Currie Brothers' Horticultural Guide. 



Excelsior Weeder. 



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Milwaukee Weeder . 



Lang Hand Weeder. 

 Milwaukee 



Weeder. 



The best devise for 

 pulling dandelions, 

 thistles, etc., we have 

 ever seen. 

 Price $L 00 



Lang's Hand 

 Weeder. 



Gives perfect use to 

 the hand for pulling 

 weeds and thinning 

 plants without laying 

 down the tool. 



n,. Price, each $0 25 



■s^ 15 By mail 30 



Excolsior 



Weeder. 



An implement that 

 can be used to advant- 

 age among small and 

 tender plants. 



Price, each $0 20 



By mail 30 



ron Lawn Roller. 



For description and 

 price see page 84. 



Cyclone Corn Sheller. 



Price, $3.00. 



B 



1.25 



D 

 1.25 



C 



1.50 

 E 



1.50 



Wheat Sheaves. 



A 



Standing Sheaf, solid $1 . 00 



ABO 



FlatSheaf 50c 75c Si. 00 



Fairy Flowers. 



Pure white, per doz 20 



Colored, per doz 25 



Sphagnum Moss. 



Bushel, 50 cts.; bale $1.50 



Immortelles, blue, white, purple, red, black, 



yellow, orange, pink, per bunch 40 



French Green Moss, per packet 15 



prices. 



Fertilizers. 



Currie's Special Lawn Fertilizer. 



A preparation which never fails to induce a rapid 

 and healthy growth to the lawn. It is also of great 

 value as a fertilizer for root crops, etc. l lb., 10 cts. ; 

 5 lbs., 40 cts.; 10 lbs., 60 CtS.; 25 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs., 

 $2.00; 100 lbs., $3.50. 



Pure Bone Meal. 



Our Bone Meal is ground fine, and is of great value 

 mixed with soil for potling inuiiosrs, for which one 

 part of meal to 50 of soil is aliout tlic right jiropor- 

 tiou. It is invaluable for top-dressing lawns. 5 lbs., 

 30 cts.; 10 lbs., 50 cts.; 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., $1.50; 100 

 lbs., $2.50; barrel of 200 lbs., $4.50. 



Peruvian Cuano. 



Guano is one of the best and most powerful stimu- 

 lants for plants and growing crops. One pound of 

 Guano to twenty gallons of water will be sufficiently 

 strong for a single waliTing each week, and more 

 efficient than repeated waterings with weaker solu- 

 tions. 1 lb., 10 cts.; 12 lbs., 80 cts.; 25 lbs., $1.50; 

 100 lbs., $4.25; per bag of 200 lbs.; $8.00. Prices per 

 ton on application. 



Blood and Bone. 



Valuable for garden and root crops. Write for 



Nitrate of Soda. 



Should be sown when plants are in growth. 25 

 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $3.75. 



Bowker's Plant Food. 



In packages; witli instructions for use. Each 15 

 and 30 cts. By mail, 20 and 40 cts. 



Excelsior Plant Food. 



In packages, 15 cts. By mail, 20 cts. 



Land Plaster or Cypsum. 



In barrels of about 235 lbs. , ,$2.00. 



Useful Remedies. 



Ants— To destroy Ants in the house use Tartar 

 Emetic, mixed with sugar and water, placed in sau- 

 cers. Out Doors— i ounces quassia chips boiled 10 

 minutes in a gallon of water; dissolve in the liquid, 

 while cooling, 4 ounces soft soap and poar on the 

 nest. Fresh Peruvian Guano sprinkled on the nest 

 will drive them away. 



Cut Worms— Sprinkle the ground with Dalma- 

 tian Insect Powder, or trap with cut potatoes laid 

 on the ground. 



Green Fly— Where convenient smoke with to- 

 bacco. Dip or syringe the plants with tobacco 

 water prepared by soalving tobacco stems in water 

 until it becomes the color of strong tea. Dust on 

 Persian Insect Powder or Tobacco Dust. 



Scale and Mealy Bug— Sponge and syringe the 

 plants witli a strong solution of Gisliurst's Com- 

 pound, Fir Tree Oil or Whale Oil Soap. 



Red Spider— Frequent syringings with clear 

 water is a good preventive. Sponge or syringe with 

 a solution of Gisliurst's Compound, consisting of 2 

 ounces to a gallon of water. In the greenhouse use 

 Sulphur on pipes. 



Mildew— Sprinkle with Sulphur or Grape Dust. 

 If out doors stir the soil frequently. 



Lice on Rose Bushes— Dissolve a piece of 

 Wliale Oil Soap about the size of an egg in a gallon 

 of water and sprinkle the plants with it. 



Worms in Pots— Lime Water or a weak dilu- 

 tion of carbolic acid. 



Cabbage Worms— Sprinkle with Slug Shot. 



Atomizer 



FUNGICIDES AND IHSEGTIGIOES. 



If hij maiJ add 15 cts. a pound. 



Gishurst's Compound— An excellent remedy for 

 Ked Spider, Mealy Bug and Scale on plants. Dissolve 

 2 ounces in a gallon of water and apply either by 

 sponging or spraying the plants. Per package, 50c. 



Fir Tree Oil- Like the preceding, is a remedy for 

 Mealy Bug, Red Spider and Scale. Dilute Y, pint to 

 about 10 gallons of soft water, and apply with sprink- 

 ler. Pint, 75 cts.; quart, S1.40; gallon, $4.25. If by 

 mail, add 25 cts. per pint. 



