VEGETABLES. 
ONION: Red Wethersfield. The best keeper and one of the 
most popular for general cultivation. 
ONION: Silver Skin (Large White Portugal). Produces early 
onions of mild flavor, largely used for growing sets and pickles. 
ONION: Yellow Globe Danvers. One of the best for famil^use. 
Mild in flavor and an excellent keeper. 
PARSLEY: Champion Moss Curled. For garnishing no variety 
is more attractive. In growth it resembles a tuft of finely 
curled moss. Is very hardy and slow in running to seed. 
PARSNIP: Hollow Crown. The growing demand for this deli¬ 
cious vegetable makes this improved strain particularly 
desirable. 
-PEAS:’ American Wonder. Very early, quality excellent; needs 
no brush; one of the best for private gardens. 
PEAS: Stratagem. A blue, wrinkled marrow, English dwarf 
pea of rare excellence ;.medium early. I 1 /* to 2 feet. Very prolific. 
PEPPER: Red Cayenne. Bright red. Pods small, cone-shaped. 
Scarlet when ripe. Pungent. 
PEPPER: Large Bell, or Bull Nose. Early, large, with thick, 
mild flesh, excellent for salads and pickles; color bright red 
when ripe. 
PUMPKIN: Sweet or 5ugar. Makes the most delicious Pump¬ 
kin pies. 
RADISH: French Breakfast. Scarlet, olive-shaped, white- 
tipped. Very crisp and tender, and of beautiful color. 
^RADISH: Turnip. Very early, beautiful scarlet, white-tipped. 
SQUASH: Early Summer Crookneck. Very early and pro¬ 
ductive. 
SQUASH: Hubbard. The standard winter squash. No better 
variety grown. 
SALSIFY: Or Vegetable Oyster. Sandwich Island. A greatly 
improved variety. Superior both in point of quality and flavor 
SPINACH: Long Standing. Best for family use. 
TOMATO: Acme. A popular sort; early ripener, of medium 
size, oval and smooth. Flesh deep scarlet and solid. 
TOMATO: Atlantic Prize. Extra early. Pronounced the larg¬ 
est, smoothest, best flavored and brightest colored red of the 
extra early sorts. Fruit borne in immense clusters. 
TURNIP: White Egg. Oval, smooth, solid and sweet. One of 
the best for table use. 
Have You Seen MY FOUR WARRANTS 
on the First Cover Page? 
LAWN GRASS SEED. 
MY LAWN GRASS MIXTURE, and I make but one, is the 
very best that can be made. If directions are followed it will give 
you a soft close sod of uniform texture and rich emerald green. 
DIRECTIONS ■—To secure the best lawn, the soil should be 
well drained and deeply plowed, and fertilized with well-rotted 
manure or some good commercial fertilizer. Harrow, or rake it 
as fine as possible and roll before the seed is sown. Sow the seed 
as early in the spring as possible, raking it in lightly to partially 
cover it. 
This mixture consists of the best grades of White Clover and 
Kentucky Blue Grass, the latter being sun dried and hand rubbed. 
QUANTITY REQUIRED.—For 1 acre, 4 bu., for 300 sq. ft., 1 qt. 
By Mail, postpaid: One quart, 25 cts.; two quarts, 45 cts. 
By Express, at buyer’s expense: One quart, 15 cts.; one peck 
DECORATIVE PLANTS. 
Mailing size, sent postpaid. 
Asparagus Plumosus. Delicate, graceful, fern-like, and very 
easy to grow. Price, 18 cts. 
Asparagus Sprengeri. An excellent house plant, succeeding 
m almost any position. (See illustration, p. 7.) Price, 18 cts. 
Boston Sword Fern (Nephrolepsis Bostoniensis). The best 
Sword Fern. It does not become infested with scale, and is 
almost impossible to kill. Price, 18 cts. 
Palm:, Kentia Belmoreana. The most graceful and easiest 
cultivated. Price, 30 cts. 
Palm: Phoenix Canariensis. The hardiest of all the palms, and 
best adapted for outdoor ornamentation in summer. Price, 
20 cts. 
Umbrella Plant (Cyperus Alternifolius). Always presents a 
green, attractive appearance. Price, 15 cts. 
PAT MS flnd other H0USE PLANTS, C 
* AND THEIR CARE. ® US. 
Having had so many requests regarding the care and selection 
of palms and other house plants, I have prepared a handsome little 
folder, printed on heavy enameled paper for convenient use and 
preservation, containing practical hints and suggestions along 
these lines. This is not an exhaustive, technical treatise, but in¬ 
cludes m a nutshell the information necessary to successful 
window gardening. 
Add 5 cents to your order and receive this instructive folder. 
Press of Kimball & Storer Co., Minneapolis. 
