'GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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able shipping and table grape. Price, 

 75c. each. 



TBIFOLLATA AS A STOCK FOR OR- 

 ANGE TREES— Further experience with 

 this stoclt confirms our opinion as to its 

 value for our climate. It is now 

 established beyond dispute that it has the 

 effect of rendering any orange budded or 

 grafted on it much hardier than the same 

 variety on its own root or on sour stock. 

 This fact was to be plainly seen in our 

 nurseries just after the late cold snap. 

 In the same plot, side by side, several 

 varieties of oranges on sour stock were 

 badly injured. The bark on most of the 

 trees was split from the top to the 

 ground, while those on Trifoliata were 

 uninjured. We strongly advise orange 

 growers to use Trifoliata to bud on. Price, 

 10c. each, $4 nerlOO. $;5 per !000;seeds cleaned, 

 }i lb 30c. 1 lb. SI ; in the bull 75c. per lb 



FEfNNBL FLORENCE OR NAPLES— 

 <Fehoul de Florence, Finocehio di Napoli) 

 — Culture-^Sow in spring, in rows 16 to 20 

 inches apart. Thin out so as to nave 

 the seedlings 5 to 6 inches, and water as 

 plentifully as possible. The plant is usu- 

 ally eaten boiled. In flavor it resembles 

 Celery, but with a sweet taste and a more 

 delicate odor; 5c. and 10c. papers; 1-4 

 pound 60c. ; per pound, $2.00. 



DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING CAS- 

 AVA ROOT. 



Casava should be planted in 4 feet 

 rows, 4 feet in the drill, about 2500 to 3000 

 plants to the acre. The ground should 

 be drained, thoroughly pulverized and 

 covered, or knocked off ligbtly with a 

 board if the season is wet; if the ground and 

 season is very dry better run a litrht roll- 

 er over the seed bed. Plant March 1st 

 to 15th, it continues to come up until the 

 middle of June. Bed a peck or so of the 

 seed pieces, but like we do sweet pota- 

 toes, and after they are sprouted take 

 them up and transplant them after the 

 first of Lime to the missing places in your 

 field. By doing this you can get a per- 

 fect stand. 



Planting— The stalks are cut on" close 

 to the ground or sawed into pieces each 

 containing five to seven eyes. The main 

 stalks are three or four inches long. The 

 eyes occur every one-half to three-fourths 

 of art inch along the stems and lower 

 woodv branches. Price 5c per foot, $3 per 100. 



TARAGAN (Artemisia Troch Estragan 

 Draneunculus)^A close relative of Worm- 

 wood (A. Absinthium). It is a perennial 

 composite herb, native of the Caspian Sea, 

 blossoms are borne upon numerous 

 branching stems 2-3 feet tall. Its green 

 parts, which possess a delicate, aromatic 

 flavor, are widely used for seasoning sal- 

 ads and for flavoring vinegar, pickles and 

 mustard. The plants may t>e set either 

 in spring or in the autumn, one foot apart 

 and cultivate like Sage or Mint. The 

 flower stems should be removed as soon 

 as seen, as this will force greater growtn 

 of leaves, etc. Price 50c. per root. 



MA&TICA— <Every florist has experi- 

 enced difficulty in obtaining putty (wheth- 

 er ordinary or white lead) for glazlagr, 

 that is satisfactory for any length of 

 time. The fact is, putty is hot adapted 

 for green house work, and cannot stand 



the severe and varied tests to which it is 

 subjected. After much study the inven- 

 tor of "Mastica" decided that the compo- 

 sition must be of different materials than 

 that used heretofore for this purpose, 

 must be elastic and tenacious, and these 

 qualities must be retained to admit of ex- 

 pansion and contraction without cracking. 

 This result has been reached in "Masti- 

 ca," which, when applied in a few hours 

 forms a skin or film on the entire mass 

 hermetically sealing the substance and 

 preventing the evaporating of the liquids, 

 and remains in a soft, pliable and elas- 

 tic condition for years. Put up in 1 gallon 

 cans, $1.50. 



MASTICA GLAZING MACHINE— For 

 applying above composition. Price $1.50. 

 Full directions accompany each machine. 



MOSQUITO HEAD NET— We are hand- 

 ling this season a long felt waht in the 

 Southern country, a peace-maker, where 

 a person can attend to his business with- 

 out being annoyed by the mosquito pest. 

 We have two makes. They are both 

 good. 



Wood's Patent Mosquito Head Net. 

 Price, 51.00. 



Ward's Mosquito Head Net. Price, 

 $1.00. 



FRUIT GATHERERS— This is the arti- 

 cle to pick your fruits without bruising 

 them, it is made of galvanized wire, fun- 

 nel shape, put at the end of any desired 

 length pole. Price, $1.00 each. 



BFRMUDA GRASS SOD— To enable our 

 customers who are making summer 

 lawns, we have this year provided a large 

 supply of Bermuda Grass sod which en- 

 ables lawns to be in growth in one-third 

 of the time that it would take by planting 

 the seed, as seed takes about ninety days 

 to show any stand, whereas sodding in 

 thirty days will show its carpet. This we 

 offer at $3.60 per flour barre*. 



When yott are in Doubt Consult Steckler. 



