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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
Ohiop. 
Egyptian or Perennial Tree 
—In this we have an entirely 
new variety of Onion. It 
differs from those raised 
from seeds or sets, from the 
Top Onion, Potato Onion, in 
the fact that when once set 
out, without the slightest protec¬ 
tion, it will come up year after year 
as soon as the frost breaks ground, 
and grows so rapidly that it is ready 
for market or home use two or three 
weeks before any of them. It is 
usually ready for the table early in 
May. Is unsurpassed for sweetness 
and tenderness. It is perfectly hardy in all sections of the 
North. Pint, 20c.; -quart, 80e., postpaid; peck, by express, $1.50. 
Yeosir^te. 
As a forage or fodder plant 
this is the greatest thing of 
the age, especially for the 
South. In appearance it re¬ 
sembles corn, but the leaves 
are much longer and broader 
and sweeter. It grows twelve 
feet high, producing a great 
number of shoots, which are 
thickly covered with heavy 
foliage. Eighty-five stalks 
have been grown from one 
seed, and it produces forty 
tons to the acre. At the rate 
hay and other stock feed 
costs, Teosinte will yield $200 
worth of fodder or ensilage to 
the acre. Plant it as you 
would corn. W. J. Pitts, of 
Stockton, Ga., writes: “I cut 
two two-horse loads of forage 
from an ounce of seed/’ It 
may be cut two or three times 
during the season. It never 
suffers in drougth or rain. 
Three pounds of seed is 
enough for an acre. Pkt., 10c. ; 
oz„ 15c.; lb., $1.50. 
EARLY SIBERIAN MILLET. 
Early Siberian Millet. 
Tobacco, Persian 
Muscatefle. 
This is the best of all, 
an exceedingly orna¬ 
mental plant, and so ear¬ 
ly it can be grown in any 
State. It is from the gar¬ 
den of the King of Per- _ 
sia. The grower says of^ 
it: “ It is one of the ear¬ 
liest varieties we have, 
of remarkably strong! 
and vigorous growth, at¬ 
taining the height of five 
to seven feet. The stalks 
are strong, thickly set, 
with leaves, many of; 
them measuring 314 to 
4/4 feet in length, withl 
proportionate width. The! 
leaves are usually small! 
ribbed, very elastic, of! 
finest possible texture, a 
light brown color, and mild flavor. 
PERSIA* 
MUSCAT^ 
°**C. 
Pkt., 10c.; oz., 50c. 
Mammoth S a £ e - 
A new sort of great value, for the reason that it will ma¬ 
ture a crop of hay in 60 days, and ripen seed in 70 to 80 days. 
It is of a fine green color (not yellowish like other Millets), 
and is of superior quality for feeding. Stands heat and 
drought to a remarkable degree—in fact, being so very early 
it largely escapes droughts. Owing to its great “ tillering ” 
quality it requires only 10 to 12 quarts of seed per acre for 
hay, and less for seed. It is undoubtedly the finest cheap 
forage ever introduced. Per oz., 10c. ; lb., 40e.; 3 lbs., $1.00., 
by mail. Peck, $1.50 ; bushel, $4.00, by express. 
A plant of this new Sage will yield more than a dozen of 
the common sort. The leaves are of enormous size and su¬ 
perior quality, and the plant a compact, rank grower, cover¬ 
ing a space of more than three feet in diameter, rarely flow¬ 
ers and never runs to seed, and can be picked all the season. 
It is perfectly hardy in the coldest climate. Every person 
who has use for Sage should plant this variety. Pine plants, 
16c. each; 3 for 30c.; 6 for 50c.: 15 for $1.00. 
MAMMOTH SAGE. 
