H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen and Florists, Interlachen, Florida. 
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SOUTHERN MILLET. 
No millet excels this fine variety. It is a heavy producer 
and makes good hay. The grass often reaches six feet high, 
and all kinds of stock like it. Yields from one to one and 
one-half tons to the acre according to the quality of the soil. 
Sow three pecks to the acre, in April, and cut it as soon as 
it blooms. Pound, 25 cents; peck, $1.00. Stands Iteat 
and drontli better than other sorts. 
SORGHUM—Early Amber Sugar 
Cane. 
This is the most productive, and makes fine, rich syrup. 
It is an excellent green forage plant, affording on some lands 
two or three cuttings during the summer. Sow in January, 
February and March, in drills about two to three feet apart. 
Four quarts to the acre. Pound, 15 cents; bifthel, $6.oo t 
Branching Sorghum (Yellow Milo Maize)— 
More valuable than the white,from its extra large seed heads 
and its branching habit. Is also earlier than the white. 
Pound, 25 cents; peck, $3.50. 
TEOSINTHE. 
This is one of the most gigantic forage plants ever grown, 
and wherever introduced has been highly spoken of. In its 
native home, Central America, its growth of shoots is 
wonderful; 'thickly covered with long, broad and very sweet 
juicy leaves, the stalks being from ten to twelve feet high. 
Plants grown from one seed will average sixty stalks, and 
furnish sufficient food for a pair of cattle a day. As this 
becomes better known it will be more largely planted, at 
present the price is high. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
WINTER GRASSES. 
Orchard Grass— This 
furnishes good grazing all the 
year; also may be mowed two 
to four times a year, according to 
location, yielding from one to 
three tons of excellent hay per 
acre on poor land. After grazing 
or mowing it will grow from three 
to six indies per week. It cures 
easily. It catches readily, grows 
vigorously and its deeply pene¬ 
trating roots enable it to sustain 
• itself during drouths. It grows 
well in open lands and in forests. 
Grows for at least fifty years 
without renewal, and contains a 
very large per centage of nutritive 
matter. Pound, 35 cents. 
Rescue Grass— This is 
an annual winter grass. After it 
has been started its growth after 
grazing or cutting is very rapid. 
It is very tender and sweet, and 
cattle eat it with great relish. It 
also makes good hay, produces 
an immense quantity of leaves. 
It varies in its time of starting 
growth from the first of October 
to the first of January, depending 
on the moisture and temperature. 
But whether late or early it may 
be grazed or mowed frequently 
till April and still will mature 
seed. It is a very pretty grass in 
all stages of growth. Packet, 
25 cents ; pound, 50 cents. 
Tall Meadow Oat 
Grass —Another winter as well 
as summer grass yielding a large quantity of forage at all 
seasons. It is widely naturalized and well adapted to a great 
variety of soils. On sandy or gravelly soils it succeeds well, 
growing two to three feet high It will make twice as much 
hay as timothy, and is- better adapted to the uses of the 
southern farmer. For green soiling it may be cut four or 
five times with favorable seasons. It is one of the easiest 
grasses to catch. For a heavy yield along the southerly 
belt, say 30° and southward, it should be sown in November 
and till the middle of December. Sow at least fourteen 
ORCHARD BRASS. 
pounds to the acre. This is one of the very best grasses for 
the south, both for grazing (being an evergreen) and for hay. 
Packet, 25 cents; pound, 35 cents; fourteen pounds, by 
express, $3.50. 
Re.member our grass seed is reliable. 
New stock, pure, clean and lree from 
weeds. 
Free Distribution of Seeds. 
From time to time, we distribute gratuitously to truckers 
and market gardeners and others purchasing vegetable seeds 
of us, new strains, earlier varieties, extra sorts, etc. We 
also frequently issue circulars of interest, containing 
‘‘points” and “bints.” This we do for the benefit 
of those dealing with us. O thers must not ask these favors, 
as we cannot grant them. We should be pleased to supply 
these to every one; this cannot be expected, however ; only 
those whose names appear on our books as purchasers. 
THREE VALUABLE PAMPHLETS. 
Points and Hints for the Garden 
at the South. 
CONTENTS.— What to Plant, How to Plant a 
Good Garden, Transplanting. How to Grow Asparagus, 
Celery, Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Onions, Squashes, Melons, 
Early Cabbage, Beets, etc. Tells just which kind is the best 
and earliest, gives new ideas for growing for early, in fact, is 
invaluable for ready reference. Cheap and useful for any 
one who needs advice from those able and willing to give it 
It is the result of talks with many, culled facts from a few, 
and is a good guide for all. Price, free by mail, 20 cents. 
FERTILIZING IN A NUTSHELL. 
This interesting subject is fully treated of in a clear and 
concise manner. It is the most useful work of this kind ever 
issued, and is bound in an expensive manner would sell at a 
good price. We desire to place it in the hands of every one 
seeking information in regard to this subject, and enable 
every one to know how to get good fertilizers cheaply, how 
to make and use them, and all about their use and abuse. 
No home should be without it. Price, by mail, 20 cents. 
GRASSES. 
A Pamphlet on Grasses, Etc., will be 
issued by us about the 15th of October, which will contain 
much valuable information culled from all sources, in regard 
to the forage and grass crops of the south; their history, 
character and cultivation. The many inquiries now being 
made in the southern states, in this direction, will be found 
to be answered there to the best of our ability. Price, 25 
cents, by mail; or will be sent free with every order of 
grass or forage seed amounting to $2.®o. 
Remember , our Seeds are Specially Selected 
and grown for the Southern States. 
