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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



FOI^EST ©r^EE AND E^EDGB SEED. 



A book entilled "Forest Leaves, " on the propagation of Forest Trees, with colored plates by mail pre- 

 paid for 50 cents. 



The following named kinds of forest and and shade trees are too well known to need any de- 

 scription. The following directions for planting will apply to all: Plant seed very early in spring, 

 in drills about two feet apart, and cover about half an inch in depth, according to size. Some of 

 the varieties might not germinate until the second spring after planting, so do not be in haste to 

 disturb the soil where planted. Box Elder and White Ash seed may be sown late in the fall with - 

 good success, as the Asli seed generally lies dormant the first season if sown in spring. 



SOX ELDER- (Acer Negundo.) Fer pkt. 5 cts., ^4 

 ID. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts., 3 lbs. $1.00. 



WHITE ASH. {Fraxinus Americana.) Per pkt. 5 

 cts., I4 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs., S1.25. 



AIL ANTHUS GLANDULOSUS. ( Tree of Heaven). 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., lb. 20 cts., lb 75 cts. 



CATALPA SPECIOSA, HARDY OR WESTERN 



Catalpa. This tree is popular for timber, as 

 the timber is more durable than any other na- 

 tive tree. It grows readily from seed, is easily 

 transplanted, grows in almost any soil. Plant 

 in seed bed, in mellow soil, about the time of 

 corn planting, in rows two or three feet apart, 

 and eight or twelve inches in the row: trans- 

 plant when one or two years old, four feet 

 apart both ways. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., \i 

 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts., by express, 5 lbs. $3.00, 10 

 lbs. 15.00. 



BLACK OR YELLOW LOCUST. A very valuable 

 tree for timber, grows very rapidly, while the 

 durability of its timber is well known, fence 

 posts of it having stood for 60 years. Prepare 

 seed and culture the same as above. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., I4 lb. 15 cts.. lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs. Si. 25, by ex- 

 press, 5 lbs. SI. 50, 10 lbs. }2.50. 



HONEY LOCUST OR THREE THORNED > 



Acacia. The best of all hedge plants for 

 northern climate, being entirely hardy. Scald 

 the seed with boiling water; let them stand in 

 the water until they get cool, then pour off ' 

 the water, mix the seed with sand and keep 

 them in a warm room until they begin to 

 sprout; then sow in drills about an inch deep, 

 and transplant the following spring. It re- 

 quires 200 plants for every hundred feet of ' 

 hedge; set in double rows one foot apart and 

 the plants one foot apart in rows, and set al- 

 ternately to break joints. Per pkt. 5 cts., ^ 

 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cents. 3 lbs. $1.25, by express^ . 

 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.50. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY SEED. The tree is a 

 rapid grower and perfectly hardy, and proves 

 as lasting for fence posts as Oatalpa or Red 

 Cedar. It commences to bear when two years ^ 

 old and bears every year. Also makes a good 

 hedge and wind-break on the prairies. The 

 seed can be sown late in the fall, or very early 

 in spring. It should be sown in drills 18 inches - 

 apart, and kept well shaded, as the seed is 

 slow to germinate. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 

 lb. 50 cents., lb. S2.00. 



SACALINE. 



The New Forage Plant. 

 We have again experienced a severe drouth. 

 In many parts of the United States, farmers, 

 dairymen and cattlemen have been nearly 

 ruined, and the scarcity of pastures has been 

 felt all over the land. It is, therefore, with 

 great satisfaction tliat we are able to offer 

 Siacaliiie, as a Xew Forage Plant. It has 

 the endorsement of tlie most eminent horticul- 

 turist of France, who discovered its properties 

 as a forage plant during the severe drouth ex- 

 perienced in that country in iSOi. Never before 

 has any plant received such flattering consider- 

 ation. The following claims fully borne out by 

 proofs and experiments, are made for it: Per- 

 fectly liardy everywhere, being a native of Si- 

 beria. Is lias been growing for 12 years at the 

 Iowa Experimental Station. Prof. Pammel. of 

 Iowa Agiicultnral College, says: ''It is certain 

 that tJti>< plant n-ill jjrorf ridualtle in many i)arts of 

 the United States, especially i/i tfic irest:'' Grows in 

 tlie poorest soils; cattle cannot destroy it; it 

 has made a growth of 14 feet by June; produces 

 from 90 to 180 tons per acre; when once planted 

 stands fore%'er; more nutritious than Clover. 

 Sacaiine takes care of itself; needs no cultiva- 

 tion, manuring or replanting; one acre of poor 

 land produciriu more fodder than five acres of 

 good land in Clover. We can furnish seeds of 

 Sacallne at following prices, directions on each 

 packet: 



Seed at 10 cts. per packet, 3 packets 25 cts. 



SOJA BEAN OR COFFEE BERRY. This variety 

 has been lurgely sold under the name of - 

 man Coffee Berry at extravagantly high prices. 

 The berries ripen in about four months from 

 time of planting and produce a crop of 20 to 30 ■ 

 bushels to the acre and are as easily grown as 

 other beans. When roasted and ground it 

 closely resembles coffee and tastes quite sim- 

 ilar. Its great value to the farmer lays in the 

 fact that when ground it makes one of the 

 most valuable crops for feeding stock and 

 adds greatly to the milk production. Sow 

 broadcast bushel to the acre, or it may be 

 planted in drills three feet apartand one foot 

 between plants. Per pkc. 10 cts., lb. 15 cts., 

 lb. 50 cts. 



RAPE. 



DWARF ESSEX. This plant is extensively 

 grown in Europe and Canada for forage, espe- 

 cially for sheep, and for green manure, for 

 which purpose there is perhaps no plant bet- 

 ter adapted where a quick, rank growth is de- 

 sired. Farmers who raise much stock and de- 

 sire to get young cattle, sheep or lambs into 

 favorable condition to be sold advantageously 

 in the fall, can do it most cheaply by growing 

 this rape. Prepare the ground as for turnips 

 sow in June or July, with a turnip drill, in 

 rows two and one-lialf feet apart, at the rate 

 of two and one-half pounds of seed per aere, 

 or may be sown broadcast at Ihe rate of five- 

 pounds per acre. Per lb. 10 cts., lb 35 cts.» 

 3 lbs. $1.00. not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.00, 10 lbs. $1.75,. 

 100 lbs. S15.00. 



