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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— INSECTICIDES, 
RMEDIE5 
OUR BOOK 
Insects and Plant Diseases, with Remedies. 
I 76 pages, illustrated, paper cover. Price, postpaid, 25c. 
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INSECTS & FUNGUS 
REMEDIES FOR INSECTS. 
Ant Destroyer. A non-poisonous pow- 
der which will destroy or drive away 
black ants from lawns, trees, plants, 
houses or other affected locality. Price 
Y lb. can, 25c, or by mail 30c; 1 lb. 
can, 75c, or by mail 85c. 
Sprinkle it around near the hatmts. 
Imported German Caterpillar Lime. A 
highly recommended European rem- 
edy for the prevention of crawling in- 
sects 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 gnaw- 
ing the trees ; it remains sticky and 
efficacious from 3 to 5 months, and is 
easily and_ cheaply applied. {Little 
booklet, giving full information, mailed 
on application.) Price, 5 lb. can, $1.00; 
10 lb. can, $1.75 ; 25 lb. keg, $3.75 ; 50 lb. 
keg, $6.75 ; 100 lb. keg, $12.75. 
Apply with a paddle and spread evenly 
•with a hard brush, leaving the lime Y 
inch thick. For crawling insects, a ring 
of it 4 inches wide around the tree will 
suffice. Complete instructions with each 
package. 
Fir Tree Oil. The most popular and 
probably, for "all around" 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), 
thrip, blight, worms and slugs, and is 
also a valuable .remedy for animal 
parasites and insects. Price, Y 2 pint 
tin, 40c; pint, 75c; qt., $1.40; # gal., 
$2.50; gal., $4.25. 
Dilute Yz 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. A formula of the 
above Fir Tree Oil, prepared in soap 
form and preferred by some. It will 
do all claimed for the fluid prepara- 
tion. Price, Yz lb. tins, 25c; by mail, 
30c; 2 lbs., 75c: by mail, $1.00; 5 lbs., 
$1.75; 10 lbs., $3.25; 20 lbs., $6.00; by 
express only, the purchaser paying car- 
riage. 
One ounce makes a gallon of non-poison- 
ous insect-killing liquid. Apply with 
syringe or bellows. 
Kerosene Emulsion (Concentrated). For 
plant lice of any kind, cabbage worm, 
scale insects or apple, pear, orange, 
lemon and other trees. Price, 1 quart 
can, 30c; 1 gallon can, 50c; 5 gallon tin 
buckets, $1.75 ; 50 gallon barrel, $10.00. 
Mix 1 gallon Etnulsion to 15 or HQ gal- 
lons water, according to strength requir- 
ed. Spray 0 n with syringe or force pump . 
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, 20c. per lb., or by 
mail, 30c. 
Dry Application. Dust on dry, or 
mix 1 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. 
Paris Oreen. 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, 
30c. per lb., or by mail, 40c. per lb. 
Dry Application. Mix with plaster, 
flour or other dilutant — one part to 100/ 
apply 7vith duster, bellows or gun. 
In Solution. Mix 1 lb. too 200 or 300 
gallons of water. Apply with pump 
syringe or vaporizer. 
BAIT. For cut worms, mix 1 oz. with 
8 ozs. of syrup ; mix thoroughly with 
fresh chopped grass or leaves. 
Persian Powder or Buhach. (Hender= 
son's Superior Grade.) Cheap adulter- 
ated grades are worthless. A most ef- 
fective non-poisonous impalpable 
powder — so fine that it penetrates the 
innermost crevices— for worms, flies, 
aphis, and almost all kinds of insects- 
it is very effectual — suffocating them 
by filling up the breathing pores. 
Price, per lb., 40c, or by mail, 50c. per 
lb. 
DRY. Blow on with a bellows or gun. 
SOLUTION. Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gallons 
of water, and apply with springe or pump. 
