GLEAN IxN(iS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



Seeds for the Garden and Greenhouse for 1888. 



As :i iiumltei- of the liieiids in the South are now sending in their orders for seeds, it I'e- 

 miiids us lliiit it is time to indicate our preferences, and to let you know what we feel 

 like atlvisiiig and offering for sale the coming year. 



PRICE 5 CTS. PER PAPER; 10 PAPERS, 40 GTS.; 100 PAPERS, $3.50. 



Seeds (>f vcw or rare vegeiahJef< and novelties, we include at the uniform price of 5 cents 

 •per imcl-aae ; bid, of course, tve are obliged to put a smaller number of seeds into such packages. 

 This will be noticed ioith the White-Plume Celery and Snowball Caidijlower, etc. Kow, these 

 5-cent p(ipers are all sent by mail postpaid; but lohen you order seeds by the ounce ok pound, 

 you 7nnst pay 2c extra for 'postage and packing on each and. every ounce, and 18c extra fo^- post- 

 age and packing on each, and every pound of seeds ordered. You will 7wtice from this, that the 

 FIVE-CENT t'ACKETS, POSTPAID BY MAIL, never contain a full ounce of any thing. 



ASPARAGUS. 



€oiiover-s Colossal. Oz. "ic: lb. o.ic. 



There are said t.i bf iniiiioveiuonts upon this variety. but 

 they have not been fully tested. No one will lose any thing- 

 by planting this old standard. 



BEANS. 

 Liaiidrclli's First in the Market. Pt. 20c; pk. 



$3.00. The earliest shell beans. 

 l>«'arf Oerinan AVax, or Butter Beans. Pt. 



lOc; pk. I^L.iO. The earliest snap-short variety. 



Golden Wax. Pt. lOe; pk. *1..50. 

 A staple snap-shoit bean. 



'Wliite Kidney, l.ari!:e. Pt. ICc; pk. $1.00. 



One of the best to use shi lied, when green or ripe. We sell 

 bushels of these at 15c a i)int, shelled green. We market 

 them in new pint strawberry-boxei . 



POLE BEANS. 



Soiitliern Prolific. Pt. 10c: pk. fl.50. 



The best snap-short pole bean, maturing in 70 days 



LargeLima. Pt. I5c; pk. f2 00. 



We K't 20l' per pint for these, when green, shelled. See 

 White Kidney bean above. 



The above beans will be fui-nishcd in 5-cent packages; 

 hut where then are to f/o by mail, postpaid, of course 

 the above packages will have to be quite small. If 

 wanted by mail, add 13c per pitd for postage. 



BEETS. 

 Ei-lipse. Oz. oc; lb. 60c. 



This gave us the best satisfaction last season of any thini? 

 we ever raised in the way of beets. They are a very quick 

 grower, of excellent quality, and the ap])earanre of the 

 bright smooth scailet bulbs is fully equal to any thiiit^- that 

 has been pictured in the colored jdates i>f our lalalngues. 

 In order to get a fancy price for them, start them in the 

 greenhouse, and transplant when of the size of peas, or a 

 little larger. They bear transpl.anting well, and ai-e exceed- 

 ingly hardy. 



Pliiladelpliia Turnip. Oz. 5c; lb. 50c. 



Th)s i- ;i little later and larger than the above, and is a nov- 

 elty Ineatise id its alternate rings of dark and light pink. 



Iiane's Improved. Oz. 5c; lb. 40c. 



The best vaii. ty )oi stock-feeding. It showed a larger per 

 cent of sugar at tin- Exiperiment Station than any other an- 

 alyzed. It is ru sweet, that when small, they are nice to eat 

 raw. 



lion^ Bed lUangel. Oz. 5c; lb. .30c. 



Yields well, but not so sweet as Lane's improved. 



CABBAGE. 



Select, Very Early Jersey Wakefield. 



Oz. 25c: lb. f 3.00. 



Our cabbage seed this year is raised by Francis Brill. At 

 the Kxperimeutal College Farm, at Columbus, C, they give 

 his cabbage seed the prcleicnc-e over that raised by any other 

 seedsman, and they havr tested neaiiv all of them. They all 

 say that the Karly .Jersey \Vakilii-l<l, of their best selected 

 strain, is fully as early as any other cabbage known, and 

 (freatly superior in quality. We have sold single heads at 

 retail at 30o each, raised from plants started in the green- 

 house in February. 



