C.C.MORSE &- CO FIELD SEEDS 
MISCELLANEOUS FIELD SEEDS 
Australian Salt Bush (Atriplex seml-bacata). A valuable plant 
for poor soils, especially those containing alkali. Sow seed 
in the fall to get the benefit of early rains, using 1 to 2 pounds per 
acre. After the plant gets a good start, it will grow with very 
little moisture. Oz. 10c; M lb. 30c; lb. $1.25, all postpaid. 
Broom Corn (Improved Evergreen). Used for making brooms, 
and extensively used on aeeOtint of its green color and long brush. 
It grows about 7 feet high. Lb. 15c, postpaid. 
Buckwheat (Japanese). The best and most profitable variety. 
It is earlier than silver Hulled, and usually more productive. Is 
also excellent for bee pasture. Lb. 20c, postpaid. 
Buckwheat (Silver Hulled). A very good and popular variety. 
Grain is of a light color, rounder than the common variety; 
has a much thinner husk, earlier, and yields more. Lb. 15c, 
postpaid. 
Canary. The seed is used for bird food. Is valuable also as an 
ornamental grass and has considerable merit as hav for feeding 
cattle. Lb. 20c, postpaid. 
Niles Peas. Used principally for green manure. Is a strong vigorous 
grower, making long vines and gcod roots. Sow broadcast, 
using 80 to 100 p_ounds of seed per acre. Lb. 20c, postpaid; 
larger quantities on application. ' 
Canada Field Peas. A standard variety, answering the same pur- 
pose as the above. Write for quotations. 
Egyptian or Jerusalem Corn, or Dhoura. Belongs to non- 
saccharine sorghums. It is considered a good grain for dry sec- 
tions and seasons. It produces several small heads on side 
shoots, often as many as 8 heads on a stalk. The seed is small 
and makes excellent chicken food. Plant 3 lbs. per acre. Lb. 
20c, postpaid. 
Cow Peas (Black Eye). Used largely for green manure. It is also 
valuable if allowed to mature the seed, when the dry vines can 
be plowed under and the seed used to grind as feed for stock. 
If for green manure, sow broadcast, using 80 pounds per acre. 
If for seed or fodder, sow in rows 3 feet apart, using 40 pounds 
per acre. Lb. 20c, postpaid. 
Flax Seed. Should be sown in the spring on moist land, using 30 
pounds of seed per acre if grown for a seed crop, or twice that 
quantity if intended for a crop of fiber. Lb. 20c, postpaid. 
Hairy Vetch (Vicia Villosa). A pea-like plant growing about 4 
feet high and doing well on dry, sandy soils for forage. Also a 
valuable green manure plant for sowing in the fall. Sow broad- 
cast, 60 to 100 pounds per acre. Lb. 30c, postpaid. 
Hemp (Kentucky Hemp). A staple crop for manufacturing, sown 
broadcast, using 25 pounds of seed per acre. For a seed crop, 
should be sown in hills 4 feet apart. Grows 12 to 14 feet high, 
with deep cut, dark green leaves, which are rather fragrant. 
Makes a stately row along a walk, and is an interesting garden 
annual. The seed is used in birdseed mixtures. Lb. 25c, post- 
paid. 
Jersey or Cow Kale. A tall-growdng variety having a large bunch 
of cabbage-like leaves on the top of a stout stem. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
10c; M lb. 20c; lb. 60c. 
Paspalum Dilitatum. A new grass for hot, dry climates. A hardy 
perennial from Australia, growing 5 feet high, without getting 
tough, and seems to be particularly adapted for grazing dairy 
cattle. It stands drought remarkably well, and shoots rapidly 
again with the first shower of rain, and is a splendid winter grass. 
Although it will stand a considerable degree of frost and even 
:snow without harm, still it requires hot summer weather to grow 
it to perfection. The seed requires about 3 weeks of moist, genial 
weather to germinate it, but once established, it seems to stand 
anything. Oz. 10c; lb. 75c. 
Kaffir Corn. Grows from 6 to 10 feet high and thrives in hot, dry 
climates. Makes good fodder for cattle, and the seed is used for 
stock and chicken food. Sow in rows 3 feet apart, using 5 pouui i s 
per acre. Lb. 20c, postpaid. 
