R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. 
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INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES.— Continued. 
Dalmation or Persian Insect Powder. One of the best insecti- 
cides for all insects. Lb., $1.25. 
Fish Oil Soap. An excellent wash for trees and plants; kills 
insects and their eggs. Price, in boxes, with full directions for use. 
1 Ib., 40 ets.; 5 Ibs., $1.65; 10 lbs., $2.75. 
Flower of Sulphur. 
90 cts. 
Price, 1 lb., 15 ets; 5 lbs., 50 cts.; 10 Ibs., 
Formaldehyde. This solution is used to prevent fungoid dis- 
eases such as potato scab, grain smut, etc. The dilution for 
most purposes is 1 pound Formaldehyde to 15 or 20 gallons of 
water; 1 to 2 gallons of solution is required to treat each bushel 
of potatoes. Price, 1 lb., liquid, 60 cts. 
Fungine. A remedy for mildew, rust, wilt, bench rot and other 
blights affecting flowers, fruits and vegetables. It is equally 
effective under glass and out-of-doors. A sulphur composition 
which diluted with water contains no sediment and does not stain 
the foliage. One gallon makes fifty gallons spraying material. 
Half pint, 50 cts.; pint, 75 cts.; quart, $1.25; gallon, $3.50. 
Grape Dust. Hammond’s. Very 
dews and in preventing blights in 
Price, 5-lb. package, $1.00. 
Hellebore Powder, White. 
effective in destroying mil- 
zreenhouse or in the open. 
Price, 3 lb., 30 cts.; 1 Ib., 50 cts. 
Herbicide Weed Exterminator. Perfectly odorless. An occa- 
sional application will keep gutters, paths and roadways clear of 
weeds, poison ivy, grasses, mosses, dandelions, burdocks, ete. 
$ gallon, $1.20, 1-gallon cans, $2.00; in 5-gallon kegs, sufficient to 
make 200 gallons of liquid, $8.00; in 10-gallon kegs, sufficient to 
make 400 gallons of liquid, $15.00. 
Imperial Soap Spray. The base of this spray is a soap containing 
vegetable poisons and particularly effective against red spider on 
the fruit, the rhododendron fly, and all insects affecting the rose. 
Price, 1 pint,60 cts.; 1 quart, 90 cts.; 1 gallon, $2.75; 5 gallons, 
$11 00; 10 gallons, $19.00. 
Kerosene Emulsion. 
$2.25. 
(Liquid). Price, 1 quart, 75 cts.; 1 gallon, 
Lemon Oil Company’s Standard Insecticide. Destroys seule, 
thrip, mealy bug, red spider, black and green fly. Price, 3 pint, 
40 cts.; 1 pint, 75 cts.; 1 quart, $1.15; 3 gallon, $2.00; 1 gallon, 
$3.50. 
Lime and Sulphur Dry. For Dormant Spraying of Fruit or 
Shade Trees and bushes against San José and Oyster Shell Scale. 
Also Peach Leaf Curl and Brown Rot of Peaches. Used for same 
purposes as Liquid Lime Sulphur but is much easier to handle 
Price, 1 lb., 35 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $2.50; 25 Ibs., $4.50. 
Melrosine. A contact insecticide which kills the destructive Rose- 
bug, and at the same time is effective against many sucking 
insects. Price, pt., $1.00; qt., $1.75; 3 gal., $3.25; gal. $6.00. 
Mulford’s Culture. Inoculating bacteria for Garden Peas, Gar- 
den Beans, Alfalfa, Red Clover and Sweet Peas. Always specify 
crop when ordering. One-quarter acre size 75 cts.; one acre size, 
$1.50. Small size, for Peas and Beans only. 35 cts. each. 
Nikoteen. A powerful, highly concentrated solution of Tobacco 
Extract, containing a large amount of pure Nicotine. Invaluable 
for fumigation or spraying. Price per bottle, $2.50. 
Nico-Fume. A tobacco-paper Insecticide, for fumigating green- 
houses. ‘‘Nico-fume”’ furnishes the easiest method of fumi- 
gation ever devised. Tins containing 24 sheets, $1.25; 144 sheets, 
$5.50; 288 sheets, $10.00. 
’ Tree Paint. 
