PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— INSECTICIDES. 



Ant Destroyer. A non-poisonous 



powder which will destroy or drive away 

 black ants from lawns, trees, plants, houses 

 or other affected locality. Price, % lb. can 

 5 :c. or by mail, 6oc. 

 Dust liberally near haunts. 



Carbolic Soap. For freeing animals 

 from insects and washing the bark of trees 

 and plants for scale, lice, etc. Price* 4 oz. 

 pkg., roc, or by mail, 14c. 



Dissolve 2 oz. to a gallon of water and 

 apply xuit/i brush, sponge or spray. 



Carbolized Soap. For peach, apple 

 and other tree borers, also for washing trees 

 to prevent attacks of animals or vermin. 1 

 gallon can (makes 12 gallons paint) $1.00 

 per can. 



Cole's Liquid Insecticide. A 



combination of alcohol and other chemicals, 

 for mealy bug, red spider, scale aud aphis; 

 we use it xtensively in our greenhouses; it 

 needs no further preparation and is one of 

 the most convenient and effectual for ladies 

 to use on house plants. Price, U pint tin, 

 50c; by mail, 65c. 

 Apply y undiluted* with a Vaporizer. 



Fir Tree OH. The most popular and 

 probably for "all 'round'* purposes the best 

 insecticide in the market for greenhouse and 

 house plants; it frees plants of nearly all 

 insects to which they are subject, and for 

 the following it has no superior : Mealy bug 

 Scale, Red Spider, Aphis, (black and green,) 

 Thnp, blight, Wormsand Slugs, and isalso 

 a valuable remedy for animal parasites and 

 insects. Price, % pint tin, 40c.; pint, 75c; 

 qt., $1.40; y 2 gal, $2.50; gal., $4.25; if by 

 mail* add 2jc. per pint. 



Dilute Yz pint to about Io gallons of soft 

 or rain water, {for tender plants or you tig 

 growth make weaker.) Spray on with 

 vaporizer, syringe or bellows. 



Hellebore, Powdered White. 



For the destruction of slugs, worms, cater- 

 pillars, etc. Less poisonous than Paris 

 Green and London Purple and safer to use 

 when fruits or vegetables are nearly ripe. 

 Price, 25c. per lb.; or by mail 40c. 



Dry Application. Dust on dry, 

 or mix I lb. with 4 lbs. of powdered lime 

 or four, dust on with powder duster or 

 bellows or gun. 



In Solution. Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gal- 

 lons of water, apply with syringe, pump 

 or vaporizer. 



Kerosene Emulsion. For plant lice 



of any kind, cabbage worm, scale insects on 

 apple, pear, orange, lemon and other trees. 

 5 gallon buckets, (make 75 gal'ons wash,) 

 $1.25 per bucket. 



London Purple. Very poisonous and 

 equally as efficacious as Paris Green and 

 more soluble in water. Price _ 25c. lb., 10 

 lb lots and over at 20c. per lb. If by mail, 

 add 15c. per lb. for postage. 



Use in the same as Paris Green. 



Paris Green. A poisonous, insoluble 

 powder, indispensable on the farm orgarden 

 — for preventing the ravages 01 potato bugs, 

 codlin moth, worms, caterpilars, slugs and 

 bugs. Price, 25c. per lb.; 10 lbs. and over 

 at 23c. per lb. If by mail, add 15c. per lb. 

 for postage. 



Dry Application. Mix with 



plaster, flour or other dilutant — I part to 

 100 — apply with duster, bellows or gun. 



In Solution. Mix 1 lb. to 200 or 

 300 gallons of water. Apply with pu mp t 

 syringe or vaporizer. 



Bait. For cut worms, mix I oz. with 

 8 ozs. of syrup; mix thoroughly with 

 fresh chopped grass or leaves* 



Persian Powder or Buhach. 

 Henderson's Superior Grade. 



Cheap adulterated grades are 'worthless. 

 A most effective «0«-poisunous inpalpable 

 powder — so fine that it penetrates the inner- 

 most crevices— for worms, flies, aphis and 

 almost all kinds of insects — it is very effec- 

 tual—suffocating them by filling up the 

 breathing pores. Price, 40c; 10 lb. and 

 over at 35c. lb. If by mail, add 15c. per lb. 

 for postage. 



Dry. Blow on with a bellows or gun. 



Solution. Dissolve r oz. to 3 gallons 

 of water ; apply with syringe or putnp, 



Quassaine. This is a Concentrated 

 Kluid Extract Quassia, held in suspension 

 by Whale Oil Soap — adopted and officially 

 recommended by the Slate Horticultural 

 Hoard of Washington, as a cheap and reli- 

 able non-poisonous insecticide for hop lice, 

 aphis and all scale insects; nothing better 

 for rose bushes and house plants. Quart 

 cans, (50 gallons wash,) §1.00 per can; 1 

 gallon cans, (100 gallon wash,) $1.50 per can; 

 2 gallon cans fauo gallons wash,) $2.50 per 

 can. 



Slug Shot. A non-poisonous powder and 

 a very popular insecticide — it requires no 

 further mixing or preparation — easily ap- 

 plied and not injurious or dangerous to 

 animals, the person applying it or fruits and 

 vegetables treated. Very effectual in 

 destroying potato bugs and beetles, green 

 and black fly, slugs, worms, caterpillars, 

 etc, {By express or freight only.) Price, 

 per barrel of 235 lbs. net, $8.00; in 10 lb. 

 packages, each 45c; 5 lb. packages, 25c; 

 in tin cannister with perforated top for 

 applying, 25c. each; by mail, 35c. 



