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For Insects, etc., troubling Garden 
Vegetables. Use for Asparagus, beetle, 9 or 13; 
Bean, rust, 23, 24. Cabbage and Cauliflower, worm 
or slug, 6,11, 13; cutworm, 10; flea beetle, 8, 14, 16, 13; 
maggot, 15,17. Carrot, worm, 9,13. Celery, worm, 9, 
413, 11; rust, 21, 24. Corn, cutworm, 10; borer, 10; 
worm, 6, 13. Cucumber, worm, 6, 13; beetles, 8, 13. 
Egg Plant, potato bug, 8, 9,13. Endive and Lettuce, 
worm, 11,13. Melon, Squash and Pumpkin, worm, 
6,13; bugs and beetles, 8,13; root borer, 16; leaf rust, 24, 
23. Onion, maggot, 15, 17. Parsley and Parsnip, 
orm, 8, 9, 13. Potato, bug, 8, 9, 13; blight, 23, 24. 
Amt Destroyer. 
A non-poisonous powder which will destroy or drive 
away black ants from lawns, trees, plants, houses or 
other affected locality. Price, 14 Ib. can, 26c., 
1 Ib. can, Tic. 
No. 1. Sprinkle it around near the haunts. 
Imported German Caterpillar Lime. 
A highly recommended European remedy for the 
prevention of crawling insects from going up or down 
the trunks of trees; prevents the laying of eggs on the 
bark, and the hatching of those already laid; prevents 
borers, scale, etc., and keeps all animals from gnawing 
the trees; it remains sticky and efficacious from 3 to 5 
months, and is easily and cheaplyapplied. (Little book- 
let, giving full information, mailed onapplication.) Price: 
5 1b. can, $1.00; 10 1b. can, $1.75; 25 lb. keg, $3.75; 50 
Ib. keg, $6.75 ; 100 lb. keg, $12.75. 
No. 2. Apply with a-paddle and spread evenly with a 
hard brush, leaving the lime 4 inch thick. For crawling 
insects, a ring of it 4 inches wide around the tree will suffice. 
Complete instructions with each package. 
Fir Tree Oil. 
The most popular and probably, for ‘‘allround” pur- 
poses, the best insecticidein the market for greenhouse 
and house plants; it frees plants of nearly all insects 
to which they are subject, and for the following it has 
no superior: Mealy bug, scale, red spider, aphis (black 
and green), thrip, blight, worms and slugs, and is also 
a valuable remedy for animal parasites and insects. 
Price, 4% pint tin, 40c.; pint, 75c.; qt., $1.40; 32 gal., 
_ $2.50; gal., $4.25. 
No. 3. Dilute 44 vint to about 10 gallons of soft or rain 
water (for tender plants or young growth make weaker). 
Spray on with vaporizer, syringe or bellows. 
Fir Tree Oil Soap. 
A formula of the above Fir Tree Oil, prepared in soap 
form and preferred by some. It will do all claimed 
for the fluid preparation. Price, 34 1b. tins, 25c., 
2 lbs., T5c., 5 lbs., $1.75; 10 
1bs., $3.25; 20 1bs., $6.00; by express only, the purchaser 
‘paying carriage. 
No. 4. One ounce makes a gallon of non-poisonous insect- 
killing liquid. Apply with syringe or bellows. 
Kerosene Emulsion (Concentrated), 
For plant lice of any kind, cabbage worm, scale in- 
sects on apple, pear, orange, lemon and other trees. 
E give below a list of vegetables, fruits, trees and plants, and in / 
italics the insects or diseases that usually attack them, followed 
To find out what remedy to use, refer to a 
corresponding number under the headings of ‘‘ Remedies for Insects,” 
or “Remedies for Fungus.” For instance, if aninsectis attacking your 
Asparagus, by referring to the list of vegetables you will find that it 
is probably the beetle that is causing the devastation ; the numbers 
following Asparagus beetle are 9and 13. By reference to the corresponding 
numbers under ‘‘ Remedies for Insects” you will find that Paris green in 
solution or Slug Shot blown on in powder form are the remedies to apply. 
ce QUR NEW BOOK = 
“injurious Insects and 
Plant Diseases, with 
Remedies.” 
See Details of Gontents on page 9e 
Radish, flea beetle, 8, 14, 16,13; maggot, 15,17. Sweet 
Potato, sawfly worm, 6,8,11,13. Tomato, worm, 6,13. 
