MISCELLANEOUS ROOTS. 
Express and Freight Charges Always to be Paid by the 
Purchaser. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Columbian White Mammoth, 
Strong two-year-old roots. Per 100, 76c; per 1,000, |6.60. 
Palmetto. 
Strong two-year-old roots. Per 100, 76c; per 1,000, $6.60. 
HOW TO MAKE AN ASPARAGUS BED. 
Mark out rows for field culture four feet apart with a 
two-horse plow, going twice in a row, getting row as deep 
as possible without getting In the yellow soil; spread In 
row good, well-roied manure or fertilizer, drop on manure 
about ten inches apart (eye up) good two-year-old roots; 
cover with a hoe about two inches. In about two or three 
weeks the Asparagus will be up enough to cultivate; work 
same as any other field crop, gradually working In soil as 
season advances. Naturally it will work itself in; the fol- 
lowing spring, plow off with a one-horse plow very shallow 
so as to not cut the crowns, and work same as previous 
season; the next season your bed will be ready for cutting 
for market. Simply plow to, same as season before, then 
turn in with a two-horse plow and rake off the top and 
your bed is completed, and you can cut every day till July 
4th— a bed made this way will last for twenty years. For 
a garden, follow the same plan; but as the gardens are 
generally very rich, you can plant much closer and work 
by hand, instead with horse and plow. 
CHIVES. 
Chives are perfectly hardy perennial members of the onion 
type, and are grown exclusively for their tops, which are 
used wherever the flavor of onion is required. Planted In 
small slumps in any common garden soil, they will grow 
leadily and in time increase so as to render a division nec- 
essary. The tops appear very early in spring and can be 
shorn throughout the season as needed. Roots, per bunch, 
25c, postpaid. 
CHICORY, LONG ROOTED, OR COFFEE. 
Sown In drills, the roots become well developed. When 
they are dried, roasted or ground, they become the Chic- 
ory of commerce, and arc used in adulterating coffee. Pkt., 
6c; oz., 15c. 
DANDELION. 
Cultivated for spring greens and for salad. Sow In May 
or June, In drills half an inch deep and twelve inches apart. 
Large, Thick Leaved. Cultivated. Pkt., 6c; oz., 26c; Vi 
lb., 75c; lb., $2.50. 
WILD RICE. 
An annual which sows itself in the fall, about the middle 
of September and lies dormant all winter: in spring It com- 
mences to sprout as the water gets warm, reaching the 
surface during the first half of June. It grows very rapidly 
In one to eight feet of water. Lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00. 
HORSE RADISH ROOTS. 
Per 100, 50c; per 1,000, $4.50. 
The best Horse Radish is produced from small pieces of 
roots 6 or 8 Inches in length. These small roots will pro- 
duce good radish fit for use In one season’s growth. Plant 
the set small end down, so that the top will be two inches 
under the soil. The soil should be very rich and well cul- 
tivated. It is hardy, and may be left in the ground until 
spring before digging. 
RHUBARB. 
Each, 15c; per dozen, $1.50. 
These may be planted early In the spring or In fall, set- 
ting the roots three feet apart each way. It requires but 
little labor to plant, and when once planted In good rich 
soil It will remain In bearing condition many years. 
ARTICHOKE. 
Plant early in the spring, in drills two Inches deep. 
When strong transplant to permanent beds, in rich soil. In 
rows three feet apart and two feet In the row. They ma- 
ture the second year. Must be protected In winter. 
GREEN GLOBE. 
Grown for the unripe flower heads, which are highly es- 
teemed by epicures. Pkt., 6c; oz., 30c; % lb., $1.00. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 
Per peck, 50c; per .bu,, $1.50. 
This variety Is grown for Its tubers, which somewhat re- 
semble the potato In appearance, but are different In fla- 
vor. It Is used as a vegetable and for feeding cows, sheep 
and hogs. It Is a productive and profltabl efood. Plant 
in rows four feet apart and cultivate the same as potatoes. 
PURE PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE. 
A pure natural manure, and most nutritious for plants. 
Its effect is Immediate and lasting. Excellent for mixing 
with the soil for greenhouse plants (one part manure and 
six parts soil). Strewn over and dug Into the vegetable 
garden, or placed directly In drills, or hills. It promotes a 
rapid, steady growth until maturity. It makes rich, safe 
and quick liquid manure; one pound to 6 gallons of water 
can be used dally. If necessary, with safety. 6-lb. bags, 
26c; 10-lb. bags, 35c; 26-lb. bags, 76c; 60-lb. bags, $1.10; 
100-Ib. bags, $2.00; per ton, $25.00. 
