Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. 138 th YEAR PEDIGREE SEEDS 1784 1922 BRISTOL PENNSYLVANIA SOLD BY J w Ij I c K E b T OF ALL CATALOG U ES TO BE U N D E F? S LO O E) SEEDS . WHICH SUCCEED LANDRETHS’ SEEDS DOES YOUR MERCHANT HANDLE LANDRETH SEEDS? If he doesn't, then write to Landreths, as the United States rural delivery carries^Jjandreths’ Seeds to- every -man’s door. United States Money Orders cahlje obtained at almost every Post Office. They cost— For Orders for sums not exceeding S2.. 50 Scents, j If over S2.. 50 and not exceeding 5.00 5 “ " 5.00 “ “ 10.00 8 “ " 10.00 “ “ 20.00 10 “ 20.00 “ 30.00 12 “ If over -SSO.OO and not exceeding S40.00 15 cents. “ 40.00 " “ 50.00 18 " “ 50.00 “ “ 60.00 20 “ “ 60.00 “ “ 75.00 25 “ " 75.00 “ . “ 100.00 30 Hints to Mail Order Purchasers TERMS CASH WITH ORDER.— Seeds sent to amount of remittance only, as no accounts will be opened for .small sums or balances resulting from short reuiittance. We guarantee to fill your order satisfactorily. In case of an error it will be cheerfully corrected. REMITTANCE may be made in Cash, by Express or Reg- istered Mail, by Draft on New York or Philadelphia, or bj' Postal Money Order. Sums of fifty cents or less, in cash or stamps, may be sent by ordinary Mail at our risk. United States postage stamps for any sum will be accepted where facilities for transmitting money by the above modes do not exist, bntletterscontainingsameshould be registered, which costs twelve cents. BY MAIL— POSTAGE PAID BY US.— The prices for small seeds (Peas, Bea'ns and Corn excepted) quoted in this Catalogue include postage, paid by us, either regular or by zone rates. We do not pay postage on Peas, Beans and Corn because of their weight. If wanted by Mail, postage should be added to price quoted, at the rate indicated below, estimating each quart at 2 pounds. BY EXPRESS.— Moderate orders, too heavy or expensive for the Mails, or where quicker time than by freight is desir- able, can be sent by Express to your nearest Express office. On small seed by Express we make a rebate equivalent to mail rate outlined below, which includes postage. This does not apply to orders for Peas, Beans and Corn. Charges in such cases are payable by the recipient. By special arrangement with all the Express lines in the United States and Canada, seeds and plants are now carried at a reduced rate of about ‘20 percent, less than the merchandise rates when guaranteed by us. No goods sent C. 0. D. without an advance sufficient to cover charges both ways. Onion Sets, Potatoes, Roots and other perish- able goods will not be sent C. O. D., but will be sent only on receipt of full remittance and at risk of purchaser. BY FREIGHT, R. R. or STEAMER.— Retail orders for heavy seeds, such as Peas, Beans, Corn, etc., can be shipped at lower rates of Freight by railroad or by steamer where practicable. All Freight and Express goods aredelivered by us to the Freight or Express office in Bristol, Pa., charges payable at destination. ORDER EARLY. — It is better to have the seeds on hand a month early rather than wait one day when you need them. / GUARANTEE. — We guarantee all shipments of seeds to reach the purchaser safely and in good condition. ' PACKAGE CHARGES. — When crates or barrels fire required for packing Onion Sets, the following rates will be charged : Crates, 2 bush , 40c. ; 1 bush., 25c. Barrels, holding 4 bushels. 60c. These package charges are extra and should be included in remittance. MAKING OUT ORDERS.— We always make it a point to give orders our immediate attention as soon as received, a fact well known and appreciated by the thousands of customers deriving their supplies from ns "direct. The prompt execution of orders will be greatly I'acilitated if our customers will be careful to write on their order their Full Name and Address, the Quantity, Name of Variety and Price of the seeds wanted (See Order Sheet enclosed). Orders with full address of customer should be written on a di,stinct sheet, apart from any necessary inquiries, which latter should be written on a separate sheet, to insure speed in filling orders in our packing department. INQUIRIES as to methods of culture from correspondents who are not customers will receive attention only upon enclosure of 25c. in stamps accompanying same, which sum may be deducted when remitting us a subsequent cash order for Seeds amounting to One Dollar or more. The practice of writing us from several post-offices is to be avoided. Change of residence should be communi- cated to us at once, to secure delivery of our current publications. If you want a Catalogue sent to your neighbors or friends, send us their addresses and we will put them on our Mailing List. Space will not permit us to enumerate all the seeds and garden requisites we carry in stock. If you do not see what you want, write us and we will promptly give you prices and all other information. ^ Landreth Pays Postage on Small Seeds. ZONES. POSTAGE RATES. Landreth Does Not Pay Postage on Peas, Beans or Corn. pirst pound or fraction. Each additional pound or fraction. First Zone, Philadelphia and within 50 miles of Philadelphia 5c. Ic. Second “ within 50 to 150 (( n (C 5c. Ic. Third “ a 150 “ 300 (( (( 6c. 2c. Fourth “ (( 300 “ 600 (( u C( 7c. 4c. Fifth “ a 600 “ 1000 i( u (C 8c. 6c. Sixth “ 1000 “ 1400 (( (( u 9c. 8c. Seventh “ u 1400 “ 1800 (( (( (( 11c. 10c. Eighth “ all over 1800 (( (C (( 12c. 12c. TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRET H Outside of Bristol, Pa. Warehouse. 80 feet wide, reduced to 60, 320 feet long with wing, 64 feet wide by 139 feet long, 300 windows, 3 elevators, 120 H.P. boilers. 60 H. P. steam engine, 12 electric motors. Two other warehouses in the far West. V| j Pea and Bean Boom, Machines for Sixty Girls. A similar Packing Boom at one of our Western Warehouses where we have 60 machines, 120 altogether. (2) General Office for Correspondence and Bookkeepers. Floor 80 X 75 feet. The beams overhead are single sticks 8J fast lo.aj, 12 x 14 inches. TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH One of Four Private Offices occupied by the President, Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary. Each office 20 x 20 feet. Mail and Express Order Room for Packing Small Orders. 100 feet long by 33 feet wide. A complete store and a large one too. (3) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH Beat It We have four or five hundred testimonials from old Customers of Landreths’ Seeds, and here print three from American customers and one from far off British India — 16,000 miles. We also add re-prints of two old advertisements and one letter from a Correspondent who has been doing the printing of the Landreth Cata- logues for one hundred years. Here follows a copy of an old advertisement of 126 years ago from Dunlap & Claypolls, American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, 6th March, 1796 — —GARDEN SEEDS— A fresh and general assortment of Seeds, such as had not been introduced into this part of the country before, a choice collection of Peas, Beans, Cabbage, Cauliflower, &c., &c., &c., for sale by the subscriber, south side of the Court House, Market Street, Philadelphia. Another copy of an advertisement is from the Charleston Courier of 9th November, 1821 — For sale, the growth of 1821 at No. 229 King St., in the Bends. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has just arrived from Philadelphia with a large and general assortment of Garden Seeds, the growth of last Summer from the Gardens and Nurseries of David & Cuthbert Landreth, which he warrants fresh and genuine. All orders directed to him will meet with immediate attention and from the known quahty of stock, is certainly giving satisfaction, Thomas Landreth, Agent for D. & C. Landreth. Here follows a third advertisement from Relfs Philadelphia Gazette, 7th March, 1808 — David & Cuthbert Landreth, Seed and Nursery- men, beg leave to inform the public that they con- tinue to carry on their business as heretofore at their Seed shop in Market Street, near 12th; also at their Nursery, Federal Street near the United States x\rsenal and in the Market, Southeast corner of the old Court House, where they have continuously for sale a general assortment of Garden and Flower Seeds which they warrant to be fresh and genuine in their kind. Also a large selection of the choicest kind of fruit trees, a large collection of forrest trees. Evergreens and Flowering shrubs, Bulbus roots, &c., &c., &c. Also a large and curious collection of Green House plants. They have now on hand a large quantity of Thorns in fine condition for planting out in hedges and intend keeping a large supply for the future, where such Gentlemen as are desirous of adopting the usual improvements of Hedges may be supplied at a reasonable rate. Alexander, Va. The Leadbeater Drug Co., was established in 1792 and continuously thereafter for one hundred years, sold Landreths’ Garden Seeds. They no longer have a Seed Department, but buy at retail. Ed. S. Leadbeater, President. Lancaster, Pa. The Steinman Hardware Co., was estabhshed in the year 1744 and are still doing business at the same stand and under the same name. According to our records, our predecessors commenced the purchase of Landreths’ Seeds 116 years ago and during that period have not missed one single year. S. B. Smith, Secretary. Spartansburg, S. C. Our family commenced the purchase of Land- reths’ Garden Seeds at Wholesale 126 years ago and have continued to purchase to this day, to our satisfaction and satisfaction of our customers. H. E. Heintish. Calcutta, India. Our family started in the city of Calcutta in the Seed Business in 1832 with your family, now — 89 years ago. We are the first inventors of the Landreth Seeds in India, Seeds which have always proved very satisfactory both in germination and quality. We have never received complaints — all our dealers praise Landreths’ Seeds. Bose & Sons. The following is a letter from MacCalla & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa.: On the 100th anniversary of our Company, estab- lished in 1821 by my grandfather, I felt proud to think that two concerns — one of these the Landreth Seed Co. — have given us their orders year after year for one hundred years. To know we have your confidence means a lot to us. We feel we must have satisfied you with our work and our prices. The Landreth Seed Co. is a much older concern than my Company and is known all over the world. That is something of which no doubt you are very proud. W. A. MacCalla. Washington used Landreth Seeds, at Mt. Vernon. Jefferson used Landreth Seeds, at Monti- cello. (4) The D. Landreth Seed Company gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. All sales subject to loss or damage, by hre or other contingencies beyond our control. If the pur*- chaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. •i«]inHnMiiiC3iiniiiiiui[iiiMtiiiiiiiC]iii;MiiiiiiC]iiiiniiiiiiC]iiiiiiiiii)iC]iMiMniiiiC]iuii)iiMiiE]ii(iiiMiiiiciiiniiiiiuic]iiiiiii)iiiir]iiniiiiiuiC]iiiiiiniiiiC]iiiiiniiiiic]iiiiiiiinitc]iiiiiiiuiH Ali the popular sorts of Kitchen Garden Vegetables named in this Cata- logue are placed in aljihabetical order, having no reference whatever to periods of maturity. THESE PRICES A INCLUDE POSTAGE A.T lICiIOkC [FRENCH SEED) Tliree Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. This plant may be grown from seed sown when the Cherry is in bloom or from suckers taken frona estabhshed plants. If the seed be sown, the plants may be raised in beds and transplanted. The seedlings or sets should be planted out in rows at four feet apart and eighteen inches in the row. Success with it in the United States cannot be expected north of the Cotton Belt. Lb. Lb. Oa. Pkt. Large Globe French Green. — Heads elongated, green. Plants spiny -Sll 00 .SlUOO -SI. 00 .15 Asparagus Of Seed, Sow Eight Ounces to 100 Yards of Row ; Fifteen Pounds to the Acre. Of Two-year- old Roots, Set 6000 to the Acre. If the rows be six feet apart, about 5000 plants are required to plant an acre. Two-year-old roots are better than one-year-old ones. When well planted and fertilized, a cutting of sprouts can be made about three times the second year after planting. f ARGENTEUIL. — The favorite variet}' used in France. Pkt. oc.; oz. 10c.; j lb. 25c.; lb. 80c. COLOSSAL. — The leading variety in the American markets. Early thick stalked; continu- SEED > ously sproutmg. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; lb. 25c.; lb. 80c. PALMETTO. — An early prolific, regularly developed type of Asparagus of the Southern sea- [ board. Grown first in South Carolina. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; j lb. 25c.; lb. 80c. r ARGENTEUIL.— Per 100, $1.25; per 1000, $10.00. ROOTS COLOSSAL.— Two years old, per 100, $1.25; 1000, $10.00. [ PALMETTO.— Two years old, per 100, $1,25; 1000, $10.00. One-year-old roots one dollar per thousand less than two-year-olds in each case. Trial Grounds.— Two hundred and sixty samples of Beans, thinned out to 150 of each for convenience in estimating any percentages of impurities. All varieties classified as to time of ripening. Pea trials to the left. POSTAGE NOT PAID ON BEANS Bush Beans — Average Height of Vine, 15 Inches These Mature for Table 30 to 50 Days from Germination, According to Variety. Six Pounds of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Sixty to Ninety Pounds to the Acre. Sow when the Apple is in bloom, and repeat as frequently as necessarj’’ until within fifty days of frost. In field culture sow in drills at three feet apart. In garden culture, when the cultivation is done by hand, the rows may be at 21 inches. The seeds should be sown in such quantity as under ordinary circumstances to warrant one Bean vine to every four inches. If closer than this, their production will be impaired. On strong soil they do best at a greater distance. Yield about 125 to 150 bushels of green pods per acre. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 5 1 TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH BUSH BEANS— Continued POSTAGE NOT PAID ON BEANS GREEN PODS Black Valentine or King of Earlies, 31 days. — Green podded, dry seed black. 10 Lbs. Lb. Lb. Pods long, nearly round and straight, slightly resembling Red Valentine. Very productive, profitable for early planting •12.. 50 .30 .20 Bountiful. — A large, tender, stringless green pod, curved and flat; a plant of very prohfic habit, remaining long in bearing. Style of plant after the character of Long Six Weeks, but vastly superior. Continuous bearer 2.. 50 30 20 Full Measure. — Productive of showy pods; long, fleshy 2.50 30 20 Giant Stringless Green Pod.— Vine 12 to 14 inches high, a mammoth-podded selection from the original Stringless; not quite so early, but more showy 2.50 30 20 Horticultural Dwarf, 36 days. — -Resembling the Pole. Pods flat, straight 2.. 50 30 20 Horticultural, French’s. — A more vigorous plant than the Dwarf Horticultural, a heavier yielder, producing a longer and much more highly colored pod, which is so completely covered with carmine dashes as to make it especially attractive 3.00 35 20 Long Early Yellow Six Weeks, 40 days. — Long, straight green pods; hardy 2.50 30 20 Longfellow or French Lead Pencil, 45 days.— Productive of excellent long, straight, round green pods. A great Market Garden favorite. Vine 12 inches, retentive of green coloring 2.50 30 20 Low’s Champion. — A broad green-podded Bean of celebrity; stringless; choice 3.00 35 20 Mohawk. — ^Producing green-colored edible pods t’nirty-four days after germination. Red Valentine Extra Early Round Pod, 32 days. — Edible condition in less than five weeks. Pods round and curved, light green and semi-transparent. Noth- ing superior 2.50 30 20 Refugee, Extra Early, 30 days. — As good as the Red Valentine and as early; very productive 2.50 30 20 Stringless Green Pod Refugee, Late, or 1000 to 1. — This Bean in some sec- tions is known as the “ 1000 to 1,” by reason of its very marked prolific character. It matures green pods for table use in 48 days. Pods light green, fine quality Stringless Green Pod.— This Bean produces a vine 12 to 14 inches high, similar to Red Valentine, but de- velops pods to edible con- dition possibly a day earlier than Red Valen- tine; that is, say, in 30 to 31 days from germination. Pods a rich green, round and straight, nearly sad- dle-backed Tennessee Green Pod, 46 days. — Pods long, broad, undulating, very popular in some sections, one foot high, choice, fohage dark, blossoms white, very early. Cranberry or White Mar- rows.— Large olive shape, used for cooking when dry. Navy or Boston Pea Bean. — A small white bean used for cooking when dry Kidney, Red. — A long, red, large Bean used for cooking when dry. Kidney, White. — A long white Bean used for cooking when dry.. 2.. 50 30 20 2.. 50 30 20 2.. 50 30 20 2.25 25 15 2.25 25 15 2.. 50 30 20 2.50 30 20 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 6 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED POSTAGE NOT PAID ON BEANS BUSH BEANS— Continued WAX PODS Challenger Black Wax, 40 days. — A selection from the Black-Seeded Dwarf German, possessing all its desirable qualities and .some additional merits. Vine 12 inches. Pods curved, meaty, solid, crystalline. Earliest Black Wax Crystal White Wax, 46 days. — Color of pods very light green and semi-transparent, round, curved, succulent. Silver bean. Very choice Currie’s Rust-Proof Wax. — A productive sort. Pods golden, long, broad, flat Davis' Kidney Wax, 35 days. — Productive, pods showy, long, nearly straight Golden Eye Wax. — A flat golden wax pod Hudson’s Wax, 46 days. — Vigorous, creamy white, long, straight, fiat, late, but most productive; rust resistant Improved Golden Wax. — Maturing in about 35 days from germination. A straight, fleshy, flat-podded sort; stringless Landreths’ Scarlet-Seeded Wax, 35 days. — Seed in color deep scarlet, large, kid- ney formed; the pods a golden wax. The vine strong, fohage large, broad, hardy Pencil Pod Black Wax. — Pods round, meaty, curved and borne in branches; ready 40 days from germination. 12 inches high. Best black seeded Golden Wax Refugee Stringless Wax, 40 days. — A variety not excelled. A great favorite with the Canner, and most desirable. Very tender, brittle and stringless Round-Podded Kidney or Brittle Wax, 46 days. — An improvement on Ward- well’s Flat Pod; quite as early, as long and as productive, while more showy and decidedly more luscious because more meaty. Height 12 inches Scarlet Flageolet Wax, 60 days. — Used either as a Snap or for shelling. Pods long and flat like Golden Wax. Seeds very large and kidney shaped Violet Flageolet or Perfection Wax. — Long, broad, flat, productive, showy.... Wardwell’s Dwarf Kidney Wax, 40 days. — -Seed kidney formed, color white with Pencil Pod Black Seeds dashes of light purple. Long, almost straight, flat pods. Very choice Webber Wax. — Long bright yeflow pods; resemble, but rounder and more meaty than Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. Vines hardy and productive 10 Lbs. Lb. HLh. $3.00 .35 .20 3.00 35 25 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.50 40 25 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 3.00 35 20 Bush Beans are one of the most productive, useful and easiest varieties of Garden V egetables to grow. Nearly every one eats Beans, and from the same space planted there are but few kinds of Garden Vegetables which will produce as many meals as will Dwarf Beans. We strongly recommend of the Green Pod varieties the planting of Bountiful, for a flat Green Pod, and Stringless Green Pod for a round Green Pod. In the Wax varieties, the Golden Wax for a flat pod; Pencil Pod Black Wax for a round pod, as these four have fewer strings than any other varieties. Give these four a trial in your Garden this year, and you will be perfectly satisfied. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (7) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRET H DWARF OR BUSH LIMAS POSTAGE NOT PAID ON BEANS Two Weeks Earlier than Pole Limas. Average Height of Vine, 18 Inches. Burpee’s Dwarf Lima, 60 days.— This is a Lima borne in full-sized pods on plants of dwarf habit. Maturing for table 10 to 12 days earlier than Pole Lima. Vine not over 20 inches high, always true in form ordhook Bush Lima, 60 days. — Foliage dark green; bush habit, stiffly erect, about 15 to 20 inches in height, ac- cording to soil, quite bushy, dark in color, branching freelj'', pods borne in clusters. Sold in immense quantities as ex- ceedingly popular. Seeds thick. Henderson’s Dwarf Lima, 55 days. — Height 1 foot, com- pact; leaves small, exceedingly dark green; very productive and early Improved Bush Lima, 60 days. — Height of bush 18 inches on good soil ; very broad dark foliage. Sturdy and a week earlier than any large- podded Pole Lima. Enor- mous pods, seeds larger than any other Bush Lima, the green seeds being thick and meaty. Very productive Henderson’s Landreths’ Showing comparative sizes Landreths’ Bush Lima Beans, 50 days.- — Strictly a bush; vine compact; foli- age not so dark as the Hen- derson’s; more productive in pods, which are more curved, one-fifth longer, broader and plumper. Beans longer, broader and twice as thick, and five days earlier than Henderson’s; altogether quite distinct and more desir- able 10 Lba. Lb. J4Lb- $4.00 .45 .25 4.00 4.5 25 2 50 30 20 4.00 45 25 4.00 45 25 POLE OR RUNNING BEANS— SNAP PODS eight rSir Two Pounds to 200 Poles or Three Pints of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Thirty Pounds to the Acre. Maturing for Table 46 to 90 Days from Germination. Plant when the Apple is in bloom; set poles 4 by 4 feet, or set permanent posts and string wires with perpendicular strings; tie up the tendrils as often as necessary. To prevent Bean Poles from blowing down, unite them by strong cords, or, better, dispense with poles and use wire netting. Pole Beans, as a rule, require support to a height of six feet. Creaseback, White Seed, 60 days. — Earliest Pole Bean in cultivation, exceedingly lo Lbs. Lb. }-2 Lb. productive, of deep green foliage, fleshy pods, borne in clusters of three to five. Valuable sort; unexcelled; seeds white $3.00 .35 .20 Golden Cluster Wax, 70 Days. — Broad and meaty, pods 6 to 8 inches long, borne in clusters 4.00 45 25 Horticultural Pole, 80 days.— Pods short, broad, striped with red, principally used for shelling like Limas. Does well in Northern latitudes 3.00 35 20 Kentucky Wonder Wax, 66 days. — A light golden or lemon wax pod of the same good qualities of early maturity, solidity and tenderness as found in the old Green Pod and, like the old sort, free from strings 3.50 40 25 Kentucky Wonder, Green Pod or Old Homestead, 60 Days. — A long, round, fat, green-podded, very early, very prolific sort. Tender, solid and stringless. Not surpassed by any under whatever name 3.00 35 20 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (8) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED First Floor Middle Room, 163 feet long by 65 feet wide. Kentucky Wonder, White-Seeded. — A rontinuou.s bearer and almost rust-proof, 10 Lbs. Lb. bb. the round pods being stringless. The seed is pure white and in many respects superior to the old green-podded form $3.00 .35 .20 Landreths’ Tennessee Wonder, 66 days.— Named by us in 1889, catalogued in 1901. Dried seeds large, flattish and oval, incurved at eye. Color generally gray, but marked with many black irregular stripes. The Department of Agri- culture Bulletin 100 states that the “green pods are the largest and handsomest of all cultivated Beans,” the pods curved, double barreled, tinged with purple and wrinkled and depressed between each of the eight or nine seeds 3.50 40 25 Landreths’ White Sickle, 68 days. — ^^^lite seed, similar in form to the Kentucky Wonder. Stringless, choice 3.50 40 25 Lazy Wife, 66 days. — Pods 6 to 7 inches long, and borne in clusters. It is so named because of the ease of picking 3.50 40 25 Nancy Davis or Striped Creaseback, 68 days. — Very superior, unusually strong climber, with plenty of foliage, exceedingly productive of pods, 5 to 6 inches round, fat, curved, dashed with carmine like a Horticultural, stems half red 3.50 40 25 Red-Speckled, Oval-Seeded, Cut-Short Cornfield, 66 days. — This is a climbing green-podded Bean, used in the South for planting to Corn 3.. 