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Our New Book, 
THE 
CELEBRATED 
“Rose-Leal”” 
(Extract of Tobacco.) 
Insecticide. 
“INJURIOUS INSECTS AND PLANT 
DISEASES, WITH REMEDIES.” 
SEE DETAILS OF CONTENTS ON THIRD PAGE OF COVER. 
ROSE LEAF "353s2to" 
TOBACCO. 
This insecticide has been now most thoroughly tested, and has been proven one of the most 
effectual] articles ever used for the destruction of all insects and scale on plants, that did not injure 
Rose-Leaf Insecticide isa perfectly pure, highly 
concentrated extract of tobacco, always of uniform strength of nicotine. It can be applied in various 
ways, either spraying through a spraying bellows or syringe with spray nozzle, after it has been 
diluted with from 30 to rso0 parts of water, according to the delicacy of the plants to be treated; it 
can also be used as a vapor, by boiling on small kerosene stoves or in ‘‘Evaporating Pans’’ attached 
| to the pipes, or by the ‘*Cylinder System,’’ or by painting the pipes, etc., etc. 
Full Instructions for the Various Methods of Applying, including 
many testimonials from our leading Florists, who have used it and state their methods of applica- 
’ pamphlet, which will be mailed on application. 
in some degree the affected plants 
tion, are given in our ‘*‘ Rose-Leaf 
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PRICES: 
“ROSE LEAF” 
(Extract of Tobacco.) 
INSECTICIDE 
Pint Canseced-aruesoste $O 25 
Quart Can............ 50 
GalloniCankz-........ 150 
Five Gallon Can... 
Ant Destroyer. 
A non-poisonous powder which will destroy or drive 
away black ants from Jawns, trees, plants, houses or 
other affected locality. Przce, 1% lb. can, 2cc.; 1 lb. can, 
65c. 
Carbolic Soap. 
For freeing animals from insects and washlIng the bark 
of trees and plants for scale, lice, etc. Przce, 1 lb. cake, 
12c., or by mail, 22c. 
Dissolve 2 0z. in a gallon of water and apply with 
brush, sponge or spray. 
Fir Tree Oil. 
The most popular and probably, for ‘‘all round’’ pur- 
poses, the best insecticide in the market fcr 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), thrip, blight, worms and slugs, and is also a valu- 
able remedy for animal parasites and insects. Price, 
¥ pint tint, 30c.; piat, 6oc.; qt., $1.15; % gal., $2.00; 
gal, $3.75. 
Dilute 4 pint to about 10 gallons of soft or rain water 
(for tender plants or young growth make weaker). 
Spray on with vaporizer, syringe or bellows. 
Fir Tree Oil Soap. 
Especially useful on greenhouse and garden plants; 
killing red spider, mealy bug, aphis, etc. In the vegetable 
garden it is unrivaled for disposing of potato bugs, cabbage 
worms, currant worms, black fly, etc. Ontrees it destroys 
the caterpillar, elm-leaf beetle, etc. It does not injure 
fruit or foliage ; there is no danger to the person using it, 
nor are the fruits or vegetables on which it has been. used 
in the slightest degree poisoned. Oxe ounce makes a 
gallon of non-potsonous insect-killing liguid.- Price, }§ 
Ib, tints, 2cc.; 2 Ibs., 65c.; 5 lbs., $1.50; 10 Ibs.; $2.85; 
20 lbs., $5.25. 
REMEDIES FOR 
Copperdine. | 
(Ammoniacal solution of carbonate of copper.) 
A famous remedy for fungoid diseases of plants, par- 
ticularly for grapes, curling downy and powdery mildew, 
black rot, scab, etc. /Przce,1 qt. can, 45¢; 1 gal. can, 
$1.35 3 5 gal. can, $4.50; ro gal. carboy, at $1.20 gal. 
Dilute 1 pint to 10 or 12 gallons of water; apply with 
Knapsack sprayer or bellows vaporizer. 
German Caterpillar Lime. 
A highly recommended European remedy for the pre- 
vention of crawling insects from going up or down the 
trunks of trees; prevents the laying of eggs on the bark, 
and the hatching of those already laid; prevents borers, 
scale, etc., and keeps all animals from gnawing the trees; 
it remains sticky and efficacious from 3 to 5 months, and 
is easily and cheaply applied. (Little booklet, giving 
Sull information, mailed on application.) Price, 5 \bs. 
can, 80c.; 10 Ibs, can, $1.40; 25 lbs. keg, $3.10; 50 lbs. keg, 
$5.50; 100 lbs. keg, $10.50. 
Apply with a paddle and spread evenly with a hard 
brush, leaving the lime \% inch thick. For crawling 
insects, a ring of it, 4 inches wide around the tree, will 
suffice. Compiete instructions with each package. 
