1896

IOWA GOLD MINE CORN INTRODUCED 1891 BY THE IOWA SEED CO. Acknowledged to be the best yellow corn in existence. [image]

A COMPARISON. Gold production of the U.S. in 1894, $39,761,205.00. Silver production of the U.S. in 1894, $31,403,531.00. Gold & silver production of the world in 1894 was $283,071,380.00. Corn crop of the U.S. is estimated 2,189,000,000 bus. worth $656,700,000.00.

Mining is important but the corn crop is the main source of the nation's wealth. [image] IT PAYS TO HAVE THE BEST

CORN CROP OF IOWA IN 1895. Estimated 300,000,000 bus. worth $75,000,000.00. If these two varieties had been grown exclusively, the crop would have been fully 20% more, and worth 10% higher market value making a difference of $24,000,000.00.

IOWA SILVER MINE CORN INTRODUCED 1896 BY THE IOWA SEED CO. We claim that it is the best white corn ever grown. Most productive, highest quality. [image]

[image] IOWA GOLD MINE

[image] IOWA SILVER MINE

52. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

WITH A Silver Mine AND A Gold Mine On your farm your bank account will increase, no matter whether Congress adopts a gold or silver basis for our money.

What the People Say. READ ALL OF THESE. OCT. 5, 1895.--We find the Iowa Silver Mine to be the only really pure white corn, the deepest grain, smallest cob and largest percentage of perfect ears of any corn I have ever tested, and I have grown about all the named varieties. You have in the Iowa Silver Mine a variety that combines more good qualities than any other, either white or yellow. It reproduces itself exactly, thus showing that the type and habits are thoroughly fixed and uniform. Has more inherent good qualities than any other corn. Being a thoroughbred corn it has great flexibility of constitution and thus is adapted to any soil or climate. Your customers will find it a veritable "Silver Mine" if developed with a plow and cultivator instead of a pick and shovel. J. H. Beagley, originator of Pride of America, Conqueror and other prominent varieties of corn and editor of the American Corn Journal.

THE Silver Question May not be settled without mistakes, but you will make no mistake if you plant Iowa Silver Mine CORN.

SEPT. 24, 1895.--Your Iowa Silver Mine is as fine a corn as I ever saw grow. It has large, well shaped ears, and filled out clear to the end of cob. I planted the 10th of May and it was well matured by the 15th of August, so I think you will have no trouble in selling it in northern Iowa. You cannot recommend it any too highly to any one that wants a good white corn. Chas. W. Richards, Woodbury Co., Iowa. Nov. 9, 1895.--Your Iowa Silver Mine Corn is a very promising variety--a strong, vigorous grower, with plenty of foliage and generally two ears to the stalk. Color clear white, kernels in straight rows, small white cob. A distinct sort and very pure. Has proved to be a great resister of drouth, and is a corn that the farmers of Iowa can afford to tie to. F. B. Van Ornam, Cass Co., Iowa. I am highly pleased with your Iowa Silver Mine Corn and wish I had ten acres of it instead of my little plot. It is the largest grained white corn I ever saw. E. P. Wright, Warren Co., Iowa. OCT. 9, 1895.--I tested the Iowa Silver Mine Corn that you sent me, on my seed farm with thirty-four other varieties and was well pleased with it. It made a strong, vigorous growth and a good yield of well matured corn. I believe it to be particularly adapted to this climate and cheerfully recommend it. A. Singleton, Keokuk Co., Ia. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn this year yielded three times as much as any other variety. Think it is the best corn I have ever seen. C. H. Shearer, McHenry Co., Ill. Have just harvested the Iowa Gold Mine and it is a grand corn. Our farmer is enthusiastic over it. The type and color are perfect. J. H. Beagley, Ford Co., Ill. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn is the best I ever saw and it is well adapted to this climate. S. F. Reynolds, Dane Co., Wis. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn comes the nearest being all corn and no cob of any variety I ever grew. H. F. Jacobs, Calhoun Co., Iowa. The largest seed corn grower in the United States says: The Iowa Gold Mine Field Corn bought of you turned out nicely. We are very much pleased with this corn. It grows rank and strong and beat out the drouth and made a good crop. C. S. Clark, Huron Co., Ohio.

