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



REMEDIES m 



Ant Destroyer. A non-poisonous 

 powder which will destroy or drive 

 away black ants from lawns, trees, 

 plants, houses or other affected local- 

 ity. Price, % lb. can, 25c. or by mail, 

 30c; r lb. can, 75c. or by mail, 85c. 



Carbolic Soap. For freeing animals 

 from insects and washing the bark of 

 trees and plants for scale, lice, etc. 

 Price, 1 lb. cake, 15c, or by mail, 25c. 



Dissolve 2 oz. to a gallon 0/ water and 

 apply with brush, sponge or spray. 



Cole's Liquid Insecticide. For 



mealy bug, red spider, scale and aphis ; 

 we use it extensively in our green- 

 houses ; it needs no further prepara- 

 tion and is one of the most convenient 

 and effectual for ladies to use on house 

 plants. Price, V 2 pint tin, 50c; by mail, 

 65c. Apply, undiluted, with a Vaporiser. 

 Fir Tree Oil. It frees plants of nearly 

 all insects to which they are subject, 

 and for the following it has no super- 

 ior : Mealy Bug, Scale, Red Spider, 

 Aphis, (black and green) Thrip, Blight, 

 Worms and Slugs, and is also a valua- 

 ble remedy for animal parasites and 

 insects. Price, y z pint tin, 40c. by mail, 

 50c.; pint, 75c, by mail, $r. 00; qt.,$t.4o; 

 y 2 gal., $2.50; gal., $4.25. 



Dilute y 2 pint to about 10 gallons 0/ soft 

 or rain water, (for tender plants or young 

 growth make weaker.) Spray on with 

 vaporizer, syringe or bellows. 



Fir Tree Oil Soap. One ounce makes 



a gallon 0/ non-poisonous insect-killing 

 liqnid. Price, l / z lb. tins, 2-c, by mail. 

 30c.; 2 lbs., 75c, by mail. $r. 00; 5 lbs., 

 $t.75; 10 lbs., $3.25; 20 lbs., $^.00. By 

 express only, purchaser Paying carriage. 



Hellebore. Powdered White. 



For the destruction of slugs, worms, 

 caterpillars, 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, 35c. 

 Dry Application.— Dust on dry, or 



mix I lb. with 4 lbs. 0/ powdered lime or 

 Jlour, dust on with pozvder duster or bel- 

 lonvs or gun. 



IN SOLUTION.— Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gal- 

 lons 0/ water, apply with syringe, pump 

 or vaporizer. 



Kerosene Emulsion. Forplantlice 

 of any kind, cabbage worm, scale in- 

 sects on apple, pear, orange, lemon and 

 other trees. (/ gallon makes ij gallons 

 wash.) 



One quart can, 30c; 1 gallon can, 

 50c; 5 gallon tin bucket, $1.75 ; 50 gal- 

 lon barrel, $io.oc. 



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London Purple. Very poisonous 



and equally as efficacious as Paris 



Green and more soluble in water. 



Price, 25c. lb., or by mail, 35c. lb. 



Use in the same way as Paris Green. 



Paris Green- A poisonous, insoluble 

 powder, indispensable on on the farm 

 or garden— for preventing the ravages 

 of potato bugs, codlin moth, worms, 

 caterpillars, slugs and bugs. Price, 

 30c. per lb., or by mail, 4c c. per lb. 



Dry Application.— A/7-r with plas- 

 ter, flour or other dilutant — / part to 100 — 

 apply with duster, bellows or gun. 



In Solution.— Mix 1 lb. to 200 or 300 



gallons 0/ water. Apply with pump, sy- 

 ringe or vaporizer. 



BAIT. — For cut worms, mix 1 oz. with 

 3 ounces 0/ syrup ; mix thoroughly with 

 fresh chopped grass or leares. 



Persian Powder or Buhach. 

 Henderson's Superior Grade. 



Cheap adulterated grades are worthless. 



