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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. HIGH-GRADE FERTILIZERS. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, FERTILIZER MATERIALS AND PLASTER. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



Basic Slag Phosphate. (Cannot supply this season.) 



Dissolved Bone Black. (Prices on application.) 



Dried Blood. (Prices on application.) 



Fine Ground Nova Scotia Plaster. White and fine. 100-lb. 

 bag, SI. 00; 200-lb. bag, SI. 3.5; per ton, S12.00. 



Fine Ground Tankage. 9 per cent. Ammonia; 20 per cent. 

 Bone Phosphate. (Prices on application.) 



Fine Ground Tankage. 6 per cent Ammonia; 30 per cent. 

 Bone Phosphate. (Prices on application.; 



Kainit, or German Potash Salt. (Cannot supply this season.) 



Muriate of Potash. (Supply uncertain.) 



Nitrate of Soda. 10 lbs., .50; 25 lbs., S1.25; 100 lbs., .S4.00. 

 Larger quantities, prices on application. 



Plain Superphosphate or Acid Phosphate. 14 per cent, 

 available Phosphoric Acid. Price per ton $25.00; 200-lb. bag, 



13.00. 



Sulphate of Potash. High Grade. (Supply uncertain.) 



Sulphate of Ammonia. 10 lbs., 60 cts.; 100 lbs., .$5.00. Larger 

 quantities, prices on application. 



Ammoniated Food for Flowers, Bowker's. Made expressly 

 for flowers grown in the house or garden; clean, odorless, and 

 produces early abundant blossoms, greatly adding to the rich- 

 ness and brilliancy of color, health, and luxuriance of the foli- 

 age. Put up in neat package with full directions for use. Price, 

 15 cts. and 25 cts. each. 



Bon Arbor, Dry 



S1.80. 



Fertiflora. 



Price, §-lb. package, 30 cts.; 1 lb., 55 cts.; 5 lbs. 

 A liquid fertilizer for house plants. Bottle, 25 cts. 



Imperial Plant Food. A clean, dry powder which entire'y dis- 

 solves in cold water. It can be used dry, mixed with earth or 

 sand, or first dissolved in water. 



Directions ivilh each package. 



8oz. 



3 lbs. 



7 lbs. 

 20 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



when dissolved makes 



50 gallons fertilizer - 



SO. 25 



250 " 



1.00 



500 



1.60 



1,500 



4.00 



3,600 •• 



8.00 



PEAT, MOSS, POTTING SOILS. 



Charcoal. Price, per lb., 10 cts.; 10 lbs., 75 cts.; 100 lbs., .S5.00. 



Coeoanut Fibre. Price, 100-Ib. bag, $1.50; per ton, $20.00. 



Spagnum Moss. (Dry.) Useful for potting, or for packing 

 plants. Price per bale, $6.50; bag, $1.50; bush., $1.00. 



Live Green Moss. Price per bag, $3.00. 

 to order.) 



(Can be supplied only 



Orchid Peat or Fern Root. Price, per bbl., $2.75; bus., SI. 50. 



Rotted Fibrous Peat. An excellent material for mixing with 

 potting soils for many plants. This peat has been dug from an 

 old bog and exposed for a number of years until it has become 

 thoroughly decayed, and is verv fine and light. Price, per 

 barrel, $2.00; bush., $1.00. 



Silver Sand. For propagating, mixing with plant soils, etc. 

 Price, per barrel, $2.50; bush., $1.50; peck, 50 cts. 



Prepared Potting Soil. A carefull.y prepared soil for pot plants; 

 composed of Leaf Mould, Peat, Loam, Sand, and a sufficient 

 quantity of fertilizer. Price, per barrel, $2.00; bush., $1.00. 



INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. 



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

 plants, insecticides, fungicides, or fertilizers, which we send out. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



^oisons and Fluids are not Mailable.^ 



Ant Exterminator. For destroying black ants in the garden. 

 Price, 2 lb. can, 50 cts.; 1-lb. can, 90 cts. 



Aphine. A contact spray for killing red spider, thrip, white and 

 green fly. Price, pint, 65 cts.; quart, $1.00; gallon, $2.50. 



Aphis Punk. Nikoteen. An excellent fumigant for green 

 and other Aphis. 60 cts. per box 1 dozen rolls; $6.50 per case 1 

 dozen boxes. 3 rolls will fumigate 100-foot hou.se. 



Arsenate of Lead. (Paste.) A remedy for the Elm Tree Beetle, 

 Gypsy Moth, Brown Tail Moth, etc. It adheres well to the 

 foliage and does not readily wash off with the rain. Price, 1-lb. 

 jar, 20 cts.; 5 lbs., 90 cts.; 10 lbs., $1.60; 25 lbs., $3.25; 50 lbs., 

 $6.00; 100 lbs., $10.00. Barrel, 600 lbs., $48.00. 



Arsenate of Lead. (Dry.) 1 lb., 35 cts.; 5 lbs., $1..50; 10 lbs., 

 .$2.65; 25 lbs., .$5.75; 50 lbs., $9.75; 100 lbs., $18.00. 



"Black Leaf 40." Sidphate of Nicotine. A concentrated liquid 

 for use in destroying Green Aphis and Thrips. Price, 1 oz. bottle, 

 25 cts.; I lb., 75 cts.; 2 lbs., .$2.50; 10 lbs., $10.75. 



Bordeaux Mixture. Liquid. Ready for use by simply add- 

 ing water. An indispensable fungicide for black rot, mildew, 

 rust and scab on fruit trees and plants. Price, 1 quart, 40 cts.; 

 1 gallon, $1.00; 5 gallons, $4.50. 



Bordeaux Mixture. Dry. Price, 1-lb. box., making 5 gallons 

 spraj-, 30 cts.; 5 lbs., making 25 gallons, $1.25; 25 lbs., making 



125 gallons, $5.00. 



Bug Death. A non-poisonous powder to be applied dry or mixed 

 with water and sprayed on the plants. It is death to the potato, 

 squash and cucumber bugs, currant and tomato worms. It 

 is best appUed dry with a duster or bellows at the rate of about 

 12 lbs. per acre. Price, 1 lb., 15 cts. ; 3 lbs., 35 cts; 5 lbs., 50 cts. ; 

 12^ lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $7.50. Dickey Shaker, for applying 

 above, 25 cts. each. 



Cattle Comfort. A remedy against insects on cows. Price, 



1 quart, 50 cts; gallon, $1.50. 

 Copper Solution Ammoniated. A highly concentrated liquid 



fungicide for plants afTectcd with rot, blight, or scab, and is 



frequentlj' used for late spraying when fruit is nearly mature. 



It can also be used for the blight on Asters, Hollyhocks and 



Larkspurs. Price, per quart, 75 cts.; gallon, $1..50. 

 Creosote for Gypsy Moths. The most effective protection from 



caterpillars. Sure death to the eggs. Quart, 25 cts.; 1 gallon, 



60 cts.; 5 gallons, $2.25. 

 Cut Worm Killer. A sweetened material that is more palatable 



to the cut worm than the plants themselves. It is sprinkled on 



the ground around the jilants as soon as the young seedlings break 



the ground. Price, 1 lb., 25 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.00. 



