MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS— continued. 
OSACE ORANGE {Madura aurantiaea). Useful for hedges. See Hedge Plants, page 44. 
PEARL MILLET ( PeniciUaHa spicata). A valuable foddei- plant for the south ; is enormously productive. 
Sovr the seed in drills 18 inches apart and 8 to 10 pouads to the acre. Per lb., 20 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $9. 
PEAS — Canadian Field. Valuable for northern climates, 
for cattle feeding, being especially valuable for milch 
cows. It also makes ensilage of line quality. It is sown 
broadcast in the spring and harrowed in. Per qt. , 15 cts. ; 
per bus., $1.50. 
PYRETHRUM roseum. The plant from which insect 
jjowder is made in Europe. Per oz., 75 cts. 
POPPY — Opium. The seed furnishes about 35 per cent 
of an agreeable sweet oil, used for the table, for 
painting aiid for illuminating. May be sown in spring 
either broadcast or in drills, covering with but little 
earth. Also cultivated for opium. Per oz., 20 cts.; 
per lb., $1. 
POLYGONUM Sachalinense (Sacaline). Hardy peren- 
nial, native of the Island of Saghalin, between Japan 
and Siberia. It has boon known to European and Ameri- 
can nurserymen for many years, but its merits as a 
forage plant have only lately been pointed out. It grows 
well on the ])oorest soils, and endures the extremes of 
heat and cold. It grows to a height of 10 or 12 feet, and 
can be cut two or three times in the season. The stems 
and leaves, which are very nutritious, are said to be 
eaten either green or dry by cattle and sheep. Seed, 
per oz., 60 cts. ; per lb., $6. 
RAMIE — Silver China Crass (Urtioa tuvea). Exten- 
sively cultivated for its fiber. The seed should be germi- 
nated on cotton floating in lukewarm water, and trans- 
ferred to a bed, screened from the hot sun. When the plants are 4 inches high, transplant to a field in rows 
4 feet apart each way, and when the plants are 3 feet high, turn them over and peg to the ground, after which 
cover them with earth, and they will start in every direction. Per ox. . $1 ; per lb., $12. 
RAPE — Dwarf Essex, English. Largely grown in the northern United States and in Canada. It is excellent 
for sheep pastui-e, and also for soiling. It may be sown in May, and will be ready for pasturing in July and 
August. Or it may be sown in June, or even up to the lalter part of July, and yet furnish, under moderately 
favorable circumstances, a large amount of pasture or fodder. It may even be sown after taking off a crop of 
early potatoes. In drills, sow 5 pounds to acre ; broadcast, 10 pounds to acre. Per lb., 15 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $7. 
REANA luxurians (Teoxinie). A valuable fodder plant from Central America, in growth resembling Indian 
com. Well adapted to our southern states. Per oz., 15 cts. ; per lb., 80 cts. 
RIB CRASS {Plaiitago lanceoluia). Per lb., 25 cts. 
SAINFOIN. See OnohrycMa. 
SALT BUSH. See Australian Salt Bush. 
SACALINE. See T'ohjr/onum SachaUnense. 
SCURVY CRASS (CocJilearia orHcinalis). Used as a pepper grass. Per oz., 25 cts. 
SERADELLA. A valuable forage plant, admitting of one, and sometimes two cuttings, in one season. It sue. 
ceeds well in a dry, sandy soil, and furnishes a good pasture for sheep. It may also be cured for hay. Can 
be sown with winter rye. About 50 pounds to acre. Per lb., 20 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $9. 
SNAILS. Used in the same way as Caterpillars. Per paper, 5 cts. ; per oz., 35 cts. 
SORGHUM (18 pounds to the acre)— 
Early Amber Sugar Cane. Ripens wherever Indian corn matures. Per lb., 15 cts. ; per 100 lbs., .$6. 
Early Orange Sugar Cane. Ripens about ten days after Early Amber. Per lb., 15 cts.; per 100 lbs., $6. 
Brown Dhoura Corn. Per lb., 15 cts.; per 100 lbs., $6. 
Yellow Branching (Yellow Millo Maize) . This is non-saccharine ; useful only for the large amount of foli- 
age, green feed or cured fodder that it furnishes and for its grain. Per lb., 20 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $7. 
White Branching {Wltite Millo Maiza). The merit of this uon-saccharine Sorghum is, that when cut 
for feeding it starts again from the remaining stumps with renewed strength and vigor; thrives in the hottest 
and driest localities. Per lb., 20 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $7. 
Red Kaffir Corn or Sorghum. Non-saccharine. The plant is low, stalky, perfectly erect. The whole stalk, 
as well as the blades, cures into excellent fodder, and in all stages it is available for green feed. Per lb., 15 
cents; per 100 lbs., $(>. 
White Kaffir Corn. Per lb., 15 ceuts; per 100 lbs., 
White African Sorghum, African Millet, or White Dhoura. Per II)., 15 cents; per 100 lbs., $6. 
Halepense {Johnson Orax.s). One of the most valuable southern fodder plants. On rich soils it raav be cut 
three or four times in a season. Sow the seed in August and Sejitendier, at the rate of 25 to 35 pounds to the 
acre. Per lb., 20 cents; per 100 lbs., $9. 
SPURRY {Sperf/ula nrvoisis). Auinud. Grows well on poor, dry, sandy soils. It is in best condition for pas- 
ture in four to six weeks after sowing, and may be sown evoVv moiith from March to August. Excellent 
pasture for cattle and sheep; also, as a fertilizer for light, sandy soil. 15 pounds to the acre. Per lb., 20 
ceuts; 100 lbs., !ii9. t= , j i 
Ciant Spurry. Per lb., 20 cents; per 100 lbs., $9. 
SUNFLOWER— Large Russian. Per lb., 10 cts.; per 100 lbs., $r. (price fluctuates). 
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