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Prices on Grass Seeds subject to change. 

 The pound prices include postage ; 100 pound prices are by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS, FANCY CLEAN cPoa pra- EXTRA FINE MIXED LAWN GRASS QCentral Park 



tensis). Sometimes called June, but the true June or Wire Mixture). The essentials for a fine lawn are: First, a rich. 



Grass is much inferior. The Kentucky Blue Grass is the well drained soil; second, careful preparation of the ground, 



most nutritious, hardy and valuable of all northern grasses, making it as fine and smooth but mellow as possible; third, 



In conjunction with white clover it forms a splendid lawn; a wise selection of seeds; fourth, sowing at such a time as to 



for this purpose use four bushels of Blue Grass and six give the young plants a chance to becom^e well established 



pounds of White Clover per acre. If sown by itself for pas- before being subjected to very dry or to very cold weather, 



turage about twenty-eight pounds per acre will be required. 

 Sow early in the spring, or in October or November. Per Lb. 

 25c; 100 Lbs. $12.00 



FOWL MEADOW, OR FALSE RED TOP (Poa serotinax 



However much care is bestowed on the soil and seed, no 

 lawn will be beautiful without frequent mowing and rolling. 

 Too much care cannot be bestowed upon the selection of 

 grasses, as some varieties are the most luxuriant in spring, 

 others in summer, others again in autumn, and a combina- 

 It yields well when sown on low, moist land, and stands tion of the proper sorts is required for a perfect, carpet-like 



longer in good condition for cutting than most grasses. It 

 can be mowed almost any time from July to October. When 



lawn. We have given much thought and made many experi- 

 ments to secure the best selection, and think our Central 



three feet liigh it falls down, or lodges, and after a little time Park Mixture is the best possible for permanent lawns. It 



every joint puts forth new branches. The stalk is always may be planted early in spring, or fall, and should be sown 



sweet and tender, and cattle and sheep are fond of it. at the rate of sixty to one hundred pounds per acre; much 



Requires about twenty -five pounds of seed per acre. Sow in more is required than for hay or pasturage. If sown in the 



spring or fall. Per Lb. 50c; 100 Lbs. $25.00 spring, sow as early as possible, making the surface very fine 



nniTr'H cTAi vcn nACkWfwxr ^"*^ smooth, then raking it over and sowing the seed just 



Kt'UUn MALKtiU iVlDAUUW (Poa trivialis). A strong before a rain, which, if the surface has just been raked, will 



growing, hardy grass, well suited for deep,- moist soils, but cover the seed sufficiently. If the expected rain does not 



of little value on soil which is poor or dry. Sow about twenty come, cover by rolling with a light roller. If sown in the 



pounds per acre. Per Lb. 50c; 100 Lbs. $30.00 fall, sow before the autumn rains have ceased, and before 



niMc Mivnn i a \ w noAcc very cold weather, give the yoimg grass a light dressing of 



FINE MIXED LAWN GRASS. Per Lb. 35c; 100 Lbs. manure. One pound of this mixture is sufficient to sow 600 



$15.00 square feet. Per Lb. 50c; 100 Lbs. $25.00 



MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS 



The pound prices include postage; bushel and 100 pound 



BARLEY, COMMON. Barley succeeds best on lands more 

 sandy and lighter than those adapted to wheat. It is sown 

 in the spring, and can be grown farther north than any other 

 grain. Sow about two and one-half bushels per acre. Weight, 

 forty-eight pounds per bushel. 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; $1.25 per Bu. 



BARLEY, HULLESS. There are several varieties of bar- 

 ley in which the grain shells out of the chaff like wheat. 

 One variety is also beardless. The one we offer has a smaller 

 grain, but yields about as well as the Common Barley, and is 

 the sort largely gro^m for making barley bread. 3 Lbs. by 

 mail 75c; $3.00 per Bushel of 48 Lbs. 



BUCKWHEAT, COMMON. Buckwheat, should be sown 

 about the 20th of June, broadcast, at the rate of about one- 

 half bushel per acre; the average yield being from twenty- 

 five to thirty bushels. It should be threshed as soon as dry, 

 for if allowed to stand in mass, it quickly gathers moisture. 

 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; $1.00 per Bushel of 48 Lbs. 



BUCKWHEAT, JAPANESE. The plants are large and 

 vigorous, maturing seed early, and resisting drought and 

 blight remarkably well ; the grain is much larger and has a 

 thinner hull than the Common or the Silver Hull. We recom- 

 mend this especially for well drained or sandy land, and the 

 dry climate of the western plains. 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; $1.00 

 per Bushel of 48 Lbs. 



BUCKWHEAT, SILVER HULL. This improved variety 

 is much better than the old sort. It is in bloom longer, 

 matures sooner, and yields double the quantity per acre. 

 The husk is thinner, the corners less prominent, and the grain 

 of a beautiful light gray color. 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; $1.25 

 per Bushel of 48 Lbs. 



