AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1913. 



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FERTILIZERS P^^^ subject to change.) 



Farquhar's Lawn and Garden Dressing. The best fertilizer on the 

 market for all garden and farm crops. It is as dry and fine as meal; 

 made of dried, finely pulverized blood, bone, potash and refuse meat. 

 The mixture is in such good mechanical condition that it can be 

 applied conveniently by any one. For lawns it is most excellent, 

 being not a stimulant merely, but a plant food of lasting, enriching 

 properties. When forming a new lawn use from 800 to 1000 lbs. per 

 acre. Price, per ton, S50.00. 

 Quantity required for renovating an old lawn: 



10 lbs. for about 1,000 square feet, 50 cents. 



25 " " '■ 2,500 " " $1.00 



50 5.000 ' " 1.75 



100 " " " one-fourth acre, 3.00 



Canada Unleached Hardwood Ashes. Pure wood ashes is one of 

 the best fertilizers for top-dressing lawns, grass lands, and for seeding 

 down; also for fruit of all kinds, especially strawberries, peaches 

 and apples. They are exceedingly valuable for lawns, imparting a 

 rich dark shade of green, destroying insects and weeds, par- 

 ticularly moss, which is so common on lawns. loo-lb. bag. Si. 25; 

 200 lbs., S2.50; ton, S20.00; In carload lots (minimum 20 tons) at 

 S16.00 per ton in bulk, or S18.00 per ton in loo-lb. bags, delivered at 

 any freight station in Massachusetts, Vermcnt, New Hampshire, 

 Rhode Island, Connecticut, and to any station in Maine except points 

 on the Maine Central R.R. 



Farquhar's Pure Ground Bone. This is made from the best quality 

 of bone, finely pulverized by improved machinery'. It is far superior 

 to some ground bone on the market, which is often composed of refuse 

 bones from which the plant food has been largely removed in manu- 

 facturing glue and other products. Price per ton in bags, $36.00; 

 500 lbs.. S9.00; loolbs., S2.50; solbs., $1.35; 25 lbs., .85; 10 lbs., .50; 

 5 lbs., .30. 



Inch Bone. The very best fertilizer for grape vines, fruit trees, 

 shrubs, and trees of all kinds. The pieces of bone var\' from one- 

 fourth inch to one inch in size. Price, 100 lbs., $2.50; ton, $38.00. 



Flour of Bone. A finely pulverized powder, excellent as a top- 

 dressing for growing plants in the greenhouse. Price, 100 lbs., 

 S3.00. 



Scotch Soot. A fertilizer arid fungicide. One of the best remedies 

 and preventatives for mildew, when mixed with sulphur, at the rate 

 of two-thirds soot and one-third sulphur. As a fertilizer it pro- 

 motes growth, and intensifies the color of foliage and Mower. Price, 

 $3 .00 per original bag of about 100 lbs. 



Pulverized Sheep Manure. {Purity Brand.) A soluble plant 

 food highly recommended for all purposes where a first-class fertilizer 

 is required. It is a pure, natural manure, and has long been recog- 

 nized as one of the most beneficial. As a top-dressing for lawns it 

 is unequalled. For lawns it should be used at the rate of 500 to 

 800 pounds per acre. As a fertilizing agent for plants indoors and 

 in the open garden, it is one of the very best. Price, ton, $40.00; 

 half ton, S20.00; 500 lbs., Sio.oo; 100 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., Si. 50; 

 25 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., .50; 5 lbs., .30; I lb., .lo. 



Clay's Fertilizer. {Imported.) A lasting, productive, and economical 

 fertilizer for all horticultural purposes. A reliable vitalizing medium 

 for conser\-ator3-, greenhouse, and garden. Highly recommended 

 by leading horticulturists in the cultivation of flowers, fruit, and 

 vegetables for exhibition, pleasure, and profit in the highest perfec- 

 tion. Original bags, 112 lbs., $7.00; 56 lbs., $4.00; 28 lbs., S2.25; 14 

 lbs.. Si. 25; 7 lbs., .75. 



Thomson's Special Chrysanthemum Manure. This Special 

 Manure is meant to be used as an additional stimulant during 

 the growing season. A heaped desertspoonful will be sufficient 

 for a 1 0-inch pot, sprinkled over the surface of the soil, and watered 

 with tepid water. This may be given three times during the growing 

 season. 56 lbs., S7.oo; 28 lbs., S4.00; 14 lbs., S2.25; 7 lbs., Si. 25. 



Imperial Plant Food. A clean, dry powder which entirely dis- 

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

 or first dissolved in water. 

