JVI." EX. LAWN GRASS. 



A 3HXTTRE especially adapted to withstand our often severe 

 Summer dranghts, composed only of tlie most desirable varie- 

 ties that will present a luxuriant growth from early Spring till 

 late in the Pall. 



Z A MIXTURE that has no superior in all the good qualities that go 

 to make a beautiful lawn; that, when properly sown, should 

 ~ produce a stand that will last for years. 



> A MIXTURE that, if you propose to lay down a lawn or seed only 

 ^ a cemetery lot, you ought to sow. 



£ Prices: Qt. (enough to sow at least 200 square feet), 30 cts., post-paid ; 2 

 , qts., 50 cts., post-paid ; by express or freight, peck, 81.50; % bus., 81.50; bus., 

 u 84.50; 4 bus., enough to sow one acre, $16.00. 



o "M." EX. BRAND OF THE FIVE FOLLOWING GRASSES 



S DESERVEDLY STAND AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER FOR 



< PURITY AND SUPERIOR EXCELLENCE. 



g "M." EX. BRAND RED CLOVER — I do not consider there has 

 jj ever come any re-cleaned seed to this or any other market, that will 

 iB surpass the " 31." Ex. Brand of Red Clover. Extra carefully re-cleaned 

 ■S and graded at great labor and expense, I must indeed ask a big price for 



< it, but, even then, those who sow it find it is cheaper than ninety-nine 

 hundredths of the seed in the market. Send me an order for a bushel 



35 and see for yourself. Peck,S2.00; bus., $7.50. 



Q «M.» EX. BRAND PRIME TIMOTHY What I say of •• M. ' Ex. 



2 Brand of Clover, can also be said concerning my TIMOTHY. It is all 

 £ extra clean, bright, and as choice as can be found anywhere. Bus., $2.50. 

 v. 



M." EX. BRAND ORCHARD GRASS. — Invaluable for its thick 

 growth and the large quantity of nutritious feed it yields. Qt., 25 cts., 

 post-paid: bus., 82.00. 



»M." EX. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS It is very nutritious, and 



makes the very best pasture. In connection with white clover, it also 

 makes a fine lawn. Qt., 25 cts., post-paid ; bus., 82.00. 



" M." EX. BRAND RED TOP OR HERD GRASS It is very val- 

 uable for meadow and pasturage, good for moist and dry lands, produc- 

 ing a large crop of hav, and withstanding the heat well. Qt.,25 cts., post- 

 paid; bus., 81.00; 4-bus. sack, S3.00. 



JOHNSON GRASS In many sections 



of the South, particularly in the State of 

 5 Alabama, this grass has been favorably 

 > known and largely sown for a number of 

 jj years. It stands drought better than any 

 © other; its long cane-like roots penetrating 

 ^, deeply in the soil. Very desirable either for 

 s grazing or to cut for hay, all kinds of stock 

 jj eating it greedily, and is very nutritious, 

 i It is a perennial, a rapid grower, comes early 

 5 in the Spring, and grows until frost cuts 

 Z it down in the Fall. Qt., 50 cts., post-paid ; 

 bus., 85.00. 



PERMANENT PASTURE.— There is 

 J? nothing more important to any farmer than 

 £ a first-class permanent pasture, and this Is 

 g very hard to obtain, unless a number ot va- 



S s rieties are used, each in their proper propor- 

 tion. I have prepared a mixture of grasses 

 and clovers for this purpose, which I con- 

 ' sider unequaled, containing nothing but 

 5 the most desirable varieties for the pur- 

 se pose. Qt., 25 cts., post-paid; peck, 81.00; 

 * bus., 83.50. (State when ordering, if land is thin or heavy.) 

 ! German Millet.— Also known as Golden Millet, and the most desirable 

 v. of all millets. A most excellent forage plant. Bus., 82.00. 

 B Hungarian Millet — Does well on light soils; resists drought. Bu., 81.50. 

 S English Rye Grass.— Good for permanent pastures. Bus., S3.50. 

 » Sweet Vernal Grass — When cut emits a most agreeable odor. Valu- 



- able also on account of its early growth. Lb., 65 cts., post-paid. 



- Alfalfa Clover — This most valuable clover, when once fullv estab- 

 S lished, lasts for years. Resists drought wonderfully, and is an immense 

 W yielder. Lb., 50 cts., post-paid. By express, $30 per 100 lbs. 

 _ Alsike Clover.— Another very superior clover, as it resists drought, is 



JOHXSOX GRASS. 



S very hardy, and has yielded three *to four cuttings in"a"s7ngie' season 

 g Lb._. ft) cts^post-paid. By express, $3-5 per 100 lbs. 