50 40 25 White Dutch or Case-Knife, 60 days. — Used either as a snap-short when very young, shelled as the Lima when more largely developed, or for soaking when dry. Large flat seeds 3.50 40 25 Pole Lima Varieties Twenty-five Pounds Plant an Acre. Challenger Lima, or Dreer’s Pole, 86 days. — A productive Pole variety, pro- ducing thick pods containing fat seeds of excellent quality for table use 3.. 50 40 25 Carolina, or Sewee, 70 days. — A small early variety of Lima, more easy of vege- tation, more vigorous in growth, earlier in season, more prolific in pod 3.50 40 25 Early Jersey Lima 3.50 40 25 King of Garden Lima, 80 days. — Early. One of the best. Large leaved, good climber. Vine of branching habit, productive. Pods long, dark and large 3.50 40 25 Landreths’ Early Prolific Pole Lima, 80 days. — Superior to many Limas. In all particulars it is more productive, earlier than any to produce pods suitable for picking, and maturing over a long season 3.. 50 40 25 Landreths’ Large Green- Seeded Lima. — Seeds of a decided green tinge, that is to say not bleached ivory-white. This green-seeded selection is a going back to the Lima of years ago which has never been excelled. Unsurpassed in flavor 3.50 40 25 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (9) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH Beet Tests. — Three hiuidred samples from all our competitors. Many horribly bad. Beets for Table THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Ready for Table 40 to 46 Days from Sowing. Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Under a system of horse cultivation, drill in rows at 2| feet apart and thin to 3 inches. If the culture is by hand, the rows may be drawn 18 inches apart. Drill when the Apple blooms. Bassano. — Strong growing; green leaved, very early, wliite fleshed, possibly the most sugary of all garden Beets. Lb. M t-b- Oz. Pkt. $1.00 30 10 5 Crimson Globe, 42 days. — Root round, deep crimson, smooth outside skin. Early in development. An ex- ceedingly choice variety, uniting both rare beautt’ and value. Try it. Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.2.5 10 15 5 Crosby s Improved Egyp- tian, 41 days. — Blood-red. A choice form of the Egyp- tian and very desirable. Lb. M Ob. ' Oz. Pkt. $1.00 30 10 5 Detroit, Dark Red, 50 days. — Of great celebrity because of highest merit. (Jval, flesh dark blood, skin smooth, leaves small, erect. Favor- ably known because of ad- mirable qualities. Lb. M bb. Oz. Pkt. Crimson Globe $1.25 40 15 5 Crosby’s Improved Egyptian For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (10) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE BEETS FOR TABLE— Continued Extra Early Eclipse Edmunds Early Blood. — Serond early roots, round, deep red, very sweet. Lb. M I-b. Oz. Pkt. $1.00 30 10 5 Extra Early Eclipse, 42 days. — This has superseded the Egyptian. The bulbs — globes, blood-col- ored— d e V e 1 o p with rapidity. Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.00 30 10 5 Egyptian Extra Early, 40 days. — Roots for table use developing in forty days. Bulbs half globular, or flat- tened at the poles; roots very slim, skin smooth, resting on the surface. Lb. M bb. Oz. Pkt. $1.00 30 10 5 Half-Long Blood- Red, 60 days. — Leaves half green and red. Very de- sirable. One of the best. A handsome, wedge-shaped root, growing well under ground; flesh very dark blood-red, skin smooth, habit much earlier in maturity than the old Long Blood. Lb. Mbb. Oz. Pkt. $1.25 40 15 5 Extra Early Egyptian Landreths’ Best For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 11 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH BEETS FOR TABLE — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Landreths’ Best, 45 days. — Five days earlier than Detroit, more ball-shaped — Lb. ^ Lb. Oz. Pkt. altogether a superior sort. Slimmer tap roots — more mouse-tailed. Root varying from half flat to round. Flesh solid, deep blood-red, of excellent qual- ity, sugary. Skin smooth and free from side fibres. Private gardeners will find Beets of fully .double the usual value if they are pulled and served on the table when so small as to be no larger than a silver quarter of a dollar. At that age they are delicious, and when for pulling that small can be grown very thickly in the rows. The Landreths’ Best is very choice for such early use, having an intensely red color and delicate texture and flavor $1 .75 .55 .20 5 Landreths’ Early Blood-Red Turnip, 50 days. — Top shaped, early in maturity. One of the best sellers we, have. Deep red. Very desirable 1.00 30 10 5 Landreths’ Fire Ball, 48 days. — Early, round, flesh brilliant scarlet with alternate rings of red and white; very choice, well named because of its color 1.75 55 20 5 Lentz Turnip, 50 days. — Short leaved, suitable for culture under glass. Very early. Light in color, but not so pale colored as the Bassano. Quite sugary.... 1.00 30 10 5 Long Blood-Red (very rich), 65 days. — Resists drought better than any other variety of Beets; color deep red, flesh very sweet, roots deeply 1.00 30 10 5 Swiss Chard, Large Ribbed. — Greens for boiling are always acceptable. Spinach cannot always be had and often is tough and stringy. The Chard, on the other hand, is in season from early Spring to Autumn frost, and will be found a most agreeable dish. One of the best vegetables, the green foliage used like Spinach, the thick leaf stems cooked like Celery. The cultivation of this vegetable is the same as that of a Beet 1.00 30 10 5 Swiss Chard, Lucullus. — Stalks pure white and thick as Rhubarb, foliage yellow- ish green and crumpled. Very choice. Growing in popularity every day. The tops can be cooked like Spinach, the stems cooked like Celery stalks 1.00 30 10 5 Beets— Sugar and Mangels SUGAR BEETS Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Giant Rose, Half Sugar. — Crown rose colored, very sweet 65 20 10 5 Klein-Wanzleben, 80 days. — Beet-sugar factories have united in recommending this as possessing the highest sugar-producing qualities, as much as 18 tons of sugar having been made from 100 tons of root of this variety 65 20 10 5 Vilmorin’s Improved, 80 days. — A leading sugar-making sort, doing well on a wide range of soils and exceptionally I’ich in sugar. Fine for cattle feeding 65 20 10 5 BEE TS—MANG OLD- WURZELS A family of Beets bred to a large size for cattle feeding. The roots are easily injured by Autumn frosts, and therefore must be taken up in good time and properly protected. When first harvested they are acrid and scour cattle, but after a few weeks become palatable and safe. The approved types produce massive roots which, well elevated above the surface, are harvested with the greatest ease and produce double the weight of Turnips to the acre, to which advantage may be added the high nutritive value, the saccharine often being equal to G or 7 per cent, of the gross weight. The Mangold is a high feeder — potash and nitro- gen are needed. Drill when the Cherry is in bloom. Golden Tankard, 90 days. — A rapidly maturing root adapted to shallow lands, Lb. )4Lb. Pkt. though doing well on every soil. The root has broad shoulders, smooth, rich, golden skin, solid sugary flesh, and golden footstalk. Most satisfactory^ 65 20 5 Mammoth. Long Red, 110 days. — In England SO tons have been grown to the acre. Everywhere the most popular variety for cattle feeding 65 20 5 Red Globe. — 8 to 10 inches in diameter, sweet and rich, white flesh with rings of red, rests above the earth’s surface 65 20 5 Yellow Globe. — Roots on top of the earth, 8 inches in diameter, skin golden, flesh white 65 20 5 For Espress charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 12 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Broccoli One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. A plant much resembling the Cauliflower, and like it derived from the wild Cabbage. Broccoli requires a longer season to develop than Cauliflower. It has more numerous and stiffer leaves, and the heads are smaller. The seed is best sown in Midsummer and Autumn, and the plants carried over Winter for planting out in Spring. Large Early White, 150 days. — Large white head, resembling Cauliflower. We Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. offer an especially fine strain of Early White Broccoli, and strongly recommend its more general culture . 00 2 . 00 .60 5 Brussels Sprouts ““ A variety of the Cabbage family, possessing the peculiarity of bearing upon its stem or stalk from 50 to 100 buds resembling miniature Cabbage heads. The leaves composing these heads resemble Savoy Cabbage in their crumpled texture and also in their color. The heads or buds, from 1 to 2 inches in diameter, form one of the most delicious garden vegetables, onlv equaled by the Cauliflower. Ib. H Lb. Oz. Pkt Dalkeith. — A fine variety, producing large cream-white buttons. Choice .... .$4.00 1.15 40 5 Half Dwarf Paris. — A choice strain, each plant very productive of hundreds of buttons size of a pigeon’s egg. Delicious in flavor and exceedingly tender. Hardier than cabbage 4.00 1.15 40 5 Cabbage to produce Seed Cabbage Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. No selections of Cabbage are better than those offered by us Gardeners can rely upon LANDRETHS’ CABBAGE SEED Don’t have the soil in the seed-bed as rich as the field to which the Cabbage is transplanted, or the plants will be starved after transplantation. Don’t seed too thickly or force the growth too rapidly, or the plants will grow too tall, slim and tender and the growth be more seriously checked by adverse conditions. Root deeply to resist drought. When setting out, -plant up to the first leaf-stems. Supply plenty of moisture and manure. Don’t sow the seed for a whole crop at one time, for plants of different ages are differently affected by adverse circumstances, and by division a planter will have a better chance to profit, at least from a part of his crop. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 13) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH CABBA GE — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Trial of Cabbage All-Head Early. — Early, large, flat, solid-headed, very early for its size, few outside Lb. M l-t>- Oz- Pkt. leaves, consequently can be planted closer together than other large Cabbages. A very reliable sort and well named. One of the very superior Cabbages. Certain to give satisfaction $3.75 1.10 .35 5 Bloomsdale Early Dwarf Flat Dutch. — A large flat-headed second early variety. Compact 4.75 1.35 35 5 Bloomsdale Early Drumhead, 96 days. — In form from round to flat; size large, always solid, few extra leaves; rather short in stem and will stand without burst- ing 4.75 1.35 45 5 Brunswick Early. — Early for a large flat; broad headed, very short stem, leaves shell-like 3.00 .90 30 5 Charleston Large Wakefield. — A large, flattish variation of the pointed Early Jersey Wakefield head and half round; later than Jersey Wakefield; fifty per cent. larger 3.25 .95 35 5 Charleston Large Wakefield, Landreths’ Very Select, 76 days. — Specially selected. Very choice and uniform, best of any from any source. One-third stronger grower than the .Jersey Wakefield 4.00 1.15 40 5 Copenhagen Market, 70 days. — Large round head, following the Charleston Wakefield. Being larger, it produces a greater tonnage to the acre, and is very profitable. Very uniform in the production of round, very hard heads of long- keeping qualities 4.00 1.15 40 5 All Head — well named early, flat, large, reliable For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 14) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE CABBAGE — Continued Early Jersey Wakefield. — Heading for market 70 days from sowing. It is very Lb- H Lb. Oz. Pkt- early, short stemmed, head cone-shaped, broad at the bottom with pointed peak; leaves leathery, well folded over the top. Earlier than Charleston .S3. '25 .95 .35 5 Early Jersey Wakefield, Landreths’ Very Select, 68 days. — Specially selected, extra early, choice in all good qualities, earlier than Long Island Wakefield. Recommended to gardeners. Heads ovoid, broad at the base and running to a blunt point. Very solid, very early, choice in quality 4.00 1.15 40 5 Early Drumhead. — An early flat Cabbage 3.25 95 35 5 Early Flat Dutch. — A flat early variety 3.25 95 35 5 Glory of Enkhuizen, 100 days. — Short stemmed, half round, very early for its size; attractive large white heads, a variety in great demand ... 4.00 1. 15 40 5 Landreths’ Bloomsdale Grown Select Very Early Jersey Wakefield Full-grown plant of Large Charleston Wakefield Cabbage, showing the oval head It^Landreths’ Reedland Early Drumhead, 90 days.— To any one wanting an Early Flat-headed Cabbage of rehabihty, we recommend the Reedland Early Drumhead as uniting all the essentials. It is short-stemmed, flat-headed, large and early Ne'W York All Seasons, 110 days. — Sure header, does not burst early; heads deep, flat. Certain header New York Early Summer. — Ripens after Charleston Wakefield Stein’s Flat Dutch, 96 days. — Early, flat, large, short-stemmed, hard-headed, reliable, and always a big producer. Certainly a favorite sort, as evinced by the demand for Seed. Heads round, exceedingly solid, long keepers Succession, 110 days. — Intermediate between the Early Flat Dutch and the Late Flat Dutch, slightly later than the second early sorts Winnigstadt, 90 days. — An old form, but one of the best. Produces a long, pointed head, very solid Bloomsdale Large Late Drumhead, 110 days. — This is one of our standard late- maturing varieties. Late, large, solid, always reliable as a header Bloomsdale Large Late Flat Dutch. — Originally obtained from the Swedish gardeners who settled at Philadelphia previous to the Revolutionary War. The variety is late, large, sohd and very weighty and uniform Chinese or Pe-Tsai or Celery. — Sow the seed late to avoid premature seeding, will not stand frost. Tie up leaves like Cos Lettuce. Growing in great demand; win be very popular when better known. When bleached white very tender.... 4.00 1.15 40 5 3 . 50 1.00 35 5 3.50 1.00 35 5 3.50 1.00 35 5 3.25 95 35 5 3. '25 95 35 5 4.75 1.35 45 5 4.75 1.35 45 5 4.00 1.15 40 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 15 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRET H CABBAGE — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Danish Ballhead, Tall Stem, 120 days. — A Winter Cabbage of great celebrity in Lb, M Lb. Oz. Pkt. northern locations or in seini-mountainous sections because of every plant’s heading and because all heads are alike, round in shape, more dense than anv other Cabbage, pure white within and of keeping qualities extending for months..,'. $4.00 1.15 .40 5 Danish Roundhead, Short-Stemmed, 115 days. — ^Differing from the Tall- Stemmed Ballhead in being nearer the earth and a little earlier. The most in demand of the two Banishes, being often ten days earlier 4.00 1.15 40 5 Drumhead Savoy. — Best of its class and as palatable as a Cauliflower. Size large, heads solid, curly or crinkled leaved, stalks short, habit compact. A certain header of good keeping qualities; flat head 3.75 1.10 35 5 Landreths’ Frost-Proof Large Drumhead, 120 days. — This is the hardiest of any Cabbage grown by, us, and has proved of exceeding value in localities of variable Winter temperatures, as rapid fluctuations do not hurt it. The Frost- Proof has a short stem and makes a deep blue and wide leaf, which folds over in opposite pairs, making a broad, flat, hard head, uniform in size and in period of maturity. We recommend this in districts of early and late frosts 4.25 1.25 40 5 Landreths’ FROST-PROOF Large Drumhead— 120 Days Premium Large Drumhead. — A reliable type of large flat cabbage. Very solid . Market Gardeners’ Large Late Drumhead (very choice). — Late, large, hardy, certain to head, and being heavy, quite productive, heads solid Market Gardeners’ Large Late Flat Dutch, 120 days. — For a large, heavy, hard, smooth-leaved, late-ripening Cabbage, no strain is superior and few equal to this. The head is thick, broad, solid and slightly rounded on the top, though the va- riety is what is termed a flathead. The leaves extend well over the centre line of the head and fold down alternately, tightly forming a compact head Red Dutch. — Leaves red or purple; generally used for pickling; flat head Surehead, 110 days. — A popular strain of the favorite Flat Dutch type of Cabbage so largely grown for Winter use. The heads are large, round, flattened at the top, remarkably uniform, extra hard, firm Volga. — -Same as Stonehead, silvery-green, large, solid. A superior header 3.00 90 30 5 4.50 1.25 45 5 4.50 1.25 45 5 4.00 1.15 40 5 3.25 .95 35 5 4.00 1.15 40 5 Carrots Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Sixty to Seventy Days from Germination to Maturity for Table. For domestic use sow when the Apple is in bloom. Drill in rows of fifteen inches for hand culture, two and a half feet for field culture, and when two inches high thin to four inches apart. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 16) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE CARROT — Continued Carrots for the table should always be used when half grown, because then tender. Chantenay Half-Long Scarlet, 66 days. — Short, Lb. m Lb. Oz. Pkt. thick, stump-rooted, free from core. Yellow-red in color. Very productive. Choice variety. A great favorite, as is proved by the immense quantity of seed sold $1.00 30 10 5 Danvers Half Long Orange, 70 days. — Broad-shoul- dered, cylindrical, admirable in color. Always a favorite because reliable; attractive in form and color. The leading American sort 1.00 30 10 5 Chantenay Carrot. — Right size for table 1. Round French Forcing. 2. Guerande or Ox-Heart. 3. English Horn, Stump. 4. Dutch Horn, Pointed. 5. Chantenay Half-Long . 6. Danvers Orange. Ox-Heart. — Right size for table or smaller Dutch Horn, Blunt. — Size of a man’s thumb, orange colored, tops small 1.50 50 15 5 English Horn, Pointed. — Different only from the Dutch in being pointed 1.50 50 15 5 Large White Belgian. — This variety yields a larger return than others Used for feeding cattle. 75 25 10 5 Long Orange. — Twelve to fourteen inches long. Does best on a deep soil, being much longer than the Danvers 1.00 30 10 5 Long Yellow Belgian. — Similar to the White Belgian in form and productiveness, more attractive " ' 75 25 10 5 Used for feeding cattle. Ox-Heart or Guerande, 60 days. — Diam- eter of a pint measure, not so long, top- shaped. Color orange-red; tender; flavor excellent. Not excelled by any sort. Indispensable. Especially suitable for garden culture. Very rapid in growth.. 1.00 30 10 St. Vallery. — Straight root, half long, pointed, bright scarlet, broad shoulders, attractive 1.00 30 10 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 17 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRET H Cauliflowers THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE One-half Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Either Moisture, High Latitude or Altitude Assures Success. A Algiers, 110 days. — A late, hardy and admirable sort, certain header. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $4.50 $1.50 10 Dry Weather Cauliflower, 100 days. — This strong-grow- ing, fine and showy strain has proved reliable in many dry sections of the country, providing the soil is deep, mellow, rich and well cultivated. Small plant. Lb. Oz. Pkt. $7.50 $2.25 20 ' Extra Early Paris Forcing, 90 days. — One of the earliest varieties in cultivation. Very dwarf; large, white, com- pact heads, of finest quality. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $4.25 $1.50 10 Half Early Paris. — A very early sort following the Extra Early Paris, a smaller sort. Sure cropper. 1 Lb. Oz. Pkt. $4.25 $1.50 10 Lenormands, 120 days. — A large, late variety, with well- formed white handsome heads. Strong grower, i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $2.50 75 10 Landreths’ Dry Soil Cauliflower Snowball Cauliflower, 90 Days Snowball, Early, 90 days. — An extra early sort. Early as any under whatever name, plants short and stocky, erect, pointed leaves and producing round heads, pure Algiers white; extremely early and perfectly solid. Edible heads 90 to 100 days from planting. Autumn crops are earlier than Spring crops. Twenty to twenty-four heads will fill a barrel. A variety of widest celebrity, by reason of its reliable qualities of productiveness, color, flavor and keeping in condition. Leaves long and narrow. The variety of which most seed is sold.... Veitch’s Autumn Giant, 130 days. — Very vigorous, long-stalked, laree foliage, heads long standing; should be sown early. Known as “California Wonder.” J4Lb. Oz. Pkt. $7.50 2.25 20 3.00 1.00 10 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 18 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Celery Trials. 82 Samples of the most highly advertised sorts by various seed establishments. THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Celery Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Maturing in 130 to 160 Days, According to Season. Sow when the Apple is in bloom, on a finely raked bed, in a moist place or convenient to water, which ^PP'y freely in dry weather. The "seed should not be covered more than a tenth of an inch. Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. Celeriac or Turnip Rooted. — Forming under ground a large bulb, like a Turnip .$2 . 75 80 25 5 Easy Blanching. — Vigorous, plants medium size, stalks white, crisp, thick, brittle, tender stalks of an aromatic flavor, foliage very crumpled, requiring so little atten- tion that the novice can be assured of a crop equal to that of other sorts obtained only after much labor. A novelty of merit and gaining popularity every day. .10. 00 2.75 85 10 Giant Pascal, 140 days. — ^A mammoth, silver-white stalked variety of French origin, in favor because of its productiveness and consequent profitable- ness. Always a success. Lb. \ Lb. Oz. Pkt. S.3..50 81.00 30 5 Golden Heart or Golden Dwarf. — A white stalked variety with a golden center. Lb. $3.00 L Lb. 90 Pkt. 5 Golden Self -Blanching American-Grown. — Almost as good as the imported, but not in all cases so reliable as to purity. Of a more vigorous and stronger habit of growth than from French seed. Lb. $6.00 Lb.. 1.75 Pkt. 5 Landreths’ Green Winter Landreths’ Green Winter, 146 days. — Large, solid, exceedingly thick stems. Where a green-leaved, double extra mammoth white-stalked plant of Celery is desired, the Lanch-eths’ Green Winter is unque.s- tionably the best sort, because it is unusually tall and large in every particular, especially thick in stalk, which is meaty and brittle and of choice flavor, besides it is a very hardy sort, succeeding under conditions where other Celeries fail, as it is a strong rooter, hunting its food throughout a large space of soil. It keeps well and conse- quently is especially rehable, undoubtedly very unusually reliable. AVe ask you to try it, knowing you will not be disappbinted. If you only have one variety tie to the Green Winter. Lb. i Lb. Oz. SIO.OO .$2.60 75 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (19) Pkt. 10 TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH CELERY — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Paxis Golden- Yellow or Golden Self-Blanching iFrench Seed), 110 days. — A solid, golden variety, very showy and rich. Very easily blanched, as it naturally takes on a very attractive golden color, which is intensified by earthing up. Unexcelled. Among the man}^ hundreds of seedsmen in the United States selling seed of so-called Paris Golden Celery there can certainly be picked out twenty absolutely distinct strains or breeds, varying from the best to the worst, these being mixed with varia- tions of green or mixed with hollow-stalked or mixed with plants of weak habit, such as will not be found profitable. Don’t purchase seed of doubtful quality. We have regular customers of the Landreth strain of Paris Golden who could not be induced to change the breed of plants by any argument or lower price — they cannot afford to make any experiments. Beware of cheap seed just as you would of cheap diamonds or gold bricks. