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Hardy  Flowering  Plants 
No  “War  Prices”  On 
Dibble’s  Farm  Seeds 
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2?000  Bushels  D.  B.  Brand  Northwestern 
Dry  Land  Grown  Alfalfa  Seed 
above  99.50%  Pure  and  free  from  dodder,  the  same  high  qual¬ 
ity  strain  that  has  proved  absolutely  hardy  on  the  Dibble 
Farms  where  we  have  100  acres  that  have  been  called  “The 
best  100  acres  of  Alfalfa  this  side  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. ” 
10,000  Bushels  Northern  Grown  Timothy 
and  Clover  Seed 
D.  B.  Brand  99.50%'  Pure.  Fancy  Red  Top,  Kentucky  Blue 
Grass,  Orchard  Grass,  No.  1  Canada  Field  Peas,  Winter 
\  etch,  Soy  Beans,  etc.  “The  Cream  of  the  Crop”  direct  to 
you  at  Wholesale  Prices. 
10,000  Bushels  Heavyweight  Oats 
weighing  46  lbs.  per  bushel,  the  heaviest  and  most  productive 
American  Oat,  grain  bright  as  a  new  dollar  and  thoroughly  re¬ 
cleaned  as  low  as  85  cents  per  bushel,  in  large  lots.  These  are 
the  oats  that  yielded  80  bushel  per  acre  for  Jacob  Clark  of  New 
Jersey.  110  for  Karl  Dorn  of  New  York,'  117  for  Thos.  W. 
Rogers  of  Vermont,  90  bushels  on  John  F.  Murphy's  Farm, 
New  York,  and  just  “twice  as  much  as  other  oats”  for  Irving 
barber  of  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  and  which  were  pronounced  “Free 
from  Smut  by  50  farmers  who  grew  them  last  year. 
12,000  Bushels  Tested  Seed  Corn 
Pedigreed  stock.  Northern  grown,  hand  picked,  the  highest 
grade  obtainable.  90%  germination  guaranteed  (average  all 
samples  tested  to  date  above  95%..) 
Part  III. 
IIeliopsis  (Orange  Sunflower). — The 
species  Pif ehnriana  is  the  most  desirable. 
They  attain  a  height  of  three  to  four 
feet  and  commence  to  flower  early  in  the 
season,  aud  continue  to  produce  their 
deep  orange  yellow  flowers  in  great 
abundance  the  entire  season:  splendid 
out  flowers.  While  these  plants  are  pro¬ 
pagated  mostly  by  division  they  are  quite 
easily  grown  from  seed,  and  if  sown 
in  tlie  early  part  of  the  season,  in  the 
cold  frame  or  open  ground,  and  trans¬ 
planted  to  permanent  quarters  when 
large  enough  to  handle  conveniently, 
they  will  make  fine  clumps  and  give  an 
abundance  of  bloom  the  following  season. 
Hollyhocks.  —  Those  old-fashioned 
flowers  are  well  known  to  every  (lower 
lover.  A  group  of  these  in  the  hardy 
herbaceous  border  or  interspersed  with 
hardy  shrubs,  with  t heir  colossal  spikes 
of  bloom  towering  six  to  eight  feet  high, 
present  a  picture  of  stately  beauty,  that 
can  never  be  forgotten.  No  garden, 
however  unpretentious,  is  complete  with¬ 
out  them.  Seed  should  ho  sown  in  shal¬ 
low  drills  in  the  cold  frame  or  open 
ground  in  May,  Transplant  t<>  perman¬ 
ent  quarters  the  following  Autumn,  spac¬ 
ing  the  plants  about  two  feet  apart  each 
way. 
