AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1931 



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HORTICULTURAL REQUISITES 



Prices Subject to Change Without Notice 



NON-WARRANTY. We do not give any warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness or any other matter, 

 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. 



Sphagnum Moss, Dry. Bus. fl.OO; bag of approx. 2 bus. $1.50; 



large bale S9.00. 

 Live Green Moss. Bag S3. 50. Supplied only to order. 

 Orchid Peat or Fern Root. Bus. $1.75; bag of approx. 2 bus. $3.25. 

 Rotted Fibrous Peat. Bus. $1.75; bag of approx. 2 bus. $3.25. 

 Pebbles. For growing bulbs. Qt. 16c.; }-2pk. 50c.; pk. 85c. 

 Prepared Potting Soil. Prepared greenhouse soil for house plants. 



Pk. 40c.; bus. $1.00. 



FERTILIZERS 



Farquhar's Lawn Fertilizer. In making a new lawn use about 

 1,000 pounds to the acre; 10 pounds is sufficient for 300 square feet. 

 As a top-dressing for existing turf use about half the above quan- 

 tities. 10 lbs. 85c.; 25 lbs. $1.35; 50 lbs. $2.25; 100 lbs. $4.00. 



Pulverized Sheep Manure. 5 lbs. 40c.; 10 lbs. 70c.; 25 lbs. $1.35; 

 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.25; ton $55.00. 



Canada Hardwood Ashes. 100-lb. bag $2.75; ton $45.00. 



Fine Ground Bone. 10 lbs. 85c.; 25 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $2.25; 100 

 lbs. $3.50; ton $60.00. 



Coarse or inch Bone. For Grapes, Fruits, Shrubs and Trees. 

 100 lbs. $6.00. 



Scotch Soot. Imported. A fertilizer and fungicide. Sold only in 

 original bags of about 100 lbs. at 7c. per lb. 



Clay's Fertilizer. Imported. Sold only in original bags. 7 lbs. 

 $1.75; 14 lbs. $2.75; 28 lbs. $5.00; 56 lbs. $8.00; 112 lbs. $15.00. 



Thompson's Grape-vine, Plant and Vegetable Manure. Im- 

 ported. Original bags. 14 lbs. $2.50; 28 lbs. $4.50; 56 lbs. $8.50; 

 112 lbs. $15.00. 



Thompson's Special Top-dressing Manure. Imported. Original 

 bags. 14 lbs. $2.75; 28 lbs. $4.50; 56 lbs. $8.00. 



Land Limestone. For heavy soils use from one to three tons per 

 acre. 100-lb. bag $1.25; 500 lbs. $5.00; ton $18.00. 



Adco. For making artificial manure. Full directions with each bag. 

 25-lb. bag $2.25; 150-lb. bag $10.50. 



Bon Arbor. A soluble, mixed fertilizer for house plants. J^-lb. pkg. 

 35c.; lb. 60c.; 5 lbs. $2.50. 



Barrie's House Plant-Food. 12-oz. can 50c. 



Fertiflora. A complete liquid fertilizer for house plants. Bottle 35c. 



Fulton's Plantabbs. A concentrated house plant-food in convenient 

 tablet form. Small size 25c.; 75 tablets 50c.; 200 tablets $1.00. _ 



Stim-U-Piant. A concentrated fertilizer in tablet form. Small size 

 25c.; 100 tablets 75c.; 1,000 tablets $3.50. 



PEAT, MOSS, POTTING SOIL 



Charcoal. Lumps or fine ground. Lb. 10c. ; 10 lbs. 75c.; 100 lbs. 



$5.00. 

 Charcoal, Powdered, No. 3G. $6.00 per 100 lbs. For top-dressing 



lawns. 

 Granulated Peat Moss. Imported. Trial size $1.50; large bale 



$3.50; 10 bales $30.00. 



INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 



NOTE: Articles marked * cannot be mailed 



*Black-Leaf 40 (Nicotine Sulphate). Oz. bottle 35c.; J-^-lb. bottle 



$1.25; lb. $2.50; 2 lbs. $3.25; 10 lbs. $11.85. 