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $10.50 $2.8.5 90 10 The above described Celery is the best in flavor of the Early Self-blanching varieties, very superior to White Plume, nearly as early, and larger. Stalks very thick, solid and crisp, and of a waxy golden. Blanching very easily, as it is half blanched naturally. Paris Golden-Yellow or Golden Self -Blanching Pink Plume, 110 days. — The same good quality as White Plume, the stalk beauti- Lb. li Lb. Oz. Pkt. fully tinged with pink. Very ornamental and very toothsome $5.00 .$1.50 45 5 White Plume, 100 days. — Self- blanching to a great extent. Consequently among the earliest ready for table. Very desirable 4.00 1.15 40 5 Chicory or Succory Four Ounces to 100 Yards of Row. Witloof or Brussels Chicory. — The leaf resembling a head of Cos Lettuce, large, thick, and stems tightly folded against each other, the heart bleached like Celery. Very popular in Europe and growing in demand in America. Lb., $3.75 i Lb., $1.00 Oz., 30 Pkt., 5 One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. A loose-leaved plant of the Cabbage family. A hardy and excellent vegetable for Winter use. Georgia or Southern. — Cabbage greens. The leaves can be blanched white as Celery and made tender by enveloping from the top downward each plant for a period of four weeks with a large paper or muslin bag. 70 days. Lb., $1.25 iLb.,40 Oz., 15 Pkt., £ For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (20) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON CORN Corn One Quart of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Sixteen Pounds to the Acre. 120 to 140 Days from Planting to Cutting. Postage on Corn averages about 6 cents a pound. See zone rates. See map, inside cover. Sugar Corn Ears, 4 to 6 Cents Each. Black Mexican. — An early Corn, very .sugary, black or pur[)le flattish grain. Ex- cellent Country Gentleman or Shoe Peg, 70 days. — A short-stalked, productive sort, frequently producing 3 ears to the plant. Ears large for so small a stalk; grain narrow and very deep, after form of the Shoe-peg variety Crosby, Extra Early, 65 days. — One of the most rehable sorts for early garden ; recommended as an opener of the season. Used almost entirely in far northern locaUties Early Mammoth, 80 days. — Large ears, earliest of its size; stalks 7 feet... Evergreen (Stowell’sl, 80 days. — The most popular among the late Sugar Corns. More bushels are used than all other sorts combined. Large, tender, grain very deep, milk-white grains Evergreen, Long Narrow-grained. — This is a selection from the ordinary Stowell’s Evergreen Sugar Corn, but one in which the grains are narrower, longer, or deeper, semi-translucent, and generally in straight rows. They are tight together when the gi-ain is in edible condition, but become loose from one another when it becomes dry. The sort is exceedingly sugary, as indicated by the shrunken character and lighter weight than that of ordinary Evergreen Evergreen Early White, 76 days. — Slimmer and shorter stalks than the Sto well’s Evergreen; broad, vigorous, deep green foliage without any red color Evergreen Golden. — An evergreen both in stalk and ear, but quite golden in color of grain Golden Bantam, 70 days. — Dwarf, four and one-half feet high; earl}’; so very hardy that it can be planted earlier in the Spring and in colder and damper soil than other varieties of Table Corn; exceedingly sweet, very productive. When ready for table use it is a creamy-yellow. Very popular everywhere. An early ripener for table Howling Mob. — Five days later than Corey. Larger ears, a favorite; pearly white and very sweet ’s Giant or Mammoth White Corey, 60 days. — A large development of the White Corey type. Very early for its size. An acquisition. Ten rows on ear Narrow-qrained Evergreen Late Mammoth Sugar, 86 days. — The strongest grow- ing of all Sugar Corns. The ears are very large and showy. Valuable as a succession. Grains large 10 Lbs. Lb. 34 Lb. $2.0e .25 .15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 For Elxpress charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (21 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH SUGAR CORN — Continued WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON CORN Landreths’ Money Maker, 70 days. — Best Sugar Corn in existence, best ever introduced. Seventy days from germination of the seed. Two days earlier than Country Gentleman. Grain set close on the ear, averaging ten to twelve rows to the ear. Cobs long and thin as a man’s finger, that is less than half the diameter of cobs of other sorts of Sugar Corn. Produces never less than two attractive ears to the stalk, generally three, sometimes four, and therefore well named “Money Maker.” See the illustration of ap- pearance of stalks. The stalks are un- usually thick, stocky and very stiff, consequently are never blown over by heavy winds . The plant is strong in foliage, very close jointed, and rises to a height of 6 to 65 feet. The edible grain re- mains in milky condition longer than any other known variety and is so exceedingly sugary as to Landreths’ Money Maker be far sweeter to the taste than any other sort of Sugar Corn. Nothing 10 Lbs. Lb. M equal to it for sweetness and delicious quality has ever been served on our own tables. No sort under any other name is its equal — this is positively correct. Don’t let this escape your notice. Ear of Money Maker Sugar Corn Zone mail rates from .5 cents to 12 cents per pound according to location. See zone map. Inside Cover. $3.00 .35 .25 Landreths' Sugar, 70 days. — Many other Sugar varieties are earlier than this, but we believe it is the best all-round Corn and the most desirable as a mam crop in the family garden. Planters will find it remarkably satisfactory and a.stonishingly productive, two cars on every stalk, often three and sometimes four. Stalks one foot shorter than the Evergreen and very close-jointed and sturdy, never blowing over. The ears set low, large and well filled. The grain is narrow .and deep, somewhat similar in sh.ape to Evergreen, but smaller. The ear remains long in edible condition, which is a very great advantage. Ear considerably longer than Golden Bantam, unusually well filled with milk-white grains, very sugary 2.00 25 15 Minnesota, Extra Early, 60 days. — Among the Extra Early Sugar Corns, coming into condition two or three days subsequent to the Corey. Ears well made out. Eight-rowed — a standard sort 2.00 25 15 Premo. — One of the very early varieties, three feet high 2.00 25 15 White Corey. — Stalks four to four and one-half feet high. A valuable sort, quite robust for a short-stalked and exceptionally early sort. Ears of a good length, that is from six to seven inches; grains large, sweet 2.00 25 1.5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 22 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Sweet Garden Corn NOT TRUE SUGAR Adams Early, 68 days. — In order of maturity after the Extra Early Adams Adams Extra Early, or Early Burlington, 62 days. — Height of stalk 4 feet, ears set within 6 inches of the ground. Not a Sugar Corn, but a decided acquisition so very early in the season. Plant close in rows at 2^ feet and thin to 1 foot Landreth Early Market, 80 days. — Not a true Sugar Corn, but a hybrid or mixture between a Sugar Corn and the Adams Early, and cultivated on large areas by Market Gardeners. This variety will mature ears for market in about 80 days from germination. The stalk is quite leafy and grows to a height of 6 feet. A very profitable sort as a money maker. Plant in rows at 4 feet and thin to one foot Landreths’ Earliest Table, 60 Days. — In describing this Corn it may be stated to be 4 to 41 feet high, producing its ears within a foot of the ground, as in the illustration, and ripening for table in 55 to 60 days from germination of the seed. It is truly a valuable table variety, not a Sugar Corn, but a sweet Table Corn of rare excellence, more sturdy by far than any other very early Corn of its size, and several days earlier than any other early sort which is dependable as a producer of quantity Truckers’ Favorite. — Not a sugar sort, but a productive Market Varietj" Field Corn— Eleven Sorts Sow Twenty Pounds Seed to the Acre. Bristol, Early Yellow, 100 days. — From germination to entire hardening 100 days. A light yellow or lemon. Eai's long and slim; very productive. P’ine quality.. Eureka White. — Valuable for fodder; tall, leafy, productive; best of all sorts for ensilage Golden Beauty, 120 days. — Productive of immense crops of large ears, golden grain. The handsomest of all. 100 bushels of shelled corn to the acre very usual .... Golden Dent (showy), 110 days.— Named from the bright color of the indented grain; a prohfic variety. Very showy and weighty Learning, 110 days. — A productive and early producer of moderate-sized ears. Will thrive on thinner soil than either the Beauty or Golden Dent Old Cabin Home or Hickory King, 130 days. — -A thick-eared Southern type of white Corn, with enormously deep and broad grain and extraordinarily slim cob ... Pennsylvania Early Dent. — ^A large ear of lemon color indented grain Pennsylvania Long Yellow Flint or Eight-Rowed Yellow. — A long slim ear producing large yellow grains, very early and productive Sanford’s White. — A long ear of white flint grain, round crown Snowflake, 120 days. — A pure white with dented crown; makes very white meal. Fine for ensilage. Very popular in the Cotton States White Dent, 120 days, — Large grain with indented crown, pure white interior, strong grower and productive Table 10 Lbs. Lb. Yi Lb. $1.50 .20 .10 1.50 20 10 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 2.00 25 15 65 07 65 07 65 07 65 07 6.5 07 65 07 65 07 65 07 65 07 65 07 65 07 Fop Corn Pop Com, Golden Queen. — Large ear — pops white 1.80 20 Pop Com, Plain White. — Smooth and round grained. Hardier than Rice 1.80 20 Pop Com, White Rice. — A sort with pointed grain. A popular variety 1.80 20 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (23) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Eight Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Broad-Leaved (Large Seeded). — Used as a small Salad throughout the Winter and Lt>- 14, Lb. Oz. Pku Spring. Sow thickly in drills, cover slightly first of Autumn. Height 4 inches. $2. 00 .60 .20 o Corn Salad Cress This is used as a Salad. It should be sown at close of Winter broadcast, or in rows at 10 inches. Curled or Pepper Grass. — Cut leaved, used for flavoring and as a Salad. 20 days. 1.00 30 10 5 Broad-Leaved. — Leaves not cut. A form of Salad much used abroad. 30 days ... 1.25 40 10 5 Water. — A favorite dressing for dishes and a desirable form of Greens 7.00 2.00 60 10 Cue of Two Srd Story Floors, this one 320 feet long by 80 and 65 feet wide. Notice the beams overhead are single sticks, not a supporting column, all sustained by roof trusses. To indicate the length of this room note that the elevator in the distance is only half way down the room. The other third story room is ten feet wider but not so long. Cucumber Four Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Period of Maturity 40 to 60 Days from Sowing, According to Variety and Season of the Year. A good crop cannot be grown on thin soil. For early use plant in hills 4x4 feet, on a warm border, when the Cherry is in bloom, and for a succession sow in drills at 5 feet when the Apple is in bloom. For pickles plant middle of Summer, n, j^Lb. Oz. Pkt. Boston Pickle— A httle later than the Chicago Pickle 11.40 45 15 5 Chicago Pickle, 66 days. — Vine vigorous, foliage broad, rounded form, choice green color, with smooth skin and few spines — a reliable sort for bottling 1.40 45 15 a. 5 Gherkin. — Burr, or West India Round Prickly Cucumber; used for pickles only. Seeds of the Burr variety require soaking before planting, as they sprout slowly. 2.00 60 20 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (24 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE CUCUMBER — Continued Jersey Pickle, 60 days. — A short, black-spined, productive sort, having a reputa- Lb. i.b. Oj. Pkv tion of greening better than any other varieties and of holding color. Early Spring Bowings will develop fruit of pickling size, 2 to 3 inches long, in 60 daysS 1.40 .45 .15 4 Improved Long Green. — Vines vigorous, productive. An excellent variety for salting or slicing. A universal favorite 2.00 60 20 5 Short Green Prolific Pickle, 60 days. — A short-vined, short-fruited, productive variety, producing fruit suitable for pickling in fifty days from planting. An abundant bearer, highly commended for pickles, for which it is used by many of the most famous pickhng establishments. Vine very short, admitting of planting in rows as close as 2^ feet 1.40 45 15 5 Snow’s Prolific Pickle, 62 days. — In appearance of fruit a variation of the “Short Prolific Pickle,” but considerably longer in vine than the “Short Pro- lific,” which was given its name because of its exceedingly short vine. The fruit of the “Snow’s Prolific” is more uniformly even in diameter from end to end, small, early, dark green, and both ends blunt. The “Snow’s Prolific” has a reputation of being more productive than any of its class and in every way suitable for bottling, consequently used to a very large extent by the best pickle houses. It is really a famous variation. The seed of “Snow’s Prolific Pickle” is to be had from the Landreths in perfection and in large quantity 1.50 50 15 5 Snow’s Prolific Pickle Turkey Long Green, 80 days to reach edible size.— Not so abundant a bearer, but recommended to all who put up their own pickles ; fruit long, sli.m and d.^rk. .2.00 60 20 5 White Spine Early Arlington, 50 days. — This develops for table earlier than the ordinary Aldington, being a selection of a deep green color, which color it retains during the days of transportation to market. Its earher character makes it par- ticularly desirable to Market Gardeners and equally desirable as a family garden sort Fruit long, shm and attractive. Quite superior to the ordinary White Spine 2.00 60 20 5 Early Fortune White Spine Cucumber White Spine, Davis Perfect. — Intensely dark green skin and few seeds, flesh white, fine tor slicing, vines healthy. A most desirable variety for both family and market garden cultivation, always dark green skinned and smooth, showing hot house origin 2.00 60 20 5 White Spine, Early Fortune. — An early, long, slim, well shaped White Spine, of deep green color; retains its green color longer than other sorts, very productive. The quality sold by Landreths is not surpassed by any Cucumber under this name. Of celebrity as a shipper. Very choice fruit, healthy vine 2.00 60 20 .5 White Spine, Klondyke. — A long well formed variety. Hard to surpass 2.00 60 20 5 White Spine, Landreths’ Extraordinary, 60 days. — So very superior in every particular to the ordinary stock of White Spine as not to be classed with it either in quahty or price. Vine a strong grower, foliage broad-leaved, deep green, close-jointed; does not sunburn. Blooms early at every joint and sets fruit at every bloom, consequently very prolific. Fruit three inches long for gher- kins or pickles can be gathered in 45 days. Larse fruit of fine color for slic- ing can be pulled off in eight weeks. Extraordinarily fine, hence its name 2.25 75 25 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 25 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM L ANDRE TH Landreths’ Extraordinary White Spine~A strain of White Spine which has gained great renown among both Truck and Market Gardeners White Spine, Landreths’ Unexcelled. —A very early, exceedingly deep-green, long Lb. MLb. Oz. or slim fruit, borne most abundantly and continuously. It is exceedingly well adapted for shipping to long distances, as it always turns out at destination in most excellent condition. It is at once recognized as a White Spine of rare excellence.. ..|2. 25 .75 .25 Landreths’ Unexcelled White Spine Pkt. 5 Dandelion Cabbaging, 60 days. — An improved type of an old-fashion plant rapidly growing K Lb. Oz. Pkt. into favor as an early Salad. Sow and cultivate same as Lettuce. Tie up the same as Cos Lettuce or shelter frotn light by inverted pots or board covering ... 3.00 1.00 10 French Garden, 45 days. — A good sort, but not so strong in growth as the Cabbag- ing, not so erect, leaves broader, less curly and not so vivid a green, blanches easily 1.75 50 10 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 26 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED One Ounce of Seed T^nn Matures for Table in 120 to 100 Yards of Row. Ilf y y ~ I KJLflL Days after Sprouting. About 3000 plants are required to plant an acre. These plants should produce an average of 4 to 5 fruits, weighing 5 to 6 pounds each. Our selected seeds are always taken from fruit weighing 6 to 8 pounds each; we have had them of 12 pounds in weight. Florida High Bush. — Fruit not so large or round as the New York Improved, Lb. MLb, Oz. Pkt. vines taller, continuous bearer, fruit smaller S6.00 1.7.5 .50 5 Landreths’ Large Roimd Purple, 130 days. — The Landreth is decidedly the best selection of Egg-Plant, being productive and vigorous, the fruit often reaching a weight of twelve pounds. The fruit may be described as chunky, broad at bottom and flattened, diameter often nearly equal to the length. Color, when grown on soil of proper quality, a deep purple, often appearing almost black. Soil has much to do with depth of color. Single bushes of this variety on good soil often reach a diameter of three feet and produce six to eight large fruits 6.25 1.90 60 5 Landreths’ Large Round Purple Large Round Black, or Beauty, 125 days. — ^Early. Twice the size of the Black Pekin; fully as large as the Large Round New York Purple, just as good and a quicker seller in market. Does not split. Color black all over the fruit. Known also as Black Beauty. Earlier than the New York Improved $6.50 2.00 55 5 New York Improved, 140 days. — Improved form of the old Large Round Purple.. 6.00 1.75 50 5 Endive Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Three Pounds to the Acre. Sow in the Spring as soon as the earth is free from frost, and repeat to within sixty days of Autumn frost. Drill in rows of 2 feet and thin the plants to 8 inches apart. Tie up the loose leaves or cover with pots to blanch for Salad. Valuable for Salads and highly decorative as a garnish to table vegetables. Rapidly growing in demand. The foliage can be cooked the same as Spinach and will be found delicious. Broad Leaved Batavian, or Escarolle, 45 days. — Foliage broad and flat. Choice Lb. M Lb. Oz. Salad. Stands dry weather better than other sorts of Endive .$1.25 40 15 Giant Green Fringed. — -Very often called Green Curled, Ruffick and Oyster 1.25 40 15 Large Green Curled, or RUFFICK, 45 days. — A desirable Salad when blanched. IVhen tied up those plants of red foot stalks bleach white very quickly. Pop- ular as a garnish 1.25 40 15 White Curled. — A variety of white or light colored leaves. Less astringent than the Green. Used for decoi’ation. Valuable for boiling 1.25 40 15 Pkt. 5 5 5 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 27 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRBTH Grass Seed See List of Varieties named in this Catalogue on last cover page. Landreths' Lawn Grass is Unexcelled Lawn Grass 'see List of Varieties in this Cata-' logue on third cover page. k Green Sod. — A quick green covering on bare earth can be obtained in two weeks after sowing White Clover — not as good a sod as from choice Lawn Grass, but such as it is obtained in quarter the time. Therefore, when an immediate effect is desired, use White Clover. One-quarter pound of White Clover will sow a space 20 x 20 feet, or 400 square feet. Price, 82c. per pound, postpaid. The Grass Seed Mixture “Landreths’ Never Die,” sold, postage paid, at 60c. per pound is fully described on last cover page. Horse-Radish This plant, seldom producing seed, is propagated from sets cut from old roots, and in market-garden culture nearly always planted as a succession to a Spring crop, which by time of removal leaves the Horse- Radish well established. The sets are planted in rows of about 2 feet by 18 inches, frequently among Spring Cabbage. Holes are made with a long planting-stick, into which are dropped the Horse-Radisk sets to a depth that the crown will be 3 inches under the surface. It will only succeed in highly fertilized land, and each year should be planted afresh. In garden culture the sets are sometimes planted in the upper end of round drain tiles sunk into the ground and filled with earth, the Radish root being thus directed straight downwards. Yield about 150 bushels to the acre. Does best on damp soil. By mail, postage paid, 25 cents per dozen. By express, 100 for 81.00; 1000 for $7.50. HexbS—ALL AROMATIC THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE These impart a strong, spicy taste and odor, and are used in various culinary operations. Those marked with an Vlr are perennial, and when once obtained may be preserved for years. Of such sow the seed very carefully in seed-beds about the middle of Spring, and in the ensuing Autumn or Spring transplant them to convenient situations. The others are annuals, or such as come to perfection the first year and die. The seed of these may be sown carefully in shallow drills, middle of Spring, and when the plants are up a few inches thin them to proper distances. To preserve for use, dry thoroughly, rub the foliage almost to powder and put in jars or bottles and cork tightly. Lb. MLb. Oz. Pkt. Coriander. — Seeds used for flavoring liqueurs. 24 inches .15 . !• Dill. — The seeds used in flavoring preserves very largely, also for flavoring pickles. Plant small, feathery; flowers like a mixture of Fennel and Mint. 12 inches ... 15 !• Fennel Sweet.— Thick set. Tall. Leaves large and finely cut, the plant almost forming a head with a wide, straight interior. 24 inches 20 1# Lavender. — Used for scenting clothing 7. 60 1# -^Sage. — Broad leaves, gray in color, strong grower; used for seasoning. 12 inches 75 1# Summer Savory. — Used for flavoring 45 !• Sweet Basil. — Tall, light green. Very aromatic. Used for seasoning. 18 inches.. 25 1# ■^Sweet Marjoram. — Small foliage, mouse-eared. Shoots used for seasoning. 18 inches 35 !• ^Thyme. — Used for seasoning. Small wiry foliage. 8 inches 75 !• For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 28 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Five Kales One Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Fifty Days to Produce a Crop Suitable for Cutting. TTarHy grecus for cutting. Curly, loose-leaved plants of the Cabbage family, of hardy character and succeeding on almost any soil. Sow in early Spring when the Oak is in full leaf and again in early Autumn. I>rill in rows of ‘2J feet and thin to S to 10 inches, according to vigor of variety. Bloomsdale Kale. — Double extra curled; leaves almost Hat on the ground. Very choice Bloomsdale Double Extra Curled, 60 days. — Similar but far better than Dwarf Curled Scotch, because very curly, broader spreading and far denser in foliage, darker in color, so short in stem as to rest directly on the ground. Plants broader than a bushel basket and seeming to hug the earth. More hardy than Dwarf Curled Scotch, passing unharmed through the severest winter as far north as Philadelphia. Nine inches high. Why continue to sow or grow the Yellow Green Curled Scotch Kale or the Blue Green Flat-leaved Dwarf German Kale, often termed Philadelphia Kale, when the so superior Bloomsdale Kale can be grown at no greater e.xpense? The Bloomsdale is not a sickly yellowish green as a the Scotch Kale, but a bluish green. The Bloomsdale Kale is more hardy than the Scotch Kale, retaining its good color after cutting and throughout days of transportation, brin.^ing more money when put upon the market because it is more attractive and appears to be fresher all the time because of its darker color. The plants when given time grow as big as a bushel basket, covering Lb- K Lb. the earth in a most remarkable manner S2 . 00 .60 Dwaxf Curled Scotch or Norfolk, 66 days.— A favorite sort. Fohage yellowish- green.verycurled, not as dwarf as Bloomsdale. Known generally as Norfolk Kale. 1.50 50 Philadelphia Dwarf German Greens, 60 days. — Leaves curled on edges; hard}', standing most rigorous winters. Blue leaved. 4 to 6 inches 1.25 40 Siberian. — ^Very hardy; fohage flat, broad, blue. Stands the winter 1.25 40 Spring Kale. — Sow four or five seeds to the inch in the open garden very early.... 