R. &>/. FARQUHAR <&* CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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FERTILIZERS 



Prices subject to change. Net, except where noted, f. o. b. cars Boston. 

 Farquhar's Lawn and Garden Dressing. The best fertilizer in 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 anyone. For gardens 

 and lawns it is most excellent, being not a stimulant merely, but a plant food of lasting, enriching prop- 

 erties. Price, per ton, $50.00. In barrels, 2% cents per lb. 



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

 25 " " " 2,500 " " $1.00. 



50 lbs., for about 5,000 square feet, $1.75. 

 100 " " one-fourth acre, 3.00 



Complete Animal Fertilizer. This dressing supplies all the essential food elements requisite for a healthy 

 growth without the application of lumpy stable manure which is full of weed seeds. Price, ton, $40.00; 

 100 lbs., $2.75 ; 50 lb. box, $1.50 ; 25 lb. box, $1.00 ; 10 lb. box, .50. 



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 recognized as one of the 

 most beneficial. As a top-dressing for 

 lawns it is unequalled, being free from weed- 

 seeds, and extremely stimulating. For 

 lawns, it should be used at the rate of 500 

 pounds per acre. As a fertilizing agent for 

 plants indoors, and in the open garden, it is 

 one of the very best. 



Price, ton, $30.00; half ton, $15.00; 500 

 lbs., $7.50; 100 lbs., $2.00; 50 lbs., $1.25; 

 10 lbs, .50; 1 lb., .10. No charge for 

 sacks. F. O. B. cars Boston. 



Pure Canada Unleached Hardwood Ashes. Pure wood ashes is one of the best fertilizers for top-dressing 

 lawns, grass lands and seeding down ; also for fruit of all kinds, especially strawberries, peaches and apples. 

 They are exceedingly valuable for lawns, imparting a rich danc shade of green, destroying insects and bad 

 weeds, particularly moss, which is so common on lawns. 100 lb. bag, $1.25; 200 lbs., $2.00; ton, $15.00. 

 In car load lots of from 15 to 25 tons, at $11.00 per ton in bulk or $12.50 per ton in 1001b. bags 

 delivered at any freight station in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and 

 to any station in Maine except points on the Maine Central R. R. The foregoing carload quotation is only 

 good up to May 1st, 1902 ; ask for special quotation after that date. 



Bowker'S Hill and Drill Phosphate. A valuable fertilizer which can be used with equal profit for the hill 

 or drill or sown broadcast. It is one of the richest and quickest acting fertilizers, and maybe profitably used 

 on any soil. Price, 50 lb. bag, $1.25 ; 100 lb. bag, $1.75 ; ton, $32.00. 



Stockbridge Special Manures. These famous and invaluable fertilizers are well-known throughout the 

 entire country. The following are the leading kinds, for Potatoes, Corn and Grain, Small Fruits, Vegetables 

 Root-Crops, Asparagus, lop-Dressing Grass and Seeding- Down Grass. Price, 100 lb. bag, $2.00 ; ton, $37.00. 



Bowker's " Clover Brand" Bone and Wood Ash Fertilizer. «* Natural Dressing." Trial bag 

 (10 lbs.), for 500 square feet of lawn or 300 square feet of garden, .50; trial bag (25 lbs.), for 1,000 square 

 feet of lawn or 500 square feet of garden, .75 ; 50 lb. bag, for 2,500 square feet of lawn or 1,200 square feet 

 of garden, $1.25 ; 100 lb. bag, for 5,000 square feet of lawn or 2,500 square feet of garden, $2.00. 



Bowker'S Lawn and Garden Dressing. A special fertilizer prepared from chemicals, .free from weed 

 seeds, almost odorless, clean to handle and easily applied 



Trial bags, 10 lbs., for 1,000 square feet, 50 cents. 

 25 lbs., for 2,500 " " $1.00. 



50 lb. bags, for 5,000 square feet, $1.75. Per ton, 

 100 " " for one-fourth an acre, 3.00. $50.00. 



Kitchen Garden Fertilizer. Cheaper and more easily applied than stable manure; may be used on all 

 garden crops, and in the flower-garden. Clean to handle and easily applied. Price, 25 lbs., $1.00, for 600 

 square feet; 50 lbs., $1.75, for 1,200 square feet ; 100 lbs., $3.00, for 2,500 square feet; 200 lbs., $5.00= for 

 one-eighth acre. 



Bowker'S Greenhouse Dressing. Specially prepared as used by Prof, S. T. Maynard of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College and containing the chemicals recommended by him in his recent address before the 

 National Florists' Convention. Price, bag 10 lbs., .50; 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $3.00. 



Guano. The guaranteed analysis is as follows : Ammonia, 3.00 per cent. ; Available Phosphoric Acid, 5.00 per 

 cent.; Total Phosphoric Acid, 29.75 per cent.; Eq. Bone Phosphate, 64.94 per cent.; Potash (actual), 1.10 

 per cent. For all root crops this Peruvian Guano is invaluable. It is not, however, soluble in water. 

 Price, 100 lbs., $3.00; 225 lb. bag, $6.00; ton, $50.00. 



Pure Ground Bone. This is being more generally used every year, and is one of the best fertilizers for most 

 crops. In purity this manufacture is always fully up to the standard, the analysis being marked on each 

 package. Price, in bags or barrels, 2 cents a lb. ; ton, $33.00. In neat boxes, 10 lb. box, .50 ; 25 lb. boxes, 

 $1.00; 501b. box, $1.50; 100 lbs., $2.50; barrel, $4.50 to $5.50. 