 8 oz. when dissolved makes 50 gallons fertilizer 

 3Hbs. " " " 250 " 



7 lbs. " " " 500 " " 



20 lbs. " " " 1,500 " " 



50 lbs. " " " 3,600 " " 



Bon Arbor. A liquid plant food good for all living plants. It in- 

 vigorates, promotes growth, increases the crop and causes it to 

 mature earlier. 



Put up in I and 2 gallon kegs, S2.00 per gallon; in 25-gaUon 

 barrels. Si. 50 per gallon; in 50-gallon barrels, Si. 25 per gallon. 



Bon .Arbor, Dry. Price, 5-lb. package, .30; i lb., .55; 5 lbs.. Si. 80. 



Bowker's Ammoniated Food for Flowers. Made expressly for 

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

 early abundant blossoms, greatly adding to the richness and bril- 

 liancy of color, health, and luxuriance of the foliage. Price, No. i, 

 .15; No. 2, .25. 



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



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INSECTICIDES. 



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

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



Aphis Punk. Nikoteen. An excellent fumigant for green and 

 other Aphis. .60 per box i dozen rolls; S6.50 per case i dozen 

 bo.xes. 3 rolls will fumigate a loo-foot house. 



Bowker's Concentrated Lime Sulphur. Kills San Jose Scale, 

 Oyster Shell bark Hce, etc., and gives the tree a thorough cleansing. 

 It should be applied any time after December ist and before the 

 buds start in the spring. Needs only to be diluted with cold water 

 and it is ready to apply, i gallon makes 10 gallons of spray, i 

 gallon, .75; 5 gallons, S2.25; 10 gallons, $4.00; 50 gallons, S12.00. 



Creosote for Gypsy Moths. The most effective protection from 

 caterpillars. Sure death to the eggs. Quart, .25; i gaUon, .60; 

 5 gallons, $2. 25. 



Dalmatian or Persian Insect Powder. One of the best insecticides 

 for all insects. Lb., .50. 



Fungine. A remedy for mildew, rust, wilt, bench rot and other 

 blights effecting flowers, fruits and vegetables. It is equally effec- 

 tive under glass and out-of-doors. A sulphur composition which 

 diluted with water contains no sediment and does not stain the 

 foHage. One gaUon makes fifty gallons spraying material. Half 

 pint, .30; pint, .50; quart, .75; gallon, S2.00; ten gallon keg, $15.00. 



Imperial Soap Spray. The base of this spray is a soap containing 

 vegetable poisons and particularly effective against red spider on 

 fruit, the rhododendron fly, and all insects affecting the rose. Price, 

 I quart, .55; i gallon. Si. 65; 5 gallons, S6.50; 10 gallons, S12.00. 



Kerosene Emulsion. {Liquid). Price, i quart, .40; i gallon, 

 Si .25; 5 gaUons, $500. 



Lemon Oil. Destroys scale, thrip, mealy bug, red spider, black and 



green fly. Price, § pint, .25; i pint, .40; i quart, .75; 5 gallon, $1-25; 



I gallon, $2.00; 5 gallons, $9-00. 

 Nicoticide. This vaporizing compoimd kiUs green and black flies, 



thrip, mealy bug and red spider. Price, 4-ounce can, .70; J pint. 



Si. 25; I pint, S2.50; ^ gal., S8.25; i gaL, S15.00. 



Nicoticide Fumigator and Lamp. Complete for vaporizing. Each, 

 .50. 



Nikoteen. A highly concentrated extract of Tobacco for spraying 

 or vaporizing. Price, pint bottle. Si .50; small bottle, .40. 



New X. L. All Liquid Insecticide. The famous English patented 

 preparation; kills mealy bug, red spider, and aU insect pests. The 

 perfect insecticide for spraying; goes farther than any other. Price, 

 pint, .75; quart. Si. 25; 5 gallon, S2.00; gallon, $3. 75. 



New 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 lo.oco cubic 

 feet, S2.25 per bottle; 20,000 cubic feet, $4.50 per bottle. Vapor- 

 izing Fumigator and Lamp for above, complete, $1.00. 



Scalecide. A very effectual winter wash for trees infested with San 

 Jose or other scales. Spray during winter when the trees are dor- 

 mant. Quart, .40; I gallon, Si. 00; 5 gallons, $3.25; 10 gallons, 

 S6.00; 50 gal. bbl., S25.00. 



Soluble Sulphur. A dry powder which is easily dissolved in cold 

 water. It controls San Jose and other scale insects, also Fungus 

 Diseases. Price, i lb., .20; 5 lbs., .85; ID lbs., $1.50; 25 lbs., $3.00; 

 50 lbs., 5.00; 100 lbs., $8.50. 



Tobacco Stems. Price, barrels, $1.00; bale or case, S3. 00. 



