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R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. HIGH-GRADE FERTILIZERS. 
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, FERTILIZER MATERIALS AND PLASTER. 
Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. 
Seoteh Soot. A fertilizer and fungicide. One of the best remedies 
and preventatives for mildew, when mixed with sulphur, at the 
rate of two-thirds soot and one-third sulphur. As a fertilizer 
it promotes growth, and heightens color of foliage and flower. 
Sold only in original bags of about 100 lbs. Price, 6 cts. per Ib. 
(By freight only.) 
Dried Blood. Original bags only, 167 Ibs., $17.50 per bag. 
Fine Ground Nova Seotia Plaster. 
$3.00 per bag. 
Original bags only, 167 Ibs., 
Fine Ground Tankage. 9 per cent. Ammonia; 20 per cent. Bone 
Phosphate. Original bags only, 167 Ibs., $8.50 per bag. 
Fine Ground Tankage. 6 per cent Ammonia; 30 per cent. Bone 
Phosphate. Original bags only, 167 Ibs., $6.75 per bag. 
Muriate of Potash. (Cannot supply.) 
Nitrate of Soda. 100 lbs., $6.00; 50 Ibs., $3:50; 25 Ibs., $2.00; 
10 Ibs., $1.00. Larger quantities, prices on application. 
Plain Superphosphate or Acid Phosphate. 16 percent. Avail- 
able Phosphoric Acid. Price per ton, $42.00; 100 lbs., $2.50. 
Sulphate of Potash. High Grade. (Cannot supply.) 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Price, 100 Ibs., $7.00; 25 Ibs.; $2.00; 10 
Ibs., $1.00. 
Agricultural Salt. Valuable as a top-dressing for asparagus, etc. 
Apply early in Spring. Bag, 140 Ibs., $2.00. 
Cotton Seed Meal. Price, 100 lbs., $6.50. 
Ammoniated Food for Flowers, Bowker’s. Made expressly for 
flowers grown in the house or garden; clean, odorless and pro- 
duces early abundant blossoms, greatly adding to the richness 
and brilliancy of color, health and luxuriance of the foliage. 
Put up in neat package with full directions for use. Price, 25 
cts. and 35 cts. each. 
Bon Arbor, Dry. Price, 3-Ib. package, 35 cts.; 1 lb., 60 cts.; 5 lbs. 
$2.50. 
Fertiflora. Price per bottle, 
35 cts. 
A liquid fertilizer for house plants. 
PEAT, MOSS, POTTING SOILS. 
Chareoal. Price, per lb., 10 cts.; 10 lbs., 75 cts.; 100 lbs., $5.00. 
Cocoanut Fibre. Price, 100-lb. bag, $1.50; per ton, $20.00. 
Spaghnum Moss. (Dry.) Useful for potting, or for packing 
plants. Price per bale, $6.50; bag, $1.50; bush., $1.00. 
Live Green Moss. (Can be supplied only 
to order.) 
Orchid Peat or Fern Root. 
Price per bag, $3.50. 
Price, per barrel, $3.00; bush., $2.00. 
Rotted Fibrous Peat. An excellent material for mixing with pot- 
ting soils for many plants. This peat has been dug from an old bog, 
and exposed for a number of years until it has become thoroughly 
decayed, and is very fine and light. Price, per barrel, $2.50; 
bush., $1.50. 
Silver Sand. For propagating, mixing with plant soils, etc. 
bush., $1.50; peck, 50 cts. 
Prepared Potting Soil. A carefully prepared soil for pot plants; 
composed of Leaf Mould, Peat, Loam, Sand and a sufficient 
quantity of fertilizer. Price, per bush., $1.00. 
Price, 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. 
NON-WARRANTY. We do not give as to description, quality, productiveness or any other matter, any warranty, express or implied, of any seeds, bulbs, 
plants, insecticides, fungicides, or fertilizers, which we send out, and we shall not be liable for any mistake made in the filling of any order. If the purchaser does 
not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 
R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY. 
(Poisons and Fluids are not Mailable.) 
Ant-I-Cide. 
and garden. 
(Sterlingworth.) For destroying ants in the lawn 
1 Ib., 30 ets.; 5 Ibs., $1.40. 
Aphine. 
green fly. 
A contact spray for killing red spider, thrip, white and 
Price, pint, 75 cts.; quart, $1.25; gallon, $3.50. 
Arsenate of Lead. (Paste.) A remedy for the Elm Tree Beetle, 
Gypsy Moth, Brown Tail Moth, etc. It adheres well to the 
foliage and does not readily wash off with the rain. Price, 1-lb. 
jar, 45 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.90; 10 Ibs., $3.20; 25 Ibs., $6.50; 50 Ibs., 
$11.25; 100 Ibs., $20.00. Barrel, 600 Ibs., $108.00. 
Arsenate of Lead. (Dry.) 1 Ib., 60 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.75; 10 lbs 
$4.25; 25 Ibs., $10.00; 50 lbs., $19.50; 100 Ibs., $37.00. 
“Black Leaf 40.’’ (Sulphate of Nicotine.) A concentrated liquid 
for use in destroying Green Aphis and Thrips. Price, 1-oz. bottle, 
25 cts.; 3 lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $3.25; 10 Ibs., $13.75. 
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Bordeaux Mixture, Liquid. Ready for use by simply adding 
water. An indispensable fungicide for black rot, mildew, rust and 
scab on fruit trees and plants. Price, 1 quart, 60 cts.; 1 gallon, 
$1.60; 5 gallons, $7.00; 10 gallons, $12.50. 
Bordeaux Mixture. Dry. Price, 1-lb. box, making 5 gallons spray 
50 cts.; 5 lbs., making 25 gallon, $2.00. 
Bug Death. A non-poisonous powder to be applied dry or mixed 
with water and sprayed on the plants. It is death to the potato, 
squash and cucumber bugs, currant and tomato worms. It is best 
applied dry with a duster or bellows at the rate of about 12 lbs. 
per acre. Price, 1 lb., 25 cts.; 3 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.00; 125 
Ibs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $11.00. Dickey Shaker, for applying above, 
70 cts. each. 
Copper Solution. A highly concentrated liquid fungicide for plants 
affected with rot, blight or scab, and is frequently used for late 
spraying when fruit is nearly mature. It can also be used for the 
blight on Asters, Hollyhocks and Larkspurs. Price, per quart, 
$1.50; gallon, $4.50. 
Creosote Mixture for Gypsy Moths. 
tion from caterpillars. Sure death to the eggs. 
1 gallon, $1.25; 5 gallons, $4.50. 
Cut Worm Killer. (Sterlingworth.) 
The most effective protec- 
Quart, 50 cts.; 
A sweetened material that is 
more palatable to the cut worm than the plants themselves. It | 
is sprinkled on the ground around the plants as soon as the young 
seedlings break the ground. Price, 1 lb., 35 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.40. 
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