SEPT. 19, 1895.--The Iowa Silver Mine was planted May 1, cut down by frost May 20, first silk July 6. On July 16 all silked, two to three to each stalk. July 26 hot winds hurt it badly. August 24 husks began turning yellow. September 3 ripe and gathered. Conditions unfavorable, but it has done extremely well. It is quite early for a corn of its size and I must say that I think it is a good corn. Drouth in this locality very severe and other varieties of corn only about one-third of an average crop. J. L. Perkins, Harrison Co., Iowa. OCT. 20, 1895.--Your Iowa Silver Mine Corn proved a success with me. I planted it the first day of May and by the 25th of July had roasting ears and the frost would not have injured it by the 25th of August. It makes a strong growth and I am much pleased with the shape and size of ear. J. W. McCleary, Polk Co., Ia.

Can You Grow Corn? $500.00 IN PRIZES FOR THE BEST ACRE. Somebody's Going to Get it. Is it You.

One of the largest seed firms of the country writes: The Iowa Gold Mine is ahead of anything for the latitude of Northern Iowa as a yielder, is rich in fattening substance, and one that will sell for the highest price upon any market in the land. Will ripen well in southern Minnesota and will outshell to a bushel of ears any corn we ever knew, often shelling as much as 64 lbs. of shelled corn from 70 lbs. of ears. The Iowa Gold Mine has done splendidly here in northwestern Iowa, and is now (Sept. 1) out of danger of frost. It is a yellow dent variety with large well formed ears, much larger and finer than our native corn in this part of the state. P. R. Bailey, O'Brien Co., Iowa. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I got of you has done fine. Has been in ear two weeks ahead of other field corn. H. G. Blackhall, Rice Co., Kas.

SEPT. 24, 1895.--Your White Corn (Iowa Silver Mine) did splendidly for me. It was planted May 4 and matured the fore part of August. It is better even than the Iowa Gold Mine. The ears are large and very solid. I tested four other new varieties this year, but this took the lead. S. S. Wolfe, Jewell Co., Kansas. SEPT. 27, 1895.--I planted the sample of your new Iowa Silver Mine Corn in my garden and pronounce it the earliest white corn I have ever seen. Ears of good size and in many instances producing two ears to the stalk. It is seldom one sees anything bred up to such perfection as this new corn. Again thanking you for the sample, I remain W. O. Ruddick, Lee Co., Iowa. OCT. 12, 1895.--Your Iowa Silver Mine Corn gives promise of being a very profitable variety. It has a well filled, medium sized ear with small cob and very deep grain, similar to the Iowa Gold Mine, only having the advantage in color being a pure white which commands an advanced price on the market. Powall Bros., Cedar Co., Ia. SEPT. 18, 1895.--The sample of Iowa Silver Mine Corn was planted May 25 and is now ripe, which shows it to be early enough even for delayed planting. It is of good size, very deep grained with small cob and pure white. Wm. Hester, Dallas Co., Iowa. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn this year yielded more and is far ahead of any variety ever before tried in this locality, and I believe it is the best suited to this country of any variety. R. Eckhardt, Weld Co., Col. I bought some Iowa Gold Mine Corn of you and it is the best corn I ever used in my life. Ernest Bolko, Monroe Co., N. Y. The Iowa Gold Mine is the best grained corn I ever saw. I sold all that I had to my neighbors for seed and could have sold more. F. E. Bell, Van Buren Co., Iowa. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn proved very satisfactory. It eared better than any other variety I have ever seen. The ears are better filled with deep grains of golden yellow corn, and I can say that it is more than it is claimed to be. D. A. Rose, Washington Co., Iowa. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn is a grand variety, and we were well pleased with it. W. D. Ballantyne, Hamilton Co., Iowa.

NOT 16 SILVER TO 1 GOLD, BUT $500.00 Gold FOR $1.00 Silver! $1.00 buys sufficient Seed Corn to plant one acre, entitling you to compete for the prizes.

The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I purchased of you last spring is the best yielder I ever planted. O. E. Hughes, Butler Co., Iowa. I had three varieties of field corn this year and for beauty, size of ear and yield the Iowa Gold Mine beats them all. W. W. Campbell, Buchanan Co., Iowa.

