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^VIISCEliLiflrlEOUS Ffll^m SEEDS. 



We pay particular attention to this department of our business. The seeds are selected with special 

 reference to their quality. Purchasers may rely upon onr best exertions to furnish Clover, Grass and Field 

 Seeds fresh, pure and free from noxious and foreign seeds. Prices are changing almost daily, and it is im- 

 possible to quote prices. Parties wishing to buy will do well to get samples and prices before placing their 

 orders. We are in position to handle it on a close margin and supply the finest grades at lowest market 

 prices. 



CLOVER. 



Medium, or Common Red ( Trifolhim pratense). — 

 The Clover Seed of commerce, and the most important and 

 valuable of the Clover family for agricultural purposes. 

 Sow 15 lbs. per acre. (Bus. 60 lbs). 



Alsike, or Hybrid (Swedish) Trifolium hybridum. 

 Hardiest of all clovers; perennial. On rich, moist soils it 

 yields large quantities of hay or pasturage, as it forms athick 

 bottom, has fibrous roots like White Clover. Esteemed 

 highly by beekeepers. 



Mammotb Clover {Trifolium pratense perenne). — 

 Valuable with other grasses for mixed hay; ripens about 

 with Timothy. Being a rank grower it is largely used for 

 plowing under as a fertilizer. 



White Dutch [Trifolium repense).— Grows naturally 

 in pastures in a great variety of soils and situations; indis- 

 pensable in parks and lawns. 



Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum). — Being an 

 annual it must be sown in July, August and September of 

 each year, which, the Spring following, can be cut for soil- 

 ing, by April 20th; for ensilage, May 1st to 15th; for seed, 

 about first week of June. Can be grown in corn, or any 

 cultivated crop. 10 to 15 lbs. necessary to seed an acre. 

 Cover with a light harrow. Use only American grown seed. 

 (60 lbs). 



Alfalfa, or Lucerne {Medicago sativa). — This clover 

 claims to bear the palm as a forage plant, coming earliest in 

 Spring and remaining latest in Fall. It delights in plenty of 

 sun, being a veritable child of the sun; must be sown at the 

 rate of from 10 to 25 lbs. of seed per acre on well drained, 

 well pulverized, deep soil after danger of freezing is over, 

 and prefers sand or gravel sub-soil. Wet sub-soil is fatal 

 to the plant. Roots 3 to 4 feet deep, and when well estab' 

 lished lasts for years. 2 to 3 crops a year can be cut. Not 

 recommended for pasture. 



GRASS SEEDS. 



Kentucky Blue Grass— June Grass. — (Poa 

 pratensis). — Universally known; desirable for pastures and 

 lawns. Sow in Fall or Spring at rate of 2 to 3 bushels per 

 acre. Fancy clean seed. (Bus. 14 lbs). 



Orchard Grass {Dacytylus glotnerata). —Extremely 

 hardy and widely known. One of the earliest to start in 

 Spring; grows rapidly;' furnishes an abundance of pasture 

 the entire season. 1;^ to 2 bushels per acre (Bus. 14 lbs.) 



Red Top Grass {Agrostis vulgaris). — Thrives well 

 in any soil , but best on low land; produces a firm sod. Sow 

 1 to 2 bushels per acre. Fancy clean. (14 lbs). 



Timothy (P/ifeMHi prate7isis) — Well known variety. 

 When ready to bu}^ write for latest prices, whether a bag or 

 a carload. (Bus. 45 lbs). Prime seed. Choice seed. 



Wood Meadow Grass {Pon nemoralis) — Adapted for 

 llpasture or pleasure grounds, of early growth; thrives under 

 trees. Sow 2 bush, per acre. (14 lbs). 



