Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



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NUMBER and NAME. 



Jt&'lloz. at oz. rate onlu on articles quoted at 

 $1 per oz. and oucr. 



General Observations. 



5228 Pennisetum villosum 

 5228a Ruppellianum (new) . 



5229 Poa amabilis ■ 



5230 Setaria macrochaeta . . 



5234 *Stipa pennata 



5235 elegantissima 



5237 Tricholaena violacea . . 

 5242 Tripsacum dactyloides 



5248 Zea Japonica . . 



5255 Miniature Maize 



5256 Cuzko ..... 



liA 



hP 







cts. 



apet. 





5 



crim. 



3 



25 



apet. 



2 



5 







5 







5 







10 







10 





4 



5 





3 



5 







5 







5 



I Ornamental grass. 5228a has 

 ) beautiful crimson plumes. 



Pretty for bouquets. 



Ornamental grass. 



I (Feather Grass.) Grown for their 

 1 very graceful plumes. 



A very pretty grass. 



(Sesame Grass.) Singular. 



(Ornamental varieties of Corn. 

 Z. Japonica has beautifully 

 striped leaves. 



COLLECTIONS. 



25 varieties grasses, Ornamental 

 I2 «< << '< 



$0 75 

 50 



PALM SEEDS. 



J5$t* The Palm seeds we offer are imported direct from approved sources in Australia, New Zealand, 

 South America, Central America and the West Indies, and are unexcelled in quality and purity. Fresh seeds 

 arrive throughout the year, as the various species mature, but the greater number come during the spring and 

 summer. 







Pkt. 



100 



seeds. 







Pkt. 



100 



seeds. 





12 seeds, $0 25 



$1 25 





15 seeds, $0 25 



$1 50 





12 " 



25 



I 25 





25 " 



25 



75 





12 " 



25 



I 25 





25 " 



25 



75 





8 " 



10 



I OO 



Geonoma Schottiana .... 



. 8 " 



25 



2 50 





4 " 



25 



5 00 





12 " 



25 



1 50 



" filifera (Washingtonia) 25 " 



10 



30 





. 12 " 



25 



1 50 





15 " 



10 



60 



" Canterburyana (Um 









Chamserops Canariensis . . . 



8 " 



10 



1 00 



brella Palm) . . . 



12 " 



50 



3 00 



elegans argentea 



12 " 



25 



1 25 





10 " 



50 



4 00 



excelsa .... 



25 " 



10 



30 





12 " 



10 



50 





20 " 



10 



40 



Musa Ensete (Abyssinian Ba- 











8 " 



25 



2 50 





10 " 



25 



2 00 





8 " 



25 



2 50 



Oreodoxa regia (Royal Palmj 



. 8 " 



10 



1 00 





10 " 



25 



2 25 



Pandanus utilis (Screw Pine) 



• 15 " 



25 



1 25 





10 " 



25 



2 25 





12 " 



10 



60 





10 " 



25 



2 25 



" dactylifera(Date Palm 



)I2 " 



10 



50 





8 " 



25 



2 50 





■ 15 " 



25 



1 25 



Corypha australis (Cabbage 











IO " 



25 



2 CO 



Palm) 



10 ' 1 



10 



60 





8 " 



10 



1 00 







10 





Ptychosperma Alexandrse . 











20 " 



10 



25 



12 " 



25 



1 50 





25 " 



10 



25 





8 " 



10 



1 00 



" lineata . . . 



25 " 



10 



25 





12 " 



25 



1 25 



HONORS TO J. M. THORBURN & CO. 

 FROM THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE . . 



The FIRST PREMIUM ($100) was awarded to J. M. Thorburn & Co. at the American 

 Institute Fair, 1896, for an exhibit of 214 varieties of Vegetables, grown entirely from their own 

 HIGH=CLASS SEEDS. 



The Bronze Medal of Excellence was also awarded to J. M. Thorburn & Co. for a 

 remarkable exhibit of their celebrated GILT-EDGE CAULIFLOWER. 



