Every kitchen garden should havea 
HERBS. few herbs. They are easily grown 
and are always pleasant and desirable for tlavor- 
ing, perfuming and medicinal purposes. 
*A nise.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
+Balm.—Paeket, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
*Basil, Sweet.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 2 
*Bene.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, lo cents. 
*Borage.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
;Caraway.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
;+Catnip.—Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents. 
+Cicely, Sweet.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 30 cts. 
*Coriander.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
*Cumin.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
~Dill.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
+Fennel, Sweet.—Packet, 5 cis.; ounce, 10 cts. 
+Horehound. —Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
;Lavender.— Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
*Marjoram, Sweet.—Packet,5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts. 
*Pennyroyal.—Packet, 10 cts.; 3 packets, 25 cts. 
+Rosemary.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
+Rue.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
*Saffron.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
+Sage.—Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 14 1b., 40c.; lb., $1.50. 
*Summer Savory.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts. 
;+Tansy.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
;Tarragon.—Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
+Thyme.—Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
+Winter Savory.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts. 
+Wormwood.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
(Herbs marked * are annual; marked + are per- 
ennial; marked t are biennial. 
GARDEN LEMON. 
Fruit striped dark green, 
somewhat smaller than the 
melon peach, with thinner 
flesh and decidedly more 
acid, thus dispensing with 
the sliced lemon so import- 
antin putting up the melon 
peach. The cultivation is 
the same as for muskmelon. 
Packet, l0cts.;3 packets,25 cts. 
0 cents. 
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~ MELON PEACH. 
Grows on a vine, the same as a melon 
The fruit hag the size, shape and golden 
yellow color of an orange. The flesh is 
know white, and makes excellent pre- 
serves. The fruit may be s!iced and fried, 
like egg plant. Superior to peppers for 
use as mangoes. The vine is productive 
and quite hardy, and the fruit will keep 
~ a long time after picking. Recipes for 
preserving sent with each pac et of 
MELON PEACH. seeds. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents 
IMPROVED GROUND CHERRY. 
A low growing plant producing fruit good for 
canning, preserving, pies, etc. Unexcelled 
when dried in sugar, like raisins or figs. The 
fcuit is of a handsome yellow color, and will 
keep until midwinter. The diameter of the 
fruit is 1 to 2inches and the flavor suggests the 
strawberry. It is abundantly produced. Itisa 
great curiosity everywhere, and in some sec- 
bets. is highly prized, selling well in the mar- 
ts. 
. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
INESE LANTERN PLANT, 
OR GIANT WINTER CHERRY, 167297" 
s Francheti.) 
This plant is a gigantic species of the showy 
winter cherry, growing about 1% feet high. It 
is perfectly hardy, and will live out over win- 
ter. It makes a beautiful window plant. It 
bears the first season, producing balloon like 
husks 3 to 3% inches across. The husks or 
pods at first are light green, then bright yel- 
low, then intense orange scarlet. Inside the 
husk or “lantern” is the fruit, which is simi- 
lar to the winter cherry or husk tomato, ex- 
cept that the color is a deep ruby red and the 
quality far superior for cooking, preserving 
or eating raw. Directions for preserving in 
each packet of seed. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pKts., 25 cts. 
—CHERVIL Treat like parsley. A valu- 
s able flavoring herb. Packet, 
5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 14 pound, 35 cents. 
a A hardy perennial. Sow 
/DANDELIO gs in early spring,in drills 
half an inch deep, and thin to 10 or 12 inches 
in the row. The rows may be close together, 
or alternate rows of spinach or other quick 
maturing crops may be put in. Give good 
summer culture, and the Dandelion will be 
ready to cut the following spring. One ounce 
of seed to 800 feet of drill. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 50 cents. 
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CHINESE 
LANTERN 
PLANT. 
HERBS AND ODDS AND ENDS. | 
CRESSES. 
UPLAND CRESS. 
—A pereunial plant 
much like water cress, 
ready for use in earli- 
est spring. Hardy. 
Sow in shallow drills 
in early autumn. Pkt., 
10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. 
- EXTRA CURLED 
CRESS, OR PEP- 
PER GRASS.-—AD an- 
nual, making a good 
salad. Sow thickly in 
shallow drills in 
spring, and make re- 
peated plantings. It 
; does well in dry soils. 
ie Pikt.,5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 
7 14 lb., 20 cts.; 1b., 60 cts. 