RYE SPRING. Although this grain is often planted espe- 

 cially for paper makers, who prefer it to any other, its prin- 

 cipal value is as a "catch" crop, to sow where winter grain 

 has failed. The straw is shorter and stiffer than the winter 

 variety, and is always easily secured, while the grain, 

 although smaller, is of equal value. 3 Lbs. by maU 50c; 

 $1.25 per Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



RYE, FALL OR WINTER. The time for sowing is from 

 the middle of August to the last of September. Prepare the 

 ground as for wheat and sow broadcast, or with a drill at the 

 rate of one and one-half bushels per acre. This has no equal 

 as a crop to be used for late fall and early spring pasture, 

 and is one of the best to turn under for green manure. 

 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; $1.00 per Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



SPURRY (Spergula arvensis). An old plant which has 

 recently been brought into prominence, as it was found to be 

 of great value for forage and green soiling on light sandy 

 lands. The seed is fine, but the plants speedily take posses- 

 sion of the ground and grow vigorously, even on very poor 

 soil. Sow about fifteen pounds per acre. Lb. 25c; 3 Lbs. 60c ; 

 $6.00 per 100 Lbs. 



Canary 

 Hemp 

 Rape . 

 Maw . 



prices are by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



FLAT PEA CLathyrus sylvestris). The dried fodder of 

 this plant is almost equal to grain in nutritive value, and it 

 will live and thrive on soils too poor and sandy to support any 

 other valuable plant. It is worthy of a trial for both pur- 

 poses and in many cases will prove to be a plant of great 

 value. This variety should be sown and treated like other 

 field peas. The plant is a hardy perennial, and does not give 

 its largest retm-ns until the third year. Per Lb. $2.00 



FLAX FOR SOWING (Limim usitatissimum). Sow late 

 enough in the spring to avoid frost, and early enough to 

 secure the early rains. A fair average quantity of seed to be 

 sown on an acre is one-half bushel, when cultiva,ted for seed; 

 if for the fibre a larger quantity should be sown. Cut before 

 quite ripe and if the weather be dry, let it lie in the swath a 

 few hours when it should be raked and secured from the 

 weather ; thresh early in the fall and in dry weather. Lb. 20c ; 

 $1.60 per Bushel of 56 Lbs., 



HEMP ^Cannabis sativa'). If raised for manufacturing, 

 must be sown broadcast, at the rate of one-half bushel to the 

 acre; if for seed, it should be planted in hills four feet apart, 

 and the plants thinned out to three or four most vigorous 

 stems in each hill. Lb. 25c; $2.25 per Bushel of 44 Lbs. 



SPRING VETCHES, OR TARES ^Vicia sativa-). A species 

 of the pea grown extensively in England, and to a consider- 

 able extent in Canada, for stock, but not much used in the 

 United States. Culture same as field peas. Sow two bushels 

 per acre. Lb. 25c; $3.00 per Bushel of 60 Lbs. 



SAND, WINTER OR HAIRY VETCHES Qvida villosa-y. 

 A very hardy forage plant growing well on soils so poor and 

 sandy that they will produce but little clover. The plants 

 when mature are about forty inches high, and if cut for 

 forage as soon as full grown and before setting seed, they 

 will start up again and furnish even a larger crop than the 

 first. The round black seed should be sown at the rate of 1}^ 

 bushels to the acre. Per Lb. 25c ; $4. 00 per Bushel of 60 Lbs. 



WILD RICE QZizania aquaiicd). An annual which sows 

 itself about the middle of September, lies dormant all winter, 

 in spring commences to sprout as soon as the water gets 

 warm, reaching the surface during the first half of June. It 

 grows very rapidly in one to four feet of water, ripens late in 

 August or early in September. It should be planted broad- 

 cast from a boat, in two or three feet of water having a mud 

 bottom. It succeeds best when planted in the fall before the 

 ice forms, but it has been successfully planted in spring, and 

 also through the ice in winter. As an attraction for wildfowl 

 it cannot be equaled. In large ponds and lakes it purifies the 

 water, affords a refuge for the small fry from the large fish, 

 as well as furnishing them plenty of food from the animalculse 

 upon its stalks; for planting in fish ponds it is especially 

 desirable. It also does well along the shores of marshes, and 

 makes a good hay. In the South two crops can be cut. All 

 cattle are very fond af it. Lb. 40c; $20.00 per 100 Lbs. 



Per Lb. 20c, 3 Lbs. 50c by mail or express prepaid Millet 



" •■' 20c, 3 " 50c '' " " T„^4^,,„ 



" " 20c, 3 " 50c " " " Lettuc 



" " 26c, 3 " 60c " " " Mixed Bird Seeds 



Per Lb 20c, 3 Lbs. 50c by mail or express prepaid 

 " " 40c, ..." 

 20c, 3 " 50c 