 *Cyanogas, G. Fumigant. For greenhouse fumigation. 6 lbs. 



$3.25. 

 ^Creosote Mixture for Gypsy Moths. Destroys the egg-clusters. 



Qt. 50c.; gal. $1.10; 5 gals. $4.25. 

 Flowers of Sulphur. Lb. 15c.; 5 lbs. 50c.; 10 lbs. 90c. 

 *Lemon-Oil Company's Standard insecticide. An efficient 



contact spray. >2Pt. 40c.; pt. 75c.; qt. $1.15; J^gal. $2.00; gal. 



_$3.50. 

 *Lime-Sulphur, Dry. For dormant spraying against scale. Lb. 



35c.; 5 lbs. $1.50; 10 lbs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $4.50. 

 Nico-Fume. Tobacco paper for fumigating greenhouses. Tin of 



_24 sheets $1.25; 144 sheets $5.00; 288 sheets $8.75. 

 *Nico-Fume Liquid. A powerful contact spray and vaporizing 



agent. Klb. tin 75c.; lb. $2.00;_4 lbs. $6.25; 8 lbs. $11.50. 

 *Nikoteen. A powerful contact insecticide and fumigant. Large 



bottle $2.50. 

 *Scalecide. A dormant spray for scale. Qt. 85c.; gal. $1.85; 5 gals. 



$7.00; 10 gals. $12.00; 50-gal. bbl. $35.00. 

 *Terogen. Applied to the ground around plants, in autumn and 



winter, Terogen destroys fungus spores; also kills larvse of many 



insects that winter in the soil. Lb. 75c.; 2 lbs. $1.26; 6 lbs. $2.75; 



lO'lbs. $4.75; 25 lbs. $11.00. 

 Tobacco Dust for Fumigating. 10 lbs. $1.20; 25 lbs. $2.50; 



100 lbs. $8.00. 

 H'Tobacco Stems. Barrel bag $1.50; bale at 4c. per lb. 

 ^Wilson's O. K. Plant Spray. A powerful contact spray for plant- 

 lice and scale. Hpt. 40c.; qt. $1.00; gal. $3.00; 5 gals. $12.00. 

 =*=X-L-AII Liquid insecticide. Imported. The famous English 



contact spray. Pt. $1.50; qt. $3.00; 3^gal. $5.50; gal. $10.50. 



GARDEN SUNDRIES 



Adjustable Hand-cart and Leaf-rack Truck. Truck equipped 

 with iron wheels, 3J^-in. tires, $19.00; Hand-cart Box, $6.50; 

 Leaf-rack, $14.00. 



Baskets, Oak-Nailed Rim, Round. 1 bushel, $1.75; 2 bushels, 

 extra-heavy, $2.25; 4 bushels, $4.25. 



Baskets, Vegetable. Iron-bound, approximately J^bushel, $1.25; 

 Mbushel, $1.50; 1 bushel, $1.85. 



Brooms, Japanese Bamboo. Imported. For removing leaves and 

 other light litter from lawns and driveways. $1.00 each; $11.00 

 per doz. 



Boxes, Cut-Flower, Silver-Gray. Doz 100 



lA. 3X x 19 x 5 inches $0 85 $6 00 



2A. 5 x 36 X 8 inches 2 25 18 00 



3A. 6 X 22 X 8 inches 1 75 13 00 



Boxes, Cut-Flower, Silver-Gray. Extra Heavy. 



IB. 4 X 24 X 8 inches 1 65 12 00 



2B. 5 X 28 X 8 inches 2 25 16 00 



3B. 6 X 36 X 12 inches 3 25 24 00 



Boxes, Corrugated. Extra Heavy. 

 Size C. 30 X 12 X 7 inches. Doz., $6.00. 

 Size D. 36 X 12 X 9 inches. Doz., $7.00. 