Henderson's Early Summer. Oz. 2.5c; lb. $3.00. 



This comes next to the .Tersey Wakefield; and although it 

 is an early cabbage, under very favorable conditions it pro- 

 duces large beads of most excellent quality. 



Winiilii^^^lsidt. Oz. 10c; lb. *1..50. 



Mueli lilie tlie .Jersey Wakefield, but later and larger. The 

 head> are roiiml, and some of them are so hard as to seem al- 

 most lilie bullets Our customers of last season greatly pre- 

 ferred these and Henderson's Early Summer cabhage to the 

 later flat cabbages. 



liouisville Druniliead. Oz. 15c; lb. $2 00. 



One of the most uniform and surest-heading sorts tried at 

 the Ohio Experiment Station. It is a little earlier than Flat 

 Dutch, hence may be planted later; just the kind to plant 

 after early crops. 



tclat Dutcli. Oz. 10c; lb. $1.50. 



This is a standard late cabbage, for winter. 



Perfection Druniliead Savoy. Oz. 10c; lb. $1.50. 

 The Savo.y cabbage is handsome in appearance, and richer 

 and finer m quality, than any of the other varieties. In 

 taste it nearly approaches the cauliflower. 



liariie Bed Urumliead. Oz. 10c: lb. SL.'iO. 



This is a red eabhagi' Icr pickling. Tlie liriL;ht red, by way 

 of oiitrast, \\ill make a load .)r lot of ealiliages attract at- 

 tention, and there is always more oi" less tlemand for red cab- 

 bage for pickles. 



CARROTS. 

 Orange Danvers, Half-Ijon»-. Oz. 5c; lb. 60c. 



Yields well, and is easy to dig. The best sort known, by all 

 odds. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



$1.00; 



Henderson's Early Snowball. ^ 



oz. $3.00. 



Nice specimens of early cauliflower often bring extravag.ant 

 prices, and it pays well to start them in the greenhouse, and 

 use hand-glasses to forward them befoi-e the hot weather 

 comes on. 



CELERY. 

 Henderson's "tVliite Plume. I4 oz. 10c; oz. 35. 



We place this at the head of the list, and especially for ear- 

 ly eelurv. Dining the past sea-^on we had fine stalks on the 

 market 'ill .July, and it sold readily at 10c each. We are jilan- 

 niiig to have celery this year in the market in the month of 

 June. The seed was slarted in the greenhouse about the 

 middle of December. On account of its self-bleaching quali- 

 ties it is better fitted for early celery than any other. 



Oolden Dwarf. Oz. 20c; lb. $2. ,50. 



One ot' the standard sorts for a later crop. The golden tint 

 of the head stalks makes it a very handsome vegetable. 



Boston Market. Oz. 20c; lb. $2.50. 



An old standard variety in and around Boston, and raised 

 largely throughout the land. 



Ma.ior Clark's Pink. Oz. 40c: lb. $5.0). 



While the Wliite riume is the earliest and finest in ajipear- 

 ance. we regard the aliove as the richest ami nicjsl toothsome 

 of all the celeries. It also, under favorable eiicuiiistaiiees, 

 makes exceedingly rapid growth. Plants set in September, 

 the past season, made stalks weighing 2 lbs. each, by the mid- 

 dle of November. 



CORN (FOR TABLE USB). 



Ford's Early Sweet. 



We put this at the head of the list on account of its excel- 

 lent quality and exceeding earliness. 



Cory's Extra Early. 



Probably a few days earlier than any other known. 



Crosby's Extra Early. 



This is a great yielder, with soil suitable, although it comes 

 a little later than Ford's. 



liafe inammolli Sugar. 



This is excellent in quality, and gives ears of mammoth 

 size, and is a wonderful yielder. Our trade has been very 

 large in this kind of corn for eight or ten years past. 



Liivingstou's Evergreen. 



Earlier th:in the Mammoth. Excellent as a market varie- 

 ty, also for drying and for home use. 



Corn we sell at 5 cents for a half -pint package; but 

 at this price purchasers must pay the postage, which 

 is 7 cents for each half-pint. If wanted in larger 

 quantities the price will hr $1.00 per peck, or $3.50 per 

 bushel. 



CBESS, OB PEPPEB OBASS. 



Extra Curled. Oz. ."jc; ib. .50c. 



CUCUMBER. 

 Early Frame. Oz. 5c: lb. 50c. 

 The earliest cucumber. 



