J. M. Thorburn & Co'.s Catalogue of Seeds. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 1 



LENTILS— Best Imported. Succeed best in dry I 

 sandy soil. A leguminous annual, the seeds of | 

 which are valuable for pigeons and largely used 

 for soups. Per lb., '20 cents. 



LUPINS— Blue. Used for the same purpose as the 

 yellow variety. Per lb., 20 cents; per 100 lbs., $8. 

 White. One of the best plants known for soiling. 

 It may be sown from April to July, and plowed 

 under when in flower. The seed when burned is 

 excellent manure for orange and olive trees. Per 

 lb., 20 cents; per 100 lbs., $9. 

 Yellow. Less thrifty than the white variety, but 

 still having an advantage over it in remaining 

 green for a longer period. It succeeds well in the 

 poorest soil, and many lands formerly poor have 

 had their value greatly enhanced by plowing in 

 this Lupin as a manure. Per lb., 20 cents; per 

 100 lbs., $8. 



LESFEDEZA STRIATA. (Japan Clover.) A per- 

 ennial, growing about twelve inches high, valu- 

 able only in southern localities, where it thrives 

 in any soil and in the driest seasons ; it makes a 

 fair hav, and stock eat it readily when green. Per 

 lb., 35 cents ; per 100 lbs., $25. 



LIQUORICE. (Glycyrrhiza glabra.) Seed in pods, 

 per oz., 20 cents. 



MADDER. (Rubia tinctoria.) A perennial plant 

 the roots of w r hich, when dried and reduced to 

 powder, furnish a red coloring matter. If cut the 

 second year when in flower, it furnishes a very 

 green fodder. Per oz., 10 cents; per lb., 80 cents. 



MADIA SATIVA. An annual plant, producing 

 good sheep pasturage; valuable in dry and warm 

 soil. Per oz., 10 cents; per lb., 60 cents. 



MILLO MAIZE. See Sorghum, Branching. 



ONOBRYCHIS SATIVA. (Sainfoin, French ; Es" 

 parsette, German.) A perennial leguminous plant, 

 belonging to the same family as Clover and Lu- 

 cerne ; used in France as a forage plant. Requires 

 a calcareous soil. 100 lbs. to the acre. Per lb., 15 

 cents; per 100 lbs., $9. 



OSAGE ORANGE. (Madura aurantiaca.) For 

 hedges. See Hedge Plants, page 43. 



PEARL MILLET. (Penicillaria spicata.) A valu- 

 able fodder plant for the south ; is enormously 

 productive. Sow in drills eighteen inches apart, 

 and eight to ten pounds to the acre. Per lb., 20 

 cents; per 100 lbs., $12. 



PEAS— Canada Field. Valuable for northern cli- 

 mates, for cattle feeding. Per quart, 15 cents; 

 per bushel, $1.50. 



POPPY— Opium. The seed furnishes about thirty 

 five per cent, of an agreeable sweet oil, good for 

 eating, painting and illuminating. May be sown 

 in spring either broadcast or in drills, covering 

 with but little earth. Also cultivated for opium. 

 Per oz., 20 cents; per lb., $1. 



PYRETHRUM ROSEUM. The plant from which 

 is made insect-powder in Europe. Per oz., $1. 



RAMIE— Silver China Grass. (Urtica nivea.) This 

 is the variety now so extensively cultivated in 

 the south for its fibre. The seed should be ger- 

 minated by sowing it on cotton, floating in a tub 

 of lukewarm water, and transferring it to a bed, 

 screened from the hot sun. When the plants are 

 four inches high, transplant to a field in rows 

 four feet apart each way, and when plants are 

 three feet high, turn them over and peg to the 

 ground, after which cover them with the earth 

 and they will start in every direction, completely 

 covering the field in a short time. Per oz., 75 

 cents; per lb., $7. 



REANA LUXURIANS. (Teosinte.) A valuable 

 fodder plant from Central America, resembling 

 in growth Indian Corn. Well adapted to our 

 southern states. Per oz., 15 cents; per lb., $1.25; 

 100 lbs., $100. 



DS— CONTINUED. 



Early Amber Sugar-Cane. Ripens where Indian 

 Corn matures. Per lb., 15 cents ; per 100 lbs. , $6. 



Early Orange Sugar-Cane. Ripens about ten 

 days after Early Amber. Per lb., 15 cents; per 

 100 lb*., $6. 



Yellow Branching. (Yellow MUlo Maize.) [stall, 

 nine to twelve feet, stooling also from the ground 

 like the White Branching or Millo Maize, but not 

 so much. It sends out shoots also from the joints. 

 It has all the vigor and vitality of other Sor- 

 ghums. It is non-saccharine; useful only for the 

 large amount of foliage, green feed or cured fod- 

 der that it furnishes, and for its grain. Earlier 

 than the White Branching variety. Per lb., 20 

 cents; per 100 lbs., $8. 

 White Branching. (Wliite MUlo Maize.) The 

 merit of this non-saccharine Sorghum is, that 

 when cut for feeding it starts again from the re- 

 maining stumps with renewed strength and vigor ; 

 thrives in the hottest and driest localities. One 

 of the most valuable forage plants for tropical 

 climates. Per lb., 20 cents ; per 100 lbs., $8. 



sainfoin or KSPARSETiii (Onobrychis) . 



