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R. &-/. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



VEGETABLE ROOTS AND PLANTS. 



All the roots and plants which we offer are grown under our personal supervision at our Greenhouses and Nursery, Roslindale, Mass. 

 They are weil grown, true to name and hardened. Packed light, to be shipped by Express, only. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Moore's Giant Cross=Bred. One year old, per 



ioo, $0.75 ; two years, 100, $1.00; 1000, $7.00. 

 Conover's Colossal. One year old, per 100, 



$0.75; two years, per 100, $1.00 ; 1000, $7.00. 

 The Hub. One year old, per 100, $1.00, two 



years, per 100, #1.25; per 1000, $7.50. 

 Palmetto. One year old, per 100, $0.75; twc 



years, per 100, $1.25 ; per 1000, $7.50. 



LETTUCE PLANTS Doz. $0.20; 100, $1.00 

 ONION-SETS. 



Prices Variable. 



These are small onions grown the previous year, ripened off 

 and taken up when mere bulblets. They produce a very early 

 crop, and grow in any good soil. Set them four inches apart is 

 rows one foot apart. 



Price per bushel given on application. 



Qt. Pk. 



White Sets , . .30 $1.50 



Yellow Sets 25 1.25 



Potato Onion Sets 25 1.5c 



White Multiplier Sets 30 1.5c 



Shallots 5° 3 0C 



Garlic Bunch, .25. 



asparagus. PEPPER PLANTS, Doz. $0.50; 100, $3.00. 



TARRAGON PLANTS. Mint * -I5 each; $1.25 per doz. 



French Estragon. Plants of our own growing of the genuine 

 French Tarragon. The leaves impart a delicious flavor to 

 salads, soups, pickles, etc. Plants, well established, 25 cents 

 each; dozen, $2.50. By mail, 5 cents extra. 



SWEET POTATOES. Rooted Slips. 



The young plants should be set about the 10th of May in hills about four 

 feet apart, and five inches above the ground level. A light soil and sunny loca- 

 tion is preferable. Plants not ready till May. 



Yellow Nansemond. Early; productive; the best for gen- 

 eral culture. Price per 100, 75 cents. By mail, $1.00. 



CHIVES. 



Grown for their tops, which are used wherever the flavor of onion is re- 

 quired. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they will grow 

 readily and increase. Perfectly hardy, and should be in every garden. 



Chives; Roots. Per bunch, .15; per dozen bunches, $1.00. 



EGG PLANTS. n _ 



Doz. Per 100 



Black Pekin $1.00 $6.00 



New York Improved 1.00 6.00 



HORSE RADISH. 



Grown from small pieces of the roots. Plant the sets fifteen 

 inches apart in rows two-and-a-half feet apart. 



Small Sets. Per dozen, 10 cents ; per 100, 50 cents. 

 Jerusalem Artichoke. ( Helianthus tuberosus). 

 Cultivated for its tubers. Qt., .20; peck, $1.00 



CABBAGE PLANTS. 



TARRAGON. 



Doz. Per 100 



Early Jersey Wakefield $0.20 $1.00 



Henderson's Summer 20 1.00 



Fottler's Brunswick 20 1.00 



Stone Mason 20 1.00 



RHUBARB ROOTS. 



Victoria and Linnaeus. .20 each ; $2.00 per doz 

 Not mailable. 



i. 5 



CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. Doz . Per I0C 



Earliest Erfurt 25 1.50 



Early Snowball 25 



CELERY PLANTS. 



Boston Market 20 



Golden SeZf=Blanching 20 



White PI me 20 



1 .00 

 1 .00 

 1 .00 



TOflATO PLANTS. 



Doz. Per 100 



Acme • $0.30 #2.00 



Boston riarket 3° 20 ° 



Dwarf Champion 30. 2.00 



Favorite 3° 20 ° 



Perfection 3° 2.00 



Trophy 3° 2.00 



Monarch Rhubarb ; True Plants. A pleasing surprise awaits all who grow this splendid Rhubarb for the 

 first time, and who give it good, rich treatment. The size, delicious tenderness, and juicy quality of the stalks 

 when cooked, place the Monarch in the foremost rank. A customer, a leading grower writes us : — " The 

 Monarch Rhubarb is extraordinarily large, very tender and juicy. Jt was the admiration of all who saw it. 

 In a word, it is the largest and finest I have ever grown." .25 each ; #2.50 per doz. 



