W E TAKE this occasion to extend to our many customers our heartfelt greetings and best wlshe* 
for a successful season. It is our pleasure to announce that we have brought together a eolleetioa 
of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants as offered herein all of which will be found to be of the highest quality. 
Many varieties found in the average seed catalogue have been eliminated for the reason that 
afte.’years of experience have shown to possess little or no value. No mistake can be made in using 
those vyhich we describe in these pages as they have been thoroughly tried and are known to be of 
possessing quality, soliciting an opportunity to serve you, we are willing to help you gain unfailing 
success. 
Having selected these goods with consideration and untiring effort in order to offer the best the market 
affords. We are willing to do all in our power to help you have a successful garden: but we give no war¬ 
ranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, production, or any other matter of the seeds, bulbs or 
plants we send out and will not be responsible for the crop. All items named in this catalogue will be sold 
on these terms only.WM. MARKS. 
Selected List of Vegetable Seeds. 
ASPARAGUS SEEDS— 
Sow thickly in early spring. Transplant in one or two years, 9 to 12 inches, in 
rows ‘d}4 feet apart. Asparagus can be cut in 3 to 4 years. 
CONOVER’S COLOSSAL, 
The standard variety. Popular, productive, and of good quality Pkt., 5c. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
One-year roots are readj’ to cut two years from planting; two and three year 
roots, the year following setting out. 
*Prioess Conover*s Colossal, *2 year old ruo<N, doz. 100S1«50* 
ARTICHOKE 
Large Globe. Sown and grown in good garden soil, this variety will last for 
years. Its flower heads cooked like Asparagus are relished by many, pkt., 5c. 
BEANS—Dwarf, Wax Podded. 
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DAVIS KIDNEY WAX BEAN. 
The large beans are pure white; excellent tor cooking, 
green or dry. The pods while young are stringless, lender, 
and of excellent flavor, very long, straight and uniform in size 
and shape, of a clear, waxy white, do not discolor in canning, 
GOLDEN WAX. Pods flat; golden colored; beans 
oval, white with more or less of two shades of reddish purple 
visible. One of the most delicate and finely flavored, as well 
as early. 
PROLIFIC BLACK WAX. The old standard Black 
Wax Bush Bean. It is so good that It is worthy of special 
notice. The pods are round, brittle of handsome golden yel¬ 
low color and of buttery flavor when cooked, 
POLE LIMA BEANS. 
SEIBERT’S EARLY LIMA. In earliness, ease of 
shelling and quality of the green beans, this variety is far in 
advance of all other early Limas for either the garden or mar¬ 
ket The vine is very productive; although the pods rarely 
contain more than four beans, the total yield is enormous. 
The green shelled beans are of immense size, tender and of 
finest quality. 
DWARF LIMA BEANS. 
Bush Limas should be planted three feet apart, dropping 
two or three beans fifteen Inches apart In the row. Cover 
about 1 inch deep. Dwarf Limas require no support. 
Dreer’s Dwarf Lima. Thick pods and large thick 
beans three or four in a pod. Ripens fully ten days earlier 
than the Pole Lima of same name. 
Stringlees Greeu Pod 
DAVIS KIDNEY WAX BEAN 
BEANS — Dwarf, Green Pod. 
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BURPEE’S STRINGLESS. 
This line bean is the only absolutely stringless green-pod 
bean in the market. It is the earliest and most hardy ol 
green-pod sort. By repeated plantings pods may be had in 
constant succession from spring until out off by frost. The 
plants are very productive, bearing profusely the beautiful 
green pods, which are nearly round, straight, broad, tender, 
brittle, of the finest flavor, fleshy and entirely stringless. 
BOUNTIFUL. 
An improved Long Yellow Si.x Weeks. Being 
earlier, hardier and producing better and larger 
pods and more of them. Pods grow to large size, 
are broad and fleshy; absolutely stringless, tender, 
of finest flavor and good appearance. 
LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS. 
Early, upright in growth, very productive, with long, 
straight, thick pods of excellent quality. Seeds, when ripe, 
are olive-brown color. 
IMPROVED RED VALENTINE. 
For snaps there is nothing superior to this vwiety among 
the green podded sorts, and many prefer it to the wax varie¬ 
ties. Vine erect, with dark green leaves; pods medium length, 
curved cylindrical, with crease in hack, very fleshy, crisp and 
tender; seed long, of medium aUe and .unsymmeirioai in 
shapei innk, marbled with red. 
ALL BEANS—Per Package 5c; Per Pound 30c. 
