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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



FOREIGN POSTAGE ON SEEDS AND 

 PLANTS. 



We very respectfully solicit orders for 

 Seed and small plants from private in- 

 dividuals, market gardeners, or mer- 

 chants in foreign countries, especially 

 those countries with which the United 

 States has a Merchandise Post Agree- 

 ment, and below enumerate these par- 

 ticular countries and the .weight per 

 package which may in every case be 

 posted at 12 cents per pound: 



Australia 41bs. 6 oz. 



(New South Wales, Victoria, 

 Queensland, South Australia, 

 West Australia and Tasmania.) 



Bahamas 11 lbs. 



Barbados 11 lbs. 



Bermuda 11 lbs. 



Bolivia 11 lbs. 



British Guiana 11 lbs. 



Chile 11 lbs. 



Colombia 11 lbs. 



Costa Rica 11 lbs. 



Danish West Indies 11 lbs. 



(St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas.) 



Ecuador ,^>;.ll IbSj..-, 



Guatemala 11 lbs, 



Honduras (British) 11 lbs. 



Hong Kong 11 lbs. 



(Amoy, Canton, Cheefoo, Foo- 

 chow, Hoihow, Hankow, Liu 

 Kung Tau, Ningpo, Shanghai 

 and Swatow.) 



Jamaica 11 lbs. 



(Including the Turks and Cai- 

 cos Islands.) 



Japan 4 lbs. 6 oz. 



China 11 lbs. 



(Amoy, Changsha, Chinkiang, 

 Ohefoo, Foochow, Hangchow^ 

 Hankow, Nanking, Peking, 

 Shanghaikwan, Shanghai, Shasi, 

 Soochow, Sungchin, Swatow, 

 Taiye, Tientsin and Wuchang.) 



Korea 4 lbs. 6 ozs. 



Leeward Islands 11 lbs. 



(Antigua, with Barbuda and 

 Redonda, St. Kitts, Nevis, with 

 Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, 

 and the Virgin Islands.) 



Mexico 11 lbs. 



New Zealand 11 lbs. 



Nicaragua 11 lbs. 



Peru 11 lbs. 



Salvador 11 lbs. 



i rinidad 11 lbs. 



Uiraguay 11? lbs. 



Venezuela 11 lbs. 



Windward Islands 11 lbs. 



Merchandise packages to every one 

 of the countries may be two feet in 

 length, but to sosoie of the countries may 

 b%.ihree feet six inches. Local Post- 

 masters can give the information. It 

 will be O'bserved these provisions admit 

 of sending not only Seed, but plants like 

 Blackberries, Grapes, Raspberries, and 

 even fruit trees of small size. 



International Money Orders can be ob- 

 tained at the Post Offices of all the above 

 countries, and every order for Seeds 

 must be accompanied by a Pos.tal Order 

 made out at the prices in this Catalogue. 



gather and cure. Only ^bout 4 to 6 seed 

 stalks pus'li out from a tuft of roots; 

 growing 2 to 3 feet high. 



It flourishes mostly in rich and meadow 

 like lands; an overflow 'Will not kill it, 

 as it is all the aime asserting itself. A 

 good plowing and cultivation will kill it, 

 changing a field to other farm purposes. 

 Price, 75c. per pound. 



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PASPALUM DILATATUM AND ITS i 

 VIRTUES. I 



First. — Eight pounds to the acre should 

 make a good stand on land which should 

 produce 12 bushels of Corn or 25 bushels 

 of Oats. If mixed thoroughly with 

 dampened oats, i^ hushel cats to 8 

 pounds of Paspalum Dilatatum, this 

 would scatter the seed sufficiently when 

 sown, then harrowed and dragged well — 

 putting in the seed an inch or two. A 

 peck of dry Paspalum Dilatatum seed 

 usually weighs 6 pounds. When well up 

 and rooted, a slight grazing and tramp- 

 ing causes it to stool out the more. It 

 may be sown on Bermuda sod. 



Second. — Purposes: Specially for 



grazing cows, horses, colts, etc. Our 

 domestic poultry are very fond of it, and 

 a drove of turkeys pick it with delight 

 We know of no plant that is such a con- 

 servator of the soil — enriching and pre- 

 venting washes. 



Third. — The seeds are so small and 

 light that they are troublesome to I 



Sieves. — Medium. 17 inches in diame- 

 ter, all sizes from i4 inch to % inch 

 mesh. Brass, $2.00 each; iron, 80c. for 

 securing fine, mellow earth, so desirable 

 for planting all kinds of small seeds. 



Plant Silver Hull and Japanese Buckwheat and Red and White Kaffir Corn. 



