POSTAGE ON: SEERS 
Seed in packets, ounces, quarter and half pounds, are mailed by us free of postage. 
Over half pounds, pounds, pints and quarts, the postage must be added to the price quoted, at the 
rate of eight cents per pound and fifteen cents per quart. 
Orders by mail will receive prompt attention and have every advantage, as to price and quality 
of goods, just the same as if the purchaser should call personally at our stores = Kits 
While we exercise care to have all seeds pure and reliabie, we do not give any warranty, ex- 
pressed or implied, and will not be responsible in any respect, for any loss or damage arising from 
the failure thereof. If the purchaser does not accept the seeds on these terms or conditions they 
must be returned at once. 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 
Estimated Quantities of Seed Required for the Space Given. 
Asparagus—I oz. produces 1,000 plants, and re- 
quires a bed of 12 feet square. 
Asparagus Root—1I,o00 plants to a bed 4 feet 
wide and 225 feet long. 
English Dwarf Beans—1 quart plants from 100 
to 150 feet of row. 
I'rench Dwarf Beans—tr quart plants 250 to 350 
feet of row. 
Beans, Pole, Large—r1 quart plants too hills. 
Beans, Pole, Small—1 quart plants 39 hills or 
2150 feet of row. 
Beets—to lbs. to the acre; I ounce plants 150 
feet of row. 
Brocoli and Kale—1 ounce gives 2,000 plants 
and requires 40 square feet of ground. 
Cabbage-—Early sorts same as Brocoli and re- 
quires 60 square feet of ground. 
Cauliflower—The same as Cabbage. 
Carrots—I ounce to 150 feet of row. 
Celery 
I ounce gives 7,000 plants, and requires 
8 square feet of ground. 
Cucumbers-—I ounce to 150 hills. 
Cress—I ounce sows bed 16 feet square. 
Egg Plant—1 ounce to 2,000 plants. 
Iendive—I ounce gives 2,c00 plants, and re- 
quires 80 feet of ground. 
Leek--I ounce gives 2,000 plants, and requires 
60 feet of ground. 
Lettuce—I ounce gives 7,000 plants, and re- 
quires seed bed of 120 feet. 
Melon—1 ounce for 120 hills. 
Nasturtiums—I ounce sows 25 feet of row. 
Onion—tI ounce sows 200 feet of row. 
Okra—I ounce sows 200 feet of row. 
Parsley—I ounce sows 200 feet of row. 
Parsnips—I ounce sows 250 feet of row. 
Pepper—I ounce gives 2,500 plants. 
Peas—I quart sows 120 feet of row. 
Radishes—I ounce to 100 feet. 
Salsiiy—1 ounce to 50 feet of row. 
Spinach--I ounce to 200 feet of row. 
Squash—-I ounce to 75 hills. 
Tomato—1 ounce gives 2,300 plants, requiring 
seed bed of 80 feet. 
Turnips—I ounce to 2,000 feet. 
Watermelon—1I ounce to 50 hills. 
Estimated Quantities of Seed Required to the Acre. 
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Our catalogues are published each year, and are sent regularly to our customers whose names 
are on our books and to all others who apply for them. 
P. MANN & COMPANY, 
Opposite Center Market 
207 Seventh Street, N. W. 
