Hardy HERBS 
The following are the most frequently 
needed herbs. They are hardy, stay in 
your garden for many years, and continue 
to supply your kitchen for a long time, be- 
ginning the first year. 
Sage The best hardy kind for season- 
ing. This is the true Holt’s Mam- 
moth Sage, furnishing large quantities of 
leaves which are dried, and used for their 
aromatic value. Per plant, 35c, postpaid. 
s A lant of the onion family, 
Chives anne very thin tops, contol 
are cut and used for seasoning in green 
form, like Parsley. Per bundle, 30c; 3 for 
75c; postpaid. 
useful hardy 
highly aromatic. 
A VERN 
Peppermint ;.,1. 
Per plant, 25c, postpaid. 
Selected crowns for 
planting. The best all- 
Strong crowns for a good 
3 for 70c; 10 for $2.20; 
Horseradis 
white variety. 
crop the first year. 
prepaid. 
RHUBARB 
(Pie Plant) 
Giant-Stalk Victoria 1°" ,°¢273 
{ hilis h-ass 
been the heaviest producing Rhubarb for 
the home-garden. Producing heavy, thick 
stalks, 14-inch average length, in two heavy 
bearing seasons, spring and fall. Quality 
of this Rhubarb is better than any of the 
older sorts. Victoria Rhubarb should be 
planted on moist ground, preferably in the 
shade, where it is not so apt to make seed 
stalks. Our heavy roots will produce a 
good crop the first year already. Weavy 
roots, 3 for 55c; 6 for 95c; 12 for $1.75; pre- 
paid. 

New Seedless Rhubarb 
, , Red - Sweet. 
Chipman's Canada Stalks almost 
as large and heavy as those of the Giant 
Victoria. Red from bottom to top, pink- 
meated, sweet, cooking up to the finest 
dessert and pie-filling that can be put on 
the table, and fit for a king. The heavy 
roots we furnish, will begin to supply you 
With its fine product the first vear, and 
will continue in your garden for many 
vears. We are pricing these roots so that 
everybody can afford to plant this spring. 
59c each; 3 for $1.55; postpaid. 

New Paradise ASPARAGUS 
A great improvement over all former varieties. Rust-proof, bears larger, thicker tips 
of finer quality than anything that has ever heen produced in Asparagus. 
Take advantage of these new low price rates for 
of this permanent hardy vegetable. 
Plant more 
strictly first class young plants which are sure to start. 
10 for 70c; 25 for $1.25; 100 for $4.40; postpaid. 
How to Grow Asparagus 
Manure the ground heavily, using well rotted barn manure. 
Have 4 inches of good rich ground on the bottom, spread the roots out 
Leave the rest of the trench lay open for the 
inches . deep. I 
evenly and fill in about 3 to 4 inches of soil. 
first summer. 
year. 
Let all stalks grow the first year, 
Let several stalks grow on each plant the second year. 
Make a trench 8 to 10 
Fill the trench up in the fall of the first 
In the third year allow one 
stalk per plant to grow up, cut all others as soon as they appear above the ground. Culti- 
vate occasionally. Plant 1 ft. apart in the row, the rows 3 ft. apart. 
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