-
ily or market use; of highest quality
Country Gentleman. (Shoe Peg). Medium late ; good size ears, irregularly
crowded full of slender, deep grains, deliciously sweet and finest flavored
Late Mammoth. The largest and latest variety, growing from sixteen to
twenty rows on an ear
Long Island Beauty.
Very large ears of twelve
to fourteen rows, shows
up well at the market.
In quality unsurpassed
and used extensively for
canning. Price per pt.,
25c.; per qt., 45c.; per 10
lbs., $2.30; per 100 lbs.,
$20.00.
Sweet Corn for Fodder.
The sweet corn is de-
cidedly preferred by
stock to the yellow or
field varieties. Price per
10 lbs., $1.00; per 100 lbs.,
$8.00.
Note— Not less than 5 pounds Corn sold at the 10-pound rate or less than 25 pounds at the 100-pound rate.
Postage extra on Sweet Corn, Beans and Peas, except in pkts. Beans and Peas weigh about 2 lbs. per qt; Sweet Com,
IV2 lbs. Add for postage according to zone (see page 2).
LONG ISLAND BEAUTY.
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Pop Corn Selected for Seed.
Granone per Scoppio.
White Rice. Sharp-pointed kernels, twelve to sixteen-rowed, more generally
grown than any other Price per ear, 5c.; per dozen ears, 50c.; per lb., shelled,
20c. Postage extra, 214 lbs. per dozen ears.
Red Beauty. Sharp pointed kernels, twelve to sixteen-rowed. An improved
red rice, considered by many the finest of all, being very free from tough fibre ;
pops large, and delicately flavored. Price per ear, 5c.; per dozen ears, 50c.; per
lb., shelled, 20c. Postage extra, 2x/2 lbs. per dozen ears.
Queen’s Golden Pop. Twelve to sixteen-rowed, smooth kernel, bright yellow.
Price per ear, 5c.; per dozen ears, 50c.; per lb., shelled, 20c. Postage extra, 2^4
lbs. per dozen ears.
LONGFELLOW
YELLOW FLINT.
Corn— Varieties for Field Culture.
Granone o Grano — Turco.
Note. Seed Corn postpaid to any post office within 150 miles for
60c. per bu. extra, plus cost of bag — 2 bu. burlap, 10c.; cotton, 45c.
It pays to use improved seed. Our corn has been especially grown
for seed.
FLINT VARIETIES.
Early Eight-Rowed Yellow Canada or 90-Day Corn. The
Flints will always be favorites for certain uses and conditions.
Earliness and ability to yield well on light ground; they have
qualities that make the finest grade of meal (Indian meal).
Will produce a profitable crop where the later and heavier
sorts would be a failure. Early Canada is the earliest of these
Longfellow. The ears are larger and longer than Early
Canada, cob small, kernels large; eight-rowed yellow flint....
Improved Sanford. Large white ears, 12 to 15 inches long,
DENT VARIETIES.
Queen of the Prairie or Pride of the North. This is an
early Yellow Dent, medium size, uniform ears, cob small; a
winner in many shelling contests
Improved Learning. Select stock, eastern grown by a
specialist. The ears are large, with deep dented grain, twelve
to sixteen-rowed. Extensively grown for both grain and silo.
Matures in 100 to 110 days
Reid’s Yellow Dent. The most extensively grown Yellow
Dent throughout the corn belt. Uniformly large, golden yellow
ears, 8 to 11 inches long. Shells a very high percentage of grain.
Large, leafy growth on good soil makes it valuable for silo.
Matures in 110 to 115 days
Southern White Fodder. Attains a height of fourteen to
eighteen feet. Used as an ensilage or fodder corn
Red Cob Ensilage. A white corn on red cob. Stalk short-
jointed and very tall, with heavy foliage
Eureka Ensilage. One of our specialties,
grown and selected with great care to keep
the true vigorous stock. White seed, luxuri-
ant and heavy in stalk and foliage. Will ordi-
narily produce more ensilage than any other.
We have had stalks 17 feet 10 inches tall.
Price per qt., 20c. ; per bu., $2.75.
10 ears.
Qt.
Bu.
(56 lbs.)
$3.00
20c.
$3.50
3.00
20c.
3.00
3.00
20c.
3.00
3.00
20c.
2.50
3.00
20c.
2.50
3.00
20c.
2.50
20c.
2.50
20c.
2.50
Corn Salad or Fetticus.
Ackersalat — Macha o Valerianilla — V alerianello o Insalata.
It is sown on the first opening of spring in rows one foot apart,
and is fit for use in six weeks from the time of sowing. If wanted
for very early spring, it may be sown in September and covered as
soon as cold weather sets in, and is wintered over the same as
spinach.
Large Leaved. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50.
Corn Salad or Fetticus.
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CRESS OR PEPPER GRASS.
Cress or Pepper Grass.
Kresse — Berro o Masteurzo — Crescione.
Extensive!^ used as a small salad. Sow early in
the spring, very thickly in shallow drills. The sow-
ing should be repeated at intervals, as it soon runs
to seed. One ounce of seed will sow a bed of six-
teen square feet.
Extra Curled. Fine curly-leaved. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 10c.; per lb., 85c.
Upland. Resembles the water cress in flavor;
same culture as spinach; a perennial plant. Price
per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 20c. ; per lb., $2.00.
Cress— Water.
Wasser Kresse — Crescione Acquatico.
This is a well-known hardy, perennial aquatic
plant, growing abundantly along the margins of
running streams, ditches and ponds. Where it
WATER CRESS.
does not grow naturally it is easily introduced by
planting, and it increases, both by spreading of the
roots, and by seeding.
True Water Cress. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
60c. ; per lb., $6.00.
EARLY FORTUNE.
Cucumber.
Gurke — Pepino — Ce trine lo .
Make rich hills of well-rotted manure, two feet
in diameter, and plant a dozen or more seeds,
covering half an inch deep. When all danger from
insects is over, pull all but three or four of the
strongest plants. The middle of June is early
enough to plant for pickling. Make the hills about
six feet apart. For early cucumbers the hot-bed is
necessary.
EARLY AND SMALL PICKLING VARIETIES.
Early Cluster. Very early; short and sets close-
ly. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per ]/£-lb.,
35c. ; per lb., $1.25.
Boston Pickling or Green Prolific. Medium long,
smooth, good color. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
15c.; per J^-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Gherkins or West India. Very small, fruit cov-
ered with spines, and used for pickles only; ex-
tremely prolific; the vine resembles the water-
melon and may be run over an arbor or trellis.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per J^-lb., 45c.;
per lb., $1.75.
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Cucumber — Continued.
FOR SLICING AND LARGE PICKLES.
Early White Spine. Large, bright green, smooth
and prolific. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per
%-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Evergreen White Spine. Extra long and straight,
dark green. Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 15c. ; per
lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Arlington Early
White Spine. For
slicing or pick-
ling. Price per
pkt., 5c. ; per oz.,
15c.; per ^-lb.,
35c. ; per lb., $1.25.
Early Fortune.
This belongs to
the white spine
type, and is the
finest yet pro-
duced. It is early,
productive and
blight-resisting; remarkably uniform fruits about
nine inches long by two and one-half in diameter,
holding their fine dark green color long after pick-
ing; flesh firm, crisp, and few seeds. Owing to its
vigor and blight-resisting qualities, we believe is
due the high percentage of perfect fruits. Our
market gardeners shipping to the New York and
Brooklyn markets have found it to be their most
profitable' sort. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.;
per Y-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Davis Perfect. A fine, extra long, solid, smooth
and slender, dark green type of White Spine,
equally good for field or forcing culture. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c. ; per J4~lb., 40c. ; per lb., $1.50.
GHERKIN or WEST INDIA.
London Long Green.
A fine dark green, pro-
ductive late table sort, 12
to 15 inches long, more or
less warted ; flesh white
and firm; used extensive-
ly for large pickles. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.;
per J4- lb., 40c.; per lb.,
$1.50.
Japanese Climbing.
Vines are vigorous and
throw out strong, grasp-
ing tendrils. Fruits long,
even and crisp. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
15c.; per J^-lb., 40c.; per
lb., $1.50.
Giant Pera. Grows
to one and a half feet
in length, smooth and straight.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.;
per lA~lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Dandelion.
Lowenzahn — Amaigon — Cicorea.
The Dandelion affords one of
the earliest as well as one of the
best and most healthful spring
greens. It is also sometimes
blanched and used as a salad.
The seeds may be sown from
May to August, in drills ten inches apart; thin
out the young plants to about three inches apart;
cultivate during the season, and the following
spring the plants will be fit for the table.
GIANT PERA
CUCUMBER.
French Common. Very early, vigor-
ous growth. Price per pkt., 10c.; per
oz., 45c.; per $1.25; per lb., $4.50.
DANDELION.
Improved Thick-Leaved, or Cabbag-
ing. Distinct variety forming a regular
upright tuft at the center; blanches
easily . Superior to the common. Price
per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 90c.; per lb.,
$9.00.
DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER.
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to stand the
IMPROVED NEW YORK SPINELESS, winter, sow
early in Aug-
ust. When the plants are about two inches high, transplant
into rich, well-prepared soil.
Green Curled. Leaves curly and finely fringed; the center
blanches readily to a cream color. Very hardy and fine
quality. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per ]/^-\b., 35c.;
per lb., $1.25.
Giant Fringed or Oyster. Beautifully fringed; vigorous;
with large
i-nl
Endivien — Endivia — Indivia o Escarola.
Make the first sowing about the middle of May, on a
bed of well-pulverized, rich soil, scattering the seed thin-
ly, and covering it lightly. For the main crop, sow in
the middle of June and again about the middle of July;
and for plants
BROAD LEAVED BATAVIAN
ENDIVE.
white heart. LONDON GREEN CURLED ENDIVE
Price per . .. <t.-i oc
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per xA~\b., 35c.; per lb., $ . .
Broad-Leaved Batavian (Escarole). A large fleshy-leaved
sort, deep green, more or less twisted and folding, forming
a crisp sort of head in the center, which blanches to a
creamy white. A very desirable salad plant belonging to
the chicory family. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c., per
54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
French Endive. ( See wuioof >
Florence or Naples Fennel.
Finnocchio di Napoli.
Sow in early spring in rows fifteen to twenty inches
apart, in rich, moist soil. Thin out or transplant to six
or eight inches. It is
usually boiled for the
table. It somewhat re-
sembles celery, possess-
ing a sweet and agree-
able smell and flavor.
Eaten raw when young
and tendeY. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 30c.;
per 54 -lb., 75c.; per lb.,
$2.75.
Egg Plant.
Eirpflanze — Berengena — Moligunae.
Sow in a hot-bed in February and March; when the
plants are one or two inches high, transplant or thin out
to two or three inches apart. When the weather is warm
and settled, they may be planted out in a warm situation,
two feet apart each way.
Improved New York Spineless. Fruit large size, oval and
dark purple. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 55c.; per %-\b.y
$1.50; per lb., $5.50.
Black Beauty. Fruit ten to fifteen days earlier than New
York, not quite as large, more nearly egg shaped, dark pur-
ple. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 55c.; per ^4-lb., $1.50; per
lb., $5.50.
Early Long Purple. Fruits average 6 to 8 inches long and
iy2 inches in diameter, early and productive. Price per
pkt., 10c.; per oz., 55c.; per %-lb., $1.50; per lb., $5.50.
Endive.
Garlic.
Aglio .
Garlic thrives best in a light, well-enroched soil; the sets should
be planted in early spring, in rows one foot apart and from one to
five inches in the rows. The crop matures in August, when it is
harvested like the onion.
Garlic Sets. Price per lb., 40c.; postage extra.
GARLIC.
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Kale or Borecole.
Blatter Kohl — Col — Cavalo Riccio.
Sow in April, in drills fourteen to
eighteen inches apart, covering the
seeds thinly and evenly, and thin out
when hoeing to from four to six inches
apart. The varieties are extremely
hardy, and are best when touched by
frost. For winter and spring use, sow
in August or September.
Extra Dwarf Curled Scotch. Spread-
ing habit, hardy and improved by light
frost. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.;
per 54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Tall Curled Scotch. Similar to the
Dwtrf except that it grows two to three
feet high. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
15c.; per %-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Improved Siberian. German Greens
or Sprouts. Dwarf; curly, dark green
leaves, very hardy and an immense
cropper. Undoubtedly the most hardy
and more extensively grown than any
other variety ; in fall seeding to winter
over and cutting for spring greens. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Purple, Curled or Brown Kale. A beautifully curled variety with dark colored leaves. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 20c.; per %-lb., 60c. ; per lb., $2.00.
EXTRA DWARF CURLED SCOTCH.
Kohl-Rabi or Turnip Cabbage. Kohlrabi — Colinabo — Rapa.
Half-way between a turnip and a cabbage, partaking of the nature and flavor of both. The bulbs,
formed above ground, are cooked like turnips. Sow from April to July; plant and cultivate the same as
cabbage. As they are difficult to transplant, they are usually sown where they are to stand, and after-
wards thinned out.
Early White Vienna. Grows to a fair size, skin light
green, flesh white; short stumps and tops. Per pkt., 5c.;
per oz., 20c.; per %-lb., 60c.; per lb., $2.00.
Early Purple. Differs from the above in color only.
Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 25c.; ^4 -lb., 75c. ; lb., $2.50.
Leek.
Lauch — Puerro — Cipollette.
LARGE MUSSELBURG LEEK.
Sow as early in
the spring as sea-
son admits, either in
seed beds or places
where they are in-
tended to grow.
When four inches in
height thin to three
inches ; when from
six to eight, trans-
plant to ten inches
inches apart, leaving
those in drills about
six inches apart.
Set as deep as pos-
sible without cover-
ing the small center
leaves.
American Flag. A
favorite variety,
long, large stalk,
broad-leaved, white
and sweet when
properly blanched.
Per pkt., 5c.; oz.,
25c.; 14 -lb., 75c.;
lb., $2.50.
Large Musselberg.
Thick, long stems,
productive. Per pkt.,
5c.; oz., 25c.; 14 -lb.,
75c.; lb., $2.50.
Giant Carentan.
Largest and most
hardy, semi-bulbous,
mild. Per pkt., 5c.;
oz., 2 5c.; 14 -lb.,
75c.; lb., $2.50.
KOHL-RABI OR TURNIP CABBAGE.
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Lettuce.
Salat — Lechuga — Lattuga.
Culture. Sow early in spring in a hot-bed ; transplant
in April for summer use. Again, sow from April at in-
tervals in the open ground, and for winter and spring
use, in August and September. Protect by means of
cold frame during the winter.
CURLED OR LOOSE-LEAVED VARIETIES.
Grand Rapids. The plant is distinct, of upright growth;
leaves light green, much fringed and crumbled, forming a
loose cluster. Very extensively grown under glass. The
seed will not grow if sown more than one-eighth inch
deep. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per ^4 -lb., 40c.; per lb.,
$1.50.
Prize Head Early. Of non-heading habit,
large bronzed leaves, crisp and tender. Price
per pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; %-lb., 35c.; lb., $1.25.
Simpson Black-Seeded. Rapid growing;
stands the summer heat well, and attains a
large size ; quality excellent. Price per pkt.,
5c.; oz., 15c.; %- lb., 35c.; lb., $1.25.
Simpson White-Seeded or Silesia. Very
tender and crisp, forming loose cluster. Per
pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; %-lb., 35c.; lb., $1.25.
HEADING OR CABBAGE VARIETIES.
Big Boston. Large compact heads, excel-
lent for forcing, in cold frames or outdoors.
Heart greenish white tinged yellow; the
outer leaves show a trace of brown when
grown in cool weather. Price per pkt., 5c.;
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON LETTUCE. oz., 15c.; perj4-lb,
40c.; per lb., $1.50. pkt- °z- %-ib. Lb
California Cream Butter or Royal Cabbage. Large-leaved, light green, buttery. . 5c. 15c. 35c. $1.25
Crisp-as-Ice. (Hartford Bronze). A bronge head variety of finest quality and ap-
pearance, the crumpled, shiny bronze leaves enclose a firm, crisp head of medium
size 5c. 15c. 40c. 1.50
Deacon. A large Butter-Head variety. Pale yellow center of fine quality 5c. 15c. 35c. 1.25
Hanson. Heads very large an dsolid ; one of the most desirable for late 5c. 15c. 40c. 1.50
Hubbard Market. A large white cabbage variety; equally valuable for forcing
or open ground 5c. 15c. 35c. 1.25
Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. A yellowish green, compact head of large size
and excellent quality 5c. 15c. 40c. 1.50
May King. Early, light green, head solid, good shipper 5c. 15c. 40c. 1.50
New York or Wonderful. A distinct, very large, flatish globular head; outer
leaves dark green frilled at the edge, inner portion crisp, compact, beautifully
blanched and tender; of excellent quality; stands hot weather well. It is also
known as Los Angeles and is the variety grown extensively on the Pacific Coast
for eastern markets, where it is reported 6,000 carloads were produced in the Im-
perial Valley alone last season and sold under the name of Iceberg. However,
that name belongs to another sort, which
leads to confusion 5c. 25c. 75c. 2.50
Salamander. (Black Seeded Tennisball).
A compact, medium large, light green cab-
bage, butter head, of excellent quality;
withstands hot weather well; one of the
most popular 5c. 15c. 35c. 1.25
Wayahead. Very early, solid heading, and
tender, rich golden blanching center 5c. 15c. 35c. 1.25
White Summer Cabbage. A standard
large-headed variety; very hardy 5c. 15c. 35c. 1.25;
PRIZE HEAD.
BIG BOSTON LETTUCE.
COS OR ROMAINE LETTUCE.
Paris White Cos. (Trianon). This is
considered the most reliable cos variety,
grows upright, with long, spoon-shaped
leaves, forms well-filled head of fine quality 5c. 15c. 35c. 1.25
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FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
Musk Melon.
Pkts. any variety Musk
Melon 5c. each ex*
cept where noted.
Cantaloupe — Melon Muscatel —
Phone o Mellone.
Culture. Plant in the spring, in hills
five or six feet apart each way, well ma-
nured with old rotten compost. Scatter a
dozen seeds to the hill, and after they are
out of danger from bugs, thin to three or
four plants. A
light, dry, sandy
soil and a dry at-
mosphere are
most suitable.
Melons should not
be planted near
any other varie-
ties if it is desired
to preserve them
pure.
GREEN-
FLESHED
VARIETIES.
Jenny Lind.
Very early, small
fruit, but delicious, green flesh. Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 15c.; per 54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Rocky Ford. Oval-shape, medium size, and thickly netted. The flesh is green. Per oz., 15c.
54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Golden Netted Gem. Flesh light green, skin green, regularly ribbed and thickly netted. Price per
oz., 15c.; per }£-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Hackensack or Nutmeg. It attains a large size, is round in shape, flattened at the ends, green flesh.
Price per oz., 15c.; per J/i-\b., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Baltimore or Acme. Very large, round, flattened at both ends, flesh green. Price per oz., 15c.; per
54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
OSAGE.
per
Tip-Top.
per oz., 15c.
SALMON-FLESHED VARIETIES.
Connecticut Special. This is a fine melon of the Osage type,
medium size, dark green, slightly netted and richly flavored,
with a spicy lusciousness peculiarly its own; flesh thick and
firm, but when fully ripe dissolving and delectable. Price per
oz., 15c.; per 54"lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
New Pollock No. 10-25. The result of long-continued work in
the famous Rocky Ford melon section to produce a salmon
flesh “Rocky Ford”; highly rust resistant. (See Merit List,
page 4). Price per oz., 15c.; per 54-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Burrell’s Gem. The golden-fleshed Rocky Ford. Price per
oz., 15c.; per Y^-Vo., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Emerald Gem. Small but prolific. Has a thin green rind
and very small seed cavit}q rich and luscious meat of a salmon
color. Price per oz., 15c.; per 54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Osage or Miller’s Cream. Smooth, dark green exterior, me-
dium size, thick, hard, salmon flesh ; one of the finest melons
grown. Price per oz., 15c.; per Y-bb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Very large, deeply ribbed, and thickly netted. Flesh yellow, thick and very sweet. Price
; per 54-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
MARTYNIA.
Martynia.
The seed pods are used to considerable extent for pickling,
when gathered green and tender. Sow in the open ground in
May, and transplant two feet apart.
Martynia Proboscidea. Price per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 30c. ; per
lb., $3.00.
Water-Melon.
Wassermelone — Zandia — Anguria o Mellone.
Culture. Plant in hills six or eight feet apart, in May.
Select warm, light, dry ground, and in preparing the hills
let them be dug out as broad and deep as the soil will admit;
fill at least one-third full of the best decomposed stable ma-
nure, and mix thoroughly with the soil; fill up a little above
the level of the ground.
Cole’s Early. A striped early variety, nearly round, medium
size; excellent quality; seed black. Price per oz., 10c.; per
54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
COLE’S EARLY.
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Water-Melon — Continued.
Monte Cristo
nr Kleckley's
Sweets. Skin dark
green, thin rind,
flesh scarlet, very
solid, firm and
luscious; seed
white. Per oz.,
10c.; per 54- lb.,
25c.; per lb., 85c.
Halbert’s Honey.
Large, oblong,
dark green, me-
dium early, very
sweet, crimson
flesh, white seed-
ed, quality the
best. Per oz., 10c. ;
per 54- lb., 25c.;
per lb., 85c.
HALBERT’S HONEY WATERMELON.
Tom Watson. A large, late, long dark green melon with bright red flesh and quality unexcelled.
Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb-, 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Sweet Heart. Mottled light green; large, oval. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Kolb’s Gem. A striped, oblong, melon, of large size. Price per oz., 10c.; per %-lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Triumph. Very large and prolific. Rind dark green. Price per oz., 10c.; per 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Ice Cream or Peerless. White seed; medium size; green skin, very thin rind. Price per oz., 10c.; per
54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Price of all pkts., 5c. each, except where otherwise noted.
Citron.
Citron for Preserves and Sweetmeats. Round, striped, red
seeds. Price per pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 54-lb., 25c.; lb., 85c.
Colorado Preserving Citron. Oblong and very large. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 54_lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Mushroom Spawn.
Mustard.
Senf — M ostaza — M ortarda.
Sow in April, in drills a foot apart, and thin out moder-
ately when about three inches high. For succession sow every
three or four weeks.
White London. Used for salads or greens. Per oz., 10c.; per
54-lb., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Brown or Black. More pungent in flavor than the white.
Price per oz., 10c.; per 54~lb., 20c.; per lb., 70c.
New Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the ordinary White
Mustard. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 75c.
MUSHROOMS.
Blanc de Champignon — Seta — Champignonbrut.
Mushroom Culture. Mushrooms are an edible fungus and
may be grown wherever the temperature of fifty degrees can
be kept up through
the winter. The beds
should be made from
November to Febru-
ary, according to the
time the mushrooms
are wanted. It re-
quires about two months for them to begin bearing.
American Pure Culture Spawn (bricks). One brick, 30c.; 10
bricks, $2.50. Postage extra, 154 lbs. each.
CITRON FOR PRESERVING.
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Onions.
Zweibel — Cebolla — Cipolle.
Onion seeds should be sown as early as it is possible to work the
ground, in drills one inch deep and twelve to sixteen inches apart, in
rich soil, deeply tilled and lightly rolled. Thin to one inch apart. When
sowing for sets, seeds must be put in very thick, at the rate of about
twenty pounds to the acre. The same patch may be used year after
year for onions and never made too rich.
Danvers Yellow Globe. Large, mild, nearly globe shaped, has small
neck, ripens up uniformly and is a good keeper. Especially popular in
Connecticut Valley. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per 54-lb., 75c.; per
lb., $2.50.
Southport Yellow Globe. Deep globe-shaped and a heavy late crop-
per; one of the most extensively grown, for winter markets. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per 54- lb., 75c.; per lb., $2.75.
Yellow Dutch or Strasburg. Large and flat. A great yielder.
Sown extensively for sets. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per
54-lb., 65c.; per lb., $2.25.
Prize Taker. Rich straw color, of enormous size,
mild and delicate. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.;
per J4-lb., 75c. ; per lb., $2.50.
Ailsa Craig. An English sort of the very larg-
est, frequently five inches in diameter, weighing
two pounds each. Skin straw color ; flesh white,
firm and mild. For exhibition sow in hot-bed and
transplant. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per
54-lb., 75c.; per lb., $2.75.
Extra Early Red. Ten days earlier than Large
Red. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per
75c. ; per lb., $2.50.
Large Red Wethersfield. A large flat variety,
very productive, keeps well. Price per pkt., 5c.;
per oz., 25c.; per 54-lb., 75c.; per lb., $2.50.
Southport Red Globe. This is a large, globe,
deep red-skinned variety ; very mild, best keeper.
Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per 54~lb., 75c.;
per lb., $2.75.
The flavor is
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS.
DUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE.
Southport White Globe. In form nearly ovoid, very regular and sym-
metrical; skin white, flesh fine grained, snowy white, mild. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 40c.; per 54-lb., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
White Portugal or Silver Skin. Flat, very early, mild flavor. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 40c.; per %-\b., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Mammoth Silver King. Very large, white and flat. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 30c.; per 54-lb., 85c.; per lb., $3.00.
Price of pkts., 5c. each, except where noted.
Onion Sets.
Onion sets, both rare-ripes and tops, are placed on the surface, in
shallow twelve-inch drills, about four inches apart, and lightly cov-
ered. Potato onions are planted in spring or fall, as they will survive
the winter. By this process early onions may be obtained several weeks
earlier than from seed.
White Onion Sets. Per qt., 30c.; per pk., $1.50; per bu., $5.50.
Yellow Onion Sets. Per qt., 25c.; per pk., $1.35; per bu., $5.00.
Red Onion Sets. Per qt., 25c. ; per pk., $1.35; per bu., $5.00.
Ebenezer Onion Sets. Per qt., 30c.; per pk., $1.75; per bu., $6.00.
Egyptian or Perennial Tree. Set out in July and August for early
spring use. Per qt., 15c.; per pk., 85c.; per bu., $3.00.
For sets in quantities, get special quotations, as prices vary
during the season of planting.
Postage on Onion Sets extra, 1 lb. per qt.
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Okra or Gumbo.
Safran — Quimbombo — Othro.
Select warm, rich soil and plant in rows two feet apart,
thinning plants to a foot apart in the row. The pods
are used to thicken soups, being gathered young. Okra
is preserved for winter use by slicing the pods into rings
and drying them upon strings hung up and exposed to
the air.
White Velvet. Pods round, smooth and free from
seams. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 20c.;
per lb., 75c.
Dwarf Green Prolific or Density. Early variety, pods
green, slightly ridged and thickly set. Price per pkt., 5c.;
per oz., 10c.; per 20c.; per lb., 75c.
| Parsley.
Petersilis — Perjiil — Prazzemoio.
Parsley succeeds best in rich mellow soil. As the
seeds germinate very slowly, three or four weeks elaps-
ing before it makes its appearance, it should be sown
DWARF GREEN OKRA.
early in the spring. Sow thickly in rows a foot apart
and half an inch deep. For winter use, protect in a frame
or light cellar.
Champion Moss Curled. Very closely curled, dark green,
the most popular. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 54-
lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Fern Leaf. A fine curled, fern-like variety. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 10c.;
per 54-lb., 30c. ;
per lb., $1.00.
Plain Leaf.
Leaves dark
green, deeply cut
but not curled,
more flavor and
hardier than the
curled variety.
Price, per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 10c.;
per 54-lb., 30c.;
per lb., $1.00.
Hamburg or Turnip-Rooted. The root is the edible por-
tion. This is white; resembles a small parsnip. Price per
pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Parsnips.
Partinake — Chirijia — Pastanache.
Sow as early in spring as the weather will admit, in drills
fifteen inches apart, covering lightly. When well up, thin
out to five or six inches apart in the rows. They are im-
proved by frost, and it is a good plan to take up in the fall
a certain quantity for winter use, leaving the rest in the
ground until spring, to be dug up as required. They should
be more extensively grown for stock feeding, being more
nutritious than turnips, and an immense cropper.
Half Long Thick Shoulder. This is an intermediate. Wide
at the top. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 30c.;
per lb., $1.00.
Hollow Crowned. Broad shoulder, medium long. The
Hollow Crowns are considered superior to other kinds.
Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per 54-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Long White Smooth or Sugar. Large and quite long, free
from side root; sweet and excellent flavor. Price per pkt.,
5c.; per oz., 10c.; per }i-\b., 30c.; per lb., $1.00. HOLLOW CROWNED PARSNIP,
MOSS CURLED PARSLEY.
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Peas.
Erbsen — Chicoros — Pirelli.
Culture. Peas, for an early crop, should be sown
as soon as the ground is in working condition. Soil
should be light and dry. For general crops the ground
should be well manured the previous year. They are
usually planted in double rows three or four inches
apart, and covered to the depth of two and one-half
to three inches. All wrinkled peas are superior and
more delicate in flavor than those that present a full
and perfect form; like sugar corn, the saccharine mat-
ter which they contain causes them to shrivel when
dried, and they will remain much longer in season
than the other kinds.
Peas, Dwarf.
Little Marvel. Resembles Nott’s Excelsior, though larger in
vine and growth, ordinarily fifteen to twenty inches high, pods
borne in pairs, three inches long, very tightly filled. Price per
pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Laxtonian. A dwarf pea (fourteen to eighteen inches) with
large, dark green pods, four inches long. Matures about the
same time as Gradus. A fine pea of superb quality for either
private or market gardeners. Blue Bantam and Peter Pan are
quite identical. Our stock of this pea is especially fine. Price
per pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.60; 100 lbs., $23.00.
Sutton’s Excelsior. Large seeded, dwarf, early, wrinkled
pea. Pods long, broad, straight, pale green vines. Price per
pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
American Wonder. One of the earliest, growing but ten to
fifteen inches high; pods two and three-quarters inches long.
Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs., $2.40; 100 lbs., $21.00.
NOTE — Not less than 5 pounds at the 10-pound rate or less than
25 pounds at the 100-pound rate. Postage extra on Peas, Beans and
Sweet Corn, except in pkts. Peas and Beans weigh about 2 lbs. per qt.;
Sweet Corn, 1 V2 lbs. Add for postage according to zone (see page 2).
Earliest Peas.
Gradus. The earliest large-podded pea in cultivation. Vine
about three feet, light green. Pods four inches long, peas
extra size and delicious flavor. Price per pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.;
10 lbs., $2.60 ; 100 lbs., $23.00.
Thomas Laxton. Resembles Gradus very closely in habit
and rapidity of growth, earliness and luxuriance of foliage,
though darker and more productive. Pods large, blunt ended,
well filled, quality unsurpassed, seed wrinkled, cream color,
tinged with green. Height three feet. Price per pt., 35c.; per
qt., 60c. ; 10 lbs., $2.60 ; 100 lbs., $23.00.
Two to Three Feet High.
Alaska, or Earliest of All. The earliest pea in culti-
vation, very hardy, seed small, round, bluish green,
vines 2^2 to 3 feet high, pods 2I/2 inches long, 4 to 6
peas in a pod. The crop matures evenly, mostly gath-
ered in one picking. Per pt., 30c.; per qt., 50c.; 10
lbs., $2.20; 100 lbs., $19.00.
Pedigree Extra Early. This is the finest strain of
extra earlies, only about two days later than Alaska;
pods average
slightly larger,
vines 2f4 to 3 feet
high, dry seed,
white or manilla
color, considered
better quality than
Alaska. Per pt.,
30c. ; per qt., 50c.;
10 lbs., $2.20; 100
lbs., $19.00
GRADUS.
Pkt. any variety Peas 15c. each
except where noted.
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General and Late Crop.
Two and one-half to Five Feet High.
Telephone. Extra fine, large, dark green pods, Al/2 inches
long, of highest quality. Vine, four feet. The standard for
late crop. Various strains of Telephone Peas differ great-
ly. For appearance of pods, flavor and productiveness, our
stock is equal to the best. Price per pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.;
10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Alderman. A tall-growing late variety of the large, broad-
podded, dark green type; very prolific. Price per pt., 35c.;
per qt., 60c. ; 10 lbs., $2.50 ; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Prince Edward. Height four feet. One of the largest
podded peas. Vines make a rank growth under good culti-
vation and yield abundantly. Pods 4^4 inches long and
broad, filled with peas of corresponding size. Price per pt.,
35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Duke of Albany. Large dark green pods similar to Tele-
phone. Price per pt., 35c. ; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100
lbs., $22.00.
Strategem. Large podded, green wrinkled pea. Height
two and one-half feet. Price per pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10
lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Potlatch. Large pods and seeds. Sweet, wrinkled, semi-
TELEPHONE PEA. dwarf type, an excellent family garden variety. Price per
pt., 35c.; per qt., 60c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Bliss’ Ever Bearing. Height of vines, two and one-half feet ; foliage very large, firm and bright green ;
pods three inches long. An old standard about one week later than Telephone; only under favorable
conditions will it continue to bear for a greater length of time than ordinary. Price per pt., 35c.; per qt.,
60c.; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $22.00.
Champion of England. An old favorite, one week later than Telephone, five feet high, rich flavored
and very prolific. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 55c.; 10 lbs, $2.40; 100 lbs., $21.00.
White Marrowfat. Correctly named, a rich marrow pea; seeds hard, white. Height, five feet; pods
3 inches long. Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 50c.; 10 lbs., $2.10; 100 lbs., $18.00.
Black-Eyed Marrowfat. Large, hard, white pea, with Black eye; pods 3 inches long. Height, five feet.
Price per pt., 30c.; per qt., 50c.; 10 lbs., $2.10; 100 lbs., $18.00.
EDIBLE PODDED PEAS.
Melting Sugar. This bears pods from four to five inches long and an inch wide. Very tender when
young; cooked much the same as snap beans. The vines grow five feet long and require support. Price
per pt., 30c. ; per qt., 50c. ; 10 lbs., $2.10 ; 100 lbs., $18.00.
PEAS FOR SOWING BROADCAST.
Canada Field. For field culture only. In their dry state they are used for feeding stock, making
soups, etc. They are usually sown broadcast and often with oats or barley, cut and fed green, or left
to ripen and then threshed. Price per qt., 25c.; 20 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $8.00.
Peas belong to the legume family , and can be inoculated with Cultures , enabling
them to improve the soil supply of nitrogen. This should be taken advantage of,
especially in large plantings. See page 37.
P eaS —Continued.
Early Premium Gem. (Improved Little Gem). Early,
dwarf, good quality, similar to American Wonder. Price
per pt, 30c.; per qt, 55c.; 10 lbs, $2.40; 100 lbs, $21.00.
Nott’s Excelsior. Very early, vines twlve to fifteen inch-
es high, pods medium size, blunt ended, 2% inches long,
tightly filled with 6 to 8 peas of high quality. Price per pt,
30c.; per qt, 55c.; 10 lbs, $2.40; 100 lbs, $21.00.
Pkts. any variety Peas 15c. each
except where noted.
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PERFECTION PIMENTO.
Peppers should be started under glass. Transplant into the
open ground towards the close of May, having the rows
eighteen inches apart ; plant a foot apart in the rows. The
ground should be made very rich, either by high manuring
before the plants are transplanted, or by the liberal applica-
tion of guano or liquid manure afterwards.