FINALLY, To sum up all the returns, the Iowa Silver Mine is undoubtedly the best white corn, and the Iowa Gold Mine is the best yellow corn in existence. The largest yielders of shelled corn to the acre and the most profitable to the farmer, either for selling or feeding. Our crops were good this year and we have made prices low to induce every farmer in the country to try them. PRICES OF IOWA SILVER MINE CORN.--(Postpaid.)--Large sample 10c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, sample ear 25c, 7 lbs. for $1.00. If Shipped by Freight.--One-half pk. 65c, pk. $1.00, 1/2 bu. $1.75, bu. $3.00, 2 bu. or more @ $2.50. PRICE OF IOWA GOLD MINE CORN.--(Postpaid.)--Large samble [sample] 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, sample ear 25c, 7 lbs. for $1.00. If Shipped by Freight.--Pk. 50c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more @ $1.00. Anyone purchasing 1/2 peck or more can compete for prizes.

$500.00 Profit ON ONE ACRE OF CORN See particulars on another page, and TRY FOR IT.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 55.

TRY FOR PRIZES THIS YEAR. PLANT SEVERAL VARIETIES. LENOCHER'S HOMESTEAD.--(See cut No. 4.) Well known in Iowa from its having won the Iowa Homestead's prize of $100.00 as the largest producer in the state. In 1891 this variety yielded 345 bushels on three acres with ordinary culture. It was also awarded a diploma at the World's Fair. This variety originated with Mr. G. F. Lenocher, one of the most practical farmers and corn growers in the state. Color dark red with lighter colored cap; grain deep and hackled. Ear somewhat above the average in size; cob small and dries out rapidly, so that it has never been caught by frost. We believe it to be a safe corn to plant in any part of Iowa. It shells readily and the grain is so soft that it makes an excellent corn for feeding, although its color is objectionable for marketing. Our seed was grown for us this year by the originator and has been carefully selected by him for seed purposes. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25. EARLY MASTODON.--(See cut No. 3.) Very popular in some sections of the country owing to its large size and record of enormous yields. In the celebrated American Agriculturist corn contest in 1889 the Early Mastodon outyielded every other yellow corn in America, Mr. Alfred Rose, of New York state, raising 213 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. It is hardy, of strong, rank growth, ears of good size. Matures in 120 days. Better plant a few acres of this and try for the prize. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25. EARLY CONQUEROR.--(See cut No. 5.) A handsome new variety first introduced last year. Ears average from 9 to 11 inches in length. The grain, which is of a rich golden redish [reddish] color, is of extraordinary width, averaging about one-half inch across. It seems to possess the peculiar characteristic of growing right along and making a crop during weather and under conditions that ruin other varieties. Excellent for fodder and silage, as it yields an immense amount of fodder as compared with any other early maturing sort. It is especially valuable for hog raisers because of its early earing habit. Matures in 90 days. Per pk. 65c, bu. $2.00; 2 bu. or more @ $1.75. PRIDE OF THE NORTH.--(See cut No. 1.) This variety has been grown and improved in the extreme northern part of Iowa. The ears are 8 to 10 inches long with small cob and kernel; seventy pounds of ears will make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange, and very uniform. Will ripen in ninety days and matures in this latitude when planted in June. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.40, 2 bu. or more @ $1.20. NEW WHITE CAP YELLOW DENT.--(See cut No. 2.) This new corn introduced last season for the first time by a professional corn grower has more genuine merit than the Leaming corn, for it grows larger ears, is a better sheller, about a week earlier, and on poor, thin soil will outyield the Leaming by at least 30 per cent. The top ends of the grains are white, the inside yellow. Some corn growers pronounce it a perfect field corn, as to yield, size to ears, color, size of cob and growth of fodder. It is quite highly recommended by many who have given it a trial. Per pk. 60c, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @ $1.60. GOLDEN BEAUTY.--A large and broad grained yellow corn, with from ten to fourteen straight rows of bright golden yellow grains, filled out completely to the extreme end of the cob. The stalks take strong hold in the ground, grow vigorously to a height of 8 to 9 feet. Matures in 110 to 120 days from planting. Per pk. 65c, bu. $1.60, 2 bushels or more @ $1.35.