Rhode Island Bent Grass {Agrostis canina). — 

 Valuable for lawns. Sow 3 to 4 bushels to the acre for 

 lawn, lyi. to 3 bushels for pasture. (Bus. 12 lbs). 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass [Amna eZaiwr)— Used 

 for soiling. Succeds well in sandy lands, and owing 

 to its long, fibrous roots, stands cold and drought well. Sow 

 3 bushels per acre. (Bus. 10 lbs. ) 



Sweet "Vernal [Anthoxanthum odoratum) . — -Very fra- 

 grant, especially when bruised or cut. Mixed with other 

 grasses for pasture it is quite valuable, as it starts early in 

 the Spring and grows until late in the Fall. (Bus. 10 lbs). 



Creepinsr Bent Grass [Agrostis stoloniferea).—'E-x.- 

 cellent ror pasture when mixed with other grasses; succeeds 

 well in most situations, and thrives in moist land. Sow 40 

 lbs. per acre. ( Bus. 14 lbs ) . 



Perennial Rye Grass [Lolium pereniie). — Very 

 nutritious; valuable for meadows or permanent pastures; 

 rapid grower; most prominent grass in England. Sow 1 to 

 \yi bushels per acre. (Bus., 24 lbs). 



Meadow Fescue [Festuea pratensis). — Thrives in all 

 soil; excellent for permanent pastures; starts early; very 

 productive. Sow ItolYz bus. per acre. (24 lbs). 



Sheep's Fescue [Festuea ovina). — grows naturally 

 on light, dry, sandy soils and mountain pastures; considered 

 quite valuable mixed with other grasses for permanent 

 early Spring pasture. (About 12 lbs) . 



Hard Fescue [Festuea duriuscula). — Not very pro- 

 ductive, but it is of a very fine quality, and thrives well in 

 dry situations where many other grasses would fail, thus 

 making a desirable pasture variety. (Bus. about 12 lbs). 



niLLET. 



German or Golden Millet.— True Southern grown 

 German Millet Seed is far superior to Western grown seed. 

 The true Southern German Millet will grow in any climate 

 or soil, and when properly grown and handled makes an 

 enormous yield of most nutritious feed. The seed must be 

 sown thickly, not less than one bushel per acre, at any time 

 between May 1st and June 15th, and the crop cut while it 

 is in bloom, before the seed hardens in the head. Prepare 

 the ground well before sowing the seed. Cover with a single 

 stroke of a light harrow, or roll without harrowing, or it 

 may be sown with a wheat drill, setting drill to barely cover 

 the seed. 



Hungarian Grass. 



A very valuable forage plant of the Millet family, but 

 not so coarse. Sown and cultivated same as Millet, and 

 quite a favorite with stockmen. 



Cow, or Southern Peas. 



There is no surer or cheaper means of improving and in- 

 creasing the productiveness of our soils than by sowing the 

 Cow Pea. It makes an enormous growth, enabling the far- 

 mer to put plent}' of nitrogenous vegetable matter into the 

 soil at a small cost, and so very largely enables him to dis- 

 pense with the use of nitrogenous commercial fertilizers, 

 and has the power to extract this costly nitrogen from the 

 atmosphere and to store the same in the vines and roots so 

 that if the crop is cut off, the land is still enriched and its 

 condition improved. From five to nine tons of green fodder 

 per acre have been produced by the Cow Peas. To grow 

 for hay they are most valuable. The bacon made from hogs 

 fed on the dry peas is much sweeter and more solid, and 

 the fat will not run out in cooking nearly so much as when 

 fed on corn. For ensilage they are unsiirpassed. When it 

 is desired to turn the whole crop under, as a soil impi'over, 

 it is better to do so after the vines are partly dead. A good 

 picking of the dried peas can be made before plowing un- 

 der, if desired. Cow Peas can be sown in May or June, at 

 the rate of one to one and a half bushels per acre. 



Black. — This variety is quick to mature, and well 

 adapted for late planting and Northern sections, it is a vigor- 

 ous grower and great yielder. Peck, 50c. 



Black Eye.— A prolific vine-growing variety of merit, 

 seed often sold for table use. 



Market price on Cow Peas changes often. Write fo 

 price on bushel or over when ready to buy. 



