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The Iowa Seed Company's SELECTED LIST OF CHOICE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

From Good Seeds Only Can Good Vegetables Be Grown.
We desire to call the particular attention of our friends and patrons to this list of Vegetable Seeds, which will be found to contain all the leading and most popular varieties in cultivation, including all novelties which have proven of merit in this section of the country. We are each year testing a large number of the novelties which are offered, many of which, while they may be of value in the latitude where they originated, are not at all desirable in this section of the country, and we therefore do not offer them.
We exercise the greatest care in the selection of our stock, growing all in Iowa, the garden spot of the United States, which we can to advantage, and those varieties which we do not grow ourselves we have obtained from the most responsible growers, and we have gone personally and inspected the crop while growing, in many instances, and the seeds are all carefully tested to prove their vitality before sending them out, and we are certain that a trial will prove to all that they cannot be excelled in purity and high quality by any.
As much as practicable we bave put the varieties in rotation, in the order of their earliness, and those varieties in CAPITALS are such as we can specially recommend, and will be found best for general use. Those of our customers who are not acquainted with the varieties cannot go far wrong in selecting these.
The testimonials which we are constantly receiving from the largest and most critical Market Gardeners in this and other States are the best evidence that our Garden Seeds are unsurpassed in quality and our trade-mark "Only one quality, the Best," is well taken.
SEEDS BY MAIL POSTPAID. In comparing our Catalogue with others, please remember that our prices include the prepayment of postage on all seeds by the packet, ounce, quarter pound and pound, and thus you have them delivered to your door at prices named in Catalogue. Beans, Peas and Corn will be sent by express or freight, unless thirty cents per quart for Peas and Beans and twenty-five cents per quart for Corn is added to prepay postage. It is usually cheaper and better to have them sent by express.
PREMIUMS. ON ALL ORDERS FOR SEEDS IN PACKETS the purchaser may select TWENTY-FIVE CENTS WORTH EXTRA for each ONE DOLLAR sent us. This premium applies only to seeds in packets, and cannot be allowed on orders for bulk seeds. Orders amounting to OVER FIVE DOLLARS for seeds IN BULK may select seeds to the amount of ten per cent of order extra.
All who are willing to have their vegetable seeds sent by express or freight at their expense, may deduct fifteen cents for each pound of seeds, except Beans, Corn and Peas, which they order.
Please see our special list of novelties on the pink supplement to this Catalogue.
Market Gardeners and others who use large quantities of seeds should send for our special Market Gardener's price list.
Hints to Gardeners.- In all garden work it is very desirable to do everything on time. To the vigilant and industrious belongs the prize. In the spring of the year weeds grow with astonishing rapidity, and a day's time lost at this season equals much more than in any other. If you want to have a good garden, which you can enjoy and take pride in, commence early, fertilize and work the soil thoroughly, keep free from weeds, and give all crops the best of care. Don't try to cultivate too much ground, but plan your garden so as to have a rotation of orops, and you can often utilize the ground so as to obtain two or three crops each season.

"GET THE BEST AND GROW IT WELL."

The figures at the right of the column show the price of seeds per packet, postpaid.

ARTICHOKE- Ger. Artischoke.
Plant early in spring, in drills, two inches deep. When strong transplant to permanent beds, in rich soil, in rows three feet apart and two feet in the row. They mature the second year. Must be protected in winter.
French Green Globe- Per oz. 25 cts.... 5.
Artichoke Roots- See miscellaneous list.

ASPARAGUS-Ger. Spargel.
One ounce will sow forty feet of drill.
Soak the seed twenty-four hours in tepid water; sow early in spring, in rows a foot apart; keep clean by frequent weeding and hoeing. At one or two years old transplant to permanent beds, in rows eighteen inches apart, and a foot apart in the rows. Cover four inches with light, rich soil. One or two years' time can be saved by buying the roots. See miscellaneous list.

Conover's Colossal- The most popular variety; per lb. 60 cts; 1/4 lb. 20 cts; oz. 10 cts.... 5.
"Hub" or Moore's Hybrid- Remarkably uniform and large, very tender and rich in flavor; a specimen bunch of twelve stocks weighed over three pounds. Its large size and fine appearance insure quick sales. (See cut); per 1/4 lb. 50 cts; oz. 15 cts.... 5.
Palmetto - A new variety, originated in South Carolina. It is very early, yields well and is of good quality; per 1/4 lb. 50 cts; oz.15 cts.... 5.
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BEANS-Dwarf Bush Varieties- Ger. Bohne.
One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill.
Dwarf or Bush Beans require no support, and should [continued next page]