. Thorburn's seeds : 1900. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 59 MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS—continued. TEASELS—Fullers'. The heads, furnished with barbed spikes, are used for combing 'cloth. Teasels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown about April, or May. The young leaves are often used for feeding silk- worms. Per lb., 30 cts. TEOSINTE. SeeBeana luxurians. VELVET BEAN. See under Beans, page 56. VETCHES —Spring Tares ( Vicia sativa). Sown broadcast at rate of 1 to IK bushels to the acre,
. Thorburn's seeds : 1900. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 59 MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS—continued. TEASELS—Fullers'. The heads, furnished with barbed spikes, are used for combing 'cloth. Teasels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown about April, or May. The young leaves are often used for feeding silk- worms. Per lb., 30 cts. TEOSINTE. SeeBeana luxurians. VELVET BEAN. See under Beans, page 56. VETCHES —Spring Tares ( Vicia sativa). Sown broadcast at rate of 1 to IK bushels to the acre, like wheat or barley, and sometimes mixed with oats for soiling. Used in France or Canada as a substitute for peas. Also ground up into flour, after which it is mixed with wheat flour for making bread. Per qt., 20 cts.; 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 produce is recommended as most nutritious. The seed is black and perfectly round, and should be sown at the rate of 1>2 bushels to the acre. Per qt., 25 cts.; per bus., $ Tufted Vetch, or Bird's Tares (Vicia cracca). Has creeping perennial roots, and affords provender of good quality. Per lb., 25 cts. 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 attrac- tion 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 curing it for winter food. Before sowing, put the rice into coarse cotton bags, and sink them in water for 24 hours. Sow in water, wbich is f
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