MAMMOTH WHITE GOURD SEED.--A favorite in some parts of the south where known and an immense yielder. In the great corn contest of the American Agriculturist in 1889 this corn carried off the first prize, yielding 248 bushels in the ear, or 255 bushels shelled, being, we believe, the largest yield of corn ever recorded. Corn was of good quality and large sized ears. We do not recommend this corn for northern farmers as it is late, but it should succeed in all parts of Missouri, Kansas and the south. Per pk. 85c, bu. $2.50, 2 bu. or more @ $2.25. MORTGAGE LIFTER.--A widely advertised corn, which, it is claimed, will yield an average crop of 80 to 140 bushels every year. Ears are of medium size, yellow dent, grain deep, on a small cob. This variety of corn is new, but is quite highly thought of in some sections. Better try it. Per pk. 60c, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @ $1.50. CUBAN GIANT ENSILAGE.--Has been thoroughly tested beside all the large white grain Ensilage varieties and it has proved to be a perfect fodder or ensilage corn. Grains pure white, very large, broad and long, showy and of strong vitality. Yields fodder in great quantities and of finest flavor. Best milk prodncer [producer] of all the field ensilage corns, being almost as sweet and tender as Sugar corn. Per pk. 75c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.75. BLOUNT'S WHITE PROLIFIC.--A large growing corn, usually requiring about 130 days to mature. Very productive, usually producing three to eight ears to the stalk, but the ears are not of large size. It is also a most excellent ensilage corn having been known to produce seventy tons of fodder to the acre, sometimes sold as Mammoth Ensilage corn. Per pk. 75, bu. $2.25, 2 bu. or more @ $2.00. CHAMPION YELLOW DENT.--Has been thoroughly tested during the past two years and proved very satisfactory. Has a handsome medium sized ear and fairly deep grain. Matures in 120 days and is quite productive. Per pk. 60c, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @ $1.50.

[images] PRIDE OF NORTH. WHITE CAP YELLOW DENT. EARLY MASTODON. LENOCHER'S HOMESTEAD. EARLY CONQUEROR.

56. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] GREAT NEW ZEALAND OATS.

LINCOLN OATS.--When we introduced these oats to our customers in 1893 they had never been tested in this state, but had done so exceptionally well in Minnesota that we had much faith in them. Seven prizes, amounting to $500, were offered for the largest crops grown from one bushel of seed sown, and in our last years' catalogue we published the list of awards, the first prize going to a man who grew 174 bushels from one bushel of seed sown, and the average of seven successful competitors was 116 bushels each. What we claim for the Lincoln is that it is a very heavy yielder, is comparatively early, has proven to be entirely rust proof, and stands up exceptionally well. On account of its soft nib, heavy meat and thin hull it is unsurpassed for feeding and for making into oatmeal. Our price is low this year and you should try them. Pound 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. Peck 35c, bushel $1.00, 2 bushels or more at 80c, 10 bushels or more at 75c.

[image] LINCOLN OAT

GREAT NEW ZEALAND OATS.--This grand new variety was first introduced by us in 1895 and has given remarkable satisfaction, in one instance yielding 102 bushels per acre while other varieties in the same vicinity yielded only 40 to 50 bushels. It originated as follows: About eight years ago a farmer living in New Zealand sent a few grains of a new variety to a friend in Dallas county, Iowa. They were planted in his garden and the crop carefully selected from year to year until he had sufficient to sow a good sized field and thus give them a practical test in comparison with other sorts. They have proved to be far superior in quality and yield to any other kind and have been grown on the same farm ever since, yielding 8 to 12 bushels more to the acre than any of his neighbors, and weighing 33 to 45 pounds to the bushel. The entire stock has been kept in the hands of two men in Dallas and Madison counties, and they unite in pronouncing them excellent. It is a side-oat with long, heavy, full head, longer than we had room to show in cut. It averages a trifle higher than other sorts, has very stiff, strong straw, never known to lodge. It has never rusted and does well on all kinds of soil. About one week later in maturing than the common round head oat, thus giving time to harvest the hay crop. Tested 40 lbs. to the bushel from the machine without recleaning, and gives an extraordinary large yield. They stool out remarkably well, and thus require less seed to the acre. The Sentinel says: "The New Zealand oats tested 36 lbs. to the bushel in 1893, when other varieties grown in the same locality weighed only 18 to 24 lbs. This was partly due to their being rust proof." E. M. Crosswait says: "I have sown this oat for several years and had an extra yield in measure and in weight, 36 to 40 lbs. every year. It never rusts or lodges and yields more to the acre than any of my neighbors'. It is firstclass and ironclad." J. H. Shober says: "The New Zealand oat is the best variety I ever saw, and you are safe in assuring your customers an average yield of 25 per cent more per acre than any of the common varieties, and also that they will weigh more to the bushel. They are rust proof, are a surer crop and better adapted to this country than other varieties." We have made the price low so that all our customers could give them a trial. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, peck 35c, bushel $1.00, 2 bushels or more @ 85c, 10 bushels or more @ 80c.