Apply with duster, bellozos or gun. 10 

 to 40 lbs. is sufficient for an acre. 



Thirp Juice. A concentrated extract 

 arseniated, destructive for mealy bug, scale 

 thrips, bark lice, codlin moth, canker worm 

 elm leaf worm, beetles, caterpillars, thrips, 

 etc. Price, % pint can, 30c.; 1 pint 50c; 1 

 qt., 75c; 1 gal., $2.00; 5 gal. keg, $7.00. 



Mix ]z pint to 2s gallons of water and 

 spray on with syringe, vaporizer or 

 pump. 



Tobacco Dust, Fine. For green 

 and black aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splen- 

 did fertilizer and preventative for insects in 

 the ground and around root. Price, 10c. 

 per lb.; 5 lb., 3-c; 10 lbs., 65c; $3.00 per 

 barrel; per ton, $25.00; if by mail add 13c, 

 Per lb. for postage. 



For insects on plants, apply with powder 

 duster or bellozvs. 



For worms or grubs in the soil, apply 

 liberally to the surface and rake in, or 

 strew thickly in the drills bef or planting. 



Tobacco Extract, A powerful ex- 

 tract of tobacco combined with sulphur for 

 destroying plant lice, red spider, and insects 

 of all kinds. Price, }& pt., 30c.; pt., 50c; 

 qt., 75c; gal., $2.00. 



Dilute 1 part to loor more of water and 

 apply with syringe, vaporizer or pump. 



For insects at the root, dilute as above, 

 and apply with watering-pot sufficient to 

 reach the roots. 



Tobacco Stems. Indispensable for 

 fumigating greenhouses and conservatories 

 — for the destruction of green and black 

 aphis and other insects. Price, 50 lb. bale, 

 $1.00; 100 lbs.. $1.75; per ton, $20.00. 



Dampen thoroughly a few hours before 

 using, place about a half pound over a 

 handful of shavings in a fumigator, and 

 light. 



Tobacco Soap. Effective for green 



and black aphis, turnip fleas, slugs, bark 



lice, e c. Price, 35c. per lb.; or by mail 50c. 



Dissolve 2 oz. in a gallon of water and 



apply with pump, syringe or vaporizer . 



Whale Oil Soap. Makes an excellent 

 wash for trees and plants where insects and 

 eggs effect the bark, and for smearing on 

 the trunks of trees to prevent worms from 

 crawling up. Price, 15c. per lb.; 2 lbs., 25c; 

 5 lbs., 50c.; 25 lb. and over, at 8c. per lb.; 

 if by mail, add 13c. per lb. for postage. 



For insects on plants, dissolve % lb. to a 

 gallon of water, apply with syringe or 

 spraying pump. 



For bark insects^ etc., dilute with water 

 to consistency of thick paint, and apply 

 with brush. 



REMEDIES FOR FUNGUS, SUCH AS MILDEW, RUST, BLACK ROT, ETC. 



Ammoniacal Solution of Car- 

 bonate of Copper Concen- 

 trated. A famous remedy for fungoid 

 diseases of plants, particularly for grapes, 

 curing downy and powdery mildew, black 

 rot, scab, etc. Price. 1 gallon cans, $1.50. 

 By express or freight only. 



Dilute T pint to to or 12 gallons of water, 

 apply with Knapsack sprayer or Bellozvs 

 vaporizer. 



Bordeaux Mixture. A valuable and 

 indispensable fungicide for grape growers — 

 thereby insuring larger crops and finer 

 grapes, and preventing failure. A sure cure 

 and preventative for black rot, mildew and 

 rust, also of great value for other plants 



suffering with kindred diseases. Price, 20 

 lb. pkg, $1.00. By express or freight only. 

 Dissolve 10 lbs. to 2J gallons of water, 

 and apply with. Knapsack sprayer or 

 vaporizer. 



Grape Dust, (Hammond's). A 



non-poisonous powder for the remedy and 

 control of mildew and rot on grapes, goose- 

 berries, roses, etc. Price, 5 lb. pkg, 35c; 

 100 lb. keg, $5.00. By express or freight 

 only. 



Apply with bellows or pozuder gun. 



Sulphur, Flowers Of. For the pre- 

 vention and destruction of mildew on roses 

 and other plant*. Price, 10c. per lb.; ic 



lb., 60c.; 25 lb. and over, at 5c. per lb.; if 

 by mail add \^c. per lb. for postage. 

 Apply with bellozvs or gun. 



Sulpho- Steatite Powder. For 



lettuce mildew, powdery and downy mildew 

 of the grape, rose mildew and other fungus 

 diseases affecting plants under glass. Used 

 as a dust. 25 pound boxes $2.00. 



Henderson's Mildew Mixture. 

 A fluid prepa r ed by ourseh p.s and largely 

 used in our green houses and nurseries for 

 cure and prevention of mildew on plants. 

 Price. 1 pint tin, sec; or by mail, 75c. 



Dilute J pint toi8 gallons of water* and 

 sp?-ay on with syringe or bellows vapor- 



