ELIMINATE MOLES 
from your garden 
and 
MOLEFUME 
lawns with 
cartridges. Ignited and set in the runs they asphyxiate 
with monoxide gas. 
Box of 6 cartridges, 90 cts. 


Giant Lucullus Swiss Chard 
SALSIFY 
Vegetable Oyster 
One ounce will sow about 50 feet of drill 
CuttureE. Sow early in spring, in drills 12 ches 
apart and 1 inch deep, thinning out the young 
plants to 6 inches. The roots will be ready in 
October, when a supply should be taken up and 
stored like carrots. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. Tender and 
delicious. Superior to all other sorts. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 4b. $1.10, Ib. $2.75. 
SORREL 
One ounce will sow about 100 feet of drill 
CutturE. Sow early in the spring in drills 6 to 
8 inches apart. 
Garden. Used for salads, on account of its 
pleasant acid flavor; also as a boiled vege- 
table. Yields for several years. Pkt. 15cts., 
Ygoz. 40 cts.,oz. 75 cts., 4lb. $2.25, Ib. $6. 


Produce Your Own Salads 
They are easy to raise in almost 
any garden 
Grow the following kinds. Serve them 
uncooked and garden-fresh, so that their 
vitamins reach you unimpaired. They are 
healthful and full of minerals. 
Cabbage Mustard 
Celeriac Onion 
Celery Parsley 
Pepper 
Radish 
Romaine 
Sorrel 
Tomato 
Watercress 
Various Herbs 
Chicory 
Chinese Cabbage 
Cress 
Cucumber 
Dandelion 
Endive 
Lettuce 
The best varieties are described on 
pages 2 to 19, where you will also find notes 
on their cultivation. 

NEW YORK CITY 

SWISS CHARD spinach Beet 
One ounce will plant about 100 feet of drill, 
and yield more than 10 bushels of produce. 
Cutting commences in about 7 weeks. 
Leaves may be boiled, adding fried chopped 
bacon if you so desire. The stalks may be 
served as a distinct dish cooked like aspar- 
agus. Sow early In spring in rows and thin 
to 6 inches. 
Mammoth New York. This is a large, dis- 
tinct sort, medium green in color. The 
leaves are smooth, and the stalks are milk- 
white. No earthy flavor. Pkt. £5 cts., 
Y4oz. 35 cts., oz. 55 cts. 
Giant Lucullus. Plants grow to a height 
of 2 to 214 feet and the stalks are 114 inches 
broad, heavily ribbed, and from 10 to 12 
inches long. Leaves are much crumpled. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 35 cts., YWIb. $1, Ib. $2.50. 
Green Lyon. A vigorous-growing, stocky 
type with smooth, deep green leaves and 
broad, thick, white stalks. Pkt. 10 cts., 
Yoz. 20 cts., oz. 35cts., 4b. $1, Ib. $2.50. 
Fordhook. A giant variety with broad, 
wrinkled, dark green leaves and broad 
white stems. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 
yb. $1.10, Ib. $2.75. 
Rhubarb Chard. Bright crimson stems and 
dark green and crimson leaves give this 
variety a striking appearance; it looks like 
rhubarb at first sight. Grow and cook it 
as you would other Chards, and you will 
find it even more delicious. Decorative in 
the flower garden, too. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 60cts. 

Swiss Chard and Spinach are among the 
most healthful of foods. Both are high in 
vitamins A and G, and im all minerals, 
especially tron. Swiss Chard is also an out- 
standing source of vitamin Bi and Spinach 
an excellent source of vitamin C. 
SPINACH 
One ounce will plant about 100 feet of drill, 
and produce over 6 bushels of Spinach. 
Gather about 7 weeks after seeding. 
Cutture. Sow in March or April in drills an 
inch deep and 14 inches apart; again in August or 
September. Spinach requires rich soil. 
Emerald Standing. Large and vigorous 
type, of compact, spreading growth. 
Leaves are large, thick, slightly crumpled, 
very fleshy, and carried on long stems. 
Dark green. The most important point, 
however, is that it stands fully one month 
longer than anv other variety before bolting 
to seed. Yet it is quick-growing. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 30 cts., 4b. 85 cts., Ib. $2. 
Blight-Resistant. A Savoy-leaved Spinach 
which may be grown on soil infected with 
blight. Simce it tends to bolt to flower 
somewhat freely, we do not advise extensive 
seedings In warm weather. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts., lb. 65 cts., Ib. $1.60. 
Old Dominion. A hybrid into which re- 
sistance to mosaic disease has been bred. 
Very hardy, and much used in late autumn, 
when seed remains dormant over winter 
and germinates first thing in spring. Good 
for early spring sowing also. Wrinkled 
leaves. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25cts., 4Ib. 75 cts., 
Ib. $1.75. f 
Large Thick-leaved. Splendid for market. 
Slow to run to seed; recommended for 
spring and early fall seedings. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts., Ib. 75 cts., Ib. $1.75. 
Princess Juliana. A splendid all-purpose 
variety; good for the home gardener and 
commercial grower alike. Large, wrinkled 
and blistered dark green Ieaves. Slow to 
bolt in hot weather. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 
25 cts., Ib. 75 cts., Ib. $1.75. 
Your attention is drawn to pages 18 and 19 for an interesting Collection 
of Herbs 




SPINACH, continued 
Viking. A new quick-growing sort, but one 
that is slow to run to seed. Large medium- 
blistered Jeaves; dark green. Excellent 
home-garden variety. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 
30 cts., Ib. 85 cts., Ib. $2. 
Bloomsdale Savoy. Dark green type. Val- 
ued alike by market growers and home 
gardeners because of its earliness. The 
leaves are wrinkled and crumpled. Yields 
heavily and is particularly hardy. The 
standard sort for early spring. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts., 4Ib. 65 cts., Ib. $1.60. 
Long Standing Savoy. A medium-dark 
green type of the Bloomsdale Savoy that Is 
resistant to heat. Use it for your second sow- 
ings, for it is slow to bolt. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 
25) cts... 14 lb..75.cts.s Ib. $1.75. 

New Zealand Spinach 
Ready in about 10 weeks from sowing 
The plants grow vigorously, do not run to 
seed, and withstand drought better than true 
Spinach. Furnishes a summer supply of 
“greens.” 
Sow during May, in drills 2 feet apart. 
Thin to 9 inches between plants. Pkt. 10 cts., 
loz. 25 cts., oz. 45 cts., Ib. $1.35, Ib. $3.50. 
Perpetual Spinach 
This desirable cut-and-come-again plant 
may be sown from April to June, and in six 
weeks cutting may commence, to continue 
right through into fall. The “‘greens” fur- 
nished are similar in flavor to true Spinach, 
the leaves being very tender; they are both 
palatable and healthful. Cut the leaves about 
3 inches from the ground. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 
45 cts., 4b. $1.35 Ib. $3.50. 
Mustard Spinach (Tendergreen) 
See description on page 9. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts., Ib. $1.75. 
Savoy Spinach 
Vegetable Seeds 15 