"W hite Clover. — A great favorite of the honey bee ; close growing, and 

 ^ suitable to almost all soils. Lb., 65 cts., by mail, post-paid. 

 | Pea \ ine Clover.— Also called Mammoth. The best of all for restor- 

 ^ ing worn-out soils. Grows 5 or 6 feet high. Lb., 40 cts., post-paid ; by 

 5 express or freight, peck, 82.00; bus., 87.50. 



* T . .^wl.r.V!^ * Fl T f ' LINE OF ALL THE FANCY VARI- 

 S ETIE* OF CLOA ER AND GRASS SEEDS. WRITE FOR WHAT 

 ft YOl A\ AAT, A1VD I WILL BE HAPPY TO QUOTE PRICES. 



THREE SOUTHERN FODDER PLANTS. 



KAFFIR CORN — A New Forage Plant from Oie South Kaffir 



Corn produces two to four heads from a single stalk, and in Georgia has 

 yielded in a single sea- 

 son, by the middle of 

 October, two crops of 

 green fodder, and a full 

 crop of grain (50 to 60 

 bus. per acre.) The 

 whole stalk, if cut down 

 as soon as seed heads 

 appear, at once starts a 

 second growth from the 

 roots. It also stands 

 drought wonderfully. If 

 growth is cheeked for 

 want of moisture, the 

 plant waits for rain, and 

 when it comes at once 

 resumes its growth. On 

 very thin or worn out 

 lands it yields paying 

 crops of grain or forage, 

 even in dry seasons 

 when corn "has utterly 

 failed. The whole stalk, 

 as well as blades, makes 

 excellent fodder, and all 

 stock eat it greedily. It 

 is as early or quick in 

 growth as Minnesota 

 | Amber Cane, and is 

 therefore reliable in any 

 latitude where Amber 

 Cane has been found 

 useful as a fodder crop. 

 Should be sown in drills 

 and cultivated same as 

 Indian Corn. 



Above description of 

 the merits of Kaffir Corn 

 I condense from that of 

 the introducer. I have 

 no doubt it will prove 

 particularly desirable 

 for all the Southern 

 States. How it will suc- 

 ceed in the North I am 

 not prepared to say, un- 

 til it has been thorough- 

 ly tested, still I think 

 all of my customers 

 should try it. It might kaffir corx. 



prove a decidedly profitable investment. Large pkt. 15c.; 2 pkts. 25c 



l ELLO« MILO MAIZE.— This is another variety of the Sorghum 

 ramily, and I can not do better in describing it than bv giving the ex- 

 penencejme of my customers (Judge Hudson, of Mississippi.) had with 

 it last season. "I planted it in my Irish potato patch, 

 four by two feet, three stalks to the hill, and about 200 

 hills, and cultivated as corn. It was a bold, vigorous, 

 grower and deep-green color and continues so yet 

 from bottom to top; grows eight to ten feet. About 

 half way up the stalk and on the top are numerous 

 large shoots with fine large blades on them like those 

 of the main stalk, and on which shoots are other shoots 

 or suckers, all bearing fine heads, like the main head or 

 stalk, but not quite so large, until from midwav the 

 stalk up, is a large mass of heads and fodder. Some 

 stalks have as high as twenty heads, weighing from 

 one-fourth to one pound per head, and as fine heavy 

 blades as the best common corn. One stalk will make 

 a good, rich feed or meal for a horse. It makes a beau- 

 tiful, delicious, and perfect pop-corn. There is no 

 use to raise anything else for horses, cattle, chickens, 

 or pop-corn. Fertilize and cultivate well; nothing of 

 its kind will pay as well. It will mature its main head 

 in 100 days, and still grow on and mature others and 

 fodder until frost." Pkt., 15 cts.; Z pkts.. 25 cts. 



TEOSINTE So many 



have spoken to me of this 

 magnificent forage plant 

 that I am glad I have 

 at last been able to se- 

 cure a small quantity 

 of seed. In this latitude, 

 planted July 3d, it pro- 

 duced from one seed 

 twenty-seven stalks, and 

 attained a height of seven 

 feet by September 10th, 

 making a luxuriant 

 growth of leaves, which 

 the horses and cattle ate 

 as freely as young sugar 

 corn. In appearance some- 

 what resembles Indian 

 Corn, but the leaves are 

 much longer and broader, 

 and the stalk contains 

 sweeter sap. In its per- 

 fection it produces a great 

 number of shoots, grow- 

 ing twelve feet high, very / v, 

 thickly covered with I 

 leaves, yielding such an ' 

 abundance of forage that 

 one plant is considered to 

 be sufficient to feed a pair 

 of cattle for 24 hours. In 

 the South, it surpasses 

 either Corn or Sorghum 

 as a soiling of fodder- 

 plant. 85 stalks have 

 been grown from one seed 

 attaining a height of 11 

 feet. Pkt., 10 cts.; % lb., 

 75 cts.; per lb., 82.50. 



YELLOW KILO 

 MAIZE. 



