jgRW ' .R.B.BUCHANAN SEED CO. MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE. 
TO ^V r /~\TT .. / began selling seed in Memphis in January , 1896. That was 41 years ago . 
-*■ • To many families I am selling the fourth generation , having sold seed to their 
Fathers, Grandfathers and Great-grandfathers. R. B. BUCHANAN. 
READ CAREFULLY DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING 
LIBERAL PREMIUMS— Please bear in mind that on seeds in packets and ounces only (no 
quarter-pounds, pounds or two pounds ), the purchaser may select 25 cents’ worth extra on each 
dollar sent. This does not apply to orders for collections, prices of which are net. See this Premium 
Offer on Yellow Order Sheet in front of catalog. 
CASH WITH ORDER— Please send money with order sufficient to cover the whole bill and 
remit by express, postal money order or check. We advise against C. O. D. orders because of delays and 
high collection charges, which are unsatisfactory to the customer and expensive to us if uncalled for 
and returned at our expense. We accept C. O. D. orders for seeds when 25 per cent of the order 
amount is paid in advance. The deposit is meant to cover collection and return charges in case the 
order is not called for and paid for by the customer. 
FREE DELIVERY BY MAIL— We pay postage to any postoffice in the United States on all Vege¬ 
table and Flower Seeds quoted in this catalog, except when quoted on Yellow Price List. The Parcel 
Post delivery being so convenient for those living away from their postoffice, especially during their 
busy planting season, we have tried to quote all items in this catalog Post Paid in small quantities, and 
will quote any other items prepaid to you if you will list the goods you want, saying you want all 
transportation charges paid to you. Read pages 2 and 3, study the parcel post map, figure your post¬ 
age and save money. Sending coins, bills, or stamps through the mail is safe and convenient — use 
coin envelope enclosed. Customers have been sending money in coins and bills to us through U. S. 
mails for 30 years without loss. 
ERRORS— While we exercise care in filling orders, yet in the press of business errors sometimes 
will be made, in which event we wish to be promptly notified of the fact and will make such correc¬ 
tions as will be entirely satisfactory. Customers should be very clear and explicit in making out all 
orders, and thereby help us to avoid errors. Please keep copies of all orders for comparison. 
PLANTS, BULBS AND SLIPS— Plants, bulbs and slips are seldom forwarded on the same day 
with seeds ordered at the same time. They are packed separately and sometimes are delayed. 
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS —Always be sure to give both; we have hundreds of orders, 
either unsigned or without address, awaiting identification. If you have not received the seeds you 
ordered, probably yours is among them. 
NON-WARRANTY— R. B. Buchanan Seed Co., Inc., give no warranty, express or implied, as 
to description, quality, productiveness or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, plants, fertilizers, insect¬ 
icides, etc., they send out and will not in any way be responsible for the crop. Purity and germination, 
when given, are the results of tests, but are without warranty. If the purchaser does not accept the 
goods on these terms, they are to be returned at once and the amount paid for them will be refunded. 
JANUARY 1, 1937. R. B. BUCHANAN SEED CO., INC. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Vegetable Seeds 
Chicory . 
.. 11 
Pages 6 through 29 
Cress . 
. 11 
A 
Corn—Garden .. 
.13-14 
Asparagus . 
6 
Collards . 
. 13 
Asparagus Roots.. 
B 
6 
Corn—Pop . 
Cucumber . 
. . 13 
. 15 
Beans—Bush . 
7 
E 
Beans—Wax. 
7 
Egg Plants. 
. 11 
Beans—Pole . 
8 
Endives . 
. 11 
Beans—Lima . 
9 
H 
i; 
Beans—Soup. 
8 
Herbs . 
. 11 
Beets—Garden .... 
10 
Hot Caps. 
. . 27 
Beets—Stock . 
10 
Horse Radish.... 
6 
Broccoli . 
6 
K 
Brussels Sprouts... 
6 
Kale . 
. 15 
C 
Kohl Rabi . 
. 11 
Cabbage .12- 
13 
L 
Carrots . 
11 
Lettuce . 
. 16 
Cantaloupes . 
17 
M 
Cauliflower . 
10 
Mustard . 
. 16 
1 
Celery . 
