BONE FERTILIZERS. 
Decompose slowly in the soil and, therefore, form 
excellent permanent improvement, less likely than 
‘any other fertilizer to waste. With bone there is no 
danger of burning the plants. Excellent for top- 
dressing lawns and grass lands, for garden and field 
crops. 
Quantity required. For permanent pasture and 
mowing lands, ¥ to 1 ton per acre. For trees and 
vines, 2 to 4 quarts each. For top-dressing, 1,000 to 
1,500 Ibs. per acre. For field and garden crops, % to 
1 ton broadcasted and harrowed in. For rose beds, 
pot plants, etc., one part to about fifty ofsoil. 
Raw Grouna Bone. This is moderately fine and 
particularly adapted for general fertilizing; the finer 
particles are immediately beneficial, the coarse keep- 
ing up the supply of plant food for a Jong period. 
PRICE, per 100 Ib. bag, $2.25; 200 Ib. bag, $4.00; 
per ton of 2,000 Ibs., $84.00. 
Raw Bone Meal. This is ground very fine, de- 
composes more rapidly in the soil than the coarser 
grades, and is, therefore, more quickly beneficial. 
PRICE, 1 Ib. package, 10c. (or by mail, 25c. per Ib.); 
5 Ib. package, 30c.; 10 Ib. package, 50c.; 25 Ib. bag, 
$1.00; 50 lb. bag, $1.50; 100 Ib. bag, $2.50; 200 Ib. 
bag, $4.25; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $36.00. 
Baw Crushed Bone. Slow but permanent in 
action, indispensable in the preparation of grapevine 
borders—for fruit trees, small fruits, etc.—where a 
lasting fertilizer is required. 
PRICE, per 100 Ib. bag, $2.75; 200 lb. bag, $5.00; 
per ton of 2,000 Ibs., $45.00. 
BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE. 
Benefits crops quickly, readily available, promoting 
early maturity, affording constant nourishment dur- 
ing their entireseason’sgrowth. Incaseof rotationof 
crop it is nearly as valuable for the last asfor thefirst. 
Quantity required. For garden and fleld crops, 
500 to 600 Ibs. per acre; for garden crops it is best 
drilled in at seed-sowing time. 
grass, 600 Ibs. per acre. 
PRICE, per 100 Ib. bag, $2.00’; per bag of 200 Ibs., 
$3.50; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $32.00. 
BLOOD AND BONE. 
A very concentrated source of nitrogen, yielding 
ammonia, etc., by gradua! decomposition, and, in 
consequence, is superior for immediate as well as for 
prolonged results; it is of exceptional value for gar- 
den crops, root crops, corn, grain, grasses, fruit trees, 
small fruits, grape vines, and, in fact, all kinds of 
vegetation. 
Quantity required. When broadcasted and har- 
rowed in use from % to 1 ton per acre. For garden 
crops drillin 300 to 500 Ibs. per acre. 
PRICE, per 100 Ib. bag, $2.25; 200 lb. bag, $4.00; 
per ton of 2,000 lbs., $36.00. 
For top-dressing| \ 
A celebrated English Fertilizer for both garden and 
greenhouse use. Highly concentrated, therefore 
economical notwithstanding its apparently high price. 
PRICE, per bag of 14 Ibs., $1.25; 28 Ibs., $2.25; 
56 lbs., $4.00; 112 Ibs., $7.00. 
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Strictly high-grade, highly concentrated, fine, dry 
and free from objectionable odor, containing all the 
elements needed by vegetables and flowers for their 
quick growth, early maturing and perfect develop- 
ment. The ingredients are quickly soluble and imme- 
diately commence to feed the plants, stimulating them 
into healthy, luxuriant growth, and it continues to 
feed them until the end of the season. 
Easily applied, either before or after planting, by 
sprinkling over the surface of the soil and raking in; 
or it can be mixed with water (stirring well) and 
applied as aliquid manure. If something especially 
fine in vegetables and flowers is desired, two or three 
additional applications, made at intervals, will pro- 
duce magnificentresults. A101b. packageissufficient 
for a space 15x20 ft. for one application, or 500 to 
6001bs. per acre. Instructions on each package. 
PRIcE, 5 Ib. package, 25c.; 10 lb. package, 45c.; 
25 lb. bag, $1.00; 50 Ib. bag, $1.75; 100 Ib. bag, 
$3.00; 200 lb. bag, $5.00; per ton, $45.00. 
A safe, clean and high-grade fertilizer, free from dis- 
agreeable odor, prepared especially for feeding plants 
grown in pots. It is a wonderful invigorator, pro- 
ducing luxuriant, healthy growth, foliage of rich 
texture and larger and more brilliant flowers. 