Slug Shot. A non-poisonous powder 
and a very popular insecticide— it re- 
quires no further mixing or prepara- 
tion — easily applied 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 keg of 125 lbs. net, $5.00 ; per barrel 
of 235 lbs. net, $8.50 ; in 10 lb. packages, 
each, 50c; 5 lb. packages, 30c; in tin 
I canister, with perforated top for ap- 
plying, 25c. each ; by mail, 35c 
A pply zuith duster, bellows or gun. 10 
to 40 lbs. is sufficient for an acre. 
Rose Leaf Insecticide. (Extract of Tob- 
acco). One of the most effectual art- 
icles for the destruction of all insects 
and scale on plants; a pure ; concen- 
trated extract of tobacco. Full in- 
structions for the various methods of 
applying, including testimonials from 
leading florists, are given in our "Rose 
Leaf" pamphlet, mailed on applica- 
tion. Pint can, 35c; quart can, 60c; 
gallon can, $1.75. 
~ Dilute with from 30 to 150 parts of water 
according to the delicacy of the plants to 
be treated, and apply with spraying bel- 
lows or syringe with spra ing nozzle. 
Dilute as above, and apply with water- 
ing pot sufficient to reach the roots. 
Tobacco Dust, Fine. For green and 
black aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splen- 
did fertilizer and preventive for in- 
sects in the ground and around roots. 
Price, 10c. per lb., or by mail, 20c per 
lb.; 5 lbs. 35c; 10 lbs. 65c; $3.00 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 in the drills before planting. 
Tobacco Stems. Indispensable for 
fumigating greenhouses and con- 
servatories—for the destruction of 
green and black aphis, and other in- 
sects. Price, 50 lb., bale, $1.00; 100 lb. 
$1.75. 
Dampen thoroughly a few hours before 
using, place about a half pound over a 
handful of shavings in a fumi gator ^ and 
light. 
Whale Oil Soap. Make an excellent 
wash for trees and plants where in- 
sects and eggs effect the bark, and for 
smearing on the trunks of trees to 
prevent worms form crawling up. 
Price, 15c. per lb., or by mail, 25c. per 
lb.; 2 lbs., 25c, or by mail, 45c; 5 lbs., 
50c; 25 lbs. and over, at 8c. per lb. 
For insects on plants, dissolve Y 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. 
Copperdine. (A mmoniacal solution of car- 
bonate of copper.) A famous remedy for 
fungoid diseases of plants, particular- 
ly for grapes, curing downy and pow- 
dery mildew, black rot, scab, etc. 
Price, quart can. 50c; 1 gallon :can, 
$1.50; 10 gallon carboy, $1.35 gallon. 
By express or freight only. 
Dilute 1 pint to 10 or ligations of water; 
apply with Knapsack sprayer or bellows 
vaporizer. 
Flowers of Sulphur. Price, 10c. per lb., 
or by mail, 20c lb.; 10 lbs., 60c. Apply 
with billows or gun. 
Fostite. A famous French preparation, 
containing silicate of magnesia and 
copper sulphate, powdered so minute- 
ly that when puffed or blown from a 
powder-gun or bellows, it forms a 
cloud which settles evenly over foliage 
and plants, and is not only of inesti- 
mable value for all fungoid diseases- 
mildew, black rot, rust, leaf blight, 
etc. — but it is also a splendid insect 
destroyer. Price, 5 lb. package, 50c; 
25 lb. box, $2.00 ; 50 lb. box, $3.50 ; 100 
lb. box, $6.50. 
Blow on with a powder-bellows or 
powder-gun, while the foliage is moist 
either with dew or after syringing. At 
the rate of 25 lbs. per acre for grapevines, 
for each application. 
Bordeaux Mixture. A valuable and 
indispensable fungicide for grape 
growers — thereby insuring larger 
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 quart 
can, 50c; I gallon can, $1.25; 5 gallon 
can, $5.00. By express or freight only. 
Dissolve 1 gallon to 50 gallons of water, 
and apply with Knapsack sprayer or 
vaporizer, or pump with vaporizing 
nozzle. 