Royal King. Large, square, top and bottom ; thick, firm
hull; mild and sweet, but pungent enough to be just right.
Robust plant and heavy cropper. Price per oz., 40c.; per ^-lb.,
$1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Perfection Pimento. A large, smooth, thick-meated sweet
pepper; late. Price per oz., 45c.; per J4-lb., $1.25; per lb., $4.50.
Ruby King. Very mild; the peppers attain a large size. When
ripe they are bright ruby red. Price per oz., 40c.; per %-lb.,
$1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Neapolitan. Early; large, slightly tapered, sweet thick flesh,
productive. Price per oz., 40c.; per l^-lb., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Large Bell or Bull Nose. (Hot Strain). An early variety,
fruit three to five inches long, flesh thick and pungent. Price
per oz., 40c.; per $1.25; per lb., $4.00.
Ruby Giant. A cross of the Chinese Giant and Ruby King.
A very large, sweet mango pepper. Ideal shape, thick flesh
and more prolific than Chinese Giant. The finest large sweet
pepper of all. Price per oz., 40c.; per 54-lb., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Sweet Mountain. A large, early variety, of mild flavor, rind
thick and fleshy. Price per oz., 40c.; ^-lb., $1-10 ; lb., $4.00.
Chinese Giant. The largest variety known. It is one of the
square-shouldered type, thick, sweet flesh. Price per oz., 65c. ;
per 14- lb., $1.75; per lb., $6.50.
Celestial. Fruit orna-
mental, small, upright;
color white, changing to
yellow and then scarlet
when ripe. The peppers
are very mild. Price per
oz., 60c.; per *4-lb., $1.50.
Red Cherry. A small
round variety of dwarf
growth, very piquant and
quite ornamental. Per
oz., 60c.; per ^4-lb., $1.50.
Mammoth Cayenne.
(Anheim Chili). Fruit
hot, bright red, five to six
inches long by one thick
at the stem and tapering
to a point. Price per oz.,
60c. : per Ft-lb., $1-50
RED CLUSTER.
RUBY GIANT PEPPER.
Tabasco. The hottest of peppers, small, bright red when ripe. Price per oz., 60c.; per 54-lb., $1.50.
Small Chili. Very piquant and prolific. Price per oz., 60c. ; per %-lb.,
Red Cluster. Small thin peppers of a coral red color; very hot and pungent.
Price per oz., 60c.;
Peppers.
Pfeffer — Pimiento—Pepperoni.
Pkts. any variety Peppers
10c, each
except where noted.
per %-\b., $1.50.
POTATOES.
Potatoes.
As prices of potatoes fluctuate ac-
cording to supply and demand, it is
impossible to make prices for seed
stock that will hold throughout the
planting season. Catalogue goes to
press in December. Quotations will
be given on application. All our seed
Tock is northern grown by specialists
and sold at very close prices. Orders
booked in advance are usually lowest.
Irish Cobbler. A very prolific, early,
round, white. We have arranged for a
supplv of certified seed stock of this-,
popular sort.
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Potatoes — Continued.
'New Queen. Early, oblong, light pink.
Early Norther. Large size, oblong, light pink.
Early Harvest. Large, smooth tubers, nearly white.
Early Rose. True stock, grown in Maine.
Beauty of Hebron. A large, oval, pink skin variety.
Gold Coin. Large, oval, cream white, second early and good for
main crop.
Delaware. Large, white, and late.
Spaulding Rose. Large, oval, pink skin.
Green Mountain. Vines strong and vigorous ; tubers white, smooth
and large. Will have a supply of certified seed stock of this staple
variety, also stock grown from certified seed at about 20c. per
bushel less.
Also other varieties not enumerated on this list.
Pumpkin.
Kurbis — Calabaza-^Zucca.
Plant about the middle of spring in manured hills
-eight feet apart, and leave but two or three plants in
a hill; or plant in spring with Indian corn. Avoid plant-
ing near other vines.
Sugar. (New England Pie). Small, orange-colored,
sweet and fine grained, finest quality. Price per oz., 10c.;
per -lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Connecticut Field. Large, round, orange yellow. Price per
oz., 10c.; per %-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
SUGAR PUMPKIN.
Winter Crookneck or Cashaw. A large two-foot-long, fine
grained class of pumpkins, equally good for cooking (especially
for pies) as well as stock feeding. The long neck is always
solid; is very prolific and a good keeper. The white or cream
color are the favorite. Price per oz., 15c.; per JA-lb., 35c.; per
lb., $1.25.
Large Tours or Mammoth. A very large, productive va-
riety. Price per oz., 15c.; per *4-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
King of Mammoths, Jumbo or Potiron. One of the largest
pumpkins ; slightly ribbed, skin salmon-orange, flesh bright
yellow. Price per oz., 15c.; per %.-\b., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Winter Luxury. Medium size, round, russet yellow,
used mainly for pies. Price per oz., 10c.; per l/i-\b., 30c.;
per lb., $1.00.
Large Cheese.
Cheese shape,
creamy yellow
color, flesh fine
grained. Per
oz., 10c.; per
p(-lb., 30c. ; per
lb, $1.00.
LARGE CHEESE.
Pkts. any variety
Pumpkin 5c. each
Radish.
Ret tig — Rabanos — R avanelli.
Sow early varieties in the spring as early as the ground can be worked, in drills ten inches apart,
covering the seed half an inch deep; thin the plants to an inch apart in the row, as they are more ten-
der and succulent when grown quickly. A rich, moist, sandy soil should be selected, and frequently
watered in dry weather. For a succession, sow every two weeks until midsummer.
Extra Early Scarlet Turnip. Special strain for under glass. The earliest forcing sort; ready in
eighteen to twenty days. Bright red, globe-shaped, small leaved; select stock. Price per pkt, 5c.; per
oz, 15c.; per J4-lb, 35c.; per lb, $1.25.
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Radish — Continued.
Early Scarlet Globe. A splendid early radish
either for forcing or outdoor; globe shaped,
bright cardinal color, flesh white and remaining
crisp for a long period, tops small; its fine ap-
pearance and quality have made it the most
popular bunching sort. Price per oz., 15c.; per
54-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Early Scarlet Turnip (White Tipped). Early,
fine grain and flavor, round with white tip.
Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb.,
90c.
Early Scarlet Turnip. Small, round, mild and
crisp. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per
lb., 90c.
TURNIP RADISHES.
Pkts. any variety
Radishes 5c. each
Olive-Shaped Scarlet. Very early, oval in shape. Price
per oz., 10c.; per p^-lb., 25c.; per lb., 90c.
French Breakfast. A quick-growing, oval-shaped radish,
light color and white tip. Price per oz., 10c.; per
25c.; per lb., 90c.
Early Long Scarlet Short Top. Bright red color, very
small tops. Price per oz., 10c.; per l/\-lb., 25c.; per lb.,
90c.
Chartier or Shepherd. An easly summer variety ; deep
pink, white at the tip. Price per oz., 10c. ; per j4~lb., 25c. ;
per lb., 90c.
Olive-Shaped White Forcing (Earliest White). Very mild
and fine for forcing or outside planting. Price per oz., 10c.;
per 54~lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
White Icicle. The roots grow about four inches long
and are ready for use within twenty-two days from the
time of sowing. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
SCARLET GLOBE RADISHES.
White Summer Turnip. Round, pure white. Price per oz., 10c.; per ]/^-\b., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Stutgart. A large round, white, solid variety for summer
use, but keeping well into fall or winter. Price per oz.,
10c.; per 54-1 b., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
White Strasburg. Five inches long, thick at shoulder, ta-
pering abruptly, pure white, firm and brittle ; grows to large
size. Price per oz., 10c.; per R£-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Mixed Radish Seed.
This is a mixture of the different varieties. It is pre-
pared for those who want some of several kinds, but not
a full planting of any one variety. As they mature irregu-
larly, the plantings may be less frequent.
Round and Olive. Price per oz., 10c.; per JA-lb., 25c.;
per lb., 85c.
Long. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb-, 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Winter. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Pkts. any variety Radish 5c. each.
OLIVE SCARLET RADISH.
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Winter Radishes.
Black Spanish (Round). For winter use ; texture firm and
solid. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 90c.
Black Spanish (Long). Like the above, differing only in shape.
Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 90c.
China Rose or Winter. Very fine for winter use; large and'
tender. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 90c.
White China or Celestial. A winter sort, grows six to eight
inches long, 2L> to 3 inches in diameter, and keeps well. Price
per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Rape— English.
Forage plants of great value. Its fattening properties about
twice that of first-class clover. Of rapid and luxuriant growth,,
attaining a height of two or three feet. It may be sown through-
out the season, and in a few weeks from sowing, stock can be
turned in on it. For broadcasting, sow ten pounds to the acre ;.
in drills, five pounds.
Dwarf Essex. Used also for greens and salad. Price per lb.,.
25c. ; per 10 lbs., $2.00 ; per 100 lbs., $18.00.
Rhubarb or Pie Plant.
Rhubarb, familiarly known as Pie Plant, or Wine Plant, is
cultivated in gardens for its leaf stalks. Rhubarb succeeds
best in deep, somewhat retentive soil, and the richer this is,,
the better. Sow in drills an inch deep, and thin out the plants
to six inches apart. In the fall, or spring, transplant into very
highly manured soil, setting them three feet apart each way,
and give a dressing of coarse manure every fall. The stalks
should not be gathered until the second year.
Myatt’s Victoria. Price per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per 54-lb., 50c.; per lb., $1.50.
ICICLE RADISH.
Salsify or Oyster Plant.
Sow in early spring, in light, rich soil, in drills fourteen inches apart; thin the plants to three
inches in the row. The roots will be ready for use in October; and, like the
parsnip, improve by remaining in the ground through the winter.
€
Mammoth Sandwich Island. Roots grow long, smooth and white. Price
per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 25c.; per 54- lb., 70c.; per lb., $2.50.
Long White French. Large, smooth and white. Price per pkt., 5c.; per
oz., 25c. ; per 54- lb., 70c. ; per lb., $2.50.
Sorrel.
Sow early in spring in drills. It is perennial and runs quickly to seed unless
kept clut close.
Large French. Price per pkt., 5c. ;
per oz., 20c.; per 54"lb*> 50c;.; per
lb., $1.75.
Spinach.
NEW ZEALAND SPINACH.
(Get special rates on 100-lb. lots).
For the summer crop sow early
in March, and at intervals of a
fortnight, till the middle of July, in
quantities according to the demand.
The round-seeded varieties are the
best for summer use. The winter
crops should be sown from the mid-
dle of August to the beginning of
September. It should always be
sown in drills, and from twelve to
eighteen inches apart, scattering
the seed thinly and covering them
with the finest soil. Protect the
winter crops on the approach of
severe frosts.
SALSIFY
or Oyster Plant.
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Spinach — Continued.
Norfolk Savoy Leaved. (Bloomsdale). It is very early,
productive and the hardiest, crumpled-leaved, dark green,
inclined to run to seed quickly in warm weather. Price
per oz., 10c.; per %-lb., 15c.; per lb., 40c.
Victoria. A very large, round, crumpled-leaved dark
green plant, spreading well on the ground, slow to shoot
to seed. Price per oz., 10c.; per %-lb., 15. c; per lb., 40c.
Giant Thick Leaf. Large, heavy heads, medium early,
smooth-leaved. Price per oz., 10c.; per Va-Vo.. 15c.; per
lb., 40c.
Long Seasons. A fine deep green, savoy-leaved late
variety, slow to run up to seed stalks. Price per oz.,
10c.; per %-lb., 15c.; per l'b., 45c.
King of Denmark Spinach. A new spinach of import-
ance; it will stand one to two weeks longer than any
other before running up a seed stalk. The leaves are large, round, dark green and crumpled, resembling
Long Seasons in appearance. Price per oz., 10c.; per %-\b., 20c.; per lb., 60c.
Prickly or fall. The hardiest variety; leaves smooth, . thick and triangular in form. Price per oz.
10c.; per %-\b., 15c.; per lb., 40c.
New Zealand. A branching plant of thick, fleshy, succulent growth. It is not strictly of the spinach
family. Used same as spinach; flourishes under the intense heat of summer, and continues growing
vigorously until killed by frost in most any kind of soil. The young branches are cut or broken off as
required. Price per oz., 10c.; per xA~lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
Squash,
Speise Kurbis — Calabaza — Zucche.
The squash is a very tender vine and so sensitive that it cannot with safety be planted out
until the weather becomes warm and settled. Plant in hills ten feet apart for running varieties; five
feet for bush sorts; working some fine rich manure into each hill. Sprinkle liberally with plaster,
wood ashes, or air-slacked lime, in the early stages of growth. Cultivate until runners are well started.
Yellow Bush Scallop Summer. One of the earliest ; grows flat, with scalloped edges. Price per oz.,
15c.; per xA-\b., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
White Bush Scallop. Like the above in everything except color, which is creamy white. Price per
oz., 15c.; per xA-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Early Summer Crookneck Bush. Earl}’- and productive ; moderately warted golden yellow, 12 to 14
inches long. Price per oz., 15c.; per %-\b., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Giant Crookneck. (Summer). Early yellow and warted; rapid growing; attains large size, average
16 to 20 inches. Price per cz., 15c.; per %-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Fordhook Bush. Eight to ten inches long, cream color outside, and straw yellow within. For sum-
mer and fall use, very dry and sweet. Price per oz., 15c.; per 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Delicata. Grows from five to eight inches long. It is slightly ribbed, orange-yellow color, mottled and
striped with green; for summer or winter use. Per oz., 15c.; per x/\\b., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Delicious. Fall or winter sort, of me-
dium size, 6 to 10 lbs. each, top shaped,
dark green shell, flesh thick bright
yellow, dry and sweet. Price per oz.,
15c.; per x/i-\b., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Hubbard. Dark green, hard-shelled
variety; flesh fine grained, dry and of
good flavor. Price per oz., 15c. ; per
^-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
Warted Hubbard. Similar in shape
and color to the original Hubbard
Squash, but larger fruits, with hard,
roughly warted surface. Quality of
flesh is equal to any of its class. Price
per oz., 15c.; per }i-\b., 40c.; per lb.,
$1.50.
Golden Hubbard. In color a bright
deep orange yellow. Flesh golden yel-
low and fine grain, excellent flavor.
Price per oz., 15c.; per 40c.; per
lb., $1.50.
Boston Marrow. A superior fall
squash, of rich orange color, and very
productive. Price per oz., 15c. ; per
14- lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.50.
WARTED HUBBARD.
All pkts. Squash 5c. each
Pkts any variety Spinach
5c. each
GIANT THICK LEAF.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Squash — Continued.
VEGETABLE MARROW.
Sow the seed in frames the latter part of March,
or in the open ground when the soil has become set-
tled and warm. Keep well watered, and when the
plants are two inches high they may be transplanted in
rows three feet apart each way. Tobacco requires a very
rich, light, mellow soil.
Connecticut Seed Leaf. The popular variety in this
vicinity, produces a very heavy crop of fine broad leaves,
mostly used for cigar wrappers. Price per pkt., 10c.; per
oz., 40c.; per *4-lb., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Havana. An excellent variety ; leaves narrow, long
and pointed. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 40c.; per ^4-lb.,
$1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Tomato.
Liebesapfel — Tomatoes — Pomodoro.
To obtain fruit very early, sow the seeds in green-
house during February or March, or in hotbed when
season has suf-
ficiently ad-
vanced. In
about five
weeks plants
should be
transplanted to
another hot-
bed, until
about the mid-
d 1 e of May,
when they may
be put into the ground in hills, about four feet apart each way.
The richer the soil the ranker will be the growth of the vines,
but an ordinary warm, light soil, with fine, well-rotted manure
in the hill, and a sunny location, will produce the more hand-
some and plentiful fruit.
TOBACCO.
Earliana. Excelling in earliness, medium to large size, and
bright red color. Our stock of this extra early we believe equal
to the best strain. Per oz., 35c.; per *4- lb., $1.00; per lb., $3.50.
Bonny Best. An early, round, smooth, bright scarlet tomato,
of much merit and good for forcing or field culture. Price per
oz., 35c.; per 54-lb-> $1-00; per lb., $3.50.
YELLOW PEAR.
VEGETABLE MARROWS.
English. Very prolific; smooth, cream colored skin;
maturing between the early summer and winter sorts.
The fruits are best for the table when young or half
matured. Price per oz., 15c.; per l/^-\b., 40c.; per
lb., $1.50.
Italian (Cocozelle Long Green Bush). Grows from
ten to twenty inches long; diameter about four inches;
skin smooth, dark green color, marbled yellow or pale
green. Price per oz. ,20c.; per %-lb., 60c. ; per lb., $2.00.
Italian Cocozelle Longe. This is the favorite Italian
Marrow and generally allowed to run over brush sup-
ports or fences. It is quite ornamental, when trained
i)ver the pergola or arbor, furnishing both shade and
edible fruits ; cream color, two to three feet long and
three to four inches in diameter. Price per oz., 45c. ;
per 14-lb., $1.25; per lb., $4.50.
Tobacco.
Pkts. any variety Tomato 5c. each, except where noted
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Tomato- -Continued.
Pkts. any variety Tomato
5c. each, except where noted
Chalk’s Early Jewel. Large, bright red, smooth
and solid; vines vigorous and heavy cropper,
the best all-around or second early. Price per
oz., 35c.; per %-lb., $1.00; per lb., $3.50.
Dwarf Champion. It stands up well, having
a stiff bush stem, and ripens early, smooth,
crimson, medium in size. Price per oz., 40c.;
per $1.10; per lb.. $4.00.
Livingston’s Stone. Large, bright scarlet, very j
smooth, ripening evenly; solid and firm, best for
late or main crop. Price per oz., 35c.; per %-\b.,
$1.00; per lb., $3.50.
Livingston’s Beauty. Purplish pink, large
size, and smooth. Price per oz., 35c.; per %-\b.,
$1.00; per lb., $3.50.
Acme. Very prolific; in color a purplish crim-
son, very smooth and solid. Price per oz., 35c.;
per %-\b., $1.00; per lb., $3.50.
Livingston’s Favorite. Large, smooth and
bright red. It has very few seeds and is very
productive. Price per oz., 35c.; per Ft-lb., $L00;
per lb., $3.50.
LIVINGSTON’S STONE.
Trophy. Large and bright red, solid, smooth; a great yielder. Price per oz., 35c.; per A-lb., $1.00;
per lb., $3.50.
Livingston’s Globe. Mid-season, large size, very smooth,
firm fleshed, few seeds, color purplish pink and extensively
used by shippers in the south. Price per oz., 45c.; per yh-lh.,
$1.25; per lb., $4.50.
Ponderosa, This excels in size, weight and solidity. Its
color is purplish pink, and almost seedless. Price per oz.,
55c.; per *4-lb., $1.50; per lb., $5.50.
Golden Queen. A good yellow sort of first quality. Solid,
very smooth, large and ripens early. Price per oz., 40c.;
per k4"lb., $1.10; per lb., $4.00.
Yellow Pear. Pear shaped and
used for pickling or preserving.
Price per oz., 50c.; per 14-lb., $1.35;
per lb., $5.00.
Red Plum. Similar to the Pear,
except in shape, which is full at top
instead of tapering, and used for
LIVINGSTON’S NEW GLOBE. the same purposes. Price per oz.,
50c.; per %-\b., $1.35; per lb., $5.00.
Red Cherry. A small, round, red tomato; size and shape like a cherry. Price
per oz., 50c.; per %- lb., $1.35; per lb., $5.00.
Strawberry or Ground Cherry. This grows in a husk or pod, and may be
kept all winter if the husks are not removed. The fruit is yellow and has a
very sweet, pleasant flavor; may be eaten raw, but is generally used for pre-
serves. Price per oz., 50c.; per *4-lb., $1.35; per lb., $5.00.
Turnip.
Rube — Nabo — Rape.
For early use, sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, in drills fourteen inches
apart, covering but slightly, except in dry weather. The soil should be light, and, if possible, new. Ma-
nure with plaster, ashes or phosphate. Thin the early varieties to six inches apart, and the Ruta Bagas
from eight to ten inches. For fall and winter use, the early kinds should be sown in July and August
and the Ruta Bagas through June. Hoe them a month after sowing.
Platt’s White Egg. It is an early, very smooth, fine grained, white oval turnip, as its name indi-
cates, and is unsurpassed for table use. Originated in a field of Cow Horn turnips growing in the
vicinity of New Haven in 1870. It was introduced into commerce by Mr. Platt in 1877, and is now offered
in nearly every seed catalogue of importance in America and Europe, Price per oz., 10c.; per
lA- lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.00.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Turnips —Continued.
Pkts. Turnips 5c. each
WHITE EGG TURNIP.
per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c
Seven Top. Cultivated for its abundance of tops, which
are used for greens when young. Price per oz., 10c.; per
54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 90c.
Early White Flat Dutch. A fine garden variety, differing from White
Strap Leaf only in the shape of its leaf, which is broader and rough edged.
Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb-- 25c.; per lb., 90c.
Early Red-Top Strap Leaf. A good flat turnip for early or late culture,
and grows to large size. The top of the turnip is red or purple. Price
per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 90c.
Long White or Cow Horn. A long, quick-growing turnip, fine
grained, tender and sweet. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb.,
90c.
Red Top White Globe. Pure white with a red top, excellent table va-
riety. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per lb., 85c.
Golden Ball. Rapid grower, globe shaped, and of a deep yellow color,
finest quality. Price per
oz., 10c.; per 54 “lb., 25c.;
per lb., 90c.
Yellow Globe. Grows to
a large size, light yellow,
and is one of the best for
general crop. Price per oz.,
10c.; per 54-lb., 25c.; per
lb., 90c.
Yellow Aberdeen. (Green
Top). This is globe shaped
and a good keeper. Price
per lb., 90c.
GOLDEN RUTA BAGA.
Swedish or Ruta Baga Varieties.
Platt’s Golden Winter Ruta Baga. (The Best). This
is a fine grained, hard, solid and sweet turnip ; is very
productive and a good keeper ; more wedge or spike
shaped than other
sorts. Price per oz.,
10c.; per 54-lb., 30c.;
per lb., $1.00.
Early Red-Top Strap Leaf.
Laing’s Improved
Ruta Baga. One of
the earliest Swedes; a
desirable variety of ex-
cellent quality, globe
shaped, flesh yellow,
purple skin above
ground, yellow be-
neath, small neck,
strap leaved. Price per
oz., 10c.; per 54-lb.,
30c. ; per lb., $1.00.
American Purple Top Ruta Baga. A very hardy strain, selected for small tops and neck, deep
globe-shaped, flesh bright yellow, hard and sweet, excellent for table or stock feeding; very popular
with market gardeners. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54-lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
White French. Sometimes called White Rock, on account of its firmness and solidity; flesh pure
white, mild, very s-weet. Price per oz., 10c.; per 54” lb., 30c.; per lb., $1.00.
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Sweet Marjoram.
Witloof Chicory.
A crisp, Winter vegetable. Sometimes called French
Endive. This makes one of the most delicious of all salads.
It is also an excellent dish boiled. The seed is planted in
May or June in the open ground and in the fall the roots
are dug. The roots are then planted in earth in a dark,
cool place in the cellar or under greenhouse bench. Finely
balanced, crisp leaves are then thrown out, and when cut
new leaves form. The roots Jceep a long time and may be
planted so that a fresh and delicious salad may be had all
winter. Fancy fruit and vegetable dealers have imported
this vegetable from France on account of its delicious
flavor. Price per,pkt., 5c.; per oz., 20c.; per J^-lb., 60c.; per
lb., $2.00.
Sweet, or Pot and Medicinal Herbs.
A few pot herbs, or sweet herbs, as they are usually
called, should have a place in every vegetable garden. A
very small space in the garden will give all the herbs needed
in any family. The culture is very simple, and the best
way is to make a little seed bed nearly spring and set the
plants out as soon as large enough. As a general rule, it
is best to cut herbs when in flower, tie them up in small
bunches and hartg in the shade to dry.
The following is a list of herbs most cultivated and
prized :
Pkt.
Oz.
34-lb.
Lb.
Anise . . .
15c.
40c.
$1.50
Balm
50c.
$1.35
$5.00
Sweet Basil ..............
25c.
65 c,
$2.50
Borage
20c.
50c.
$1.75
Caraway
10c.
30c.
$1.00
Catnip
85c.
Coriander
10c.
30c.
$1.00
Dill
10c.
25c.
$ .75
Sweet Fennel (large)
. . . . 5c.
15c.
40c.
$1.50
Horehound
25c.
80c.
$3.00
Lavender (Spika)
30c.
95c.
$3.50
Lavender (Vera) true
. ... 10c.
70c.
Sweet Marjoram ..............
25c.
75c.
$2.50
Rue
70c.
Sage, Broad Leaf English
. ... 10c.
70c.
$1.00
$5.50
Summer Savory
20c.
60c.
$2.00
Thyme, Broad Leaf English . . . ,
.... 10c.
75c. :
$2.00
$7.50
Wormwood
30c.
85c.
$3.00
“Nitrogin” Cultures Sold on the Bushel Basis.
One bushel size will inoculate 60 lbs. seed. Price $1.00; postage 5c.
extra. One-quarter bushel size will inoculate 15 lbs. seed. Price 40c.;
postage 5c. extra. Garden size (3 in 1) will inoculate 7 lbs. Sweet
Peas, Garden Peas or Garden Beans. Price 20c. ; postage 5c. extra.
Postage is for distances not more than 300 miles; greater distances extra
charge.
Inoculation saves the cost of expensive nitrate fertilizers. Peas, beans, clovers and all plants of the legume family
yield more and better crops when treated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. This method is endorsed by federal and stat«
agricultural departments. Inoculation will not take the place of all fertilizers or careful soil preparation and attention
to the crop, but it does give a wonderful opportunity to co-operate with nature in supplying plants with the otherwise
expensive element nitrogen. When ordering state kind of seed to be used on, as each has its own culture. Descrip-
tive circular will be mailed free on application. Cultures for the following :
Alfalfa
Crimson Clover
Sweet Clover
Red Clover
Alsike Clover
Cow Peas
Soja Beans
Canada Field Peas
Vetch
and others
Sweet Peas
Garden Peas
Garden Beans
Lima Beans
Prices.
One-quarter-acre size $ .75
One-acre size 1.69
Five-acre size 6.00
A small size for the last four named only .35
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
The Frank S. Platt Company’s
Choice Selection of
Grains, Grasses and Farm Seeds
Our Special Mixture For Lawns, Permanent Pastures and Hay Are Unexcelled
Farm Seeds.
Prices on all grass and grain seeds subject to market fluctuations.
Sudan Grass. A new forage crop of great value. Belongs to the sorghum family, is strictly an
annual, 3 to 5 feet tall. Sow in drills or broadcast, 20 lbs. to the acre for hay or cutting green. When
cut, grows again until frost. Price per lb., 25c.; per 100 lbs., $20.00.
Evergreen Broom Corn. Best for general cultivation; brush fine and long. Price per lb., 20c.;
per 100 lbs., $15.00.
Sorghum or Early Amber Sugar Cane. Grows 10 to 12 feet high. Matures early and best adapted
to the northern states, for syrup making. Used also for ensilage. Price per lb., 15c.; per 100 lbs., $10.00.
Kaffir Corn. Both grain and fodder are excellent, the whole stalk tender to the full maturity of
seed. The grain is used for feeding poultry. Price per lb., 10c. ; per 100 lbs., $5.00.
Flax Seed. Price per lb., 17c.; per 100 lbs., $12.00.
Sunflower. Mammoth Russian. Large heads, grown for seeds. Price per lb., 15c.; per 100 lbs.,
$10.00.
Hemp. Price per lb., 15c. ; per 100 lbs., $10.00.
Vetches, Spring, or Tares. (Vicia Sativa). Of the Pea family, round black seeds. Usually sown
with oats or barley for fodder. Culture same as field peas, two bushels per acre. Price per lb., 17c.;
per 100 lbs., $12.00.
Vetch, Sand, Winter or Hairy. (Vicia Villosa). Sow in early fall or spring, usually with rye for
support; grows three to four feet and is ready to cut as soon as bloom appears, and again for seed.
Price per lb., 27c.; per 100 lbs., $24.00.
Peas, Canada Field. (See page 28). Price per qt., 25c.; per 100 lbs., $8.00.
Whippoorwill. Southern Cow Peas. Is really a bean and should not be confused with Canada
Field Peas. They are more tender than Soja Beans, which is better adapted to points north of New Jer-
sey. Used for plowing under, sow 90 lbs. per acre. Price per lb., 14c. ;iper 100 lbs., $9.00.
Soja Bean, Hollybrook or Early. We have found this to be one of the most suitable sorts for
our northern states for use either as a forage crop or plowdng in. The pods develop sufficiently if
sown in May or June to add greatly to the food value. Price per lb., 12c.; per 100 lbs., $7.00.
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Sand, Winter or Hairy
Vetch.
Spring Wheat.
Prices on all grains subject to market fluctuations.
Marquis. Beardless. This is the $1,000.00 Prize Spring Wheat, and also
graded A1 flour product at the Saskatchewan Baking Contest. It is a plump,
hard, dark red berry, making a fine appearance in bulk. It matures about ten
days earlier than our ordinary varieties, bearing its head of good size, well
up on good stiff straw. Price per *4_bu., 75c.; per bu., $2.75.
Winter Wheat.
Prices on all grains subject to market fluctuations.
Leap’s Prolific. Beardless, golden chaff, grain hard; large dark red. Straw
long and stiff; ripens early. Sow \y2 bushels per acre. Price per bu., $2.50.
Red Wave. Beardless, red chaff. Extra long heads, grain large dark red.
Straw very stiff, ripens medium early. Yielded 49 bushels per acre in same
field which produced 27 bushels of Dawson. Use 1^4 bushels per acre.
Price per bu., $2.50.
Klondyke. (Bald). White variety of great value ; large berry and very
productive. Price per bu., $2.50.
Buckwheat.
Prices on all grains subject to market fluctuations.
Japanese. Straw heavier, branches more, and not sown thick as other
kinds. Price per %-b u., 60c.; per bu., $2.25.
Silver Hull. Heavy yielder ; berry is small, light silvery gray color.
Price per %-bu., 60c.; per bu., $2.25.
Common Gray. An oid and well-known variety. Price per Y~bu., 60c.;
per bu., $2.00.
Spring Barley.
Rye.
Prices on all grains subject to market fluctuations.
Spring. It is an excellent catch-crop
where winter grain has been killed out,
making good straw and fair yield of grain.
Per Y-bu., 75c.; per bu., $2.50.
FALL OR WINTER.
Rosen. A very superior and productive
sort from Russia, introduced by the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College. The yield is often double that
of the common. We exercise care to obtain only
pure seed. Per pk., 60c.; per bu., $2.00.
Choice Common. This is the ordinary
variety sown in the fall. Our seed is from choice
selected stock. Per -bu., 50c.; per bu., $1_60.
Oats.
Prices on all grains subject to market fluctuation -
Choice White. Per *4-bu., 35c. ; bu., $1.00.
Swedish. Select. It will pay well where
grain is desired to sow these heavy yielding oats:
kernel white, very large, strong, stiff straw,
where common have been grown the yield is often
increased 25 to 50 per cent. Price per -bu.,
45c.; per bu., $1.50.
SWEDISH SELECT OATS.
Prices on all grains subject to market fluctuations.
Two-Rowed Chevalier. Very large,
plump berry. Per Y~bu., 75c. ; bu.,$2.50.
Onderbrucker (Wisconsin No. 55). Six-
rowed; heavy yielding sort, with long,
full heads; stools freely; the protein con-
tent is very high, nearly twice the ordi-
nary. Per Y~bu., 65c.; per bu., $2.25.
Six-Rowed. Common. Per Y~bu., 60c.;
per bu., $2.00.
Beardless. Similar in appearance to the
six-rowed varieties while growing, but the
beard does not develop and it is much
pleasanter to handle while harvesting and
cleaning. It is also better for feeding, as
stock do not suffer from the sharp needle-
like spines. Per Y~bu., 75c.; bu., $2.75.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
OUR SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURES
Owing to Market Fluctuations We Will Give Special Quotations for Bulk Seeds.
Grass Seed for Lawns, Etc.
In laying out a piece of ground for a lawn, care should be exercised to obtain the proper grade and slope, and perfect
the general plan of the ground before attempting to sow any seed at all. After the correct grade has been obtained and the sur-
face sufficiently plowed or spaded, it should be thoroughly harrowed to pulverize the lumps and so left that there may be at
least from five to ten inches of good rich soil over the whole surface. Then all the roots and loose stones should be removed,
and the surface brushed or raked down perfectly smooth, and in a suitable condition for successful germination and growth
of the fine seed, which is used for seeding. The preparation of most lawn seeds is composed of the finest kind of grasses,
and for that reason should be sown much thicker than the coarse sorts that are used in field seeding. After sowing the seed,
rake or harrow the surface lightly, and then roll thoroughly, to smooth off, and leave in good condition.
Platt’s Evergreen Lawn Mixture.
This mixture is the finest in quality, heavy recleaned seed that we prepare for general situations. Weight 25 lbs. per bu.
It is composed of a judicious combination of the short fine growing varieties that have proved most valuable. It is perfectly
adapted to the soil and climate of New Haven, as evidenced by the many beautiful lawns and parks that have been developed
and seeded with “Platt’s Evergreen Lawn Mixture” for more than a quarter of a century. Use 4 bu. per acre, or 4 qts. per
,1,000 sq. ft. Price per pt., 25c.; per qt., 40c.; per J/^-bu., $1,35; per ^4-bu., $2.50; per bu., $9.00,
Edgewood Park Lawn Grass Seed.
Our special mixture. This formula is prepared on a well-balanced and carefully considered valuation of the fine
dark green varieties in combination with our indigenous frost-proof, heat-resisting grasses, and we are satisfied that we have
the very best combination of grasses for lawn making (without white clover) that our experience can produce. All the seeds
used in this mixture are of exceptional purity, graded, fancy recleaned. On account of their concentrated character and
purity, much less bulk is required for a given area; 80 lbs. per acre, or 2 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. Sold by weight only.
Price per lb., 45c.; per 10 lbs., $4.10; per 100 lbs., $38.00.
Country Club Golf Links.
A good article for large areas, or seeding the grounds where economy must be considered. It is prepared vvith a well-
balanced proportion of fibrous-rooted grasses that form a firm, tenacious turf. These varieties are not selected with especial
reference to their height, as that feature is regulated by the lawn mower, but more particularly the turf-forming properties
and continuity of development, thus insuring a succession of ripening. Per qt., 40c.; J^-bu., $1.25; ^4-bu., $2.25; bu., $8.00.
Fine Lawn Grass Seed— Fine Mixture.
This is composed entirely of indigenous grasses of the finer grades, and in sufficient variety to produce throughout
the spring, summer and autumn very satisfactory results. Weight 17*4 lbs. per bu. Price per qt., 35c.; per Yz-hu., $1.00;
per j4-bu., $1.75; per bu., $6.00.
Woody Crest or “Shady Nook.”