Hellebore, Powdered White. 
For the destruction of slugs, worms, caterpillars, etc. 
Less poinsonous than Paris green and London purple, and 
safer to use when fruits or vegetables are nearly ripe. 
Price, 15¢c. per lb. 
Dry Application. Dust on dry, or mix 7 lb. 
with g tbs. of powdered lime, or flour; dust on with 
powder duster, bellows or gun. 
In Solution. Dissolve 1 02. to 7 gallons of water; 
apply with syringe, pump or vaporizer. 
Kerosene Emulsion (Concentrated). 
For plant lice of any kind, cabbage worms, scale insects 
on apple, pear, orange, lemmon or other trees. Price, 
I gt. can, 25c.; 1 gal. can, 40c.; 5 gal. tin buckets, $1.50. 
Miz 1 gallon Emulsion to 15 or 20 gallons water, ac- 
cording to strength required. Spray on with syringe 
or force pump. 
Persian Powder or Bubach. 
Henderson’d Superior Grade. 
Cheap adulterated grades are worthless. A roost ef= 
fective 2oz-poisonous impalable powder—so fine that it 
penetrates the innermost crevices— for worms, flies, aphis, 
and almost all kinds of insects—it is very effectual—suffo- 
cating them by filling up the breathing pores. Pyrice, 
per lb., 30c. t 
Dry. Blow on with a bellows or gun. 
Solution. Déssolve 1 0z.to 37 gallons of water,and 
apply with syringe or pump. 
Fostite. 
A splendid preventive and cure of fungoid diseases 
against mildew, black rot, leaf blight, rust, etc., affecting 
vines, fruits and vegetables. It is a powder, and should 
be blown on the plants with a powder-bellows or powder- 
gun, while the foliage is moist, either in the morning or 
evening, or after syringing. At the rate of 25 lbs. per 
acre of grapevines, for each application, is the average 
quantity required. Price, 5 lb. pkg., 4oc.; 25 lb. box, 
$1.80; 50 lb. box, $3.25; 100 Ib. box, $5 75. 
Flowers of Sulphur. 
Paris Green. 
A poisonous, insoluble powder, indispensable on the- 
farm or garden—for preventing the ravages of potato 
bugs, codling moth, worms, caterpillars, slugs and bugs, 
Price, 22c. pur lb. 
Dry Applicatlon. Mix with plaster, flour or 
other dilutant—one part to 100; apply with duster, 
bellows or gun. 
In Solution. Miz 7 lb. to 200 or 300 gallons of 
water. Apply with pump, syringe or vaporizer. 
Bait. For cut worms, miz 1 oz. with 8 ozs.of syrup; 
mix thoroughly with fresh chopped grass or leaves. 
Tobacco Dust, Fine. 
For green and black aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splendid 
fertilizer and preventive for insects in the ground and 
around roots. Price, 7c. per lb.; 5 lbs., 25c; 10 lbs, 50c.: 
$2.00 per barrel. 
For insects on plants, apply with powder duster or 
bellows.— For worms or grubs in the soil, apply liberally 
to the surface and rake in, or strew thickly tn the drills 
before planting. 
Tobacco Stems. 
Indispensable for fumigating greenhouses and conservae 
tories—for the destruction of green and black aphis and 
oth r insects. Price, 50 lb. bale, 75c.; roo lb., $1.25. 
To of 2,000 lbs., $18.00. = 
Lampen thoroughly a few hours before using, plac 
about a half pound over a handful of shavings in a 
Sumigator, and light. 
Whale Oil Soap. 
Makes an excellent wash for trees and plants where ine 
sects and eggs affect the bark, and for smearing on the 
trunks of trees to prevent worms from crawling up. Price, 
12c. per lb.; 5 lbs., 4cc.; 25 lbs. and over, at 6c. per Ib. 
For insects on plants, dissolve % 1b. 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. 
FUNGUS. Svc 4s MILDEW, RUST, 
BLACK ROT, ETC. 
Bordeaux Mixture. 
(Standard strength.) 
A valuable and indispensable fungicide for grape 
growers—thereby insuring large crops and "finer grapes, 
and preventing failure. A sure cure and preventive for 
black rot, mildew and rust; also of great value for other 
plants suffering with kindred diseases. Price, 1 qt. can, 
acc.; 1 gal., $1.00; 5 gal., $4.59. 
Dissolve ro lés. to 25 gallons of water, and apply with 
Knapsack sprayer or vaporizer. 
For the prevention and destruction of mildew on roses and other plants. Price, 5c. per Ib,; 10 lbs., 45c., 25 lbs. and over, at 334c. per lb. 
Apply with bellows or gun. 
