. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world. Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 54 J. M. Thorburx & Co., 15 John St., New York. MISCELLANEOU. SPRIXC ETCHES. SEEDS—continued. TEAS ELS-Fullers'. The heads, furnished with barbed spikes, are used for combing cloth. Tea- sels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown about April or May. The young leaves are often used for feeding silkworms. Per lb., 30 cents. TEOSINTE. See Meana luxur
. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world. Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 54 J. M. Thorburx & Co., 15 John St., New York. MISCELLANEOU. SPRIXC ETCHES. SEEDS—continued. TEAS ELS-Fullers'. The heads, furnished with barbed spikes, are used for combing cloth. Tea- sels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown about April or May. The young leaves are often used for feeding silkworms. Per lb., 30 cents. TEOSINTE. See Meana luxurians. VETCHES —Spring Tares. ( Vicia Sown broadcast at rate of 1 to 1% bushels to the acre, like wheat or barley, and sometimes mixed with oats for soiling. Used in France and Canada as a substitute for peas. Also ground up into flour, after which it is mixed with wheat flour for mak- ing bread. A valuable plant. Per qt., 20 cents; per bus., $3. Sand, Winter, or Hairy Vetch. (Vicia villosa.) This variety thrives on poor, arid, sandy soils. It is sown either in fall or in spring, and" generally mixed with rye, which serves as a support to the plants. It grows to a height of from 3 to 4 feet, and can be cut twice for fodder, first as soon as the bloom appears, and then it can be again cut for the seed. The plant is perfectly hardy, and the pro- duce is recommended as most nutritious. The seed is black and perfectly round, and should be sown at the rate of 1^ bushels to the acre. Per qt., 25 cents; per bus., $ Tufted Vetch, or Bird's Tares, f Vicia cracea.) Has creeping perennial roots, and affords provender of good quality. Per lb., 25 cents. WILD RICE. (Zizania aquatica.) A native of our northern and western states. Valuable as a forage plant for swamps and inundated lands, but it is chiefly valuable as an attraction for water fowl. The Indians of the lake regions of the northwest used to gather it by beating it off into their canoes and then cure it for w
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