General Collection of Vegetable Seeds. 
In preparing the following list of Garden and Field Seeds, it has been our aim to have it include all of the standard varieties of the day, 
as well as such novelties as a careful test in our trial grounds has proved to us to be worthy of our unqualified endorsement. 
All doubtful sorts, or those which have become obsolete because of the introduction of new and better strains, have been carefully elimi- 
nated from our list, and our patrons can therefore make their selections with the assurance that they will receive seeds of the choicest quality 
onlv, and thus avoid the disappointment which so often follows the experimental trial of new and untried varieties. 
SEE"DS— POSTAGE PAID. 
Our prices in the following list include the prepayment of all seeds ordered by the packet, ounce, quarter pound, pound, pint or quart, 
thus saving our patrons the trouble and annoyance of adding postage to our Catalogue rates. In some instances it may be preferable to send 
seeds by express, and to cover such cases, we give our rates on pounds, pints and quarts where they go by express at the purchaser's 
expense. In comparing our prices with those of other seedsmen, do not forget that at our rates, we send postage paid. 
Ills an acknowledged factthat Northern grown Seeds are superior to all others. They are earlier, more productive, of 
greater vitality, hardier and produce better crops. 
No extra charge for packing or delivering at express or freight olTices. 
While we exercise the greatest care to have all seeds pure and reliable, we do not give any warranty expressed or Im- 
plied. If the purchaser does not accept the Seeds on these conditions, they must be returned at once. 
ei-U-B -RATES. 
The wide distribution of our Seeds being a special object, we o/Tcr the following inducements to parties in any town or neighborhood, to 
club together and send their orders in one, by which many can avail themselves of our liberal premiums ; also to ii.c"-.- ^duals to enlarge their 
orders. These rates apply only to Seed In Packets, Flower, Vegetable, &c., which on the receipt of the amount order'^d, will be put up 
separately and sent by mail. Postage Paid, in a package to one address, or it desired will be sent in separate packages ta ach iiidividua 
of a club, if their names and post offices are given : 
Purchasers remitting $i.oo may select seeds in packets at catalogue prices amounting to $1.25 
*' " 2.00 ** . " " " " 2.50 
" " 3-°° " " \\ " " 3-75 
** " 4.00 5.00 
On all amounts above Ij.co, 20 cents additional for each dollar's worth. 
The above club rates apply only to Flower and Vegetable Seeds by the Packet, and not to Seeds by weight or measure, nor to any Bulbs 
or Plants. 
Market Gardeners, or other large planters, requiring larger quantities of Seeds than ar.e here offered, are invited to write to us tor 
special prices. 
Asparagus. 
One oz. for 60 feet drill. For roots, see Vegetable Plants. 
As it requires about three years from time of sowing before the bed 
id in full bearing, seed should be sown in drills about one foot apart, 
and when the plants are four or five inches high, they should be 
thinned out so that the plants will be one foot apart in all the rows. 
Great care should be exercised the first year to keep down all weeds 
as soon as they appear, else thev will choke up a^d destroy the young 
seedling. Every fall a good dressing of coarse manure should be 
applied after the tops have been cut, and in the spring be well forked 
i.i. A dressing of coarse salt given in the spring at the rate of two 
pounds to the square yard will be found very beneficial. 
Conover's Colossal— The standard sort. Pkt. 5c., oz. loc, K lb. 
•oc. lb. 60c,, postpaid ; by express, lb. 45c. 
Palmetto — See our Specialties. Pkt. 15c., 07.. 30c., % lb. $1, postpaid. 
DWARF OR BUSH. 
Culture.— About the first of May, select a warm, dry sheltered 
spot, dig and manure slightly; make drills Iwo inches deep and 
two feet apart ; drop the beans three inches apart in 
the drill, and cover not more than two inches deep, 
keep hoed, when not wet, and the weeds killed. Sow 
every two weeks for a succession. 
CREEN PODDED SORTS. 
Improved Red Valentine- This variety is so much 
earlier and more desirable than the common Red 
Valentine, that we do not catalogue fue latter. This 
Mean is most desirable for either market or fe.mily 
use, being early, productive, tender, and of excellent 
llavor. The pods a-e round, somewhat curled, and 
the seeds when ripe, siilmon speckled with purplish 
rose. Pkt. sc., pt. 25c., qt. 4^c., postpaid. By express, 
pt. 15C., qt. 25c., pk. $1.25., bush. $4.00. 
Early Mohawk— One of the hardiest and most pro- 
ductive of the green pod vnrieties. Pkt. 5c., pt. 25c., 
qt. 45c., postpaid. By express, pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. 
$1.25, bush. $4.03. 
Long Yellow Six Weeks— One of the earliest. Similar to the Mo 
hawk, except in color of seed, which is yellowish drab ; pods ten 
der ; good for general crop. Pkt. 5c., pt. 25c., qt. 450., postpaid. Hy 
express, pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.25, bush. $4.00. 
EXTKA LAKLY 
VALENTINE. 
