Bose, Ophelia 
Roses 
Hardy Everblooming Hybrid Tea 
We offer below a very select list of the better roses of 
the day. Some of these are recent introductions that have 
created a great deal of favorable comment. Others are 
good standard sorts. Roses delight in a light, rich, warm 
soil with partial shade. The soil should be well drained 
and well cultivated, but a good water supply is desirable. 
Keep the old dead wood cut out of the rose bushes and 
spray often for both insects and disease. For mildew use 
Sulfodust; for leaf spot. Fungi Bordo; for chewing insects. 
Arsenate of Lead; and for aphis. Black Leaf 40 or Nicotine 
Dust. All of our roses are hardy field grown two-year-old 
stock and most of them are own root growth. Grafted 
sorts are marked (*). Six of one variety will be supplied 
for five times the price each. Twelve for ten times the 
price each. All ro'ses are offered postpaid. 
Each 
*Dame Edith Helen, clear pink, new.$ .75 
Double White Killarney, pure white.60 
Talisman, Golden Red and Copper. 1.00 
Dr. W. Van Fleet, Cameo Pink.60 
Jonkeer J. L. Mock, deep rich pink.60 
*Los Angeles, a new pink to coral.75 
Madam Butterfly, salmon pink.60 
*Mrs. E. P. Thom, very fine yellow. 1.00 
*Mrs. L. Swisher, a new salmon. 1.00 
Ophelia, popular salmon pink.60 
Red Radiance, one of the best crimson.60 
*Frau Karl Druschki, White . 1.00 
Sunburst, rich golden yellow.60 
*Souv. de Claudius Pernet, Pure Yellow.60 
HARDY CLIMBERS 
American Pillar, rosy pink rambler.50 
American Beauty, deep red climber.60 
Aviateur Bleriot, orange yellow.60 
4001- 
CYCLONE 
SEEDER 
This is a very 
light machine of 
simple construction 
used for sowing all 
kinds of seeds— 
Wheat, Oats, Rye, 
Barley, Grass, Clo¬ 
ver, Rape, Vetch, 
Beans, Peas, and 
in fact anything that 
has to be sowed 
__ _ . . .-A can be handled in 
ra# m4 s.f.'fKfct' 11 this one machine. 
* ^ ... The adjustment for 
ti-if 
Cyclone 
Seed Sower 
PieSOWER THAT the different kinds 
1 SCATTERS EVEN of seeds is in easy 
J reach, and can be 
made by anyone in two minutes. I have tried many differ¬ 
ent makes of seeders, but have never found any that did 
better work than this. From actual experience in my own 
fields, I consider this the most economical and practical 
machine that has ever been placed on the market. Dis¬ 
tributes evenly and cannot clog. Price—$2.50 each, post¬ 
paid, or $2.25 by express. 
MODEL D FEENEY GUN 
FEENEY DUST GUNS.—This is the best line of small 
dusters we have ever seen. They are well made and do 
excellent work with any dust. Models BX and D have 
special nozzles for work on beans and other low-growing 
crops. 
Model BX—Capacity about V4 lh., $1.00, postpaid. 
Model D—Capacity about 2% lbs., $2.50, postpaid. 
Slate’s Flower Bulbs 
AMARYLLIS 
Each Dozen 
Equestra, Salmon Red . $ .25 $2.00 
CALADIUM (ELEPHANT EAR) 
Each Dozen 
5 to 7 inch Bulbs . $ .10 $1.00 
7 to 9 inch Bulbs. .15 1.50 
9 to 11 inch Bulbs. 20 2.00 
11 to 12 inch Bulbs . .25 2.50 
CANNAS 
(Bronze foliage sorts marked *) 
Price of all varieties, 10c each; $1.00 dozen, postpaid. 
$5.00 per 100 by express collect. 
AUSTRIA, 4% ft., Canary Yellow with Red Dots. 
CITY OF PORTLAND, 3% ft., one of the best Pinks. 
EUREKA, 4 ft.. Pure White. 
FIERY CROSS, 4 ft.. Fiery Scarlet. 
FIREBIRD, 3% ft.. Fiery Red. 
HUNGARIA, 3 ft.. Rose Pink and Salmon. 
*KING HUMBERT, 4 ft.. Large Orange Scarlet. 
MRS. ALFRED F. CONARD, 4 ft., Salmon Pink. 
RICHARD WALLACE, 4 ft., Canary Yellow. 
THE PRESIDENT, 4 ft., large flower of Bright Red. 
WINTZERS COLOSSAL, 6 ft., large flowered Scarlet. 
‘WYOMING, 6 ft.. Deep Orange, Orchid Flowered. 
YELLOW KING HUMBERT, 6 ft.. Yellow, blotched red. 
A MIXTURE OF ABOVE SORTS. 
DAHLIAS 
Price 15c each; $1.50 dozen, postpaid. 
WHITE, Double Flowers. 
PINK, Large Doubles. 
