Garden Roots 
ASPARAGUS 
By mail at dozen rates if desired. 
In garden culture set the plants from one to two feet 
apart in rows three feet apart; field culture in rows four 
to six feet apart and the plants two feet apart. Plant 
about five inches below the surface and cover with two 
inches of earth—filling in the balance to a level by de¬ 
grees during the summer. 
GIANT ARGEN- 
TEUIL. — Finest 
and most profit¬ 
able. Stalks of 
immense size at¬ 
tractive, rich and 
tender. Comes into 
cutting condition 
earlier than oth¬ 
ers. Free from 
rust and blight 
and not damaged 
by slugs, so much 
as other varieties. 
PALMETTO. — 
The large size, 
earliness, great 
yield and freedom 
from rust of this 
variety has made 
i t exceedingly 
popular, and it is 
now regarded by many growers as the most reliable and 
profitable of all for market. 
One year, doz., 25c; 100, 50c; 1,000, $3.50. 
Two years, doz., 30c; 100, 75c; 1000 $4.50. 
CHIVES 
If to go by mail add 5c per clump 
Highly prized by many for 
soups and for seasoning. This 
hardy perennial belongs to 
the onion family, is perfectly 
hardy and succeeds almost 
without culture. The tops of 
grasslike leaves appear in 
early spring and can be safe¬ 
ly cut close to the ground 
many times in a season. Fre¬ 
quently grown in a shallow 
box or pot in a sunny win- 
;, each, 10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. 
dow during winter. 
HELIANTI. 
“The greatest addition to the vegetable kingdom for many 
years. A complete substitute, in taste, for fresh Aspara¬ 
gus. Yields as much again as the potato. Helianti is a 
hybrid of the Sunflower family, producing an abundance 
of bright yellow flowers. Its important economic use 
however, is the edible tubers, which can be grown in any 
part of the continent and will thrive in any kind of soil— 
from the wettest to the dryest.” Each, 10c; doz., $1.00; 
100 , $ 6 . 00 . 
HOPS. 
See Kitchen Perennials, page 46. 
HORSE RADISH 
If to go by mail, add 20c per 100. By mail post paid 
at dozen rates if desired. 
Of the easiest culture. Plant the 
sets in moist, rich soil, small end 
down, with the top an inch below 
the surface. 
AMERICAN. —The well known sort; 
the one in general use. Doz., 25c; 
100, 75c; 1,000, $4.00. 
BOHEMIAN OR MALINERKREN.— 
Of very strong growth; cuttings 
planted in April produce fine large 
“radish” for grating the first of 
October. It is as white as snow 
when dressed. Grows to great size 
if left in the ground until spring 
and yields as much as four tons to the acre. Entirely 
free from all diseases and grows on any kind of soil, 
from heavy clay to light sand and withstands drought 
as well as the potato. Doz., 35c; 100, $1.00; 1,000, 
$ 6 . 00 . 
RHUBARB (Pie Plant) 
If to go by mail add 3c per root. 
feet apart, with the plants three feet distant. Set so 
that the crowns are about one inch below the surface. 
MYATT’S LINNAEIJS. —Popular and the best for general 
use. Early, very large, productive, tender and very 
delicately flavored. Requires less sugar than other sorts. 
Strong divisions (not seedlings). Doz., 50c; 100, $3.50; 
1,000, $25.00. 
For Eavender, Mint, Rosemary, Sage, Tansy, 
Tarragon and Thyme, see Kitchen Perennials, page 46. 
NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF 
AGRICULTURE. 
No. 32—1911. 
Office of the State Entomologist. 
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., 
September 5, 1911. 
This is to Certify, That I have this 30th day 
of August, 1911, inspected the general nursery 
stock growing on the Monmouth Nurseries, J. T. 
Eovett, Proprietor, at Eittle Silver, in Mon¬ 
mouth County, New Jersey, and have found the 
same apparently free from San Jose Scale and 
other dangerously injurious insect pests; also that 
the examined stock seemed healthy. 
I Further Certify, That the nursery has a 
properly constructed house, 16x10x6.8 feet, for 
fumigating with hydrocyanic acid gas, upon 
which I have marked the quantity of cyanide of 
potassium required for an effective charge. 
This certificate expires June 1st, 1912, and 
covers only stock actually on the nurseries when 
examined. 
JOHN B. SMITH, State Entomologist. 
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