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J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John St., New York. 



MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS— continued. 



SPRING VBTCHES. 



TEASELS— Fuller's. The heads, furnished with 

 barbed spikes, are used for combing cloth. Tea- 

 sels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown 

 about April or May. The young leaves are often 

 used for feeding silkworms. Per lb., 25 cents; 

 per 100 lbs., $13. 



TEOSIXTE. See Reana luxurians. 



TOBACCO SEED— Brazilian American. The 

 finest Brazilian strain grown here ; makes excel- 

 lent cigars and delightful, aromatic pipe smoking 

 tobacco. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., §2. 

 Climax. A cross between Burley and Sterling. 

 Extra fine, bright variety. Per oz., 30 cents ; 

 per lb., $3. 



Connecticut Seed-Leaf. The popular sort, used 



for cigar wrappers. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 

 Conqueror. A superb, bright yellow, and a healthy, 



vigorous grower of the best form and finest texture. 



It ripens early, and is easily cured to the brightest 



color. Per oz., 30 cents ; per lb., $3. 

 Havana. Seed gathered for us from the celebr ted 



plantations of the " Vuelto de Abajo. " Per a oz., 



35 cents ; per lb., S3. 50. 

 Honduras. A new mahogany variety, producing 



the very highest quality of tobacco of this type. 



A healthy and vigorous grower. Per oz., 30 cents; 



per lb., $3. 



TOBACCO SEED, continued. 

 Kentucky Burley. Per oz.,25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Oronoka, Yellow. A reliable old yellow variety 

 grown for more than fifty years, and improved 

 with reference to the production of yellow stock 

 Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., I2. 



Oronoka, White-Stem. From the Yellow Oro 

 noka, which it resembles. Per oz., 2s cts.: oei 

 lb., $2. P 



Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf. Newest and best strait 

 of this standard variety, of which more is sole 

 and planted than of all others of the cigar kinc 

 combined. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Persian Rose. Finer than the Muscatel, and ma): 

 be relied upon to make the best cigar. Per oz. 

 30 cents ; per lb., $3. 



Pryor, Yellow. Preferred by many for brights 

 and succeeds where the other yellow sorts fail 

 The west is giving it preference. Per oz., 25 cents 

 per lb., $2. 



Pryor, Blue. The genuine James River favorite 



Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Safrano. Of a rich, saffron-yellow color, and pos 

 sessing a soft, silky texture and a delightful flavor 

 Per oz., 30 cents ; per lb., $3. 



Sterling. The newest and brightest of the yellov' 

 type, and the earliest to ripen. Per oz., 25 cents 

 per lb., $2. 



Tennessee Red. Excellent for dark strips anci 

 wrappers. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Tuckahoe. Preferable to most of the older va 



rieties for possessing more body. Leaf long anc 

 extra fine; the perfection of a wrapper. Per oz. 

 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Virginia Oak Hill Yellow. Resembles White 

 Burley in color, and Oronoka in shape and habit 

 Unsurpassed in delicacy of fiber. Per oz., 30 cts. 

 per lb., $3. 



Yellow Mammoth. A new western variety of the 

 export type. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



VETCHES— Spring. {Vicia saliva.) Sown broad 

 cast like wheat or barley, and sometimes mixec 

 with oats for soiling. Used in France and Canad; 

 as a substitute for peas. Also ground up into flour 

 after which it is mixed with wheat flour for making 

 bread. A valuable plant. Per qt., 20 cents 

 per bus., 63. 



Sand, Winter or Hairy Vetch. (Vicia villosa. , 

 This variety thrives on poor, arid, sandy soils. I 

 is sown either in fall or in spring, and generalh 

 mixed with Rye, which serves as a support to th< 

 plants. It grows to a height of from three to fou 

 feet, and can be cut twice for fodder, first as sooi 

 as the bloom appears, and then it can be again cu 

 for the seed. The plant is perfectly hardy, and th( 

 produce is recommended as most nutritious. Th< 

 seed is black and perfectly round, and should b( 

 sown at the rate of iVz bushels to the acre 

 Per qt., 30 cents ; per bus., £6. 



WILD RICE. (Zizania aquatica.) A native of ou 

 northern and western states. Valuable as a for 

 age plant for swamps and inundated lands. Th 

 Indians of the lake region of the northwest used t< 

 gather it by beating it off into their canoes an< 

 then cure it for winter food. Before sowing, pu 

 the rice in coarse cotton bags, and sink them 11 

 water for twenty-four hours. Sow in water whicl 

 is from six inches to five feet deep, with soft mu< 

 bottom, or on low, marshy places which are cov 

 ered with water the year round. In running water 

 sow as much out of the current as possible 

 Per lb., 25 cents ; per 100 lbs., §18. 



WORMS. Used the same as Snails and Caterpillars 



Per pkt., 5 cents ; per oz., 30 cents. 