Many beautiful laws are marred by bare spots under trees and near ornamental shrubbery or buildings.
Our Woody Crest is composed mainly of short fine grasses that abound in similar situations; made up exclusively for
places that get but little sunshine.
For best results the land must be dug deeply, removing roots of trees and vines, these being mainly responsible for
lack of grass roots. A heavy coat of manure, dug in, and a dressing of bone, when seeding, should complete the necessary
preparation. Price per qt., 40c.; per %-bu., $1.25; per J^-bu., $2.35; per bu., $9.00.
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Hay and Pasture Grass Seeds.
Prices subject to variation. Special quotations jor large quantities.
Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture. Con-
sists of a number of grasses long recognized as the
best combination for this latitude ; two bushels
per acre. Price per Vs-bu., 90c.; per bu. of 20 lbs.,
$6.25.
English Rye Grass. A nutritious, permanent
grass for meadows and pastures, also for mixing
with others for lawns. Price per lb., 20c.; per 100
lbs., $18.00.
Red Top, Fancy Cleaned. .Heavy recleaned seed.
Price per lb., 30c.; per 100 lbs., $25.00.
Red Top, Unhulled. (Agrostis Alba). Clean,
heavy seed in its shell or cover. Grades between
chaff and fancy. Price per lb., 25c. ; per 100 lbs.,
$18.00.
Rhode Island Bent. (Agrostis Vulgaris). A valu-
able grass for lawns, but unobtainable in desirable
grade free from other grasses; except in very lim-
ited amount. Price on application.
Fancy Kentucky Blue. (Poa Pratensis). Valu-
able for lawns when mixed with other varieties, re-
taining its verdure in the hottest weather. Extra
heavy cleaned seed. Price per lb., 45c.; per 100
lbs., $40.00.
Canada Blue. (Poa Compressa). A hardy per-
ennial grass, with creeping rootstalks, forming a
close and durable turf. It grows on the poorest
and driest soils, standing extremes of wet or
drought, and keeping green until the severe frosts
of winter. It is distinguished from the Kentucky
Blue Grass by its flattened, wiry stems and bluer
color. (14 lbs. to the bushel). Price per lb., 35c.;
per 100 lbs., $30.00.
Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass. (Fes-
tuca Pratensis). A highly valuable species for
permanent grass land. It does not, however, at-
tain to its full productive power till the second or
third year, when it far exceeds most other sorts
in the quantity of its produce and nutritive mat-
ter. Price per lb., 25c.; per 100 lbs., $20.00.
Red Fescue. (Festuca Rubra). It thrives on dry,
sandy soils, and remarkably well in shade, forming
a good turf surface, especially valuable for lawn
and golf course. It is the only fine-leaved fescue
forming a dense continuous turf. Price per lb.,
45c. ; per 100 lbs., $40.00.
Wood Meadow. (Poa Nemoralis). It makes a
very early growth in spring and is strongly recom-
mended for pasture, thriving well under close feed-
ing, also valuable in lawn mixture. Price on appli-
cation.
Orchard Grass. (Dactylis Glomerata). One of
the most desirable pasture grasses for stock and
for shady places. Price per lb., 30c.; per 100 lbs.,
$26.00.
Sweet Vernal. (Anthroxanthum Odoratum).
True perennial sweet vernal. Useful to mix with
other grasses for pastures and lawns, on account
of its early growth, emitting an agreeable odor
when cut for hay.
Timothy. (Phleum Pratense). A well-known
grass, and more generally grown than any other
variety. High-grade, clean seed is of greatest im-
portance. We carry a large stock of this seed,
buying in car lots, which is graded as “Strictly
Prime” and “Choice.” Prices on application.
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Millets.
Prices given on application.
Hungarian Millet. Early; height two or three
feet; abundant foliage and small heads; yields well
on light soils. Per lb., 7c.; per 100 lbs., $5.00.
GOLDEN MILLET.
Common or Golden. Grows from two to four
feet high, heads single and similar to Hungarian,
though larger and with bright yellow oval seeds.
Price per lb., 7c.; per 100 lbs., $5.00.
True Southern or Tennessee Millet. Equal in
quality to any of the other millets and far superior
in yield, growing from three to five feet high, with
abundant foliage, and terminating with large seed
heads, formed by numerous panicles of small,
round, bright golden yellow seeds. Price per lb.,
7c.; per 100 lbs., $5.50.
Japanese or Barn Yard (Billion Dollar Grass).
Forage plants of great value, growing luxuriantly
on moist any soil and under indifferent conditions.
It will grow in seasons of extreme drought and
attain a height of six feet. When cut continues to
grow until frost. Price per lb., 10c.; per 100 lbs.
and over @ $6.00.
Alsike or Hybrid Clover. (Trifolium Hybridum).
Even poorly drained lands will produce a good crop
of this ; perennial and very hardy. It is very valu-
able both for pasturing and soiling; very produc-
tive. sweet and fragrant. The flowers are a dis-
tinct light pink, and much liked by bees. Price per
lb., 30c.; per 100 lbs., $25.00.
Crimson Trefoil or Scarlet Italian Clover. (Tri-
folium Incarnatum). An annual, valuable as a
cover crop, soil improver or for fodder; attains a
height of eighteen inches with pointed bright crim-
son blossom. It is not reliably hardy north of
Philadelphia. Price on application.
White Clover (Trifolium Repens). Thrives best
in damp locations, and while not a heavy producer,
it is valuable in permanent pastures. In connec-
tion with Blue Grass it affords the most nutritious
food for sheep and cattle, and also makes a fine
mixture for lawns.
Choice. Per oz., 10c.; per 25c.; per lb.,
85c.; 25 lbs. and over, price on application.
Prime. Price on application.
Sweet Clover. (Melilotus Alba). Valuable bi-
ennial, thrives almost anywhere except on acid soils. One
of the greatest plants known for soil improvement; feed
value equal to alfalfa; used extensively by bee-keepers. Sow
at rate of 18 to 20 lbs. per acre; April or August usually
most satisfactory. Price per lb., 25c.; per 100 lbs., $22 00.
Sweet Clover Annual (Hubam). A new and
valuable clover. Full descriptions and its value have been
published so freely in agricultural papers we need not en-
large upon its merits here. Per lb., 50c.; 100 lbs., $47.00.
Red Clover, Medium (Trifolium Pratense). The
common variety, used with other grasses for either pasture or
meadow. Per lb., 38c.; per 100 lbs., $35_00.
Red Clover, Mammoth or Pea Vine. Grows
much taller than medium, with large, coarse stalks, and is
largely used for plowing under for green manure. Price per
lb., 40c.; per 100 lbs., $37.00.
Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa). Very productive,
succeeds in any good soil that is well drained and not acid;
lasts for a number of years. It thrives on dry, rich sandy
soil, producing three to four cuttings annually, and even in
seasons of severe drought it is always fresh and green, be-
cause the roots extend so deep into the soil. It grows two
to three feet high with purple blossoms. Hardiness and pur-
ity are of more importance when buying alfalfa seed than a
slight difference in price. Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Price
per lb , 35c.; per 100 lbs., $33.00.
Grimm. This is the very hardy variety which
has given such satisfaction in our northeastern states. We
exercise great care to have the genuine. Per lb., 70c.; per
100 lbs., $65.00.
Platt’s Selected Fl
ower
Great care is taken to secure the finest and improved strains, and we believe a
comparison will show our stocks to be equal to the best, and far superior to those ordi-
narily obtainable. In this way we hope to satisfy our old customers and gain many
new ones.
Abronia.
Extremely pretty creeping annual ; verbena-like
heads of sweet-scented flowers ; very effective in
beds, rock work or hanging baskets.
Umbellata. Rosy lilac. White eye. Price per
oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Abutilon.
A tender perennial shrub, producing bell-shaped
drooping flowers of various colors.
Finest Mixed. Price per l/%-oz., $1.00; per pkt.,
10c.
Acacia.
Greenhouse shrub, ornamental foliage ; flowers of
various shades.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Acroclinium.
Pretty summer-flowering annuals, bearing quan-
tities of large, double, everlasting flowers, of white,
rose, etc.
Double Rose. Price per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Double White. Price per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Double Mixed. Price per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Adonis.
Showy border flowers, with pretty, fine-cut fo-
liage, hardy annual, lasting a long time in bloom.
Aestivalis. (Flos Adonis). Scarlet. Price per oz.,
30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Ageratum.
A Mexican flower of bush-like appearance, suit-
able for bedding or pot culture. Blooms continually.
Annual.
Blue Perfection. Fine dwarf, dark blue, eight
inches. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Imperial Dwarf White. Eight inches. Price per
oz., 75c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Imperial Dwarf Blue. Clear blue, eight inches.
Price per oz., 75c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Agrostemma.
An attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial,
producing flowers on long, slender stems like a sin-
gle pink; blossoms the first season.
Coronaria. (Rose of Heaven). Dark blood red.
Price per oz., 35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Alyssum Sweet.
A very pretty little plant for edging or ribbon
lines, blooming all summer. Hardy annual.
Maritimum. Fragrant white ; flowers all sum-
mer; somewhat trailing, suitable for broad edges
and vases. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Carpet of Snow. Two to three inches high. Fine
for edging. Price per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Compactum, Little Gem. Grows compact and
erect; six inches. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Saxatile Compactum. Single plants produce many
hundred of bright yellow flower-heads ; one foot.
Hardy perennial. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Amaranthus.
Ornamental foliage plants of extremely brilliant
and showy colors. Half-hardy annual.
Tricolor. (Joseph’s Coat). Leaves yellow, red
and green. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Caudatus. (Love Lies Bleeding). Flowers in
bunches of long, drooping, chenille-like tassels.
Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Saiicifolius. (Fountain Plant). Gracefullv droop-
ing, willow-shaped leaves. Price per oz., $1.00; per
pkt., 5c.
Fine Mixed. Price per oz., 30c. ; per pkt., 5c.
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Ampelopsis.
Veitchii. (Boston or Japanese Ivy). Valuable
hardy climber, clinging to stone or brick walls, ivy
green foliage. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Antirrhinum.
Snapdragon.
One of the most useful summer-flowering per-
ennials, producing long spikes and beautiful bright-
colored flowers the first season. The following are
selected for their choice type and color from stocks
grown by specialists.
Oz. Pkt.
Giant Yellow King. Yellow $3.75 10c.
Giant Queen Victoria White 1.50 10c.
Giant Venus. A delicate pink 1.50 10c.
Giant Crimson King. Very brilliant 2.00 10c.
Giant Flowering. Mixed colors .... 1.00 10c.
SEMI-DWARF.
Bride Pure White . 2.50 10c.
Defiance. Fiery scarlet 2.50 10c.
Golden Queen 2.00 10c.
Silver Pink. Special strain, pearly
pink 2.00 10c.
Mixed 2.00 10c.
Aquilegia.
Columbine.
A very showy class, with curiously shaped blos-
soms in great variety of colors; ranks among the
finest early flowering plants. Hardy perennials.
Chrysantha. Golden spurred flow- 0z- Pkt-
ers $2.00 10c.
Chrysantha Alba. Pure white, long
spurs 4.00 10c.
Long Spurred Hybrids. A very choice
variety possessing all the desirable
colorings of the smaller class 4.00 10c.
Double Varities. All colors mixed.. 1.25 5c.
Single Varieties. All colors mixed. . 1.00 5c.
Aristolochia.
Sipho. (Dutchman’s Pipe). Luxuriant, hardy
climber with large, dense foliage ; flowers small
and curiously formed, resembling a Dutchman’s
pipe. Thirty feet. Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt.,
10c.
Asparagus.
Plumosa Nanus. Tender climber with fern-like
foliage. Price per 100 seeds, $1.00; per pkt., 25c.
Sprengeri. Decorative perennial with drooping
fronds. Price per 100 seeds, 50c.; per pkt., 15c.
Asperula.
A profuse blooming hardy annual, attaining an
average growth of one foot. The flowers, which
are beautiful light blue, are very sweet scented,
and last a long time in perfection.
Azurea Setosa. Grows about 9 inches high and
covered throughout the summer with light lavender
fragrant flowers. Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Odorata. (Sweet Woodruff). The dried flowers
and leaves have a delicious fragrance and impart an
agreeable perfume to clothes, etc., when kept among
them. Price per oz., $1.00 per pkt., 5c,
Platt’s Superb Asters.
We wish to call special attention to our selec-
tion of this popular annual. The seed here offered
is grown with the utmost care. No pains have
been spared to bring each variety to its present
high state of perfection, the very best it is pos-
sible to produce. For such seed, our prices are
very moderate.
To appreciate asters grow them in separate colors
and varieties and have them from July until hard
frost.
Collection. One packet each of any 6 sorts, 50c.
Collection. One packet each of any 13 sorts.
$1.00.
Collection. One packet each of any 20 sorts,
$1.50.
Asters.
Queen of the Market. The very best first early
large flowering, perfectly double, of branching
habit, good form and stem, about two weeks earlier
than late branching.
Pkt.
%-oz.
Oz.
Lavender
40c.
$1.50
Peach Blossom
40c.
1.50
Purple
40c.
1.50
Rose
40c.
1.50
White
40c.
1.50
Mixed
40c.
1.50
ASTER, PLATT’S LATE BRANCHING.
Daybreak Asters. A class of medium early
branching asters, well adapted to bedding, as the
plants are uniform and extremely free blooming
over a long period.
Imperial Daybreak Pink. Delicate Pkt. %-oz.
shell pink 10c. 75c.
Imperial Lavendar Daybreak. Deli-
cate shade lavendar pink 10c. 75c.
Imperial Purity. Large pure white.. 10c. 75c.
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Asters — Continued.
Royal Asters. In season nearly as early as
Queen of the Market, but far superior in every
other way. The stems grow long and directly
from the ground instead of being branches off the
main stem.
Pkt. J4-oz.
Royal Purple 10c. 50c.
Royal Lavender 10c. 50c.
Royal Shell Pink 10c. 50c.
Royal White 10c. 50c.
Platt’s Superb Late Branching. Undoubtedly
the most popular, and deservedly so. It his
been called “Money Maker,” always demanding
the highest price. While there are many other
beautiful varieties for the colors here listed, they
are unexcelled as a standard. Plants large, vig-
orous, branching, with strong stems. Flowers of
great size, very full to the center. Our strain of
this superb aster has been grown for us with such
care we unhesitatingly believe it is unsurpassed.
Pkt. J4-oz. Oz.
Lavender 10c. 40c. $1.50
Shell Pink (Mary Semples) 10c. 40c. 1.50
Purple 10c. 40c. 1.50
Rose 10c. 40c. 1.50
White 10c. 40c. 1.50
Mixed 10c. 40c. 1.50
Mikado or Rochester. The most valuable Comet
variety. Has every good feature in regard to size,
form and vigor. The petals are very long, narrow
and gracefully reflexed, towards center beautifully
curved and twisted. Mikado White flowers imme-
ASTER MIKADO OR ROCHESTER.
appearance. Blooms about the same time as late
branching.
Lavender King
10c.
40c.
$1.50
Pink King
10c.
40c.
1.50'
Violet King
10c.
40c.
1.50'
White King
40c.
1.50
Mixed King
10c.
30c.
1.50'
Auricula.
diately after Queen of the Market, while the pink
comes in just before late branching. In general
the plants are like Hoenzollern and Crego, which
we have dropped from the list, as this is a better
Comet type. Mikado Pink, or Rochester, adopted
as the official flower of that city.
Pkt.
V\- oz.
Oz.
Lavender Rochester .....
10c.
60c.
2.00
Pink Rochester
10c.
60c.
$2.00
Purple Rochester
. . . . . 10c.
60c.
2.00
White Rochester
. .... 10c.
60c.
2.00
California Giants. New, finest and largest flow-
ering Comet type. Another year we expect to list
See Primula Auricula.
Balloon Vine.
Cardios'pernum — Love in a Puff.
Rapid-growing climber, remarkable for its in-
flated seed pods, from which it is sometimes called
“Balloon Vine.” Annual.
Halicacabum. White. Per oz., 25c. ; per pkt., 5c..
Balsam.
They are among the showiest and most popu-
lar of our summer garden annuals, forming bushy
plants, covered with large double flowers of bril-
liant colors.
also separate colors. Assorted colors. Price per
pkt,, 25c.; per Y-oz., $1.75; per oz., $6.00.
Astermum. A distinct strain of Comet type, so
named because of its resemblance to the chrysan-
themum; comes into bloom a little earlier than
Crego Our mixture includes pure white, shell
pink, lavender pink, rose, lavender and purple.
Mixed, per pkt., 10c.; per Y- oz., 60c.
King Asters. (Needled Type). The plans are
similar in growth to the late branching, except the
white and rose, which are more upright. The
flowers are distinct, having long narrow, folded
petals, presenting a most pleasing and beautiful
Double Camellia Flowered. Finest Mixed. Price
per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
White Perfection. Camellia flowered. Large
double, pure white. Per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Double Scarlet. Camellia flowered. Price per
oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c
Salmon King. Bright salmon pink; very early
and double. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Balsam Apple.
( See Mormodica.)
Bartonia.
Showy garden annual with bright yellow flowers.
1 Yt ft. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Begonia.
Sow in February or March in pots, without any
covering of earth. Cover with glass and keep in
a warm but shaded place. The plants will give an
abundance of bloom the first year, and if properly
kept, tubers will flower more freely than before.
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS.
Single Mixed. Splendid large flowered. Price
per 32-oz., $2.50; per pkt., 25c.
Double Mixed. From a very rich collection.
Price per 3*2 -oz., $10.00; per pkt., 35c.
Double Mixed Fringed. New, beautiful hybrid.
Price per si-oz., $8.00; per pkt., 50c.
FIBROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS.
Of the kinds offered under this head, Begonia
Rex is grown for its very attractive ornamental
foliage, while the others are among the most de-
sirable for flowering in the house, or in partly
shaded locations outdoors.
Erfordia Grandiflora Superba Semperflorens.
Rosy carmine, a beautiful free bloomer. Price per
h-oz., $4.00; per pkt., 25c.
Prima Donna. New, large flowers, limpid rose,
shading to carmine. Price per s’s-oz., $6.00; per
pkt., 25c.
Vernon. Flowers brilliant rich red, bronze leaves.
Price per Ys-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Semperflorens Mixed. A variety well adapted
tor house or outdoor culture. Plants of compact
dwarf habit, and are continuous bloomers. Price
per Ys-oz., 75c.; per pkt.. 10c.
Rex. Ornamental leaved varieties ; finest mixed.
Price per 1,000 seeds, $1.50; per pkt., 25c.
BELLIS PERENNIS.
Beilis Perennis.
Double Daisy .
Prefers a cool, sheltered situation, and needs
some protection in winter. Flowers are quilled or
flat petaled, white, red or variegated. Half-hardy
perennial.
Monstrosa Rose. Fine, large, double dark rose
flowers. Price per Ys- oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Monstrosa White. Pure white, large and very
double. Price per Ys- oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Monstrosa Red. Double and unusually large
flowers, red shading to rose. Price per Jf$-oz.,
$2.00 ; per pkt., 20c.
Monstrosa Double Mixed. Price per Ys- oz.,
$1.00 ; per pkt., 20c.
Brachycome.
Swan River Daisy.
A delicate dwarf, half-hardy, annual, effective for
edging, beds or rustic baskets. Produces an abund-
ance of daisy-like flowers about an inch in diam-
eter and in shades from dark blue to nearly white.
Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Browallia.
Profuse blooming plants, continuing throughout
the summer, studded with blue and white flowers,
growing freely in any rich soil. Half-hardy an-
nual.
Speciosa Majus. Splendid large, blue flowers.
Price per tV-oz., $4.00; per pkt., 15c.
Elata Alba. Pure white. Price per oz., 75 c. ; per
pkt., 5c.
Mixed. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Cacalia.
Tassel Flower.
A pretty half-hardy annual, with tassel-shaped
flowers, scarlet and golden yellow. Blooms from
July to September.
Mixed Colors. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Calandrinia.
Very pretty plants, succulent stems and fleshy
leaves, belonging to the Purslane family. Annual.
Grandiflora. Large flowered rosy pink. Price
per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Calceolaria.
Splendid plants for greenhouse decoration, form-
ing in spring dense masses of beautiful pocket-like
flowers. The seeds germinate best without heat,
and should be grown in pans or pots.
Hybrida Grandiflora Mixture. Giant strain, large
flowers, very choice. Mottled and spotted. Price
per 1 /84-oz., $8.00; per pkt., 25c.
Calliopsis.
Black-Eyed Susan.
Calliopsis (see also Coreopsis).
Few, if any, annuals are more useful than these;
the colors are rich and striking; flowers numerous
and beautiful. Annual.
Ray of Gold. A beautiful new variety. Flowers
golden yellow, with dark purplish brown center.
Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Coronata. Large single yellow flowers. Price
per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Golden Wave (Drummondii). Plants very bushy
and compact, and covered with large golden blos-
soms having dark centers. Price per oz., 30c. ; per
pkt., 5c.
Nigra. Fine crimson. Per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Double. Rich golden, yellow, maroon spotted.
Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Fine Mixed Single. Per oz., 30c. ; per pkt., 5c.
(For perennial varieties, see Coreopsis).
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Calendula.
Pot Marigold.
Showy, free flowering hardy annuals growing in
any good garden soil, producing a fine effect in
beds or mixed borders and continuing in bloom
until killed by frosts.
Meteor. Large double light yellow flowers,
striped with bright orange. Price per oz., 25c.; per
pkt., 5c.
Pongei, fl. pi. Double white. Price per oz., 30c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Favorite. Large, double, canary yellow. Price
per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Prince of Orange. Grows from ten to twenty
inches in height, with a profusion of flowers dur-
ing the entire summer. Color is rich dark orange.
Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Orange King. New special strain. Splendid,
large double-flowered, deep orange; excellent for
forcing. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Double Mixed. Price per oz., 25c. ; per pkt., 5c.
CALENDULA METEOR.
Campanula.
Hardy, herbaceous perennials, bearing attractive
bell flowers, thriving best in light rich soil; some
of the varieties flower first season if planted early.
Carpatica is fine for beds, edgings and ribbon gar-
dening.
Campanula Pyramidalis. Large flowers of a
beautiful blue, borne on spikes 3 to 4 feet tall.
Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Carpatica Blue. Single. Free flowering; con-
tinuing in bloom the whole season; hardy peren-
nials; six inches. Price per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Carpatica Alba. Per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Persicifolia Mixed. Blue and white. Single, flow-
ering in July and August. 2 to 3 feet. Price per
oz., $5.00; per pkt., 10c.
Canary Bird Flower.
Tropoelum Canariensis.
An ornamental creeper, with bright, yellow
fringed flowers, resembling a canary bird with
wings, partly spread, and finely divided foliage.
Yellow. Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 10c.
EMPRESS CANDYTUFT.
Candytuft.
Seed sown in April, flowers from July to Septem-
ber, and some of the sorts till frost comes. All
the varieties are hardy and easy to cultivate. Sin-
gle plants look well and bloom profusely. Hardy
annuals, one foot high.
Empress or WLifce Giant Hyacinth Flowered.
Improved strain. Pure white flowers, borne on
candelabra-shaped plant. Per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
Carmine. Rich red. Per oz., 40c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Crimson. Dark red. Per oz., 40c.; per pkt., 5c.
Lilac. Delicate violet. Per oz., 40c.; per pkt., 5c,
White Fragrant. Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Mixed Colors. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Perennial. (Iberis Sempervirens). Hardy, low
growing, compact plant ; blooms early in spring in
masses of pure white. Fine for border edges or
cemetery planting. Price per oz., $5.00; per pkt.,
10c.
Carnia.
Indian Shot.
The seed shells are very hard, and to facilitate
germination it is a good plan to soak them in warm
water ten to twelve hours before planting.
Dwarf Large Flowered French. The flowers
range through all the shades of yellow and orange
to the richest crimson, scarlet and vermillion ; some
are also beautifully spotted. Mixed. Price per
oz., 25c. ; per pkt., 10c.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Canterbury Bells.
Single Mixed. Beautiful, large, bell-shaped
flowers ; hardy biennials ; two feet. Price per oz.,
75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Double Mixed. Two feet. Price per oz., $2.00;
per pkt., 10c.
Calycanthema. (Cup and Saucer). This is the
finest variety of Campanula, producing plants
with white and blue flowers, resembling cup and
saucer. Single mixed. Per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Cardinal Climber.
> See Ijpomea.
Carnation.
Carnations and Picotee Pinks are general fa-
vorites for their delicious fragrance and richness
of colors. The seed we offer will produce man)'
splendid novelties in double or semi-double flow-
ers; protect during the winter; half-hardy peren-
nials; \y2 feet.
Marguerite, Giant Mixed. Flowers four months
after sowing the seed ; its profusion of bloom, va-
riety of beautiful colors and delicious perfume in-
sures its popularity in all gardens where cut flowers
are in demand. Per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Marguerite Double White. Pure white. Per oz.,
$2.50; per pkt., 10c.
Red Grenadine. Brilliant scarlet, 2 feet high,
splendid for borders. Per oz., $5.00; per pkt., 15c.
Chabaud’s Everblooming. A new French in-
troduction ; very double and blooms in five
months after sowing. Large, finely colored
flowers; choice finest quality. Mixed colors.
Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 25c.
Castor Oil Bean. ( See Ricinus ).
CRISTATA CELOSIA.
Celosia or Cockscomb.
A very desirable and showy plant, producing
large combs of crimson or yellow flowers. The
“Cristata” sorts are the well-known Cockscombs.
Cristata, the True Cockscomb.
Mixed. Including many colors. Price per oz.,
$5.00 ; per pkt,, 10c.
Rosea. Price per %-oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Golden Beauty. Golden yellow. Per oz.,
$1.00; per pkt., 10c.
CENTAUREA CYANUS.
President Thiers. One of the most dwarf of
all the Cockscombs, bearing large crimson combs.
Price per Vs-oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Plumosa or Feathered Cockscomb.
Plants surmounted with long feathery plumes;
exceedingly handsome; height 2 y2 to 3 feet.
Thompson! Crimson. Producing graceful feath-
er flower spikes, which resemble ostrich plumes.
Splendid crimson ; foliage bronze green. Price
per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Thompsoni Golden Improved. Golden plume,
similar to above except in color. Price per oz.,
$2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Childsii or Chinese Wool Flower. Different from
the ordinary plumosa in that the plume is more
like a tuft of wool; geranium red, the size of a
goose egg. Very ornamental and fine for bedding.
Height, two feet. Per pkt., 10c.; per oz., $2.00.
Centaurea.
Under this heading we have the well-known
Cornflower, Blue Bottle, Ragged Sailor, Bache-
lor's Buttons, Sweet Sultans, Dusty Miller, etc.
Cornflower.
Centaurea Cyanus.
Cyanus Blue. The favorite dark blue sort so
much in demand for cutting. Price per oz., 35c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Cyanus Double Blue. Per oz., $1.25 ; per pkt., 10c.
White. Per oz., 35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Rose. Per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
Mixed. Per oz., 35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Giant Sweet Sultans.
Centaurea Imperialis. Oz. Pkt.
Pure White. Best for cutting $1.50 10c.
Delicate Lilac 1.50 10c.
Chameleon. Yellow and rose, sweet
scented 2.00 10c.
Deep Lavender. Very sweet scented 1.50 10c.
Finest Mixed Colors 1.00 10c.
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Centaurea.
White-Leaved or Dusty Miller Varieties.
Valuable plants for ribbon bedding, the silvery
whiteness of the leaves being very effective with
other colored-leaved plants.
Gymnacarpa. Graceful, fine-cut, silvery white
foliage. 1 y2 feet. Price per oz., $1.25; per pkt., 5c.
Candidissima. Silvery, broad-cut leaves. Price
per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Cineraria.
A magnificent greenhouse plant having a range
and brightness of color seldom equalled. Sow
seeds from May to July.
Hybrida Grandiflora. Prize varieties, finest ob-
tainable ; large flowering. Semi-dwarf. Brilliant
blossoms, beautifully marked colors. Price per
s's-oz., $3.00; per pkt., 25c.
Stellata Large Flowered. Handsome star-shaped
flowers, free blooming. Price per Vs-oz., $2.00;
per pkt., 25c.
Maritima. (Dusty Miller). Silvery foliage. Fine
for bedding, edging and ribbon planting. Price per
oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Chrysanthemums.
ANNUAL VARIETIES.
Very showy and effective garden plants, exten-
sively grown for cut flowers. The hardy annuals
are summer flowering border plants, and distinct
from the autumn flowering varieties.
Inodorum Plennissimum. Double snow-white
free-flowering, fine for cutting. Price per oz., $1.50 ;
per pkt., 10c.
Segetum, Evening Star or Helios. Single.
(Annual Golden Marguerite). A splendid variety
for cutting; flowers 3 inches across, of pure golden-
yellow. Price per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Morning Star. Similar to the foregoing in all
particulars except in color of flowers, which are
primrose-yellow. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Dunnetti. Double golden yellow, fine for cutting,
liable to vary. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Coronarium Double Mixed. Yellow, white, etc.
Price per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
Carinatum S ingle Mixed. (Painted Daisies).
Price per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
PERENNIAL VARIETIES.
Frutescens Grandiflorum (“Paris Daisy,” or
Marguerite). White, yellow eye. Price per oz.,
$1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Japanese Hybrids. Double flowered. The seed
here offered has been saved from a choice collec-
tion. Seed sown in spring will flower by autumn.
Price per a/s-oz., $2.50; per pkt., 25c.
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum (Alaska Shasta
Daisy). Large, single, pure white flowers, borne
on long stems. Excellent for border and cutting.
Price per oz., $2.50; per pkt., 10c.
Clarkia.
Beautiful, hardy annuals from California, with
rose-colored, white and purple flowers, in deli-
cate but very brilliant shades. The plants are
about eighteen inches high and profuse bloomers.
Mixed Double. Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
COBAEA SCANDENS.
Cleome.
The Giant Spider Plant.
Seed sown in May will commence blossoming
July 1st, and continue until frost. The flowers
of this variety are of the largest, making a strik-
ing appearance in the border or in masses, color
rosy carmine. The stamens are several inches
long, which gives it the name of Spider Flower.
Five feet.
Giganthea. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Clianthus.
Australian Glory Pea.
Magnificent plants which should be sown in
light, rich soil. A shrubby, tender greenhouse
perennial.
Dampieri. Flowers in clusters, pea-shaped; of
brilliant scarlet, with black center. Price per %-
oz., $2.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Cobaea.
A beautiful, rapid-growing, climbing plant; large,
handsome, bell-shaped flowers. Sow early and
plant out about June. In sowing, plant the seeds
edgewise, cover lightly.
Scandens. Price per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Cockscomb.
( See Celosia).
Coleus.
A distinctive foliage plant, with large, brilliantly
colored leaves, ranging through shades of scarlet,
yellow, green and variegated markings. Sow early
in spring.
Large-Leaved Varieties. Saved from finest
richly colored plants of choicest strain. Price per
%- oz., $3.50; per pkt., 25c.
Choice Mixed. This is from the choicest strain
obtainable and has taken many first prizes. Price
per %-oz., $2.00; per pkt., 25c.
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Columbine.
{See Aquilegia).
Convolvulus.
Morning Glory.
Major. Free flowering climber, succeeds in al-
most any situation. Height, fifteen feet. Fine
mixed. Per pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.25.
Tricolor Minor. “Bush Morning Glories,” grow
only about one foot high. Per oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Coreopsis.
Coreopsis. (See also Calliopsis). This is a fine
hardy plant with large, bright yellow flowers, pro-
duced in abundance from June till frost. Valuable
as a cut flower, having long stems and keeping in
good condition some time. Easily grown from
seed, flowering the first year, if sown early.
Lanceolata Gd. fl. Price per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Cosmos.
An autumn plant with feathery foliage. The
flowers are borne profusely in loose clusters. Seed
should be sown early in the spring and the plants
transplanted in the open border when danger from
frost is past.
The New Early Large Flower-
ing strain are much improved
over the old sort. Not only
larger, but beginning to flower
early in July and continuing
until cut off by frost.
New Early Large Flowering
Pink. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 75c.
New Early Large Flowering
White. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 75c.
New Early Large Flowering
Crimson. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 75c.
New Early Large Flowering
Mixed. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 60c.
Pink Lady Lenox. Considered
the finest of all Cosmos. Flow-
ers of gigantic size, some rang-
ing 4 inches across. Color is
a beautiful shell pink. Price per
pkt., 10c.; per oz., 50c.
White Lady Lenox. This is
the same in all respects, except
color, as the famous Pink Lady
Lenox. Price per pkt., 10c.; per
oz., 50c.
Giant Crimson. Price per pkt.,
10c. ; per oz., 50c.
Giant Flowering Mixed. Our
mixture includes the new White
Lady Lenox. Price per pkt., 5c.;
per oz.. 50c.
Double Crested Mixed (Anem-
one Flowered). New early flow-
ering strain. Sometimes called
double. These have double cen-
ters with row of petals around
base. Very effective; colors pink,
crimson and white. Per oz.,
$3.00; per pkt., 15c.
Cucumis.
Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber).
A rapid growing vine, quite ornamental,
and often attaining a length of six feet.
Annual. Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 10c.
Echinocystis Lobata (Wild Cu-
cumber). One of the quickest growing
vines, splendid for covering trellises,
etc.; blooms easily. Flower small white,
in sprays. Per oz., 40c.; per pkt., 5c.
Cyclamen.
A genus of the most beautiful and elegant winter
and spring blooming plants for pot culture. If
sown early in spring under glass, will make flower-
ing bulbs in one year.
Persicum. Mixed, selected from finest varieties.
Price per Ys-oz., $2.50; per pkt., 25c.
Giganteum. Extra fine strain. Flowers of an
extraordinary size, broad petals and stout flower
stalks. Price per Ys-oz., $3.00; per pkt., 25c.
Cypress Vine.
A clinging plant with very delicate, fern-like foli-
age, and masses of beautiful, star-shaped flowers,
borne in clusters. Half-hard annual.
Oz. Pkt.
Scarlet 50c. 5c.
White 50c. 5c.
Mixed 50c. 5c.
Dahlia.
One of our best autumnal flowering plants,
blooms until killed by frost ; tuberous rooted, half-
hardy perennials ; blooming the first year from
seed, if sown early; protect the roots during winter
in a dry cellar in sand.
COSMOS, GIANT WHITE.
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Large Flowering. Fine mixed. Price per Y~oz.,
50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Large Flowering. Finest mixed, unrivalled qual-
ity. Decorative and show varieties. Saved from
the finest double flowers. Per pkt., 25c.; %-oz.,50c.
Cactus. Double mixed. Saved from very choice
stock. Large variety, with curled and pointed
petals. Price per pkt., 25c. ; per %-oz., 60c,
Small Flowering (Bouquet or Lilliputian). Saved
from choice double flowers ; mixed colors. Price
per %-oz., $1.25; per pkt., 25c.
Single Mixed. Giant Perfection. Very fine;
large showy flowers. Per ht_oz-> 50c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Datura.
Trumpet Flower.
Robust ornamental annuals, with large and showy
flowers, 2 to 3 feet high.