Fruit Picker. Heavy wire. 75c. each. 



HOTBED REQUIREMENTS 



Straw Mats for Hotbeds. Made by hand from fresh rye straw, 



thick and well put together. Regular size, 6x6 feet, each, $3.50; 



3x6 feet, $2.15. Odd sizes made to order at very reasonable rates. 

 Farquhar's Hotbed Mat. 76 x 76 inches. Covers two sashes, 



made of heavy duck, cotton filled and quilted. $5.00 each; $55.00 



per doz. 



Palmer Hotbed Mat. Size 76 x 76 inches. Made of burlap, stitched 

 through, hemmed vnth canvas and thickly padded. $3.50 each. 



Hotbed Sashes. Painted and glazed with double-thick glass, 

 8 x 10 inches, in four rows. Frame, \% inches, 3x6 feet, $9.00 

 each. Crating extra, at cost. 1 or 2 sashes, 90c., 3 or 4 sashes, $1.80. 



Hotbed Frames. 3 x 6 ft. $7.50 each; 6 x 6 ft. $12.00 each. 



Lawn Rakes. Wooden, 3 bow, 24 wooden teeth, light but strong. 



$1.25 each. 

 Lawn Rakes, Japanese Bamboo. Very light and durable. For 

 raking grass or leaves. $1.00 each, $11.00 per doz.; large size, $1.75 

 each, $20.00 per doz. Plain or 



Painted Plain Painted 

 100 1,000 1,000 



Label, Wood Tree, iron wired, 3,^-in $0 30 $2 00 $2 50 



Label, Wood Tree, Copper wired, 3^-in 40 2 50 3 00 



Paper, Parceling. Sheets, 20 x 30 inches, 24 x 36 inches, 30 x 40 



inches; per lb., 12c.; per 100 lbs., $11.00. 

 Paper, Waxed. Thin, white; aids in preventing the escape of mois- 

 ture. Sheets, 18 x 14 inches; per lb., 40c. 

 Paper, White Tissue. Sheets, 24x36 inches. Per lb., 50c.; per 



ream of about 10 lbs., $4.50. 

 Pruner, The Rockdale. Blades made from the best tool steel. 



Length, 26 inches, $2.25; 34 inches, $2.75. 

 Pruner, Telegraph Tree. Without handle. Price, $1.50 each. 



Extra blades, 30c. each; extra springs, 30c. each. 

 Pruner, Standard Tree. Length, 6 ft., $1.75 each; 8 ft., $2.00; 



10 ft., $2.25; 12 ft., $2.50; 16 ft., $3.00. Extra blades, 30c. each. 

 Raphia Tape, Green. Per reel of 250 yds., $1.75. 

 Raffia. 40c. per lb. ; $3.75 per 10 lbs. 

 Saw, Farquhar's Pole Pruning. For cutting high limbs of trees. 



Each, handled, $3.75; without handle, $3.00. 

 Saws, Pruning. Long, narrow blades for pruning. 



Single Edge. 18-in., $2.00; 20-in., $2.25; 22-in., $2.50. 



Double Edge. 18-in., $2.00; 20-in., $2.25; 22-in., $2.50. 

 Saw, Adjustable Pole Pruning. 18-in., $1.75. 

 Scissors, Florists' Snips. $1.50. 

 Shears, Hedge, Notched. (Imported.) 8-in., $4.00; 9-in., $4.50; 



10-in., $5.50. Extra handles, $1.00 per pair. 

 Shears, New French Pruning. This is the best pruner ever offered. 



Price, 6X-in., $2.50; 7-in., $2.75; 8i^-in., $3.25; 9i^-in., $3.50; 



lOX-in., $4.00. By mail, 10c. each extra. Extra springs 75c. 

 Shears, Taylor's Pruning. Each, $1.00; by mail, $1.10. 

 Shears, Clyde Draw Cut. For lopping large or small branches. 



No. 1, handled, 24-in., $3.50 each. No. 2, handled, 22-in., $3.35 ea. 



