H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen and Florists, Interlaelien, Florida. 
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SWEET AID MEDICINAL HERBS. 
CULTURE. —The ground should be well prepared and pulverized, and the seed being mostly fine, should be 
thinly scattered, and pressed down with the back of the spade; if covered deep they c^inot come up. Some such as Basil, 
Lavender, Sage, are best sown in a frame and transplanted. Others may be sown in drills an eighth of an inch 
deep, and when up a few inches, thin them out sufficiently for them to grow well. Care should be taken when harvesting 
to do it on a dry day and just before they come into full bloom. Dry them quickly, and pack closely, entirely secluded 
from the air. For home use when dry, rub them to a fine powder between the palms of the hands and put in closely corked 
bottles. There is a constant demand for some of these varieties, and at paying prices. 
Anise, Car raw ay, ‘ Lavender, Savory, 
Arnica, Catnip, Liquorice, Sage, 
Balm, Coriander, Lovage, Thyme, 
Boneset, Bill, Pennyroyal, Tansy, 
Basil, Horehound, Saffron, Wormwood. 
SOUTHERN LMMN GRHSS SEED 
Great care should be exercised in the selection of such 
grasses for a lawn for the south as will give a constant 
succession of verdure throughout the year. Lawn seeds as 
sold by seedsmen of the north do not always make 
lawns. This is sometimes the fault *of the sower, and 
■ often the seeds are not well chosen and mixed by the dealer. 
If you want a good lawn you should first be sure of your 
seeds, then plant at the right season. A good lawn, like 
everything else worth having, costs labor, skill and money. 
If the following directions ate observed a satisfactory result 
may be expected 
Carefully and thoroughly prepare the ground by trenching 
or subsoiling, and make it smooth and level by rolling If 
the soil is heavy dig in a coating of wood mold, three or four 
inches thick ; and if poor give a dressing of superphosphate 
at the rate of 1000 pounds to the acre. NTeV©r US© 
stable manure. Sow the seed about four bushels to 
the acre, brush it in with a harrow and. fo'low this with the 
roller Sow the seed from the middle of September.till the 
last of November. It may also be sown in Febiuary and 
March, but is best done in the fall. After the grass has well 
set it should be cut frequently, as it looks much finer, and no 
lawn can hold itsownin the south against the ranker growing 
grasses without this mowing. Our Southern Lawn Tennis 
Grass Seed, quart, by mail, 35 cents; peck, by express, 
$2. 50; bushel, by express, $6.00. 
'CLOVER, GRASSES, FORAGE. 
Too little heed is given by farmers generally through the 
south to the quality of the clover and grass seeds they buy. 
Like everything else, clover can be had at almost any price, 
and cheap clover is dear at any price, .as it is usually mixed 
with seeds of weeds and other trash. It requires experience 
to detect the different grades,"to know whether it is pure 
and new. 
Never sow clover or grasses on cold, wet, sour or neglected 
lands. Such lands should be drained, limed, pldwed, 
harrowed and rolled before you can expect to get a good 
crop. Never allow cattle on recently sown pasture lands, in 
July and August: their trampling is apt to injure the roots 
at that season. 
Sow all clover and grass seed from September 15th, to the 
last of October. Spring sowings may be made in January 
and February. 
Grasses for Summer Use. 
Bermuda —During the summer months this well 
known grass stands the hot sun and grows to good advantage. 
It is better suited to pasturage than hay, as it is rather short 
and hard when cured. It will furnish good pasturage from 
March to November. Care should be taken, however, to 
have the pasturage isolated, that it may not spread into 
your crops. As a lawn grass it makes a pretty carpet after 
having become well established, but should be kept cut 
short by a lawn mower. Should be planted during the 
spring* six pounds to the acre. It sprouts usually in from 
twenty to thirty days, requiring damp weather and warm 
sun. When once up it grows very rapidly. Good seed is 
scarce and expensive, but it is useless to buy other. Packet, 
25 cents; pound, 50 cents: ^ pound, $1.00; pound, $2, 
Japan Clover —All our knowledge of this plant for 
which there is now so much enquiry, is based on what we 
have seen and learned in a belt lying between the 30° and 
36° of latitude. There'has bgen considerable confusion and 
lack of knowledge regarding it, as other worthless native 
species have often been mistaken for it. 'W© Tb©li©V© it 
to b© tli© Best of all grasses for theAouth, 
for the following reasons : 
x. It grows on all soils with equal facility: on poor lands 
from three to ten inches high, on good lands twelve to fifteen 
inches ; income places a growth of two to three feet, making 
excellent hay. On light, sandy and poor soil it maintains a 
dwarfish habit, densely covering the ground with a rich 
green robe of delicious nutritious grazing, for four to eight 
months of the year. On richer soil it adopts a bush style of 
growth, sending its tap roots deep down in the subsoil, and 
its stem two or three feet high, with its many branches and 
leaves. 
2. It catches easier than any other. The seed may be 
sown ever so carelessly on unprepared ground, unplowed 
and unbroken sod land, and will maintain its existence, 
fighting its way for supremacy over every other grass we 
know, except broom sedge on rich ground. It takes 
possession of pine thickets, unoccupied land, grows amongst 
sedges, grasses, briers and weeds, completely eradicating 
many of the noxious sorts. 
3. For grazing it is not eaualled; Heavy grazing fora 
few weeks destroys the clovers, Lucerne and most of the 
grasses, while with this it makes no difference, even if at the 
same time it be wet or dry. 
