Garden, field and flower seeds . hanany other variety. Per pkt., shelled, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.;quart, 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight (on ear), 50 lbs.,$ FLAX SEED. Per lb., 20 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, quart, 15cts.; bush. (56 lbs.), $ OSAGE ORANGE. Per lb., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, bush., $ TEOSINTE. (Reana Liuxurians.) This new andgigantic fodder from Cen-tral America, somewhat resembles IndianCorn, and gives promise of soon becomingthe leading forage plant in this latitudeand the South. It produces a great numberof sh
Garden, field and flower seeds . hanany other variety. Per pkt., shelled, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.;quart, 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight (on ear), 50 lbs.,$ FLAX SEED. Per lb., 20 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, quart, 15cts.; bush. (56 lbs.), $ OSAGE ORANGE. Per lb., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, bush., $ TEOSINTE. (Reana Liuxurians.) This new andgigantic fodder from Cen-tral America, somewhat resembles IndianCorn, and gives promise of soon becomingthe leading forage plant in this latitudeand the South. It produces a great numberof shoots, growing 12 feet high, thicklycovered with leaves, and yielding such anabundance of forage that one plant isconsidered amply sufiicient to feed a pairof cattle for 24 hours. As a soiling or fod-der plant in the South, it surpasses eithercorn or sorghum, and in the extremeSouth is a perennial. The leaves are longand broad, and the stalk full of sweet pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 3^ lb., 35 cts.;lb. 75 cts., Teosinte. IMPROVED EVERGREEN BROOMCORN. A particularly valuable variety of broom corn, as it doesnot get red in the field before cutting, but is strictly a greenvariety of brush, and for that reason will always commandthe highest price in the market. It is free from crookedbrush, stands up well and grows from 8 to 10 feet high. Itripens early and is fine and straight. About 500 weight ofbroom may be raised on an acre, and the seed is worth nearlyas much as oats for feed. This can be made a large payingcrop to the farmer. Per pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 40 cts., postpaid. Byexpress or freight, peck, 65cts.; bush., $
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