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August 10, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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APHINE 



AN INSKTICIDE (EMULSION) THAT WILL POSITIVELY EXTERMINATE PUNT LICE Of EVERY SPECIES 



Tba ■uooeiatul Florlati, Gardeners, Nuraerymen and rarmera— In taot everyone Intereated 

 in hortloulture and asrloulture— must readily appreciate tbe value of ttala new discovery. 



APHINE IS NOT AN EXPERIMENT 



It has fully demonstrated Its merits during the seven years that it has been in use within a limited field, in 

 which time it has been tested by the highest scientific authorities of the land — and proclaimed an infallible spray 

 for fruit trees, vines and all outside plants, trees and shrubs. 



For the Oreenhonse and Conservatory it has no equal among the various insect remedies now in use. 



Aphlne is a combination of essential and ethereal oils, combined with nicotine, in a ready soluble and available 

 form, and completely kills such pests as the 



Oreen Fly — Black Fly — Thrlps — Bed Spider — Healy Buff — Caterpillars — White aad Brown Scale— and many 

 other Insects injurious to foliage and vegetation. 



Apliine, while admittedly a powerful insecticide, does not affect the most tender growths of plants, the nitrogen 

 and phosphates which are contained In Apbine acting as a direct plant stimulant, thus nourishing the plant as well as 

 protecting it from Insect invasion. 



This has been proven to the satisfaction of eminent scientists. 



"Apbine has a future as wide and lone as the United States " says "ColUer's Weekly." 



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WHAT *• COLLIER'S WEEKLY" SATS 

 DEATH TO THX PLANT LOUSS 



"A spray has been discovered that will surely kill that 

 innumerable and ubiquitous pest of Aphids (Plant 

 Lilce). George K. Talmadge, a scientist out in Madison, 

 New Jersey, compounded the discovery, which is named 

 'Aphine.' Talmadge used to be an orchid collector in 

 South America, and he has always interested himself 

 in the problems and tragedies of plant life. His spray 

 looks like hard cider, and he runs it through a still all 

 night. It costs $1.50 a gallon, and is mixed one gallon 

 to forty gallons of water. Essential oils are used in 

 its makeup, and these are imported and therefore ex- 

 pensive. Talmadge has nearly fallen into the hands 

 of the Philistines in several episodes. A shyster 

 lawyer, who saw the death-dealing possibilities of 

 'Aphine,' seized fourteen barrels of it and tried to force 

 various park departments to take it at a price of $300 

 a barrel of fifty gallons. Now six dollars a gallon is 

 too costly for any public utility, however deadly. This 

 same lawyer wanted to flood the market with the stuff 

 and guarantee its killing anything up to undesirable 

 cats. But Talmadge finally shook loose from the crook, 

 and in a very humble way has been distilling and sell- 



stuff pure, and shun adulteration as he would the devil, 

 he has a life work ahead of him that will be blessed 

 to husbandmen and housewives everywhere, and that 

 will turn back to him a cozy income. There are plenty 

 of insect destroyers for 'chewing insects.' It is the 

 problem of 'sucking insects' that has been diflncult. 

 They must be killed by contact. 'Aphine,' when 

 sprayed, liberates a gas that kills the lice. And this 

 without Injuring tender plants or delicate foliage. It 

 answers summarily for some hundreds of varieties of 

 soft-bodied insects, ranging in color from nearly white 

 to a brilliant red. Many plants have their own special 

 variety of pest. There is the hop-louse, for Instance. 

 In the South, the pea-louse will sometimes destroy the 

 entire crop. Melons and gourds, greenhouse and garden 

 plants, vegetables, flowers, all table plants (where the 

 leaves are not directly eaten), apple trees, peach trees, 

 and many other varieties of fruit trees — all have been 

 in need of relief from plant lice. The old methods of 

 fighting with tobacco smoke, pumpkin fumigation, and 

 kerosene spray had objections and limitations. Every 

 section of our country has some variety of malicious 

 louse. 'Aphine' has a future as wide and as long as 

 the United States."— Collier's. 



ing the poison from his own home. If he will keep his 

 hands on the patents, fight shy of partners, make the 



The above article, appearing in the editorial columns of "Collier's Weekly" on April 17th, 1909, is a 

 strong endorsement of the merits of Aphine — but its qualities are in no wise exaggerated. 



