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INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES.—Continued. 
Dalmatian or Persian Insect Powder. One of the best insecti- 
cides for all insects. Lb., $1.25. 
Flower of Sulphur. Price, 1 lb., 15 cts.; 5 Ibs., 60 cts.; 10 lbs., 
$1.00. 
Formaldehyde. This solution is used to prevent fungoid dis- 
eases such as potato scab, grain smut, etc. The dilution for 
most purposes is 1 pound Formaldehyde to 15 or 20 gallons of 
water; 1 to 2 gallons of solution is required to treat each bushel 
of potatoes. Price, 1 lb., liquid, 65 cts.; 9 lbs., liquid, $4.50. 
Fungine. A remedy for mildew, rust, wilt, bench rot and other 
blights affecting flowers, fruits and vegetables. It is equally 
effective under glass and out-of-doors. A sulphur composition 
which diluted with water contains no sediment and does not stain 
the foliage. One gallon makes fifty gallons spraying material. 
Half pint, 50 cts.; pint, 75 cts.; quart, $1.25; gallon, $3.50. 
Grape Dust, Hammond’s. Very effective in destroying mil- 
dews and in preventing blights in greenhouse or in the open. 
Price, 5-lb. package, $1.10. 
Hellebore Powder, White. Price, 3 lb., 45 cts.; 1 Ib., 75 cts. 
Herbicide Weed Exterminator. Perfectly odorless. An occa- 
sional application will keep gutters, paths and roadways clear of 
weeds, poison ivy, grasses, mosses, dandelions, burdocks, etc. 
+ gallon, $1.00; 1 gallon cans, $1.75; in 5-gallon kegs, sufficient to 
make 200 gallons of liquid, $7.50; in 10-gallon kegs, sufficient to 
make 400 gallons of liquid, $13.50. 
Imperial Soap Spray. ‘The base of this spray is a soap containing 
vegetable poisons and particularly effective against red spider on 
the fruit, the rhododendron fly, and all insects affecting the rose. 
Price, 1 pint, 65 cts.; 1 quart, $1.00; 1 gallon, $3.00; 5 gallons, 
$12.00; 10 gallons, $21.00. 
Kerosene Emulsion. (Liquid.) Price, 1 quart, 75 cts.; 1 gallon 
$2.25; 5 gallons, $8.50. 
Lemon Oil Company’s Standard Insecticide. Destroys scale, 
thrip, mealy bug, red spider, black and green fly. Price, 3 pint, 
40 cts.; 1 pint, 75 cts.; 1 quart, $1.25; > gallon, $2.25; 1 gallon, 
$4.00. 
Lime and Sulphur Dry. For Dormant Spraying of Fruit or 
Shade Trees and bushes against San José and Oyster Shell Scale. 
Also Peach Leaf Curl and Brown Rot of Peaches. Used for same 
purposes as Liquid Lime Sulphur but is much easier to handle. 
Price, 1 lb., 35 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $2.50; 25 lbs., $5.50. 
Melrosine. A contact insecticide which kills the destructive 
Rose-bug, and at the same time is effective against many sucking 
insects. Price, pt., $1.00; qt., $1.75; 1% gal., $3.25; gal., $6.00. 
Mulford’s Culture. Inoculating bacteria for Garden Peas, Gar- 
den Beans, Alfalfa, Red Clover and Sweet Peas. Always specify 
crop when ordering. One-quarter acre size 75 cts.; one acre size, 
$1.50. Small size for Peas and Beans only. 35 cts. each. 
Nicotine Sulphate, Hall’s. A concentrated solution of Nicotine 
in the form of Nicotine Sulphate containing 40% of actual Nico- 
tine. For outdoor spraying where Nicotine is effective. 4 lb., 
$1.25; 2 lbs., $3.50; 10 lbs., $13.50. 
Nico-Fume. A tobacco-paper Insecticide, for fumigating green- 
houses. ‘‘Nico-fume”’ furnishes the easiest method of fumi- 
gation ever devised. Tins containing 24 sheets, $1.25; 144 sheets, 
$5.50; 288 sheets, $10.00. 