75 25 Oz. Pkt. .20 5 15 5 15 5 15 5 10 5 Kohl-Rabi One Otmce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. This plant, used both for table and for cattle feeding, is a Cabbage in which the cultural development has been direct^ to the stalk, not to leaf. The enlarged stalks take the globular form of Turnips. They iU’e in season during June, July and August, or at periods when Tmmips are not good. Try them when the balls are no larger than a silver dollar. They will be found very choice. For Express charires paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid bv us, see page 2. ( 29 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH KOHL-RABI — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. Green or White. — A field variety for cattle, three times as large as the table sort. $2. 50 75 25 5 Purple Vienna, 60 days. — The bulb of this variety is purple. It should b? cooked when not over two inches in diameter. In maturity it develops for use with the White Vienna 3.00 White Vienna, 60 days. — Very choice stock. Short-leaved, bulb light green, very rapid in growth, early in maturity, fine in texture when used young, not over two inches and sym- metrical in form 3,00 90 30 90 30 Leek Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Ninety Days from Germination to Edible Condition. Sow when the Apple is in bloom and again in Midsummer. If for permanent position, sow in rows of 2 feet; if for transplanting, sow in close beds. To secure a full development, thin out the rows or plant the seedlings at 3 inches apart in the row. Upon the approach of hard frost take up the plants and preserve in trenches the same as Celery. Yield from about 100 to 1.50 bushels to the acre. Carentan, 80 days. — Very superior, large Lb rooted, broad leaved. Very hardy $3.50 Large London or Flag, 90 days. — Scotch or Broad Flag — an old standard variety with recurved leaves 3.50 Musselburgh, 80 days. — A remarkably large and showy variety. Very popular. Leaves broad and flat 3.50 , Lb. MLb. Oz. Pkt. $3.50 1.00 35 5 1 3.50 1.00 35 5 3.50 1.00 35 5 Lettuce Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Three Pounds to the Acre. Forty to Fifty Days from Seeding to Maturity. To have fine Lettuce in early Spring, sow in seed-bed from commencement to middle of Autumn. During Winter protect the plants by a box covered with window sash or with litter. Early in the Spring transplant some into rich ground. The others force under the sash. Or in early Spring sow in a hot-bed and transplant, but Autumn-sown plants are best. For a later supply, sow in drills when the Cherry is in bloom; when up a few inches, thin out, leaving plants at proper distances; this is a better plan than transplanting late in the season. For this purpose use Select Big Boston, Landreths’ Forcing, Virginia Solid Header and varieties selected as standard sorts by reason of their ability to resist heat and the longer time they are in condition for the table than some other kinds which shoot to seed as soon as the head is formed. CUTTING OR LOOSE-LEAVED SORTS Oz. Pkt. 15 5 15 6 15 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (.30) American Gathering. — Loose savoyed leaved, bronzed, curled on edges. Very Lb. M Lb. popular because productive in leaf $1 . 50 50 Bronzed Curled. — A half Cabbaging variety of bronze-edged leaves and superior to either Prize Head or American Gathering 1.50 50 Black-Seeded Simpson, 40 days. — A cutting variety of unusual merit; not so golden as Silesian, but of greater popularity 1.50 50 SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE LETTUCE— Continued Golden Curled. — A golden-leaved sort, producing a half head of rare excellence; Lb. leaves much fluted on the edges; very showy and a most admirable cutting sortSl . 50 M Lb. ..30 Oz. . 15 Pkt. 5 Grand Rapids. — A loose-leaved, vigorous grower, re.sembling Golden Curled. Very popular for forcing under glass 1.50 50 15 5 Prize Head or Satisfaction. — ^A cutting variety of curly leaves, having bronze edges and general bronze effect 1.50 50 15 5 Silesian, Early Curled, 40 days.— A cutting variety; very early and popular 1.50 50 15 5 Simpson, White Seed. — Loose leaved, golden curled. Popular, reliable, choice. .. 1.50 50 15 5 HEADING VARIETIES Big Boston, Landreths’ Extra Select, 60 days. — Seed saved from a selec- tion better than that, producing the ordinary stock of seed. Pleads creamy white whether grown in open garden or under glass. Very large, solid and uniform. Lan- dreths’ .stock of Big Boston is of great superiority. It has a high reputation in themarket-gardening sections of Texas and Florida. Lb. \ Lb. Oz. Pkt. $2.25 75 25 10 Big Boston, 60 days. — Popular as a reliable and uniform header. Leaves short and round-ended, slightly crumpled. Deep green with bronzed edges, all forming a compact head, making it a desir- able sort for forcing. Lb. I Lb. Oz. Pkt- $1.50 50 15 5 Brown Dutch. — A bronzed Cabbaging variety head. Lb. T Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.50 50 15 5 Landreths’ Extra Select Big Boston California Cream Butter. — Large, solid head,«, white in interior, .slightly speckled; fine winter variety. Very tender and slightly lemon colored 1.50 50 15 5 Hanson. — Leaves curled and quite golden in color, folded so tightly as to make a perfectly white interior. A heat resisting variety 1.50 50 15 5 Iceberg. — A sort of remarkably thick, strong yet marrow-Uke ribs, forming a com- pletely protected interior, crisp leaves, wavy 1.75 55 20 5 May King, 40 days.— One of the earliest varieties to produce perfectly round Cabbage-shaped heads, a uniform header and an all-header. Excellent 1.50 50 15 5 New York Green, or Wonderful or Los Angeles. — A Large, smooth leaved late variety, dark green. Outer leaves deep metallic green. When young heads are conical, when older heads become round; of high reputation 3.50 1.00 35 5 Salamander, 60 days.— A large sized, compact head. The sun cannot be too hot for the Salamander. It forms a large light green head with white heart. Slow to run to seed. Very tender and crisp, altogether most satisfactory 1.50 50 15 5 Speckled Dutch Butterhead, 60 days. — ^A long-standing white Cabbage variety, forming quite compact heads, the leaves possessing the peculiarity of being ir- regularly dotted with spots resembhng iron rust 1.50 50 15 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (31) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH Cos Lettuce THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Landreths’ White Cos — Interior of head absolutely white and crisp Green Leaved Cos, 60 days. — Americans farniliar with European travel have been delighted with the long, spoon-shaped, nar- row-leaved Lettuce served everywhere and termed Remain at the hotels, but upon their return home they have not found the Remain in the American markets. Yet if they have home gardens they can grow it themselves to as perfect a condition as ob- served abroad. Lb. } Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.50 50 15 5 Paris White Cos or Romain, 60 days. — This variety, maturing for table in seven weeks from germination, should be found in every vegetable garden, as it is a thoroughly reliable Lettuce. A strong grower and very produc- tive, with long, shell-shaped leaves of roost excellent quality. It is a self-folder, but when the plant is over half grown it is best tied up with a soft string or a wisp of grass, that the inner leaves may be blanched per- fectly white, in which condition they are more crisp and decidedly more palatable than varieties of a Cabbage-heading habit. It is a mystery why it does not displace them, especially as a given amount of ground will produce more than twice the amount of edible leaves that can possibly be obtained from any round-head variety. Lb. 1 Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.75 50 15 5 Cantaloupe or Musk Melon— Green Fleshed Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Cantaloupes, or Citron Melons, as they are termed in Jersey, do well upon sod ground or upon land prepared for planting by plowing down a crop of Winter Wheat or Winter Rye, the sod or grass aerating or keeping loose the soil. No plant is more influenced by the conditions of its growth. The seed is planted at about Corn-seeding time, or when the Apple is in bloom, in hills about feet in each direction, two shovelfuls of well-rotted stable manure being trampled into each hill and covered with earth. The large, long Melons, like the Reedland Giant and Casaba, are generally sold by the hundred; Melons of the ordinary form and size are sold by the basket of one-half to five-eighths bushel capacity. Twenty-six hundred hills to the acre should produce 15,000 to 20,000 fruits. Cantaloupes and Cucumbers iire often destroyed by lice on the vines. The remedy to meet such depredations is to spray the leaves with Bordeaux Mixture. Cantaloupe vines are often blighted by heavy early morning fogs, the leaves appearing afterward as if a flame of fire had passed over the field. Acme or Baltimore. — A Melon of high repute in Baltimore. Known in Maryland as the Baltimore Citron. It is showy, pointed at both ends, strongly netted, which fits it for shipment, the netting protecting it from injury; good shipper. Lb. I Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.50 50 15 5 Anne Arundel (70 days from planting to ripening). — .A thick, oval Melon much larger than Rocky Ford, ribs very dis- tinct and netted all over. Flesh green and sugary. Valuable for family use. Lb. j Lb. Oz. Pkt. 11.50 50 15 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 32 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE CANTALOUPE— Continued Knight’s Early Sweet Air, 70 days. — Green- fleshed, by many considered superior to Rocky Ford, rounder at the ends, some- times a perfect globe, completely netted, small ribbed, a good shipper. Very healthy and productive. Quite distinct, very often completely round, like a big shad- Lb. 34 Lb. Oz. Pkt. dock, and well netted all over, protecting it from injury in handling $1.50 50 15 5 Extra Early Hackensack, 66 days. — Ten days earlier than the old Hackensack, large, round, flattened, deeply ribbed, flesh thick and of excellent flavor. Lb. 1 Lb. Oz. Pkt. Knight’s Early .SI.. 50 50 15 5 Jenny Lind, Small, 68 days. — A very small early variety, flattened at the poles, of sur- passing good qualit}', recommended for family garden, rather small for market. The only variety which has retained its reputation for thirty years. Lb. j Lb. Oz. Pkt. SI. 50 50 15 5 Netted Rock King Large Hackensack, or Turk’s Cap, 80 days. — Very large; flattened, always good. Flesh green, a favorite with Market Gardeners. One of the best Melons for shipping; will carry 10 days. Twenty will generally fill a barrel. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. SI. 50 50 15 5 Netted Rock King, 66 days. — Green fleshed. In many sections con- sidered an improvement on the Rocky Ford because of its more perfect netting, safeguarding it against rubbing in trans- portation. Shape almost round and without ribs. By some seedsmen and growers known as Green Fleshed Pollock, a local name which designates a most valuable strain, but not distinct from the Netted Rock King. Lb. f Lb. Oz. Pkt. $2.50 75 25 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page T. ( 33 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED CANTALOUPE — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Rocky Ford, Landreths’ Double Extra Select, 70 days. — This seed is saved out of hand- selected fruit and is superior to the ordinary run. Flesh light green and of a delicate, spicy flavor. Melon nearly round, netted all over with a fine tracery. No strain of Rocky Ford seed is better than this which we offer as Double Extra Select. Landreths’ Rocky Ford Cantaloupe is the equal of any in all particulars, appearance, flavor. This is of such celebrity in districts where known that Lan- dreths’ Seed has com- manded $1.50 a pound when common Rocky Ford was selling at 50 cents . A variety always good. Lb. j Lb, Oz. Pkt. $2.50 75 25 5 Rocky Ford, 70 days. — A Cantaloupe of great ce- lebrity grown at Rocky Ford, Colo. Very slightly pointed at both ends. Small in size, but of very superior flavor. Lb. \ Lb. Oz. Pkt. .$1.50 50 15 5 ORANGE FLESHED Defender or Burrells Gem. — Oval, large, slightly ribbed, productive, flesh thick, fine, vine vig- orous, outside skin. Lb. 1 Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.75 .55 20 5 Emerald Gem, 80 days. — A small, very early Melon; form globular, flattened at the poles, ribbed, netted, orange flesh, deep emerald-green line under the skin. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.75 55 20 5 Honey Dew. — Best known in California, weighing about 6 pounds, vines strong, skin nearly white, and very smooth. Flesh thick, light green, sweet as honey. Habit late, long keeping if pulled before ripening. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $2.25 75 25 5 Osage or Improved Miller’s Cream, 76 days. — Fruit medium sized, oval, slightly ribbed, dark green in color, covered more or less with shallow netting. The flesh is deep salmon color and very thick. Valuable for home consumption, a fine variety. Lb., $1.75 \ Lb., 55c. Oz., 20c. Pkt., 5c. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (34) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE CANTALOUPE — Continued Paul Rose or Petoskey, 76 days. — ^Possessing characteristics of the Osage, form slightly oblong, distinctly ribbed, slightly netted $1 Pollock No. 26, Salmon. — A very famous Cantaloupe of the Rocky Ford type, best salmon-fleshed, quite round, heavily netted, almost ribless, and of most excel- lent flavor. This variety has the reputation of being rust resistant when others are destroyed 1 Surprise, 80 days. — Very productive, of medium-sized fruit, nearly round, some- times a little flat. Color of skin light creamy green, flesh yellow, very little net- ting. Very sweet and fine flavor. Highly recommended for family garden 1 Lb. V4. Lb. Oz. Pkt. .75 55 20 5 .75 55 20 5 .75 55 20 5 Watermelon Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Watermelons do well upon sod ground or upon land prepared for their reception by plowing down a crop of Winter Wheat or Winter Rye, the sod or grain aerating or keeping loose the soil. When the Walnut is in bloom the seed is planted in hills at 10 feet apart in each direction. Two large shovelfuls of well- rotted stable manure dug and trampled into each hill and covered with earth. The cultivator should be prepared with quite 4 pounds of seed to the acre, that he may have a reserve for replanting in case of destruction of his plants by insect depredations or beating rains. One vine alone to the hill should be allowed to attain perfection. With 450 hills to the acre, there should be 900 first-class Melons. Much of the Melon seed offered throughout the country is the product of immature and deformed Melons remaining in the field after all the choice fruit has been selected. Landreths’ is from mature Melons. Alabama Sweet, 90 days. — ^An early and oval Melon; light green rind, thin but Oz. Pkt. tough. Good flavor. Excellent sort .SI . 00 30 10 5 Augusta Rattlesnake. — A famous Melon in the Southern States. An excellent shipper and ready seller. Once in great demand, still just as good as ever 1.00 30 10 5 Bradford, 86 days. — Similar to the famous Joe Johnson in shape and markings; long, color dark, with darker wavy bands, flesh melting and of excellent flavor .. 1.00 30 10 5 Dark Rind Icing, 76 days.— Shape, size and flavor same as Light Icing, but dark- skinned, almost solid black 1.00 30 10 5 Florida Favorite, 90 days. — Early, medium size, oblong, green with dark stripes, solid, very red, purple tint and productive 1 . 00 30 10 5 Halbert’s Honey, 80 days. — Equal to the Kleckley Sweet, of 20 inches oblong form, almost equally round at each end. Rind dark green, sweet, unsurpassed for home use 1.00 30 10 5 Indian Chief, 80 days. — Of great celebrity in some localities, as in Virginia and Delaware. Fruit long and dark-skinned, vine healthy, flesh deep red without core. A very salable sort 1.00 30 10 5 Indiana Sweetheart, 90 days.— Resembling the large Round Icing, but heavier and paler in color, good bearer and a reliable shipper 1.00 30 10 5 Kleckley Sweet or Monte Cristo, 80 days. — -Fruit oblong and of about 20 inches in length. Rind thin. Early to ripen, flesh scarlet, sugary and crisp. Seeds white. This Melon is not so well adapted for shipping as for home consumption, being tender, but of excellent flavor and texture. Very desirable for home use.. 1 . 00 Landreths’ Arkansas Traveler, 76 days. — -A medium-long and for its size a very weighty Melon, averaging 40 pounds. Long, dark green, with waving stripes of black. Interior of fruit always solid, the edible portion extending to within half an inch of the skin. The flesh a brilliant red, sweet, tender, crystalline, very juicy and altogether at once impre.ssing one as a superior variety. It is inter- mediate in ripening. Has a very hard rind and therefore is a good shipper 1 . 16 Landreths’ Boss, 80 to 90 days.— Success with the Boss is only met with when the soil is strong and rich, both naturally and artificially, and it requires a space of 9 X 9 or 9 x 10 feet to the hill 1 .00 30 10 5 35 10 5 30 10 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (35 ) 5 TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH WA TERMELON— Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Landreths’ Long Light Icing, 80 days. — A good cropper, heavy, attractive and Lb- M Lb. Oz. Pkt. very desirable in quality; undoubtedly one of the best. Flavor very superior. Skin light green; flesh crystalline. One of the best $1.10 35 10 5 Peerless or Ice Cream. — ^Not a good shipper, but one of the best for home gardens. Rind green, finely netted; flesh tender. Excellent 1.00 30 10 5 Preserving Melon, Red Seed, 90 days. — A round, light and dark-striped Melon, meat greenish-white, used for preserving only; seeds red and small 1.10 35 10 5 Round Light Icing, 75 days. — One of the best of all Melons; always of good flavor, rind very thin. Unexcelled in all good qualities 1.00 30 10 5 Tom Watson Tom Watson, 86 days. — Long, dark green. More tracery on skin than Kleckley Sweet and longer. Fine variety, creamy-brown seed, flesh deep red, finest flavor, no core. Often weighs from 50 to 60 pounds to the melon. Very popular. Healthy, very productive, an excellent seller and an A No. 1 shipper. The most popular slypping Melon on the market 1.00 30 10 5 Mushroom Spawn The culture of Mushrooms to the initiated is very easy, but it is a subject of much difficulty to the novice. We cannot attempt here to give at length the necessary directions, but refer the inquirer to some of the publications upon the subject. Kept on sale in the form of bricks. Two bricks of spawn broken up into pieces an inch in size will spawn a surface a yard square. The spawn is planted in dark pits, caves, in outdoor hot-beds, or on banks of compost. Better quality spawn cannot be bought than that we offer. Brandywine, or American Made Spawn. — -Very widely celebrated for its perfect germination and fine quality of buttons produced. Price per brick, postage paid, 60c. Five bricks, $2.26. English Mill Track. — Celebrated the world over. Per 100 pounds, $10.09. Tot Ezpivss chargea paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 3G ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES IK/fnQinYrl INCLUDE POSTAGE IVlUblQTU Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. In the Spring, when the Pear is in bloom, drill in rows 1 foot apart. To have a succession the sowings should be made every two or three weeks till October. Cut young; when old the flavor is strong. Once sown, certain to perpetuate itself. Bloomsdale Large-Leaved, 35 days. — Producing, when fully grown, immense leaves which are as long and as broad as the largest Tobacco. These same leaves when size of a man’s hand are very tender and admirable as a salad. The leaves when twice that size we recommend for boiling as Spinach. This plant should have a place in every Southern garden. An immense amount of edible material can be raised on a very limited space. Lb. 1 Lb. Oz. Pkt. $1.00 30 10 5 Brown or Black. — Used in the garden by those who do not know the advantages of the larger leaved varieties. Seeds brown. Lb. Lb. Oz. Pkt. 6f 20 10 .5 Leaf of Ostrich Plume Mustard Chinese. — Large smooth-leaved, dark gi'een, 3 to 4 feet high, over 2 feet long by 1 wide Lb. Leaves sometimes M Lb. 25 Oz. 10 Pkt. 5 Giant Southern Curled or Creole, 30 days. — A fine curled lowish green, fine. It is quite ornamental sort. Foliage yel- 25 10 5 Ostrich Plume. — Double curled. Exceedingly ornamental. More delicate than the Giant Green. Feathery. 40 15 5 White or Yellow. — Seeds white, similar in habit to the Brown.. 60 20 10 5 Nasturtium as a Vegetable Four Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Just before Corn-planting season sow in drills at 3 feet and thin out to 5 inches, or plant to tiellis-work. Tall, 70 days. — A variety suitable for vegetable culture. A running vine 5 to 6 feet. Lb. Lb. Oz. Pkt. Sometimes called Indian Cress. The seeds when green are u.sed for pickling. ...SI . 10 40 15 5 Okra or Gumbo Twelve Oimces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Twenty Pounds to the Acre. Sixty Days from Planting to Maturity. Plant the seed when the Apple is in bloom, in hills or drills; if in hills, 2' feet apart and two or three plants in each; or in drills, 3 feet apart and 8 or 10 inches between the plants. The seeds are liable to rot in the ground, and should be put in thickly to secure the requisite quantit}'^ of plants. Very rich ground is demanded by this vegetable. Landreths’ Dwarf Stalked Long Green Pod, 60 days. — Gumbo soup made out Lb. m Lb. o^. Pu-t. of the Okra is unexcelled in delicacy, and at the same time most health-sustain- ing because of its mucilaginous character, being an offset to many other dishes not conducive to comfort. The Landreths’ Long Green Okra is the best form of this delicious vegetable, being the deepest green — a most desirable color. It is cultivated as easily as Corn, producing three-inch-long pods in thirty days from date of planting 75 25 10 5 Long Wliite Velvet Pod, 60 days. — New. Pods white, unusually long, often 10 inches, very slim. Exceedingly productive 75 25 !0 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 37 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH Onion THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Nine Pounds of Seed to Acre. On 100 Yards of Row Sow One Ounce, No Onion Seed can be Superior to that Offered by Landreth — Do Not be Influenced by Brag. Bermuda, Red, 60 days. — The name of this variety is Red, but it is dashed with ,Lt>- J4 Lb. Oz. Pkt. red on a straw-colored ground. Very early, flat $3.00 90 25 10 Bermuda, White, 60 days. — This variety is not a pure white, but has a tint of straw color. Earlier than Bermuda Red 3.00 90 25 10 Bloomsdale Extra Early Dark Red, 100 days. — A variety of unusually early maturity for a large red. Medium size, broad, flat, deep red in color and an excellent keeper. Several weeks earlier than the Wethersfield Red. A special strain difficult to obtain elsewhere. Some selections of Onion seed sold as Extra Early Red are two weeks behind the Bloomsdale in period of maturity. Flesh white with tinge of red 1.50 40 15 5 Bloomsdale Extra Early Pearl, 65 days.— In many respects the most remarkable Onion under cultivation, growing with the rapidity of a Summer Radish. Nine weeks from sowing to maturity, the bulbs pearly-white, waxy, translucent, form flat and broad. Flavor very mild, all astringent qualities being eliminated. ■ Indeed, it can almost be eaten raw with the freedom of an Apple. The keeping qualities of the matured Onions are very good, but the sets sprout very early and should be planted in October. We can furnish sets in September and October 3.00 90 25 10 Crystal White Wax, 55 days. — ^Named by the Landreths in 1888, a half globe, a sort absolutely waxy-white and crystalline. Very early, earlier than White Ber- muda, and of great reputation in Texas. Very attractive 3.50 1.00 35 10 Large Yellow Strasburg or Flat Danvers. — A reliable, widely cultivated variety, not so strong in flavor as the Red. Earlier than Red Wethersfield. The popular variety for sowing for yeZfoic sets 1.80 55 20 5 Mammoth Silver King or White Garganus. — A very large flat white, resembling Giant White Tripoli, the largest of the flat varieties 3.00 90 30 5 Ohio Globe Danvers.