RED, Double Flowered. 
YELLOW, Doubles. 
A MIXTURE OF COLORS. 
GLADIOLI * 
We are offering this year a select list of large bulbs in 
this wonderful flower so cheap that anyone can afford to 
make liberal plantings. The varieties listed below are 
recognized as among the finest of today and the list covers 
a good range of colors. The Gladiolus ranks as the most 
important cutflower and is easy to' grow. Plant early in 
the spring in any good soil, setting bulbs three inches deep 
and six inches apart in the row. Give frequent shallow 
cultivation. When cut just as the first bud begins to open, 
the flower stalk will continue to bloom and keep for two 
weeks in water. 
Halley, Early salmon pink. 
Peace, An enormous flower of white. 
Mrs. F. Pendleton, Pinked blotched crimson. 
Virginia, Flaming scarlet. 
Souvenir, Deep indigo blue. 
Herada, Clear Mauve. 
Alice Tiplady, Saffon-Orange. 
E. J. Shaylor, Deep rose pink. 
Slate’s Exhibition Mixture. 
Price all sorts: 6c each, 40c doz., $2.50 per 100, post¬ 
paid. 
TUBEROSE 
No outdoor planting is complete without its Tuberoses. 
Their fragrance lends enchantment to any scene. The bulbs 
may be planted two to three inches deep among the peren¬ 
nial border, in a bed of annuals, or in a garden row to 
themselves. They throw tall spikes about four feet high 
and covered with white double flowers whose fragrance 
cannot be equalled. 
Price, 5c each, 40c doz., $2.50 per 100, postpaid. 
Caladium 
Feed Everything You Grow 
with this complete, 
balanced diet 
VIGORO 
® Complete plant food 
To grow the finest of vegetables, the most beauti¬ 
ful flowers, and have the greenest of lawns, we must 
supply all of the elements needed by the plants. 
Ordinary commercial fertilizers contain but three 
elements, whereas there are about fourteen used by 
the plant. Vigoro is a scientifically prepared fer¬ 
tilizer containing all of the elements needed by 
plants. Thus it can be used in much smaller quanti¬ 
ties and will give far better results than stable 
manure or ordinary fertilizers. Owing to the bal¬ 
anced ration supplied in Vigoro the flowers are 
more beautiful and healthy, the vegetables produce 
finer specimens and ripen to perfection, the lawn 
stays green and does not die out, and the shrubs 
thrive and prove a joy to the owner. Vigoro is 
essentially a fertilizer for the gardener who wants 
to grow the best. It may cost a little more per 
hundred pounds, but it contains more plant food, 
so does not have to be used so heavily as ordinary 
fertilizers and in the end Vigoro is the cheapest 
fertilizer you can get. 
Price—5 lbs. 62c, 25 lbs. $1.82, postpaid to Vir¬ 
ginia and North Carolina points. Or 5 lbs. 50c, 
25 lbs. $1.50, 50 lbs. $2.50, 100 lbs. $4.00, by freight. 
Dipdust 
Reduces loss from disease, increases the yield, 
gives a better stand of clean healthy plants 
Dipdust is a powerful disin¬ 
fectant that destroys the seed- 
borne disease germs and pro¬ 
tects the young seedlings from 
certain soil organisms that 
prove very destructive at 
times. It prevents “ Damping- 
Off” and similar stem and root 
rots. It increases the germi¬ 
nation and gives the young 
seedling a clean, healthy start 
that almost entirely does away 
with stunted plants. Dipdust 
is a seed preservative that en¬ 
ables the seed to lie in the 
ground for weeks without rot¬ 
ting. Thus earlier plantings 
(nay be made and better stands 
obtained. For the market gardner it means many 
times its cost in increased returns from the vege¬ 
tables. For the home gardner it means earlier and 
better vegetables with fewer failures. 
HOW TO USE IT 
To treat both Irish and Sweet Potatoes, use a solution 
made of 1 lb. Dipdust thoroughly stirred into 2% gallons 
of water. Have this solution in some container that is 
large enough to hold a good quantity of the seed and so 
shaped that the solution will cover them. It is not neces¬ 
sary to allow them to stand for any time. Simply dip in 
the solution. 
All kinds of seed require the same treatment. For small 
lots take a fruit jar or small tin can. Do not fill it over 
one-third full of seed. Add Dipdust at the rate of one 
level teaspoonful to each quart of seed. Shake foT two or 
three minutes or until each seed has a coating of dust 
upon it. 
PRICE—Dipdust is a poison and cannot be sent through 
the mails. We offer 4-oz. cans at 60c each; 1 lb. at $1.50, 
and 5 lbs. at $6.00 for shipment by express only. 
CABBAGE—Showing extreme case of damping-off To 
right, soil untreated—almost all plants killed To 
left, soil treated—stand very satisfactory 
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SLATE SEED COMPANY, INC., SEEDSMEN SINCE 1866, SOUTH BOSTON, VA. 