This article was not solicited — in fact, the high standard of "Collier's Weekly" prohibits even a suggestion of 

 the posstbflity of a subsidized item appearing in its news columns, and I have no knowledge as to where the details 

 of my experience, as related therein, and which are virtually correct, were obtained. 



WHAT LEADING ENTOMOLOGISTS, 



John B. Smith, Entomologist, New Jersey Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Stations, New Brunswick, N. J.: . . . 

 "I have again tried your material at various strengths 

 on plant lice, and there is no doubt that, as against 

 these insects, it is almost a specific. It kills every- 

 thing that it touches at the strength that I have used. 

 . . . You can guarantee your material to be effective 

 against plant lice. I know that from personal expe- 

 rience, and it seems to be equally effective against all 

 the kinds of plant lice against which I have used it." 



Edmund B. Southwick, Entomologist, Department of 

 Parks, New York City: "I want to say that I have 

 given your preparation for the destruction of Aphids a 

 very thorough trial on cucurbitas and other plants in- 

 fested with Aphids and find it works very successfully; 

 in fact, for this special purpose I have found nothing 

 that compares with it." ^ 



John Herlihy, Arboriculturist, Prospect Park, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. : "Your sample of insecticide was received ' 

 in due time. The Aphine I have tried on the Green Fly, 

 Sugar Maple Aphid, and Euonymus scale and found it 

 entirely satisfactory. In each case the death of the 

 insect occurred in a few minutes'." 



A. Herrlngton, Superintendent Florham Farms, Park 

 I>epartment, Florham Park, N. J.: "I have made a 

 careful test of your insecticide upon several different 

 plants that were infested with green fly, red spider and 

 scale, and in every case it completely destroyed the 

 pests in question, with no apparent harm to the plants 

 treated, although some of them were in a soft growing 

 condition, most susceptible to injury frpm such prepar- 

 ations." 



APH(IVC Is aold in one K^Uon and In one quart cans. It is put up in these paokasres only, at the laboratory, 

 to insure unadulterated delivery to the user. 



It is used at an averace strensth of 40 parts water to one part of APHim-full directiens beinc on each packase. 



One gallon cans, $2.50; One quart cans, $I.OO. 



GEORGE E. TSLMSDGE, Manufacturer, Madison, N. J. 



GARDENERS AND FLORISTS SAY 



August Belmont, Banker, New York City: "I have 

 received your letter, which I referred to my gardener, 

 Mr. Henry M. Gilmour, who reports that he has used 

 your Aphine in my greenhouses at Hempstead and finds 

 it very good for the destruction of slugs, worms, red 

 spider and Aphis." 



William B. Berger, Cashier Colorado National Bank, 

 Denver, Colo.: ... "I will be very glad to get same, 

 as since I have commenced to use it I do not see how 

 I ever got along without it. I have a small greenhouse 

 and outdoor garden, and it is indeed a satisfaction to 

 find an insecticide which is so easily applied and so 

 effective as Aphine." 



John E. Fray, White Oak Ridge Nurseries, Summit, 

 N. J.: "I have used George E. Talmadge's insecticide 

 for the past six or eight months to destroy Green and 

 Black Fly, Thrips, Red Spider, and Scale. In every 

 instance it was thoroughly effective. The buds and ten- 

 der shoots are not in the least affected by the applica- 

 tion of the preparation. I can heartily recommend it to 

 any one desiring immediate and permanent results." 



Albert M. Herr, Wholesale Florist, Lancaster, Pa.: 

 "Your Aphine, if properly handled, will certainly des- 

 troy Aphids or plant lice, and, where a liquid insec- 

 ticide is wanted, is just the thing." 



Louis A. Noe, Floriculturist, Madison, N. J.: "In 

 using your Aphine, beg to say that I find that where- 

 ever it touches the Aphis it means sure death." 



The Brant-Hentz Flower Co., Madison, N. J.: "We 

 have used your Aphine for Aphis on rose plants for the 

 past five months, and find that it kills the pests in ques- 

 tion without doing any injury to flower or foliage." 



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