SUNS ET SEED I'^'^'^l AhjD PLANT C O 
A Wonderful New Forage Plant 
SACALINE— ( Polygonum Sachalinense) 
Once planted, stands 
forever. 
Roots penetrate deep in- 
to the soil. 
Needs no cultivation, no 
manuring. 
Requires no plowing be- 
fore planting. 
Endures severest drought 
with impunity. 
Is more nutritious than 
Clover or Alfalfa. 
Water will not drown it. 
Fire will not kill it. 
It grows where no other 
forage plant will grow. 
Grows in poorest soils. 
Cattle cannot destroy it. 
Affords shade to cattle ia 
Summer. 
Is a protection against 
storms in Winter. 
Gives three and four cut- 
tings per year. 
Produces 90 to 180 tons 
of green forage per 
acre. 
Stems and leaves, green 
or dry, greatly relished 
by cattle. 
SiCALINE— THE NEW FORAGE PLANT. 
Showing two months' growth. 
SACALINE was discovered by the Russian explorer, Maximowicz, in the Isle of Saghalin, situated in the 
Sea of Okhotslt, between Japan and Siberia. Altliough known for some years in the botanical gardens of the 
0 1 world, as a desirable ornamental foliage plant for lawns, etc., and to a limited extent in the Agricultural 
Experiment Stations of the United States, it is only recently that its great value as a drought-resisting forage 
plant has been discussed and finally recognized by the It-ading authorities of advanced agriculture. 
It grows to the height of eight to twelve feet with an abundance of large leaves eiirlil to ten inches in 
length and half as broad, which are devoured with avidity by stock. Though it has the appearance of a shrub, 
its stem is herbaceous and its perennial root withstands the greatest drouth, and although the plant is liable to 
loose its top growth by severe frost the roots will endure the hardest freezing. The young shoots are some- 
times eaten like asparagus and the young leaves are boiled like spinach. As a forage plant it has been prove<l 
that during the summer it will yield four cuttings each three feet high or at the rate of twenty-five tons per 
acre of green fodder at each cutting. 
How to Plant. If seeds are used they should be started as is usual witli tomato or cabbage seedi 
and the plants set out three feet apart each way. Thus planted the foliage should completely cover the ground 
when the plants are well established. The roots branch on all sides, and pass horizontally from the rhizomes, 
penetrating the hardest soils and giving origin to new shoots which further increase the size of the clump. 
The first cuttitig should be made when the stems are three to four and a half feet in height and should be cut 
even with the gound. If the second growth is strong enough a second cutting may be had, but when well estah- 
lished three or four annual cuttings can be very safely made. 
Orders boohed now, for delivery after February Ist, 1805, at the following prices : 
PLAIVTS 
One $ 0 25 
Six 1 25 
Twelve 2 25 
Fifty 8 00 
Hundred 15 00 
SEEDS 
Our stock of Sacaline seed is limited, but we will book 
orders at the following rates until stock is exhausted. 
One pound of seed contains about 100,000 seeds. 
Pa'ket $0 15 
Ounce 2 flO 
i lb 7 50 