WALKER'S FLOWER AND PLANT FOOD, 
A most useful fertilizer for all kinds of plants raised In 
pots. It produces a rapid and vigorous growth and an 
abundance of flowers. Odorless, and takes the place of 
liquid manure. Drives insects out of the soil. Small pack- 
ages containing food for twenty plants for three months. 
15o; 3 for 40c; If by mall, add 5 cents per package. Large 
packages, containing sufiiclent plant food for one year, 2Bc; 
3 for 66c; If by mall, add 15 cents per package. Each 
package contains full directions. 
USE OUR SPECIAL FERTILIZER FOR YOUR LAWN 
AND GARDEN.. 
It Is a special mixed fertilizer containing just the amount 
of elements necessary to produce satisfactory results. It 
is far better, more lasting and not so offensive In odor as 
dirty sheep manure. Our Special Fertilizer Is practically 
odorless and easily applied. 
For Lawns— Apply liberally as a top dressing. 
For Flowers — Apply about the roots, working It well Into 
the soil. 
For the Garden — Apply broadcast or in the drill or row. 
Valuable for house and pot plants. 
Price, ’lib. bag. 20c; 10-lb. bag, 35c; 25-lb. bag, 75c; 100- 
lb. bag, $2.50; per ton. $35.00. 
PRATT’S "SCALECIDE.” 
The Tree Saver — Kills San Jose Scale. 
"SCALECIDE” should be used when the trees are dor- 
mant or not growing. The best time Is in the fall as soon 
as the leaves arc off the trees, for the scale is In Its least 
resistant condition, and therefore more successfully attack- 
ed The old and gravid scale will die before breeding 
season the next year. Teh scale gets in Its most destruc- 
tive work in the winter, as many trees apparently healthy 
in the fall are dead when spraying time comes In the 
spring, if unsprayed. 
FERTILIZERS. 
Directions for Using Fertilizers. 
Wheat. — Use at the rate of from 100 to 250 pounds per 
^"co'rn.— Apply from ICO to 300 pounds per acre. If planted 
In the hill, use about a tablespoonful In each hill, mixing It 
"^Potat<«s^— Before the crop is planted distribute about BOO 
pounds per acre, broadcast and mix thoroughly. Or apply 
about 200 to 300 pounds in the drills at the time of plant- 
Ing 
Clover and Timothy.— Before seeding apply 100 to 300 
pounds per acre. „ , , . 
cotton. Use about 200 to 400 pounds per acre In furrows. 
PRICE LIST OF FERTILIZER. 
Raw Bone Meal. Per 100 lbs., $3.00; per ton, $32.00. 
Special Bone Meal.’ Per 100 lbs., $2.00; per ton, $30.00. 
Complete Fertilizer. Per 100 lbs., $1.75; per ton, $25.00. 
Corn and Wheat Grower. Per 100. lbs.. $1.75; per ton, 
$26.00. 
Bone and Potash. Per 100 lbs., $1.50; per ton, $22.50. 
.Special Wheat Grower. Per 100 lbs., $1.75; per ton. $24.60. 
Acid Phosphate. Per 100 lbs., $1.50; per ton, $20.00. 
Tobacco Dust (Fertilizer and Insecticide). Per 100 lbs., 
82.00: per ton, $30.00. 
500 lbs. will be .sold at the ton price. Send for booklet 
on Fertilizers, containing full information. 
prices of "Scaleclde.” 
F. O. B. St. Louis, Mo. Express or freight from St. 
Louis to destination at purchaser’s expense. 
50-galIon barrels, 50 cents per gallon $25.00 
30-gallon one-half barrels ($1.00 extra) 16.00 
10-gallon jacketed cans 6.00 
B-gallon jacketed cans 3-25 
1 gallon cans I'OO 
1-quart cans . 
One gallon makes 16 to 20 gallons of spray. Send for 
circular if Interested. 
CREMOLINE QUICKLY KILLS ALL INSECTS. 
On foliage. In the fleld, garden, orchard or hot-house, and 
at once renders their eggs Infertile. Used with judgment, 
of varying strengths of solution, according to the develop- 
ment and maturity of the vegetation', ■ as also the strength 
of insects to be destroyed, it Is absolutely non-injurlous. 
Applied by spraying, or otherwise. See printed directions 
for use for all purposes. The cheapest reliable Insecticide 
to be had. Safe and effective in ridding fowls or animals 
of all parasites. Prices, in cans, pints, 25c; quarts, BOc; 
half gallons. 80c; one gallon, $1.25; five gallons, $5.50; ten 
gallons, $10.00. Write for special prices on larger quanti- 
ties. 
ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 
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