Double Golden. Deep yellow; delightfully fra-
grant. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Cornucopia (“Horn of Plenty”). An grand va-
riety; the flowers average 8 inches long by 5
across; French white inside, purple outside; de-
lightfully fragrant; started early will flower from
early summer until fall. Per oz., 75c. ; pkt., 5c.
Delphinium.
Hardy Perennial Larkspurs.
Among our best plants for mixed borders, etc.,
producing long spikes of flowers.
Belladonna. This is called the Everblooming
Hardy larkspur; in addition, is of the finest type,
lovely pale blue; height 3 ft. Per Y^-oz., $1.50;
per pkt., 25c.
Bellamosum. Deep blue, Belladona type. Price
per Y.-°z; $L50; per pkt., 25c.
Formosum. Deep blue, white center; 2 to 3 feet.
Price per Y^-oz., $2.00; per pkt., 15c.
Formosum Coelestinum. Long spikes of sky-blue
flowers, with white center. Price per %-oz., $1.00;
Per pkt., 15c.
Gold Medal Hybrids. Large spikes 2 to 3 feet
long; mostly light shades of blue. Price per pkt.,
10c.; per oz., $2.00.
Zalil. Sulphur-yellow flowers on long spikes ; 3
to 4 feet. Price per %-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 15c.
Grandiflorum Double Mixed (Chinensis). Height
2 feet. Large flowered; will bloom from midsum-
mer till frost if sown early. Price per %-oz., 75c.;
per pkt., 10c.
Dianthus.
This class of pinks are usually treated as hardy
annuals. They flower early in summer and con-
tinue until frost ; excellent for small beds or edg-
ings, flowering profusely. Hardy biennial.
Chinensis FI. PI. (Chinese or Indian Pink). The
double flowers are produced in great variety of
colors ; very free flowering. Mixed. 1 foot. Price
per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Heddewigii FI. PL (Japanese Pink). Very large
flowering, double choicest mixed, extra fine strain,
colors vary from rich crimson to delicate pink.
Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Heddewigii (Japanese Pink). Finest selected;
single mixed. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Fireball. New magnificent, large, double, scarlet.
1 foot. Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Snowball. Extra large, double, pure white. 1
foot. Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Diadematus Double Mixed. Large double flow-
ers, great variation of colors. Edges fringed. 1
foot. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Laciniatus Latifolius Double Mixed. Beautifully
striped in many colors. 1 foot. Price per oz.,
$1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Mourning Cloak or White Frill. The flowers are
very rich maroon color, margined white. It has a
rich clove fragrance. Per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Vesuvius. A beautiful red flower, nearly two
inches in diameter, with petals deeply laciniated.
Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES.
Highly valued for the great beauty and fragrance
of their flowers. These make splendid bushy
plants, one to two feet high, for permanent beds
and borders.
Plumaris (Grass Pink or Pheasant-eye Pink). A
single hardy Pink, with fringe-edged white flowers,
with dark center. Per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Plumaris FI. PI. Mixed (Double Pheasant’s Eye
Pink). Spicy clove fragrance. Double fringed
flowers of white, crimson or purple shades, spotted
and variegated. Per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Semperflorens (Everblooming Hardy Garden
Pinks). Very beautiful sweet scented, double, semi-
double and single flowers. Price pr oz., $1.50;
per pkt., 10c.
Digitalis.
Foxglove.
Ornamental plants of stately growth, bearing
long spikes of large, showy flowers, running through
shades of white, rose, yellow and purple. Fine for
shrubberies and half-shady places. Hardy per-
ennial.
Gloxinoides Ivery’s Spotted. Long spikes with
large novel and beautiful flowers. Mixed. Price
per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Fine Mixed Purpurea. Price per oz., 60c. ; per
pkt., 5c.
Dracaena.
Decorative plants with long, narrow leaves, suit-
able for center plants in vases, baskets, etc.
Indivisa. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
ESCHSCHOLTZIA.
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Edelweiss.
Gnaphalium Leontopodium.
The famous Edelweiss of the Alps. The flowers
are star-shaped, of downy texture, and pure white,
and are sought after as souvenirs. They retain
their natural appearance for years. Price per Y%~
oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Eschscholtzia.
California Poppy.
An annual of easy culture. Seeds sown early will
come into bloom in June and continue until frost.
Californica. Rich yellow with orange center.
Price per oz., 30c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Dainty Queen. Salmon pink on cream ground,
deeper shade at the edges. Per oz., 75c. ; pkt. ,5c.
Golden West. Bright yellow with orange center.
Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Mandarin. Large ; scarlet, inside orange. Price
per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Hunnemannia. Bush eschscholtzia. One and
one-half feet high, of bushy habit, have large but-
tercup yellow, poppy like blossoms. Price per oz.,
50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Thorburni. Large coppery orange ; one of the
finest, and borne in profusion. Oz., 60c.; pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed. Including new shades and color.
Erect type. Per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Euphorbia.
Marginata Variegata (Snow on the Mountain).
The leaves are light green and white margined.
Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Mexican Fire Plant, or Fire on the Mountain.
In habit and appearance resembling the poinset-
tia. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet high, of branch-
ing, bush-like form, with glossy leaves, but about
mid-summer become orange-scarlet, presenting a
striking and brilliant appearance. Price per oz.,
$2.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
EUPHORBIA VARIEGATA.
Feverfew.
Matricaria.
Free-flowering plants, succeeding in any garden
soil; hardy annual, blooming the first season if
sown early.
Alba Plenissima Double White. Seeds saved from
fine double flowers. 18 inches high. Price per oz.,
75c.; per pkt., 10c.
F orget-Me-Not.
{See Myosotis).
GAILLARDIA — PICTA LORENZIANA.
Gaillardia.
Showy and universally admired annuals, flower-
ing the first year; among the gayest ornaments of
summer flower beds.
Amblyodon. Rich blood-red. Annual. Price per
oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Picta Lorenziana. A charming profuse double
flowering strain ; mixed colors. Annual. Price
per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Fine Mixed. Single; annual. Price per oz., 40c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Grandiflora Sanguinea. Perennial. Rich crim-
son with yellow border. Per oz., $1.25; pkt., 10c.
Grandiflora Oculata. New light shades with red
centers ; very fine hybrids. Perennial. Price per
oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Grandiflora Maxima. Golden yellow. Perennial.
Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Grandiflora Fine Mixed. Perennial. Price per
oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Geranium.
Single Mixed Zonale. Including many varieties.
Price per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Double Mixed Zonale. Excellent quality. Price
per sb-oz., $1.25 ; per pkt., 25c.
Pelargonium Zonale (Lady Washington). De-
sirable plants for pot culture; the flowers are borne
in clusters, are rich and beautifully marked. Price
per s’s-oz., $2.25; per pkt., 25c.
Apple Blossom. Fragrant foliage. Price per
oz., $1.25; per pkt., 10c.
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Gilia.
Hardy annual, grows in almost any situation ;
profuse bloomers and fine for beds and rockeries.
Fine Mixed. Price per oz., 25c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Globe Amaranth.
“Bachelor’s Buttons.” Garden annuals, forming
bushy plants about two feet high and bearing a
great many flowers, purple, white, striped, etc.;
very desirable “Everlastings.”
White. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Flesh Color. Price per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Mixed Colors. Price per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Godetia.
Satin Flower.
Very showy annual, of dwarf, compact growth,
bearing large flowers of exquisite colors and shades
that glisten in the sunlight like satin.
Lady Albemarle. Carmine, shading to lilac. Price
per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Duchess of Albany. Pure satin white. Price per
oz., 75c. ; per pkt.* 5c.
Lady Satin Rose. Glossy rose pink. Price per
oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Gourds.
A very ornamental class of rapid growing climb-
ers. The fruit is of curious shapes, sizes and' colors.
All are hard shelled and will keep indefinitely.
Nest Egg. A capital nest egg. Produces fine
white fruits, egg shaped. Per oz., 30c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Orange. Dark yellow and orange shaped. Price
per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Lemon. Light yellow and lemon shaped. Price
per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Hercules Club. Club shape. Grows 4 to 6 feet in
length. Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Dipper. Used as a dipper. Price per oz., 30c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Dish Cloth. A vegetable dish cloth ; tough and
elastic. Fruit 2 feet in length. Price per oz., 30c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Sugar Trough. This variety grows to a large
size. Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Calabash or Pipe Gourd. Grown extensively for
use in making pipes. Price per oz., 30c.; pkt., 10c.
Bottle. Resembles a bottle. Price per oz., 30c. ;
per pkt., 5c.
Knob Kerrie. Green and yellow, ball-shaped at
the end of long slender neck. Price per oz., 50c.;
per pkt., 10c.
Turk’s Turban. Striped mixed. Price per oz.,
25c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Fancy and Ornamental. Small mixed varieties.
Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Large Mixed. Large sized varieties. Price per
oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Grasses—Ornamental.
For winter decoration these are very beautiful
and should be cut before they are thoroughly ripe.
Transplant as soon as they can be handled. This
will allow them to develop their character.
Avena Sterilis (Animated Oats). Long, droop-
ing panicles. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Briza Maxima (Quaking Grass). Price per oz.,
50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Bromus Brizaeformis. One of the best grasses
for dried bouquets. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Coix Lachrymae (Job’s Tears). Price per oz.,
20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Eragrostis Elegans (Love Grass). Price per oz.,
35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Eulalia (Japonica Variegata). Commonly known
as Ribbon Grass; long green leaves, striped white;
fine for groups. Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
Gynerium Argenteum (Pampas Grass). Price
per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass). Indispensable
in grass bouquets. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Gypsophila. Baby’s Breath.
Delicate free-flowering plants covered with a pro-
fusion of fine star-shaped flowers.
Gypsophila Paniculata. Sprays of delicate little
white flowers. Hardy. Prennial. Per oz., 75c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Paniculata Alba Double. New, fine for cutting.
Price per iV-oz., $1.00; per pkt., 25c.
Grandiflora Alba. Paris Market. Improved large
flowering. Annual. Pure white. Beautiful in
combination with other flowers. Make several
sowings to keep up supply through season. Price
per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Muralis. Pink flowered, annual. Price per oz.,
75c. ; per pkt., 5c.
HELICHRYSUM.
Helichrysum. Straw Flower.
Bright and attractive summer blooming annuals
of free growth and producing in abundance large
double red, white and yellow flowers, valuable as
an “Everlasting.” The following are new im-
proved large double flowering.
Yellow Monstrosum. Per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Fireball Monstrosum. Per oz.,$1.00; per pkt., 5c.
White Monstrosum. Per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Monstrosum Mixed Large Flowering. Double.
Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
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Heliotrope.
A half-hardy perennial, flowering during the
whole season ; deliciously fragrant and a splendid
bedding plant. Seeds sown in the spring will make
fine plants for summer blooming.
Queen Marguerite. Dark blue. Of robust growth,
and produces flower clusters double the size of the
old sort; very fragrant. Per Y^-oz., 75c. ; pkt., 10c.
Large Flowering Mixed. All colors of the regu-
lar type. Price per Y-oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Helianthus or Sunflower.
Tall growing plants, with large and showy yellow
flowers. Hardy annuals.
SINGLE VARIETIES.
Augustiflora (Autumn Glory). New and valu-
able, producing great numbers of small, single
blooms suitable for cutting. Per oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c.
Red Sunflower. New unique novelty. Price per
oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Miniature (Cucumerifolia). Bushy habit, pro-
fuse in its bloom of small bright yellow, black-
centered flowers. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Stella. Branching habit. Flowers from two to
three inches in diameter, with black centers. Price
per oz., 75c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Orion. New variety of Stella strain ; petals twist-
ed like cactus dahlia. Per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Argyrophyllus. Handsome plants usually about
4 feet high, silvery foliage, flowers small, with dark
centers. Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Mammoth Russian. Grows 8 to 12 feet high,
bearing single heads measuring from 15 to 18 inch-
es in diameter. Price per oz., 10c.; per pkt., 5c.
DOUBLE VARIETIES.
Californicus. Very fine, double, golden yellow.
5 feet. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Globosus Fistulosus. Flowers large and a rich
saffron color. 6 feet. Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Hibiscus. Marshmallow.
Showy ornamental annuals and perennials, for
mixed beds or shrubbery borders, having large-
sized, beautifully colored flowers ; blooms the first
year if sown early.
Moscheutos. Flowers a light rosy red, with dark
centers, 6 inches diameter. Per oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c.
Crimson Eye. Flowers of largest size, pure
white, with a large spot of velvety crimson in the
center. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Giant Yellow or Golden Bowl. Large petaled
flowers from 6 to 9 inches in diameter; of a rich
cream, with a velvety maroon center. The plants
commence to bloom early and continue until frost.
Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Hyacinth Bean.
Dolichos.
An annual climber, producing clustered spikes of
purple and white flowers, followed by exceedingly
ornamental seed pods.
Daylight. Large wistaria-like racemes of snow-
white, sweet-scented flowers, followed by silvery
white seed pods. Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Darkness. Similar to above, except in color,
which is a rich purple-violet. Per oz., 30c. ; pkt., 5c.
Lablab Mixed. Price per oz., 25c. ; per pkt., 5c.
HOLLYHOCK.
Hollyhock.
For majestic growth and massive beauty the
hollyhock stands unrivaled. Flowers very large,
perfectly double, and of great variety of color.
Chater’s Dark Crimson. Per Ft~oz., 50c. ; pkt., 10c.
Chater’s Bright Pink. Per %-oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c.
Chater’s Salmon Rose. Per J4-OZ., 50c. ; pkt., 10c.
Chater’s Sulphur Yellow. J^-oz., 50c. ; pkt., 10c.
Chater’s White. Per A-oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Extra Choice Double Mixed. Chater’s strain.
Per TA-oz., 40c. ; per pkt., 10c.
“Allegheny” Single Fringed Mixed. Mammoth
flowers, wonderfully formed of loosely arranged
fringed petals. Per A-oz., 30c.; per pkt., 10c.
Single and Double Mixed. Annual, perpetual
flowering, presents a handsome appearance when
covered with their artistic blossoms. Per *4-oz.,
25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Humulus.
Japanese Hop.
Japonica. The foliage is very dense, and in color
a lively green. Per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Variegated. A variegated variety with green and
white leaves. Per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Ice Plant.
Suitable for rock work, hanging baskets, etc.
Foliage thick, flowers frosted, wax-like.
Mesenbryanthemum. Per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Impatiens.
Sultani. Brilliant rosy-scarlet. Price per fk-oz.,
$1.25 ; per pkt., 15c.
Holstii Hybrids. Strong bushy plants, about 2
feet high ; covered with flowers throughout the sea-
son. When grown as a pot plant they bloom the
year round. Mixed. Per -h-oz., 75c.; per pkt., 15c.
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Ipomea.
This is a rapid and luxuriant summer climber,
profuse in its blooms of large, beautiful flowers,
and invaluable.
Imperial Japanese. Handsomest of all Morning
Glories. The flowers are of gigantic size, and the
coloring beyond description, ranging from snow-
white to black purple. Mixed. Price per oz., 25c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Rubra Coerulea (Heavenly Blue). Immense
flowers of bright sky-blue. Per oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c.
Bona Nox (Evening Glory). Large, blue, fra-
grant flowers. Price per oz., 25c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Grandiflora Alba (Moon Flower). At night and
during dull days the plants are covered with an
abundance of large, pure white, fragrant flowers, 5
to 6 inches in diameter. Grows very rapidly. Price
per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Quamoclit Hybrid (Cardinal Climber). One of
the finest annual climbers, 20 to 25 feet, flowers size
of half-dollar, intense scarlet. Seed should be
notched or soaked to aid germination. Price per
oz., $2.50: per pkt., 15c.
Kenilworth Ivy.
Linaria Cymbalena.
A violet flower, neat, hardy perennial trailing
plant, suitable for baskets, vases and rock work.
Price per %-oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Kochia.
Summer Cypress.
Tricophylla. Improved Childsii. An easily-grown
annual with perfect symmetry. It is a lively green,
but on the approach of autumn the whole plant be-
comes a bright scarlet, making in all a very de-
sirable plant. During the summer it obtains a
height of about 3 feet. Per oz., 35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Kudzu Vine.
Pueraria Thunbergiana.
A twining vine of remarkably rapid growth, at-
taining a length of 40 to 50 feet in one season.
Hardy, though the vine dies down every winter.
Foliage large and lobed, purple, pea-shaped flowers
in clusters. A fine vine for arbors, verandas, etc.
Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Lantana.
A most desirable half-hardy, greenhouse or bed-
ding plant, constantly in bloom ; verbena-like heads
of orange, white, rose and other colored flowers.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Larkspur Annual.
Delphinium.
Beautiful, hardy annuals, producing dense spikes
of flowers, which are very ornamental, either in
the garden or when cut for vases. Set 10 inches
apart.
Double Stock Flowered (Exquisite Pink). New
tall pink; soft; fine florist’s flower. Price per oz.,
$1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Double Stock Flowered. Tall dark blue. Price
per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Double Stock Flowered. Tall mixed. Price per
oz.. 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Emperor, Double Dwarf Stock Flowered. Fine
Mixed. Very beautiful long spikes of flowers in the
most delicate colors. Per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Lathy rus.
Everlasting Peas.
Showy, free-flowering plant, very ornamental on
trellis work. Blooms excellent for cutting. Hardy
perennial. Oz. Pkt.
Latifolius, White 75c. 10c.
Latifolius, Pink Beauty 75c. 10c.
Latifolius, Scarlet 75c. 10c.
Mixed 75c. 10c.
Lavender.
Lavender Vera.
Splender spikes of lavender flowers, very fragrant.
Hardy perennial. Per %-oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
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Linum. Flowering Flax.
A showy bedding plant of the flax family, having
brilliant flowers of various colors, borne on slender
stems, with fine foliage. Hardy annual.
Grandiflorum Coccineum. Annual; bright scar-
let. Price per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
Perrene. Light blue hardy. Perennial. Price
per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Flavum. Golden yellow. Perennial. Price per
oz., $2.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Mixed. Prennial; white and blue. Price per oz.,
75c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Lobelia,,
The following dwarf and trailing varieties of this
popular and beautiful flowering plant are desirable
for pot culture, edgings, hanging baskets, etc.,
blooming profusely from June to November. Half-
hardy annual.
ERINUS VARIETIES,
for Baskets, Vases, etc. Six to nine inches.
Gracilis. Light blue ; long slender, trailing stems.
Price per oz., $2.25; per pkt., 10c.
Speciosa. Deep blue, dark foliage, trailing. Price
per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
COMP ACTA VARIETIES,
for Edgings, etc. Four to six inches.
Crystal Palace. Dark blue ; fine for bedding.
Price per Mj-oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 10c.
Emperor. Compact, bright blue. Price per Y\-
oz., 75c. ; per pkt., 10c.
White Gem. Pure white. Price per oz., 75c.;
per pkt., 10c.
Compacta Mixed. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt.,
10c.
Lupinus.
Many of the varieties are of a stately, robust
growth, valuable for mixed flowers and shrubbery
borders.
Annual Mixed. Rich and various colored pea-
shaped flowers. Two feet. Per oz., 25c.; pkt., 5c.
Perennial Mixed. Hardy perennial varieties, in
blue and white mixed. Per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
Lychnis.
Viscaria. Rosy-lilac. Two feet. Price per oz.,
75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Haageana. Brilliant orange, scarlet, crimson, etc.
Price per oz., $4.00; per pkt., 10c.
Maurandia.
Beautiful, rapid-growing climbers, blooming pro-
fusely until late in the autumn; also fine for the
conservatory or greenhouse. A half-hardy peren-
nial, flowering the first season if sown early; ten
feet.
Barclayana. Purple. Per oz., $2.50; per pkt., 10c.
Mixed. All colors. Per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Marigold.
A popular hardy annual of vigorous growth, pro-
during a magnificent display of yellow, orange and
maroon flowers.
AFRICAN VARIETIES.
Orange Prince. A splendid new rich orange sort.
Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Lemon Queen. Another fine new variety; clear
lemon-yellow. Price per oz., 75c. ; per pkt., 10c.
MARIGOLD— DOUBLE TALL AFRICAN.
Pride of the Garden. Immense flowers, densely
double. Color, golden-yellow. A feature of this
variety is the compact, dwarf habit of the plant,
which forms dense bushes 15 to 18 inches high.
Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
El Dorado. Flowers very large, imbricated and
extremely double. All shades of yellow. Price per
oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Large African. Double, orange and lemon mixed,
two to three feet. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 5c.
FRENCH VARIETIES (Dwarf).
Legion of Honor. A dwarf single variety.
Blooms early and until late in the fall. Flowers
rich golden yellow, marked velvety brown. Price
per oz., 35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Dwarf, Golden Striped. Velvety maroon, striped
gold. Price per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
Double French Marigold Mixed. Price per oz.,
35c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Marvel of Peru.
Four O'Clock.
Of branching habit, bearing hundreds of flowers
during the season, of white, yellow, crimson and
violet; some varieties combining two or more of
these colors. Two feet.
Marvel of Peru or Four O’Clock. Mixed. Price
per oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Variegated Foliage. Mixed. Price per oz., 25c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Mignonette.
A hardy annual, producing dense spikes of ex-
ceedingly fragrant flowers. If sown at intervals in
spring and early summer it will bloom until killed
by frost.
Reseda Odorata. Improved, large flowering.
Sweet scented. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
White Pearl. Large spikes, the best pure white,
very fragrant. Price per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
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MIGNONETTE.
Miles’ Hybrid Spiral. Produces flower spikes
from 8 to 10 inches in length. Very fragrant. Price
per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
Matchet. Extra select stock. Golden yellow. An
excellent variety for general uses. Price per oz.,
60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Golden Queen. Color distinct, very sweet. Price
per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Red Goliath. Immense spikes of double red flow-
ers. Price per Y^-oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Allen’s Defiance. When grown under favorable
conditions its spikes attain a size of 12 to 15 inches
in length. Price per oz., 60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Mimosa.
Sensitive Plant.
Pudica. Curious and interesting annuals, with
pinkish-white flowers ; the leaves close and droop
when touched or shaken. One and one-half feet.
Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Mimulus.
Monkey Flower.
Bushy plants one foot high. Flowers various
shades of yellow, spotted and marked crimson.
Tigrinus. Mixed and spotted varieties. Price per
Y^-oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Moschatus (Musk Plant). Foliage emits a
strong musky perfume ; flowers canary yellow.
Price per s^-oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Mina.
Lobata. Half-hardy, climbing annual. The buds
are red, but turn to orange-yellow before they
open. The flowers are of a creamy white. Price
per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Moon Flower.
(See Ipomea).
Mormordica.
Annual climbers, with ornamental foliage, fruit
golden yellow, warted, and when ripe, opens, show-
ing the seeds and its brilliant carmine interior.
Height, 10 to 15 feet.
Balsamina. Apple-shaped fruit. Price per oz.,
60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Charantia. Pear-shaped fruit. Price per oz.,
60c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Morning Glory.
(See Convolvulus and Ipomea).
Myosotis.
Forget-Me-Not.
A well-known plant, bearing clusters of star-like
flowers, bes*t adapted to moist situations, though
growing in almost any soil. Half-hardy perennial.
Alpestris Coerulae. Sky blue. Price per %-oz.,
50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Alpestris Alba. Pure white. Price per %- oz.,
50c.; per pkt., 10c.
Robusta Grandiflora (Eliza Founrobert). Large
flowering, bright blue. Per %-oz., 40c.; pkt., 10c.
Dissitiflora. Large flowering, dark blue, one of
the best. Price per Y-oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Palustris Semperflorens. True marsh forget-me-
not. A dwarf forget-me-not, always in bloom.
Blue, 6 to 8 inches. Per Vs-oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c.
Myrsiphyllum.
(See Smilax) .
Nigella.
Love in a Mist, or Devil in a Bush.
A compact, free-flowering plant, with finely cut
foliage, curious flowers and seed pods. Hardy an-
nual. One foot.
Damascena. Blue and white mixed. Price per
oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Miss Jekyll. A beautiful variety with corn-
flower-blue blossoms ; excellent for cutting. Price
per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Nicotiana.
Desirable plants of the tobacco family, valuable
for their long duration and freedom of bloom. Half-
hardy annuals.
Affinis. Flowers large, white, fragrant, and fully
expanded in evening or cloudy days. Price per oz.,
75c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Sanderae Hybrid. A splendid type in a great
variety of colors. Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c.
Sylvestris. Similar to Affinis ; leaves larger,
plants pyramidal. Flowers pure white, fragrant.
Useful with other plants or by itself. Price per oz.,
75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Nemophila.
A charming class of dwarf-growing, free-flower-
ing hardy annuals of spreading habit.
Marginata. Azure blue, edged with white. Price
per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
Maculata. White, spotted with deep violet. Price
per oz., 35c.; per pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed Colors. Price per oz., 35c.; per
pkt., 5c.
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Nasturtium.
Tropaeolum.
Plants of great beauty, blooming throughout the
summer and fall, and in the greenhouse during the
winter. The tall varieties make good covering for
walls and trellises. The compact growth and rich-
colored flowers of the dwarf varieties make them
desirable for bedding plants.
DWARF VARIETIES.
Aurora. Cream yellow, veined with carmine.
Price per oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Beauty. Yellow, striped with red. Price per oz.,
20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Golden Queen. Yellow foliage with golden yel-
low flowers. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Cloth of Gold. Scarlet flowers with golden yel-
low foliage. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Empress of India. Very dark green foliage;
flowers bright crimson. Per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur yellow, spotted
maroon. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
King of Tom Thumbs. Intense scarlet. Price
per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
King Theodore. Deep maroon flowers and dark
foliage. Price per oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Lady Bird. Golden yellow, striped and spotted
with bright red, dark leaved. Price per oz., 20c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Pearl. Creamy white. Per oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Rose. Dark pink. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Golden King. Pure bright yellow. Price per oz.,
20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Dwarf Mixed. All colors. Price per lb., $1.25 ;
per Ya-Vc>., 35c.; per oz., 15c.; per pkt., 5c.
TALL VARIETIES.
King Theodore. The deepest and richest dark
crimson nasturtiums, having a soft, velvety tex-
ture. Price per oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Jupiter. Mammoth flowers; of a rich golden
yellow. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Vesuvius. A most desirable variety with flowers
of a salmon rose. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Schulzi. A rich scarlet; dark leaved. Price per
oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Moonlight. Large flowers of clear, pale lemon
color. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Twilight. Very large flowers of delicate salmon,
marked with rose. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Butterfly. Light yellow, marked with red. Price
per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Queen Varieties, Mixed. This class is distinct,
having variegated leaves of white, green and yel-
low; flowers of various colors. Price per oz., 20c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Mixed Tall Varieties. Price per lb., $1.25 ; per
lb., 35c.; per oz., 15c.; per pkt., 5c.
Lobbianum Nasturtium.
There is little difference between these and the
tall Nasturtiums. They are especially rich in the
red shades, flower even freer, grow to the same
height.
Brilliant. Rich geranium scarlet. Price per oz.,
20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Golden Queen. New; orange-yellow. Price per
oz., 20c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Asa Gray. Cream white. Price per oz., 20c. ; per
pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
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PLATT’S SUPERLATIVE PANSY.
Pansy.
Heartsease.
The pansy stands alone in a class by itself. It
is a flower that everyone admires and wants, even
if only a small place to raise them. The pansy
produces best results during the cool days of
spring, and in a sandy loam thoroughly prepared
and supplied with well-rotted manure. To assist
germination by retaining moisture, cover the seed
bed with sheeting or single burlap, removing as
soon as seedlings begin to appear. From this time
on it is important never to let the soil become dry;
to do so is fatal; keep moist but not soaking wet.
For spring flowers, sow seed in August and pro-
tect during the winter. Half-hard perennial.
Platt’s Superlative Mixed. This is the very rich-
est mixture of giant varieties, containing the choic-
est sorts grown by foremost specialists, combined
by us to secure the result of their skill and widest
variation in one mixture. To those wishing such
there is no better seed obtainable. Price per oz.,
$8,00 ; per pkt., 25c.
Bugnot’s Superb Striped and Blotched. A very
beautiful class, large flowers, the two upper petals
usually finely veined, the lower with broad blotches
in wide variety of handsome and rare colors. Price
per oz., $5.00; per pkt., 25c.
Masterpiece. A distinct type of extra large size,
having undulated petals, making it appear double.
Mixed colors. Price per oz., $7.00; per pkt., 25c.
Giant Madame Perret. A new mammoth strain,
producing faultless flowers of rose, ruby and wine
shades on white ground. Price per oz., $3.50; per
pkt., 15c.
Parisian Giant, Stained. Trimardeau type. Many
beautiful shades and colorings. Mostly white
ground and five spotted. Price per oz., $5.00; per
pkt., 15c.
Orchid Flowered. A distinct and beautiful strain
of Pansy, having delicate tints and soft shades of
colors. Price per oz., $5.00; per pkt., 25c.
Trimardeau Mixed, or Giant Pansies. Are very
much improved in every respect over the older
sorts of the same name. Of strong, robust growth,,
well-formed flowers, large size and great variety
of color; finest strain. Price per ^4-lb., $5.50; per
oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Fine Mixed. Consisting of all colors, though not
large flowered as above, inclined to be more free
flowering; fine for large beds. Price per
$4.50; per oz., $1.25; per pkt., 5c.
Lord Beaconsfield. Giant Trimardeau. Deep
purple-violet, shading to white on the upper petals ;
very effective. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
King of the Blacks. Giant Trimardeau. Almost
coal black. Price per oz., $3.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Emperor. Giant Trimardeau. Ultra-marine blue,
with purple violet eyes. Price per oz., $3.00; per
pkt., 10c.
Peacock Blue. Giant Trimardeau. Rich velvety
blue, white edge. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Light Blue. Giant Trimardeau. Beautiful sk}'
blue. Price per oz., $3.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Golden Queen. Giant Trimardeau. Large and
fine for bedding. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Snow Flake. Giant Trimardeau. Pure satiny-
white; very fine. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Red Victoria. Wine color; very fine. Price per
oz., $2.50 ; per pkt., 10c.
PANSY, GIANT MADAME PERRET
Passiflora.
Passion Flower.
Indispensable climbing plants for the garden or
greenhouse, bearing a profusion of attractive
flowers.
Coerula. Blue. Price per oz., $1.25; per pkt., 10c.
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PLATT’S SUPERB LARGE-FLOWERING.
Petunia.
The brilliancy and variety of its colors, com-
bined with the duration of its blooming period ren-
der it invaluable. The plants are of easy culture
and thrive well in any good garden soil.
Double Mixed. Large-flowering, fringed; saved
only from the very choicest pot-grown plants.
Double Petunia does not come true from seed.
This strain will produce 30 to 35 per cent double
flowering plants, which is a high per cent. The
weaker plants should be carefully saved, as they
usually produce the finest double flowers. Price
per sVoz., $10.00; per pkt., 50c.
Platt’s Superb Large-flowering. Single ruffled
and fringed giants saved from finest flowers; of
very large size and beautiful shape, deep-throated
and of varied and brilliant colors. Price per t^-oz.,
$3.00 ; per pkt., 25c.
Ruffled Fringed Giant. Nana Compacta ; bushy
plants, 12 to 15 inches high, of compact growth,
comprising all the desirable colors with ruffled and
fringed edging. Price per iV-oz., $3.00 ; pkt., 25c.
California Giants. The flowers are very large
and the colors embrace every conceivable shade
of crimson, white, violet, lavender, etc. Price per
tW-oz., $3.00 ; per pkt., 25c.
Howard’s Star. A beautiful free-flowering strain,
color crimson-maroon, with a clearly defined five-
pointed star of blush white. Price per %-oz., $1.50;
per pkt., 15c.
Striped and Blotched. A good strain of the
small flowering type; fine for massing. Price per
oz., $2.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Rosy Morn. Compact plants. Bright rosy pink,
white throat, beautiful free bloomer. Price per
oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Snowball. Pure white flowers, on compact
plants. Verv fine. Price per oz., $2.25 ; per pkt.,
iOc.
Hybrida Fine Single Mixed. Very rich mixture
for bedding. Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 5c.
Phlox.
This splendid genus of plants is unrivaled for
richness of color, profusion of blossoms, length of
-duration in bloom, and whether in clumps or mass-
es, look equally beautiful.
Phlox ■ — Continued
Grandiflora.
Those of the Grandiflora type are the largest
flowered and grow about 15 inches high.
Alba. Pure white, extra large. Price per oz.,
$1.50 ; per pkt., 10c.
Brilliant Scarlet. Price per oz., $1.50; pkt., 10c.
Vivid Crimson. Large, white eye. Price per oz.,
$1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Vioiacea Alba-Oculata. Violet with white eye.
Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Large Yellow. A very fine color. Price per oz.,
$1.50 ; per pkt., 10c.
Grandiflora Splendid Mixed. Includes all of the
above and many other shades and colors. Price
per oz., $1.25 ; per pkt., 5c.
Star of Quedlinburgh. Star-shaped Phlox of
dwarf habit, with very pretty flowers, mixed colors.
Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Dwarf Phlox.
Phlox Drummondi Nana Compacta.
These are the best for ribbon bedding or bor-
ders. The plants grow very symmetrically in neat
little bushes about eight inches high; covered with
flowers during the whole summer and fall.
Snowball. Flowers pure white ; the plants re-
semble large snowballs when in full bloom. Price
per oz., $4.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Fireball. Glowing, brilliant scarlet. Price per oz.,
$4.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Vioiacea. Deep violet. Per oz., $4.00 ; pkt., 10c.
Dwarf Phlox, Mixed. Per oz., $3.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Hardy Perennial Phlox. One of the finest for
hardy border; this seed is from the new large-
flowered Grandiflora ; height, 3 to 3x/2 feet. Price
per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Poppies.
Well-known hardy annuals and perennials, flow-
ering in profusion throughout the summer. The
brilliant colorings of the poppy family, both sin-
gle and double, varying as they do from the most
intense scarlet down through the whole range of
coloring to the delicate pink, yellow and white,
make them indispensable in the flower garden.
American Legion (New Shirley). Brilliant
orange scarlet, enormous size, borne on long, stout
stems. Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
The Shirley. Finest Mixed. A beautiful type
and a great variety of colors, from pure white and
delicate pink to deep crimson and beautifully
striped. A most charming variety. Two feet.
Price per oz., 40c.; per pkt., 5c.
Double Shirley (Rydburg Hybrids). New strain,
beautiful shades mixed. Price per oz., 75c.; per
pkt., 5c.
Scarlet Field. Brilliant scarlet. Two feet. Price
per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Danebrog or Danish Cross. Large flowers of
brilliant scarlet, with a silvery-white spot on each
petal, forming a white cross. Price per oz., 25c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Tulip Flowered. Bright scarlet flowers borne
well above the foliage. The petals form a tulip-
shaped cup and after a time black spots appear
at the base of each petal. Hardy annual. One
foot. Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
The Bride. Pure white. Two feet. Price per oz.,
25c. ; per pkt., 5c.
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Poppies — Continued.
Mephisto. Scarlet, violet spotted. Two feet.
Price per oz., 30c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Mikado. Double white striped crimson. Two
feet. Price per oz., 30c.; per pkt., 5c.
