SUNFLOWER 
Everyone who keeps poultry should use Sunflower seed liberally for feeding, as there is nothing 
more wholesome and nutritious, or which keeps hens in better condition for laying. 
60 to 70 Bushels per Acre can be grown, making the Sunflower a profitable crop for field culture. 
On every farm there are corners where a small amount can be grown to cover unsightly places. 
LARGE RUSSIAN. This variety has large heads, borne at the top of a single unbranched stem, and having much more and larger 
seed than the common sort. Sow the seed as soon as the ground is fit for corn, in rows five feet apart and ten inches apart in the 
row. Cultivate the same as corn. When the seed is ripe and hard, cut off the heads and pile loosely in a rail pen having a solid 
floor, or in a corn crib. After curing sufficiently so that they will thresh easily, flail out or run through a threshing machine and 
clean with ordinary fanning mill. 
DOUBLE CHRYSANTHEMUM. This variety of Sunflower is grown entirely for decorative purposes. A tall plant growing seven feet 
high and blooming profusely all summer. Flowers are double, large, round, golden yellow and resemble chrysanthemums. 
Chrysanthemum flowered. 
VERBENA 
Very few plants will make such a gorgeous display during 
the summer months as the Verbenas, or furnish more flowers 
for cutting. Start seed in the house or iwder glass early in the 
spring, and transplant after three or four inches of growth. 
Good healthy plants can be produced from seed as readily as 
almost any tender annual. They flower in July, and continue 
strong and healthy until destroyed by frosts. A strange fact, 
that is not generally known, is that nearly all the Verbenas 
raised from seed are fragrant, the light-colored varieties 
particularly so. We have made a specialty of Verbenas, and 
our stock to-day stands unrivaled. 
Choice Mixed. 
• WILD CUCUMBER 
( Echinocystis lobata). A useful climber where rapid and vigorous 
growth of vine is desired. To cover or to screen an unsightly building, 
there is perhaps no annual climber better adapted for the purpose. The 
vine has abundant foliage, is thickly covered with white fragrant flowers, 
followed by numerous prickly seed pods. Vines frequently start from 
seed self sown. Hardy annual. 
TRUMPET VINE See Bignonia 
WALLFLOWER 
( Cheiranthus Cheiri ) 
An old favorite garden 
flower. The large, mas- 
sive spikes of the Wallflower are very conspicious in beds and borders 
and very useful in making bouauets. Sow the seed early in hotbeds and 
while the plants are small, prick them out into pots and sink the pots in 
the earth. On approach of cold weather remove the pots to the house and 
the plants will bloom all winter. Although a woody perennial it is best to 
renew the plant from seed, for they begin to fail after having bloomed one 
or two years. Tender perennial ; one and one-half feet high. 
EARLY BROWN. Brownish-red, fragrant flowers; large, thick spikes; 
early. Tender biennial. 
ZINNIA 
Very showy plants, with large, double, imbricated flowers, which, when 
fully expander!, might easily be mistaken for dwarf dahlias. There is 
much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias, for when nearly every other flower 
has been killed by frost this plant is still in full bloom Few flowers ar< 
more easily grown or bloom more abundantly throughout the season. 
Sow the seen early in spring, in open ground and transplant to one and 
one half feet apart in good, rich soil. Ha'f hardy annual; about eighteen 
inches high. 
Choice mixed, very fine. 
ZINNIA 
LAWN GRASS 
VELVET MIXTURE. A careful selection of all the most desirable grasses which gc 
to make an absolutely perfect lawn are used in proper combination in our special mixture. 
The essentials for a fine lawn are: First, a rich, well drained soil; second, careful preparation of the ground, making it as fine and smooth and mellow as 
possible; third, a wise selection of seeds; fourth, sowing at such time as to give the young plants a chance to become well established before being subjected to 
very dry or cold weather or to the direct rays of the hot summer sun However much care is bestowed upon the soil and seed, no lawn will be beautiful without 
frequent mowing and rolling. Too much care cannot be bestowed upon the selection of grasses, as some varieties are the most luxuriant in Spring, others in 
Summer, others again in Autumn and a combination of the proper sous is required for a perfect, carpet-like lawn. We have given much thought and made many 
experiments to secure the best selection and think our Vklvht Mixtukr is the best possinle for permanent lawns. It may be planted early in Spring or Fall and 
should be sown at the rate of sixty to one hundred pounds per acre; much more is required than for hay or pasturage. If sown in the Spring, sow as early as 
possible, making the surface very fine and smooth, then raking it over and sowing the seed just before a rain, which, if the surface lias been raked, will cover’ the 
seed sufficiently. If the expected rain does not come, cover by rolling with a light roller. For Fall seeding sow before Autumn rains and early enough to enable 
the young grass to become established before very cold weather, when a light dressing of manure should tie given. One pound of this mixture is sufficient to sow 
6oosquaie feet. Pound 4Qc. 
SHADY LAWN MIXTURE Pound 60 c. 
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