Aug. 12, 1895--Your Early Harvest Millet sown July 1st is now fully headed out and ready to cut for hay--the earliest variety we have. A. A. CROZIER, Mich.

IDEAL BARLEY.--And it is indeed an ideal which will please everyone who tries it. Our cut well illustrates it. The heads are large and well filled with large, plump kernels which not only are without the objectionable long, harsh beards, but also are hulless. It has never before been offered in any catalogue, but those who have grown it claim that it will produce a very much larger crop than any other variety. It weighs 60 to 65 lbs. to the measured bushel, while ordinary barley weighs only 48 lbs. The hulls of the common barley form quite a proportion of the total weight, but there is no waste in the Ideal--it is hulless. It is a great improvement on the old hulless barley which had a black grain, as the Ideal is white. The straw is very stiff and strong, amply sufficient to stand the weight of the heavy heads. It is the handsomest, most productive and best variety we know of and we are sure it will prove satisfactory. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight, per pk. 75c, bu. $2.50.

CHANGE YOUR SEED OATS THIS YEAR. It will pay you to sell your common oats and sow these improved varieties this year while the seed is so cheap. In our field this year the New Zealand oats yielded about 102 bushels to the acre, and the Lincoln 90 bushels while neighboring fields of other varieties under similar conditions yielded only 40 to 50 bushels. The increased yield on a few acres will cover entire cost of seed for your farm.

[image] IDEAL BARLEY.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 57.

[image] LENTILS.

EGYPTIAN LENTILS.--Largely used in Oriental countries and is one of their principal articles of diet. It was from these that the dish of pottage was made for which Esau sold his birthright to Jacob in Bible times, and many will be interested in them for that reason. They are in growth similar to peas and may be used in any way that you would use shell beans, and they also make an excellent soup. Sow and cultivate same as garden peas and thresh out in the fall. All should try them. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. 75c. By express, 5 lbs. or more @ 30c per lb. AMBER SUGAR CANE.--This popular variety has very nearly taken the place of other sorts. It is the earliest and makes the finest quality of amber syrup, and also makes good sugar. Succeeds well both north and south. From 100 to 280 gallons of syrup, or from 700 to 1,500 pounds of sugar can be made from an acre of this cane. Our seed is carefully selected and of superior value. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, 10 lbs. or more by express, or freight, 5c per lb., 100 lbs. $3.00. FODDER CANE.--When sown broadcast this makes one of the most valuable crops for feeding green, and we are tempted to call it the most valuable forage crop in existence. Every dairy farmer should put in a few acres. Sow 40 pounds per acre. 10 pounds or more at 4c per pound, 100 pounds $2.00. MANSHURY BARLEY.--Is one of the best six-rowed sorts grown, with kernels plumper and fuller than the best Scotch barley, while for malting it is the very best known. It is early in ripening, which helps it to fill well, thus it is always plump. It has a strong, upright straw, and yields from fifty to seventy bushels per acre. The heads of this barley are very long, and contain from seventy-five to one hundred great, plump, heavy kernels of grain. Professor Henry, of the Wisconsin Agricultural College, in its report, says: "The Manshury still heads the list in productiveness." Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, pk. 40c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more @ $1.00. SPRING RYE.--This grain is often planted by the farmers especially for the paper makers, who prefer it to any other. The straw is shorter and stiffer than the winter variety and is always easily secured, while the grain, although smaller, is of equal value. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, pk. 50c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more $1.10. WINTER RYE.--Our seed is choice and sure to satisfy. Per pk. 40c, bu. $1.00, 2 bu. or more @ 80c.