Flowers of Sulphur— Per.lb., 10 cts.; 25 lbs. and 

 over, 5 cts. per lb. 



Hellebore— Being less poisonous than Paris Green 

 is safer to use on fruit and vegetables. Dust on dry, 

 or dissolve 1 ounce to 3 gallons of water and apply 

 with a syringe.. Per lb., 25 cts. 



Paris Green— Mix with land plaster, 1 part to 100, 

 and apply with duster, or dissolve 1 ounce to 12 to 15 

 gallons of water and apply with sprinkler. Lb., 25c. 



Slug Shot— Valuable for destroying slugs on cab- 

 bages, tomatoes, currants, etc., and is also very effec- 

 tive in removing potato bugs. Apply with duster. 

 Per lb., 5 cts.; per 100 lbs., $4,(io. 



Grape Dust— A sure preventitive and cure for 

 mildew on roses, grapes, gooseberries, etc. Apply 

 with duster. Per lb., 10 cts.; 5 lbs., 35 cts.; 10 lbs., 

 60 cts.; 100 lbs., 85.00. 



Tobacco Dust— For insects on plants; apply with 

 duster. Per lb., 10 cts. 



Tobacco Stems— For fumigating greenhouses, 

 dampen before using, so they will not burn up bright- 

 ly and thereby destroy the plants. I*er lb., Sets.; 

 per barrel, $1.00. 



Whale Oil Soap— An excellent remedy for lice 

 on roses, etc. ; also a valuable wash for trees affected 

 by insects. For insects on plants, dissolve about the 

 size of an egg in a gallon of water and sprinkle with 

 it. For insects in bark of trees, dilute with water to 

 the consistency of paint and apply with brush. Per 

 lb., 15 cts.; 2 lbs., 25 cts.; 10 Ibs., S'l.OO. 



Bruederle's Potato Bug Killer— Sure death to 

 Potato Bugs, without injury to the vines. Per lb., 25 

 cts. 



Copperdine— Quart Jugs, (makes 50 gals, wash) 

 60 cts. each; 1 gal. Jugs, (makes 100 gals, wash), $1.50 

 each; 5 gal. Cans, (makes 500 gals, wash), $6.25 each; 

 50 gal. barrels, 81.00 per gal. For Black Rot. Downy 

 Mildew and Anthracnose of the C4rape, Pear Leaf 

 Blight, Pear Scab, Apple Scab, Powdery Mildew, 

 Celery Carnation and Violet Rust. 



Guicide Powder— Twenty-five pound boxes, 6 cts. 

 per pound; $[ m per box. For Potato Blight, Potato 

 Rot, Grape Vine Flea Beetle. Pototo Bugs, Pear and 

 Cherry Slugs, Codling Moths, Curculio and Straw- 

 berry Crown Borers. Can be used either dry or in 

 solution. 



Bordeaux Mixture — Twenty pound package (.50 

 gals, wash), Sl.OO per package. For Black Rot, 

 Downy Mildew and Anthracnose of Grape, Potato 

 Blight, Potato Rot. Leaf BUght of Cherry, Pear, 

 Quince, and other Fungus diseases. 



Kerosene Emulsion— Five gal. buckets (makes 

 75 gals, wash), $1.25 per bucket. For Plant Lice of 

 any kind. Cabbage Worms, Scale, Insects on Apple, 

 Pear, Orange, Lemon and other trees, Horn Flies. 



Quassaine— Quart Can (50 gals, wash) 50 cts. per 

 can; 1 gal. cans (lOU gals, wash) $1.50 per can; 2 gal. 

 cans (2011 gals, washi $2.00 jier can. This is a Con- 

 centrated Fluid Extract (.>uassi:i, held in suspension 

 by WIi:diM)il So:ip. Adopted and officially recom- 

 mended by tlie State Horticultural Board of Wash- 

 ington as a cheap and reliable non-poisonous Insect- 

 icide for Hop Lice, Aphis and all Scale Insects. 

 Nothing better for Rose Bushes and House Plants. 



Carbolized Soap— One gal. cans (makes 12 gals, 

 paint) $1.00 per can. For Peach, Apple and other 

 tree borers, also for washing trees to prevent attacks 

 of animals or vermin. 



.Sulpho-Steatite Powder— Twenty-five pound 

 l>o\es lused as dust) 8 cts. per pound. For Lettuce, 

 Mildew, Powdery and Downy Mildew of the 

 Oiape, Rose Mildew and other Fungus diseases af- 

 fecting plants under glass 



Mildew Mixture— One gal. cans (makes 50 gals, 

 spray) $1 ,50. For Powdery Mildew on Fruits, Flow- 

 ers and Vegetables and Rust on Oats. 



Persian Insect Powder— Per lb., 25 cts. 



Apparatus for Applying Insect 

 Destroyers. 



Bellows No. 0, .50 cts.; No. 11, 75 cts.; No. 14, .$1.00; 



No. 16, $1.25; No. 19. $1..50; N0.-22, Si. 75; No. 24, ,1ii2.0U. 



Tin Dusters for applying Slug Shot, H gallon, each .35 

 '■ ■■ " " 1 " " 50 



Atomizer for applying insecticides in liquid form, 



each, by mail, (see cut), 05 cts. 