I.ychxis. — Most  of  this  family  of  de¬ 
sirable  hardy  plants  are  of  easy  culture, 
and  will  succeed  in  almost  all  soils  and 
situations.  For  general  planting,  the 
species  Chalccdoniea  is  perhaps  the  best 
of  the  family:  it  is  easily  grown  from 
seed  and  is  very  hardy.  The  plant  grows 
from  three  to  four  feet  high  in  good  soil, 
and  in  .Tune  and  July,  bears  large  umbels 
of  very  brilliant  orange  scarlet  flowers, 
this  color  being  almost  equal  to  the 
scarlet  sage.  Seed  may  be  sown  from 
May  to  July,  in  the  cold  frame  ov  flats, 
and  as  soon  as  large  enough  to  handle 
the  young  plants  should  be  pricked  off 
into  flats  or  small  pots,  and  be  trans¬ 
planted  to  permanent  quarters,  as  soon 
as  they  become  crowded  in  the  flats,  or 
have  filled  the  pots  with  roots.  Plants 
should  stand  not  loss  than  eighteen  inch¬ 
es  apart  each  way. 
Phloxes. — The  Phloxes  are  universal 
favorites,  and  rank  among  the  showiest 
and  most  satisfactory  of  hardy  garden 
plants.  They  bloom  in  the  greatest  pro¬ 
fusion,  and  their  large  pinnacles  of  bril¬ 
liant  and  showy  (lowers  are  features  that 
few  hardy  perennials  can  equal.  The  named 
varieties  are  propagated  from  root  and 
stein  cuttings,  also  to  a  limited  extent  by 
division,  as  they  will  not  come  true  from 
seed,  but  seed  saved  from  these  will  pro¬ 
duce  beautiful  and  desirable  varieties, 
which  will  have  an  added  interest  and 
charm  for  the  amateur,  seeing  them 
bloom  for  the  first  time.  Seed  should  he 
sown  in  a  well-drained  and  reasonably 
fertile  bed.  in  the  Fall,  mulch  with  stable 
manure,  which  should  he  removed  as  soon 
as  freezing  weather  is  over  in  the  Spring. 
Keep  the  young  plants  free  from  weeds 
during  the  Summer,  and  transplant  to 
permanent  quarters  the  following  Fall 
or  Spring. 
Platycodons  (Chinese  hell  or  balloon 
flower). — Closely  allied  to  the  Campanu¬ 
las.  these  are  showy  border  plants,  of 
somewhat  branched  and  erect  growth, 
bearing  large  white  and  blue  hell-shaped 
flowers  from  early  .Tilly  to  middle  of  Au¬ 
gust.;  height  two  to  three  feet.  Seed  may 
be  sown  from  May  to  August  in  shallow 
drills  in  the  cold  frame  or  in  well- 
drained  bed  in  the  garden.  Transplant 
to  permanent  quarter  the  following 
April,  spacing  the  plants  16  to  IS  inches 
apart  each  way. 
PYKETnur.MS. — A  genus  of  interest¬ 
ing  plants,  some  of  which  are  among  the 
grandest,  of  old-fashioned  (lowers,  admir¬ 
ably  adapted  for  garden  decoration  and 
cutting.  They  are  easily  grown  from 
seed,  are  of  easy  cultivation,  and  will  suc¬ 
ceed  i,n  almost  any  kind  of  soil.  I’,  rose- 
urn  and  its  hybrids  show  both  single  and 
double  forms.  The  flowers  are  bright  and 
elegantly  borne  on  long  stems  most  con¬ 
venient  for  vase  decoration.  The  double 
sorts  are  somewhat  Chrysanthemum  or 
Aster-like,  and  as  their  main  crop  of 
bloom  and  greatest  beauty  is  in  the 
months  of  May  and  June  they  may  well 
be  designated  as  Spring-blooming  Chrys¬ 
anthemums.  The  single  flowered  sorts 
are  very  beautiful  and  exceedingly  dec¬ 
orative,  the  blooms  are  bright  and  pos¬ 
sess  a  marvel  of  richness,  ranging  in 
Color  from  deep  red.  through  the  various 
shades  of  rose  to  pure  white;  height  one 
and  a  half  to  two  feet.  Seed  may  be 
sown  in  early  Spring  or  midsummer, 
(Spring  preferred)  in  boxes  or  cold 
frame  with  partial  shade.  As  soon  as  the 
plants  are  large  enough  to  handle  they 
