PETER HENDERSON & CO. — VEGETABLE SEEDS. 29 



Vegetable Seeds for Fall Sowing. — Continued. 



Pkt. Oz. Jib. lb- 

 Radish.— Continued. Long Scarlet Short Top $0 05 $0 10 $0 25 $0 75 



French Breakfast 5 10 25 T5 



White Spanish 5 15 25 75 



California Mammoth Winter 5 15 50 1 50 



Long Black Spanish 5 15 30 1 00 



Round Black Spanish 5 10 25 75 



Rose China Winter 5 10 30 100 



Grey Long Winter 5 10 30 1 00 



Spinach. New Thick Leaved 5 10 15 50 



Round Leaf 5 10 15 40 



Pricklv 5 10 15 40 



Large'Round Leaf Viroftay 5 10 20 50 



Long Standing 5 10 15 50 



Henderson's Norfolk Savoy Leaved 5 10 15 40 



Grass and Clover Seeds for Fall Sowing. 

 (If by mail add 16c. per lb. for postage. — Prices subject to variation.) 



Per qt. Per bush. 



Red Top $0 15 $150 



Kentucky Blue Grass (extra clean) 20 2 25 



Orchard Grass 25 3 00 



Rhode Island Bent 20 4 00 



Hungarian Grass 2 00 



Timothy about $2.50 per bushel. 



Red Clover about 15c. per lb. 



White Clover 40c. 



Alsike, or Hybrid Clover 40c. 



Scarlet Clover 50c. 



Yellow Trefoil 40c. 



Alfalfa 35c. 



Lawn Grass (Central Park Mixture. ) See special description. — 25c. quart ; $5.00 bush. 

 (For forming new lawns, four bushels per acre are required.) 



JOHNSON GRASS, ySorghum Halapense) 



This grass, which has proved to be one of the greatest value in Alabama 



and other of the southern States, will grow on any land where corn will 



nd in the opinion of so well known an authority as Mr. ^\ m. 



Saui ton, is looked up- 



pective value. This grass h; 

 i, and the difficu] from 



as a nuisance. Its 

 In Alabama tq e three c of it 



5 tons of hay from an acre. This 

 grown on good bottom land, and all the cultivation it receives is to 

 it down once in two or three years, and then give it a very thorough 

 harrowing and an increased crop ensues. The best stage at which to cut 

 it for hay is when the grass comes into bloom, when it will be about 24 

 JOHNSON CRASS, or 30 inches high. It is then very tender and nutritious and all kinds of 

 {.Sorghum Halapense.) stock are fond of it. Seed of this grass should be sown alone on well 

 prepared ground from August to October 15, sowing broadcast one bushel of extra clean seed to 

 the acre. Price, per lb., 30c. ; per peck, $1.75 ; per bushel, of 25 lbs., $6.00. 



RHUBARB ROOTS. 



LINNAEUS. Early, very productive, of excellent spicy flavor, and the least acid of all 

 the varieties. By express, 25 cts. each ; $2.00 per dozen. 



ASPARGUS ROOTS. (Ready in October.) 

 Plant in rows three feet apart, and let the plants be one foot apart in the rows, taking 

 15,000 to an acre. 



COLOSSAL, two year old roots. By express, $1.00 per 100 ; $8.00 per 1000. 



