. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. ASPARAGUS. CULTURE—Sow the seed thinly in rows one foot apart, as soon as the ground is warm, in March or April, covering- the seed from % to % inch deep. Thin out the seedlings to three or four inches in the rows, saving only the strongest. The one-year plants should be set out in the spring, in a good, rich, sandy soil, dug 20 to 24 inches deep, into which has been worked plenty of well- rotted manure, and the plants should be at least six inches below the surface and one foot apart in the row. If it is a stiff clay soi
. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. ASPARAGUS. CULTURE—Sow the seed thinly in rows one foot apart, as soon as the ground is warm, in March or April, covering- the seed from % to % inch deep. Thin out the seedlings to three or four inches in the rows, saving only the strongest. The one-year plants should be set out in the spring, in a good, rich, sandy soil, dug 20 to 24 inches deep, into which has been worked plenty of well- rotted manure, and the plants should be at least six inches below the surface and one foot apart in the row. If it is a stiff clay soil it should be loosened up by mixing plenty of sand, or even coal ashes, and be well drained. One ounce of seed will produce about 300 plants. COIVOVER'S COLOSSAL,—The standard, sending as many as thirty shoots Pkt. Oz. % lb. Lb. from a single plant 5c 10c 20c 60c PALMETTO—Bright green and very early 5c 10c 25c 75c COLUMBIA MAMMOTH WHITE—A choice variety with white stalks 5c 10c 2 5c 75c Golden Wax. CULTURE—A succession of sowings can be made from the first week in May until August. Plant in drills about two inches deep and from eighteen inches to two feet apart, according to the richness of the soil—the poorer the soil, the closer they can be planted; the plants should be about three inches apart. One pound to 50 feet of drill; eighty pounds to an acre. GREEN POD VARIETIES. BURPEE'S STRINGLESS—A valuable addition to the green-podded sorts; extra early, round fleshy pods; very brittle and almost entirely stringless, and without doubt the best green-podded bean known. Pkt. 5c, V2 lb. 10c, 1 lb. 20c, 2 lbs. 35c, 10 lbs. $ GIANT STRINGLESS VALENTINE. Resembles the Valentine, though pods average one-third larger and usually are stringless. Is fully a week earlier than the Improved Valentine. Pkt. 5c, y2 lb. 10c, lb. 20c, 2 lbs. 35c, 10 lbs. $ EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS. An early snap short variety, producing edible pods 30 days after germination. Very bu
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