80 Rk. & J. FARQUHAR & COVS SEED CATALOGUTE. 
FERTILIZERS. 
Prices subject to change. 
Complete Animal Fertilizer. The best fertilizer in the market for all garden and farm crops. Itisas dry and 
fine as meal; made of dried, finely pulverized blood, bone, potash and refuse meat. The mixture is in such 
good mechanical condition that it can be applied conveniently by anyone. For Gardens and Lawns it is 
most excellent, being not a stimulant merely, but a plant food of lasting, enriching properties. Price, in 
bags, 24 cents per pound; ton, 38.00. In neat boxes, Io lb. box, 50 cents; 25 lb. box, 1.00; 50 lb. box, 1.50; 
100 lb. box, 2.75. 
Bowker’s Hill and Drill Phosphate. A valuable fertilizer which can be used with equal profit foe the hill or 
drill or sown broadcast. It is one of the richest and quickest acting fertilizers and may be profitably used 
on any soil. Price, 50 lb. bag, 1.25; 100 lb. bag, 1.80; ton, 34.00. 
Stockbridge Special Mlanures. These famous and invaluable fertilizers are well known throughout the entire 
country. The following are the leading kinds, for Potatoes, Corn and Grain, Small Fruits, Vegetables, Root- 
Crops, Asparagus, Top-Dressing Grass and Seeding-Down Grass. Price, 100 lb. bag, 2.25; ton, 40.00. 
Bradley’s Superphosphate. This well-known and popular fertilizer has been a standard fertilizer for many 
years. It quickens the growth of the crop, increases its yield and brings it to earlier maturity. Price, 100 
lb. bag, 1.80; ton, 34.00. 
Complete Lawn Dressing. This lawn dressing supplies all the essential food elements requisite for the 
healthy growth of lawns without the application of lumpy stable manure which disfigures the lawn and is full 
of weed seeds. Ourlawn dressing is very dry, in a fine mechanical condition and the cleanest to handle of any. 
10 lbs., for about 1,000 square feet, 50 cents. 50 lbs., for about 5,000 square feet, 1.75. 
DOM tan ea eter, GOO oy 1.00. TOO... S~/-e * 6 *one-Tourth ACE 3s.00. 
Bowker’s Lawn and Garden Dressing. A special fertilizer prepared from chemicals, free from weed seeds, 
almost odorless, clean to handle and easily applied. 
Trial bags for 1,000 square feet, 50 cents. 
50 lb. bags, for 5,000 square feet, 1.75. 
“ ‘“ <i 25500 J 1.00. 
100 “...s% - + one-fourth an acre, 3.0. 
Kitchen=Garden Fertilizer. Cheaper and more easily applied than stable manure; may be used on all garden 
crops, and in the flower-garden. Clean to handle and easily applied. Price, 25 lbs., 1.00, for 600 square 
feet; 5olbs., 1.75, for 1,200 square feet ; 100 Ibs., 3.00, for 2,500 square feet ; 200 lbs., 5.00, for one-eight acre. 
Bowker’s Greenhouse Dressing. Specially prepared as used by Prof. S. T. Maynard of the Massachusetts 
Agricultural College and containing the chemicals recommended by him in his recent address before the 
National Florists’ Convention. Price, bag, for 1oo plants, one year, I.oo. Quotations for large quantities 
on request. 
Guano. The deposits of the old grade of guano are almost worked out. The pure guano now obtainable is 
from deposits farther north where the influence of moisture has freed considerable of the ammonia it 
originally contained. The ammonia is added to the guano, raising it to 10 per cent. by the addition of the 
best known forms of ammonia and nitrogen. For all root crops this No. 1 Peruvian Guano, Standardized, 
is invaluable. It is not, however, soluble in water. Price, 100 lbs., 4.00; 200 lb. bag, 7.00; ton, 65.00. 
Pure Ground Bone. This is being more generally used every year, and is one of the best fertilizers for most 
crops. In purity this manufacture is always fully up to the standard, the analysis being marked on each 
package. Price, in bags or barrels, 2 cents a lb.; ton, 35.00. In neat boxes, 10 lb. box, 50 cents; 25 lb. 
box, 1.00; 50 lb. box, 1.50; 100 lb. box, 2.50; barrel, 4.50 to 5.50. 
Inch Bone for Grapes, Etc. The very best fertilizer for grape vines, fruit trees, shrubs and trees of all kinds, 
The pieces of bone vary from one-fourth inch to one inch in size. Should be used at setting out, mixed with 
the soil to the depth of a foot or more. Price, in bags or barrels, 24 cents per pound; per ton, 34.00. 
Fine Bone [leal. Made from selected bone, reduced to a fine meal. Very desirable for Roses and in fact all 
crops where quick and lasting results are sought. It is remarkable how rapidly growing crops improve after 
an application of this highly concentrated fertilizer. Price, 100 lbs., 3.00; 200 lbs., 5.00; ton, 36.00. 
Dissolved Bone Black. Containing 16 to 18 per cent. soluble phosphoric acid. A very excellent, quick act- 
ing fertilizer. Price, 100 lbs., 2.00; ton, 30.00. 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Best quality. Price, 100 lbs., 4.00; 10 lbs., 60 cents. 
Nitrate of Soda. Highest grade; very pure. Price, 100 lbs., 2.75; 10 lbs., 50 cents. 
Muriate of Potash. Very high grade. Price, 100 lbs., 2.75; 10 lbs., 50 cents. 
Sulphate of Potash. Best quality. Price, 100 lbs., 2.00; 10 lbs., 40 cents. 
Salt. Valuable as a top-dressing for Asparagus, etc., if applied early in spring. Price, 100 lIbs., 75 cents. 
Land Plaster, or Gypsum. This is an excellent addition to land for such crops as require lime and sulphates. 
particularly Turnips, Potatoes, Grasses, etc. Price, bag of 200 lbs., 1.00 ; ton, 9.00; barrel, 2.00. 
UNLEACHED HARDWOOD ASHES. 
As a fertilizer for lawns, gardens, and fruits, Hardwood Ashes are unequaled; they are not a mere stimulant, but supply natural plant 
food, permanently enriching the soil. Clean, free from offensive odor, and can be applied by anyone. They are exceedingly valuable for 
lawns, imparting a rich, dark shade of green and destroying many of the insects which are so injurious. 
Price, .0 20 o) ee ie ce a, Bee rin) in eee Sa cond aces oe 