— Different from the Large Yellow Globe Danvers in being more round, more solid, a better keeper, the standard Danvers in eastern markets, rich yellow tinged with orange. Whenever this can be obtained plant it 1.80 55 20 5 Prize Taker, 90 days. — A mammoth Yellow Globe derived from the huge iSpanish Onions exhibited at fruit stands in Autumn but thoroughly acclimated. Does well in light, sandy soils. Very large producer and twenty days earlier than the Southport Yellow Globe. A variety which will succeed under conditions where other sorts fail, consequently highly recommended for the Southern States. See illustration. Will make large Onions from seed in localities where others fail. This is a most valu- able quality and makes a solid, beautiful, round bulb, is a good keeper, twice the size of the Globe Danvers. It will prove a valuable addition in any garden. Lb. 1 Lb. Oz. Pkt. $2.00 60 20 5 Silver Skin or White Portugal, 85 days. — A mild pleasant- flavored variety, admirable for family use. Not so good a keeper as the dark-skinned varieties. The popular variety for sowing for white sets. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $2.25 75 25 5 Yellow Globe Prize Taker For Express charees paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see pa?e 2. ( 38 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE ONION — Continued Wethersfield Large Red, 120 days. — Be not deceived in Wethersfield, there are Ll>- 34 f-b- Oz. Pkt. many types; some selections ripen in August, others in September, others as late as October, broad, flat, good keeper. The standard purplish red sort $1 . .50 40 15 .5 Yellow Globe Danvers, 115 days. — An oval-shaped, straw-colored, long-keeping variety. Superior keeper in keeping qualities to the flat Yellow Dutch 1 .80 55 20 5 THREE SOUTHPORT GLOBE SORTS The Southports Succeed Best in Northern Climates. Southport Red Globe, 130 days. — -A very desirable round purplish red variety, heavy, a large producer anti a good shipper. Very salable in market. The most showy because the highest colored Fall Onions 2.60 75 25 Southport White Globe, 120 days. — A showy large white variety. A very solid and heavy sort and a good keeper, possibly the best of all the white sorts, un- surpassed in uniformity, absolutely white 2.75 75 25 Southport Yellow Globe, 110 days. — The Southport Yellow Globe Onion is a little more oval than the Danvers Globe, larger, more solid, heavier. Mild in flavor, keeps well 2.60 75 25 Onion Sets Three Quarts of Sets to 100 Yards of Row. Ten to Fifteen Bushels to the Acre, According to Size. WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON ONION SETS OVER ONE QUART. Landreths’ Specialties in Onions. See pages 38 and 39. Packing Charges for Onion Sets: Crates, 2 bush. 60c.; 1 bush. 30c.; Barrels, 4 bush. 50c.; Sacks, 20c. These extra charges should be included in remittance. Market Gardeners cannot do better than with Landreths’ Seeds. They are the acknowledged standard, and so referred to by all other Seed Houses at home and abroad. Standard Varieties of Onion Sets — Now Ready Prices Fluctuate These three standard sorts are always ready to ship in October, or at any other time up to May. Qt. 4 Qts. Bush. Silver Skin (for description see reading matter, page 88) 25 . 90 Bushel prices Red Wethersfield (for description see reading matter, page 39) 25 90 on Yellow Strasburg (for description see reading matter, page 38) 25 90 application At quart price Sets will be mailed, postage paid by us; at bushel rates they will be shipped by Express or Freight at purchaser’s expense. Parsley Seventy Days from Sowing to Cutting. Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Eight Pounds to the Acre. The drilling should take place when the Cherry is in bloom, and may be continued until Autumn. If for horse culture, the rows should be 3 feet apart; if for hand culture, the rows should be 18 inches apart. Lb, M Lb. Oz. Pkt. Champion Moss Curled. — An improvement on the Fine Curled; more desirable. Used for flavoring and very decorative $1 .00 30 10 5 Fine Curled or Double. — ^A well selected sort, as good as any 1.00 30 10 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (39 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH PARSLE Y — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Hamburg or Turnip-Rooted. — The thick roots are cooked like Parsnip, tops not Lb. M Lb. Oz. P.a. used Plain or Single. — Used as a pot herb. Leaves flat and plain. More aromatic than the Curled varieties Lb. MLb. Oz. p.a. $1.00 30 10 5 . 1.00 30 10 5 Parsnip Three Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Eight Pounds to the Acre. Bloomsdale, 80 days. — The Bloomsdale is the best-bred and handsomest Parsnip to be found; it is half-long, wedge-shape, hollow-crowned and very broad at the shoulders, easily taken out of the ground. Most desirable for garden culture. Smooth skinned, not wrinkled Sugar, Cup or Hollow Crowned. — An old variety. Not so well selected as Bloomsdale, slim and rather rough 1.00 30 10 5 1.00 30 10 5 Peas— Sweet Flowering To a greater extent than any other ornamental flower have been improved in form and color, until now no garden is complete without them, as no flowers can be so cheaply, successfully and profusely grown and no flowers provide more desirable table decorations, because of their rich and endless variety of high coloring and delicate tints. See list of Flower Seeds, pages 56 to 72. View of Pea Tests on Trial Grounds — Garden Varieties. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (40 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON PEAS Peas Sis Pounds of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Ninety to One Hundred and Fifty Pounds to the Acre. Peas are among the first seeds that may be sown at close of Winter, frequently being planted before sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas may be safely commenced when the Peach is in bloom or as soon as the land can be plowed, and continued at intervals up to within sixty days of frost for the earlj' kinds, or seventy days for the intermediate varieties, or eighty days for the later sorts. Late-sown Peas are never as productive as those sown in the Spring, and often are found to be subject to mildew. Landreths’ Extra Early will be found to be the best for August and September sowings, because of its early ripening habit and its ability to resist mildew. The dwarf varieties may be drilled at 2 feet if culti- vated by horse power, or 15 inches if to be hoed by hand. The varieties of medium length should be drilled not closer than .3 feet, and the tall-growing sorts at 5 feet apart. The number of Peas in a row may vary from 10 to the foot, in the case of the very dwarf kinds, to 8 to the foot of the medium tall varieties, and 6 to the foot of the very tall kinds. Yield of green jjods 100 to 300 bushels per acre. Alaska or Earliest of All, 49 days. — Green-seeded Extra Early. 24 inches. One of the best. Equal to White Extra Earlv, that is saying a great deal. iO Lbs., $1.75 Lb., 20 i Lb., 15 Ameer, 50 days. — Somewhat resembling the Gradus; not so large in pod, but quite near it, and more prolific. A very desirable variety for the Market Gardener. 24 inches high. 10 Lbs., $2.00 Lb., 25 | Lb., 15 American Wonder, 62 days. — Vine 8 to 10 inches high and very prolific in pods of striking form and size. In maturity it is among the fii'st earlies. 10 Lbs., $2.00 Lb., 25 J Lb., 15 Daisy or Dwarf Telephone, 66 days. — So named as the sort resembles the Tall Telephone, but the vine is short as the Pride of Market and very sturdy, with thick stems and broad leaves. The pods are very long, broad, pointed and of a yellowish-green. 20 inches high. 10 Lbs., $2 50 Lb., 30 | Lb., 20 First and Best. — Vliite seed; very early; fine flavor. 10 Lbs., $1 . 75 Lb., 20 | Lb., 15 Gradus or Prosperity, 62 days. — Often called Prosperity. An extra early sort. Pods as large as Telephone; very- showy, most luscious. Vine a little stronger than Alaska. 28 inches. Flavor delicious. 10 Lbs., $3.00 Lb., 35 i Lb., 25 Landreths’ Extra Early, 48 days.— White Oak trees may be White Oak trees, but woodsmen know that there yet remains much choice among them, and just so with Extra Early Peas. A critical gardener wants the best strain as respects earliness, size of pod, flavor, uniformity of ripening, vigor and uniformity in habit of the plant. All these desirable qualities can be obtained in the strain sold as Landreths’ Extra Early. The best table pea on the market. This type will produce Peas fit for table in 44 or 50 days, according to soil and climatic conditions of the season of their growth. This Pea was introduced and named by the Landreths in 1823, and is the only Pea then used which has stood the test of time. Just as popular to-day as it ever was. Height of vine 2^ feet. No variety of Pea has ever exceeded the Landreths’ Extra Early in flavor. 10 Lbs., $1.75 Lb., 20' | Lb., 15 Gradus — 52 days Laxtonian. — Very handsome, vine and pods dark green. Pods like Gradus, but earher. Dry seeds wrinkled, irregular in shape, an indication of sugar Little Marvel. — Habit like Thomas Laxton, but far superior in every good quality. Showy pod, three inches long. Very productive, quite dwarf, vines sturdy Long Pod Alaska. — Large pods; early, desirable 10 Lbs. Lb. >2 Lb, b o 35 25 3.00 25 25 2.00 25 15 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. r 41 1 TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRET H PEAS — Continued WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON PEAS Nott’s Excelsior, 52 days.— Au improvement on American Wonder, a shade earlier and larger podded. Vine almost identical. 10 inches Pilot. — Vines about 12 inches high, large pods Pioneer. — Fine pod, similar to Hundred Fold in many respects, both pod and vine lighter green, not always so productive as Hundred Fold, but a close second. ... Premium Gem, 54 days. — ^An admirable second early, 20 inches tall. A standard sort used in large quantities because reliable Prolific Early Market Pea, 55 days. — After the style of the old White Extra Early, but five or six days later, pods more numerous, m u c h larger, better filled and more showy Surprise or Eclipse. — Medium vine, pod blunt ended, light colored, seeds wrinkled Sutton’s Excelsior, 54 days.— An improvement on the old Premium Gem. Short vine, 18 inches, very productive.... Thomas Laxton, 53 days. — An improvement on the Gradus, so celebrated for earliness, size and flavor. Gardeners differ as to the real merits of the two, some prefer- ring one, others the contrary. 28 inches. Edible seeds, marrow like. LATE VARIETIES Admiral. — Hardy, four feet high Alderman.— Of Telephone type, a fine main crop. Vines five feet long. Pods six inches long, containing seven to nine peas. Unsurpassed in quahty Boston Unrivalled. — Large pod, medium ripener, similar to Tele- phone, fine flavor Black-Eye Marrowfat. — A vigorous vine, reaching a height of 41 to 5 feet. Matures 80 days after ger- mination. Requires less fertilizer than other sorts. Large podded.. Canada Field. — Used for plowing under for enriching the ground Champion of England or Forty Fold, 70 days. — Wrinkled and very sugary. 48 inches. Large broad pods, seeds tender, sweet, luscious. Late but of fine quahty Dwarf Champion or Juno. — Only half the height of vine of the Champion of England. Pods similar to Champion of England, large and well filled. 20 inches Everbearing. — A productive variety of intermediate character 2.00 French Canner. — Exceedingly productive; well filled pods 1.75 Horsford’s Market Garden. — A large producer of showy pods. Productive McLean’s Advancer, 55 days. — A green, wrinkled variety; vine 24 inches; upright and vigorous in growth Pride of the Market. — Vines about twenty inches high, large pods; large smooth seeds Prolific Early Market — 55 days 10 Lbs. 1 Lb. Lb. .$2.00 25 15 3.00 35 25 3.00 35 25 2.00 25 1-5 1.75 20 15 3.50 40 25 2.00 25 15 3.00 TS 35 25 1.75 20 15 3.00 35 25 3.75 45 30 1.75 20 15 1.75 20 15 2.00 25 15 3.00 35 25 2.00 25 15 1.75 20 15 1.75 20 15 1.75 20 15 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 42 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED posTAGroN PEAS PEAS-Coutinued Prince Edward. — Vine growing four feet high and vigorous, pods long anil showy, superior to Telephone, exceedingly productive, fine dark pod Prince of Wales. — Tall vine, edible seeds, large, wrinkled, pale green. Productive. Stratagem, 60 days. — A blue, wrinkled, marrow English dwarf Pea of rare excel- lence. Vine 20 to 24 inches, bearing six to seven immense pods Telephone, 68 days. — Large, wrinkled seeds. Height of vine 4 feet, producing seven to ten showy pods Telegraph or Long Island Mammoth, 66 days. — Used profitably by Market Gardeners in New Jersey in place of the old White Marrowfats; productive, more showy Marrow Irish, Large White Marrowfat. — A strong-growing, productive variety requiring much space, maturing for table in 80 days after germination. Will do well on thin soil. Large podded SUGAR PEAS— EDIBLE PODS Dwarf Gray Seeded Purple Blossom. — Very productive in small pods, which should be eaten when half grown, otherwise they get tough Dwarf White. — ^Very productive in large pods Tall Luscious, 70 days. — Very tender pods, but not so large as those of Tall Melt- ing. Vine 48 inches Mammoth Melting, 70 days. — -Pods 5 inches long. Twisted, puffed. Very suc- culent and soft. Vine 40 inches tall 10 Lbs. $3.00 1.75 1 Lb. 35 20 H Lb. 25 15 3.00 35 25 3.00 35 25 3.00 35 25 1.75 20 15 3.00 35 25 3.00 35 25 3.50 40 25 3.50 40 25 THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Peppers All the Landreth Peppers are grown in New Jersey and are therefore much more desirable, giving much better results than cheap European seed, which is late and not prolific. No garden vegetable or fruit compared with the Pepper has increased in use in a similar percentage compared with years ago. Firstly, due to its immense use by Food Packing establishments. Secondly, to its voluminous use by the Itahans and other people generally, who have been led to adopt freely its use in the kitchen, where it is used daily by those who study efficiency. Bull Nose or Large Bell, 130 days. — Broad end; almost square; hot. Earlier Lb. %lh. Oz. Pkt. than Spanish $5.00 $1.50 45 5 Chinese Giant, 140 days. — Larger than the Ruby King and remarkable as a show fruit. These chunky monstrosities are just immense, being double the diameter of any other known Pepper, and are really wonders to look at. They are also so mild that they can be eaten out of the hand like an apple. Lb. I Lb. Oz. Pkt. $7.00 $2.00 60 10 Crimson Giant.— Similar to the Ruby King, but broader and longer or deeper fruited. Like the Chinese Giant, a monster, often growing 4^ inches long by 4 inches wide. Vine strong, dark, large leaved, and very productive in fruit, frequently bearing 6 or 7 at once, and covered by a succession of other fruit. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $6.00 $1.75 50 5 Golden Bell. — Shaped lilce Red Span- ish, but yellow all over. Lb. 5 Lb. Oz. Pkt. $5.75 $1.65 50 5 Chinese Giant For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 43 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH PEPPER — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE ^+*1 i w*'- * -'.H 'Large Sweet Spanish or Mountain, 125 days. — The large red variety generally used for pickles. Fruit 3 inches, nearly as broad; hot. Lb. I- Lb. Oz. Pkt. $5.00 $1.50 45 10 Long Cayenne, 110 days. — Fruit 3 inches long, slender; very hot. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Fkt. $5.00 $1.50 45 5 Neapolitan. — Mild in flavor. Fruit upright. A variety in which the length is over twice the diam- eter, a sort exceedingly produc- tive, yet so remarkably early for a large-size fruit as to be classed among the Extra Ear lies. A vari- ety free from hot or burning qual- ities, that is to say it is very sweet and mild, particularly suitable for domestic use. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. .$4.75 $1.35 45 5 Pimento. — Very solid, bright red, mild in flavor, productive, largely used by Canners. Reliable bearer. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Plct. $5.00 $1.50 45 5 Ruby Giant or World Beater.— A large variation of Ruby King. Verj' showy; nearly as large as the Chinese Giant, but a week earlier. Very productive. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $5.00 $1.50 45 5 Ruby King, 130 days. — A general favorite where known, and we will add it should be known everywhere. It is the longest of the mon- strous Peppers, is a brilliant red, produces from 10 to 15 fruits to the plant. The fruits are often six inches long, 3? inches wide across the shoulders. The walls are thick and sturdy. The flavor is sweet, that is free from heat. It is a sort which resists decay longer than many others. Al- together most desirable. Lb. i Lb. Oz. Pkt. $5.00 $1.50 45 5 Very Small Cayenne.— Very superior to the old Cayenne. Exceedingly productive, Lb. M Lb. Oz. PkL ■^earing fruit all over the plant, as plentiful as foliage. Fruit 2 inches long $4.75 1.35 45 5 Potatoes STANDARD VARIETIES^Other Varieties on Application One Bushel of Potatoes Cut into Sections of 3 to 4 Pieces will Plant 400 Yards of Continuous Row. An Acre will Yield from 200 to 600 Bushels, according to the locality, soil and manure. Por Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 44 1 SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED POT A TO — Continued BLISS TRIUMPH, or RED BLISS, or STRAY BEAUTY. — Popular in the South because very hardy and free from disease. Very early; tubers round and red; very healthy. Early Ohio. — A full week earlier than the Early Rose; not so long, but in many respects similar. Early Rose. — True stock and just as good as when it was first introduced; still a standard. Gold Coin. — Improved Green Mountain. — A heavy producer; fine quality atul very handsome. IRISH GOBBLER. — Most popular of any early variety; very early, productive, excellent. Spaulding No. 4 Rose. — More productive than Old Rose. State of Maine. — -Intermediate in ripening; tubers l.\rge .\xd white; good keeper; very profitable. We sell Potatoes in sacks of 165 pounds, which is the contents of a standard barrel; but some other seedsmen sell only 10 pecks to the sack, weighing 150 pounds, and thus quote a low price. Our stock of Potatoes which we send out has gained us much celebrity for purity and good measure. We do not buy Seed Potatoes from blight-affected districts, but' are having the stock specially grown for us on virgin soil in Aroostook County, Maine. Pecks, bushels and sacks sent by Express or Freight, at expense of purchaser. No charge for Potato sacks or cartage. At the date of the printing of this Catalogue actual prices cannot be determin,ed. Consequently, we ask all interested in Potatoes to write to us for prices per sack of 166 pounds. THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Nine Pumpkins 3 Pounds to the Acre. Hills Eight by Eight Feet. Landreths’ Cheese, 65 days. — A very good table variety. Lb. Vi Lb. Oz. Pkt. Shape flat, like a cheese box; outside color yellow, no stripes, a good keeper. Often 15 inches across the top. Kept by Landreths in original 'purity $1.75 55 20 5 Connecticut Field or Big Tom, 65 days.— A large red, slightly oval. Very productive. Used for canning, and very popular for pie making 1.00 30 10 5 Japanese Pie. — ^Yellow-fleshed, quality fine, a dark green skinned thick neck 1.75 55 20 5 Kentucky Field, 90 days. — A large development from the popular Yellow Cheese, but not so flat top and bottom 1.00 30 10 5 Mammoth. — As large as a wash tub, and flat at both ends 2.50 75 25 5 Small Early Sugar or New England Pie, 65 days. — Sweet, fine-grained and a productive sort; of good keeping qualities;' oval, orange 1.25 40 15 5 Striped Cashaw or Jonathan. — Similar in shape to Yellow Cashaw, but striped. 1 . 75 55 20 5 Tennessee Sweet Potato. — -Bell shaped. Flesh creamj' white of fine texture 1.75 55 20 5 Yellow Cashaw, 70 days. — Large Yellow Crookneck, best among the Pumpkins; weigh as high as 50 to 70 pounds. Outside color yellow. No stripes. In original parity 2.00 60 20 5 i^or Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 45) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH Loading Radish on Landreths' Farm and a gang hoeing Cabbage Radish THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Six Ounces of Seed will Plant 100 Yards of Row. Six Pounds to the Acre. EARLY TURNIP VARIETIES Cardinal Globe, 20 days. — As its name indicates, it is of globular form and i-b. cardinal-red, and to which may be added the merit of earliness, short leaves and adaptability to forcing $1.00 Crimson Giant. — Double the size of the Red Turnip and two weeks later 1.00 Early Deep Scarlet Turnip, 20 days. — Rich in color, smooth in skin 1.00 Early Scarlet Erfurt, 20 days. — Among quickest maturing of the Red Turnip Radishes 1.00 French Breakfast, 22 days. — Olive shaped, the upper part of the bulb scarlet, the bottom white 1.00 Golden Globe (fine for Sum- mer), 30 days. — Shape glob- ular, color amber, flavor mild, keeping long in eating condition. 1 . 2.5 Landreths’ Cardinal Globe Fifteen Day Red. — Most re- markably early. Flat top and bottom, similar to 15 Day White 1.75 M Lb. Oz. .30 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 40 15 55 20 Pkt. o 5 o o o o o Landreths’ Fifteen-Day Short Leaved Exceedingly Early White. — Perfectly flat at bottom, tap root mouse-tailed, bulb half the size of White Box, flat top and bottom, but edible a week earlier, and remains long in edible condition. Particularly adapted for forcing, as it will lead the market in all whites, being ready for table in fifteen days from germination. Don’t omit to get this variety.. 1.75 55 20 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 46 1 SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Philadelphia White Box, 30 days. — Foliage short, fitting it for close cultivation in hot or cold frames or boxes, whence its name. Root white and turnip-formed. Not getting pith}- till quite old, a quality possessed by this variety to a very remarkable degree and. one which makes the sort most desirable for the family or market garden. Very choice. No stock can approach it. THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE RADISH — Continued Landreths’ Special White Tipped Scarlet, 18 days. — Semething extra fine. Small in leaf, very early, flat to globular, and with an unusual amount of white on the bottom which often extends half-way up the bulb, the lower half being white, the upper half scarlet, consequently the contrast in colors being very showy either on the table or market stand. We highly rec- ommend this as a most attractive sort. Lb. ^ Lb. Oz. Pkt. •SI. 2.5 40 15 5 Lb. SI. 00 i Lb. Oz. Pkt. Landreths’ Special White Tipped Radish, Scarlet Bulb, 30 10 5 White Bottom Radish, White Lady finger Scarlet Globe, 20 days. — As its name indicates, it is of globular form and scarlet, and to wliich maybe added the merit of earline.ss, short leayes and adaptabilit\- to forcing Scarlet Turnip, White Tipped. — Of turnip shape, flat top and bottom, mousetailed and white on bottom Stuttgart Round White Turnip, 60 days. — A yery superior early white Summer and Autumn Radish, growing to large size and long standing in character LONG ROOTED VARIETIES Chartier or Long Rose, 36 days. — In color the greater length of the root is scarlet and pink, while the point and bottom portions are white Cincinnati Market, 30 days. — Somewhat similar to the English Wood's Frame with a decided improvement; scarlet for four-fifths of its length, while the one-fifth at the point is white. A very popular sort Landreths’ White Ladsrfinger or Long White Vienna, 23 days.