Double Carnation Flowered. Finest Mixed. Two
feet. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Paeony Flowered. Double flowers of the largest
size, and paeony shaped. Finest mixed. Two feet.
Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Fine Mixed. Single. Price per oz., 25c. ; pkt., 5c.
HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES.
Oriental Crimson. Price per oz., $3.50 ; pkt., 10c.
Oriental Hybrids. Mixed. Price per oz., $2.00;
per pkt., 10c.
Bracteatum. Deep scarlet. Price per oz., $1.50;
per pkt., 10c.
Nudicaule Hybrids Mixed. New Reselected strain.
(Iceland Poppy). If sown early in spring will
bloom first season. The delicate form and bright
colors make them especially desirable as a border
plant. Hardy perennial. One foot. Price per
oz., $2.00 ; per pkt., 10c.
Physalis Francheti.
Chinese Lantern Plant or Winter Cherry.
Fruit is large, deep red in color, edible and en-
closed in large, balloon-shaped husks of brilliant
orange red. Hardy annual. Price per oz., $2.00;
per pkt., 10c.
Portulaca.
These brilliant and popular hardy annuals are of
the easiest culture, luxuriant in an exposed sunny
situation, and producing throughout the summer
their various colored flowers in the greatest pro-
fusion.
Golden Striped. Straw color with golden or
orange stripes. Single. Per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 5c.
Alba. Single. Clear white. Per oz., $1.00; pkt., 5c.
Pink. Delicate pink shade ; single. Price per oz.,
$1.00 ; per pkt., 5c.
Splendens. Single, crimson. Price per oz., $1.00;
per pkt., 5c.
Splendid Mixed Single. Per oz., 75c. ; pkt., 5c.
Large Flowering, Double Mixed. Large per
cent flowers perfectly double, making a gorgeous
display, remaining open all day. Price per oz.,
$2.50 ; per pkt., 10c.
Primula.
Chinese Primrose.
A beautiful flowering plant for winter or spring
decorations in the home or conservatory; g^-oz.
contains about 1,000 seeds.
Alba Magnifica. Finest fringed, yellow eye, pure
white, of great substance, very beautiful. Price
per fk-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 25c.
Aurora. Beautifully fringed; delicate pink. Price
per tV-oz.j $2.00 ; per pkt., 25c.
Sedina. 1912 novelty, deserves special attention.
Great profusion of large fringed flowers of a bril-
liant carmine rose. Price per jfe-oz., $2.00; pkt., 25c.
Single Flowering. Finest fringed varieties
mixed. Price per *-oz., $1.25; per pkt., 25c.
Stellata. A very pretty form with large heads of
star-shaped flowers of various colors. Price per
i6--oz., $1.50; per pkt., 25c.
Fern-Leaved. Finest mixed. Price per t^-oz.,
$1.25; per pkt., 25c.
Primula Obconica.
A profuse bloomer, bearing long stems with heads
of ten or twelve flowers.
Hybrids, Giant Mixed. Price per ^-oz., $2.00;
per pkt., 25c.
Obconica Frimiata Gigantea. A fringed variety.
Price per tW-oz., $3.00; per pkt., 25c.
Polyanthus.
Primula Elatior.
Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine
for either pot or outdoor culture; hardy peren-
nials. Nine inches.
Polyanthus, English. The best single, all colors
mixed. Price per %-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Hardy Primroses.
These are among the best of the early spring
blooming plants. With a slight protection they
will stand the winter, but do better if protected by
a cold frame.
Primaula Japonica (Japanese Primrose). Mixed
colors. Bright and showy flowers, borne in whorls
on stems six to nine inches long. Price per oz.,
75c. ; per pkt., 15c.
Primula Auricula. Cream white to golden yel-
low and palest mauve to the deepest purple. Sweet
scented. Price per Vs-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 20c.
Pyrethrum.
Handsome herbaceous plants of easy culture. P.
Aureum is the well-known Golden Feather, so
much used for carpet bedding, edging, etc. From
the flowers of P. Roseum is obtained the Persian
insect powder. P. HjObridum and varieties are
among the handsomest of hardy flowering herba-
ceous plants.
Grandiflorum Aureum (Golden Feather). Bright
yellow foliage. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Hybridum Grandiflorum. Large-flowering, sin-
gle mixed. Hardy perennial, ranging in color
from light pink to deep red, with bright yellow
centers. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Hybridum. Double mixed. Large flowers re-
sembling China Aster, only more refined. Price
per Y%- oz., $2.50; per pkt., 25c.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
SALPIGLOSSIS.
Rhodanthe.
Everlasting or Straw Flower.
Garden annual, one foot high, flowering early
and continuously. Flowers are of various colors.
Mixed Colors. Single. Price per oz., $1.00 ; per
pkt., 5c.
Double Rose. Large flowered; varies. Price per
oz., $3.50; per pkt., 10c.
Ricinus.
Castor Oil Bean.
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage, annual,
with palm-like leaves ; much used for sub-tropical
effects on the lawn, or for centers of beds of foliage
plants.
Zanzibarensis. The different varieties included in
-our mixture have light and dark green leaves and
some of coppery bronze, changing to dark green,
with reddish ribs; six to ten feet. Price per oz.,
25c..; per pkt., 5c.
Cambogiensis. Leaves of a bronzy red maroon
color, with large, red veins. Price per oz., 25c.; per
pkt., 5c.
Borboniensis. Grows very large and rank ; foli-
age green; 15 feet. Price per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c.
Gibsonii Mirabilis. Compact dwarf plants, 4 feet,
very fine, red foliage and stems. Price per oz.,
25c. ; per pkt., 5c.
Finest Mixed. Price per oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c.
Rudbeckia.
Cone Flower.
These robust-growing plants are fine free-flower-
ing annuals. Of very easy culture.
Bicolor Superba. An annual variety ; bright yel-
low with black-purple center. Price per oz., 75c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Neumani. Perennial ; grows two feet ; large
golden-yellow flowers, with velvety maroon center
cone. Price per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c.
Salpiglossis.
Annual, about 18 inches high, bearing through-
out the season large flowers of many beautiful
colors, all exquisitely veined and laced.
%-oz. Pkt.
Grandiflora Purple with Gold 50c. 10c.
Superbissima Rosea 50c. 10c.
Superbissima Brown and Gold 50c. 10c.
Superbissima Brilliant Crimson 50c. 10c.
Superbissima Large Flowering Mixed 40c. 10c.
Salvia.
Flowering Sage.
Splendid ornamental plants for outdoor deco-
rations, their beautiful spikes of brilliant scarlet
and blue flowers being produced in great profusion,
from July until October. Half-hardy annual.
Splendens. Scarlet, free bloomer. Price per oz.,
$3.00; per pkt., 10c.
Splendens “Bonfire.” (Nana Compacta Erecta).
Growing in a compact bush about two feet high.
Its erect spikes of flowers of brilliant scarlet stand
clear above the dark green foliage, and completely
cover the plant. Price per oz., $3.50; per pkt., 10c.
Zurich. Dwarf, early. Very free bloomer. Price
per oz., $5.00 ; per pkt., 25c.
Patens. Splendid deep blue. Price per tV-oz.,
$1.50 ; per pkt., 25c.
Farinacea. Light blue, long spikes on compact
bush, 2 to 3 feet tall. Perennial, but usually grown
as an annual; fine for cutting or border; seed sown
in open ground in May, blooming from July till
foost. Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Scabiosa.
Mourning Bride.
Beautiful annuals with large double flowers on
long stems ; fine for cutting ; various colors.
Candidissima Snowball. White. One foot. Price
per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Azure Fairy. Lavender blue. Price per oz., 75c. ;
per pkt., 5c.
Rose. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 5c.
Large Flowering, Mixed. Price per oz., 60c. ; per
pkt., 5c.
Schizanthus.
The Butterfly Flower.
Free-flowering plants, bearing peculiarly shaped
and oddly marked flowers. Annual.
Grandiflorus Hybrids. Bright Red Mixed. Price
per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Wisetonensis. A new variety, excellent for pot-
ting; chiefly light colored. Price per Jj- oz., $1.50;
per pkt., 25c.
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63
Silene.
Catchjly.
Annual, compact bushes, 6 inches high, densely-
covered with double and single flowers of white,
pink or red.
Single and Double Mixed. Price per oz., 25c.;
per pkt., 5c.
Smilax.
Myrsiphyllum.
Of great value for inside decoration. Greenhouse
climber clothed from base to summit with small
glossy green leaves.
Smilax. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c.
Stevia.
Extensively used by florists. Beautifully effect-
ive with other cut flowers. The long but strong
stems are branching and bear a multitude of fine
white star-shaped flowers.
Serrata. Pure white and most desirable. Price
per oz., $2.50; per pkt., 10c.
Solanum.
An ornamental and interesting genus of fruit-
bearing plants ; singularly bright in fruit and
foliage.
Capsicastrum (Jerusalem Cherry). Covered with
scarlet fruit during the winter. One and one-half
feet. Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c.
Stocks.
Gillif lower.
The free-blooming, fragrant and charming col-
ors of the stock have brought it into great popu-
larity both for summer and winter flowering. For
beds and borders they are very effective, the
blooms exceedingly useful for cutting. Our seed
here offered is saved with great care from pot-
grown plants. Hardy annual.
Cut-and-Come- Again Ten Weeks Stock.
Dresden Perpetual or Branching.
Splendid perpetual-blooming class; sown in
March or April they begin flowering in July, con-
tinuing until frost, and are especially valuable dur-
ing September and October, when other flowers
are scarce. They throw out numerous side branch-
es, bearing a good percentage of double, fragrant
flowers. Excellent for cutting.
54-oz. Pkt.
Princess Alice. Snow white $1.00 10c.
Flesh Color 1.00 10c.
Rose Pink 1.00 10c.
Dark Red 1.00 10c.
Violet 1.00 10c.
Silvery Lilac 1.00 10c.
Canary Yellow 1.00 10c.
Cut-and-Come- Again Mixed 1.00 10c.
A SPIKE OF LARGE FLOWERING STOCK.
Large Flowering Ten Weeks Stock.
A very superior strain of this class having a
high per centage of double flowering plants ; excel-
lent for bedding; will continue flowering for a long
period. Plants should be set about six inches apart
so that single flowering plants may be weeded
out.
Ya-oz. Pkt
Pure White $1.00 10c.
Brilliant Rose 1.00 10c.
Light Blue 1.00 10c.
Crimson 1.00 10c.
Purple 1.00 10c.
Canary Yellow 1.00 10c.
Large Flowering Best Mixed 1.00 10c.
Large Flowering Nice Stocks.
Excellent new sorts of vigorous growth, two to
two and one-half feet in height; free flowering,
fragrant and equally valuable for florists’ winter or
summer growing.
Mount Blanc. Improved pure white Va-oz. Pkt
excellent for cutting $1.00 10c.
Beauty of Nice. Produces several
very large spikes, exceedingly double,
of delicate flesh pink 1.00 10c.
Monte Carlo. Pure yellow; extra
fine 1.00 10c.
Stokesia.
Cornflower Aster.
This plant grows about 24 inches high, bearing
from 2 Oto 30 handsome lavender-blue corn-flower-
like blossoms; in bloom from July till frost. One
of the choicest subjects for the hardy border, and
indispensable for cutting. Price per T4-oz., 90c.;
per pkt., 10c.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
The Choicest Spencer Sweet Peas.
New names of Spencer Sweet Peas are ap-
pearing so rapidly that to know them and what
to select requires considerable time in experi-
mental trials. Many of the sorts brought out
only a few years ago have been dropped, while
others are still unsurpassed. The newest are
not always the best, and so this sifting pro-
cess goes on each year. In the list below will
be found a wide range of varieties, each hav-
ing merits that make it worthy of a place in
a list of the best Spencers. Our stock is grown
with great care and has proved itself of the
finest quality that are grown.
Aurora. Cream white, flakes and striped,
orange rose; immense size.
Blanche Ferry. Carmine rose, standard,
wings white tinted with pink.
Constance Hinton. Mammoth white, of fine
Spencer form. Young flowers generally show
trace of pink, but change to pure white. Black
seeded.
Dobbie’s Cream. A beautiful primrose..
The best in this shade, with many four-
bloom sprays.
Elfrida Pierson. A most popular shade of
lovely blush pink, margined salmon. A flow-
er admired by all. Easily one of the six
best Spencers.
Hercules Spencer. Rich pink; large blossoms. This is the orig-
inal Spencer, an improved Countess.
Jean Ireland. Cream edged with deep pink. Very handsome,
and one of the most popular.
King Edward Spencer. Rich crimson, which is almost sun-
proof.
King White. Wonderful giant glistening white.
Lavender (George Herbert). A much improved Florence Night-
ingale, which has been our best clear lavender.
Margaret Atlee. A rich, glowing pink on cream ground, softly
suffused with salmon. Exquisitely waved and often measure 2f4
inches across the standard. A strong grower.
Mrs. Cuthbertson. The best pink and white. Similar to but
superior to Apple Blossom. Standard light rose pink, wings white
flushed pale pink.
Fiery Cross. Deep orange cerise, an en-
tirely new shade of red in Sweet Peas, de-
scribed by some as turkey red.
New Miriam Beaver. New and distinct. Briefly
the daintiest and most pleasing shade of soft sal-
mon pink on cream ground.
R. F. Felton. Pinkish Lavender, best Spencer.
Lavender, similar but larger and finer than Asta
Ohn.
Royal Purple. The best purple, a strong grow-
er and very floriferous.
Royal Scott. (New). Glowing orange scarlet, of
the finest form.
Price on any of above named varieties except noted: Per
The Cardinal. Intense poppy scarlet, and con-
sidered the finest.
Warrior. Large rich maroon, well shaped.
Wedge wood. Described as a lovely light blue. It
is by far the most beautiful of this shade.
Mixed Spencer. Extra choice. A carefully pro-
portioned mixture of named varieties, including aff
the best standard varieties, also newest novelties of
beautiful shades, making it a mixture that will
surely please the most exacting. It is the finest
obtainable. Per oz., 25c.; f4-lb., 75c.; lb., $2.50.
ct., 10c.; per oz., 35c.; per f^-lb., $1.00; per lb., $3.75»
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65
Sweet Peas — Continued.
GRANDIFLORA VARIETIES.
This is the old-fashioned type, now almost en-
tirely superseded by the Spencer type.
Black Knight. Deep maroon, veined black.
Blanche Ferry. Rose with white wings.
Dainty. White, delicately pink tinged edge.
Dorothy Eckford. Large, pure white, open form.
Janet Scott. Bright pink and buff.
King Edward VII. Beautiful bright red.
Lady Grisel Hamilton. Lavender.
Price on any of the above: Per pkt., 5c.; per oz.,
20c.; per lb., $2.00.
Choice Mixed Grandiflora. Price per pkt., 5c.;
per oz., 15c.; per %-lb., 35c.; per lb., $1.25.
Sweet William.
Dianthus Barbatus.
Attractive, free-flowering hardy perennials, pro-
ducing a splendid effect in beds and borders with
their rich and varied flowers. Oz. Pkt.
Single White $ .75 10c.
Single Pink Beauty 1.00 10c.
Single Dunnetti Crimson .75 10c.
Single Nigrescens. Dark maroon .... 1.00 10c.
Single Holborn Glory. A large-flowered
strain of Auricula-eyed, beautiful col-
ors all showing the white center .... 1.00 10c.
Single Mixed Giant .75 5c.
Double Mixed 1.50 10c.
Thunbergia.
Black-Eyed Susan.
Ornamental, free-blooming climbers of rapid
growth, handsome foliage, good for greenhouse
culture, or in warm situations out-doors. Half-
hardy annuals. Fine mixed. Price per oz., $1.25;
per pkt., 10c.
Valerian.
Garden Heliotrope.
An old-fashioned garden perennial bearing fra-
grant flowers of red, rose and white. Price per
oz., 60c.; per pkt., 5c.
Verbena.
A low-growing annual, profuse in its blooms,
ranging from brilliant and startling colors to soft
and delicate tints. Our mammoth strain produces
large trusses of brilliant, beautiful flowers.
Oz.
Pkt.
Mammoth White
Mammoth Rosea Stellata. Rose
pink,
$1.50
10c.
white eye
1.50
10c.
Mammoth Purple Shades
Mammoth Violacea Stellata.
Deep
1.50
10c.
violet, white eye
1.50
10c.
Hybrida Striped
1.50
10c.
Hybrida Auriculaflora
1.50
10c.
Mammoth Choice Mixed
1.50
10c.
Vinca.
Periwinkle or Old Maid.
Dark green foliage, handsome rose and white sin-
gle flowers ; very effective for beds and borders.
Blooms continuously all summer from seed sown
early in March. Half-hardy perennial.
Oz. Pkt.
Rosea Alba. White with rose center. . $1.00 5c.
Alba Pure. Pure white 1.00 5c.
Mixed 1.00 5c.
Wall Flower.
A well-known plant of the Gillyflower family,
producing its rich orange or chocolate flowers in
the spring, if protected in the house during the win-
ter. Half-hardy perennial. Oz. Pkt.
Paris Market. Early, single $1.00 5c.
Double. Finest mixed 3.50 10c.
Zinnia.
New Giants.
Annual of greatly improved size, beauty and bril-
liancy ; of branching habit and superb colors ; con-
tinues in bloom a long time; very effective in beds,
groups or mixed borders. Half-hardy annual.
Oz. Pkt.
Double White. Large flowering $1.50 10c.
Double Scarlet. Large flowering 1.50 10c.
Double Rose. Large flowering 1.50 10c.
Double Crimson. Large flowering . . . 1.50 10c.
Double Buttercup. New, yellow 1.50 10c.
Double Mixed. Giant flowering 1.00 10c.
Curled and Crested. Mixed 1.00 10c.
Double Quilled Mixed. Mixed, new type 1.50 10c.
Dahlia Flowered.
The newest and finest type of Zinnia.
Exquisite. Light rose, center deeper 0z- Pkt-
shade $8.00 25c.
Crimson Monarch. Larg est and best.. 8.00 25c.
Buttercup 8.00 25c.
Dahlia Flowered Mixed. Special mix-
ture, containing all novelties 3.00 25c.
Mixed Flower Seed.
The seeds we offer as mixed comprise a wide va-
riety at a much lower price than could be sold in
separate packets. Nearly every garden has a spot
which could be used to good advantage and sat-
isfaction, yielding a continuous show, and supply
for cutting. Oz. Pkt.
Dwarf Mixed $ .25 5c.
Tall Mixed 25 5c.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Caladium Esculentum.
Caladium Esculentum.
Elephant’s Ear.
One of the largest of ornamental foliage plants ; grows in any garden
soil, and when full size, stands four or five feet high, with immense leaves
measuring four feet in length by two and one-half feet in breadth.
Circumference. Each. Doz.
First Size Bulbs 12 inch 20c. $2.00
Second Sibe Bulbs 9-11 inch 15c. 1.50
Postage extra, 3 and 5 oz. each.
Madeira Vine.
The Madeira Vine is a beautiful climber, with thick glossy light green
leaves, climbing twenty feet or more, and twining in any desired form.
Price, each, 10c.; per dozen, $1.00. Postage extra; weight 4 oz. per dozen.
Double Tuberose.
The Tuberose, being a native of a tropical climate, requires the extreme heat of summer, and will not
bloom till late, unless started in the forcing-house or hot-bed, in February or March. They may be trans-
ferred to open ground after the soil has become warm and settled summer weather prevails. The
bulbs are extremely sensitive; a slight freezing destroys the crown or heart.
GLADIOLUS.
Excelsior Dwarf Pearl.
First Size. Each, 7c.; per doz., 60c.; per
100, $4.75. Postage extra; 1 lb. per doz.
Cinnamon Vine.
Beautiful summer climber; glossy foliage
and fragrant flowers; stem dies down in win-
ter, but the root is hardy.
Large selected roots. Price each, 10c.; per
doz., $1.00. Postage extra; 4 oz. per doz.
Gladiolus.
The most brilliant and showy of all sum-
mer-flowering bulbs. Their immense spikes
of gorgeous bloom comprise in color all
shades from white to the deepest scarlet, pur-
ple and yellow, with blotchings and markings
of charmingly contrasted shades. They will
grow in any good garden soil, and bloom with
the most ordinary care. The bulbs should be
planted at intervals in April and May, to se-
cure a succession of bloom. Take up in the
fall and store in a dry cellar or other cool
place, well protected from frost.
Gladiolus Bulbs.
The following are bulbs, 1 14 inches in diameter
and not to be confused with the so-called mailing
sizes offered at lower prices. Experienced growers
consider this the best size.
Doz. 100.
America. Flesh pink $ .55 $4.00
Baron J. Hulot. Violet 1.10 6.00
Crystal White. Long white with red
stripes 65 5.00
Evelyn Kirtland. Light rose pink,
scarlet blotched on lower petals... 1.10 8.00
Halley. Delicate salmon pink 55 4.00
Herada. Pure mauve with deep mark-
ings 1.10 8.00
Mary Fennell. Light lavender 1.10 8.00
Mrs. Francis King. Scarlet 55 4.00
Mrs. Frank Pendleton. Salmon pink,
deep red blotch in throat .80 6.00
Mrs. Watt. American Rose .80 6.00
Niagara. Cream yellow .80 6.00
Panama. Rose pink 65 5 00
Peace. Pure white .80 6.00
Principine. Scarlet, mottled white.. .55 4.00
Primulinus Hybrids. New distinct
type, slender orchard-like 65 5.00
Schwaben. Best yellow .65 5.00
Choice Mixture. All colors 35 3.00
Postage extra; 6 lbs. per 100.
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67
VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS.
We grow large quantities of vegetable plants and
roots, and can supply all the varieties listed below
in their proper season. Prices are not postpaid.
Artichoke (Jerusalem). Price per lb., 10c.; 3 lbs.,
25c.; per pk., $1.00; per bu., $3.50.
Asparagus Roots. Strong one-year-old roots rec-
ommended; they are better than old roots. Pal-
metto and Washington, rust resistant. Price, see
page 7.
Cabbage Plants (Hot-bed or transplanted in
flats). Ready after April 1st. Early Jersey Wake-
field, Copenhagen Market, Succession. Price per
doz., 15c.; per 100, $1.25; per 1,000, $10.00. Field
plants, June and July, per 100, 50c.; per 1,000, $4.00.
Cauliflower Plants (Hot-bed). Price per doz.,
20c.; per 100, $1.50.
Celery Plants. Ready July 1st. Price per 100,
60c. ; per 1,000, $5.50.
Chives. For flavoring. Price per clump, 10c. ;
per doz., $1.00.
Egg Plants. Ready in May and June. Trans-
planted— 40c. per doz.; $3.00 per 100. In pots — 75c.
per doz. ; $5.00 per 100.
Ant Destroy-
er. Q. R. S.
Black ant de-
stroyer is a
non- poisonous
powder which,
sprinkled around their haunts, will destroy
or drive them away from lawns, trees,
plants, houses or other affected locality.
Price per J^-lb. can, 50c.
(Arsenate of Lead (Dry). Glidden. A
powder manufactured by a new process,
making the finest product for either dust-
ing or spraying . Once use this new pow-
der and we believe you will never use paste
again. Use one-half in weight the amount
of paste. Price, 1 lb., 40c.; 5 lbs., $1.75; 25
lbs., $7.25; 50 lbs., $14.00; 100 lbs., $27.00.
Bordeaux Mixture. (Dry Powder). Glid-
den. Same as liquid in effect. Prepared for
dusting or spraying purposes. An indispen-
sable Fungicide, preventing black rot, mil-
\ dew, blight, rust, scab and all fungoid dis-
| eases on fruits and plants. Mixed with
I Arsenate of Lead is a valuable combination
for chewing insects. Price per lb., 35c.; per
5 lbs, $1.50; per 25 lbs, $6.00; per 50 lbs,
$11.50.
Bordeaux Lead. (Powder). This combination
has great killing power, together with the best
fungicide known, making it a complete spray for
many uses. We recommend it strongly where
both chewing insects and blight are to be pre-
vented. Prices: 1 lb, 40c.; 5 lbs, $1.75; 25 lbs,
$7.00; 50 lbs, $13.50.
California Wash. (Concentrated). (Lime and
Sulphur solution, without sediment). Recommend-
Fennel Roots. Three years old. Price each, 15c.
to 25c.; per doz, $1.25 and $2.00.
Horse Radish Sets. Price per doz, 10c.; per 100,
50c.; per 1,000, $3.00.
Bohemian or “Maliner Kren.” Per doz, 15c.; per
100, $1.00; per 1,000, $9.00.
Lettuce Plants. Ready in April and May. Price
per doz, 15c.; per 100, $1.25.
Pepper Plants. Ready in May and June. Price
per doz, 20c.; per 100, $1.25.
Rhubarb Roots. Linnaeus and Victoria. Strong
roots. Price each, 20c.; per doz, $1.75. Small roots,
each, 15c.; per doz, $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
Sweet Potato Plants. Yellow and Red. Price
per bunch of twenty-five, 20c. : per 100, 60c. ; per
1,000, $5.00.
Tomato Plants. Grown from our own seed, se-
lect stocks. Transplanted. Ready in May and
June. We can always supply through season well-
grown plants of the leading varieties. Price per
doz, 20c.; per 100, $1.50.
Wormwood Roots. Price, each, 25c.; per doz,
$2.00.
Special quotations on application for large quan-
tities.
Poisons are not mailable
ed for San Jose Scale, Oyster Shell Scale, etc.
Ready for use by adding 10 to 40 gallons water to
each gallon. One-qt. can, 40c.; 1-gal. can, 85c.;
5-gal. can, $2.50; 10 gal, $4.75; 50-gal. bbls, $12.00;
5-bbl. lots at special rates.
Cut Worm Food. It does not injure or affect
the growing plants in any way, and if applied as
directed on packages there should be little trouble
of this pest. Per one lb, 30c.
Grape Dust is a preparation to kill the destruct-
ive mildew that strikes the grape vine and other
plants or trees affected with mold, mildew, or rust
mites, and for any use where a fumigator or anti-
septic is required. Price, five-pound package, 75c.;
ten-pound package, $1.45.
Hellebore, Powdered White. For the destruc-
tion of slugs, worms, caterpillars, etc. Less poi-
sonous than Paris Green and London Purple, and
safer to use when fruits or vegetables are nearly
ripe. Can be used as a powder or dissolved, 1 oz.
in 3 gallons water. Price per j£-lb, 20c.; per
30c. ; per 1 lb, 50c.
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES.
68
THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Insecticides and Fungicides — Continued.
Kerosene Emulsion. Pre-
pared according to the most
improved formulae ; ready for
use by simply adding water (25
to 50 parts water to one of
Emulsion). For cabbage worms,
scale on trees, caterpillars, mel-
on louse, rose bugs, green fly and
lice of all kinds, all sucking in-
sects, either on plants or ani-
mals. Price per 1 qt., 50c.; per
1 gallon, $1.40 ; 5 gallons, $6.00.
Kayso. The new casein product which, added to
the regular spray solution, increases its spreading
and adhesive qualities, thereby its effectiveness. A
long-looked-for article. Use 1 lb. per 50 gals.
Price 8-oz., 30c.; 2 lbs., 50c. Price per 10, 50 and
100-lb. pkgs. on application.
“Nico-Fume” Tobacco Paper. A tobacco paper
strongly saturated with pure nicotine. It comes
in strips, which, suspended and lighted, is one of
the best, easiest, simplest and least injurious
methods of fumigating
conservatories and
greenhouses for the
destruction of aphis
and all insects that
succumb to tobacco in-
secticides. One sheet
is sufficient for two
thousand cubic feet or
more. Packed in air-
tight cans. Price, 24
sheets, $1.25; 144 sheets,
$5.50; 288 sheets, $10.00.
“Nico-Fume.” “Nico-
Fume” is made from
very high strength Nic-
otine solution and is
free from the Ammonia
and excessive Nitrates
contained in tobacco
stems. Therefore, many
delicate plants which
would be seriously dam-
aged by smoke from tobacco stems may be strongly
treated with “Nico-Fume” without the least in-
jury— it neither deforming the buds nor discol-
oring the blooms nor leaving any odor upon
them. “Nico-Fume” liquid contains never less than
40% nicotine. “Nico-Fume” liquid may be satis-
factorily employed either for fumigating or for
spraying. Price: J4-lb., 75c.; lb., $2.25; 4 lbs.,
$8.00; 8 lbs., $15.00.
Nico-Fume Tobacco Powder. Nicotine not less
than 12.5%. For fumigating. Especially prepared
for burning. Price : 1-lb. tin, $1.25 ; 5-lb. tin, $4.75 ;
10-lb. tin, $8.50.
Nicotine Solution (“Black Leaf 40”). Active in-
gredient nicotine 40% in a sulphate form. Espe-
cially adapted for all soft-bodied sucking insects
or aphis in the open not being “free.” Use 1 oz.
in six to twelve gallons water, according to use.
Per oz., 35c.; ^2-lb. tin, $1.25; 2-lb. tin, $3.50; 10-lb.
tin, $13.50.
Nicotine Fumigator, consisting of pan, wire
frame and the lamp, are very durable, and will last
for years. Price, 80c.
Paris Green, Strictly Pure. A poisonous insec-
ticide in powder form for insects which chew. As
a liquid use 1 lb. to 50 to 100 gallons water. Per
14-lb., 20c.; per lb., 35c.; per lb., 65c.
Persian Insect Powder. This is powder made
from the flower of the Russian Pyrethrum, and
valuable as a poison for lice on plants, water
bugs, roaches, bed bugs, etc. Price per j£-lb., 35c.;
per 3^-lb., 65c.; per lb., $1.15.
Pyrox. A combination spray for leaf-chewing
insects and at the same time combining a fungi-
cide in paste form. One pound makes from 5 to 10
gallons of spray. Price: 1 lb., 45c.; 5 lbs., $1.65;
10 lbs., $3.00; 25 lbs., $6.00; 50 lbs., $11.00; 100 lbs.,
$18.50.
“Scalecide.” For San Jose scale, cottony maple
scale and Pear Psyla. It is not poisonous, being
simply a mechanical preparation of petroleum
011 that instantly mixes with cold water and is
immediately ready to apply. One gallon of Scale-
cide to 20 gallons water, sprayed on your trees
and bushes, will kill every scale it reaches with-
out injury to tree or fruit bud, if applied in late
fall or early spring while foliage is off. Safe and
easy to apply. Price: 1 qt., 60c.; 1 gal., $1.40;
5 gals., $6.25 ; 10 gals., $10.60 ; 30 gals., $26.00 50-
gal. bbl., $38.00.
Soap, Whale Oil, with To-
bacco. “Sterlingworth.” An
excellent specific for the
destruction of plant-infect-
ing insects and parasites. Is
equally valuable for removing
vermin from animals, furni-
ture, etc. Price per pound bar,
35c. each.
Soap, Buchans’ Carbolic.
For washing horses, cattle, dogs, pigs and other
domestic animals (except cats). Use like other
bug soap, rubbing it well in, and allowing the so-
lution to dry on the animal. Price per J^-lb. pack-
age, 18c.; 1-lb., 40c.
Slug Shot. A non-
poisonous and a very
popular Insecticide ; it
requires no further
mixing or preparation,
easily applied and not
injurious to trees oi
dangerous to animals,
the person applying it,
or fruits and vegeta-
bles treated. Very ef-
fective in destroying
potato bugs and bee-
tles, green and black
fly, slugs, worms, cater-
pillars, etc. Per 1 lb.,
20c.; 5 lbs., 55c.; 10 lbs.,
$1.10.
Sulphur. For making California wash and for
the extermination of fungi and mildew on grape
vines and other plant foliage. Price per lb., 8c.;
100 lbs., $4.00. By barrel or larger quantities, get
special quotations.
Tree Tanglefoot is a sticky substance similar to
that used on Tanglefoot fly-paper. It is a most
simple and economical remedy for protecting trees
against canker worms or any other climbing in-
sects. Will remain sticky three months. Price:
One lb., 60c. ; 5 lbs., $2.75 ; 10 lbs., $5.25.
Nicotine Fumigator.
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
69
Insecticides and Fungicides — Continued.
Tobacco and Sulphur Insecticide and Fertilizer.
It will destroy rose bugs, lice, cut worms, vine
bugs, tomato worms, currant worms, cabbage lice
and parasites of all descriptions. Mix thoroughly
with earth in pots ; or in hills, one part powder to
five parts earth. In 25c. and 50c. packages.
Tobacco Dust. This is an exceptionally high
strength fine powder and a specific for aphis, fleas,
beetles, etc. It is also a good fertilizer and pre-
ventive for insects in the ground and about roots.
Price per 2-lb. pkg., 20c.; per 100-lb. paper-lined
bag, $5.25.
Tobacco Stems, in bales of 250 to 300 lbs., $2.00
per 100 lbs.
Weed Killer, “Herbicide.” This is a combina-
tion of chemicals in concentrated liquid form for
use in clearing grass and weeds from roads, gut-
ters, tennis courts, etc. “Herbicide” not only kills
both tops and roots, but also seeds, and has a ster-
ile effect on the ground, thus retarding the growth
of future crops. It is applied by means of a
sprinkling can or apparatus, diluted, one gallon
“Herbicide” with 20 to 40 gallons of water. Each
diluted gallon will cover about 25 square feet of
ground. It is not injurious to metal, stone or
woodwork, and does not stain the ground. It binds
and lays dust. Price, 1 qt., 70c. : 1 gal., $2.00 ; 5 gals.
$7.75.
FERTILIZERS.
Feed Your Plants and See Them Grow!
Note Regarding Fertilizers for Season 1924: Owing to the extreme fluctuations on the prices
of all fertilizer materials, we quote below prices at which we expect to be able to supply them.
These prices are not binding, but are given as a guide only. We have prepared for the season’s
requirements , and have liberal stocks of materials, on which we will be glad to quote lowest mar-
ket values on application.
Platt’s Concentrated Plant Food. This is a
highly concentrated form of Plant Food for house
plants, conservatories and small outdoor plantings.
It may be applied dry or in solution and is sure to
produce satisfactory results. Price, 5-oz. pack-
age, 20c. ; 12-oz. size, 35c. By mail, add 6c. or 7c.
for 150-mile limit.
Acid Phosphate. Guaranteed 16% phosphoric
acid. Per 100 lbs., $2.00; per ton $25.00.
Atlantic Fertilizer 2-8-2. Made up especially for
corn, oats, rye, etc. It is manufactured of animal
matter — blood, meat, bone, etc. Can be used with
or without barnyard manure with good results.
Per 100-lb. bag, $2.75; per ton, $12.25; ton, $41.25.
Atlantic Special Vegetable. 3-8-4. It is for-
mulated so as to act quickly and last all the grow-
ing season. Note this contains 4% of potash. Per
100-lb. bag, $3.00; per 14- ton, $13.25; per ton, $45.00.
Platco. 4-8-6. A good complete fertilizer for
general purpose, especially potatoes and garden
truck crops. Contains 6% potash. Price per 100-lb.
bag, $3.25; per f4-ton, $14.25; per ton, $49.00.
