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44. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

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JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT
NATURAL SIZE

JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT.
About a week earlier than Silver Hull and yields more. The flour made from it is equal in quality to any other buckwheat, while it is much more productive than any other, and succeeds well far north. The straw is heavier and it branches more, it does not need to be sown as thickly as other kinds. Lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. By freight pk. 50c; bu. (52 lbs.) $1.50; 2 bu. or more @ $1.35.

SILVER-HULL BUCKWHEAT.
Very good, popular variety. Grain is of light gray color, rounder than the common variety, has thinner husk, earlier and yields more. Lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. By freight pk. 50c; bu. $1.50; 2 bu. or more @ $1.35.

RYE BUCKWHEAT.
A wonderful novelty growing exactly like buckwheat but the grain has no hull on, and looks exactly like the grains of rye. Pkt. 10c; lb. 50c; 3 lbs. $1.25 postpaid.

GIANT SPURRY.
An excellent plant for pasture and it grows so well on poor, dry, sandy soil, that it has been called "the clover of sandy land." Grows very rapidly. Pkt. 5c; lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 75c postpaid. By freight, 10 lbs. (will sow an acre) $1.25; bu. (50 lbs.) $5.00.

[image] GRAINS OF SPELTZ.

IDEAL WHITE HULLESS BARLEY.
And it is an ideal that pleases all who try it. The heads are large and well filled with big plump kernels, which are hulless and of great value for feeding. Those who have grown it say that it produces a very much larger crop than any other. It weighs 60 to 65 lbs. to the measured bushel, while ordinary barley weighs only 48 lbs. The straw is very stiff and strong. Is the handsomest, most productive and the best variety we know of. The kernels shell out without the hulls, and are the prettiest and handsomest white berry, plump and oval in shape, that has ever been grown. It is not a malting barley, but can be used for feeding only, and as a fattening feed for hogs it has no equal; it makes sweeter meat and nicer lard than corn. It is a vigorous grower and can be sowed after all the other grain is sown, and it will mature before wheat or oats will. It can also be sown for hay, and if sown early enough can be cut twice and it will make two good crops of hay in one year. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c postpaid. By freight, pk. 60c; bu. (48 lbs.) $)2.00; 2 bu. or more @ $1.85; 5 bu. or more @ $1.75.

SUCCESS BEARDLESS BARLEY.
Earliest barley known. The straw is about the height of common barley, but better, and will stand up on any land, with good land and season has produced 80 bushels per acre. Sow as early as you can; frost does not hurt it. Many farmers will not grow barley on account of the long harsh beards which are so disagreeable in threshing, although it is a profitable crop. This is beardless and as easy to grow and handle as oats. It has hulls like the Manshury or any other old variety, and is a heavy cropper, yielding from 50 to 75 bushels per acre and the quality is excellent both for malting and for feeding hogs and other stock. Seed is scarce this year. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, pk. 50c; bu. $1.50; 2 bu. or more @ $1.35; 10 bus. or more @ $1.25.

THE VELVET BEAN.
Nature's Great Soil Restorer.
The velvet bean is a green manuring and forage plant that is creating a great sensation in the south. It makes a strong growth at the north also, and is now widely recognized as a thing of high value. The vines grow to a length of ten to thirty feet, and form a deep mass of nutritious fodder, and it is said to make valuable hay. At the south its use is for hay, for soiling and for improving the character of the land. At the north its place is with the cow pea, as it will grow and flourish on poor land. Plant at the rate of 1 1/2 pecks to the acre, in drills five feet apart. Pkt. 10c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By express or freight, pk. $1.00; bu. $3.50.

IMPROVED PROLIFIC TREE BEAN.
Are also called California Wonder. Undoubtedly the most prolific bean grown, and it will yield a larger crop under ordinary circumstnaces [circumstances] than any variety that we have ever seen. On our own farm with conditions not usually considered favorable, it yielded a crop of 41 bushels per acre. The beans are pure white, of small size, greatly resembling the "Navy" and command the highest market price. Plant grows upright abont [about] 20 inches high, with stiff stem and branches held well up from the ground on good bean soil, though if the ground is very rich it does not stand up so well. Unusully [Unusually] free from rust and mildew. Will make about as profitable crop as you can put in. Pkt. 5c; 1/2 pt. 12c; qt. 35c. By freight, per pk. $1.15; bu. $4.00.

SPANISH GRASS PEAS.
Through the ravages of the pea bug this variety has come as a great blessing to pea growers in some parts of the north. It is very productive, producing from 40 to 45 bushels to the acre, and 2 1/2 tons of the very finest straw with an average length of 3 feet. The peas are angular in form and very hard, and of the very best feeding quality. The pea being small and the straw of branching habit it does not require more than 5 pecks (1 1/4 bushels) to sow an acre. Lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c postpaid. By freight, pk. 75c; bu. (60 lbs.) $2.50.

[image] IDEAL BARLEY.

SPELTZ.
A Valuable New Grain from Russia.
This most wonderful new grain was first introduced in this country by the Iowa Seed Co., and has proven of great value and it is now listed by almost all of the leading seedsmen. It is botanically known as Triticum Spelta or Emmer, and is supposed to be the rain [grain] grown in Egypt in the time of Moses. It is mentioned several times in the Bible. For centuries past it has been grown in a limited way in eastern Russia near the Caspian Sea, its value not being known to the civilized world. Nine years ago an emigrant from there brought some to this country; and it yielded more than wheat, rye, barley or oats. It is of high value for feeding and will make a fair grade of flour somewhat similar to rye. Will grow well and produce immense crops on poor soil, and dry weather appears to have no effect on it. It will make a good crop with almost any condition of soil or climate. It makes excellent pasture and good hay if cut at proper season. Yields 70 to 100 bushels of grain to the acre besides several tons of the straw which is good for feeding. The grain is claimed to be much richer than corn for feeding and of superior quality for fattening hogs, cattle, sheep, poultry, etc. It may be sown in the fall but is usually sown in the spring 50 to 75 lbs. per acre. It stools out wonderfully. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 50c; bushel (40 lbs.) $1.20; 2 bu. or more, @ $1.00; 5 bus. or more @ 90c.

WHIP-POOR-WILL COW PEAS.
The most highly valued plant in the south for fodder and for reclaiming old or worn out land as it is a luguminous [leguminous] plant of special merit as a fertilizer. The vines when fed green makes the best fodder and are very nourishing. The Whip-poor-will is the most popular sort and yields a good crop both of fodder and peas. When ripened the ground peas make the best cattle fattener. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, pk. $1.00; bu. $3.50.

EGYPTIAN, OR CHICK PEAS.
A great yielding pea; plant upright, branching and covered with balloon-like pods; each pod contains at least one pea of large size, very productive and weighs 62 lbs. to measured bushel. Will produce a grand crop of the best quality peas for feed. Lb. 30c; 3 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. By freight, pk. $1.25; bu. $4.00.

[image] PLANT OF IMPROVED PROLIFIC TREE BEAN.

OUR PRICES ON NURSERY STOCK ARE LESS THAN HALF THOSE USUALLY ASKED BY TREE PEDDLERS.