DESIRABLE NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. 
EVERYTHING SENT PREPAID. 
New Winter P ineapple Muskmelon. 
The Winter Pineapple differs from all other musk- 
melons in shape and appearance of the fruit and its 
wonderful keeping qualities. The melons weigh from 
8 to 12 lbs. each. It is a most valuable novelty. These 
splendid melons do 
not ripen on the vines 
like other muskmel- 
ons, but have to be 
picked in a green 
state, before frost, 
lain away in a cool, 
dry place where they 
will keep sound and 
sweet for several mos. 
When wanted for use 
bring them in a warm 
room, where they will 
ripen in a few days 
and be ready to eat. 
The flesh is unusu- 
j y thick, solid, and 
melting: a light green 
color and has the most 
delightful flavor im- 
maginable, being rich, spicy, and delicious, with an 
agreeable pineapple taste. 
The Artist, ( Mr. Blanc, of Phila.) who has made en¬ 
gravings of, and tasted nearly all the new melons in¬ 
troduced in the past ten years, says “Winter Pineap¬ 
ple is decidedly the finest flavored muskmelon I have 
ever eaten.” Large Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts. 
Everblooming Petunias. 
4SF" ALSO AN ELEGANT POT PLANT. 
I desire to call attention to these entrancingly lovely 
flowers. They are a superb mixture of wondrous 
beauty—over 40 varieties. 
They comprise an endless 
assortment of colors, shad¬ 
es, and markings. The Pe¬ 
tunia is the “Peoples Flow¬ 
er.” They will bloom in a 
month or so after planting, 
and will continue to pro¬ 
duce a perfect cloud of bril¬ 
liant blossoms until hard 
frost. No one who loves 
flowers should fail to plant 
them. Pkt. 10 c. 3 for 25c. 
Mr. A. T. Cook:—Your Petuni¬ 
as were a perfect delight all the 
summer long. The blossoms were 
immense, and of the most beauti¬ 
ful tints. In the fall they were 
taken into the house, and they 
have bloomed continuously all 
winter. Mrs. C. C. ALFOi»,Mass. 
FLOWERS. 
‘God might have made the earth bring 
Enough for great and small, [ forth 
The oak-tree and the cedar-tree. 
Without a flower at all. 
He might have made enough, enough 
For every want of ours, 
For luxury, medicine, and toil. 
And yet have made no flowers. 
Our outward life requires them not, 
Then wherefore had they birth ? 
To minister delight to man, 
To beautify the earth ! 
To comfort man—to whisper hope 
Whene’er his faith is dim, 
For He who careth for the flowers 
Will care much more for him ! 
Tennessee 
Sweet Potato 
This Pumpkin is of medium size. Pumpkin, 
pear shaped, flesh thick, creamy white, fine grained, 
dry, and of most excellent flavor. Hardy, productive, 
a good keeper. The best variety for pies, and equal to 
many squashes for cooking. Packet 5 cts. 
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Views at thy hand no worthy action 
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lone.” 
TO BOYS AND GIRLS. Don’t think you can¬ 
not get up a club. It is easy. Read Johnny Lent’s let¬ 
ter on another page. He is only 9 years old, and lie got 
his $6.00 club in one day, and got two splendid watches 
ror his trouble. Begin to-day. You are as smart as the 
rest. Thousands of boys and girls have obtained valu¬ 
able premiums — but the business lessons learned were 
more valuable still. All needed instructions are in this 
catalog. Do your best, and you will surely succeed. 
YOU CANNOT get up a club, please be kind 
enough to show this to some one who would like an el¬ 
egant watch. Camera, Gold Fountain Pen, Hewing Ma- 
chine, Bicyc e. Organ, f or a pocket full of “pin mon¬ 
ey —without costing one cent. The Premiums are all 
ready and waiting'for your orders. 
SUPERB MIXED FLOWER SEEDS. 
OVER- 30(J CHARMING, EASY GROWING VARIETIES. 
This is without question the grandest Collection of 
beautiful flowers ever put up. They will produce a per¬ 
fect cloud of bloom and fragrance from earliest sum¬ 
mer until the snows of winter. 
New beauties and wonders will 
open up every day. It will be a 
continual surprise to see the odd. 
and curious—as well as the old 
favorites constantly appear. You 
can have bushels of bright blos¬ 
soms for boquets, vases and to 
give to your friends. 
Flowers are Cod’s Jewels 
For Earth’s Ornament. 
Flowers cheer the heart, and 
make the home life \ leasant. No¬ 
thing for the money spent can 
give as much sincere pleasure. 
. No one should fail to phnt these 
interesting flowers. Many are 
rare Novelties. You cannot get 
them else wlie re. 1 have sold over 
500,000 of these Collections, and 
they receive unbounded praise. 
In separate packets the varieties would cost more than 
$r».oo. Seed may be sown broadcast or in drills a 
foot apart. Extra Large Packet, 25 cts. 3 for 60 cts. 
XT' A. T. Cook. Pear .Sir;—Your Mixed Flower Seeds I re 
ceived last year beat anything I ever saw. I have raised 
flowers for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS and never before had such 
a line Collection. The best of all they were so hardy—many bloom¬ 
ing until snow came. I could go in the garden after all others were 
froze to death, and pick a nice boquet of flowers from yours. 
John P. Sundquist, Nelson Co. N. P. 
$ Boys and Girls Wanted 
to got up clubs for above Mixed Flowers. Show 
$ bright youngsters this offer. I give a splendid 
W atch and Chain—or a solid Gold Fountain Pen 
?)> f described elsewhore ] free as a Premium for a 
(ft $3.oo order for 12 packets. Begin at once to take 
AS orders. They sell like hot cakes. Your friends 
AS v ill assist you. Read above description and tes- 
«S ti menials, and you will be sure to get their orders 
AS every time. SPECIAL. To help you sell I will 
«S add free 3 extra packets—also 12 packets of my 
4S BEST Novelties to give to customers. 
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A\ give a lovely Ladies Secret Heart Locket—set with 
iL 10 Pearls, with 24 inch Neck Chain, extra 
’&> gold finish—very durable. A gem of Art. p. 
From the Editor of American Garden. TRULY A GIANT AS¬ 
PARAGUS. A bunch of about 50 shoots of Palmetto Asparagus ex¬ 
hibited by a Phila. Gardener, beats anything ever heard of. It 
weighed 31 lbs.—the growth of only 3 days. 
A. Winship, Hillsboro Co. N. II. writes:—Your Palmetto Aspar¬ 
agus and Variegated Pop Corn are both truly wonderful. I have 
planted your seeds seven years and find them the best of all. Your 
packets are twice as large as any other, and you always send such 
a ol of nice extras. 
California Cream Butter Lettuce. 
This new variety forms a large, round, solid head; 
outside green, and within a rich cream yellow. It is 
particularly sweet and buttery to the taste, and re¬ 
mains for weeks of the finest quality. A great improv- 
menfrover most others. Packet 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts. 
“For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight. 
His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right.” 
Don’t Plant Tobacco. 
Don’t ask for Tobacco Seed. I cannot sell it. It only 
injures people. It debases their minds—defiles their 
bodies, and wastes'their money. Don’t help along the 
miserable business. Plant something useful and you 
will sleep 