Pure Pulverized Sheep Manure. A pure nat-
ural manure, and most nutritious for plants. Its
effect is immediate and lasting. Excellent for mix-
ing with the soil for greenhouse plants (one part
manure and six parts soil). Strewn over and dug
into the vegetable garden, or placed directly in
drills or hills, it promotes a rapid, steady growth
until maturity. It makes rich, safe and quick
liquid manure ; one pound to five gallons of water
can be used daily, if necessary, with safety. Price:
5 lbs., 25c.; 12^2 lbs., 50c.; 25 lbs., 90c.; 50 lbs. $1.50;
100 lbs., $2.85 ; 500 lbs., $12.75 ; one ton, $49.00.
Ground Bone. This is for general fertilizing pur-
poses and valuable on the lawn, meadow, or in the
garden. The finer particles are immediately bene-
ficial, the coarse keeping up the supply of plant
food for a long period. Price: 5 lbs., 35c.; 25 lbs.,
$1.25; 100-lb. bags, $3.75; one ton, $60.00.
Lime. Ground Limestone. 40 mesh. Price per
100 lbs., $1.00; per ton, $10.25. In burlap bags.
Land Plaster or Gypsum. It is an excellent
addition to land requiring lime and sulphates, par-
ticularly for such crops as turnips, potatoes, grass-
es and clovers. Quantity required, broadcasted and
harrowed in, one-half to one ton per acre. Price
per 100-lb. bag, $1.25; per ton, $19.50.
Hard Wood Ashes. Contain all fertilizing ele-
ments except nitrogen. They drive away insects,
and are beneficial for all crops requiring potash.
They are also very good for garden and field
crops, and are of high value for cabbage, potatoes,
onions, strawberries, fruit trees, grass-lands and
lawn's. Apply one or two tons per acre. Price per
100 lbs., $2.00; per ton, in barrels, $25.00.
Nitrate of Soda. This is valuable solely for the
nitrogen it contains. It is very quick in action and
hastens the maturity of the crops. Being extreme-
ly soluble, it should not be applied until the plants
are above ground, when one hundred to five hun-
dred pounds per acre, mixed with wood ashes or
land plaster, for convenience in applying, are gen-
erally used. Price per 5-lb. package, 35c.; 10-lb.
package, 60c.; per 100 lbs., $4.50; per ton, $75.00.
Muriate of Potash. Eighty per cent pure,
equivalent to 48 or 50 per cent actual potash. A
high-grade fertilizer, and one of the best orchard
fertilizers known. Especially adapted for all stone
fruits, and as a general fertilizer, muriate of pot-
ash and ground bone stands as a leader. Price per
5 lbs., 35c.; per 25 lbs., $1.25; per 100 lbs., $3.50;
per ton, $55.00.
Salt for Asparagus and other Crops. In sacks of
100 lbs., $1.50. For quarter-ton or more, get special
quotations.
70
THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
“PLANET JR.” FARM AND GARDEN
TOOLS.
I
A complete catalogue containing a full line of Planet
Jr. implements free upon application.
Planet Jr. No. 25 Combined Hill and
Drill Seeder, Double Wheel Hoe,
Cultivator and Plow.
As a drill it is almost identical with the Planet Tr. No. 4
Drill. and is thoroughly substantial and accurate in sowing
all kinds of garden seeds in hills or
drills.
As a Wheel Hoe it is identical with
the Planet Jr. No. 12 Double
Wheel Hoe, the very best ma-
chine on the market. The change
from drill to wheel hoe takes
but a moment.
Price, $26.00
Planet Jr. No. 4 Combined Seed Drill,
Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow.
This is the most popular combined tool
made. It combines in a single implement
a first-class hill-dropping seeder, a single
wheel hoe or weeder, a cultivator and
plow. The hopper holds two
quarts of seed, which can
be sown in continuous rows,
or dropped in hills,
at 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24
inches apart.
The drill is detached and the tool frame substituted by re-
moving but one bolt. It then becomes a single wheel hoe.
Price, $21.50. As a drill only, $17.00
Planet Jr. No. 12 Double Wheel Hoe,
Cultivator and Plow.
The No. 12 runs either astride or between the rows; kills
all the weeds and leaves the earth in fine shape. Then, too,
it is so easy to work.
The No. 12 has a pair of 6-in
hoes, a pair of plows for opening
covering, and a set of four all st<
cultivator teeth. The tools
shown are what gardeners
use most, and others can be
added. Price, $13.00
Planet Jr. No. 17 Single Wheel Hoe,
Cultivator and Plow.
For easy gardening, and at the same time clean and perfect
gardening, no tool is the equal of this No. 17 Wheel Hoe.
It is suited to all kinds of garden cultivation and all garden
crops. You can do more and better hoe-
ing with it in one day than you can do
in three days with a hand hoe. The No.
17 has a pair of 6-inch hoes, a plow and
a set of cultivator teeth, an
outfit sufficient for most gar
den work. Other attachments
can be added at any time.
Price, $9.00.
Ulrich Hand Cultivator,
This is the best tool of its kind we have ever seen, and
we have tried out many. It has steel blades, which do much
better work with less energy than the simply flattened and
sharpened prongs used on others. A handy tool; should be
used in every garden. Price, $1.50
Ulrich
Hand Cultivator
Hand Cultivator.
u
Pull-Easy” Adjustable Hand Cultivator.
Adjustable from 7 to 18 inches. Shape of steel teeth make
it cultivate thoroughly, entering the ground without down-
ward pressure. Handle 4J4 feet white ash.
Price, $1.00
The Cyclone
Seeder.
The seeder that sows even-
ly, because, although simple,
the features that have taken
years to work out and com-
bine the now perfected “Cy-
clone” with slant feed board,
oscillating automatic feeder
and shut-off, dished feed
wheel and triple gears.
Price, $2.25. Mailing weight,
4 lbs.
The SOWER THAT
SCATTERS EVENLlf
brass discharger.
The Cahoon
Hana Broadcast
Seeder.
For Sowing ANY Grain
or Grass Seed
It has positive and accur-
ate feed. Malleable iron
frame, steel hopper and gate,
Price, $5.25 each.
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
71
A great help to make bunches uniform and neat.
Price No. 1, for 1-lb. bunches, $3.25.
Price No. 2, for 2-lb. bunches, 3.25.
Apple
Barrel Headers.
A very useful contriv-
ance for heading barrels,
and every producer should
have one.
Price of lever header,
$1.00.
Price of screw header,
$1.25.
Lever Feed
Cutter.
This style is a
simple and durable
machine. The de-
vice for adjusting
the lever, being re-
moved from the piv-
ot, enables us to
have a stationary
pivot firmly at-
tached to the ma-
chine and conse-
quently not liable to
get loose, as in all
machines where the
pivot is adjustable.
No. 1 $6.25
No. 2 7.00
No. 2/ 7.35
No. 3 9.45
Champion Vegetable
Cutter
is made with a wrought shaft
with sections of knives fas-
tened to it and arranged so
that a rotation of knives are
continually passing a bed
knife, cutting away near
the center shaft, making it
cut easy, also very regular
and fine enough for cattle or
sheep. No. 1, $13.00.
Cider and Wine Presses.
These presses
are much strong-
er and more dur-
able than those
usually sold,
well braced and
\ n i c e 1 y finished.
No. 4 has iron
cross piece. The
‘Tamit” is a mill
and press com-
bined, that will
give satisfaction
where its capac-
ity is ample. Size
of cage is 12
inches diameter
by 13/ inches
deep.
No. 1 .
No. 2 .
No. 2/
No. 3 .
No. 4 .
9/2
X
10/2]
12
X
12/
12
X
13
15
X
15
16
X
18
Prices
quoted
on
application
Combined Cider Mill and Press.
Single Tub
Junior ....
Medium . .
Senior
140 lbs.]
220 lbs.
240 lbs.
475 lbs.
Prices
quoted
on
application
Automatic
Corn Planter.
Can be regulated as to
depth and amount of seed
planted. Much more work,
and with greater regularity,
can be done than in the old
way. Price, $3.50
Corn Sheller.
This is one of the most simple and popular
shellers. Made in one size only, and that with
separator. Has large heavy balance wheel. The
working parts are held firmly together by solid
shaft boxes. The shafts are steel, the hoppers
iron, with steel spring. Price, $11.25
72
THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
The “Sturdy” Duplex Power Sprayer.
The Auto Spray Pump.
The Gould’s New
“Sturdy” is a high-
grade, two - cylinder
single - acting power
pump, provided with
a worm gear so it
can be coupled di-
rectly to the engine
shaft. No extra jack
or gearing is neces-
sary. The gear ra-
tion is 8^ to 1, and
the pump is there-
fore suitable for di-
rect connection to
engine with speeds
of 400 to 600 revolu-
tions per minute. It is good for pressure up to
250 pounds. Two-inch drawn plungers. Price,
$67.50.
Gould’s
Pomona
Spray
Pump.
A
Powerful
Sprayer.
All Working
Parts
Bronze.
No Leather
Packings.
Adjustable
Stroke.
The Pomona and
Fruitall pumps are
the result of long
experience in the manufacture of spray pumps.
They are strictly up-to-date and embody efficien-
cy, durability and convenience. Price, Pomona
Pump only, $22.00; mounted on 50-gallon barrel,
$27.50.
Outfit P. A. Pump, not mounted, 25 ft. Bull Dog Hose,
10-ft. extension rod, with shut-off, one Friend nozzle, $32.00.
If with shut-off at pump, add $1.70. Barrel and mount-
ing, $5.50.
Fruitall similar to Pomona, but fastens to chime of barrel
instead of head, and has two-inch cylinder. Price, pump
only, $12.00, with outfit same as for Pomona P. A., $22.00.
Barrel and mounting, $5.50. Send for special catalogue.
Light, strong, convenient,
adapted to a great variety of
uses. Seams double lock joint.
Pump is brass and requires but
few strokes to compress air suf-
ficient to last a considerable
time. We strongly advise brass
tanks, as the galvanized steel
tank is the only part which can
give out and may not easily be
replaced. Dimensions of tank,
21x7 inches. Capacity, four
gallons.
Auto Spray, No. 1A, brass tank,
$9.00; with Auto Pop Nozzle (A),
$9.50; shipping weight, 9 lbs.
Auto Spray, No. 1C, galvanized
steel tank, $6.00 ; with Auto Pop
Nozzle (A), $6.50; shipping
weight, 9 lbs.
Two-foot brass extension rods,
60c. each.
Elbow connections, 30c. each.
PATENTED*
The Auto Spray Torch
Is so constructed that a spray of kerosene is kept
burning. With it tent caterpillars can be de-
stroyed without injury to the trees in the least.
Price, $1.00
Wire Brushes
for exterminating tent caterpillar nests. Price, 50c.
Spray Hose. See page 74.
The Aquapult or Portable
Hand Force Pump
Is made entirely of brass, has ball
valves, and is double action, keeping
a steady stream which can be thrown
easily forty feet. It is furnished with
three feet of hose, one straight stream
and one rose nozzle. It will fit into an
ordinary bucket and has foot rest to
steady pump. Any length of hose can
be added, and it can thereby be used
for spraying tall trees. Shipping
weight 8 lbs. Price $6.25
FRIEND ANGLE.
FRIEND NOZZLES do the work of two ordi-
nary nozzles. Made of brass, in either straight or
angle neck, with hardened tool steel disc placed
into discharge cap and which can be removed and a
new one inserted. Price for %-inch pipe, $1.00;
extra discs, 30c. dozen.
BORDEAUX NOZZLE, especially well adapted
for whitewash spraying. Price, 90c.
A special catalogue of Spray Pumps and Fittings
n>ill be sent free on request.
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
73
Lowell Ideal Sprayer.
Ideal sprayers are strong, compact and handy,
throw a good spray. Made in all tin, galvanized
with tin tube, or all brass ; length over all, 20*4
inches. The Nos. 126 and 127 are continuous com-
pressed air of new improved design, cleaned with-
out the use of any tools.
No. 125. Ideal, all tin $ .45
No. 126. Ideal, galvanized tank, tin tube.. .50
No. 127. Ideal, all brass 1.00
No. 26A. Tin, continuous 85
No. 26C. Brass, continuous 1.30
No. 118. Tin Midget, 14-inch 35
Mailing weight, 2 lbs. each.
The “All Purpose” Duster. Fully equipped with
tubes, nozzles and carrying straps. Will apply
■effectively any of the dry powdered insecticides.
Price, $16.00„ Shipping weight, 18 lbs.
Dusting Bellows.
Will blow any dry powder. They are strong,
durable and efficient. Price, $1.50
Lowell Dust Blow.
Works like a Lowell sprayer, but blows powder
instead of liquid. The most handy small tool for
dusting with powder, particularly Bug Death, Helle-
bore, Persian Insect Powder, Sulphur, etc.
Price, 75c.
Dickey
Duster,
50c.
Tree Pruners.
Detroit. Blades and head
of drop forged steel, a good
strong pruner. Price : 10 or
12 ft., $2.70; 14 or 16 ft., $3.00.
Waters. The old well-
known pattern, much lighter
than the above. Price : 8 ft.,
$1.60; 10 ft., $1.75; 12 ft.,
$1.90.
Kansas Pruner. A new pat-
tern and very powerful. Will
cut a green limb 1^ inches
through, or the smallest
twig. Price, with 8-ft. han-
dle, $4.00.
Pruning Shears.
Only good shears.
No. 4665 $ .75
No. 2 70
No. 4773 2.25
No. 1887 3.35
No. 4770, ladies’ 1.25
No. 541, grape. .55
Hedge Shears.
No. 100, plain 9 in., Imported English.
$3.00. No. 101, with
notch for cutting
branches, $3.25.
No. 107, 5*4-inch,
$2 50
Border, No. 104, $5.50; Border, No. 105 $625.
Lawn, No. 106, $5.50; Lawn, No. 1062, $7.00.
Lopping Shears.
Are economically used for the removal of branches
too large for the ordinary pruning shears, being
much quicker than the saw.
Clyde. A powerful shear; easily cuts a broom
handle. Price, $3.25. _
'Grass Shears, 3074E, $2.00. Grass, 357, 70c. , No.
346 45c.
Grass Hook, Little Giant, 75c. _ .
Scythes. Fine hammered steel. Blades 32, 34 or
36-inch. $2.00 each. *
Snathes! No. 50, Grass, $1.55 ; No. 105, Bush, $1.75.
Pruning Saws.
Disston Duplex. Double edged, 18 in., $1.10.
Atkins No. 1. Single edge, 18 m. $1.00.
Detroit Swivel, 14-inch blade, similar to a butch
er’s meat saw, $2.10.
No. 50 California Pattern. Curved
blade, 16 in., $1.20.
No. 111. Curved blade, 10 inch,
with malleable iron socket for pole,
$2.00. . 9
Shipping weight pruning saws, 2
lbs. each.
Potato Knife.
Humphrey’s Concaved and
Curved. The potato can be cut
easier, faster and better. Price, 25c.
Grafting Blade.
One piece of forged steel — prac-
tical, compact, convenient. The best
made tool for tree work. Each, $1.00.
Trowbridge’s Grafting ^Vax. 15c.
per *4-lb.; 25c. per J4-Ib.; 40c. per lb.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Garden Hose.
Enterprise Lawn Sprinkler
Bull Dog H ose. Improved especially for green-
house use, and made in the ^4-inch size with 34-
inch couplings of special design, allowing a full flow
of water. The highest brand of multiple fabric
garden hose, made of seamless rubber tubing, seven
plies of closely woven light duck, well frictioned,
and a real rubber cover. Price in 25 or 50-foot
lengths, 20c. per foot.
Good Lu.k. This is a 34-inch hose, and will carry
about 80 or 90 per cent as much water as 34“inch-
On account of its slightly smaller size it gives econ-
omy of material to manufacture. Every effort has
been made to make this the biggest value in gar-
den hose at the price obtainable. Equipped with
standard 34-inch couplings. Price, in 25 or 50-foot
lengths, 15c. per foot.
“Electric” Woven Hose. 34"inch. Original and
best corrugated hose made in 500-foot lengths.
Price, in 25 or 50-foot lengths and over, coupled, at
20c. foot.
Electric, half-inch, per foot, 18c.
Extra charge for coupling less than 25 ft., 25c.
Spray Pump Hose.
One-half inch. We offer one grade only, and
that has been carefully made, especially for that
purpose.
“Bull Dog.” Per 100 feet, $24.00.
For less than 25 ft., add 2c. per ft. Cut only in
multiples of 5. Coupling extra; common, 35c.; long
tail, 50c.
All Iron Hose Reel.
Holds 100 feet 34_inch hose. Has corrugated
drum. Price, $4.90.
Garden Barrows.
Made from the best seasoned timber. The end
of the bottom is cut into the back sill, thus prevent-
ing the splitting or breaking of the bottom boards.
The wheel has a cast-iron hub with white oak or
ash spokes and rims. The axle is wrought iron,
with turned arbors. The whole barrow is rein-
forced and braced, making it light and especially
strong.
Buch’s Garden Barrow, No. 3, $7.85.
Canal Barrow, No. 8, full bolted, $5.25.
Prices liable to change.
The weight of
the revolving
part is support-
ed by the water.
This reduces
wear to a mini-
mum. The wa-
ter passes
through a strain-
er before it en-
ters the small
perforations. which
are thereby prevented
from filling up. \11
parts are made suffi-
ciently strong for or-
dinary rough usage,
and are tinned or
nickel plated.
Price, $4.50
Fountain Lawn Sprinkler.
Very simple and, practical. Can be drawn over
the lawn on the hose without detaching, and keeps
right side up. Price, $1.15 each
Elgin Lawn Sprinkler.
One of the best even under low pressure. A
perfect spray. Price, $1.00
Hoes, Spades
and Shovels.
Wood Rakes. 14 tooth,
80c. ; 28 tooth, 90c.
Steel Garden Rakes, 12 tooth,
90c.; 14 tooth, $1.00; 16 tooth, $1.10; 18 tooth, $1.20.
Bow Handle Steel Garden Rakes, 14 tooth, $1.25.
Steel Spades and Shovels, long or short handles.
Lee, $1.75. Ames, $2.00.
Steel Hoes, Socket, 6-inch, $1.10; 7-inch, $1.10;
8 and 9-inchfi $1.20.
Spading Forks, long or short handles, 4-tine,
strapped, $1.85; 5-tine, strapped, $2.40.
Turf Edgers, Socket, $1.25.
FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
75
Light, for Frail Plants.
Bach. Per 10. Per 100.
^riaTE
$ .11
$1.05
Plant Stakes.
6 FT.
Heavy, or Dahlia Stakes.
Each. Per 10. Per 100.
S FT
$9.75
4 FT.
$ .24
.20
.16
$2.20
1.80
1.45
$21.50
17.50
13.75
.08
.70
6.50 _
.05
.40
3.50 -
.03
.20
1.80 *
_ 2 FT-
1XFT.
3 FT.
.12 1.10 10.50
Made for supporting frail plants, such as
fuchias, carnations, tuberoses, etc.. They are
round, taper to the top, and are painted green.
Cane Stakes, Bamboo.
These are light and strong, used extensively by
florists ; easily cut to length desired. Light six-
foot, diameter about Y^-moh. Per ten, 25c. ; per
100, $1.70; per 1,000, $15.00. Eight-foot, diameter
about ^4-inch. Per ten, 35c.; per 100, $2.85; per
1,000, $26.50.
Cedar Bean Poles.
Good quality, eight to ten feet, large and straight,
sharpened.
Heavy, 8 to 10 feet, sharpened, 20c. each ; $2.00
per ten, $12.50 per 100.
Garden Trowels.
No. 215, 20c.; No. 214, 25c.; No. 212, 35c.; No.
211, 65c. Hoe Trowels, 65c. Bulb Trowels, 75c.
No. 217, Transplanting Trowel, 20c.
Garden and Pot Labels, Painted.
Per 10. Per 100. Per 1000.
AV2 inch $ .05 $ .25 $2.00
6 inch .06 .35 2.65
8 inch 10 .80
10 inch 15 1.00
12 inch 20 1.25
Tree Labels, Painted.
Tree Labels, Painted. Notched and copper
wired, 35c. per 100; $2.45 per 1,000.
Improved Copper Tree Label. Size 1, 20c. per
ten, $1.50 per 100.
Shuffle Hoe.
6 in. 7 in. 8 in.
90c. 95c. $1.00
Handle extra, 40c.
Hazleton Weeder.
Price, each, 35c.
Excelsior Weeding Hook.
This implement can be used to
great advantage among small and
tender plants. Price, each, 15c.
Asparagus Knife or Weeder.
Price, 40c.
Dibber.
All iron, 60c. Wood with iron point, 60c. Brass
point, 80c. .
This little device gets at the
root of the evil and removes it
bodily. Price, $1.00.
Perfect Fruit Picker.
Galvanized steel wire, attaches
to pole of any length. Price,
without pole, 60c.; price of pole,
40c.
“Out o’ Sight” Mole Trap.
The secret of mole catching is a good trap and
to know their habits. Full information sent with
each trap. Price, each, $1.25.
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Thermometers.
We carry in stock a complete line of
thermometers suitable for use in green-
house, poultry and general work.
5120S 6-in. Household, wood back $1.10
5154S 8-in. Coppered Case, Dis-
tance Reading 75
5400S 8-in. Tin Case, Japanned .. 1.50
5400S 10-in. Tin Case, Japanned.. 1.75
5420S 8-in. Tin Case, Japanned... .85
5420S 10-in. Tin Case, Japanned.. 1.00
5430S 8-in. Coppered Case 75
5452S 8-in. Maximum and Mini-
mum 6.00
5508S 10-in. Minimum Registering. 1.35
5981 15-in. Hot Bed 2.00
Incubator or Brooder, see Poultry
Supplies.
Putty Bulb.
Price, $1.50 each.
Garden Reels.
Iron Japanned (two
arms, medium size,
$1.25 each.
Garden Line
100 ft., 75c.
Putty Bulb.
Jute Tying Twine.
Two, three or five-ply, 15c. per ball; 30c. per
pound.
Raffia.
For tying
plants, bud-
ding, etc., Raf-
fia is superior
to twine for
bunching as-
paragus, cel-
ery, radish,
cress, etc.
Price per lb.,
25c.
Van Reyper’s Peerless Glazier Points.
Made of steel wire and galvanized. Three sizes:
No. 1 for small single thick; No. 2 for medium dou-
ble thick, No. 2 y2 for large double thick glass. Per
box of 1,000, 65c.; lots of 5,000 by express, 60c. per
1,000. Pincers for driving the points, 50c.
Hot Bed Sash-Regular.
3 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. Glazed, $4.50. Painted one coat.
Mastica.
For glazing greenhouses, sashes, etc. Elastic,
adhesive and easy to apply. Far superior to putty.
One gallon will cover about 300 running feet, one
side. Price per gallon, $2.75; 5 gallons, $13.50; 10
gallons and over, $2.65 per gallon. Machines for
applying Mastica, $2.75 each.
Watering Pots,
Parlor. Long, small spout. 2-quart, $1.10.
Wotherspoon Watering Pots. Extra heavy and
long spout, for greenhouse use.
Round. Oval.
8 quart $3.85
10 quart 4.00 $4.50
12 quart 4.50 4.90
Sunlight Double Glass Sash.
Having two layers of glass, with a space of five-
eighths of an inch, which serves as the very best
non-conductor. These sash require no mats, shut-
ters or other covering, thereby saving an immense
amount of labor, give longer growing time ; results
in earlier and stronger plants. Standard size, 3x6,
1 to 5 sash, glazed and painted, $13.75 each. Special
prices on five or more sash shipped direct from
factory, with freight allowed.
Hot Bed Mats.
Burlap exterior with felt
filling, securely quilted and
bound. An excellent winter
covering for hot-beds, cold
frames, in fact,
anything re-
quiring a heavy
mat covering
for winter pro-
tection, 76x76
inches, $2.85
each ; $31.50
per dozen.
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FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL
“Neponset ”
Paper Flower
Pots.
Size.
Per 100
Per 1000
2J4
$ .45
$3.70
254
.55
4.30
3
.75
5.85
354
1.00
7.60
4
1.20
9.50
5
1.85
14.85
6
2.45
19.80
Standard Flower Pots.
In. Per 1000.
Per 10. Each.
In.
Per 100.
Per 10.
Each.
2
$11.25
$ .12 $ .02
8
$19.50
$2.00
$ .22
254
12.75
.15 .02
9
30.00
3.25
.33
254
15.00
.18 .02
10
40.50
4.25
.45
3
19.50
.22 .03
11
60.00
6.25
.65
354
24.00
.25 .03
12
82.50
8.50
.90
4
30.00
.35 .04
14
135.00
14.00
1.50
5
54.00
.55 .06
15
210.00
22.00
2.30
6
81.00
.90 .10
16
300.00
31.00
3.30
7
135.00
1.40 .15
I
Saucers.
I
Inches.
Per 100.
Per 10.
Each.
354
$1.95
$ .20
$ .02
4
2.25
.25
.03
5
3.00
.35
.04
6
4.50
.50
.06
7
6.00
.65
.07
8
8.25
.85
.09
9
11.25
1.20
.13
10
13.50
1.40
.15
11
16.50
1.75
.18
12
20.25
2.10
.22
14
34.00
3.50
.36
Bulb Pans.
Inches.
Per 100.
Per 10.
Each.
6
$8.10
$ .90
$ .10
7
13.50
1.40
.15
8
19.50
2.00
.22
9
30.00
3.25
.33
10
40.50
4.25
.45
12
82.50
8.50
.90
14
135.00
14.00
1.50
Fern Pans.
Inches.
Per 100.
Per 10.
Each.
4
$4.50
$ .50
$ .06
4^4
6.00
.65
.08
5/2
7.50
.80
.10
6*4
9.00
.95
.12
7
10.50
1.10
.14
8
15.00
1.60
/
.18
Azalea
Pots.
Inches.
Per 100.
Per 10.
Each.
4
$3.00
$ .35
$ .04
5
5.40
.55
.06
6
8.10
.90
.10
7
13.50
1.40
.15
8
19.50
2.00
.22
9
30.00
3.25
.33
10
40.50
4.25
.45
White Cedar Tubs.
Painted Green, with Feet.
No. 1. 13^4 inches diameter $2.15
No. 2. 15 “ “ 2.80
No. 3. 16 “ “ 3.45
No. zy2. 18 “ “ 4.55
No. 4. 21 “ “ 4.90
No. 5. 24 “ “ 6.40
Extra Heavy White Cedar.
Painted Green, with Feet.
No. 0. 27 inches diameter $13.75 each
No. 1. 25 “ “ 12.00 “
No. 2. 23 “ “ 10.75 “
No. 3. 21 “ “ 8.75 “
Fibre
Ware Flower
Pot Saucers.
1
Inch.
Crates Contain.
Per doz.
Each.
5
100
$3.90
$ .33
6
100
4.20
.35
7
100
4.50
.40
8
100
4.90
.42
9
50
5.40
.45
10
50
6.00
.50
12
25
6.80
.60
14
12
9.40
.80
16
12
16.80
1.40
18
12
19.20
1.60
Fibre W^are Rolling Stands. /
Outside Diameter
Will take Pot of
Diameter at bottom
Each
12 inches
10 inches
$1.00
14 inches
11 inches
1.25
18 inches
15 inches
2.25
22 inches
20 inches
2.75
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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S
Keystone Lawn Rollers.
Steel bearing, beveled edges, strong handle and
well finished in every particular. Complete cata-
logue on application.
No.
Lbs. Weight.
Width.
Price.
504
250
20 in.
$21.50
507
300
24 in.
29.25
509
400
20 in.
40.00
Dunham Water Ballast Lawn Rollers.
WB5 — 18x24-in., with no tip handle lock.. $22.25
WB7 — 24 x 24-in., with no tip handle lock.. 25.75
Grass
Catchers.
Adjustable to
any mower, “Easy
Empty,” $1.75.
E. W. Tree
Guard.
Electrical-
ly welded, heavy
steel wires and
galvanized after
welding. Spaces
are close enough
to prevent horses
from injuring the
tree, yet they are
not 'cumbersome
and leave no space
to harbor insects.
Price, each, $1.50.
Flower Bed and Lawn Guard.
Constructed of heavy galvanized steel wire.
“Cyclone” is crinkled and galvanized. Prices are
per linear foot.
“Cyclone.” 12 inch 10c
Trellis or Arch Wire.
“Cyclone.” 18 inch 8c.
24 inch 10c.
30 inch 12c.
For the Birds.
Canary and Rape. Per
pt., 15c. ; per qt., 25c.
Best Sicily Canary Seed.
Per pt., 15c.; per qt., 25c.
Best Mixed Canary
Bird Seeds. Price per
pt., 15c.; per qt., 25c.
German Rape. Per pt.,
15c.; per qt., 25c.
Mixed Parrot. Price per pt., 15c.; per qt., 25c.
Millet, American. Price per qt., 15c.
Hemp Seed. Price per qt., 18c.
Sunflower Seed. Price per qt., 12c.
Maw Seed. Price per lb., 35c.
Padda or Unhulled Rice. Price per qt., 20c.
Bird Pep. Per roll, 15c.; doz. rolls, $1.50.
Bird Gravel. Price per qt. box, 10c.
Cuttle Fish. Price, each, 3c.; 2 for 5c.; lb., 70c.
Large size, 5 to 6 inches, 5c. each.
Bird Tonic. Price per bottle, 25c.
Fish Food, Wafer. Price per pkg., 10c.
Fish Food, Natural. Price per pkt., 10c.
Roto Salt Cakes.
Made from the
finest table salt and
guaranteed free from
impurities of any
kind. Horses and
cattle are intelligent
animals ; they know
when they require
salt, and how much.
Put the salt where
they can get at it, but
salt should never be
mixed with the feed
or thrown into the
manger. There is an
obvious disadvantage
to this, as the animals
have to take salt,
whether they want it
or not. The govern-
ing instinct of nature may better regulate quantity.
THE ROTO FEEDER is made ot stone ware,
exceedingly strong and simple.
Roto Salt Cakes, 25c. each ; $2.70 per doz.
Roto Feeder, 40c. each.
Square Salt Cakes, 25c. each ; $2.70 per doz.
Square Salt Cake Feeders (Belmont), 30c. each.
A well-kept lawn is a thing of beauty. We have
specialized in Lawn Seeds, Fertilizers and acces-
sories for many years, and are confident we can
supply the buyer who appreciates quality. The
prices are right, for we purchase important items
in carload lots.
POULTRY SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
1 The following is a list of the most useful articles for the practical and suc-
cessful poultry keeper. Look through this list. No matter how few chickens you keep,
you will find labor and time-saving appliances. Parcel Post can be figured by weight
given. _______
STANDARD BRED BABY CHICKS.
Our method of supplying Standard Bred day-old baby chicks
has come to stay. It is no longer an experiment. Our contract
with a hatchery where the most progressive methods are used
and men specializing in hatching chicks is an assurance that
we can supply you with healthy, strong chicks, free from dis-
ease.
Beginning the wreek of March 3, 1924, we will have Standard
Bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and Single
Comb White Leghorns.
Prices Per Hundred.
March and April. May. June.
Rocks and Reds, per hundred .... $23.00 $21.00 $18.00
White Leghorns, per hundred . . . 19.00 17.00 15.00
500 to 1,000 $1.00 less per hundred
1,000 up . . 2.00 less per hundred
A deposit of twenty-five per cent wdth your order insures
getting them when wanted.
Buckeye “Standard” Incubators.
No. 1. 110 eggs (shipping weight 104 lbs.). $37.50
No. 2. 175 eggs (shipping weight 129 lbs.) . 44.50
No. 3. 250 eggs (shipping weight 170 lbs.). 57.75
No. 4. 350 eggs (shipping weight 206 lbs.) . 68.00
No. 5. 600 eggs, mammoth (shipping weight
314 lbs.) 107.00
Buckeye — E and H Styles.
No. 14 (Style E). 65 eggs (ship. wt. 56 lbs.) . . $16.50
No. 16 (Style E). 110 eggs (ship. wt. 90 lbs.) . . 27.50
No. 17 (Style E). 210 eggs (ship. wt. 210 lbs.). 36.75
The Buckeye E Style Incubator differs from the
Standard in that they are single-walled machines
and do not have the lamp bracket.
Strange as it may seem, they will hatch just as
many and as large chicks as the Standard down
to 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Newtown Little Giant Incubator.
Has Every Giant Incubator Feature.
The Newtown “Little Giant” Incubator is a stand-
ard 600-egg Newtown section of four 150-egg com-
partments fitted with manifold ends, and fully
equipped with all the features of the Giant sizes.
The Incubator is completely set up and tested at
the factory, and shipped almost completely erected.
All that is necessary to install is to bolt on the legs,
connect the heater and assemble the compartment
regulators. The special single burner blue-flame oil
stove is the best and safest money can buy, and
consumes a minimum quantity of oil. Automatic
eggs turner, authomatic temperature, ventilator and
moisture regulator, in addition to the heat regulator
at the oil heater. Price $145.00 F. O. B. factory.
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A remarkably efficient coal-burning brooder. A
brooder that provides a constant, correct tempera-
ture, and a constant supply of pure, fresh air.
No. 18. 500 newly hatched chicks (weight
74 lbs.) $21.50
No. 19. 1000 newly hatched chicks (weight
94 lbs.) 26.50
Newtown Colony Brooder.
The Newtown Coal-burning Colony Brooder needs
no introduction to poultrymen. It was the first
coal-burning, self-feeding, self-regulating Colony
Brooder put upon the market — has been longer in
use than any other of its type.
No. 6. 500 newly hatch chicks (shipping
weight 110 lbs.) $23.60
No. 7. 700 newly hatched chicks (shipping
weight 140 lbs.) 26.40
No. 11. 1000 newly hatched chicks (shipping
weight 195 lbs.) 34.45
No. 12. 1200 newly hatched chicks (shipping
weight 280 lbs.) 42.80
Buckeye Blue Flame Brooder.
Buckeye Blue Flame Brooders are made in three
sizes, to accommodate 200, 350 and 500 chicks.
They can be operated with equally satisfactory re-
sults when they are not filled to capacity.
No. 27. Capacity up to 200 chicks $17.50
No. 28. Capacity up to 350 chicks 20.00
No. 29. Capacity up to 500 chicks 22.50
International Sanitary Hover.
This Hover or brooder is known as the “One
Perfect Brooding Device.” For over ten years it
has stood the big test of raising chicks success-
fully, and to-day retains the points that have made
it the most popular brooder as well as the most
successful.
The Sanitary Hover is a simple, safe, convenient
and dependable oil-burning brooding device. It can
be used anywhere that the chicks have protection
from wind and rain. Warmest at the curtain, which
means healthy chicks and no crowding. Capacity,
100 chicks ; shipping weight 25 lbs. Price, $15.00.
Putnam Brooder Heater.
This heater used in the Putnam Home-made
Brooder requires filling but once a week, and no
further attention in the meantime. The construc-
tion of the brooder stove acts like an open fireplace,
carrying the foul air out and drawing fresh air in.
Capacity, 25 to 50 chicks. Price, $4.75, postage paid.
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POULTRY SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
Incubator and Brooder Supplies.
Incubator Lamp Bowls, $1.00 each.