— A long, white, crisp and brittle-fleshed variety, half as long as Long Scarlet and similar in shape. Flavor most excellent, and altogether a very satisfactory sort as a succession to the earlier turnip-rooted sorts Long Brightest Scarlet. — -A half-long with white point. Very early, color a brilliant scarlet, almost unexampled in beauty Long Scarlet Short Top, 35 days. — The well-known market variety.. Long White Icicle, 24 days. — Similar to, but not so long as the White Vienna; a superior sort, more symmetrical, more waxy, more crisp. Best long white Market Gardeners’ Early Long Scarlet, 30 days. — Longer than Scarlet Olive and shorter than the old Long Scarlet. An admir- able long variety for forcing, fully five days earlier than the Long Strasburg or Hospital. edible size, and keepi -Long in form, white, early to develop to , Lb. }{Lb. Oz. Pkt. Jl.OO 30 10 5 1 . 1.00 30 10 5 1.00 30 10 5 . 1.00 1 30 10 5 ,1.25 40 15 5 1.00 30 10 5 1 . 00 30 10 5 1.00 30 10 5 1.00 30 10 5 1.00 30 10 5 1.00 30 10 6 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 47) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH RADISH — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Wonderful Half-Long Scarlet, 23 days. — So rapid in growth as to develop per- Lb- Lb- o*- Pkt. fectly in 23 days. Grows about inches long, contracting from a broad shoulder to a sharp point; very symmetrical and uniform in shape, color a bright scarlet, and altogether a gem $1|25 40 15 5 WINTER VARIETIES Celestial or Chinese Half-Long Stump, 60 days. — Pure white, in shape somewhat resembling a half-long stump-rooted Carrot. A quick variety, very tender and agreeable in flavor 1.25 40 15 5 Spanish, Long Black, 70 days. — Roots growing ten to twelve inches in length and two to three inches in thickness 1.25 40 15 5 Long White Spanish. — Valuable for Winter use. Keeping as well as a Potato .... 5 Round Black Spanish, 60 days. — A Winter Radish, cultivated in Autumn and keeping like a Potato 1.25 40 15 5 Scarlet China Winter or China Rose.— A fine Winter sort; root a half-long stutno of from 2 to 3 inches; scarlet and pink in color 1.00 30 10 5 Rape Sow Five Pounds to the Acre Dwarf Essex. — U.?ed for feeding hogs and sheep 30 Rhubarb or Pie Plant Four Ounces of Seed will Sow 100 Yards. Ten Pounds to the Acre. Propagated by buds from old roots or from seed. To raise seedlings, sow the seed when the Cherry is in bloom, in rows at 1 foot, and thin the plants to 10 inches. To set the seedlings or the buds from old soots, mark out the ground 3 x 4 or 4 x 4 feet, preparing a rich bed for each plant. Success can only be attained on well-manured ground. The fertilizing cannot be overdone. We supply roots as well as seed. They continue vigorous many years. They are shipped only by express, being too heavy for the mails. Salsify Liimaeus Seed.— A strong early sort ; stalk deep green. Pkts., 5c.; oz., 15c.; Jib., 40r.; lb., $1.25. Victoria Seed. — Stalks thick, long, red. Pkts., oc.; oz., 15c.; i lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. Rhubarb Smaller Sets — that is, cuttings made from the entire roots. — Per dozen sets, $1.25 by freight or express; $7.00 per 100. Salsify or Oyster Plant Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Edible 90 Days after Planting. This plant produces an edible root, long and slim, white-fleshed and smooth white skin. Leaves gray-green, long, straight and narrow. It is a native of the south of Europe, but only within the present century used as a culinary vegetable. Sow when the Cherry is in bloom, in drills, in deeply dug and well-manured ground; the drills should be 18 inches apart. When the plants are up a few inches weed and thin them so as to stand 4 to 5 inches from each other. Preserve in pits, same as Carrots or Beets. Cultivate in all respects as directed for Carrot. Requires deep, rich land. Yield 100 to 150 bushels per acre. Sandwich Island, 90 days. — A variety superior to the French sort. Lb. J4Lb. Oz. Pkt. producing smoother, larger and more vigorous roots, foliage stronger. Often called “vegetable oyster.” Roots similar to a slim Parsnip $2.00 60 20 o For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (48) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Spinach Six Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Thirty Pounds to the Acre. Edible in 40 to 60 Days. This seed may be sown late in Autumn or in the Spring when the Peach is in bloom. Bloomsdale, 40 days. — The Landreths introduced and named this variety in 1828, since when it lias become a standard and now appears in nearly all catalogues. As an Autumn sort it is superior to all others, but in the Spring it is inclined to shoot early. The leaves are twisted and bloated, giving them when ready for shipment an elasticity adapting them for transportation to long distances and at the same time giving the crop large measuring qualities. As a consequence more barrels of Bloomsdale Spinach are cut to the acre than any other variety, often as much as 1.50 barrels. Crop short. . Round Seeded Savoy Leaved Ever Ready, 50 days. — So named because it continues in cutting condition three weeks longer than the latest. A variety of most superior qualities; leaves dark in color, more pointed, short-jointed, resisting cold and the most intense heat. Decidedly the best for spring sowing Large Leaved Flanders. — A habit of growing erect, consequently does not collect the sand; broad, dark, flat-leaved Long Season, 60 days. — Leaves dark in color, almost black; savoyed, thick, succulent and tender. Slow to shoot to seed; consequently remaining long in cutting condition. Stronger and more desirable than the Victoria Long Standing Round Seed, Thick Leaved, 45 days. — A prostrate variety of thick leaves and dark color. Slow to shoot to seed, and valuable for that reason.. Lb~ J^Lb. Oz. Pkt. 60 20 10 5 60 20 10 5 50 20 10 5 50 20 10 5 50 20 10 5 50 20 10 5 New Zealand, First cut- ting 50 days after sowing, and continu- ously for 100 days more. — Absolutel}^ dis- tinct in form, color and habit. Foliage thick, succulent, dark green, never sunburns, a true heat resistant, leaves covered with water globules like an ice- plant. Later to mature for table than Spinach of usual form, but remaining in edible condition ten times as long. A sort to "cut and come again,” as it is most productive, and continu- ously over a period of 100 days sends out a fresh growth. The plants spread five times as wide and rise to three times the height j df ordinary Spinach, making a New Zealand difference of fifteen to twenty times excess in the volume of edible material. Excessive heat does not check its growth, but to the contrary it positively grows more luxuriantly, the driest weather never stopping its juicy and rapid growth. A most desirable vegetable . $1 .00 .30 Thick Leaved. — A prostrate variety, very succulent. LeavesVery dark 50 20 Victoria, 60 days. — A sort continuing long before shooting to seed; dark-leaved, compact growth. Valuable — try it. Is excellent as a succession 50 20 Viroflay, 48 days (monstrous leaved). — A mammoth sort of fair quality, used largely in Europe. Requires high manuring 50 20 Summer or Bush Squash Three Ounces of Seed will Sow 100 Yards of Row. Three Pounds to the Acre. This seed may be planted first when the Apple is in bloom and for several weeks subsequently, but not la^er with much hope of success. It is always planted in hills at 4 x 4 feet for the bush varieties and 6 X 6 or 6 x 8 feet for the long running sorts. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 49 > TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH SQUASH — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Cocozellaor Italian Green Striped. — A compact vine, fruit the shape of a banana, one foot long, four inches thick, fine for slicing. Lb. iLb. Oz. Pkt. $2.00 60 20 5 Early White Bush. — The “Cym- ling” of the Southern States, maturing fruit for table fifty days from germination. The best for general use. Lb. iLb. Oz. Pkt. $1.50 50 15 5 Early White Bush Extra Early Yellow Bush, 40 days.— Earlier by a week than the ordinary White Lb. j^Lb. Oz. Pkt. Bush or Cymling; exceedingly productive and profitable to the Market Gac dener. The fruit when young and waxy is lemon in color $1.50 50 15 5 Giant Summer Yellow Crook-Neck than the old Golden Summer Crook-Neck — an improvement 1.50 50 15 5 Golden Summer Crook-Neck. — Similar to Giant Summer, but smaller 1.50 50 15 5 English Vegetable Marrow. — An English form of Squash. Long, three times its diameter 1.75 55 20 5 WINTER OR RUNNING VARIETIES Boston Marrow, 60 days.— A meaty or thick selection intended to count in the factory. Fruit keeps many weeks after removal from vines 1.00 30 10 5 Delicious. — Of a very fine type and quality, oh Hubbard order, flesh thick, dark orange 2.00 60 20 5 Golden Hubbard. — Different from Green Hubbard in being golden except n’t blos- som end; fine winter keepers; flesh almost red 2.00 60 20 5 Hubbard, 60 days. — Fruit oblong. Skin dark green, marked with orange. Flesh dry, rich. Especially valuable in northern climates or mountainous districts. A winter keeper 2.00 60 20 5 Mammoth Chili. — Often reaching a weight of 100 lbs. Very showy. Skin bronze, flesh thick, orange, fine flavor, and a satisfactory keeper throughout the winter.. 2.00 60 20 5 Warty Hubbard. — The old form of Hubbard, but covered with warts; flesh thick, yellow, good quality; a valuable winter sort 2.00 60 20 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 50 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Tomato One Ounce of Seed will Sow 100 Yards. Ripening for Table 86 to 120 Days from Sowing, Accord- ing to Variety and Season. When the Apple is in bloom sow in hills three feet apart, on a warm border, early in the Spring. For a later supply sow a short time afterwards in a more open situation. As the plants advance in growth support them by brushwood. To have the Tomato very early it is necessary to start the plants in a hot-bed, or they may be reared in a flower-pot in a window and subsequent!}' transplanted. Plants for an early crop should be raised under glass. For intermediate crop they may be raised on outside beds. For late crop the seed may be planted in permanent position when the Apple is in bloom. The average production of fruit, per acre on cultivated and fertilized land, is about 14,000 pounds, or say 250 bushels per acre, though twice that quantity has often been grown. The Tomato vine is a rank feeder and especially needs nitrogen, otherwise known in one of its forms as ammonia. Stable manure is rich in ammonia. So is nitrate of soda, nitrate of potash and also that commercial fertilizer known as dried meat, dried blood, or chicken guano. For Tomatoes, which are soft wooded, ammonia is more desirable than potash or phosphoric acid, which are in their turn more valuable in the growth of hard-wood plants or of grains which make hard straw. LANDRETHS’ RED ROCK TOMATO Shape round or full bottomed, smooth as an apple, free from splits, small cavity at stem end, ripens all over, fruit borne in clusters. Vine very healthy; in other words, rust resistant. It requires rich soil. Far superior to Stone. A week earlier and more productive than Stone, the only variety with which it can be compared, as it is rounder, a deeper red, more solid or meaty, larger fruited, more showy, more productive, and earlier by a week. It, like all other Landreth-grown Tomatoes, can only be bought in sealed flat packets and sealed lithographed cardboard boxes of one-quarter and one-half pounds. Lb., $5.25 Vi Lb., $1.55 Oz., 50c. Pkt., 5c. Tomatoes Trained on Sticks for Comparison. In purchasing Landreths’ Tomato Seed the buyer is certain of the absolute purity of what he buys, as every fruit producing Bloomsdale Tomato Seed is grown from selected Seed. In the case of Landreths’ Bloomsdale Tomato Seed, every crop is produced from Seed saved from hand-selected fruit of the preced- ing year — fruit, every one of which was closely inspected and approved as to shape, size, color and general appearance, and, what is more important, only fruit saved from vines of approved development. RED-FRUITED VARIETIES Bonny Best. — An early and productive sort. Somewhat similar to John Baer S4 .50 1 . 25 Chalk’s Early Jewel, 96 days. — Ten days later than the Landreth, much larger, globular fruit, smooth skin, flesh bright red, scarlet and solid. The fruit very free from cracks or any convolutions upon the surface. Vines strong in growth, dark green and very hardy. A good market garden sort 4.50 1 .25 Oz. Pkt. 45 5 45 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 51 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRET H T OMA T O — Continued THESE PRICES INCLXJDE POST16E Delaware Beauty, 100 days. — The Delaware Beauty was introduced by Landreth in the autumn of 1912. The following autumn of 1913 we could not fill the demand for seed. A showy, medium-sized red sort, as deep red as Landreths’ Red Rock. Vine compact, deep green, blight re- sistant, thick stemmed, extraordinarily productive. One week later than Chalk’s Jewel, one week earlier than the Landreths’ Red Rock, and two weeks earlier than Stone. Fruit smooth all over, almost entirely free from ^lits, a most distinguishing quality, very uniform in size and showy. Of a habit of simultaneously coloring up all over the fruit. Shape shghtly flattish at blossom end, quite globular at stem or crown end, no depression whatever at stem end, the illustration showing that it is unusually full on top — a most desirable quality, absolutely no waste. Its habit of ripening a week ahead of the Landreths’ Red Rock and two weeks ahead of Stone is most desirable. A productive sort has long been looked for to come in ahead of these two late varieties. Canners especially are asked to observe this most profitable character. It, like all other Landreth-grown Tomatoes, can only graphed cardboard boxes Delaware Beauty be bought in sealed litho- Lb. 34 Lb. Q?- I’tt- ,SO.OO$1.75 SD S Earliana, 90 days. — Very early. Habit of vine dwarf and compact. Fruit borne in clusters of from 10 to 15 in a bunch. A remarkable variety and one which is in great favor among Market Gardeners and Canners. Planted almost exclu- sively as a first early 4.50 1.25 45 5 Greater Baltimore. — A main crop as a fruiter more reliable than Stone, because earlier, larger and more productive. Fruit produced in cluster, form heavy, ripeifing evenly, a continuous cropper. Fruit free from any kind of blemishes and very reliable. Vine sturdy remaining in full vigor until frost 4.50 1.25 45 5 Golden Queen. — 5.00 1.50 50 5 John Baer. — A very early sort. Productive. Similar to Chalk’s Jewel 5.00 1.50 45 5 Landreths’ Ever Large, 110 days. — So named because the fruit keeps its size from the first to the last ripening. An exceedingly productive sort, three-quarters of the quantity of fruit weighing over one pound. 5.00 1..50 45 \5 Landreths’ Bloomsdale. — A wagon load of the Landreths’ Bloomsdale Tomato is as showy as a load of scarlet roses. It ripens 95 to 96 days after the germina- tion of the seed, the Earliana, the earliest Tomato of any size, being only a week earlier, but the Earliana is somewhat flat and convoluted while the Landretks’ Bloomsdale is far superior, being plump and smooth and a continuous picker, while the Earliana is not, nor do we make any comparison whatever between it and the EarUana except alone to indicate its period of ripening, for in tonnage it is at least 50 per cent, a larger cropper than the Earliana, consequent upon its everbearing quality. It is most admirably adapted for a canners’ sort, being unusually large, round, smooth, very meaty and crackless, not lo.sing much weight in skinning, a repeater in fruiting, consequently a heavy picker each time, or in other words a constant picker of a long-drawn-out season. We have picked it five times at intervals of ten days, that is 50 days of pick- ing, which indicates that it is a dabster — -a money-maker. The habit of the plant is particularly hardy, being free from disease both at stem and fruit. The Ohio Experimental Station in Bulletin No. 28, April, 1918, reports the Bloomsdale as picking 18 tons per acre in comparison with the Stone at 5j tons. 20. 00 5.50 1 . 75 19 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 52 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE TOMA TO — Continued For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. (53) Pound, $9.75; j pound. .$2.65; ounce, 80c.; packet, 10c. A new Tomato ripening in 92 days, and offered for sale for the first time in the autumn of 19 15. Quite distinct. It is choice or we would not have named it “The Landreth.” This Tom ato is not as large as the Lan- dreths’ Red Rock, which is stiU the best of the large-fruited medium-late class. “ The Lancireth ” is as red as the Landreth Red Rock and two weeks earlier, ripening two days after the Earliana, but twice as productive, and ripening two weeks ahead of the Landreths’ Red Rock and tw'enty days ahead of the Stone, Paragon or other similar sorts. The vine is short-stemmed, unusually healthy, and productive of blood-red, beyond comparison solid, smooth, meaty and most attractive fruit, astonishingly productive. The shape of the fruit is full bottomed, that is round at the bottom, quite free from cracks, with very little cavity at the stem end, which will be recogni ed as a very desirable quality. The Landreth Tomato is in appearance somewhat after the order of Chalk’s Jewel, really an improvement out of the Chalk’s Jewel, but is five days earlier, consider- ably larger fruited, far more produc- tive, picking over a longer period, of better color, more solid, and does not crack. Altogether it is more desirable than Chalk’s Jewel and has proved a leader in eveiy section where an early Tomato is needed. Landreths’ Bloomsdale “ The Landreth” — % size SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE TOMATO — Continued Lb. M Lb. Landreths’ T. T. T. or Ten Ton Tomato, 100 days. — The fruit in form is large, slightly flattened at both stem and blossom ends. The skin smooth as an apple. Color blood-red. The meat solid $4.. 50 1.25 Matchless, 110 days.— Large half-flat, red, solid, pi’oductive. Excellent 4.50 1.25 Paragon. — Red, large, flat, productive, one of the first of the imported varieties, smooth as an apple 4.50 1.25 Plum-shaped Red. — Fruit 2 inches long by 1 inch diameter, used in pickling in unbroken form 4.50 1.25 Stone, 115 days. — Avery superior sort. A standard variety... 4.50 1.25 Success, 115 days. — A large, late, solid, heavy, red variety. Always in demand, a favorite 4.50 1.25 Oz. Pkt. 45 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 PURPLE VARIETIES Acme, 106 days. — An early ripener, size medium. Shape slightly oval and smooth. Color reddish-purple; flesh deep scarlet and solid. A popular sort everywhere.. 4.50 1.25 45 5 Beauty, 110 days. — Well named. Fruit large and showy; color deep red with slight tone of purple; growing on the vines in clusters. Solid, meaty, smooth.... 4.50 1.25 45 5 Dwarf Champion, 100 days. — Stems short, thick, stiff, almost self-supporting. Grows like a tree. Leaves very dark in color, much curled and twisted. Fruit borne in showy clusters, nearly round, solid, red color with purple tint 5 . 00 1 . 50 60 5 Early Detroit. — A large solid fleshed, purple variety. Is similar to a large Beauty Tomato ' 4 . .50 1.25 45 5 Globe, 110 days. — Grown largely in the South for shipment to the North. Color a pinkish red; plum-shaped; very productive; constant bearer 5.50 1.60 50 5 Landreths’ Crown-picked Globe, 100 days . — In our October list of seeds to Market Gardeners we called special attention to the “Landreths’ Crown-picked Globe Tomato.” We know the “Landreths’ Crown Picked” to be something very fine as a shipper. W’e had it growing for Seed almost alongside of the home office, so placed that we pay very special attention to it, besides being able to show it during the summer to all interested in the subject — a most remark- able crop, the admiration of every visitor. The merit of value for shipping of the Landreths’ Globe as Landreths grow it is that it has very thick, tough outer skin and interior walls, fitting it especially to resist skinning on the one hand, or on the other, cracking or bursting in transportation, which resisting quality fits it for shipment to much longer distances than any other known sort. Don’t forget this point as to its unusual resist- ing quality against cracking and mashing in transportation. The shape of the Landreths’ Crown-picked Globe is longer between the stem and blossom end than the measurement across the fruit; in other words, it is slightly oblong or olive- shaped. The color is a rosy red, with never a split or spot. The Florida shippers send hundreds of cars of Landreths’ Crown-picked Globe to the Northern markets — always a quick seller because of its resistant quality, consequently every Tomato grower, no matter where located, who ships to a distance can safely tie up to the Landreths’ Crown-picked Globe as undoubtedly most profitable for shippers, because the most resistant against injury of any kind, as jolting over rough roads, be they railroads or wagon roads. Too much cannot be said as to the merits of the Landreth Crown Picked Globe, but do not expect the same merits in seed not Landreths’ 8.00 2.25 65 5 For Ezoress charges paid bv customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 54 ) TO BE SATISFIED ORDER FROM LANDRETH TOMATO — Continued THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Landreths’ No Substitute, 100 days. — Unusually produc- tive. Very sliow3' and distinctive, both in vine and fruit. Not the old Potato Leaved, but iimneasurablj' superior. Vine.? spreading and vigorous, stems thick, leaves very dark and broad, like a Potato, and often larger than a man’s hand. The phj'sical vigor of the plant is assured 1)5' its great breathing or lung power. Fruit brilliant red, full sized, round or full at bottom or blossom end. Fruit free from cracks or core and both fruit and vines veiy healthy. A very desir- able sort, ripening fruit earlier than Paragon, one week earlier than Stone, but by far a more showj^ sort. It is a variety of very superior excellence.. ...$6.00 1.75 50 10 June Pink, 96 days. — A very early and productive pink form of Earliana. The best early pink on the market. Fruit solid and borne in profusion 4.50 1.25 45 .5 Ponderosa, 110 days. — A monster purple fruit; quite rough and containing very few seeds. Very choice. Very meaty 5.50 1! 60 50 ,5 YELLOW VARIETIES Golden Trophy. — Flat, yellow outside and within, very solid, ver^.' productive, fine in flavor 5.00 1.50 50 5 Plum-shaped Yellow. — Same as the Red Plum except in color 4.50 1.25 45 5 Turnip Three Ounces of Seed will Sow 100 Yards of Row. Three Pounds to the Acre. in from 60 to 90 Days, According to Variety and Season. Aberdeen or Scotch Yellow. — This is a highly approved Cattle Turnip Amber Globe, Green Crowned, Yellow Fleshed, 75 days. — This, which we in- troduced in 1863, is almost indispensable in every rural household. It is a vigorous, free grower Amber Globe, Red Crowned, Yellow Fleshed, 75 days.— A selection from the older green-crowned Amber Globe. The same in all valu- able particulars, but more ornamental by reason of the contrast in colors of yellow and red. Immeasurablj'’ superior to Aberdeen Cow-Horn, Green Crowmed, (large cropper). — ^This variety is pure white, ex- cepting a dash of green at the crown, and in shape is long like a long Carrot ... Cow Horn, Red Crowned. — Grows like a Carrot, half in and half out of the ground . Early Flat Red or Purple Top (strap-leaved, i, 60 days. — The oldest standard red. Purple on crown, with white bottom Early Snowball (extra early). — This is a small white globe, earliest in maturity of its form and character. We highly recommend it Early White Flat Dutch (strap-leaved). — Similar to Red Top, excepting it is white all over Jersey Lily, 65 days. — Early, globular in form, very showy and desirable; all white. Recommended for private and market garden Landreths’ Southern Snow-White Globe, 70 days. — Color pure white; shape round, size large, solid, quick in growth for a large Turnip. Producing a great weight to the acre Large Early Red Top White Globe, 65 days. — Large size, rapid growth, un- usually attractive and admired by all. A very much heavier producer than any other variety. We confidently recommend it Milan, Extra Early Purple Top, 45 days.