Nico-Fume, Liquid. A tobacco solution used for spraying or 
vaporizing. Price, } lb. tin, 75 cts.; 1 lb., $2.25; 4 lbs., $8.00; 
8 Ibs., $15.00. 
Para-dichlorobenzene. A  Peach-borer control, much more 
effective than the old method of digging out the borer by hand. 
It can be used on Peach-trecs over four years old, but should on 
no account be used on Apple-trees. Lb., 60 cts. 
Pyrox, Bowker’s. Does all that Arsenate of Lead will do, be- 
sides protecting trees, shrubs, vegetables and plants against 
fungus diseases; one application answering both purposes, sav- 
ing labor and expense. All ready to use by adding water. Price, 
1 lb., 50 cts.; 5 Ibs., $2.00; 10 lbs., $3.50; 25 Ibs., $7.25; 50 Ibs., 
$12.00; 100 lbs., $19.00. 
Sealecide. A very effectual Winter wash for trees infested with 
San José or other scales. Spray during Winter when the trees are 
dormant. Quart, 60 cts.; 1 gallon, $1.45; 5 gallons, $7.00; 10 
gallons, $12.00; 50-gallon bbl., $40.00. 
Slug Shot. A popular non-poisonous powder, easily distributed 
by a duster, bellows, or in water by spraying. An effectual remedy 
for potato bugs, slugs, worms, caterpillars, green and black flies 
infesting vegetables and other plants. Price, 1-lb. carton, 25 cts.; 
5-lb. package, 65 cts.; 10 lbs., $1.25. 
Sulpho-Tobaceo Soap. A popular insecticide for the amateur, 
quickly exterminating all insect life on plants and flowers in 
and out of doors. Price, 3-ounce cake, 10 cts.; 8-ounce cake, 
20 cts. 
Tanglefoot. 
gypsy and brown-tail moths and other creeping insects. 
1 lb., 60 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.75; 10 Ibs., $5.25; 25 Ibs., $11.00. 
Thompson’s Styptie. (Imported.) To prevent grape vines bleed- 
ing. Directions on bottle. Price, $1.25. 
Tobaeco Dust. For green and black aphis, fleas, etc., also pre- 
vents insects in the ground and around the roots. Price, 1 Ib., 
15 cts.; 5 Ibs., 50 cts.; 10 Ibs., 90 cts.; 100 lbs., $6.00. 
Tobaeceo Dust for Fumigating. Price, 10 lbs., 90 cts.; 25 Ibs., 
$1.75; 100 lbs., $6.50. 
Tobacco Stems. Price, barrel bag, $1.50; bale or case, 4 cts. per 
lb. 
A perfect safeguard for trees and shrubs against 
Price, 
Protects wounds and cuts from vermin, fungi and 
weather. Price, 1 gallon, $1.00. 
Vermine. A soil sterilizer and germicide for all soil vermine, such 
as cut, eel, wire and grub worms, slugs, root lice, maggots and 
ants. Used in the greenhouse, garden and field. One part Ver- 
mine to four hundred parts water, thoroughly soaking the ground, 
does its work effectively and protects your crops and lawns against 
the ravages*under the soil. Price, gill, 25 cts.; half pint, 40 cts.; 
pint, 75 cts.; quart, $1.25; gallon, $3.50. 
White Fly Vapor. The Vapor is distributed through the house by 
evaporation from a piece of flannelette which has been soaked in 
a small quantity of the liquid and suspended near the apex of the 
house. No lamp required. Effective against the White Fly on 
greenhouse Tomatoes, Carnations, Cucumbers, etc. One quart 
is sufficient for 16,000 cubic feet. Qt., $3.00; > gal., $5.50; gal., 
$10.00. Flannelette, 35 cts. per piece (1 piece to every 1,000 
cubic feet. ) 
Wilson’s O. K. Plant Spray. A contact spray for Roses, Chry- 
santhemums, Evergreens, and all plants affected with scale or 
insects under glass or outside. Price, quart, $1.00; gallon, $3.00; 
5 gallons, $10.00. 
X.L. all Liquid Insecticide. The famous English patented prep- 
aration; kills mealy bug, red spider, and all insect pests. The 
' perfect insecticide for spraying; goes further than any other. 
Price, pint, $1.50; quart, $3.00; 3 gallon, $5.50; gallon, $10.50. 