Nico-Fume,, Liquid. Price, 14 lb. tin, 75 cts.; 1 Ib., $2.25; 4 lbs., 
$8.00; 8 lbs., $15.00. 
Para-dichlorobenzene. A  Peach-borer control, much more 
effective than the old method of digging out the borer by hand. 
It can be used on Peach-trees over four years old, but should on 
no account be used on Apple-trees. Lb., 40 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75. 
Pyrox, Bowker’s. Does all that Arsenate of Lead will do, be- 
sides protecting trees, shrubs, vegetables and plants against 
fungus diseases; one application answering both purposes, sav- 
ing labor and expense. All ready to use by adding water. Price, 
1 Ib., 40 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.50; 10 lbs., $2.50; 25 lbs., $5.75; 50 lbs., 
$10.00; 100 lbs., $18.00. 
Sealecide. A very effectual Winter wash for trees infested with 
San José or other scales. Spray during Winter when the trees are 
dormant. Quart, 70 cts.; 1 gallon, $1.65; 5 gallons, $7.00; 10 
gallons, $12.00; 30-gallon bbl., $28.00; 50-gallon bbl., $42.00. 
Slug Shot. A popular non-poisonous powder, easily distributed 
by a duster, bellows, or in water by spraying. An effectual remedy 
for potato bugs, slugs, worms, caterpillars, green and black flies 
infesting vegetables and other plants. Price, 1-lb. carton, 25 cts.; 
5-lb. package, 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $1.35. 
Sulpho-Tobaceco Soap. A popular insecticide for the amateur, 
quickly exterminating all insect life on plants and flowers in 
and out of doors. Price, 3-ounce cake, 10 cts.; 8-ounce cake, 
20 cts. 
Tanglefoot. 
gypsy and brown-tail moths and other creeping insects. 
1 lb., 60 cts.; 5 Ibs., $2.60; 10 lbs., $5.00; 20 Ibs., $9.50. 
A perfect safeguard for trees and shrubs against 
Price, 
Thomson’s Styptice. 
ing. - Directions on bottle. 
(Imported.) To prevent grape vines bleed- 
Price, $1.25. 
Tobacco Dust. For green and black aphis, fleas, etc.; also pre- 
vents insects in the ground and around the roots. Price, 1 lb., 
15 cts.; 5 lbs., 50 cts.; 10 lbs., 90 cts.; 100 lbs., $6.00. 
Tobacco Dust for Fumigating. Price, 10 lbs., 90 cts.; 25 Ibs., 
$1.75; 100 lbs., $6.50. 
Tobaceo Stems. 
Price, barrel bag, $1.50; bale or case, 4 cts. per 
lb. : 
Vermine. A soil sterilizer and germicide for all soil vermine, such 
as cut, eel, wire and grub worms, slugs, root lice, maggots and 
ants. Used in the greenhouse, garden and field. One part Ver- 
mine to four hundred parts water, thoroughly soaking the ground, 
does its work effectively and protects your crops and lawns against 
the ravages under the soil. Price, gill, 25 cts.; half pint, 40 cts.; 
pint, 75 cts.; quart, $1.25; gallon, $3.50. 
Whale Oil Soap with Tobacco. An excellent wash for trees and 
plants; kills insects and their eggs. Price, in boxes, with full 
directions for use. 1 lb., 40 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.65; 10 Ibs., $2.75. 
X. L. all Liquid Insecticide. The famous English patented pre- 
paration; kills mealy bug, red spider, and all insect pests. The 
perfect insecticide for spraying; goes farther than any other. 
Price, pint, $1.50; quart, $3.00; 4 gallon, $5.50; gallon, $10.50. 
X. L. all Vaporizing Compound, An English patent claimed to 
be the most easy, effectual and cheapest method of fumigating 
greenhouses and frames ever invented. Sufficient for 10,000 
cubic feet, $3.25 per bottle; 20,000 cubic feet, $6.00 per bottle. 
Vaporizing Fumigator and Lamp, for above, complete, $1.75. 
X. L. all Weed Destroyer. A concentrated liquid for exterminat- 
ing large weeds. 1 gallon, $5.00; 2 gallon, $7.50; 4 gallons, $13.00. 
See Wikeham Weeder, page 174, for applying Weed Destroyer. 