— Undoubtedly the earliest Turnip in cultivation. Very desirable in its early stages 1 Milan, Extra Early White, 45 days. — Similar to the Red Milan except in color. Useful in early stages of its growth Pomeranian. — One of the largest of White Globes White Egg. — A sort forming roots the shape and size of eggs in an incredibly short period after sowing. Flesh always palatable Matures for Table W.65 20 10 65 20 10 80 25 10 65 20 10 1.25 40 15 65 20 10 65 20 10 65 20 10 65 20 10 65 20 10 65 20 15 1.50 45 15 1.50 45 15 65 20 10 65 20 10 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page 2. ( 55 ) Oi Oi SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE Ruta-Bagas Three Ounces Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Bloomsdale Swede or Ruta-Baga (maturing in 90 days). — -The Bloomsdale is quite wonderful in its line breeding $0.75 Budlong. — Bulb irregular in shape, flesh white, long keeping, fine flavor., Champion Swede or Yellow Ruta-Baga, 90 days. — A superior English-grown Ruta-Baga, but not equal to the Bloomsdale Swede 65 Landreths’ Improved Yellow-Fleshed Purple-Top Ruta-Baga, 80 days. — A hardy, ovoid-rooted sort of heavy cropping habit; flesh yellow 65 Long Island Swede. variety. Lb. j Lb. 65 20 Vi Lb. Oz. Pkt. 25 10 5 20 10 5 20 10 5 20 10 5 most excellent Oz. Pkt. 10 5 Market Garden Ruta-Baga, 90 days. — Similar to the Bloomsdale Swede, but not so large. Grown largely by Market Gardeners to sell for table use. i Lb. 20 Pkt. 5 Seven Top — Notice the seven leaf buds spring out of the crown at distinct points THREE SORTS GROWN FOR GREENS Duiie. — Grown only for the foliage, used on the table the same as Spinach Seven Top. — Used same as Spinach, root no value. A large amount of the so-called Seven Top sold is seed from any kind of Turnip which has stood the winter Southern Prize. — Root no value, used for the green foliage only. Used same as Spinach Lb. MLb. Oz, Pkt. G5 20 10 5 65 20 10 5 65 20 10 5 FLOWER SEEDS Names both Botanical and Common Prices per Packet are Generally Five Cents, a few Ten Cents, Some Higher. All the Sorts Named are Easy to Grow AGE RAT UM Of easy growth, flowers abundantly out-of-doors in Summer and up until frost; therefore very desirable for bouquet-making. A bed with the centre of Salvia splendens and border about 18 inches wide of blue Ageratum will make a dazzling sight for 90 days. Any one can grow if. Color effect intense. For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see page (56) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED A GERA T UM — Continued Mexicanum. — White or alba, very delicate 1 Oz., Icc.; b Blue. — 18 in., most attractive 1 Oz., 20c.; 5 Perfection or Imperial. — Mixed White and Blue. ■J-Oz., 20c.: 5 Snapdragon or Antirrhinum ANTIRRHINUM {Snapdragon) A showj' hardy perennial, that is living for a second and third j’ear, blooming in August if sown early and then on till killed by frost. Among the most showy and brilhant border plants; succeeds in any good garden soil. By cutting off most of the flowering stems and giving a slight protection over Winter, plants will bloom second Summer for four months. Try a few this way. For cut flowers with stems kept in water. Snap- dragons retain their fresh appearance for ten days, and in this particular they are very valuable as table decorations. Easy to grow as a radish. Tall, Large Flowered. — Height 18 inches ; Oz., 30c. Red 5 Rose 5 Yellow 5 Scarlet 5 Mixed 5 Dwarf, Large Flowered. 1 Oz., .50c. Pink 5 Rose 5 Yellow 5 WTite 0 Mixed 5 Galathee. — Crimson white. Showy ^Oz., 50c.; 10 I Prices per packet and 1/4 ounce) ASTERS Chrysanthemum-like flowers surpassed by no plant in beauty. They vary in color from a deUcate pink and wdiite to deep reds and pmples. The plants thrive best in rich soil, but with sufficient moisture will give satisfaction in almost any garden plot, and blossom in profusion for 90 days or till killed by frost. They are especially adapted to house decoration, and when cut and placed in water hold their regal heads erect from one to two weeks without withering. A supply of Asters, effective and beautiful for months, providing more cut flowers than any other plants occupying the same space, may be had from July till frost by planting an early variety, as Queen of the Market, followed by a later variety of the Semple Branching type. Try Landreths’ Asters this year and see how unusually fine they are. Good as any offered under more florid descrip- tions. 8 to 20 inches high. Asters are by far the most satisfactory open garden flowering plants during Midsummer and Autumn. Semple’s Branching Asters, Mixed We cannot recommend the Branching too highly. They closely resemble small Chrysanthemums. The best Asters for cutting. White, lavender, pink, crimson, purple. Very free blooming, producing handsome flowers of the broad-petaled type, slightly incurved and very lasting. Mixed Asters — Vs Size LANDRETHS^ FLOWER SEEDS (Prices per packet, Vg and 14 ounce j (Prices per packet, Vs and Vi ounce) AST ERS — Continued Semple’s Branching. — Handsome double flowers borne on long stems, a free brancher and unsur- passed in merit. Blue Crimson Lavender Purple Rose Flesh Pink White All mixed colors.. Autumn Sorts Unsurpassed , Thirty inches tall 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 I Oz., 20c.; 10 Giant Comet. — Immense flowers, often 6 inches diameter; good form and growth. White, dark blue, light blue, crimson, sulphur-yellow, rose. Very valuable for exhibition vases as resembling Japanese Chrysanthemums. Graceful and mop- like heads, grand sort. AU mixed colors | Oz., 25c.; 10 Blue Crimson... Lavender. Rose White Mid-summer Good Branching 10 10 10 10 10 Crego’s Giants. — Very early and constant bloom- ers, after the style of Queen of Market, but larger flowered. Loose-petaled, fluffy flowers. All mixed colors, mixed only | Oz., 25c.; 10 Ostrich Plume. — Large showy flowers; branching with loosely curled flowerets. White, rose, light blue, dark blue, crimson. Fine for cutting. Very similar to Giant Comet. Fine mixed, all colors mixed | Oz., 25c.; 10 Queen of the Market. — The best earliest among the Asters. White, scarlet, rose, dark blue, light blue, lavender. Very desirable. Habit spread- ing. Plants, 18 inches high and very productive. Two weeks earlier than any other. Fine mixed, all colors 5 Oz., 30c.; 10 Victoria. — -Best all-round Aster. Flowers massive, with overlapping petals. 18 inches. Flowers very full and showy. White, delicate rose, purple, violet, scarlet, light blue, dark blue. Curving outward. Sold only in mixture. Fine mixed, all colors | Oz., 50c.; 10 BALSAMS {Lady’ s-slipper) Large flowered, full centered. Beautiful annuals with flowers as double as Roses, measuring two inches in diameter. Rich soil and deep culture are requisite to produce large and showy flowers. Seeds may be sown where they are to stand, and later thin out the plants; but if started indoors they will flower earlier. Set plants about 2 feet apart, where they can have plenty of sun. Our stock is exceptionally fine. In bloom 60 days. Balsam, Camellia Flowered AQUILEGIA {Columbine) Among the most beautiful and curiously formed of hardy perennial flowers. Blooms in the early Spring and Summer for 60 days. Hybrida. — Double mixed. Curious . J Oz., 20c.; 5 Single mixed i Oz., 15c.; 5 ALYSSUM, SWEET Makes a very pretty border; fine for carpet bedding, baskets, pot plants and in making small bouquets. Cut back when through flowering and will bloom again. Annual. Blooms for 60 days. Maritimum (Sweet). — White. 8 to 12 inches. Traihng habit, very sweetly scented. j Oz., 10c. ; 5 Little Gem or Compactum.— Very suitable for border and pot work. 6 inches. ...j Oz., 25c.; 5 (58) Double or Camellia Flowered.— Rose jOz.,25c.; 5 Scarlet .1 Oz., 25c.; 5 White iOz., 25c.; 5 Camellia Flowered Perfection. — Mixed colors. 2 feet i Oz., 25c.; 5 Rose Double Flowered. — -Mi.xed colors. 2 feet high, 18 in. diameter J Oz., 25c.; 5 BACHELOR’S BUTTONS See Gomphrena, page 62. BALLOON VINE {Cardiospermum) The Balloon Vine, popular as a rapid climber, 8 feet, producing inflated seed pods one inch diameter; delicate foliage. 90 days. Always a favorite. Valuable for screens... Oz., 15c.; 5 SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED (Prices per packet and Vi ounce) BALSAM APPLE See Gourds, page 62. BEANS, CASTOR See Ricinus, page 68. CAMPANULA The Canterbury Bells are a large genus of showy plants, blooming in profusion, mostly perennials. The Campanula medium claims a situation in most gardens. Easy of culture and certain to flower; all succeed well in good soil. Blooms second year. Double Mixed i Oz., 50c.; 5 Single Mixed 3 Oz., 15c.; 5 ; CANDYTUFT These well-known favorites are among the most beautiful of our annual flowers. The seeds can be sown at all seasons or in Fall for early flowering. They like rich soil and plenty of room to flower i freely. Nearly all varieties are hardy annuals. * Very pretty in beds or masses. Bloom 60 days. ^ Crimson. — Very showy crimson J Oz., 15c.; 5 Empress or Giant White Rocket. — Hyacinth ' flowered. A superb variety; large, pure white I flowers on good stems i Oz., 15c.; 5 j Dwarf Hyacinth Flowered. — Mixed. JOz., 15c.; 5 Umbellata. — Mixed colors J Oz., 15c.; 5 CANNAS — Seeds only Tropical, half-hardy perennial plants with broad i foliage, somewhat resembling corn; produce a I striking effect grouped in beds or single on the lawn. Soak the seed in warm water about 12 hours, sow in hot-bed, transplant when ground is warm; give plenty of moisture and rich soil. Take up the roots before frost and keep in a moderately warm cellar. Crozy’s Early Newest Large Flowering. — Mixed colors. 4 to 5 feet ^ Oz., 20c.; 5 CARNATIONS See Dianthus, page 60. CENTAUREA {Corn Flower) Victoria. — White ^Oz., 20c.; 5 Cyanus. — Blue | Oz., 20c. ; 5 Mixed. — Several colors ;Oz.,15c.; 5 COREOPSIS {Calliopsis) Double Mixed. — Show3% hardy, fine for cutting. 1 Oz., 20c.; 5 CANTERBURY BELLS See Campanula, above. (Prices per packet and 14 ounce) CELOSIA The Cockscombs are tender annu- als, requiring good soil. The Cockscomb form will produce a larger comb by cutting off side flowers and leav- ing one head only to a plant. If cut before they fade, the head may be preserved during the Winter. 12 inches across. In flower for 90 days. Cristata, Dwarf Scarlet J Oz., 40c.; 10 Tall Scarlet I Oz., 40c.; 10 Tall Giant Empress. — Bright crimson combs, dark foliage. 2 to 3 feet high jOz., 40c.; 10 Dwarf Cristata. — Mixed. 4 or 5 colors. 1 foot high. Combs 10 inches JOz., 50c.; 5 Plumosa. — Scarlet and golden mixed. Plants 3 to 4 feet high, sending up delicate and exquisitely beautiful plumes of 10 inches in length, 3 to 4 inches in diameter and far more delicate than the more formal Cockscomb 5 Mixed, all colors i Oz., 30c.; 5 CLEOME (Spider Plant) Found in all old-fashioned gardens. Flowers ro."e- like, a many legged spider, borne on stems four feet high JOz. ,20c.; 5 (59 ) LANDRETHS’ FLOWER SEEDS (Prices per packet and W ounce) COLUMBINE See Aquilegia, page 58 . CONVOLVULUS See page 64. CYPRESS VINE See Morning Glories, page 64 (Prices per packet and ^4 ounce) DAHLIA A favorite for autumn flowering, blooming the first season from seed if started early. The flowers are so symmetrical and perfect and the range of colors so wide and varied that they will always be popular whei’e display is wanted. Seed may be sown in spring in open ground after danger of frost is over, but for best results sovr in shallow pots or boxes at any time from March to June, and transplant the seedlings to small pots. When strong enough and danger from frost is over plant out one foot apart. These plants will produce tubers which should be taken up in the fall and replanted the following spring; these roots will flower freely the following autumn. Tender herbaceous perennial, .3 to 4 feet high. Finest Double Mixed. — Seeds saved from double flowers, including shades of red, pink, dark ma- roon, yellow, white, etc Pkt., 10 Finest Single Mixed. — Will produce brilliant flowers running through a wide range of striking colors Pkt., 10 Cosmos — Blooming not only in midsummer but during the late Autumn when all other flowers have ceased COSMOS Every year this flower makes more friends. Both flowers and lace-like foliage are fine for cutting. Growing 4 to 8 feet high from seed. In flower for 50 to 70 days. See illustration. Valuable for screens. Blooms until killed by frost. Early Flowering, Dwarf Mixed. — White ground, flushed with delicate pink; a decided acquisition to this class s Oz., ISc. ; 5 Klondyke. — Orange-yellow, broad foliage. j Oz., 25c.; 5 Mammoth Perfection Lady Lenox. — Pink, long stem J Oz., 20c.; 5 Wifite, Unsurpassed j Oz., 20c.; 5 Mammoth Perfection, Mixed. — Flowers of per- fect form, great size and beauty. Mixed in same packet. White, crimson, dark pink, white tinted rose i Oz., 15c.; 5 Mammoth Crimson Perfection | Oz., 20c.: 5 Mixed Dwarf, Early Flowering i Oz., 2Gc.; 5 (60 ) Dianthus DIANTHUS The Dianthus may be divided into two classes, 1 st, Carnations, which are striped or ribboned out- wards. 2d, Picotees which are edged or feathered inwards, generally smaller and hardier and of a greater range of colors. These old favorites are still as popular as ever. Rich soil will make bright flowers. Most of the varieties are fragrant. In the open garden some bloom the first Autumn ; all bloom the second season. SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Dianthus laciniatus Delphinium < Larkspur) (Prices per packet and Vi ounce) (Prices per packet and Vi ounce) DIANTHUS— Continued PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNATIONS Giant Marguerite, Mixed Extra Large. — A very \-igorous class, suitable for garden and splendid for cutting. Sown as annuals in February on a gentle heat and transplanted to open ground as soon as possible after frost will produce a pro- fusion of flowers in five months after sowing. oO to 75% of the plants being double and sweetly scented. Double white, yellow and scarlet. Height, I5 feet J Oz., 80c. 20 BORDER OR OPEN-GARDEN CARNATIONS One of the leading flowers, a rival of the Rose; the flowers are generally borne on long stems; seed can be sown under glass or in the open ground, and will flower the next Summer. ' Grenadin, Dwarf . — Red. Biennial.} Oz., 80c. 10 j Vienna. — Early double dwarf. Mixed colors.... } Oz., 70c.; 10 ' The following two varieties, although classed sepa- rately, are all really types of lieddewigii: Diadematus, Dwarf Double. — Mixed colors, edgc^’ and marbled, compact in habit } Oz.,25c.; 1 Laciniatus, Single. — Alixed. Flowers all colors, exquisitely fringed. Height, 18 inches iOz., 30c.;10 Plumarius or Sempervivum. — The everblooming hardy garden pink. Includes the fragrant, charming, hardj- perennial Pinks of our grand- mothers’ garden, as the Sweet May Finks, Double Scotch Pinks and Grass Pinks. Best for borders. i Oz., 25c.; 10 CHINESE AND JAPANESE PINKS The Pinks or Picotees are free-flowering biennial plants that bloom the first Summer, and if freely cut will produce larger flowers the second year. P’nrivaled for showy colors, flowers produced in abundance over four months’ time. Chinenis (China or Indian Pink). — Various colors, showy and double. Height, 1 foot...| Oz., 20c. ; 5 Heddewigii (Japan Pink). — Double and single, very showjq fragrant. Flowers 2 to inches, beautifully striped and mottled. Height, 10 inches }Oz., 35c.; 10 (61) LANDRETHS’ FLOWER SEEDS (Prices per packet and V4 ounce) DIGITALIS {Foxglove) Hardy perennials of easy culture, living for several years without care and yielding tall spikes of showy, curiously shaped flowers. 30 inches. Blooms second year. Fine Mixed J Oz., 20c.; 5 Purple jOz., 20c.; 5 White I Oz., 30c.; 5 DELPHINIUM {Larkspur) The Larkspurs are showy annuals and perennials. Very easy to cultivate and beautiful for borders. The foliage is dark green, much divided, throwing out to perfection the blossoms, which are terminal spikes of blue, purple, white and red. Although hardy perennials, the plants will bloom the first Autumn and again the following Spring. All grow freely in good soil. See illustration. ANNUAL VARIETIES Hyacinth, Flowered. — -Double mixed. ; Oz.; loc.; 5 Dwarf Rocket. — Fine. Double mixed. \ Oz., 15c.; 5 DOLICHOS {Hyacinth Bean) Purple. — Profusebloomers f )Oz., 15c.; 5 Mixed. — Very ornamental. J [Oz., 15c.; 5 DOUBLE DAISY {Beilis) The English Daisy is a dainty perennial springtime plant of poetical celebrity. Quite hardy in most situations, easy culture, requires shade. Flowers from April to June. Start seed in hot-bed. Should be planted in beds 5 inches apart to make best effect. Red. — Double i Oz., 80c.; 10 White -f Oz., 80c.; 10 Snowball. — -Double white i- Oz., 60e.; 10 Shasta. — California beauties. White and golden. 6 inches i Oz., 25c.; 10 Double, Mixed Colors. — 5 inches jOz., 40c.; 10 ESCHSCHOLTZIA One of the most beautiful and showy of garden flowers. When grown in masses, scarcely any plant produces a greater degree of splendor. Easily raised from seed. Sown in Autumn, the growth is of increased vigor. California State flower. Diameter of plant growth 20 inches. Blooming 60 days. See illustration. Burbank’s Crimson California Poppy. — Very showy, desirable, lovely Oz., 50c.; 5 Golden West.— Grand new variety having light canary-yellow flowers, with deep orange blotch at base of each petal, forming a cross in centre. Flowers measure over 4 inches in diameter and have overlapping petals, delicately waved at edges Oz., 35c.; 5 Mixed Colors. — In same package Oz., 35c.; 5 Orange, bright, very showy 5 (Prices per packet and ounce) Eschscholtzia {California Poppy) FOXGLOVE See Digitalis, above. GAILLARDIA The Gaillardias are half-hardy, free-flowering annu.als. The flowers are a very showy com- bination of orange, crimson and purple, blended and streaked in various markings. They are good bedders, being strong, constant bloomers through the whole Summer. Attractive. Grandiflora Mixed Varieties. — Hardy. Resembles a small Sunflower. 24 inches tall..^ Oz., 20c.; 5 GERANIUM Zonial. — Single mixed 10 GOMPHRENA {Globe Amaranth, Bachelor’s Button) Well-known annuals of easy culture. To preserve for Winter decoration the flowers resembling clover heads should be fully matured before being gathered. Dwarf Mixed. — 15 inches tall | Oz., 15c.; 5 GOURDS The Gourds are annuals, rapid growers, from 10 to 20 feet high, valuable for covering screens or arbors; should have moist, rich, loamy soil to attain perfection. The Bottle and Dipper Gourds are useful when dry for domestic purposes. The inside of the Luffa, Dish-cloth or Bonnet Gourd, is very strong and gauze-hke. Balsam Apple. — 8 feet Oz., 60c.; 5 Balsam Pear. — 6 feet Oz., 60c.; 5 ( 62 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Hollyhock — Beautiful double flowers (Prices per packet and Vi ounce) GAILLARDIA (Prices per packet and ounce) Double Bright. — Rose 10 Scarlet 10 Salmon 10 Yellow 10 Alleghany. — Semi-double, fringed, very choice, mixed colors. Mammoth flowers...-) Oz., 50c. ; .5 Single Mixed. — Very attractive, all colors, early bloomer ) Oz., 60c.; 5 Annual Varieties. — Mixed. Very desirable, blooms first 3'ear ) Oz., 40c.; 5 HELIOTROPE Mixed Choice 13 ICE PLANT {Mesenbryanthemum) lO IPOMCEA {Morning-glories) See page 64. JOHNNY-JUMP- UP See Pansies, page 67. KOCHIA TRICOPHYLLA {Fire Bush) The seed should be sown when the Oak trees are bursting into leaf. The plants develop very rapidly, finally reaching by midsummer two feet in height, and forming perfect globes of green, feathery branches, which later bui'st into a mass of small brightest scarlet flowers; the whole effect being that of a globe of fire, a veritable burning bush, .\nyone can grow this plant in almost any situation, and we accordingly recommend it most highly. Sometimes called Fire Bush. iOz., 20c.; 5 GOURDS — Continued Bottle. — Water dipper Oz., 30c.; 5 Hercules Club. — Climber, fruit sometimes 5 feet long Oz., 30c.; 5 Sugar Trough. — Used as holders for syrups or j Dipper or Syphon. — Crooked at the neck. Used j for dipping water Oz., 30c.; 5 | Nest Egg. — So productive that the fruit lies like ' eggs in a nest Oz., 30c.; 5 J Mixed Gourds. — All sorts Oz., 30c.; 5 i HOLLYHOCK One of the grandest perennials for a screen, throwing up stalks 4 or 6 feet high of beautiful flowers as double as a Rose. Very stately wherever placed, an old-fashioned flower but equal to the best. Nothing better for background or among shrubs. Blooms second year. Fine Double. — Colors both mixed and separate. White, red, crimson, yellow. All shades double flowers from crimson to white. Beautiful com- bination when planted in groups. Perennial. Oz., S3. 00; 5 ( 63) LANDRETHS’ FLOWER SEEDS (Prices per packet and V4 ounce ) LADTS-SLIPPER (Prices per packet and Vi ounce) MIRABILIS JALAP A See Balsam, page 58. LARKSPUR See Delphinium, page 62. MIGNONETTE (Reseda) No annual is a more general favorite than the Mignonette. Its modest, sweet-scented flowers recommend it to everyone. No garden is com- plete without the Mignonette. One of the easiest culture, it adapts itself to all situations. Finds a place in the gi'eenhouse or conservatory, in a box or pot on the window, or in the open ground in Summer. Blooms till Fall. Sow seeds several times during season. In bloom for 60 days. Alien’s Defiance. — The florist’s favorite. Large spikes 13 or 14 inches long, very fragrant, and will keep for weeks after cutting, holding their fragrance, as the buds open daily. Fine for forcing, good keeper. 9 inches high. .JOz., 20c.; 5 Mignonette. An old-fashioned flower, a great favorite Goliat^ Giant Flowered. — Red. Plants pyram- idal in form and very strong with exceedingly large flower-spikes. 12 inches. One of the best jOz., 50c.; 5 Golden Machet. — Dwarf growth, highly colored; fragrant i Oz., 20c. ; 5 Odorata. — Small flowered but particularly frag- rant. 9 inches i Oz., 15c. ; 5 Marvel-of-Peru, or, as it is generally called, Four- o’-clock, because its flowers open late each af- ternoon; bright foliage. Flowers are fragrant, with desirable colors and fine markings. Makes a fine Summer hedge if set in rows a foot apart. Mixed colors of flowers Oz., 40c.; 5 MORNING-GLORY LARGE-FLOWERING VARIETIES Convolvulus. — The Convolvulus Major is an annual of rapid growth; large flowers of nia,n colors suitable for porches or arbors, bloomin in July and constantly till frost Oz., 15c.; Rochester. — A new large-flowering _ variety. Flowei-s 4 inches or over, are of a deep violet-blue, with a narrow band of white around the edge. Wonderfully attractive Oz., 45c.; 10 CYPRESS VINES {Ipomcea) Quamoclit. — Crimson, small, dark. Fern- or lace- hke fohage; climbing rapidly 8 feet..i Oz., 25c. ; 5 Quamoclit alba. — White, small. 10 feet. Lace- Uke foliage; climbing 8 feet J Oz.,' 25c.; 5 Quamoclit Mixed. — White and crimson. Lace- like foliage; climbing 8 feet ; Oz., 25c.; 5 Morning-glory i (64) MO SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED (Prices per packet and 1/4 ounce) (Prices per packet and ounce) MOONFLOWER These beautiful rapid-growing climbers will grow about 30 feet in one season. Exceedingly show3'. Leaves are large and the flowers, which open as the sun is sinking in the west, are very fragrant. Tbe seeds being hard, some advise filing the end of each seed, but we have found it best to plant the seeds one-half inch deep after having soaked them overnight in warm water. Blooming 40 days. Mexicana Grandiflora Alba.— White flowers, six inches wide. Opens only night and mornings. Large, smooth, dark foliage. Similar to large flowering and large-leaved Morning-glories. Oz., 90c.; 5 j Bona nox (Evening Glory, Good Night, Moon- flower). — Pure white, fragrant flowers. Tender ' annual. 15 feet. Very showy Oz., 50c.; 5 MARIGOLDS Showy annuals of easy culture. Especially de- sirable in late Autumn. The flowers of the African variety, in its perfection, are equal to the double Dahlia. The French, as double as a Ranunculus, in appearance and texture not unlike the richest velvet. In bloom for 90 days. Africana. — TaU. 2 feet tall JOz.,25c. ; 5 African Dwarf Double. — Bronze....