should  be  picked  off  into  shallow  boxes 
two  inches  apart,  or  into  small  pots,  and 
he  planted  to  the  border  or  garden,  when 
the.  foliage  covers  the  ground  in  the  flats, 
or  when  the  plants  have  filled  the  pots 
with  roots.  1\  Parthenium  (feverfew, 
Matricaria,  false  chamomile)  ,t  the  dou¬ 
ble  flowered  form,  is  a  very  showy  and 
withal  a  useful  plant  for  garden  and 
house  decoration.  It.  is  in  constant 
bloom  from  June  until  frost  and  is  a 
general  favorite.  Seed  may  be  sown  in 
flat  boxes,  cold  frame  or  open  ground 
from  Spring  to  Autumn.  Transplant  to 
permanent  quarters,  when  plants  are 
large  enough  to  handle  conveniently.  15 
to  18  inches  apart  each  way,  height  18 
to  24  inches.  P.  nliginosum  (giant 
daisy)  is  a  noble  tall  growing  herbaceous 
plant,  forming  dense  tufts  four  to  six 
feet  high,  much  branched,  each  lateral 
being  terminated  by  loose  clusters  of 
pure  white  flowers,  each  fully  twice  the 
size  of  those  of  the  ox-eye  daisy.  They 
succeed  best  in  a  rather  moist  soil.  They 
are  easily  grown  from  seed,  which  should 
lie  sown  in  May  or  June,  and  the  plants 
handled  in  the  same  way  as  directed  for 
P.  roseum.  K. 
The  Dairy-Farm  Orchard 
Wouldn't  it  be  to  the  interests  of  your 
readers  to  make  a  specialty  of  urging  the 
dairy  farmers  to  take  care  of  their  small 
neglected  apple  orchards?  In  the  dairy 
sections  of  Erie  and  Crawford  Counties, 
Pa.,  a  few  miles  back  from  the  lake  are 
many  stfch  orchards  which  might  be 
more  profitable,  but  which  are  infested 
with  all  the  fungi  and  insects  there  are, 
and  which  will  no  doubt  destroy  these 
orchards  entirely,  and  I  do  not  doubt 
other  sections  are  in  the  same  condition. 
If  the  farmers  wore  made  to  know  that 
they  could  spray  intelligently  without 
great  expense  I  believe  they  would  do 
it.  but  the  task  of  buying  aud  mixing 
materials  with  long  scientific  names 
scares  them  and  the  result  is  they  neglect 
their  fruit  trees.  I  speak  somewhat 
front  experience,  for  I  have  a  small  or¬ 
chard  (75  trees)  from  which  I  used  to 
get  nothing  hut  eider  apples.  I  actually 
bought  my  eating  apples,  and  I  kept  the 
orchard  trimmed  too,  hut  did  not  spray 
i.t.  Since  giving  it  good  care  1  have  sold 
as  high  as  $600  per  year  from  it  and  this 
year  have  sold  and  used  a  good  many 
apples,  and  'now*  have  over  200  barrels  in 
cold  storage.  G.  E.  p. 
North  East,  Pa. 
R.  N.-Y. — There  is  no  question  about 
the  profit  in  caring  for  such  orchards.  In 
many  cases  these  orchards  were  well 
planted  and  the  varieties  are  good.  The 
soil  is  right  and  there  would  he  a  fair 
market  for  the  fruit.  The  trees  are 
often  in  good  shape,  and  only  need  spray¬ 
ing  and  fair  pruning  to  make  them  very 
productive.  It  is  a  great  shame  that 
these  naturally  good  orchards  should  be 
permitted  to  die  when  they  might  add  as 
much  to  the  dairy  farm  income  as  10  or 
15  cows  could  produce.  There  is  no  play 
about  spraying,  but  with  a  modern  out¬ 
fit  it  will  not  prove  a  serious  job.  It 
will  pay  such  farmers  best  to  use  the 
proprietary  mixtures  unless  some  enter¬ 
prising  young  man  can  buy  a  power  out¬ 
fit  and  spray  for  the  neighborhood.  For 
tin-  price  of  one  cow  a  farmer  can  obtain 
a  good  pernianent  outfit  and  a  supply  of 
material  which  will  make  the  old  orchard 
pay  back  the  price  of  10  cows! 