It contains in a highly concentrated form all of the 
ingredients of plant food essential to the highest de- 
velopment of plants and flowers. It is very soluble 
and is readily assimilated, so that marked improve- 
ment is usually noticed in ten days’ time. It is fine 
and dry, clean and easy to apply, either sprinkled 
over the surface of the soil as a top-dressing, or dis- 
solved in water (stirring well). Detailed directions on 
each package. 
Price, 11b. package, sufficient for 25 ordinary-sized 
plants for one year, 20c.; or by mail, 35c. 
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PURE 
putverizeo SHEEP MANURE. 
A pure, natural and nutritious manure. Immediate 
and lasting in effect. Excellent for mixing with the 
soil for greenhouse plants. In the vegetable garden 
it promotes a rapid, steady growth until maturity. 
It makes a rich Liquid Manure. 
Quantity required. For garden and field crops 
1 to 2 tons per acre; % before plowing, the balance 
before harrowing. For top-dressing grass, use 1 ton 
per acre, applied in fall or early spring. 
Price, 100 lb. bag, $2.00; per ton of 2,000 Ibs., 
$30.00; In packages of 2 lbs,, 15c.; 10 lbs., 50c.; by 
mail, 15c. lb. extra, 
CANADA 
ASHES. HARD WOOD. 
Drive away insects and improve the texture of the 
soil; indispensable for all crops, requiring potash; 
very beneficial for garden and field crops; of high 
value for grass lands and lawns. 
Quantity required. Apply 1 to 2 tons per acre, 
as one heavy application will help much more than 
the same quantity would, applied in fractions. 
Prick, per bbl. of about 200 lbs., $2.00; per ton of 
2,000 lbs., in bbls., $18.00. Special prices in bulk. 
NITRATE OF SODA. 
Valuable solely for the nitrogen it contains. It is 
chiefly a stimulant, used in addition to other fertil- 
izers. It is quick in action and hastens crop ma- 
turity. 
Quantityrequired. Beingextremely soluble it is 
usually applied after the plants are above ground, 
100 to 500 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, per 5 lb. package, 30c.; 10 1b. package, 50c.; 
25 lb. bag, $1.25; 50 lb. bag, $2.00; 100 Ib. bag, 
$3.50; per ton, apply. 
Mapes’ Celebrated Fertilizers. 
The highest grade commercial fertilizers, their basis 
being bone, no rock being used in thelr composition, 
All fertilizing constituents, nitrogen, potash and 
phosphoric acid, are strictly high-grade and soluble. 
Mapes’ Catalogue, giving analysis and telling how to 
use these fertilizers, we mail free on application. 
Per Per bag Perton 
100 lbs, 200 1bs. 2,0001bs, 
PotatO MANUTE..........2ceeceeereeeceeees $2.25 $4.00 $39.00 
Corn fs Rae 2.25 8.75 35.00 
Cabbage and cauliflower manure 2.25 4.00 38.00 
Vegetable manure for all soils..... 2.50 4.50 42.00 
Fruit and vine manure................. 2.50 4.25 40.00 
Orange and fruit treemanure....... 2.25 4.00 38.00 
Grass and grainspring top-dressing2.50 4.25 41.00 
Complete manure, ‘‘A’’ brand....... 2.00 3.75 385.00 
“ w for general use. 2.25 8.85 37.00 
ed sé for heavy soils. 2.50 4.25 40.00 
Cs os foraveragesoils 2.00 38.75 86.00 
es Ss for light soils... 2.50 4.25 42.00 
3.00 29.00 
“Cereal brand,” for farm crops.... 1.75 
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RSON (ose) LAWN ENRICHER.” 
A clean, portable and convenient lawn dressing which we have found to be never-failing in inducing 
arapid andrich greengrowth. It should be sown broadcast in the spring or fall, though it can be put 
on during thesummer without injury or danger of burning the grass, and aremarkable improvement will 
soon be observed. Jtisin every way more desirable than manure, whichis so often full of weed seeds. 
= The use of ‘‘ Henderson Lawn Enricher’”’ entirely does away with the old practice of top-dressing lawns 
== = with stable manure, which was so objectionable on account of unsightliness and disagreeable odors. 
-Quantity required. A 10 Jb. package is sufficient to go over an area of 300 square feet, or for forming a new lawn, from t,000 to 1,500 Ibs. per 
acre, or halfthe quantity for renovating an old one. PRIcE, 5 1b. package, 25c.; 10 lb. package, 45c.; 25 lb. bag, $1.00; 50 lb. bag, $1.75; 100 Ib. bag, $3.25; 
300 lb. bag, $6.00; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $50.00. 
