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HERBS Every kitchen garden should have a 

a few herbs. They are easily grown 
land are always pleasant and desirable for fiavor- 
ine, perfuming and medicinal purposes. 
*Anise.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
;+Balm.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
*Basil, Sweet.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
*Bene.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
*Borage.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
+Caraway.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
;Catnip.—Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 
7Cicely, Sweet.—Packet, 5 cts.: ounce, 30 cts. 
*Coriander.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
*Camin.—Packeét, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
~Dill.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
+Fennel, Sweet.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts. 
+Horehound.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 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; 
7Sage.—PKt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 14 1b., 40e.; lb., $1.50. 
*Summer Savory.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts. 
;Tansy.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
7Tarragon.—Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
+Thyme.—Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
7;Winter Savory.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts. 
+Wormwood.—Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
(Herbs marked * are annual; marked + are per- 
ennial; marked {| are biennial. 
ARDEN 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- 
ant in putting up the melon 
peach. The cultivation is 
the same as for muskmelon. 
Packet 10 cts.;3 packets,25 cts. 

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ELON PEACH. 
|) Grows on a vine, the same as a melon. 
The fruit has the size, shape and golden 
iiyellow color of an orange. The flesh is 
snow white, and makes excellent pre- 
siserves. The fruit may be sliced and fried, 
‘like egg plant. Superior to peppers for 
fuse as mangoes. The vine is productive =. 
tjand quite hardy, and the fruit will keep 
along time after picking. Recipes for .. 
s}preserving sent with each packet of == 
jsceds. Packet, 10 cents; oungé, 25 cents. MELON PEACH. 
MPROVED GROUND CHERRY. 
A low growing plant producing fruit good 
for canning, preserving, pies, etc. Unexcelled 
when dried in sugar, like raisins or figs. The 
fruit is of a handsome yellow color, and wil 
keep until midwinter. The diameter of the 
fruit is 1 to 2inches and the flavor suggests the 
strawberry. It is abundantly produced. It isa 
| great’curiosity everywhere, and in some sec- 
tions is highly prized, selling well in the mar- 
Ss. Packet, 10 cents: ounce, 25 cents. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. 
(Physalis Francheti.) Also called Giant 
IMP. GROUND CHERRY. Winter Cherry. A giganticsort of the showy 
g)winter cherry, 114 feet high. Perfectly hardy. . 
5|A beautiful window plant. Bears the first sea- 
son, producing balloon like husks 3 to 3% inches 
3) across. Pods at first light green, then bright 
«/yellow, then intense orange-scarlet. Inside the 
‘pod or “lantern” is the fruit, resembling the 
y winter cherry or husk tomato, except that the 
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HIVE Also called Schnittlauch. Chives 
® resemble small onions, the tops 
used for flavoring. More delicate than 
gions. Easily raised from seeds. Perfectly 
ardy. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 39 cents. 
Treat like parsley. A valuable 
CHERVI ® flavoring herb. Packet, 5 cents; 
e, 15 cents: 44 pound, 35 cents. 
DELION A hardy perennial. Sow in 
® early spring, in drills half an 
ch deep, and thin to 100r 12 inches in the row. 
' e rows inay 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 300 
} feet of drill. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 


CHINESE 
LANTERN 
PLANT. 

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Lees 
| —A perennial plant 
| much like water cress; 
| ready for use in earli- 
|} est spring. Hardy. 
| Sow in shallow drills. 
| Packet, 10 cents; 
| 3 p@ckets, 25 cents. 
EXTRA CURLED 
RESS, OR PEP- 
PER GRASS.-—An an- 
nual, making a good 
salad. Sow thickly in 
|Shallow drills in 
spring, and make re- 
peated plantings. It 
does well in dry soils. 
PA, 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 
#\b., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
JATER CRESS.— : 
ropagated by roots = —- A 
| or seeds. It will grow UPLAND CRESS. 
in shallow water on the edge of streams, or upon a greenhouse bench in 
moist soil. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 4 pound, =1.0. 
HIGGRY Root used when dried as a substitute for coffee; the ten- 
a dersprouts, when forced in the dark are used for salads. 
' Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; pound, 65 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 LARGE ROUND-LEAVED. — Ma- 
tures in 4 or 5 weeks. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 
10 cents; 144 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. 
ENDIV 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. 
The seed should be drilled in an inch below the 




CORN SALAD. 

CHICORY. 
surface, and the soil 
pressed firmly about 
it,as with atl other 
seeds sown in hot 
weather. In autumn 
the endive is blanch- 
ed by tying the leaves 
together, or laying a 
oS board or slate upon the 
L/~<& plant,or covering with 
a box for aweek. Use 
4 to 5 pounds of seed 
pet acre; 1 ounce to 300 
feet of row. 
GREEN CURLED. 
v —Extra Curled. PkEt., 
Sse =a 5 ets.; oz., 15 ets.; 4% 1b. 
EVER WHITE CU 40 ets.; lb., $1.25. ae 
EVER WHITE CURLED.—Self-blanching. Fine moss-like leaves. 
Af favorite sort. Pkt., 5 cts; oz., 15 ets; 14 1b., 40 ets; lb., $1.50. 
av eis OR FRINGED.—Largely grown for the markets of big 
ipies in the East where it is sought after by oyster house and restaurant 
| feepers for displaying oysters. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0Z.,15 cts.; 4 1b.,40 cts.; 1b., $1.00. 
BROAD LEAVED BATAVIAN. — Cooked like spinach or used for 
avoring soups, stews, ete. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 15¢.; 4% 1b., 40¢.; 1b., $1.50. 
Mi TARD Make repeated sowings in shallow drills a foot apart. 
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HERN GIANT CURLED.—Produces large dark green leaves 
extra curled edges. Makes a fine salad and very effective in garn- 
ing. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 44 pound, 25 cts.; pound, 75 cts. 
NEW CHINESE. — Large crimped leaves. Tender and delicious 
h cooked like spinach. Packet, 5¢e.; 0z., 10c.; 44 1b., 25¢.; 1b., 7oe. 
LACK.—Small leaved. Crisp and pungent. A favorite English salad. 
‘lacket, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 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 ets.; 44 lb., 15 ets.; Lb., 40 cts. 
| MUSHROOM One pound of spawn is sufficient for 8 square feet 
| a 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. 
NASTURTI Used for pickles. Also prized as a flower. 
UM. CULTURE.—Sow in drills, 1 inch deep, in early 
{spring The tall kinds need sticks. An ounce will sow 2 feet of row. 
/TALL.—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 4 pound, 25 cts.; pound, 79 cts. 
DWARF .—Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 ets.; 44 pound, 25 cts.; pound. 90 cts. 
SORREL Cultivated for useasasalad. It has asprightly flavor. 
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Cook likespinach. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 10c.; 14 Ib., 80e.; 1b., $1.00. 

NASTURTIUM. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 