Zero Brooder Lamps, $1.75 com-
plete.
Burners, No. 2, sun hinge, 1-in.
wick, 50c.
Burners, No. 32, sun hinge, 1-in.
. wick, 75c.
Burners, No. 30, sun hinge, 1 54-
in. wick, 75c.
Burners, Skirt, No. 2B, for Zero zero lamp.
Lamp, 1-in. wick, 50c.
Burners, Bunsen Gas, for incubators or brooders
(1 lb.), $1.25.
Burners, Buckeye, Gas, with chimney, for incu-
bators or brooders, $2.00 (2 lbs.)
Lamp Wicks, 54-in., for fount heaters, 3 for 5c.
Lamp Wicks, 1-in., 2 for 5c.
Lamp Wicks, 154-in., 2 for 5c.
Thermometers, No. 5774, “Tycos,” Incubator,
hanging, 75c.
Thermometers, No. 5770, “Tycos,” Incubator,
standing, 75c.
Thermometers, No. 3162, Buckeye Incubator,
75c.
Thermometers, Hanging Incubator, with electric
light, $1.00.
Thermometers, International Hover, 75c.
Thermometers, Buckeye Brooder, No. 20, $1.25.
Thermometers, Brooder, Security, $1.25.
X-Ray Egg Tester, to use on lamp, 50c. (54-lb.)
Buckeye Egg Tester, 50c.
Waterproof Sheeting, one yard wide, 25c. yard.
Tanks for Buckeye Incubators.
We do not stock these, as the manufacturer re-
quires specifications of the machine to be repaired.
We can supply blank diagram used for this pur-
pose.
Shipping Coops.
These coops are standard sizes. Light, strong
and neat.
1- Bird Size — 20x12x22 high. $12.00 doz. ; $1.05 ea.
2- Bird Size — 23x12x22 high. $13.50 doz.; $1.15 ea.
4-Bird Size — 24x20x22 high. $16.80 doz.; $1.45 ea.
Weight, 10, 12 and 15 lbs.
Hickory Rod Shipping Crate.
Light, strong and durable. Made of hickory rods
with poplar frames and bottom, solid side spring
door that can be sealed against theft in transit.
Broilers cannot get out of this coop between the
rods. Capacity, 12 to 15 fowls. Weight, 15 to 18
lbs. Price $1.75 each ; $19.95 per dozen.
Norwich
Automatic
Air-Lock
Fountain.
The improvements
made on this foun-
tain for safety are
endorsed by the Fire
Underwriters’ Labo-
ratories. Used with
a No. 3 Automatic
Feeder, a flock of 20
fowls need no fur-
ther attention for a
week. Weight 17
pounds.
Prices : Large size
complete, 5 gallons,
$6.00 ; without burnei
base, $3.50.
Norwich Chick Feeder.
The Norwich CmU Htitx
f&e- SarwkH WVMtk Fetter C<w<?vry
WITH RAIN-TOP
The body of the Norwich Chick Feeder is of gal-
vanized steel with ends riveted and burred to mal-
leable iron brackets. The guard rod is removable
to facilitate in filling and for thorough cleaning
where sour milk is used. Where chick feed or
mash is used cleaning is unnecessary, as the feeder
is always clean.
Price List.
With Rain Top, 3 lbs ' $1.00
Without Rain Top, 2 lbs 75
Conkey- Norwich Vibro Feeder.
WITH RAIN-TOP
Here is a feeder that fills a long-felt want, a
feeder for growing stock; waste-proof, sanitary
and at a reasonable price. The body is 454 inches
in diameter, 27 inches long and is carried on legs
at an elevation of 254 inches. Its capacity is about
ten pounds.
Price List.
Without Rain Top (weight 5 lbs.) $1.60
With Rain Top (weight 7 lbs.) 2.00
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PLATT’S POULTRY FEEDS.
There is to-day no subject of more vital importance to poultry-
keepers than how to get the maximum number of eggs from their
flocks, and how to raise baby chicks properly.
Platco Dry Mash and Scratch Feed.
Platco Laying and Growing Mash is a mixture compounded from
the formula recommended by the largest Poultry Experiment Station
in the world. Several years ago we tested a flock of pullets with
this mixture for one year, and the results were such that we immedi-
ately started manufacturing it. The past two years it has given
marvelous results as a Growing Food, owing to its high protein
content.
The impression that a high-grade laying mash is unsuitable for growing chicks is unfounded, and
especially so where Platco brand is considered. Taking into consideration the fact that protein is the cost-
ly element of all foods, and the one element required in large quantities to make muscle, bone and feath-
ers, why buy growing foods other than ours unless you are sure it contains as much protein, 19 to 21
per cent?
Platco Scratch Feed is composed of the highest quality of clean, sound grains, mixed from for-
mulas to balance our mash.
Semi-Solid Buttermilk.
One hundred per cent pure unadulterated buttermilk, with absolutely nothing added to it, and only
surplus water removed, leaving all of the lactic acid and valuable properties possessed by the original
buttermilk. Packed in ^-barrel, about 130 lbs. net. Prices upon application.
Platt’s Pigeon Feed.
Corn, Whole.
Kaffir Corn.
Oats.
Alfalfa, Mealed.
Wheat, Red.
Beet Pulp.
Buckwheat.
Conkey’s Buttermilk Starting Food.
Bran, Wheat.
Beef Scrap.
Clover, Short Cut.
Fish Scrap.
Bone Flour.
Bone, Granulated and
Mealed.
Grit.
A hard limestone in sizes
No. 1 for turkeys, No. 2 for
fowl, No. 3 for pigeons,
No. 3^2 for chicks.
Price: 10 lbs., 20c.; 100
lbs., 90c.
Conkey Buttermilk Starting Feed.
Qonkeu's
T PAOC MARK
THE ORIGINAL
Buttermilk
STARTING FEED
It makes the chicks strong and husby, able
to resist diseases such as White Diarrhoea.
We strongly recommend it.
Charcoal.
Fine, Medium or Coarse,
2 lbs., 15c. ; 5 lbs., 30c. Also
50-lb. bags.
Oyster Shells.
Comes in poultry and
pigeon size; 100 lbs., $1.30;
10 lbs., 25c.
OWING TO MARKET FLUCTUATIONS PRICES OF FEEDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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Self-Feeding
Boxes.
Three compartments,
each holding about three
pints, for grit, shell and
charcoal. Shipping
weight 5 lbs. Price :
No. 2, $1.25.
Dry Mash Hopper.
Has an adjustable grid for fine
or coarse mash. The flange on
each side and wires extending to
grid prevent birds throwing feed
sideways out of the hopper. Prices : No. 36, 12-in.
(shipping weight 8 lbs.), $2.00. No. 37, 24-in. (ship-
ing weight 12 lbs.), $2.80.
Sexton
Dry Mash Hopper.
will save its cost in feed
in one winter. This is
a most economical hop-
per for feeding dry
mash and keeping it
sweet and clean. Price:
No. 1 12-in. (shipping
weight 9 lbs.), $1.65 each.
No. 5, 24-in. (shipping
weight 13 lbs.), $2.95
each.
Henderson’s Mash Feeder
Is made of stoneware
with cross bars and
grids so arranged that
they cannot scatter the
feed, is perfectly sani-
tary, just right for
buttermilk, feed or
water. Made up in 4-
qt. and 6-qt. sizes. 65c.
and 90c. each.
The Junior Chick Feeder.
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Feeds dry mash, hard grains, sour milk or water.
Chicks cannot foul it. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Price
10-inch size, 25c. each ; 20-inch size, 40c. each.
Favorite
The Norwich Automatic Exerciser and
Feeder
Has established itself as the standard method of
feeding poultry. By its use waste is completely
eliminated. Every
grain of feed goes
to the flock, saving
approximately 25
per cent, while the
labor is reduced to
filling the hopper.
No. 1. Capacity
8 quarts, 13 lbs.,
$5.00 each.
No. 2. Capacity
15 quarts, 15 lbs.,
$5.50 each.
No. 3. Capacity
20 quarts, 20 lbs.,
$6.50 each.
No. 4. Capacity 32 quarts, 27 lbs., $7.50 each.
The Apaco
Poultry Feeder.
A dependable and practical
machine, with the same ad-
justing valve for regulating
the discharge that is on the
Norwich Feeders. (5 lbs.)
Price, $2.00 each. May be
sent by parcel post. Add
postage.
1-2-3 Feeders.
Made in two sizes.
Each has a movable
partition, en-
abling you to give
different dry feeds
at a time. Small size
(shipping weight 4
lbs.), 90c. each. Large
size shipping weight
7 lbs.), $1.35 each.
Atsatt’s Chick Feeder.
[ATSATT S CHICKTEEPERt
Are just the things to keep feed clean in a brood-
er. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Price, 25c. each.
Rabbit Feeders.
These are made of earthenware, glazed, and hold
one quart. Price, 40c. each.
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Seamless Galvanized Cups.
Used for feed and water in exhibition coops.
Price, medium size, 25c. each ; large size, for pens,
30c. each. Shipping weight, 1 lb. each.
Thermo Fountain.
Keeps water warm in
winter and cool in sum-
mer. It is similar in con-
struction to the fireless
cooker, being packed with
a non-conducting material
which retains the temper-
ature of the water. There
is no lamp to trim, and
costs nothing to maintain.
15 lbs., 20 lbs. and 30 lbs.
each. Price : 2-gal. size,
$3.50; 3-gal., $4.00; 5-gal.,
$5.00.
Little Putnam Stove.
The Little Put-
nam Stove is
used under the
drinking vessel
in the poultry
house to keep
the water from
freezing during
the winter
months. It is also
used as the heat
element in the
Putnam Home-made Oat Sprouter. This stove is
absolutely fire-safe and non-explosive. If it is
tipped over it will go out. If it becomes buried in
the litter, it will go out. Price $2.50 each, postpaid.
Peerless Founts.
Brooder size (shipping weight 2
lbs.), 35c. each; 5-qt. (shipping
weight 3 lbs.), 90c.; 10-qt. (shipping
weight 5 lbs.), $1.25.
Heaters for 5-qt. and 10-qt., $2.00,
postage paid.
Sanitary Stoneware Founts.
Thoroughly glazed in-
side and outside. Being
made in two parts, they
can be easily cleaned.
Will never rust, but will
keep water pure, clean
and cool.
Prices : 1-qt (ship-
ping weight 6 lbs.), 45c. ;
2-qt. (shipping weight 8
lbs.), 60c.; 4-qt. (ship-
ping weight 12 lbs.), 80c.
Sanitary Two-Piece. Pigeon Baths.
Twelve
inches diam-
eter by three
inches deep.
Made of
glazed stone-
ware, it is
easy to
clean.
12-in. 35c. ea.
16-in., 70c. ea.
Made in two parts. Quickly cleaned. Price : 1-
gal. size (shipping weight 4 lbs.), $1.15; 2-gal. size
(shipping weight 5 lbs.), $1.40; 5-gal., two open-
ings, $3.25.
Wall Founts.
One of the most popular
styles of drinking founts,
convenient, sanitary and
made from heavy galvan-
ized iron. Price: 4-qt.
(shipping weight 4 lbs.),
95c.; 8-qt. (shipping weight
5 lbs.), $1.15.
Improved
Klean Drink Founts.
Used with Mason jar.
Brooder size without jars, 25c.;
with 1-qt. jars, 35c.
Large size, without jars, 30c. ;
with 2-quart jar, 40c. each. Ship-
ping weight of holder, 2 lbs.
The Everett Fountain.
A fount that is easily
cleaned. Made of heavy
galvanized iron. Price $1.45
each. Shipping weight 5
lbs.
Carter’s
Green Food Feeder.
Here is a feeder for green
vegetables that keeps them clean,
sanitary and high enough off the
floor so that fowls get exercise
while they eat. Made of strong,
soft fish-net twine.
Price 35c. each, postpaid; three
for $1.00.
Everett.
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Double Quick Grain Sprouter.
Has wooden case,
lined with galvanized
iron and lamp at bot-
tom. Sprouts oats dou-
ble quick in a cold room
or cellar.
Price, No. 1, 37 hens,
$3.00.
Economy
Oat Sprouter.
Has five
perfor-
ated pans,
each 16x17
inches, and
one drip pan
at bottom.
Price $6.30. 35 x 18 x 18 inches.
The Collins Sprouter.
Two sizes. Four and seven perforated pans and
one drip pan 11x15 inches. Prices: Five pans,
$3.00; eight pans, $4.00.
Metal Egg Crates.
Solve the problem of shipping eggs by parcel
post. These have shock absorbers to give a cushion
for the eggs.
24-egg size
36-egg size
48-egg
72-egg
size
size
1.5C
1.7=
2.00
2. 50
Include postage charges i
Postage empty 7c.
Postage empty 7c.
Postage empty 8c.
Postage empty 9c.
Postage empty 10c.
to come by mail.
Egg Boxes and Chick Boxes.
Banner Root Cutter
No. 7.
A machine made express-
ly for poultrymen. It
quickly cuts the vegetables
into long, round, ribbon-
like slices that resemble a
bunch of angle worms,
which fowls readily eat up
to the last morsel. This
machine will pay for itself
in a short time. Price,
$6.55, F. O. B. New Haven.
Egg Boxes. For delivery to family trade ; hold 1
dozen each. Convenient and economical. Price,
20c. per doz. ; $1.05 per 100; $8.65 per 1,000.
Setting Egg Boxes. Made of corrugated paper,
light but strong, and safe for mailing or express-
ing. Price, 15 eggs, 14c. each ; $1.18 per 10 (1 lb.
each). 30 eggs, 20c. each; $1.75 per 10 (2 lbs. each).
Shipping Chick Boxes. 25 chicks, 15c. each ; 50
chicks, 22c. each ; 100 chicks, 35c. each.
Water Glass Egg Preserver.
Mann No. 7.
Mann Green Bone
Cutter.
No. 7 is the size we recom-
mend for the average poultry-
man. It is large enough to sup-
ply 25 to 100 birds. Price
$19.75.
Bench Bone Cutter. No. 5B,
with heavy balance wheel,
$15.00.
No. iy2 is like No. 7, except
has power equipment as well
as hand. Price, complete,
$28.00.
Parcel Post Egg Boxes
The maximum of lightness and great strength
combined. Made of corrugated fibre boxboard.
Price Price Price Weight
each. per 10. per 100. per doz.
1 doz $0.12 $1.02 $9.55 8 lbs.
2 doz 17 1.43 13.36 10 lbs.
3 doz 22 1.86 17.37 14 lbs.
4 doz 29 2.52 23.51 18 lbs.
5 doz 37 3.14 29.74 21 lbs.
Include postage if to come by mail.
One-qt. can will preserve 20 doz. eggs. Price 35c.
One-gal. can will preserve 80 doz. eggs. Price 90c.
Caponizing Sets.
Poultry keepers can double their profits by ca-
ponizing their young roosters. The operation is
very simple, full directions accompanying each
set. Caponizing changes the disposition of the
fowl. He becomes lazy and puts on flesh aston-
ishingly fast, often weighing 10 to 15 pounds. The
demand far exceeds the supply, even though the
price of capon is double that of ordinary fowls.
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Caponizing Sets — Continued.
Pigeon Nests
Price : Philadelphia, $2.50.
Pilling-Miles, in velvet-lined case, $5.00.
French Poultry Killing Knife.
This is made of
finely tempered
steel, with nickled handle, and will last a life-time.
Price, 50c. each.
Pilling’s Angular Poultry Killer.
By simply a turn of the wrist the jugular vein
is severed, bleeding the fowl and making dry pick-
ing easy. Price, 50c. each.
These nests are moulded
from clay, and are heavy, so
they cannot tip over. They
make the best nests for pig-
eons.
Prices: Each, 17c.; per six, $1.00; per dozen,
$1.95.
Platco Roofing.
Manufactured from long fibre wool felt, thor-
oughly saturated and coated with natural Asphalt-
urn, this combination making one of the most re-
liable weather-proof and durable coverings on the
market. Nails and cement come inside each roll
without extra charge. A roll (or square) contains
108 square feet, and will lay 100 square feet.
Pilling Milking Tubes.
Plated. 1^2 and 4*4 inches long. Price, each, 35c.
Wire Nests.
These nests are strongly
made from heavy coppered
wire and will last a life-time.
They are intended to be fas-
tened to the wall with screws
or screw hooks. There is no
room on them for the lodg-
ment of lice or vermin of any
kind ; they are easy to keep
clean and are far superior to wooden boxes. Price,
15c. each ; $1.65 per dozen.
Knudson Nests.
Made to hang on wall, galvanized iron, with
swinging front doors. Complete three and six
nests in section. These nests are easily cleaned
and are lice-proof, there being no hiding places
for vermin. Price per section of three, $3.30;
six-section, $5.50.
Knudson Trap Nests.
A simple, cheap trap nest that can be depended
on. Made of galvanized iron, one, two and three
nests to section. Price: one-nest section, $2.50;
two-nest section, $4.25; three-nest section, $6.30.
1-ply, 2-ply, 3-ply (fire-proof). Prices on applica-
tion.
Five per cent Cash Discount on Ten Rolls
Ashphalt Roofing.
Poultry Netting.
One or two-inch mesh, one foot to six feet high.
Prices are the lowest when quality is considered.
Will last twenty-five years under ordinary expos-
ure. Prices quoted on application.
Double Clinch Bands.
No tools required to put on these
bands. They fasten with two clinch-
es. There are no exposed corners,
ends or loops. They are the best
open band on the market. They are
numbered consecutively. Sold in
packages' of 12, 25, 50 or 100 bands each ; size 2 for
leghorns, size 3 for Rhode Island Reds, etc.; pig-
eon size same price. Prepaid, by mail or express.
12 for 15c.; 25 for 25c.; 50 for 40c.; 100 for 75c.;
250 for $2.00; 500 for $3.50.
Spirol Leg Bands.
SPIR-OIS
LEG BANDS
On and off
like a key-
ring. Ten
different col-
o r s , with
which you can make three hundred
and twenty combinations. Several
sizes. Price per doz., 15c.; per 25,
25c.; per 50, 40c.; per 100, 75c.; per
500, $3.50; per 1,000, $6.50.
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POULTRY SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
Pettey Chick Punch.
Is just right for the vest pocket. Nickel plated.
Price, 25c., postpaid.
China Nest Eggs.
Price 30c. per doz.
Napthalene
Nest Eggs.
Price 5c. each; 50c.
doz.
Lice Dusting Guns.
Small, 15c.; large, 30c.
Lowell Dusters.
Holds 1 qt. powder, 75c.
Rat Com.
25c., 50c. and $1.00 sizes. Postpaid.
RUT CORN
It mummifies the rodents, eliminating all nau
seous odors.
Holdzem Rat Catcher.
Thi s will do just what the name implies (hold
them). It is a sticky substance applied to a board,
and when the rat or mouse steps on this board
they are unable to withdraw their foot. Non-in-
flammable and non-poisonous. Price per p2-lb.,
$1.00; per 1 lb., $2.00; 2 lbs., $4.00.
Australian Rat Destroyer.
Price, 25c., 50c., $1.00 per can, postpaid.
A safe, sane and sanitary solution of the rat
pest.
Common Sense Rat Exterminator.
Destroys rats under all conditions. This is the
best of the phosphorous paste compounds. Two
sizes, 30c. and 50c.
Pratt’s Poultry Regulator.
This half-century-old preparation is still unap-
proached for keeping poultry robust, and for pro-
ducing the necessary poultry health which means
lots of eggs. It regulates the bowels and digestive
organs of all fowls and enrich the blood, this
bringing about a condition of sound health, which
resists disease, prevents unnatural habits, such as
egg-eating.
Price: 24-oz. package, 25c.; 4-lb. package, 50c.;
12-lb. package, $1.40; 25-lb. pail, $3.00 each.
Pratt’s Animal Regulator.
Prices : 3-lb. package, 50c.
Conkey’s
Poultry Tonic
Is a medicine of quality,
and can be used every day
in the year. It acts as a
tonic and appetizer, aids
digestion and assimilation
of the food, promoting egg
production and general
health and vigor.
Price : 24-oz. package,
25c.: 3J4-1b. package, 50c.;
12-lb. pail, $1.60; 25-lb.
pail, $3.00.
Dr. Hess Poultry Panacea.
Aids digestion, makes poultry healthy, helps
hens lay more eggs. Helds to fatten poultry for
market rapidly and cheaply, and helps chicks reach
maturity strong and healthy, cures poultry ail-
ments ; has been tested and tested for over nine-
teen years by farmers and poultrvmen from coast
to coast. Price: H4-lb. package, 25c.; 5-lb. pack-
age, 75c.; 12-lb. package, $1.50.
Conkey’s Remedies.
Roup Powder, 30c., 60c., $1.20;
lpz lbs., $2.50; 5 lbs., $5.75. Roup
Pills, 30c., 60c., $1.20. Cholera,
25c., 50c. Gape, 25c., 50c. White
Diarrhoea, 30c., 60c. Bronchitis,
50c. Chicken Pox, 25c. Scaly
Leg, 25c., 50c. Limber Neck, 50c.
Poultry Tonic, 25c. Laxative,
25c. Rheumatism, 50c. Worm
Remedy, 50c. Canker Special,
50c.
Roto Salt Cakes for Pigeons.
25c. per cake.
“Gold Leaf” Tobacco Powder.
Controls poult^ round worms. Recommended
by a number of State Experiment Stations.
Price: 2-lb. package, 25c.; 10-lb. package, $1.15;
100 lbs. in burlap bag, $6.00.
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Dr. Hess Roup Cure.
Four-ounce can, 25c.
Lee’s Germozone.
Roup, Canker, Swelled Head, Cold, Cholera,
Bowel Complaint, etc., yield readily to treatment
with Germozone. Especially valuable for little
chicks. Put up in liquid form or tablets.
Price: 12-oz. bottle, 75c.; package of 75 tablets,
65c.; package 200 tablets, $1.25. Tablets by mail,
same price.
Smith’s Roup Extractor.
Used in advanced cases of roup. Price 50c. per
bottle.
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Smith’s Roup Cure.
Is guaranteed and costs only 25c. and 50c. per
box.
Smith’s Germicide.
Four-oz. bottle, 35c.; 12-oz. bottle, 65c.
Pratt’s White Diarrhoea Remedy.
Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer.
Lice simply cannot exist where this powder is
properly used, either on poultry or live stock of
all kinds. Price, 1-lb. pkg., 25c.
pkg., 25c. ; 38-oz.
Smith’s Insecticide.
Smith’s preparation for this
purpose is a standard, reliable
article, well known and used by
poultrymen the country over.
Smith’s can be used as an insec-
ticide for bugs on bushes or
vines, vegetables, plants, etc.
Setting hens, well dusted twice
during incubation, will not
leave their nests on account of
lice. If your hens are near your
stable, sprinkle the horse brush
with “Insecticide” before using
and your horse will be safe.
Price: 5-oz. pkg., 15c.; 15-oz.
pkg., 50c.; 76- oz. pkg., $1.00.
Smith’s Flea Powder.
A high-grade powder, light in color, that will
free dogs or cats from fleas and lice. Price, 2J4-
oz. can, 25c.
Head Lice Ointment.
The only practical method of ex-
terminating the head lice. Powders
have no effect on this specie, the
largest blood - sucking
louse that infest poultry.
Conkey’s Lice Oiat-
ment 1-oz. tubes, 10c.;
3-oz. tubes, 25c.
Smith’s Lice Oint-
ment, in screw-cap glass
jar, 25c.
Package, 25c. Guaranteed.
Smith’s Chicken Pox Remedy.
A positive cure, 30c.
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EGG-O-LATUM is an egg preserver., and will
keep eggs fresh for one year. A 50c. jar enough
to put down 50 dozen eggs.
EGG-O-HATCH is a powder to be dissolved
in water and applied to hatching eggs. This
preparation is a wonderful aid in helping chicks
out of the shell. Fifty-cent size sufficient for 600
to 700 eggs.
Sulphur Candles.
An easy, effective way to fumigate rooms or
poultry houses. Easy to light. Water pans fur-
nished with each candle. Price: Each, 10c.; per
doz., $1.10.
Lee’s Lice Killer.
Is a liquid preparation for destroying insects on
chickens, hogs and other stock. It was especially
designed for killing lice and mites on chickens
/'and hogs without the necessity of handling, dip-
ping, dusting or greasing fowls or animals. Price
of Lee’s Liquid Killer: 1 qt., 60c.; 2 qts., 90c.; 1
gal., $1.50.
Sturtevant Lice Paint.
Very effective for lice and vermin, also a disin-
fectant. Price: one quart, 60c.; one gallon, $1.50.
Carbolineum.
Completely exterminates all lice and mites, also
the best wood preserver. Rats or mice never gnaw
wood painted with Carbolineum. Price : $1.75 per
gallon.
Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant.
For scab, mange, lice on sheep, fleas and all para-
sites, skin diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
dogs and poultry. Prices : 12 oz., 40c. ; 1 quart,
65c. ; 1 gallon, $1.75.
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K. F. S. Bread, with meat; large cakes. Price: 2^4
lbs., 25c.; 25 lbs., $2.25; 50 lbs., $4.15; 100 lbs., $7.75.
Austin's Puppy Cakes. Cartons, 15c. each.
Cera-Meato. Price, 2^4 lbs., 25c. ; 100 lbs., $7.75.
Canned Meat. Can, 2^4 lbs., 35c.; 3 cans, $1.00.
Cat Food. Per package, 15c.
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DISINFECTING
GERM -KILLING WHITE PAINT
Use It Instead of Whitewash.
A snow-white mineral paint in powder form,
ready to be put on with brush or sprayer as soon
as mixed with cold water. Contains the world’s
most powerful germicide — twenty times stronger
than pure carbolic acid. Harmless to man or beast,
but will instantly destroy lice, mites, nits. Price :
Trial package, 30c.; 10 lbs. (makes 10 gallons),
$1.25; 20 lbs. (makes 20 gallons), $2.50; 50 lbs.
(makes 50 gallons), $5.00.
Columbia Fly Killer.
Don’t let your cows and horses suffer all sum-
mer long. Fly Killer will keep them away and
make milking far more pleasant. Price : 1 qt., 60c.;
1 gallon, $1.50.
Flyosan.
The Super Insecticide
that will draw roaches and ants out of every hole,
crack or crevice before killing them, and NOT
POISON FOOD.
It will kill bed-bugs, mosquitoes and bring moths
out of clothes and closets. Price: pints, 75c.;
quarts, $1.25 ; f^-gallon, $2.25 ; gallon, $4.00.
Lime for Whitewashing.
Best quality, with directions on how to apply.
Price, 15c. can ; two cans, 25c.
National Standard.
Squab Book, $1.20, postpaid.
Squabs for Profit, 95c. postpaid.
American Standard of Perfection.
$2.50 copy. Postpaid.
Bennett’s Poultry Record and
Expense Book.
Good for one year. 35c. postpaid.
Rabbit Culture and Standard.
$1.00. Postpaid.
Reliable Poultry Publishing Company’s
Books.
Plymouth Rocks. Price, $1.00.
Orpingtons. Price, 75c.
Wyandottes. Price, $1.00.
Rhode Island Reds. Price, 75c.
The Leghorns. Price, $1.00.
Artificial Lighting. Price, $1.50.
Poultry House Construction. Price, $1.00.
Profitable Culling. Price, $1.50.
Successful Poultry Keeping. Price, $1.00.
How to Feed Poultry for Any Purpose. $1.25.
Artificial Incubating and Brooding. Price, $1.00.
The Chick Book. Price, 50c.
Fundamentals of Poultry Breeding. Price, $2.00.
Poultry for Exhibition. Price, $2.00.
Ducks and Geese. Price, 75c.
High Egg Production. Price, $2.00.
The Asiatics. Price 50c.
Turkeys, 75c.
Baskets.
Special prices in lots of 1,000 on Peach, Straw-
berry and Pansy Baskets. As these are subject to
market fluctuations, write for quotations.
Special prices on large quantities.
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Beekeepers’ Supplies.
A COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.
The margin on which these are now handled is so small — less than at any time we have represented
the A. I. Root Co. — we have seriously considered dropping this line. The consequent inconvenience to
our many patrons would be such that we believe our customers will be perfectly willing to pay freight
charges, approximately 5 per cent, now paid by us, especially as these charges would have to be paid
by them if ordering direct. The advantage of being able to get these when wanted is a consideration
not to be overlooked. Consequently, we shall add the above amount to Root’s listed prices on orders-
delivered from New Haven.
How to Start Out.
A very simple and inexpensive outfit is needed
by the beginner in bee-keeping. Two or three
hives — a colony or two of Italian bees — a com-
paratively new and more gentle strain than com-
mon American bees — two or three good books on
bee culture, a veil, a smoker, lots of perseverance
and a little practical and thoroughly understood
knowledge gained, if possible, from watching
others — then begin.
A. B. C. of Bee Culture.
Cloth bound, $3.00.
Root Smokers.
Jumbo, 4-inch, $1.60: postage by Parcel Post, 2 lbs. Standard, 3%-inch, $1.30; postage by Parcel Post,
2 lbs. Junior, 2^-inch, $1.00; postage by Parcel Post, V/2. lbs.
This is a cut of a modern bee hive with one super
on and another alongside showing sections ready for
bees to fill with honey.
This hive is the one most universally used by the
largest honey-producers, as it is light and can be
readily moved from one location to another. It is
a strictly high-grade hive, being made of best selected
lumber, perfectly milled and fitted together. It is
complete in every detail, and very easily put together.
Full directions furnished with each hive.
While this hive is made either in eight-frame or
ten-frame size, we recommend the ten-frame. It con-
sists of a bottom-board, double telescoping cover with
metal cap and body or brood-chamber, with Hoffman
frames. Nails and tin rabbets are included with all
hives. Hand-hole cleats omitted unless ordered.
W/ax foundation can be supplied in 1-lb. packages
and larger.
Alexander Veils.
Price, $1.20.
Wax Foundation.
Bee Gloves.
Of heavy drilling. Price, 95c.
Section Boxes, etc.
SPRAY CALENDAR
By permission of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station at New Haven, we have re-
printed here from their Bulletin 199 such information as is most frequently needed, and hope that it
will be a handy reference. The damage done by insects in the United States to crops is enormous, and
can be reduced considerably by proper spraying. When more detailed information is needed we sug-
gest you write your experiment station. We will always be glad to give you the benefit of our
experience.
FORMULAS FOR INSECTICIDES.
Lead Arsenate — Three lbs. (Paste) or 1 y2 lbs.
(Dry) Lead Arsenate, 50 gals, water. Spray upon
foliage to kill all chewing insects. May be used
with Bordeaux or with lime-sulphur mixture.
Poisoned Bran Mash — Five lbs. wheat bran, 4 oz.
white arsenic or Paris green, 1 pt. molasses, 1 lem-
on, 7 pts. water. Scatter around in field to kill cut-
worms, army worms and grasshoppers.
Commercial Lime-Sulphur — Winter spray, 1 part
lime-sulphur, 9 parts water. Summer spray, 1% to
parts lime-sulphur, 45 to 50 parts water. Use
winter spray for San Jose scale and peach leaf
curl; summer spray for fungi, to which, as needed,
add lead arsenate to kill chewing insects.
Nicotine Solution — One-half pt. in 50 gals, water.
Several solutions are now sold containing 40% or
more of nicotine. Excellent for killing aphids and
other sucking insects. Add soap or a spreader
when used alone, but not when used with lead ar-
senate or Bordeaux.
Self-Boiled Lime-Sulphur — Eight lbs. fresh
whitewash lime, 8 lbs. fine sulphur, 45 to 50 gals,
water. Start the lime slacking, sift and thoroughly
stir in the sulphur, using just enough water to pre-
vent burning and allow to ,boil from heat of lime
for fifteen minutes. Then dilute and apply.
Formalin, A. — One pt (1 lb.) Formalin in 50 gals,
water for sprinkling grain to kill smut. B. — One
pt. Formalin in 30 gals, water, for soaking tubers
to prevent potato scab.
INSECT AND FUNGUS PESTS OF CULTI-
VATED PLANTS.
Apple. Bud-moths, Case Bearers, Leaf Crumpler.
Small-over-wintering caterpillars feed upon the un-
folding leaves. Spray with lead arsenate as soon
as leaf buds begin to open. Repeat a few days
later if necessary.
Canker Worm.
Canker Worms. During
May small looping caterpil-
lars devour the leaves and
spin down on threads when
disturbed. Spray foliage with
lead arsenate before blos-
soms open and again soon
after they fall. In unsprayed
orchards sticky tanglefoot
bands should be placed around
trunks of trees in October,
and kept sticky until January
1st, and again kept sticky
during April and May.
Tent Caterpillar. During
May the caterpillars form
nests at the forks of
branches, and devour the
leaves. Clip off and burn
egg masses on twigs in
winter. Remove nests with
caterpillar brush. Spray
with lead arsenate once be-
fore the blossoms open and
again soon after they fall.
Lesser Apple Worm.
Larva feeds on exterior of
nearly mature fruit and
often causes injury in storage. Spray as for Cod-
ling Moth.
Codling Moth or Apple Worm. Pink caterpillar
tunnels inside the fruit, especially around the core.
Spray with lead arsenate as
soon as blossoms fall. Repeat
three or four weeks later.
Keep foliage and fruit covered
until fruit is nearly grown.
Curculio. Grubs of both
apple and plum curculios in-
fest the fruit, making it
gnarled and ill-shaped. Spray
twice after blossoms fall, as
for Codling Moth, and re-
move infested fruit in thin-
ning.
Green Fruit Worms, Palm-
er Worm, Leaf Roller. Caterpillars all feed upon
foliage and immature fruit. Spray with lead arsen-
ate as for Codling Moth.
Tussock Moths. Tufted caterpillars of several
species feed upon the leaves in mid-summer. Spray
with lead arsenate, as for Codling Moth.
Maggot or Railroad Worm. Maggots tunnel
through the pulp of the rip-
ening fruit of sweet and
sub-acid varieties, especial-
ly those ripening early in
the season. Destroy all in-
fested fruit.
Leaf Hopper. Whitish
insects sucking sap from
underside the leaves. Spray
with nicotine solution, as
for Aphis.
Green and Rosy Aphids.
Green aphids, suck sap
from the leaves and ter-
Codling Moth or
Apple Worm.
mm
Tent Caterpillar.
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minal shoots, causing leaves to curl and checking
growth. Rosy aphids infest fruit clusters, checking
development. Spray with nicotine solution (J^-pint
in 50 gallons water) either separately or in com-
bination with lead arsenate, lime-sulphur or Bor-
deaux mixture.
San Jose Scale. See Peach. Spray dormant
trees with lime-sulphur or miscible oil.
Oyster-Shell Scale, Scurfy Scale. Scale insects
with elongated or pear-shaped shells, on bark, suck
sap from the twigs ; the former about the same
color as the bark, the latter light gray or whitish.
Spray with nicotine solution, soap and water, or
kerosene emulsion about the second week in June.
Scab. Produces “scabby spots” on fruit and
leaves ; rarely on twigs. Spray the unfolding leaves
before the blossoms open, again after the petals
fall and follow with a third spraying about four
weeks later. For first treatment use strong Bor-
deaux, for second and third weak Bordeaux or
lime-sulphur.