Turnip, flea beetle, 13, 16, 8; maggot, 15, 17. 
Small Fruits. Cranberry, worm, 8,9. Currants, 
Gooseberries, Raspberries, worms, 6, 7, 8, 13; leaf 
hoppers, 11,13; rust and mildew, 21, 22, 23,24. Grapes, 
slug, 9, 8, 7, 6, 13; flea beetle, 9, 8, 13, 16; thrip,14 ; rose 
chafer, 11, 13; black rot, scab, mildew and rust, 21, 23, 24. 
Strawberry, slugs and worms, 6,7, 13; leaf roller, 6,7; 
root louse, 15, 17. 
Fruit & Ornamental Trees & Shrubs. 
Bark louse, 3, 4, 5, 20; caterpillar, slugs, worms, 2, 9,13; 
a REACEDIES FOR INSECTS. ® 
Price, 1 quart can, 30c.; 1 gallon can, 50c.; 5 gallon tin 
buckets, $1.75 ; 50 gallon barrel, $10.00. 
No. 5. Mix 1 gallon Emulsion to15 or 20 gallons water, 
according to strength required. Spray on with syringe or 
force pump. 
Hellebore, Powdered White. 
For the destruction of slugs, worms, caterpillars, 
etc. Less poisonous than Paris green and London 
purple, and safer to use when fruits or vegetables are 
nearly ripe. Price, 20c. per lb. 
No. 6. Dry Application. Dust on dry, or miz1 
lb. with 4 lbs. of powdered lime or flour ; dust on with 
powder duster or bellows or gun. 
No. 7 Im Solution, Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gallons of 
water ; apply with syringe, pump or vaporizer. 
Paris Green. 
A poisonous, insoluble powder, indispensable on the 
farm or garden—for preventing the ravages of potato 
bugs, codling moth, worms, caterpillars, slugs and 
bugs. Price, 30c. per lb. 
No. 8. Dry Application, Miz with plaster, flour 
or other dilutant—one part to 100; apply with duster, 
bellows or gun. 
No. 9. In Solution. Miz1 Ib. to 200 or 300 gallons 
ofwater. Apply with pump syringe or vaporizer. 
Yo. 10. Bait. For cut worms, miz 1 oz. with 8 ozs. of 
syrup ; mix thoroughly with fresh chopped grass or leaves. 
Persian Powder or Buhach. 
Henderson’s Superior Grade. 
Cheap adulterated grades are worthless. A mosteffective 
non-poisonous impalpable powder—so fine that it pene- 
trates the innermost crevices—for worms, flies, aphis, 
and almost ail kinds of insects—it is very effectual— 
suffocating them by filling up the breathing pores. 
Price, per lb., 40c. 
No, 11. Dry. Blow on with a bellows or gun. 
No. 12. Solution. Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gallons of 
water, and apply with syringe or pump. 
Slug Shot. 
A non-poisonous powder and a very popular insecti- 
cide—it requires no further mixing or preparation— 
easily applied and not injurious or dangerous to ani- 
mals, the person applying it, or fruits and vegetables 
treated. Very effectual in destroying potato bugsand 
beetles, green and black fly, slugs, worms, caterpillars, 
etc. (By express or freight only.) Price, per keg of 125 
REDAEDIES FOR FUNGUS. 
(Ammoniacal solution 
Copperdine. of carbonate of copper.) 
A famous remedy for fungoid diseases of plants, par- 
ticularly for grapes, curing downy and powdery mildew, 
black rot, scab, ete. Price, quart can, 50c.; 1 gallon 
can, $1.50 ; 10 gallon carboy, $1.35 gallon. By express 
or freight only. 
No. 21. Dilute 1 pint to 10 or 12 gallons of water ; 
apply with Knapsack sprayer or bellows vaporizer. 
Flowers of Suipkur. 
Price, 10c. per lb., or by mail, 20c. 1b.; 10 1bs., 60c. 
No. 22. Apply with bellows or gun. 
Fostite. 
A famous French preparation, containing silicate of 
magnesia and copper sulphate, powdered so minutely 
that when puffed or blown from a powder-gun or 
bellows, it forms a cloud which settles evenly over 
foliage and plants, and is not only of inestimable value 
for all fungoid diseases—mildew, black rot, rust, leaf 
blight, etc.—but it is also a splendid insect destroyer. 
