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IT. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen and Florists, Interlaclien, Florida, 
Improved American Iiuta Baga. 
Our Improved American Ruta Baga 
Turnip—The greatest cropper known. Endorsed 
by all who have tried it as the most desirable Ruta 
Baga ever‘planted in the South. This stock has been 
grown and improved for years with a view to meet the 
wants and desires of market gardeners and their customers. 
It is fine form. Purple top and yellow flesh of very pleas¬ 
ing color. Flesh tender and sweet; exceptionally free from 
stringy, hard flesh. Very few small roots, top fine, sure 
and heavy cropper, excellent keeper. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 
10 cents; % lb., 30 cents; lb., $1.00. 
^-^Bemember we are tlie only special- 
ists in Seeds for tlie South. Corres¬ 
pondence and inquiries of all kinds accom¬ 
panied by a stamp tor a reply will he 
attended to personally by our Manager. 
Market Gardeners and Truckers purchas¬ 
ing of us will be kept posted on all new 
extra earlies, market reports, and any¬ 
thing we think to their interest to report. 
Every effort will be made to present only 
the very best and choicest stock seed. Our 
aim shall be to offer always the most se¬ 
lect and choice rf all. Poor or medium 
stocks are often offered as pure seed, and 
may be pure, but yet lack the strength 
and vitality to do well. The cost of bur 
stocks h ive been placed at as low a price 
as such seeds can be s^ld for. We compote 
with no one in price, but defy competition 
in results. Beware of imitators. 
TOBACCO,. 
H avana —Our stock is the finest and purest strain of 
Vuelts Abajo. There is no better to be obtained, as it is 
considered the best of all the Havanas. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 50 cents ; pound, $5.00. 
Sumatra Seed Leaf —Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 
50 cents: pound. $4.00. 
Virginia Golden—Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 
cents; pound, $5.00. 
Hester —Does well almost anywhere. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 40 cents : pound, $5.00 
Florida —The best native stock. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 40 cents ; pound, $5.00. 
MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS. 
Under this head will be found some odds and ends that 
are not in large demand, but we furnish when ordered at the 
following rates, subject to market fluctuations. 
French Lawn Grass.Lb. 60c. 
Hemp -For birds. (There is money in raising bird 
seed ). “ 20c. 
Canary— For birds. “ 20c. 
Rape—For birds. “ 20c. 
Lettuce— For birds.. ->. “ 35c. 
Sunflower— For chickens. (Makes them lay).Oz. 10 “ 35c. 
Japanese Cedar Tree.Pkt. 25c. 
Golden Arbor Vitae... “ 25c. 
Nutmeg Tree. “ 25c. 
European Burning Bush.Pkt. 25c. 
Kentucky Coffee Tree . “ 25c.. 
Double Rose of Sharon. “ 25c. 
Indigo Tree. “ 25c. 
Chinese Bladder Nut. “ 25c. 
Tulip Tree (Chinese).“ 25c. 
Usage Orange. “ 25c. 
White Mulberry —Small shipments would pay... “ 25c 
Hybrid Mulberry. “ 25c. 
Mock Orange.... “ 25c. 
Pistachio Nut. “ 25c. 
Maiden Hair Tree or Ginkgo. “ 35c. 
Japanese Drooping Sopliora. “ 25c. 
Pear—(Exjra choice stocks).. —-- “ 25c. 
Plum—Damson Pits... Lb. 35c. 
Plain—Green Gage Pits. “ 35c. 
(Quince.Pkt. 25c. 
Raspberry, Red.. “ 25c. 
New Japan Buckwheat...Bu. $5.00 
Jute Seed.Pkt. 25c. 
Ramie.*... “ 50c. 
Vegetable Peach. “ 25c. 
SHRUBS. 
Virginia Creeper . Pkt. 15c. 
Japan Ivy . ; - “ 15c 
Strawberry Bush . “ 15c. 
Dutchmans Pipe . “ 25c. 
Custard Apple . “ 25c. 
Sweet Scented Pineapple .^. “ 25c. 
French Mulberry . “ 25c. 
California Lilac . “ 25c. 
Traveller’s Joy . “ 25c. 
Purple Virgin’s Bower . " 25c. 
Sweet Pepper Bush . “ 25c. 
Flowering Dogwood . “ 25c. 
Cornelian Cherry .“ 25c. 
OUR PUBLICATIONS 
We send any one of the following pamphlets on receipt of 
price; or will send free anyone chosen on receipt of $t.00 
for seeds of any kind. The choice must be made at the time 
order is sent. 
“Celery, and Its Cultivation in the South’*...15 cents. 
“Strawberries, and Their Cultivation”.15 cents. 
“Oranges,History of.and Useful Information” 15 cents. 
“Grasses, Clover and Forage for the South”.. 15 cents. 
“Silk Worm Hatching, etc”.15 cents. 
“Cauliflower, and How to Grow Them”.15 cents. 
“The Rose Culture”.15 cents. 
“The Vegetable Garden—When and Wliat to 
Plant”.25 cents. 
“Chrysanthemums—How to Grow Them”-15 cents. 
“Kaffir Corn”. 10 cents. 
“Lucerne”.10 cents. 
“Japan Clover”.15 cents. 
