For the Southern States. 



91 



Sweet and Medicinal Herbs — Ooutinued. per imckage 



Caraway 10 



Dill 10 



Fennel 10 



Lavender 10 



Majorain 10 



Pot Mariojold 10 



Rosemary ' - 10 



Rue 10 



Sage 10 



Summer Savory 10 



Thyme 10 



Wormwood 10 



Grass and Field Seeds. 



Red Cl< >ver 



White Dutch Clover , 



Alsike Clover, i § 



Alfalfa or French Lucerne i 3 



Kentucky Blue Grass I ^ J 



Rescue Grass . f o '^ 



Hungarian Grass [ '^ &. 



. German Millet ' ^ ^ 



Rye ? ^ o 



Barley ( '^ g 



Red or Rust Proof Oats I ^ § 



Sorghum V ^ '-^ 



Broom Corn 1 -g 



Buckwheat , I ^ 



Johusou Grass / '^ 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



Prices of larger quantities of seed will be given on applica- 

 tion. Peas and Beaus very low if ordered by the bushel. 



The following letter on "Alfalfa" or ''Lucerne," has been written 

 by E. M. Hudson, Esq., a gentleman who is a close observer, and 

 has given the subject a great deal of attention, it will be found 

 very instructive. 



Villa Friedheim, 

 Mobile County J Ala.y September 7 th, 1878. 

 Mr. E. Frotscher, l^ew Orleans, La. 



Dear Sir : — Your letter of the 3rd inst. has just reached me, and 

 I cheerfully comi)ly with your request to give you the results of my 

 experiments with Lucerne or Alfalfa^ and my opinion of it as a 

 forage-plant for the South. 



I preface my statement with the observation that my experi- 

 ments have been conducted on a naturally poor, piney-woods soil 

 (which would be classed as a sandy soil), varying in depth from 

 six inches to one foot. But I have a good red clay sub-soil, which 

 enables the soil to retain the fertilizers applied to it, thus 

 rendering it susceptible of permanent enriching. 



Three years since, when my attention was first directed to Al- 

 falfa, I sought the advice of the Editor of the Journal of Progress, 

 Professor Stelle, who informed me that, after attempting for seve- 

 years to cultivate it, he had desisted. He stated that the plant, 



