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DORR'S IOWA SEED MANUAL.

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Broad leaves, about two feet.
1777—Job's Tears... 5.

ERAGROSTIS. (Love Grass)
1779—Very Beautiful, both in borders and dried... 5.

HORDEUM (Squirrel-tailed Grass.)
1781—Very fine, 18 inches... 5.

LAGURUS. (Hare's Tail.)
1783—Resembling the "Cotton-tail." 12 inches... 5.

PANICUM
Suitable for borders or bouquets.
1785—Capillare, very beautiful, 2 feet... 5.
1787—Sulcatum, extremely showy, 4 feet... 10.

PENNISETUM.
One of the most distinct and beautiful.
1789—Mixed varietie... 5.

UNIOLA.
Very beautiful grass for bouquets.
1793—Latifolia... 10.

ZEA.
The striped grass, or Japanese maize. Well known and popular.
1797—... 10.

A MIXTURE.
18oo—Of many of the above, best ornamental grasses. Suitable for bouquets... 10.

PERENNIAL VARIETIES.

ANDROPOGON.
Large growing, fine sub-tropical plants. Very picturesque and pleasing.
1810— Very fine mixed... 10

BROMUS.
One of the most useful and showy.
1814 Brizaeformis, 1 foot... 5.

CHLORIS.
1818—Barbata, bearded curious... 10.

ERIANTHUS.
A very noble grass, somewhat resembling the pampas plumes. Very useful in filling baskets.
1825—Ravennae, 7 feet... 10.

GYNERIUM. (Pampas Grass.)
The most stately of all grasses, attaining in its native coutry the height of 12 to 15 feet. The plumes are from 20 to 36 inches long. When bleached of a beautiful silvery white. Extremely ornamental.
1830—Argenteum... 10.

STIPA. (Feather Grass.)
The most graceful of all grasses. Extremely useful for bouquets. Nothing handsomer in borders.
1835—Pennata, 2 feet... 10.

1840—WILD GARDEN SEEDS.

The introduction of these has proved a most marked success. Anyone who has planted and cultivated flowers in neatly laid out beds or carefully planned ribbon borders is aware of the amount of labor and constant attention necessary to produce the desired effect. To those who cannot give this care, the "Wild Garden" presents a substitute which, for its universal and varied effects, for cheapness and the small amount of labor necessary for its construction, has no rival. "Wild Garden Seeds" are a mixture of over one hundred varieties of hardy Flower seeds, and being mixed together can be offered at a much less price than when sold in separate packets. No one who has not seen such a bed can form an idea of its possibilities, the different seeasons of bloom insuring something new almost every day. Half ounce packets, 25 cents.

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FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES, SMALL FRUITS, &c.
BY MAIL, POST PAID.
To meet our many calls for small fruits, etc., we are happy to announce that perfect arrangements have been made with one of the most extensive and in every way perfectly reliable nurseries in America, to supply the following very excellent list of out-door plants and fruits, which are to be sent by mail, postage paid and safe arrival guaranteed.
Orders in this department must amount to one dollar. We cannot afford to give our attention to orders of less amount. The office work on a small order is the same as on a larger one, and it also requires nearly as much time and material to pack it, and takes almost as much postage.
The best time for forwarding fruits is from the first of October to the first of June, as they are less liable to suffer from frost than from extreme heat.

DOLLAR COLLECTIONS.
BY MAIL POST PAID.

We make the following named dollar collections for the benefit of purchasers. It will be seen that where persons are not well acquainted with the different varieties, so as to enable them to make judicious selections, these sets offer great advantages for cheapness, and parties will generally get as good selections as they could make themselves, our aim being as far as possible to satisfy every customer that favors us with an order.
The choice of varieties in these sets must be left entirely to us, as we positively cannot afford, at these collection prices, to permit customers to name the plants. These collections are subject to the following conditions, that persons ordering are only to name the number designating the collection or collections wanted, as it takes too much time to read long letters giving detailed lists of plants in each collection desired. Simply the number of collection or set is sufficient.