HIGH QUALITY VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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DANDELION 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Blanched leaves of this plant make a most delicately 

 flavored and wholesome salad. The quality is improved 

 very much by blanching, which can be easily done hy 

 covering over the plants with boards. 



French (Common). Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c., U lb. 50c., 

 lb. S1.50. 



Improved Large Thick-leaved. A thick-leaved 

 variety of great productiveness and fine flavor. 

 Pkt. lOc, 3^ oz. 25c. oz. 40c., }i lb. $1.25. 



EGG PLANT 



One ounce will produce about 1000 plants. 



Culture. — The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good 

 garden soil, but will repay good treatment. The seed 

 should be sown in hotbeds the first week in March, 

 care being taken to protect the young plants from cold 

 at night. Plant out about June 1st, about 2 feet apart 

 in row and 3 feet between rows. Egg Plants are very 

 tender and will not stand frost. Sufficient plants may 

 be raised for a small garden by sowing a few seeds in 

 flower pots or boxes in the house. 



Florida High Bush 



Black Beauty 



A valuable variety, 

 which grows a high 

 bush and holds its fruit well off the ground. It resists 

 drought and wet weather to a wonderful degree ; very 

 vigorous and productive, bearing very profusely its 

 large purple fruits of fine shape and quality. An 

 excellent shipper. Pkt. 5c. and 10c. , oz. 50c., 14 lb. 

 $1.50, lb. $4.50. 



From ten to twelve days earlier 

 than New York Improved Pur- 

 ple. The fruits are broad and thick, of most at- 

 tractive form, and of the finest flavor. The skin is 

 rich, lustrous, purplish black. The intensely brilliant 

 coloring is uniform over the whole fruit and does not 

 fade or change to a lighter color at the blossom end. 

 The calyx is entirely free from thorns. The fruits 

 set most freely and are ready to market early, so 

 that the entire crop can be gathered before there is 

 any danger of frost. Pkt. 5c. and 10c. , 3^ oz. 25c., 

 oz. 50c., M lb. $1.50, lb. $5.00. 



New York Improved Purple. Plants of vigorous 

 growth and very productive. Fruits of large size, 

 with smooth, glossy, deep purple skin. Pkt. 5c., 

 and lOc. oz. 50c., H lb. $1.50, lb. $4.50. 



Green Curled Endive 



Black Beauty Egg Plant 



ENDIVE 



One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill. 



Culture. — Endive is one of the best and most whole- 

 some salads for Fall and Winter use. Sow in shallow 

 drills in April for early use, or for late use in June or 

 July. When the plants are 2 or 3 inches high, thin 

 them out or transplant into moderately rich and rather 

 Hght soil, 1 foot apart. When nearly full grown, and 

 before they are fit for the table, they must be blanched 

 by tying the leaves loosely together, which must be 

 done when quite dry, or by covering with boards or 

 flower pots. 



Broad-leaved Batavian (Escaroile). Used in soups 

 and stews; requires to be tied up for blanching. Pkt. 

 5c. and lOc, oz. 15c., K lb. 40c., lb. $1.25. 



Green Curled. The hardiest variety grown; beauti- 

 fully curled. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., M lb. 40c., lb. $1.25. 



(Copy Letter) 



UNITED STATES SENATE 

 Washington, D. C. 



June 17, 1912. 



My dear Sir: Being so well satisfied in every particular with 

 the lawn I have succeeded in securing from the use of the White 

 House Grass Seed, procured from you this Spring, I cannot 

 refrain from writing you a line. Every time I look from the 

 window on this lawn I feel that I owe you a debt of thanks, not 

 perhaps because the seed germinated and grew, but because of 

 the extreme courtesy with which I was treated in my dealings 

 with your firm. Knowing nothing of the method of securing 

 success with these seed, I was given a clear, concise explanation 

 of how to proceed, by one of your clerks whose name, unfortu- 

 nately, I do not know. I did exactly as I was instructed and 

 as a result I have a magnificent lawn, which is indeed a pleasure 

 to me and to my family, and I write this, not only as a testi- 

 monial to the character of the lawn seed I secured, but also to 

 the character of the employees with whom you seem to be sur- 

 rounded. You or your representative are at liberty to see this 

 lawn if you care to call at my home any evening after six-thirty. 

 Thanking you, I am Very truly yours, 



(Signed) M. H. LANMAN, 



No. 125 Quincy Place, N. E. 

 Mr. G. Edward Schultz, 304 10th St., N. W., Washington, D. C 



