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R. &> f. FARQUHAR &* CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



ONION=SETS. 



Prices Variable. 



These are small onions grown fhe previous year, ripened off and taken up when mere bublets. They produce a very early crop, and 

 ^row in any good soil. Set them four inches apart in rows one foot apart. 



White Sets 30 $1.50 



Yellow Sets 25 1.25 



Potato Onion Sets 25 1.50 



Price per bushel given on application. 

 Qt. Pk. 



Qt. 



Pk 



White Multiplier Sets 30 $1.50 



Shallots French Imported 50 3.0c 



Garlic Bunch, .25 



OKRA, Or GUMBO. (Essbarren Hibiscus.) 



The young pods are used to thicken soups and stews. Sow in spring in rows three feet apart and two inches deep; thia, so that the 

 •piants stand about one foot apart. One ounce to forty feet of drill. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 



White Velvet. Pods used to thicken soups, etc., large and smooth 05 .10 $0.75 



Dwarf Green. Produces large, tender pods ; very productive 05 .10 .75 



Tali Green. Later than the Dwarf ; hardy and productive 



.Oi 



.10 



•75 



PARS LEY . (Petersilie.) 



Sow as early as possible in spring, first soaking the seed three hours in water: cover lightly, raking the soil fine and level on top. Thf 

 drills should be about fifteen inches apart. The plants appear in two to four weeks. Thin to three inches apart. One ounce of seed to ow 

 hundred and fifty feet of drill. 



Triple Curled. Dwarf; finely curled; excellent for table and edgings. Pkt., .05; oz., 



.10; lb.. $1.00. 

 Chappell'S Matchless. Elegantly curled; unsurpassed for garnishing. Pkt., 05 ; oz., 



.15 ;_ lb., $1.25. 

 Champion floss. An English variety; fine habit; mossy and beautiful. Pkt., .05; 



oz.. .10; lb., $1.00. 

 Carter's Perpetual. Hardy sort; finely curled; not liable to run to seed. Pkt., .05; 



oz., .10 ; lb., $1.00. 

 Beauty of the Parterre. Most beautiful for edgings ; very finely curled ; extra. Pkt., 



.10 ; oz., .20 ; lb., $1.50. 

 Fern=Leaved. Very ornamental for table decoration ; mossy-curled. Pkt., .05 ; oz., 10; 



lb., $1.25. 

 Plain Leaved. The strongest in flavor ; used in soups. Pkt., .05 ; oz., .10; lb., .80. 

 Turnip= Rooted, or Hamburg. Edible roots, much like Parsnips. Pkt., .05 ; oz., 10; 



lb., .80. 



P A RSN I P. (Pastinake.) 



Sow in rich soil, in drills about eighteen inches apart as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. 

 The ground should be well and deeply dug; thin to six or eight inches in the row; harrow and cultivate often to 

 «.eep down weeds. One ounce will sow one hundred and twenty feet of drill ; five pounds an acre. 



Farquhars' flarket Hode!. The finest in cultivation; very heavy cropper ; average 

 length of root eighteen to twenty-four inches; remarkably smooth, handsome and 

 clean in appearance; of most superior flavor. Pkt., .05 ; oz., .15 ; lb., $1.00. 



flaltese. One of the best; of medium length and fine texture. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; 

 lb.. .60. 



Arlington Long White. Standard variety round Boston ; long, smooth and handsome, 

 Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00 



Student. A favorite English variety; smooth; tender quality. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; 

 lb.. 75- 



Hollow Crown. A favorite sort; fair, smooth skin; fine quality. Pkt., .05; oz., .10 ; 

 1!).. .60. 



Long Smooth White. Straight, smooth and handsome; an old favorite. Pkt., .05; 

 .10 ; lb., .60. 



Early Round. Grown in shallow soils. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., .60 



KARQUHARS MARKKA 

 MODEL PARSNIP. 



FARQUHAR'S VICTORY BALL BEARING LAWN HOWER 



Is the EASIEST RUNNING Mower ever built and almost SILENT. Offered on page 105. 



GRASSES SUITABLE FOR BEACH USE AND FOR MAKING EMBANKMENTS. 



Elymus Arenarius. Sea Land Lyme Grass. A creeping rooted perennial ; grows among shifting 01 

 blowing sea sands for binding which, along with Ammophila Arundinacea, thereby preventing the encroach- 

 ments of the sea; its numerous strong spreading roots and coarse elastic foliage render it moet suitable. 

 Per lb , .60; 100 lbs., $45.00. 



Ammophila Arundinacea. Sand or Mat Grass. A creeping rooted perennial which grows naturally 

 among shifting sea sands. It is particularly adapted for consolidating or fixing Sand, Embankments or Ter- 

 races. Per lb., .45 ; ico lbs., S40.00. 



