SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 
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lUGERNE, Teosinte, Tobaggo, J5age, I^FG. 
Manwotl* Sage 
A plant of this now Sago will yield more than a dozen of 
the common sort. The leaves are of enormous size and supe¬ 
rior quality, and the plant a compact, rank grower, covering 
a 8 pare of more than three feet in diameter, rarely dowers 
and never runs to seed, and can bo picked all the season. It 
Is perfectly hardy in the coldest climate. Every person who 
PERSIA 
- MUSCAT^ 
7°ba 
Tobacco, Persian Mbscatelle. 
This is t he best of all. an exceedingly ornamental plant 
and so early it can lie grown in any State. It is from the gar¬ 
den of the King of Persia. The grower says of it: *' It is one 
of the earliest variet ies we have, of remarkable strong and 
vigorous growth, attaining the height of live to seven feet. 
The stalks are strong, thickly set. with leaves, many of them 
measuring to 4)4 feet In length with proportionate width. 
The leaves are unusually small ribbed, very elastic, of finest 
possible texture, and when properly cured of a light-brown 
color and of mild Haver.” Pkt.. lllc.; oz.. 60c.; lb.,$5.00. 
Teosiqtc. 
As a forage or fodder plant, this is the greatest thing of 
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the age. especially for the South. In appearance it resembles 
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peels . . . _ 
corn, hut the leaves sire much lougorund brooder and sweet- 
. It grows twelve feet high, producing st great number of 
oot.s. which are thickly covered with heavy foliage. 85 
stalks have been grown from one seed, sttul it produces forty 
tons to the acre. At the rate which hay and oilier 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 Stock- 
bridge. (ia.. writes: " I cut two 2-horse loads of forage from 
one ounce of seed.” It may be cut two or three timesduring 
the season. It never sailors in drought or rails. Three 
sounds of seed is enough for sin acre. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 15c.; 
b„ $1.50. 
.C0FTCOTHMB 
.cauls 
Alfalfa, or Gb>Ver. 
A most valuable forage plant and one of the most 
. iluable of all fertilizers when turned under green, for 
the Improvement of dry, thin, sandy, gravelly, or worn-out 
soils. A good stand once secured, it lasts in fine condition 
from six to a dozen years, giving a fair crop of nutritious hay 
the first season, and three or four immense crops each season 
afterwards, easily yielding six to eight tons per acre. Ill 
K ite of this immense crop, theland steadily improves, as the 
ng roots go straight down fifteen to twenty feet to perpetual 
moisture, and they possess the power of seizing upon every 
bit of available plant food, no matter how great the depth, 
and bringing it to the surface to the support of the many line 
surface roots and thick, turfy tops. With such roots a year's 
drouth has no effect upon a plant’s vitality. It Is not recom¬ 
mended for wet, boggy land, but for dry. It will grow well 
where no other grass will survive, and is invaluable for cov¬ 
ering barren or waste land. It is the greatest land fertilizer 
and greatest hay producer known. Cut when in full bloom. 
Sow fifteen to twenty pounds to the acre. Price, pkt.. 10c.; 
lb.. 50c.; 0 lbs., $2.00. postpaid. By express, 10 lbs., $2.50. 
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CANARY BIRD ' MILLET 
Millet, G aT K ir y Bi^d* 
This is valuable as an ornamental grass, the long heads 
of rich yellow grain (20 inches long) being exceedingly 
graceful and beautiful for large bouquets or vases of dried 
everlasting flowers, autumn leaves or grasses for winter 
decoration. The seed is also valuable food for canaries or 
other birds, and is cheaply raised, a packet of it will produce 
many pounds. Further it is a most valuable grain to raise 
for stock or fowls, outyielding oats two to one, and is greatly 
(relished by all animals. It is also a valuable fodder plant 
for feeding green or making hay. Pkt., 5c.; oz.. 10c.; lb., $1.00. 
