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Armour Co’s Fertilizers. 
I have now been handling ARMOUR & CO.’S (of Chicago ) 
We have given them a thorough 
trial and believe that they are the best goods now offered. They 
goods for over five years. 
make high grade Animal Matter Fertilizers. 
From their immense slaughtering houses at Chicago, you 
will appreciate their facilities for having good material. 
Their Fertilizers are high grade Trucking goods, and the 
analysis I have ordered in are of the highest quality. 
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Send by mail, if you cannot get to see us. 
We will send you Seeds that have been saved 
with great care. 
You will be pleased with the crops and satisfied 
with our prices. 
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ZAWASHINGTON, 
We are fully equipped for filling orders, and fully supplied with Fresh Seeds. Order at once; 
so that you can have your Seed on hand ready to start planting your crops at the proper time without 
any delay. 
rBe Sure to Sign Your Name and Address. 
If by boat or railroad, say distinctly which boat or railroad to ship by, and if freight has to he pre- 
paid, add this amount of money to your order to prevent delay. 
sar SPECIAL. 
If to go by Express, add 8c. per lb. in small quantities. 
In large quantities, by prepaying expressage, we get the advantage of the regular merchandize rate 
to your express office, /ess 20 per cent., which insures quick transportation at a small cost to the 
customer. 
r=Two-Bushel Cotton Seamless Bags, 15c. each. 
One bushel toc. each. 
5c. each. 
Onion Sets Bags, holding two bushels (not strong enough for Peas or Beans ) 
teThis Catalogue Contains Order Sheet and Envelope directed to us. 
Upon the Order Sheet we nope vou will send us a trial order, that we may convince you of the merits 
of our Seed. 
Address all letters K 
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935 B Street, N. W., 
Telephone 91-3. 
Ww. 
BOLGIANO, 
1339 14th Street, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
SEEDS FROM BEST MARKET GARDENERS’ STOCKS AND PERFECT GERMINATION. 
ASPARAGUS. 
SPARGEL. 
One ounce to fifty feet of drill. Four pounds to acre. 
Columbia [Tlammoth 
White.—A new variety, pro- 
ducing white stalks of large 
size and finest quality—-a val- 
uable introduction. 
Packet, 45.05 VOMMCce enOG 
¥ Pound, 15¢c. Pound, 5oc. 
Two-year-old roots, $1.00 
per Ioo—by mail, $1.25. 
$2.50 for 500 roots. 
per 1,000 roots. 
$4.50 
New Palmetto.—Is very 
early, large yielder, and very 
regular and even in its growth 
|” —Average bunches contain 15 
eS Seis ~ shoots, measuring thirteen 
and one-half inches in circumference, and weight, 
two pounds. It is equally well adapted for all sec- 
tions. Its quality is unequaled. 
Packet, 5c. Ounce toc % Pound, 15c. Pound, 4oc. 
Two-year-old roots, per 100, $1.00—by mail, $1.25. 
Per 1,000 roots, $3.50. 
Conover’s Colossal.—A well-known standard va- 
riety. 
Packet, 5c. Ounce, roc. 4% Pound, 15c. Pound, 30c. 
Two-year-old roots. $1.00 per roo—by mail, $1.25. 
$2.25 per 500. $3.50 per 1,000 roots. 
Donald’s Elmira Asparagus Roots.—Two-year- 
old, per 100, $1.00—by mail, $1.30. Per 500, $2.50. 
Per 1,000, $4.50. 
CULTURE OF ASPARAGUS ROOTS, 
No effort put forth in the garden will bring more pleasure 
and satisfaction than an established Asparagus Bed, if it is thor- 
oughly prepared according to the following directions: A bed 
20 feet by 50 feet, set with two-year-old roots, will last for years 
and furnish abundance of asparagus for any family. 
DIRECTIONS.—Select a good sandy loam, plough the ground 
as deep as possible, dig out 12 inches deep, put in a layer of 4 
inches of good, strong stable manure and press down; then fill 
in with good, rich, black loam tothe top of the bed. Sow on 
top of the bed 100 Ibs. kainit to every 1,000 square feet of bed ; 
incorporate this thorougely to the depth of 4 inches. After 
leveling your bed off even, stretch a line the length of the bed 
ginches from the edge, and with a spade cut.a furrow 8 inches 
deep, set a row of plants along the trench 9 itehes apart, with 
the crowns of the roots 2 inches below the surface ; then cover 
up, make even and plaut the other rows 9 inches apart. 
They require no additional manure until the second spring 
after Setting, when they should havea liberal dressing ploughed 
in and the ground kept loose and clean of weeds. Early in the 
third spring give a top dressing of the kainit, 100 Ibs. to every 
1,000 square feet. Assoon as the frost is outof the ground cul- 
tivate and loosen the soil. Liberal use of manure and kainit are 
very essential to obtain the best results with asparagus. 
