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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



A field of Dwarf Essex Riipe, the great biennial forage plant, growing for sheep feed. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE— True Biennial Variety. 



Dwarf Essex Kape is considered indispensable by the slieep and cattle farmers of Great Britain, and is fast coming into 

 use in this country on account of its rapid growth, being ready to feed in ten weeks from sowing, and producing twenty-five 

 to thirty tons of green forage to the acre. It grows to a height of three feet and covers tlie surface so densely as to smother 

 out all weeds and to kill quack and other objectionable grasses. It can be sown all through the season, being perfectly hardy, 

 withstands drought, and will produce a crop in any soil by sowing broadcast at the rate of five pounds to the acre, or in drills 

 or rows two feet apart at the rate of three pounds per acre. While unequalled as a pasture for sheep, as a fattening food for 

 all kinds of live stock it is without a rival in point of cheapness or efltectivencss. Pkt., lOc; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs.. 51.00, post-paid; 

 lb., 25c.; 10 lbs., 82.00 ; 25 lbs., 15c. per lb.; 50 lbs. and over, 10c. per lb , by express or freight. 



JEKUSAIiEM CORN. Belongs to the non-saccharine 

 sorghums, and was brought a few years since from the arid 

 plains of Palestine. It is pronounced by all who havegrown 

 it the best and surest crop for dry countriesand seasons, even 

 better than Kaffir Corn and Millo Maize. Grows about three 

 feet high. The grains are pure white and nearly flat. Three 

 pounds will plant an acre. The cultivation is the sameasfor 

 KafBr Corn and other forage plants. We hope all our cus- 

 tomers who are interested in this class of plants, and have 

 not already tried it, will give the New Jerusalem Corn atrial. 

 Pkt., 10c.;" lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 7.5c., post-paid; lb., 1.5c.; 10 lbs.. 

 Si. 00; bush. (GO lbs.), S2.50, by freight or express. 



KAFFIR CORN is now successfully cultivated for both 

 forage and grain in all sections of the United States. It is 

 the best general purpose plant of all the varieties of sor- 

 ghum vet offered, unless it be the new Jerusalem Com. 

 Pkt., lOc; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75c. Bv freight or express, lb., 15c.; 

 10 lbs., 81.00; bush. (60 lbs.), S2.50. 



■IVHITE MILtO 3IAIZE, or DHOURA. Pkt., lOc; 

 lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75c. Bv express or freight, lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 

 il.OO; bush., $2.50. 



YEtLOW MILLO MAIZE, or TELtOW BRANCH- 

 ING DHOURA. Another new variety of .sorghum, valuable 

 for both forage and grain. Pkt., lOc; lb.,30c.; 3 lbs., 75c., 

 post-paid; lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., Sl.OO; bush., S2.75. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE. This is by far the 

 best variety for sugar, as it matures quickly, and has been 

 cultivated as far north as St. Paul, Minn. Tlie seed is valu- 

 able also as food for horses and cattle, and is greedily eaten 

 by poultry, increa.sing the egg production. For ensilage or 

 fodder it possesses important advantages. By mail, post- 

 paid, lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c.; by express orfreight, qt., 20c.; bush, 

 of 56 lbs., S2.00 ; 10 bush, or over, 31.75 per bush. 



TEOSINTE (REANA UUXURIANS). This gigantic 

 Grammea of Central America somewhat resembles Indian 

 Corn. It produces a great number of shoots, growingtwelve 

 feet high, verv thicklv covered with leaves, vielding an 

 abundance of forage. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 15c.; J^lb., 59c.; lb., 31.50. 



SAINFOIN, or ESPARSETTE (Onobrycliis Sativa). 

 An excellent new perennial fodder plant, growing to- the 

 height of about three feet, and flowering in June and July. 

 If broadcasted, it will require about five to six bushels per 

 acre ; if drilled, four to five bushels. It will crop from seven 

 to ten vears. according to the nature of thesoil. IJ5., 15c.; 

 (lb., post-paid, 2.5c.;) 10 lbs., Sl.OO; bush, of 25 lbs., 32.25. 



WTLD RICE (Zizania Aquatica). Much sought after 

 owing toils having attractions for water fowl. It grows very 

 rapidlv in one to four feet of water. Lb., post-paid, 35c.; 

 5 lbs., 31.00 : 10 lbs. and over, 18c. per lb. 



OSAGE ORANGE. The popular hedge plant. Lb., 

 40c.; peck. 32,00; bush, of 33 lbs., 37.00. 



FLAX .SEED. Qt., 15c.; bush , 56 lbs., about 81.50. 



SAND, OR WINTER VETCH. 



(T'icia Villosa.) 



Succeeds and produces good crops on poor, sandy soils as 

 well as on good land; grows to a height of four to five feet. 

 It is perfectly hardy throughout the United States, remaining 

 green all winter, and should be sown in tlie spring, mixed 

 with oats, spring rye or barley, or during August and Sep- 

 tember, with winter rye, which serves as a support for the 

 plants. 



It is the earliest crop for cutting, being hardierand nearly 

 a month earlier than Scarlet Clover, and a full crop can be 

 taken off the land in time for planting spring crops. Every 

 dairj-man and stock-breeder in the United States should have 

 a field of it, and if you try it once you will never be a season 

 without it. 



It is exceedingly nutritious, eaten with relish, and may 

 be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. 



■ Sow one bushel per acre with one-half bushel of rye, oats 

 or barlev. Lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., post-paid ; lb., loc; 10 lbs., 

 Sl.OO; biish. (60 lbs.), 34. 50, by freight or express. 



SACALINE. 



( True Polygonum Sachalinense. ) 



No other forage plant has ever created such widespread 

 discussion as Sacaline, and there seems to be a wide differ- 

 ence of opinion regarding its value in the United States. 



The claims made for it are : Perfectly hardy, even in Si- 

 beria; stands also the greatest heat ; needs no cultivation, no 

 manuring; no replanting; grows in poorest soil or in wet 

 lands, where no other forage plant will exist. Once planted, 

 it stands for an age. It is also claimed to be more nutritious 

 than clover and much relished by cattle, either green or dry, 

 and CMrn be cut every month till cold weather. The cultiva- 

 tion of Sacaline is very simple. Set out the roots or plants 

 three feet apart each way, at any season. 



Prices: Genuine seed of Sacaline, per pkt., lOc; 3 pkts., 

 25c.; oz., 75c. Plants from 2)4 inch pots, each 25c.; 3 for 60c.; 

 6 for Sl.OO. 



Our Forage Plant Pamphlet, 16 pages, fully illustrated, 

 giving description, endorsements, analysis, etc., of Sacaline, 

 will be sent, post-paid, on receipt of 10 cents. 



LATHTRUS .STLVESTRIS, or FLAT PEA. 



If the strong claims made for this new forage plant are 

 but half true, it is certainly one of the best yet discovered. 

 The roots penetrate the soil twenty to thirty feet, enabling it 

 to withstand cold or drought, and will last fifty years without 

 manure or reseeding. It will fatten hogs or sheep without 

 grain, and will cut six to eight tons of hay to the acre. Sow 

 in drills twelve to fifteen inches apart. Pkt., 10c. ; oz.,25c.; 

 J^ lb., 75c.; lb., S2. 50, post-paid. 