Sooty Blotch. Forms on fruit an olive-black su-
perficial growth in distinct round colonies or often
merging together. Spray with Bordeaux as for
Scab, or with lime-sulphur, \l/2 to 50.
GENERAL TREATMENT FOR APPLE
ORCHARDS.
For general control of fungi and insects on apples
in Connecticut we make the following recommen-
dations :
(1) Winter treatment (spraying dormant trees)
is necessary only in the case of the presence of the
San Jose scale, or leaf blister mite, when commer-
cial lime-sulphur, 1-9, or miscible oils, 1 - 15, may
be used.
(2) As a rule three summer treatments with a
fungicide are necessary to control the fungus dis-
eases, and the last two of these should contain an
insecticide. These sprayings should be made as
follows : First, just before the blossoms open, on
the young unfolding leaves (April 27th to May 10th,
according to the season and variety) ; second, as
soon as all the blossoms have fallen (May 10th to
30th) ; third, about one month later (usually June
10th to 25th).
(3) Where fungi are not prevalent, especially
scab, the first summer treatment may be omitted.
Occasionally, perhaps in alternative years, where
fungi are quite inconspicuous, the fungicide may be
entirely omitted, and only the two sprayings with
lead arsenate for insects given.
(4) For fungicides we recommend Bordeaux
mixture of the 4-4-50 strength for the first spray-
ing and of the 1-4-50 for the second and third
sprayings, or commercial lime-sulphur, used at a
strength of to 1^ gallons per fifty gallons of
water, for all three sprayings. The former has
better fungicidal value, and the latter is less likely
to produce spray injury, especially russeting of the
fruit. Where fungi are prevalent the former might
be used, while with varieties russeting badly, as
Baldwin, the latter is likely to prove more satis-
factory ; or use strong Bordeaux for first spray-
ing and lime-sulphur for second and third.
(5) For the insecticide in the above use lead ar-
senate; if in the paste form at the rate of three
pounds per fifty gallons of the mixture, or if in
the powder form, one and one-half pounds per fifty
gallons.
(6) If canker worms, tent-caterpillars, bud
moth or brown-tail moth are causing damage, add
lead arsenate to the first summer treatment, and if
aphids are present nicotine solution should also be
included. Nicotine solution may be added to any
of the subsequent treatments to destroy aphids,
red bugs, tarnished plant bugs, etc.
BEAN.
Green Clover Worm. Occasionally green, wrig-
gling caterpillars riddle the leaves in June and
July. Dust string beans with air-slacked lime or
other fine powder. Spray shell beans with lead
arsenate.
Weevils. Adults lay eggs in the pods in the field
and continue to breed in the dried seed, finally
rendering it unfit for food or for planting. Fumi-
gate the seed with carbon disulphide, or heat in
oven for one hour, between 120° and 150° F.
CABBAGE— CAULIFLOWER.
Cabbage Worm. Green worms feed upon leaves
all through season. Spray unheaded plants with
lead arsenate. Use insect
powder or hellebore on head-
ed plants.
Cabbage Lopper. Smooth
looping caterpillars feed with
cabbage worms late in sum-
mer, and require same treat-
ment.
Cabbage Maggot. Infest
stems of early-set plants near
surface of ground, checking
growth and often killing them.
Practice crop rotation. Place
hexagonal tarred paper discs
around stems at setting time. Treat with carbolic
acid emulsion.
Club Root. Causes knob-like enlargements on
the roots of cabbage and allied plants. The germ
often becomes established in the soil; when pos-
sible avoid such land and the use of refuse from
old plants on the soil. Be especially careful that
the seed bed is not infested. Infected land, if used,
should be treated in the fall with lime broadcast
at the rate of 80 bushels per acre, and worked in.
CELERY.
Celery Caterpillar. Feeds upon the leaves of cel-
ery, parsley, fennel, carrot and parsnip. On the
latter two plants, lead arsenate may be used. On
celery and parsley hand picking is perhaps the best
remedy.
Leaf Blight and Leaf Spot are two diseasese
showing “rusty” spots on leaves and petioles ; the
latter trouble distinguished by the very minute
black dots in the discolored spots, often progress-
ing in stalks after storage. Spray the plants thor-
oughly in the seed bed with Bordeaux, as infected
plants are often the means of introducing the trou-
ble in the field. If necessary continue the spray-
ing after transplanting at intervals of about two
weeks, up to the middle of September. Before cov-
ering for bleaching, if leaf spot is abundant, dust
with sulphur, and before final storage remove in-
fected leaves and dust again.
CHERRY.
Cherry or Pear Slug. Larvae eat away the green
tissue from upper side of leaf. Spray with lead
arsenate or with hellebore.
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CORN.
Corn Ear Worm. Eats the immature kernels at
the end of the ear. Dust with equal parts sulphur
and powdered lead arsenate.
CUCUMBERS.
Striped Cucumber Beetle. Attacks young plants,
eating the leaves. Larvae infest the main root or
stem under ground, often killing the plant. Dust
leaves with dry lead arsenate. Cover plants with
screens.
CURRANT.
Currant Worm. Devours foliage in May. Spray
with hellebore or lead arsenate soon as leaves un-
fold.
Currant Borers. The larvae of two species of
insects tunnel in the pith of the stems, causing the
leaves to droop and wilt. Detroy infested canes
during May.
Currant Aphids. Yellowish-green aphids on
under side of leaves, causing them to curl. Under-
spray with nicotine solution or kerosene emulsion.
San Jose Scale. See Peach.
ELM.
Spiny Elm Caterpillar. Clusters of black spiny
caterpillars often strip certain branches of elm,
willow and poplar. Remove and destroy entire
cluster, or spray with lead arsenate.
Elm Leaf Beetle. Adult
beetles eat holes through the
leaves in May, and in June
and July the larvae or grubs
eat away the green tissues
from the under surface. Spraj’-
with lead arsenate early in
May to kill egg-laying beetles,
or spray under surface of
leaves with same mixture
about June 1st, to kill the lar-
vae. Yellow pupae at base of
trees may be killed with kero-
sene emulsion or soap and
water.
Canker Worms. See Ap-
ple.
GRAPE.
Grape Plume Moth. Small, green, shiny cater-
pillars web together the newly-formed leaves at
the tips of new shoots. Damage more apparent
than real. Crushing by pinching these leaves is
the best remedy.
Grape Berry Moth. Larvae
feeds and develops inside the
berries, and this is the cause
of most wormy grapes. Spray
with lead arsenate soon after
fruit sets, and repeat twice at
intervals of about ten days.
Bag the clusters soon after
the fruit sets.
Sphinx and Other Cater-
pillars. Several species of
horn worms, as well as other
kinds of caterpillars, feed
upon the leaves. Spray with
Grape Berry Moth. lead arsenate or practice hand
picking.
Larvae of Elm Leaf
Beetle.
Grape Leaf- Hopper. Small yellow and red
marked leaf-hoppers sucking sap from under side
of leaves. Spray under surface with nicotine solu-
tion.
Black Rot. Causes reddish-brown spots on leaves ;
more rarely on stems; especially bad in rotting
the berries, which finally become hard, shrunken
and wrinkled black mummies. This is one of the
worst diseases of the grape, and often difficult to
control by spraying, which must be thorough, es-
pecially the first season. Begin spraying before
blossoming time, about the last of May, with sec-
ond application just after blossoming and subse-
quent sprayings at intervals of about ten to four-
teen days. Use Bordeaux up to the last of July,
and then change to the soda Bordeaux, or Amm.
Sol. Cop. Carbonate, though usually the four or
five sprayings with Bordeaux are sufficient.
HOLLYHOCK.
Rust. Appears as small, compact, reddish-brown
outbreaks on leaves and stems. After their death
in fall, cut off the plants close to the ground, care-
fully gather up these and any rubbish that may
contain spores and destroy them. Spraying with
Bordeaux is recommended by some as helpful in
checking the rust; begin as plants push through
the ground.
MAPLE.
Maple Borer. Larva tunnels in spiral course up-
ward around trunk or larger branches of sugar
maple, working in sapwood and cambium, often
girdling the trees. Examine trees in September for
sawdust. Find the burrow, inject carbon disulphide
and plug the opening.
Woolly Maple Leaf Scale. Cottony or woolly
masses of wax, containing the females, eggs and
sometimes larvae, appear on the under side of the
leaves in midsummer; insects suck out the sap,
causing leaves to fall prematurely. Males and lar-
vae enter crevices of bark of trunk and branches;
larvae make cases here and pass the winter. At-
tacks only sugar maples. Spray dormant trees
with nicotine solution and soap. Burn all infested
leaves.
Cottony Maple Scale. Large, oval, brown, soft
scales on bark of branches of silver and red ma-
ples. Each scale in early summer develops a large
cotton-like tuft of wax nearly half an inch long,
and soon after the young appear. Spray with mis-
cible oils when dormant.
MUSK MELON.
Melon Aphid. Sucks the sap from the under side of the
leaves and, when abundant, causes much damage. Under-
spray the leaves with nicotine solution.
Striped Cucumber Beetle. See Cucumber.
NASTURTIUM.
Aphid. Brown aphids cluster on stems and leaves, suck-
ing the sap. Spray with nicotine solution.
ONION.
Trips or “White Blast.” Very small insects which
feed upon the surface of the leaves, giving the field a whitish
appearance. Burn all tops and refuse; burn over the grass
land around the field to kill over-wintering insects. Spray
with nicotine solution or kerosene emulsion.
PEA.
Green Pea Aphid. Attacks the plants early In June
and sucks the sap from the leaves and stems, often causing
great injury. Early peas may mature a crop before aphis
injures them. Spray vines with nicotine solution and soap.
Brush the vines just before cultivating.
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PEACH.
Peach Saw Fly. Larvae feed upon leaves in June and
July. Spray with lead arsenate.
Peach B orer. Larvae tunnels in the base of the trunk.
Dig- out in late fall and early spring. Paint base of trunk
with lead arsenate and lime sulphur.
Fruit Bark Beetle or Shot Hole Borer. Makes mi
nute tunnels under the bark of branches and trunk. Burn
Infested trees and keep others thrifty.
Plum Curculio. See Plum.
San Jose Scale. Minute scale insects, with circular
shell, which suck the sap from twigs, fruit and leaves. On
fruit a red spot surrounds each insect. Spray dormant trees
with lime-sulphur.
Black and Green Aphids. Suck the sap from the
leaves and shoots. Spray with nicotine solution.
Plum Curculio.
Plum Curculio. Grub infests
the growing fruit, causing it to
fall. Jar the trees each morning
for six weeks after blosoming and
catch the beetles on sheets and
destroy them. Spraying with lead
arsenate during the same period Is
also advised.
Brown Rot. Thin fruit so it
does not touch. Gather and de-
stroy all mummies after harvest.
Rather difficult to control by spray-
ing. as spray does not readily ad-
here to the smooth fruit. First
treatment with self boiled lime
sulphur should be made on half-
grown fruit, second 14 days later,
and last 10 to 14 days before pick-
ing.
Brown Rot. Occurs on the young twigs, etc., but
causes most serious injury to the fruit, rotting it at the time
of its maturity. The rotten areas usually become covered
with' numerous pustules of dusty brownish spores eventually
the diseased fruit form hard mummies. These carry the fun-
gus over the winter, and if half buried in the soil develop
in early spring the mature stage, which causes infection of
the blossoms, etc. Certain early varieties, like the Champion,
are especially subject to rot. Spraying these apparently
pay7s in this state. See general directions for treatment.
This fungus occurs on plums and cherries and less commonly
on pears and apples.
Leaf Curl. Causes young leaves to become irregularly
curled and swollen, and finally to drop off; rarely on the
fruit. In April, as soon as the buds begin to swell, spray
the trees thoroughly with commercial lime-sulphur, 1-9. If
more convenient this may be done in late fall, and is
claimed to be just as effective. Same treatment takes care
of San Jose scale.
General Treatment for Peach Orchards.
(1) Spraying of peaches while dormant is of value only
in checking San Jose scale, mites and leaf curl. One appli-
cation of commercial lime-sulphur, 1-9, either in late fall or
early spring, will take care of all these troubles at the same
time. If the scale and the leaf curl are unusually prevalent
both applications will prove of value in controlling them.
(2) For the prevention of scab and rot of peaches it is,
as a rule, desirable to give three sprayings, as follows: First,
shortly after the blossoms have fallen (May loth to May
25th) ; second, about three or four weeks later (June 5th to
June 15th) ; and, third, about one month later (July 5th to
July 15th). If only two sprayings can be given, omit the
first if spraying only for rot, and the last if spraying for scab.
(3) On the whole, self-boiled lime-sulphur of the 8 - 8 -
50 formula seems to be the safest and most reliable spray.
Fair results have been obtained with some of the commer-
cial lime-sulphur, and they are much more easily handled.
There is, however, some danger of spray injury, especially
with certain brands. If commercial lime-sulphur is used, a
strength of not greater than 1 - 150, without poison, is rec-
ommended. Atomic sulphur and sulphur paste have given
good results.
(4) As lead arsenate has done little to prevent curculio
Injury, and as it seems to increase the danger of spray in-
jury, we advise leaving it out unless there is considerable
danger of saw-fly injury, when it can be added in the second
spraying, the same as for apples.
POTATO.
Flea Beetle. Small black jumping beetles eat holes
through the leaves. Spray heavily both upper and under
surfaces with lead arsenate.
Colorado Beetle. Adults and larvae devour the leaves.
Spray with lead arsenate as soon
as injury apparent. May be used
in Bordeaux mixture.
Three-Lined Potato Beetle.
Larvae feed upon the leaves and
carry their black excrement on their
backs. Spray with lead arsenate.
Stalk Borer. Larvae tunnels in-
side the stalk. Burn infested vines.
Potato Aphid. Green aphids
appearing in large numbers suck the
sap from shoots and stems, causing
much damake in 1917 and 1918.
Spray with nicotine solution.
Blight or Downy Mildew.
Causes a sudden blackening of the
leaves, and often death to the
\ y vines, from July to September, in
II /ill vH N /L m°ist seasons; usually shows a
J//&S \ 1 slight whitish growth of fungus on
W/'h vrtw the under side of leaves; rots tu-
bers. Spray with Bordeaux before
the trouble appears about July 1st,
and keep vines well covered to the
end of the season. Three to five
sprayings by hand or five to seven by power sprayer are
necessary. After last cultivation thoroughly ridge up the
rows to help keep the spores from washing down to the
tubers. Early varieies often escape blight by maturing be-
fore its appearance.
Potato Beetle.
Scab. Produces the common scabby appearance on sur-
face of tubers. Soak seed tubers one and one-half hours in
formalin (formula B). Formalin fumes are often used when
large quantities are treated. Care in filling space sufficiently,
however, is necessary to avoid injury by "pitting” from ab-
sorption of fumes. Avoid planting on infected land by syste-
matic rotation. The use of lime, wood ashes, and various
barnyard manures will increase the amount of scab. The
same trouble occurs on beets and turnips.
ROSE.
PEAR.
San Jose Scale. See Peach.
Pear Psylla. Small jumping plant lice, suck sap from
leaves and twigs, causing leaves to fall in midsummer. Spray
with lime-sulphur in spring just before buds open. Spray
Infested trees with nicotine solution in July.
Scab. Forms olive-black scabby spots on fruit and
leaves, often causing the former to become distorted and
cracked. The fungus lives over winter on the twigs. Cer-
tain varieties are not much injured; others, like Flemish
Beauty, are very susceptible. Spray with Bordeaux on un-
folding leaves before blossoms open, again after petals fall,
and give the third spraying about two weeks later, using
weak Bordeaux in last two treatments.
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PLUM.
Plum Aphids. Suck sap from the leaves. Spray with
kerosene emulsion, nicotine solution or soap and water.
Rose Slug. Eats away the green portions of the leaves.
Spray with hellebore, lead arsenate or nicotine solution.
Aphid or Green Fly. Suck sap from the leaves and
stems. Spray with nicotine solution.
Mildew. Develops a white powdery or cobweb like
growth on the young leaves, which become more or less dis-
torted and fall off. Tea roses especially susceptible. Treat
same as for leaf blotch; or dust flowers of sulphur over the
leaves; be careful in airing greenhouses.
SQUASH— PUMPKIN.
Squash Lady-Beetle. Both adults and larvae devour
the leaves. Spray with lead arsenate.
Striped Cucumber Beetle. See Cucumber.
Squash Bug or “Stink Bug.” a brown bug three-
fourths of an inch long sucks the sap from the under side
of the leaves, causing them to wilt and die. Spray with
kerosene emulsion to kill the young. The old bugs may be
trapped by placing boards or shingles on the ground, which
should be visited each morning and the bugs killed.
VEGETABLE AND FIELD SEEDS
Asparagus
Barley
Borage
Broom Corn
Canada Field Peas
Carrots
Chives
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. . . 37
Lollards
. . 15
Kohl-Rahi
21
. . . 7
Coriander
. . 37
Lavender
37 55
. 3, 7
Corn, Eureka Ensilage
.. 17
Lawn Grass Seed .
... 6, 40
. . 7
Corn, Field
. . 17
Leek
21
Corn, Popping .
Lettuce
... 4, 22
...39
Corn, Sweet . . . .
. . 16
Mangel Wurtzel . .
11
3, 8, 9
Corn Salad
. . 17
Marrows
. . . 10
Cow Peas
. . 38
Martynia
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10, 11
Cress or Peppergrass.
. . 18
Melon, Citron ....
...37
Cress, Water . . . .
. . 18
Melon, Musk ....
. . 22, 23
. . . 11
Cucumber
• • 4,
18, 19
Melon, Water ....
. . 23, 24
...38
Dandelion
. . 19
Merit List
. . . 11
Dill
.. 37
Millets
...39
Egg Plant
. . 20
Mushroom Sqawn
24
3, 12
Endive
. . 20
Mustard
. . . 38
Farm Seeds
38, 39
Nasturtium
. . . 13
Fennel
20, 37
Oats
...13
Flax
. . 38
Okra
26
. . 37
Garlic Sets
. . 20
Onion
3, 14
Gourds
.. 53
Onion Sets
25
. . 14
Grains
6, 39
Parsley .
14, 15
Grass Seeds ....
. . 6, 40, 41
Parsnip
Hemp
. . 38
Peas
27, 28, 38
. . 14
Herbs
.. 37
Peppers
29
. . 15
Horehound
. . 37
Potatoes
. . 29, 30
...15
Kaffir Corn
.. 38
Pumpkin
.. 42
Kale
. . 21
Radish 5,
30, 31, 32
PAGE
Rape 32
Rhubarb 32
Rue 37
Ruta Bagas 36
Rye 6, 39
Sage 37
Salsify 32
Soja Bean 38
Sorrel 32
Spinach 5, 32, 33
Squash 33, 34
Sudan Grass 6, 38
Sugar Cane 38
Summer Savory 37
Sunflower 38
Sweet Basil 37
Sweet Fennel 37
Sweet Marjoram 37
Swiss Chard 11
Thyme 37
Tobacco 34
Tomato 34,35
Turnip 35, 36
Vegetable Seeds 7-37
Vetches 38
Wheat 39
Witloof 37
Wormwood 37
FLOWER SEEDS
PAGE
Abronia 43
Abutilon 43
Acacia 43
Acroclinium 43
Adonis 43
Ageratum 43
Agrostemma 43
Alyssum, Sweet 43
Amaranthus 43
Ampelopsis 44
Antirrhinum 44
Aquilegia 44, 50
Aristolochia 44
Asparagus 44
Asperula .. 44
Aster 44, 45
Auricula 45
Balloon Vine 45
Balsam 45
Balsam, Apple 45, 57
Bartonia 45
Begonia 46
Beilis Perennis 46
Brachycome 46
Briza Maxima 53
Browallia 46
Cacalia 46
Calandrinia 46
Calceolaria 46
Calendula 47
Calliopsis 46, 50
Campanula 47
Canary Bird Flower .... 47
Candytuft 47
Canna 47
Canterbury Bells 48
Cardinal Climber .... 48, 55
Carnation 48
PAGE
Castor Oil Beans .... 48, 62
Celosia 48, 49
Centaurea 48, 49
Chrysanthemum 49
Cineraria 49
Clarkia 49
Cleome 49
Clianthus 49
Cobaea 49
Cockscomb 48, 49
Coleus 49
Columbine 44, 50
Convolvulus 50
Coreopsis 46, 50
Cornflower 48
Cosmos 50
Cucumis 50
Cyclamen 50
Cypress Vine 50
Dahlia 50, 51
Daisy 46
Datura 51
Delphinium 51, 55
Dianthus 51
Digitalis 51
Dracaena 51
Dusty Miller 49
Edelweiss 52
Eschscholtzia 51, 52
Euphorbia 52
Everlastings 62
Feverfew 52
Flower Seeds 43-66
Forget-me-not 52, 57
Gaillardia 52
Geranium 52
Gilia 53
Globe Amaranth 53
PAGE
Godetia 53
Gourds 53
Grasses 53
Gypsophila 53
Helianthus 54
Helichrysum 53
Heliotrope 54
Hibiscus 54
Hollyhock 54
Humulus 54
Hyacinth Bean 54
Ice Plant 54
Impatiens Sultani 54
Ipomea 55
Kenilworth Ivy 55
Kochia 55
Kudzu Vine 55
Lantana 55
Larkspur 51, 55
I.athyrus 55
Lavender 37, 55
Linum 56
Lobelia 56
Lupinus 56
Lychnis 56
Marigold 47, 56
Maurandia 56
Marvel of Peru 56
Mignonnette 56, 57
Mimosa 57
Mimulus 57
Mina Lobata 57
Moon Flower . 55, 57
Mormordica 57
Morning Glory.... 50,55,57
Myosotis 52, 57
Myrsiphyllum 57, 63
Nasturtium 58
PAGE
Nemophila 57
Nicotiana 57
Nigella 57
Pansy 59
Passiflora 59
Petunia 60
Phlox 60
Physalis Francheti 61
Polyanthus 61
Poppy 60, 61
Portulaca 61
Primrose 61
Primula 61
Pyrethrum 61
Rhodanthe 62
Ricinus 48, 62
Rudbeckia 62
Salpiglossis 62
Salvia 62
Scabiosa 62
Schizanthus 62
Silene .j 63
Smilax 57, 63
Solanum 63
Stevia 63
Stocks 63
Stokesia 63
Sunflower 54
Sweet Peas 64, 65
Sweet Sultan 48
Sweet William 65
Thunbergia 65
Valerian 65
Verbena 65
Vinca 65
Wall Flower 65
Wild Flower Garden .... 65
Zinnia 65
MISCELLANEOUS
Bulbs
PAGE
Caladium 66
Cinnamon Vine 66
Gladiolus 66
Tuberose 66
Madeira Vine 66
Vegetable Plants and
Roots 67
Tools
Asparagus Buncher 71
Barrel Headers 71
Barrows 74
Baskets 89
Bean Poles 75
Bee Supplies 90
Bird Supplies 78
Bulb Pans 77
Canes 75
Cedar Tubs 77
Corn Planters 71
Cultivators 70
Cutters 71
PAGE
Dibbers 75
Dog Food 89
Dusting Bellows 73
Fern Pans 77
Fertilizers 69
Fibre Ware 77
Fruit Pickers 75
Fumigators 68
Fungicides 67, 68, 69
Garden Line 76
Garden Reel 76
Glazier’s Points 76
Grafting Blade 73
Grafting Wax 73
Grass Catchers 78
Hoes 74
Hose 74
Hose Reels 74
Hot Bed Mats 76
Hot Bed Sash 76
Inoculating Cultures .... 37
Insecticides 67, 68, 69
Knives 73
Labels 75
Lawn Mowers Cover 2
PAGE
Lime 68, 89
Mastica 76
Mole Traps 75
Nozzles 72
Pans 77
Planet Jr., Implements.. 70
Plant Stakes 75
Potato Knife 73
Pots 77
Poultry Supplies 79
Powder Guns 75
Presses, Cider and Wine. 71
Pruning Saw 73
Pumps 72
Putty Bulb 76
Raffia 76
Rakes 74
Rollers 78
Rolling Stands 77
Root Cutter 85
Rubber Hose 74
Salt, Agricultural 69
Salt, Cattle 78
Saucers 77
Seed Drill ....
PAGE
Seed Sower . .
Shears
Shellers, Corn
Shovels
Shuffle Hoe . . .
Sowers
Spades
Spading Forks .
Sprayers
72, 73
Sprinklers
74, 76
Thermometers .
Tree and Lawn
Guards.. 78
Tree Labels . . .
75
Tree Pruners .
73
Tree Tubs ....
77
Trellises
78
Trowels
75
Turf Edgers . .
74
Tying Materials
Watering Pots
Weeders
75
Weed Killer ..
69
POULTRY SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
PAGE
Alfalfa, Mealed 82
Baskets 89
Beef or Meat Scrap .... 82
Bee Gloves 90
Beekeepers’ Supplies .... 90
Bone Cutters 85
Bone, Granulated or Flour 82
Books on Bees 90
Books on Poultry 89
Brooders and Parts... 80, 81
Burners, Gas or Oil .... 81
Carbola 89
Caponizing Sets 85, 86
Cat Food 89
Charcoal 82
Chicks, day-old 79
Chick Shipping Boxes ... 85
Disinfectants 88, 89
PAGE
Dog Bread, Puppy Bis-
cuits, etc 89
Egg Boxes and Carriers. 85
Egg Preservatives 85
Egg Testers 81
Feed Boxes, Pans and
Holders 81, 83
Feeds 82
Fish Scrap 82
Fly Spray 89
Fountains 81, 84
Grinding Mills 85
Grit 82
Hovers 80, 81
Incubators and Supplies,
79-81
Killing Knives 86
Lamps and Burners 81
PAGE
Leg Bands 86
Lice Killers and Powders,
88, 89
Lime for Whitewashing.. 89
Milking Tubes 86
Nest Eggs, China or Anti-
Lice 87
Nests, Wire and Metal.: 86
Oat and Grain Sprouters. 85
Platt’s Poultry Feed .... 82
Parcel Post Egg Boxes.. .85
Pigeon Baths and Nests.. 86
Pilling’s Poultry Killer.. 86
Poultry Markers, also
Pigeon 86, 87
Poultry Netting 86
Powder Guns, Pumps, etc. 73
Punches 87
PAGE
Rat Exterminators 87
Remedies, all Kinds.. 87,88
Roofing 86
Root Cutters 85
Root Smokers 90
Roup Cure and Pills.. 87, 88
Salt Cake 78, 87
Shells, Oyster 82
Shipping Coops 81
Sprayers 72, 73
Sulphur Candles 88
Thermometers 76, 81
Toe Markers 87
Veils 90
Water Glass 85
Waterproof Sheeting .... 81
Wire Nests and Netting. 86
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THE NITROGEN QUESTION |
Illustration shows nitrogen sacks on soy bean roots pro- |
duced by inoculation. Inoculating Bacteria for legumes are |
pure cultures of virulent nitrogen-fixing germs, bred up 1
through many generations, in the light of the best experi- |
ence and the best laboratory practice in the world. They |
cause a more profuse inoculation of the legume and a more |
vigorous growth. They fix more nitrogen than the crop |
requires for a normal growth and bumper yield, and this 1
nitrogen remains in the soil so that the crop that follows |
gets the benefit of it. This is prepared for Alfalfa, Peas, |
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Peas and all legumes. A special culture for each crop. |
Always state crop to be treated. For prices see page 37.
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matter of any Seeds, Bulbs or Plants we send out, and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser
does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned.
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Seeds or Plants
Required for
Depth of
100 Feet of Row.
Planting.
Asparagus, seed
1 to 2 in.
Asparagus, plants ....
60 to 80 plants
3 to 5 in.
Beans, bush
.... 1 pint
1 to 2 in.
Beans, pole
1 to 2 in.
Beets • • •
1 ounce
1 in.
Brussels Sprouts
24 in.
Cabbage, early
24 ounce
24 in.
Cabbage, late
24 in.
Carrot
24 in.
Cauliflower
24 ounce
24 in.
Celeriac
24 ounce
Vs in-
Celery
24 ounce
24 in.
Chicory
24 ounce
24 in.
Citron
1 ounce
1 to 2 in.
Collards
22 ounce
24 in.
Corn Salad
2 ounces
24 to 1 in
Corn, sweet
Cress, upland
24 pint
1 to 2 in.
24 ounce
24 to 1 in.
Cucumber
24 ounce.
1 in.
Dandelion
. . 24 ounce
24 in.
Egg Plant
1 /3 ounce
24 in.
Endive
1 ounce
24 in.
Horseradish
70 roots
3 to 4 in.
Kale, or Borecole ...
. . 24 ounce
'4 in.
Kohlrabi
24 ounce
24 in.
A Table Showing the Number of Pounds
Lbs. per Quantity usually
bushel. ' sown per acre-
Barley, broadcast 48 2 to 3 bush.
Beans, dwarf, in hills 60 124 bush.
Beans. pole, in hills 60 10 to 12 qts.
Beans, Soja, in drills 60 24 bush.
Beets, in drills 5 to 6 lbs.
Beets, in drills, Mangel Wurt-
zel 4 to 5 lbs.
Broom Corn, in hills 32 2 to 5 lbs.
Buckwheat 48 1 bush.
Cabbage, in beds, to transplant. 50 %-lb.
Carrots in drills 3 to 4 lbs.
Clover, red 60 15 to 20 lbs.
Clover, white 60 12 to 15 lbs.
Clover, Alsilce 60 10 lbs.
Clover, Lucerne or Alfalfa .... 60 20 lbs.
Corn, in hills 56 8 to 12 qts.
Corn, for soiling 56 3 to 4 bush.
Cucumber, in hills 2 lbs.
Flax, broadcast 56 1 bush.
Grass, Kentucky Blue 14 2 bush.
Grass, Kentucky Blue, Fancy.. 25 24 to 1 bush.
Grass, Orchard 14 3 bush.
Grass, English Rye 20 2 bush.
Grass, Sweet Vernal 12 V/2 bush.
Grass, Red Top, Chaff 14 1 to 2 bush.
Grass, Red Top, Recleaned
Fancy 35 24 to 24 bush.
Grass, Rhode Island Bent 12 1 to 2 bush.
Grass, Timothy or Herd’s Grass 45 24 bush.
Grass, Hungarian 48 24 to 24 bush.
Grass, Mixed Lawn 20 3 to 4 bush.
Hemp . 40 V/2 bush.
Kale 50 5 lbs.
Mustard, broadcast- 50 24 bush.
Melon, Musk, in hills 2 to 3 lbs.
Seeds or Plants
Required for
Depth of
100 Feet of Row.
Planting.
Leek
24 ounce.
1 in.
Lettuce
24 ounce
24 in.
Melon, musk melon ....
24 ounce.
1 in.
Melon, watermelon ....
1 to 2 in.
Alustard
24 ounce.
24 in-
New Zealand Spinach . .
1 ounce.
1 to 2 in.
Okra, or Gumbo
2 ounces
1 to 2 in.
Onion, seed
1 ounce
24 to 1 in
Onion, sets
1 qt. of sets
1 to 2 in.
Parsley
24 ounce
24 in-
Parsnip
24 to 1 in
Peas
2 to 3 in.
Pepper
24 in.
Potato, Irish
5 lbs.
4 in.
Potato, sweet
75 slips
3 in.
Pumpkin
24 ounce
1 to 2 in.
Radish
1 ounce
24 to 1 in
Rhubarb, seed
24 ounce
24 to 1 in
Rutabaga
24 ounce
24 to 1 in
Salsify
24 to 1 in
Spinach
1 in.
Squash, bush
24 ounce
1 1 o 2 in.
Tomato
24 ounce
24 to 1 in
Turnip
24 to '4 hi
er Bushel, Quantity Usually Sown per Acre.
Lbs. per Quantity usually
bushel. sown per acre.
Melon, Water, in hills 3 to 4 lbs.
Millet, broadcast 48 24 to 24 bush.
Millet, Japanese 32 20 lbs.
Oats, broadcast 32 224 to 3 bush.
Onion, in drills 5 to 6 lbs.
Onion, for sets, in drills 30 lbs.
Onion Sets, in drills 8 to 12 bush.
Parsnip, in drills 4 to 6 lbs.
Peas, Green Wrinkled 56 1 24 to 1J4 bush.
Peas, Cow 60 2 bush.
Peas, Round hard, in drills .... 60 124 bush.
Peas, broadcast 60 3 bush.
Potatoes, cut tubers 60 9 to 12 bush.
Pumpkin, in hills 4 lo 6 lbs.
Radish, in drills 8 to 10 lbs.
Rape, Dwarf Essex 50 5 to 10 lbs.
Rye, Spring, broadcast 56 lj4 lo 2 bush.
Rye, Fall, broadcast 56 1 24 to 2 bush.
Sage, in drills 6 to 8 lbs.
Salsify, in drills 8 to 10 lbs.
Spelt, Emmer 40 \l/2 to 2 bush.
Spinach, in drills 10 to 15 lbs.
Squash (bush varieties), in hills 4 to 6 lbs.
Squash (running varieties) .... 3 to 4 lbs.
Sudan Grass, in drills 20 lbs.
Sudan Grass, broadcast 6 to 8 lbs.
Sugar Cane 2 to 5 lbs.
Tomato, to transplant 24-16.
Turnip, in drills 50 1 24 to 2 lbs.
Turnip, broadcast 50 24 to 124 lbs.
Wheat, Spring 60 2 bush.
Wheat, broadcast, Winter 60 2 bush.
Vetch, Spring 60 2 bush.
Vetch, Winter 60 1 bush.
Distance.
1 ft. by 1 ft.
1 24 ft. by 1 24 ft
2 ft. by 2 ft. . . .
2 14 ft. bv 2 24 ft
3 ft. by 1 ft. . . .
3 ft. by 2 ft.
The Number of Plants, Trees, etc.. Required to Set an Acre.
mber.
Distance.
Number.
Distance.
Number.
43.560
3 ft. by 3 ft
4,840
15 ft. by 15 ft
194
19,360
4 ft. by 4 ft
. . . 2722
18 ft. by 18 ft
134
10.890
5 ft. by 5 ft
1,742
20 ft. bv 20 ft
105
6.970
6 ft. by 6 ft
.. 1,210
25 ft. bv 25 ft
70
14,520
9 ft. bv 9 ft
537
30 ft. bv 30 ft
40
7,260
12 ft. by 12 ft
302
40 ft. by 40 ft
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GOOD SEEDS— BETTER CROPS
Good Seeds will not take the place of Work, Rain, Sunshine or Common Sense, but
they are the necessary steps in a right direction. Forty-seven years’ experience and con-
stant endeavor go to make Platt’s Seeds produce maximum results through honesty of
purpose, pedigree, vitality and purity.
The vegetables on cover are: Sweet Corn, Golden Bantam; Celery, Easy Blanching; Tomato, Chalk’s Early
Jewel; Onion, Danvers Yellow Globe; Radish, Scarlet Globe. Flowers: Platt’s Branching Asters; Cosmos, New
Early Flowering Double Crested.
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