^ Oz., 25c.; 5 Lemon jOz., 25c.; 5 African Tall Double. — Golden Ball. .i Oz. ,2.5c.; 5 Mixed i Oz., 25c.; 5 Dwarf Brownie, or Legion of Honor. — About 9 inches high. Fine for borders or massing. Flowers brilliant gold with maroon blotching. In bloom till frost J- Oz., 30c.; 5 Mixed Dwarf Double iOz..25c.; 5 Prince of Orange or Calendula iOz., 25c.; 5 PERIWINKLE See Vinca, page 72. PINKS See Dianthus, page 61. PORTULACA One of the most showj- and beautiful of border flowers. The seed germinates freely and flour- ishes in almost any situation. Does not grow over 3 to 4 inches high, but spreads 2 feet wide. Any one can grow it in any garden. In the open they make a gorgeous bed, as they love the hot sun and a sandy soil; bloom for 60 days. The double flowers resemble small roses. Nasturtium Landreths’ Nasturtiums Sow in nursery bed when the Apple is in bloom. Transplant when two inches high. (PRICE PER PACKET, 5 CENTS; MORNING-GLORY— Continued IPOMCEA {Morning-glory) The Ipomoeas are among the most beautiful of annual running vines, blooming for 90 daj's or from midsummer till frost. Coccinea (Star Ipomoea or Small Scarlet Morning- glorj’). — Small, flat, ivy-like leaves. 12 feet. Oz., 60c.; 5 Grandiflora. — -Moon-flower pink. Not so strong as the large common Convolvulus. 12 feet. Oz.,S0c.; 5 Heavenly Blue. — A beautiful annual Morning- glory, rapid climber, entire flowers of azure- bhie. Lovely beyond description.. Oz., .§2.50; 10 SINGLE FLOWERED Scarlet i- Oz., 40c.; Yellow :( Oz., 40c.; Finest Single Mixed .1 Oz., 40c.; DOUBLE FLOWERED Scarlet. — Resembles most beautiful double Roses 10 White. — Like the lueceding only white 10 Finest Double Mixed. — Resembles beautiful double Roses, though only one inch in diameter 10 lO LANDRETHS’ FLOWER SEEDS f Price per packet and ounce) NASTURTIUMS— Continued Did you have them last Summer? If not, why not? The Nasturtium, with four or five other ornamen- tal plants, leads everything else in the garden. They surpass the Geranium in brilliancy. Lan- dreths’ Nasturtiums for 1921 were a great suc- cess, but we feel confident that they will be even more satisfactory, as our stock for 1922 contains some new varieties. These flowers require next to no care and thrive best in rather poor soil, endur- ing heat and dry weather remarkably well. No flower is as desirable for table decoration. Every housewife prizes the seed pods on account of their pungent, peppery taste, and feels her pickles incomplete without them. The flowers are of all colors, from deep chocolate to nearly white, and blossom in greatest profusion until killed by frost. They are very effective when planted in borders, also well suited for vases and baskets. Do not let a Summer pass without having a bed of these refreshing flowers. You cannot but love them if you know them. No more trouble to grow Nasturtiums than to grow Lettuce or Peas or Beans. They bloom from early summer until killed by frost. One Ounce sows 30 feet of single row. TALL NASTURTIUMS Climbing 6 to 6 feet high. Xandreths’ Mixed Tall Sorts. — A combination of many tall varieties; colors, white, cardinal, orange, rose, scarlet, etc. Perpkt., 6c.; oz., 10c.; lb., $1.00. NAMED SORTS, 5 CENTS EACH; OUNCE, 16c. ; y4-POUND, 60c. ; POUND, $1.80 Atropurpureum. — Crimson, dark and showy. Atrosanguinea. — Excellent, blood-red, free bloom- er. Very showy. Not dark as Atropurpureum. Bright Rose. — Very choice sort, producing a rose- colored flower; quite distinct from usual colors. Bright Yellow. —Very showy, and a profuse bloomer. Chameleon. — All colors on same plant and a great variety of splashes of color on same flower. Dunnett’s Orange. — A very vigorous grower, producing a showy, deep orange flower. King Theodore. — Very dark. One of the most attractive on our trial grounds this year. Pearl. — Delicate, cream-colored flowers, contrast- ing finely with the orange, gold and scarlet of more brilliant varieties. Prince Henry.— Primrose-colored, foliage light ' color, spotted with crimson. A choice sort. j .Spit Fire. — -Remarkable in its intensity of sparkling 1 briUiancy; exceedingly showy; one of the finest | sorts. 1 (Prices per packet and ounce) DWARF NASTURTIUMS The Dwarf Sorts are adapted for beds and borders 8 to 15 inches. NAMED SORTS, 5 CENTS EACH; OUNCE, 20c.; y4-POUND, 60c.; POUND, $2.00 Cattell’s Crimson. — Showy variety, equal to any in startling effect. Empress of India. — Foliage purple-blue, bearing brilliant deep scarlet flowers; a good plant for edging. King Theodore. — Dark crimson. Foliage dark green. An excellent sort. Good for edging. Pearl. — Flowers lemon tint, a choice color among Nasturtiums, producing pleasing effect. Yellow. — Strong vine, large leaved, profuse bloomer. Landreths’ Mixed Dwarf Sorts. — A mixture of the best dwarf sorts, producing when in bloom an agreeable effect; in colors of scarlet, crimson, bronze, gold and white. Perpkt., 6c.; oz., 10c.; Vi-lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. Pansies — Often the flowers are twice as broad as shown in this picture. Often the size of a silver dollar. (66 ) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED (Prices per packet and Vi ounce) Pansies (Prices per Packet as Quoted) HEART’S-EASE “Pansies for thought!” Have you ever thought how marvelously beautiful they are? Have you thought that no garden is complete without them? Have you thought Landreths’ Pansies the finest in the world? If not, try them this year and you will find them unsurpassed and of unusual size. 6 inches high, plants 8 inches diameter. Seeds should be sown out of doors very early in the Spring or during August and the plants protected during \Yinter. The happy faces of these flowers cannot but brighten evei’y home. They are in bloom si.xty days after planting and continue to bloom till after frost. Faust (King of the Blacks) Oz., 80c.; 10 Giant Trimardeau. — Mixed colors. A distinct class of strong-growing plants bearing enormous flowers, often measuring over 3 inches in di- ameter i Oz., $1.50; 10 Giant Striped. — Showy stripes on large flowers.. 10 Lord Beaconsfield Purple. — Very showy 10 Masterpiece. — Xot excelled in good quality 10 Meteor Bright Yellow. — Very showy 10 Victoria Red. — Magnificent. Flowers of deep claret-red color, large and very beautiful i Oz., $1.25; 10 Snowflake. — Pure white JOz., 80c. ; 10 MIXED EXTRA CHOICE. Finest Mixed. — 1st quality Oz., $5.00; 10 “ “ 2d “ Oz., $3.00; 5 “ “ 3d “ Oz., $2.00; 5 Petunias are annuals of extraordinary merit and of easy culture, producing a fine effect by reason of the beautiful combination of colors. Free bloomers, very effective. In the garden, con- servatory or greenhouse they produce most beau- tiful flowers in great profusion. Will grow freely in any soil, but the richer the soil the better effect produced. Also fine for boxes, vases, etc. In the open garden the plants spread 3 feet by 20 inches high and bloom for 90 days. See illustra- tion. BEDDING, SINGLE FLOWERED Striped and Spotted iOz., 90c.; 10 Belle Etoile. — White and purple; profuse bloomer. 2 feet 1 Oz., 70c.; 10 Countess of Ellesmere.— Great bloomer, rose and white I Oz., 40c.; 10 Hybrida. — MLxed colors. 2 feet jOz., 50c.; 5 SINGLE LARGE FLOWERING Grandiflora Finest Mixed. — Huge flowers; great variety of color. Single. 2 feet..i Oz., $1.25; 10 (Prices per packet and V4 ounce) Petunias, single flowered PHLOX Phlox Drummondii Grandiflora. — This is the Large Flowering Class, and in all its varieties of colors and shades cannot be excelled by any annual for brilliant and constant display. Blooms from July to November, and should have rich, light soil. The seed may be sown in hot-bed in March and the plants planted out in June, or when the ground becomes warm maybe sown just wdiere they are to stand. No wonder these brilliant blooms are called Flame Flowers, as when planted in beds or masses, the plants standing four inches apart in each direction, they make a solid field of color. In the open garden the plants spread 20 and rise 12 inches high. In bloom 60 days. See illustration. Coccinea. — Bright scarlet, fine form, large. 1 foot. Very brilliant i Gz., .50c.; 5 Atrosang'uinea. — Blood red i Oz., 60c.; 5 Star of Quedlinburg Mixed. — Bears five-pointed, star-shaped flowers; easy culture. A very odd and handsome flower. Hardy annual. \ Oz., 60c.; 10 Atropurpurea. — Deep purple i Oz., 60c.; 10 Hybrida, Mixed Colors VOz-. 40c.; 5 (67) LANDRETHS’ FLOWER SEEDS Phlox Drummondii Grandiflora RICINUS The Castor Bean, in all its varieties, has a showy tropical appearance, singly or in groups. Valua- ble for screens. Sanguineus. — Red stalks and foliage, with bronze tinge, seed-pods scarlet. 10 feet Oz., 25c.; 5 Zanzibariensis. — Largest-leaved variety, an ele- gant centre plant. Leaves often 3 feet across. 12 feet high Oz., 25c.: 5 Mixed, All Varieties Oz., 25c.; 5 POPPY Every garden should have a good supply of Pop- pies. They fit in almost anywhere and the per- ennial varieties remain for years. Bracteatum, Iceland and Orientale are perennials, the others annuals. Sow seed in the open ground in the Spring or Fall. Will not bear transplanting. Most brilliant and showy flowers. 1 to 2 feet. Fire Dra.gon. — Single flower of four inches diameter, most brilliant deep scarlet 10 Cardinal Double. — Dwarf, deep red .J Oz., 40c.; 5 Danebrog. — Large. Scarlet, with white cross.... i Oz., 30c.; 5 Golden Gate. — Semi-double. Most brilliant yellow JOz., 50c.; 5 Iceland. — Mixed colors. Perennials;' if sown in February will flower the same year and yield brilliant flowers all the season. Single i Oz., 80c.; 10 Carnation-flowered. — Fringed. Dwarf, all colors. i Oz., 15c.; 5 Peony-flowered. — Compact growth. Oz., 15c. ; 5 Poppy Landreths’ Sweet Peas Sow in permanent location, in single row, two seeds to the inch, half-ounce of seeds to every yard of row; cover one inch deep. Sweet Peas can be grown as easily as the common garden Peas, simply requiring room and early starting — planted even before the frost is out or the ground. Best results are obtained by sowing the preceding Autumn, as with deep roots in a deep, rich soil the season of blooming is lengthened. They do best when trained to trestles made of string or wire. The3^ should be thinned out about one inch apart in rows, and if in parallel rows the rows should be four (4) feet apart. Sweet Peas have a blooming period of about four weeks, consequently to provide for a longer season of flowering it is advisable, where garden space permits, to make four or five sowings about two weeks apart, making the first sowing before the I frost is out of the ground. But the blooming season is only partially fixed according to date of sowing, for Nature is disposed to run flowering time much together, whatever may have been the date of sowing the seeds. (Prices per packet and ounce) (Prices per packet and ounce) I Shirley. — Flowers of a glossy, silk-like texture, single or semi-double, colors light shades crimson, rose, pink to rosy-white; some bordered with white, others striped and blotched....^- Oz., 20c. ; 5 Mixed. — All colors and varieties Oz., 20c.; 5 SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED POPPY— Continued Poppy Shirley Sweet Peas always develop the largest and best flowers and continue longest in bloom under con- ditions of a rainy season or under irrigation. On the other hand, hot, dry weather diminishes the size of flowers, causes them to fade and induces the vines to cease blooming, to soon dry up if not revived by rain, but after a good rain will make a display as attractive as at first. White-seeded Sweet Peas are more delicate than the dark-seeded varieties, and under unfavorable conditions of soil and rainfall or drought do not germinate as freely as dark-seeded, which are always hardy. Sweet Peas of any variety will generally bloom in 60 or 70 days after they germinate; one ounce being sown to ten feet of row. Sweet Peas Comparative Trials of Si.xty Named Sorts of Sweet Peas t ('9 ) LANDRETHS* FLOWER SEEDS Sweet Peas GRANDIFLORA TYPES MIXED COLORS—SOW EARLY If a mixture of colors is desired we offer three grades : Oz. 34 Lb. Lb. Landreths’ Fine Mixed .. .16 40 $1.25 Landreths’ Very Choice Mixed 15 42 1.40 Landreths’ Special Mixed .20 45 1.50 Per Packet, 5 cents. DISTINCT SORTS GRANDIFLORA SWEET PEAS Last year we named them in classes of colors or markings — this year we name them alphabetically — | twenty-one sorts — we might name one hundred more, but these are sufficient. Per lb. Per 34 It). Per oz. Per pkt. $1.80 50c 20c 5c ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED A. T. Cook — An attractive scarlet. Aurura — Wdiite stri'ped orange and salmon. Black Knight. — Almost black, its name fits it. Blanche Ferry. — WTiite and pink. Captain of the Blues. — Bright blue. Dorothy Eckford. — Large white, showy. Emily Eckford. — Rose hlac, most attractive. Flora Norton — Bright blue, most brilliant. Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon. — Primrose, a choice and rose color. Helen Pierce. — Blue. Her Majesty. — Scarlet, showy. Jannet Scott. — Rose-Pink. King Edward VII. — Bright scarlet, very showy. Lord Nelson. — Bright blue, well named. Lady Grizzel Hamilton. — Lavender, most delicate. Mrs. Walter Wright. — Mauve. Miss Wilmont. — Orange and pink. Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain. — White striped with rose. Othello. — Almost black. Prima Donna.— Bright rose. Spencer Types Mixed Varieties Per lb. Per 34 lb. Peroz. Per pkt. $3.50 $1.00 35c. 6c. Mixed Colors. — A development in Sweet Peas which is passing throughout the entire list of varieties, each old color and old form being en- larged and beautified beyond compare, and which in turn, when firmly fixed, will entirely supplant the old and familiar forms. 1 he new habit is not fixed, but varies from 60 to 80 per cent. true. DISTINCT SORTS SPENCER SWEET PEAS Here follows twenty-one varieties of Spencers — what is the use of offering one hundred and seven- teen— our customers should be thankful we do not cause them “Brain Fag,” by naming all the so called sorts, by getting down at once to the best. Per lb. Per 34 lb. Peroz. Per pkt. ( $4.00 $1.25 40c. 10c. ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED America. — Crimson scarlet, distinctly striped with white. Austin Frederick. — Cream colored, waved or frilled. Barbara. — Orange salmon, large. Eldreda Pearson. — Light blue, pink. Fiery Cross. — Intense orange-scarlet, cherry-orange, wings large. Golden Glory. — Golden orange. Illumination. — Rich orange, salmon, large flowered. Helen Lewis. — Pink, orange. Hercules. — Rose pink, immense long stems, flowers giants. Evelyn A3rre. — Pale pink and salmon. King White. — Gigantic flowers of pure white. Lord Nelson. — Navy blue, wings lighter color. Margaret Atlee. — Very fine large flowers, salmon pink, giant flowered, buff ground. Maude Holmes. — Long solid crimson. Margaret Madison. — Pale lavender or azure-blue, graceful flowers. Mrs. Cuthbertson. — Carmine rose,prolific bloomer wings whi.te, strong grower. Royal Purple. — Large flowers, fine form and best purple, young flowers lighter color than old ones. Queen Victoria. — Primrose, flowers large. The President. — Orange scarlet. Rosabella. — Rose. The Cardinal. — BriUiant poppy scarlet. Queen Alexandrea. — Bright red, very distinctive. v70) SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED (.Prices per packet and ounce) SNAPDRAGON See Antirrhinum, page 57. SCABIOSA {Mourning Bride) Pincushion Flower, known the world over as Mourning Bride. Is a well-known annual. Easy culture; blooms all the season. Fine for bou- quets. 2 to 3 feet high. Dwarf Purple i Oz., 20c.; 5 Tall Varieties. — Mixed i Oz., 20c.; 5 Sage, Bonfire SENSITIVE PLANT From its mysterious irritability, exceedingly always attractive, curious. When touched will instantly fold its leaves and droop. Seeming to possess almost human knowledge. It is as easy to grow as a Pea or a Bean. 1 foot. Flowers pink. Oz., 80c.; 10 SALVIA SPLENDENS Sunflower — Dwarf Double SUNFLOWER (Helianthus) The Sunflower is a well-known old-fashioned favorite, of late years wonderfully improved. The size and brilliancy of its flowers make it worthy of a place in every garden. Argophyllus (Silver Leaf). — 5 feet Oz., 30c.; 5 Globosus. — Globe flowered, yellow... 3 feet Oz., 30c.; 5 Dwarf Double. — 3 feet. Densely double flowers. Oz., 60c.; 5 This gives really by far the greatest volume of bloom in a small space of most showy plants than any other plant which we can name, though very humble, po.ssibly almost the humblest of the en- tire list of flowers, .lust try it against your fence or screen. Flowers 5 inches in diameter and double as the Chrysanthemum. $3.00 per ounce Every ounce of SALVIA SPLENDENS we sell is grown on Bloomsdale Farm, where we have eight to twelve acres of broad scarlet patches scattered among the other crops producing a most dazzhng effect. Half-ounce should raise 1000 plants. Sow seed in hot-bed or box in house and plant out when ground is warm, or sow outdoors when the Apple is in bloom. In bloom 60 days. 2feetspread. Bonfire. — A fine variety, 3 feet high; forms a dense, compact bush, is a heavy bloomer. Brilliant scarlet. We especially recommend this sort of seed, which we grow every year on Bloomsdale. i Oz., 90c.; 10 Lord Fauntleroy.— A favorite variety. Zurich. — Brilliant scarlet, large flowered, long trusses. Earlier than Bonfire. Only half its height iOz., 90c.; 10 The preceeding page it will be observed is devoted to — SWEET PEAS the only family of ornamental Flowers so distinguished in this Catalog. (71 ) LANDRETHS^ FLOWER SEEDS (Prices per packet and ounce) (Price per packet and ounce) Ten Weeks’ Stock VINCA {“Periwinkle”) Valuable for pot culture, tender perennials. Very desirable window decorations. Sown early, blooms freely same season. 1 foot. Alba pura.— Pure white; spread 8 inches 5 Rosea. — Spread 8 inches. Rose petals, crim- son eye 5 Mixed. — Several colors; spread 8 inches 1 Oz., 40c.; 5 Sweet William SWEET-WILLIAM {Dianthus Barbatus) These flowers were favorites in our grandfathers’ gardens. They bloom early in the Spring and continue in flower a long time. Plants are hardy and they will bloom in August the first and second years, and their number may be increased by dividing the roots. Colors run from purple to white. Double Crimson 5 Single Crimson 5 Double Mixed. 1 foot JOz., 40c.: 5 Single Mixed. 1 foot JOz., ISc.; 5 TEN WEEKS' STOCK Stocks are half-hardy annuals, beautiful and fragrant. Sow under glass or on warm border early in Spring, transplant to rich ground. Cut and Come Again (Princess Alice) is the finest and most floriferous white sort. For garden, pot or cut-flower use, it cannot be equaled. 10 inches ^Oz., 50c. ; 10 Large Flowering. — DOUBLE mixed. i Oz., 40c.; 10 ( 72 ) Verbena SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED (Price per packet, and % ounce) VERBENA The Verbenas are half-hardy perennials. No flower garden is complete without Verbena. Mostly upright, but when prostrate taking root freely where stems come in contact with the ground. Grand for bedding. In bloom 90 days. Sow the seed J inch deep in a box of light rich soil. Start in February or March under gentle heat of hot-bed or even in sunny window, and after hardening off transplant the seedlings in May or June in open ground in good, rich soil. Auricula-flowered. — White eye; height 9 inches. spread 2 feet J Oz., 50c. ; 5 Defiance Brilliant Scarlet iOz., 50c.; 5 Firefly or Scarlet. — Height 9 inches; spread 2 feet ^Oz., 60c.; 5 Hybrida Mixed Colors. — Height 9 inches: spread 2 feet iOz., 40c.; 5 Mammoth White | Oz., 60c.; 5 Mammoth Blue | Oz., 60c.; 5 WALLFLOWER A favorite with old-fashioned people. It is a half- hardy biennial, producing beautiful fragrant flowers. Requires protection during the Winter. Blooms second year. 18 inches. Large Flowering Double Mixed i Oz., 50c.; 5 Large Flowering Single Mixed. — 2 feet 5 Oz., 40c.; 5 ZINNIA Double. Is a long-stemmed annual of robust habit, blooming from July to October. Seeds can be planted in the open, or young plants transplanted if desired. Dwarf varieties should stand about one foot apart, and tall varieties double this distance. Will grow anywhere and stand any amount of rough treatment. In bloom 60 days. Plants 18 inches’ spread. Blooming until killed by frost. (Price per packet, and Vi ounce) Zinnia Red Riding Hood.— A gem of one foot tall, rich scarlet double flowers, very effective. I Oz., 45c.; 5 Large Flowering Dwarf Mixed. — Flowers often five inches across; all colors | Oz., 20c.; 5 Large Flowering Tall Mixed. — Flowers big as dahlias. Exceeding showy, keeping long after cutting. All colors, 2 feet i Oz., 40c.; 5 Mixed Lawn Grass is entirely a matter of confidence, whether the purchaser be a merchant or a gardener, and that the pro- portions mixed, as to varieties and quantities of each, is a matter of honesty and ability. We sell Mixtures by the hundred pounds, and not by measure, puffed up in bulk by worthless chaff or hulls, often purchased by mixers of Lawn Grass at a price of two cents per pound, and used entirely for the making of bulk, for chaff is no good, and it is time this fraud was stopped. Finally we will add that in no class of any kind of Seeds is there so much deception as in Mixed Lawn Grass — the doors for deception are wide open. The purchaser of any mixed article, whether it be Grass Seed or Coffee, at once agrees to an opening of the door to an extent of fraud equal to any evil intent. The purchaser cannot complain of the parts or proportion of parts of an unknown mixture; he buys it just as it is, he does not know the combination. Yet no large operator is going to divulge the parts of his mixture — that is a trade secret. 1 he purchaser is at the mercy of the mixer, and the mixer’s honesty of purpose alone is the only guarantee of the quality. We regret to say that the average mixture of Grass Seed does not make a well-balanced combination of valuable sorts succeeding each other, for the average mixer of Mixed Grass Seed knows just nothing about varieties, his sole aim being to make the lowest cost mixture to sell at the biggest price. Landreths’ Lawn Grass Mixture, according to its name or grade and for the purpose intended, is composed of many varieties put in as suitable for the purposes named, as For Surface Effect on the Lawn, For the Putting Green, For Baseball Grounds, For Shady Places, For Golf Links, For Dry Soils, For Winter Lawn Grass. GIVE US YOUR CONFIDENCE LAWN GRASS TEST, — The illustration, from a photograph, is of 20 sorts used in our high-priced Lawn Grass Mixture, the varieties so radiating out from a common centre that the observer standing in the centre may compare all at his feet, Landreths’ Mixed Grasses This prescription consists of 100 parts, divided in such proportions between those Grasses which our observation has indicated as best for general park effect, as respects color, density of herbage, vigor, quick recuperation after mowing and permanency. The seeds used are well cleaned, and we believe them to be pure and full of vitality, and all persons using them are certain to secure a stand, provided the land be properly prepared and the seed sown at the proper time and at the right depth, and provided there be suf- ficient rainfall to germinate the seed. We cannot be responsible for the errors of the inexperienced. Prices are all by the pound, One Hundred Pounds being required to seed an acre, which equals a space of 70 yards long by 70 yards wide, making 4900 square yards, or its equivalent, no matter what the shape is. 1 lb. for space of 20 x 20 feet, or 400 square feet. At single pound rates we prepay postage. At the rate per 100 lbs. or fraction, the seeds will be shipped by Express or Freight at expense of purchaser. Per pound in packages of 1, ^ or lb. Mixtures. Postage paid In Bulk Price per pound Postage paid In 100 lbs. Bulk Without postage 25 pounds at 100 pound rate Landreths’ Never Die 60 .46 .40 Superior Mixture 66 .60 .46 Extra Special Mixture 60 .66 .60 Fairmount Park Mixture.. 46 .40 .36 ATHLETIC GROUNDS— Football and Baseball Parks Incl. Postage Popular 60c. Lb. 100 lbs. $40.00 Extra Special 66c. “ “ 60.00 GOLF LINKS — For the Course Popular 46c. Lb. 100 lbs. $40.00 Extra Special 60c. “ “ 46.00 GOLF LINKS — For the Putting Green Popular 66c. Lb. 100 lbs. $60.00 Extra Special.. 60c. “ “ 66.00 White Clover — White Dutch Per oz., 10 cts., including postage. Lb., 82 cts., including postage By Express, not prepaid, 70 cents per pound Grass for SHADY Places Incl. Postage Grass for Shady Places. ...60c. Lb. 100 lbs. $66.00 Southern Winter Lawn Grass Price, including postage, 30 cts. per lb. By Express, per 100 lbs., $26.00