[image] AMBER CANE.

SEED FLAX.--It pays to own your own flax seed, instead of raising it on contract. It pays to raise flax; in many cases a single crop will pay for the farm on which it was raised. We have a nice supply of seed flax this year. Prices are subject to change during the season; present price is per pk. 65c, bu. $1.75. KAFFIR CORN.--An excellent fodder plant, yielding two crops of fodder during a season. Grows four to five feet high, upright stalk, with numerous large leaves, greatly relished by cattle and horses. The seed crop is also heavy, sometimes yielding sixty bushels to the acre. It does better sown in drills three feet apart, using six to eight pounds of seed per acre. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, 10 lbs. 75c, 25 lbs. $1.50, 100 lbs. $4.50. DURRA OR SORGHUM VULGARE.--Valuable forage plant, growing to ten feet in height and yielding an abundance of gray green foliage. Per lb. 25c. By freight 10 lbs. or more @ 6c per lb. JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT.--About a week earlier than the Silver Hull, and yields almost as much again. The flour made from it is equal in quality to that of any other buckwheat, while it is much more productive than any other, and succeeds well far north. As the straw is heavier and it branches more, it does not need to be sown as thickly as the other kinds. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, 10 lbs. 40c, 100 lbs. $2.50, equals $1.30 per bushel. EUROPEAN SILVER HULL BUCKWHEAT.--The grain is of a beautiful light silver gray color, husk is thinner which saves from 15 to 20 per cent waste in the process of manufacturing into flour. Per lb. 25c. By freight, 10 lbs. 40c, 100 lbs. $2.50, equals $1.30 per bushel.

[image] MANSHURY BARLEY.

SOJA BEAN.--(Coffee Berry.)--During recent years this variety has been largely sold under the name of German Coffee Berry at extravagently [extravagantly] high prices, but we prefer to offer it under its correct name. The berries ripen in about four months from time of planting and produce a crop of twenty to thirty bushels to the acre and are as easily grown as other beans. When roasted and ground it closely resembles coffee and tastes quite similar. Some mix half and half with coffee when using and claim it is superior. Its great value to the farmer lays in the fact that when ground it makes one of the most valuable crops for feeding stock and adds greatly to the milk production. Claimed also to be much superior to clover for fertilizing the soil and for pasturing, or feeding the green fodder, of which it frequently yields from eight to ten tons per acre. Sow broadcast 1/2 bushel to the acre, or it may be planted in drills three feet apart and one foot between plants. Per pkt. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15[c], lb. 40c, postpaid. Pk. $1.00, bu. $3.50.

The seed I bought of you last spring did well, am well satisfied with the results and will send to no other place for seed in the future. WM. R. HEGGS, Wirt, Iowa.

[image] KAFFIR CORN.

COMMON BUCKWHEAT.--By freight, 10 lbs. 35c, 100 lbs. $2.00; equals $1.04 per bushel.

Odds and Ends. CHINESE TEA.--We are sure that many of our customers will be glad to grow it as a curiosity, if nothing else. The plant is of a shrubby nature, with beautiful shiny foliage and fragrant blossoms, requiring the same treatment as any tender shrub. Is hardy in any of the southern states, and has been grown successfully as a crop in North Carolina. Can be grown as a house plant in the north and kept in pots through the winter. Per pkt. 10c. ALPINE STRAWBERRIES.--Have peculiar rich flavor, superior to our native sorts. Perfectly hardy and easily grown from seed. Per pkt. 10c. COTTON.--Grown as a curiosity in the north, and if started early in the house plants will be loaded with cotton bolls in autumn. Pkt. 5c.

Your Choice Iowa Seeds are hard to beat. Wish you could see our field of Iowa Gold Mine Corn. M. M. NISSLY, Dallas Co., Iowa.

[image] SOJA BEANS, OR COFFEE BERRY.