GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
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| SPECIAL NOTICE TO PLANTERS. | 
For early feed plant either German Millet, 
Amber or Orange 
| Sorghum, Improved Yellow Leaming, White St. Charles Golden Dent, 
and Golden Beauty Corn. 
In forage grasses, Improved Lucerne or Alfalfa Clover, Red or 
White Clover, Crimson Clover, Dwarf Essex Rape or Hairy Vetch. 
For a genuine all around pasture grass, 
These will save the planter over 50 per cent on his 
Japan Clover. 
feed bili. 
The following is a collection of Large Peony-flowering Dahlias, im- 
proved varieties introduced by Mr. Wm. Pfitzer of Germany. 
that every lover of flowers should have a few of these elegant speci- 
mens: 
at 40c. a bulb. 
| $2.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 
| per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 
La Belle, large, white, suffused blush or shrimp pink, at 30c. a bulb. 
Big Chief, bright, rich crimson, margined maroon, very effective; 
Sensation, the most siriking and sensational of this type; 
vermillion, heavily tipped white; at 50c. a bulb. 
If by mail add dc. per bulb for postage. a 
Citrus Trifoliata.—For description see Page 152. 
large stock of the following sizes: 
24 inches high, $1.00 per dozen; $3.00 
Lespedeza Striata or 
We feel 
bright 
15 inches high, 75c. per dozen; 
We also have a | 
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Chufas.—This nut is splendid for fat- | seed covered in any way most conveni- 
| ent at the time, just so the seeds get a 
tening hogs; it has a fine flavor. The 
nut sends up a single spire so much like 
Cocoa it might deceive even an experi- 
enced eye at first appearance. 
this spire a multitude of others form 
rapidly. At the foot of each spire is a 
nut never more than two inches in the 
ground. Price, 
peck, $5.00 per 
Upland and 
These are the 
Southern soil. 
bushel. 
only varieties for our 
Around | 
| grass and weeds 
35c. per pound, $1.25 per | 
Lowland Seed Rice.— | 
Genuine Imported Hon- | 
duras Seed Rice, $1.00 per peck, $3.00 | 
per bushel, $7.00 per barrel of 162 
pounds. Imported Choice Carolina Seed 
Rice, $1.25 per peck; $3.25 per bushel, 
$7.25 per barrel. Japan Rice, $1.00 per 
peck; $3.00 per bushel; $7.00 per barrel. 
The standard weight of Rice is 44 pounds 
per bushel. 
Directions for Planting Upland Rice.— 
On lands that hold moisture well, such 
as waxey or post oak land, plant any- 
where. On dry or sandy land rice is 
planted in the low places. 
land and cultivate as for corn, except 
the rows are only 22 to 24 inches apart 
so that one furrow in each middle, with 
an 18-inch sweep, usually suffices for a 
working, and the hills just far enough so 
it can be hoed. Plant as early in April 
aS you can. Furrows are opened and the 
| ally eaten boiled. 
little dirt over them. Drop 15 or 20 seed 
in each hill and leave all that come up. 
Cultivate for moisture ard to keep down 
until rice begins to 
head. It usually ripens last of August 
or early in September. The color tells 
when it is ripe. 
The required quantity of rice to plant 
one acre, ordinary alluvial soil, is 3 
bushels of 44 pounds to the bushel, or 132 
pounds. Some planters have a tendency 
to plant less, but a good stand cannot be 
had unless this much is planted. 
Fennel Florence or Naples.—(Fenoul 
de Florence, Finocchio di Napoli).—Cul- 
ture: Sow in spring in rows 16 to 20 
inches apart. Thin out so as to have the 
seedlings 5 to 6 inches, and water as 
plentifully as possible. The plant is usu- 
In flavor it resembles 
_ Celery, but with a sweet taste and a 
more delicate odor; 5c. and 10c. papers; 
_% pound, 30c.; per pound, $1.00. 
Prepare the | 
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Mosquito Head Net.—We have in stock 
a long felt want in the Southern country, 
a peace-maker, where a person can at- 
tend to his business without being an- 
noyed by the mosquito pest. We have 
two makes. They are both good. 
Wood’s Mosquito Head Net, $1.00. 
Ward’s Mosquito Head Net, $1.00. 
Try Steckler’s New Calico Bush Butter Beans. 