11 
Mustard Spinach 
. 16 
IXPEX _ 
AND PLANTS, FLOWER SEEDS, ROSES AND BULBS 
o 
Okra . 23 
Onion Seed . 23 
Onion Sets . 23 
P 
Parsley . 23 
Parsnip . 23 
Peas—Garden. 20 
Peas—Field. 21 
Pepper . 22 
Potatoes. 22 
Pop Corn. 13 
Pumpkins . 24 
R 
Radish_•.25-26 
Rhubarb . 6 
S 
Sage . 11 
Salsify ..../. 26 
Spinach . 27 
Squash . 24 
Swiss Chard . 10 
T 
Thyme . 11 
Tobacco . 26 
Tomato. 28 
Turnip . 29 
V 
Vegetable Case.... 27 
W 
Watermelon.18-19 
Vegetable Plants 
Beet Plants. 6 
Bermuda Onion ... 6 
Cabbage, 
Frost-Proof .... 6 
Egg Plants . 6 
Lettuce . 6 
Potato Slips . 6 
Tomato . 6 
Garden Gloves. 25 
Peat Moss. 26 
Flower Seeds 
Pages 30 through 39 
Antirrhinum . 30 
Alyssum 
(Little Gem) .... 30 
Asters. 31 
Calendula . 31 
Cornflower ....... 32 
Cosmos . 33 
Foxglove . 34 
Hollyhock . 34 
Kochia . 35 
Larkspur . 35 
Moon Flower. 36 
Nasturtium . 36 
Painted Daisy. 38 
Petunia .36-37 
Phlox . 37 
Poppy . 37 
Shasta Daisy. 33 
Snap Dragon. 30 
Sweet Peas. 30 
Verbena . 38 
Zinnia •. 39 
Roses and Bulbs 
Pages 40 through 44 
Bush Roses.40-41 
Caladiums . 43 
Cannas . 43 
Climbing Roses.... 40 
Dahlia Collection.. 44 
Dahlia, Giant. 44 
Gladiolus . 42 
Dahlia, Pompom... 44 
Rose Collections... 41 
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FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS, INSECTICIDES, SPRAYING, FRUITS AND BERRY PLANTS 
Field and Grass Seeds 
Pages 48 through 64 
Alfalfa .54-55 
Benne. 62 
Buckwheat . 63 
Cane Seed . 61 
Cane—Grohoma .. 61 
Cane—Hegari .... 61 
Cane—Sagrain ... 61 
Cane—Syrup . 61 
Clover. 56 
Clover—Sweet .... 56 
Clover.—Crimson . . 56 
Clover—Red . 56 
Corn—Broom . 64 
Corn—Field.52-53 
Corn—Kaffir . 61 
Crotalaria . 60 
Cotton Seed.48-51 
Game Bird Seed... 62 
Grass Mixtures.... 58 
Grasses .57-58 
Grass—Rye . 57 
Grass—Bermuda .. 57 
Grass—Red Top... 57 
Grass—Timothy .. 58 
Grass—Sudan. 57 
Grass—Dallas. 58 
Grass—Carpet .... 58 
Lespedeza . 56 
Millet . 62 
Mung Beans. 59 
Oats . 63 
Peas—Field .21-60 
Peas—Austrian ... 64 
Peanuts . 62 
Rape—Essex . 64 
Rye . 63 
Seeders . 58 
Sericea . 56 
Shady Mixture .... 58 
Sorghum . 61 
Soy Beans . 59 
Sunflower . 63 
Vetch . 63 
Wheat . 63 
Insecticides 
Pages 69 through 72 
A 
Arsenate Lead.... 71 
Atlacide. 70 
B 
Baby Chicks. 83 
Bird Feeds . 82 
Black Leaf 40. 72 
Bluestone . 69 
Bordeaux . 71 
Brooders.80-83 
Budding Knives... 75 
Bug Death. 71 
C 
Calcium Arsenate.. 71 
Carbon Disulphide. 79 
Casein Spreader... 69 
Cel-O-Glass . 82 
Chick Feeds .81-82 
Crewood Oil . 79 
Crow-Tox . 72 
Coposil . 70 
D 
Dog Foods. 77 
Dog Remedies .... 77 
Don Sung . 81 
Dritomic Sulphur. . 69 
Dutox . 71 
E 
Ethylene 
Chlorhydrin .... 65 
Evergreen . 72 
Express Rates .... 2 
F 
Fertilizers . 76 
Fish Oil Soap. 72 
Floragard . 72 
Flotation Sulphur.. 71 
Flower Pots . 75 
G 
Grafting Wax. 72 
Garden Guard. 70 
H 
HotKaps . 82 
K 
Kleenup . 
L 
Legume Aid . 
Lime Sulphur 
Solution . 
Lopping Shears ... 
Loro . 
M 
Meat Smoke . 
Mologen . 
N 
Nitragin . 
O 
Oil Emulsion. 
Ortho Dry 
Spreader . 
Orthol-K . 
P 
Parcel Post Rates. 
Parcel Post Map... 
Paradichlorobenzene 
Paris Green. 
Pest Killers . 
Planting Tables .. 
Poultry Feeders ... 
Poultry Remedies . 
Pruning Tools .... 
Pyrox . 
R 
Rat Poisons . 
Ratenone. 
Red Arrow Spray.. 
70 
65 
69 
75 
72 
78 
70 
S 
Sausage Seasoning. 78 
Sa-Va-Tree . 70 
Scalecide . 70 
Semesan .. 65 
Sheps Spray. 72 
Slug Shot. 71 
Smoke Salt. 78 
Spraying ...66-67-68-69 
Spray Pumps.73-74 
Sulforon. 71 
Sulphur . 71 
65 T 
Tanglefoot . 
69 Tree Killer . 
Twine. 
78 
78 
75 
69 
70 
8 
3 
72 
71 
79 
V 
Vigoro . 
Volck . 
W 
Wood Labels .. 
Z 
Zinc Sulphate 
76 
72 
75 
69 
4-5 
80 
81 
75 
72 
79 
70 
72 
Spraying Orchards and 
Gardens 
Pages 66 through 69 
Apple Scab . 66 
Apple Blotch . 66 
Beans . 68 
Bush Fruits . 68 
Beta Napthol. 70 
Cabbage . 68 
Cantaloupes . 68 
Chewing Insects .. 66 
Codling Moth. 66 
Cucumber . 68 
Flowers . 68 
Fungus Diseases .. 66 
Potatoes . 68 
San Jose Scale.... 66 
Sucking Insects ... 66 
Spraying Apples •.. 66 
Spraying Grapes .. 67 
Spraying Peaches . 67 
Spraying 
Strawberries .... 67 
Tomatoes. 68 
Watermelon . 68 
Fruits and Berry Plants 
Pages 45 through 47 
Apple Trees. 45 
Apricot Trees. 46 
Blackberries . 47 
Cherry Trees. 46 
Dewberries . 47 
Fig Bushes. 46 
Grape Vines. 46 
Peach Trees. 45 
Pecan Trees. 46 
Plum Trees. 46 
Pear Trees. 46 
Raspberries. 47 
Strawberries . 47 
Shrubs . 47 
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