Si  mmer  Visitor:  “I  suppose  yc  don’t 
mind  my  being  in  your  field.  Mr.  Ilodge?” 
Mr.  Ilodge  (heartily)  :  “The  longer  you 
stay  the  better,  ma’am  ;  fact  is,  the  birds 
are  that  troublesome  I  ought  to  have  put 
a  scarecrow  up  in  the  field  before  now.” — 
Stray  Stories. 
Mammoth  White  Dent 
“The  King  of  Ensilage  Corn” 
_produces  ears  as  well  as  stalks.  C. 
G.  Weeks,  Surprise,  N.  Y.,  says — 
“The  corn  grew  as  high  as  18  feet, 
50  loads  from  two  acres.” 
A.  D.  Bittner,  Beaver  Meadows, 
Pa.— “Fed  20  cows  two  months 
from  one  acre.” 
R.  B.  Anderson,  Guilford,  Ct. — 
"Filled  a  300  ton  silo  from  1 2Vz  A, 
grew  12-22  feet  high,  ears  hard¬ 
ened  by  Sept.  28th.” 
F.  J.  Schurr,  McDonald,  Pa.,  re¬ 
ports — “Ears  1 2¥j  inches  long, 
two  ears  to  a  stalk,  filled  a  16x32 
foot  silo  from  seven  acres  and 
husked  300  bushels." 
Improved  Learning,  Early 
Yellow  Dent 
as  low  as  $1.50  per  bushel  in  10 
bu.  lots. 
Mammoth  Yellow  Flint 
earl)-,  largest  growing,  heaviest 
yielding  Flint  grown,  produced 
200  bushels  per  acre  for  George 
W.  Adams  of  Massachusetts.  230 
bushels  on  H.  A.  Medlong's  Farm, 
Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  243  bushels 
from  one  peck  of  seed  for  Ora  D. 
Blanchard  of  New  Hampshire  and 
\\  .  fl.  Knox  also  of  New  Hamp¬ 
shire  says — “It  grew  12-14  feet 
high,  ears  10-18  inches  long.” 
$16.50  for  Ten  Bushels 
slightly  higher  prices  for  small 
lots  and  if  you  can  use  25-50  or 
100  bushels,  will  make  you  still 
lower  quotations.  Nothing  better 
at  any  price  and  lots  of  corn  sold 
at  twice  the  price  nowhere  near 
as  good. 
Dibble’s  Farm  Seeds  are  sold  on  a  ten- days- money- 
back-if-you-want-it  guarantee  subject  to 
any  test  you  choose  to  make 
Dibble’s  Northern  Grown  Seed  Potatoes 
Full  stocks,  15  best  varieties,  early,  intermediate  and  late,  in¬ 
cluding  Dibble’s  Russet,  Best  late,  round  white  now  grown. 
Over  1,000  customers  wrote  us — "Russets  were  the  best  variety 
we  ever  grew” — Over  100 — “They  were  blight  and  scab  proof” 
and  over  fifty— “They  outyielded  other  varieties  grown  along¬ 
side  over  two  to  one.” 
20,000  Bushels 
still  in  store  saved  from  fields  that  were  free  from  blight,  where 
the  vines  grew  green  till  killed  by  frost  and  the  price  is  right. 
We  want  you  to  become  acquainted  with  Dibble’s  Farm 
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Seed  Book  of  the  year. 
Address  Edward  F.  Dibble  Seedgrower 
Box  B,  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y. 
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