: WATER CRESS.— 
—— oa Propagated by roots 
UPLAND CRESS. or meee It will grow 
in shallow water on the edge of streams, or upon a greenbouse bench in 
moist soil. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents; 44 pound, $1.00. 
CHICORY Root used when dried as a substitute for coffee; the ten- 
a der sprouts, when forced in the dark are used for salads. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 
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cents; 4 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 
CORN SALAD. 
Sometimes called Fet- 
ticus. Used as a salad 
like lettuce or cooked 
like spinach. 
CULTURE. — Treat like 
lettuce, except that it 
may be planted closer, as 
it is smaller. It is hardy, 
and may be_ carried 
through the winter in 
cold frame or under litter. 
NEW 
tures in 4 or 5 weeks. 
CORN SALAD. 
LARGE ROUND-LEAVED. — Ma- 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 
10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. 
ENDIVE Endive is used as a salad, and for 
a Window decoration in eating 
houses and restaurants. 
CULTURE.—The seed is usually planted in the 
open ground, in June or July, as a second crop, 
in rows 12 to 18 inches apart and the plants 
thinned to stand a foot apart from each other. 
CHICORY. 
The seed should be drilled in an inch below the surface, and the soil 
| pressed firmly about 
it, as with all other 
seeds sown in hot 
weather. In autumn 
| the endive is blanch- 
ed by tying the leaves 
together, or laying a} NZ 
board or slate upon the © 
plant,or covering with 
a box foraweek. Use 
4 to 5 pounds of seed , 
per acre; 1 ounce to 300 € 
feet of row. wy 
*GREEN CURLED. 
—Extra Curled. Pkt., 
| 5 ets.; 0z., 15 ets.; 4 1b., 
|,.40-ets.; lb., $1.25. 
4” EVER WHITE CURLED.—Self-blanching. Fine moss-like leaves. 
A favorite sort. Pkt., 5 cts; 02., 15 cts; 44 lb., 40 cts; 1b., $1.50. 
OYSTER OR FRINGED.—Largely grown for the markets of big 
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Ever WHITE CuRLED ENDIVE. 
"cities in the East where it is sought after by oyster house and restaurant 
keepers for displaying oysters. PkKt.,5 cts.; 0z.,15 cts.; 4 1b.,40 cts.; 1B., 1.50. 
* BROAD LEAVED BATAVIAN. — Cooked like spinach or used for 
flavoring soups, stews, etc. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; 14 lb., 40e.; 1b., $1.50. 
MUSTARD Make repeated sowings in shallow drills a foot apart. 
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Of easy cultivation. 
i Ao SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED.—Produces large dark green leaves 
with extra curled edges. Makes a fine salad and very effective in garn- 
ishing.. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 ets.; 44 pound, 25 cts.; pound, 80 cts. 
|) NEW CHINESE. — Large crimped leaves. Tender and delicious 
“vhen cooked like spinach. Packet, dc.; oz., 10c.; 14 1b., 25c.; 1b., 75e. 
|< BLACK.—Small leaved. Crisp and pungent. A favorite English salad. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 15 cents; pound, 40 cents. 
WHITE.—Mostly grown for its large round yellow seeds which are 
uSed as a condiment. Packet, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 15 cts.; Lb., 40 cts. 
MUSHROO One pound of spawn is sufficient for 8 square feet 
» of prepared bed. Special cultural hints sent out 
with every order. Per pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. By ex- 
press, 10 pounds, $1.25; 25. pounds, $2.50; 100 pounds, $8.00. 
NASTURTIUM Used for pickles. Also prized as a flower. 
a CULTURE.—Sow in drills, 1 inch deep, in early 
spring The tall kinds need sticks. An ounce will sow 25 feet of row. 
TALL.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 14 pound, 25 cts.; pound, 79 cts. 
DWARF .—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 ets.; } 
SORREL. 
‘ 
pound, 25 cts.; pound; 90 cts, 
Cultivated for useasasalad. It has a sprightly flavor. 
Cook like spinach. Pkt., 5¢.; 0z., 15¢.; 14 Ib., 30e.; 1b., $1.00, 
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