Itisa powder. Price, 5 1b. package, 50c.; 25 1b. box, 
$200; 50 1b. box, $3.50; 100 1b. box, $6.50. 
No. 23. Blow on with a powder-bellows or powder- 
gun, while the foliage is moist, either with dew or after 
INSECTS 
beetles, aphis, 14, 3, 4; curculio, 9; rose chafer, 11; 
borers, 2 ; mildew and leaf rust, 22, 23, 24; scale, 2, 3, 
4, 5, 14. 
Flowering and Ornamental Plants. 
Aphis or green fly, 11, 18, 16, 14, 13; worms, slugs and 
caterpillars, 11,9, 8, 6,13; rosebug or chafer, 11,13; leaf 
hoppers, 19, 13, 14; red spider, 3, 4, 14; mealy bug and 
scale, 3,4, 5, 14; blue root louse, 15,17; thrip, 3, 4, 14; 
leaf rust and mildew, 21, 22, 23, 24. Hollyhock Dis- 
ease, 21, 24. 
Cotton. 
Lawns. 
Worm, 9, 13. 
Ants, 1. 
Ibs. net., $5.00; per barrel of 235 1bs. net, $8.50; in 10 
lb. packages, each, 60c.; 5 lb. packages, 3Uc.; in tin 
canister, with perforated top for applying, 25c. each, 
No. 13. Apply with duster, bellows or gun. 10 to 40 
lbs. is sufficient for an acre. 
Rose Leaf Insecticide. 
Extract of Tobacco. 
One of the most effectual articles for the destruction. 
of all insects and scale on plants ; a pure concentrated: 
extract of tobacco. Full instructions for the various 
methods of applying, including testimonials from. 
leading florists, are given in our “Rose Leaf” pam- 
phlet, mailed on application. Pint can, 35c.; quart can,. 
60c.; gallon can, $1.75. 
No. 14. Dilute with from 30 to 150 parts of water, 
according to the delicacy of the plants to be treated, and apply 
with spraying bellows or syringe with spraying nozzle. 
No. 15. Dilute as above, and apply with watering pot: 
sufficient to reach the roots. 
Tobacco Dust, Fine. 
For green and black aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splen- 
did fertilizer and preventive for insects in the ground 
and around roots. Price, 10c. per Ib., 
5 lbs., 35c.; 10 1bs., 65c.; $3.00 per barrel. 
No. 16. For insects on plants, apply with powder duster 
or bellows. 
No. 17. For worms or grubs in the soil, apply liberally 
to the surface and rake in, or strew thickly in the drills before. 
planting. 
Tobacco Stems. 
Indispensable for fumigating greenhouses and con-- 
servatories—for the destruction of green and black 
aphis, and other insects. Price, 50 lb. bale, $1.00; 100) 
»» $1.75. 
No. 18. Dampen thoroughly a few hours before using, 
place about a half pound over a handful of shavings in a 
Sumigator, and light, 
Whale Oil Soap. 
Makes an excellent wash for trees and plants where 
insects and eggs affect the bark, and for smearing on 
the trunks of trees to prevent worms from crawling up. 
Price, 15c. per lb., 2Ibs., 25c. 
5 1bs., 50c.; 25 lbs. and over, at 8c. per Ib. 
No. 19. For insects on plants, dissolve 14 lb. to agallon 
of water ; apply with syringe or spraying pump. 
No. 20. For bark insects, etc., dilute with water te. 
consistency of thick paint, and apply with brush. 
SUCH AS ANILDEW, RUST, 
BLACK ROT, ETC.. 
syringing. At the rate of 25 lbs. per acre for grapevines, 
Sor each application. 
Bordeaux Mixture. 
A valuable and indispensable fungicide for grape 
growers—thereby insuring larger crops and finer 
grapes, and preventing failure. A sure cure and pre- 
ventive for black rot, mildew and rust, also of great 
value for other plants suffering with kindred diseases. 
Price, 1 quart can, 50c.; 1 gallon can, $1.25; 5 gallon 
can, $5.00. By express or freight only. 
No, 24. Dissc!ve1 galion to 60 gallons of water, and 
apply with Knapsack sprayer or vaporizer, or pump with~ 
vaporizing nozzle. 