Rape (Dwarf Essex). A biennial crop, used principally for sheep 
pasture. Is usually sown broadcast on ranges, using 2 to 5 
pounds per acre. Lb. 25c; postpaid. 
Soja Bean. Valuable as a forage crop or green manure. Also as 
a green fodder and silo plan!. Sow 30 pounds per acre. Lb. 
25c, postpaid. 
Spring Vetches, or Tares (Vicia Sativa). A plant resembling pea 
vines, and valuable for forage or green manure. It is usually 
sown with oats or wheat to hold them up. Sow 60 pounds per 
acre with grain, or 80 to 100 pounds if sown alone. Lb. 20c, 
Larger quantities on application. 
Sugar Cane (Sorghum), Early Amber. A good fodder if cut when 
2 feet high. Is nutritious and yields a heavy crop. Sow late in 
April, using 10 pounds seed per acre in drills, or 25 pounds broad- 
cast. Lb. 20c, postpaid; larger quantities on application. 
" Early Orange. A strong, productive variety, either for 
fodder or for syrup, lb. 25c, postpaid; larger quantities 
on application. 
Sunflower (Large Russian). A variety bearing large heads, fre- 
quently 12 to 20 inches in diameter and sometimes yielding 1,000 
pounds of seed per acre. The seed is used for feeding chickens and 
parrots. Sow in the open field as soon as danger from frost is 
over, using 3 pounds of seed per acre, sowing in rows 5 feet apart 
and thinning to 1 foot. Lb. 20c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 70c. 
Speltz, or Emmer. A valuable grain from Russia. Grown in the 
United States for several years. It is adapted to a wide range of 
soil and climate, and is of superior feeding value, yielding much 
more heavily than oats and barley. This grain grows tall, like 
rye, and matures as early as barley, and yields from 40 to 80 
bushels to the acre, and from 4 to 6 tons of straw hay. Tough 
and hardy, it stands the drought better than any other grain, 
making it a sure crop. Prepare your land as you would for 
wheat or oats, and sow at the. rate of 75 or 100 pounds per acre, 
Sow very early in the spring or fall and do not let it stand until 
it gets too ripe before cutting, as any grain that yields well shells 
easily. In the green state it makes an excellent pasture. Lb. 
15c, postpaid. 
Teosinte (Reana Luxurians). This plant grows quickly and pro- 
duces a large quantity of forage in warm locations. It makes 
splendid dry fodder, yielding enormously, and being more nutri- 
; i " - and better relished by all stock than corn fodder. The seed 
should not be sown until all danger of frost is past. If cut for 
green forage, which can be done at any stage during growth, 
two or more joints should be left at the base of the stalk. These 
will sprout out quickly into fresh growth, making an even larger 
crop than at first cutting. Sow in drills 4 feet apart, using 4 
pounds of seed to an acre. Oz. 10c; lb. 75c. 
Velvet Bean. Used largely as a green-manure plant and also for 
forage. Grows taller and larger than any other soil plant, being 
sometimes 30 feet in length. Sow same as cow peas, in rows 5 
feet apart and in hills 4 feet apart in the row. Lb. 25c, postpaid. 
Whippoorwill Peas. This variety is a great favorite in the West 
and South as a green manure and fodder pea. Is early and grows 
close to the ground. Lb. 20c, postpaid. 
Wild Rice (Zizania Aquatica). A native plant, growing in shallow 
water with mud bottom. The seed is difficult to germinate and 
should be kept moist several days before sowing. The plant 
makes an excellent shelter for wild fowl, and is much esteemed 
on game preserves. Lb. 30c, postpaid. Larger quantities 
on application. 
Owing to frequent market fluctuations on Clovers and Field Seeds, we will not list the hundred-pound 
price, but request that all who are interested in quantities will write us for samples and quotations. 
ARABIAN ALFALFA. This is a new species of Alfalfa especially recommended by the U. S. Government. It is a taller 
growing variety, of hardier growth, and is supposed to yield one more crop per season. It is worthy a trial, but as there 
is but little seed of it to be had we advise trials only for the first season. We offer it at 40c per lb.; $35 00 per 100 lbs 
