R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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RHUBARB. (Rhabarber.) 

 A deep, rich soil, trenched to the depth of two feet, is best for Rhubarb 



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LlNNVEUS. 

 ORIA. 

 ONARCH. 



Early, large, tender . . 

 Large, late, good old sort 

 The best sort; very tender 



It is usually propagated from plants. 



Roots. 

 Pkt. Oz. \i lb. Lb. Each 



.05 .20 .50 #1.75 .25 



.05 .20 .50 I.75 .25 



.05 .25 .75 2.00 .35 



52.50 

 2.50 



3-5° 



15.00 

 15.00 

 20.00 



SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT. (Haferwurzel.) 



A most delicious vegetable. It is used stewed, boiled, or fried, and sometimes as a salad. When cooked it has 

 an oyster flavor. Cultivation the same as for Carrots or Parsnips. An ounce will sow fifty feet. 

 / Pkt. Oz. X lb. Lb. 



//mammoth Sandwich Island. True. Large and superior; very fine flavor 05 .15 .50 $1.50 



•^g-ng White French. Delicious when cooked; roots of medium size 05 .15 .40 1.25 



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SEA KALE. (Meerkokl.) 



Sow one inch deep in drills; thin to six inches; transplant the following spring three feet apart. 

 ea Kale. The blanched shoots are used like Asparagus; very tender . . Pkt., .05; oz., .30; % lb., .85; lb., $3.00 



SWEET, POT, AND MEDICINAL HERBS. 



Anise . 



Arnica 



Balm . 



Basil 



Borage 



Burnett 



Camomilla 



Pkt. Oz. 



•°5 -15 



.15 1.00 



.05 .30 



•°5 



•05 



■°5 

 .10 



.20 

 .20 



• l 5 



•75 



Caraway 

 Catnip . . 

 Coriander 

 Dill . . . 

 Fennel . . 

 Horehound 

 Hyssop . . 



Pkt. Oz. 



.05 .10 



.10 



•°5 



•05 



•5° 

 .10 



.20 



.05 .10 

 .05 .25 

 •05 .25 



Lavender . 

 Lovage . . 

 Marjoram . 

 Pennyroyal 

 Rosemary . 

 Rue . . . 

 Saffron . . 



Pkt. Oz. 

 .IO .39 

 .25 I.OO 

 .05 .20 



.25 1.00 

 .10 .40 



•°5 -15 



.05 .10 



Sage . . , 

 Sorrel . . 

 Summer 



Savory . 

 Thyme . . 

 Wormwood 



Pkt. Oz. 

 .05 .15 

 •05 



20 



•°5 

 .10 



•05 



•15 

 •30 



.25 



BIRD SEEDS, MOCKING BIRD AND PARROT FOOD. 



Per lb. 100 lbs. 



Canary, best Sicily . . 10 



Hemp 10 



Lettuce Seed 25 



Maw, Blue Poppy 15 



Millet ; . .10 



Millet, White French Pearl 15 



Rape, English 10 



#5.00 

 5.00 



4-5° 

 8.00 



6.00 



Per lb. 100 lbs. 



Rape, German . . . .10 



Unhulled Rice 10 



Vetches for Pigeons 10 



Peas for Pigeons 10 



Prepared Food for Mocking Birds . .25 

 Sunflower for Parrots 10 



$5.00 

 7.00 

 6.00 



3-5° 

 5.00 



HIGH GRADE GRASS SEEDS ARE A LEADING FEATURE WITH US. 



(See pages 28-32.) 



EVIDENCE OF QUALITY. 



Bretton Woods, N.H., Nov. 3, 1903. 

 R. & y. Farquhar 6° Co. : 



Dear Sirs : Visitors here this season have been very much interested in the turf on my Gold Course and Bowling 



Green. Many of them have informed me that it is the best they have seen anywhere. I can highly recommend 



your Grass Seeds for golf courses and other special purposes. The clean quality of the turf on our courses here is 



the best evidence of the high-grade quality of Seeds you have heretofore supplied. I trust you will continue to send 



me and my friends the same article. Yours truly, GEO. S. MERRITT. 



Lenox, Mass., Oct. 11, 1903. 

 Messrs. R. &" jf. Farquhar & Co. : 



Gentlemen : J cheerfully give my opinion of the quality of your Grass Seed. I have used it very largely especially 

 for lawns and permanent pasture. I sowed sixty acres with your Grass last spring, and the success was remark- 

 able. The take was close and even, and the fields now look very fine and indicate large crops of hay for next year. 

 I shall need a further supply next spring, and, as my experience with your seed has proved invariably good, tuill 

 send you my order accordingly. Yours very truly, GEO. T. PHILCOX, Mgr., 



Elm Court Farm. 



South Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 16, 1903. 

 R. & y. Farquhar 6° Co. : 



Dear Sirs : All the lawns sown with your Grass Seeds have done remarkably well. They are the admiration 

 of all ivho have seen them, and surprise hasj>een expressed that so good a lawn could be made in such a short time. 

 The lawn made and so7un last spring looks quite as good as old turf Yours truly, 



WILIJAM ANDERSON, Gardener to Bayard Thayer, Esq. 



Rough Point, Newport, R.I., Oct. 14, 1903. 

 R. <5r> y. Farquhar & Co. : % 



Dear Sirs : I take much pleasure in recommending your Lawn Grass Seed, which I have used here for the- last 

 fifteen years. Grmvn on lawn by the cliffs and under trees, and especially on tennis court, which have been admired 

 by all. Yours very truly, R. HUNNLCK, 



Gardener for F. W. Vanderbilt, Esq. 



