. Field, vegetables and flower seeds : catalog 1902. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF HIGH-CLASS SEEDS. 47 Money-Making Fodder Plants. AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH.—A valuable forage plant. It thrives in soils where nothing else will grow, and is recommended highly for all places subject to periodical droughts. The seed should be planted in garden beds, and the seedlings planted out seven to eight feet apart when a few inches high. One pound of seed is sufficient for an acre. Pkt., 10 c
. Field, vegetables and flower seeds : catalog 1902. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF HIGH-CLASS SEEDS. 47 Money-Making Fodder Plants. AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH.—A valuable forage plant. It thrives in soils where nothing else will grow, and is recommended highly for all places subject to periodical droughts. The seed should be planted in garden beds, and the seedlings planted out seven to eight feet apart when a few inches high. One pound of seed is sufficient for an acre. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; lb., $, postpaid. BEGGAR WEED.—Highly recommended for improving light or sandy soils by plowing under. It is an erect annual, growing from five to eight feet high, with abundant foliage of nutritient quality. Ten pounds to the acre. For hay cut when coming into bloom. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 40 cts., postpaid. BROOM CORN.—Sow only when warm weather is assured, as it is very sus- ceptible to cold. IMPROVED EVERGREEN.—Pkt., 5 cts.; lb., 18 cts., postpaid. TENNESSEE EVERGREEN.—Pkt., 5 cts.; lb., 18 cts., postpaid. BUCKWHEAT (JAPANESE).—A new, very distinct, and highly desirable variety. The plant is of much stronger growth than common buckwheat, while the kernels are of fully twice the size. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 25 cts., postpaid. SILVER HULL.—The plant continues to bloom longer than common buck- wheat, producing a larger crop, while the grain makes a whiter flour. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 25 cts., postpaid. CANADA FIELD PEAS.—Valuable for early forage. They make heavy yield of nutritious food, which can be used green, or cured as hay; also as valuable for turning under as crimson clover or cow peas. Sowing with oats is an advantage, as the oats help to keep the peas from trailing on the ground. Price variable. Present price, $ per bushel. COW PEAS.—The South's great soil renovator. They make one of the largest yielding forage crop known, and the
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