A most effective «<?>z-poisonous inpal- 

 pable powder — so fine that it pene- 

 trates 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. Price, 4 cc. lb., or by mail, 5-c. lb. 



DRY. — Blow on ?uith a bellows or gun. 



SOLUTION. — Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gallons 

 of water; apply with syringe or pump. 



Quassaine. This is a Concentrated 

 Fluid Extract Quassia, held in suspen- 

 sion by Whale Oil Soap. A cheap and 

 reliable non-poisonous insecticide for 

 hop lice, aphis and all scale insects ; 

 nothing better for rose bushes and 

 house plants. Quart cans, (25 gallons 

 wash,) $:.co per can ; 1 gallon cans, (ioo 

 gallons wash,) $-.^o per can. 



Slug Shot. A non-poisonous powder 

 —it requires no further mixing or prep- 

 aration — not injurious or dangerous to ' 

 animals, the person applying it or ! 

 fruits and vegetables treated. Very 

 effectual in destroying potato bu^'s 

 I and beetles, green and black fly. slugs, 

 ! worms, caterpillars, etc. (By express I 

 ; or freight only.) Price, keg of 125 lb. net, \ 

 $5.00; barrel of 235 lbs. net, $.8,0; 10 lb. \ 

 packages, each, 50c; 5 lb. packages. \ 

 30c.; in tin cannister with perforated > 

 1 top for applying, 25c. each; by mail, 35c. j 

 Apply with duster, bellows or gun. 10 

 to 40 lbs. is sufficient for an acre. 



Thrip Juice. A concentrated extract 

 arsehiated, 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., 

 $?.oo ; 5 gal. keg, $7.0 . 



M ix l /z pint to 25 gallons of vjater and 

 spray on with syringe, vaporizer or pump. 



Tobacco Dust- For green and black 

 aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splendid fer- 

 tilizer and preventative for insects in 

 the ground and around root. Price, 

 ioc. per lb., or by mail, 2cc. lb.; 5 lb., 

 35c; io lb., 65c; $5.00 per barrel; per 

 ton, $25.00. 



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 in the drills before planting. 



Tobacco Extract, Concen- 

 trated. A powerful extract of to- 

 bacco combined with sulphur for des- 

 troying plant lice, red spider, and in- 

 sects of all kinds. Price, Y 2 pint, 3CC; 

 pt., sec; qt., 75c; gal.,$2.oc. 



Dilute 1 pari to 10 or ~-.crt of -cater and 

 apply with syringe, vaporizer or pump 



For insects at the root, dilute as above, 

 and ap ly with watering-pot suffi. . 

 reach the rco:.<. 



Tobacco Stems. Indispensable for 

 fumigating greenhouses and conser- 

 vatories — for the destruction of ^reen 

 and black aphis and other insects. 

 Price, 50 lb. bale, $1.03; 100 lbs., $1.75; 

 per ton, $2o.cc. 



Tobacco Soap. Effective for green 

 and black aphis, turnip fleas, slugs, 

 bark lice, etc. Price, 35c. per lb., or by 

 mail, 4--C. 



Dissolve 2 oz. in a gallon of water and 

 apply with pump, syringe or 1 m/oriaer. 



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 pre- 

 vent worms from crawling up. Price, 

 15c. lb., or by mail, 25c. lb.; 2 lbs . 

 5 lbs., 50c.; "25 lb. and over, at Etc. lb. 



For insects on f. 

 gallon of '-ge or 



spraying pump. 



For bark insects, etc.. .rater 



to c. n 

 with 



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



Copperdine. (Ammoniacal solution of 

 Carbonate of Copper concentrated.) A fa- 

 mous remedy for fungoid diseases of 

 plants, particularly for grapes, curing 

 downy and powdery mildew, black 

 rot, scab, etc. Price", 1 qt. can, 50c; 1 

 gal. can, $1.50; 10 gal. carboy, at $1.15 

 gal.; 50 gal. barrel, at $r.25 gal. By ex- 

 press or freight only. 



Dilute I pint to 10 or 1 2 gallons of water, 

 apply wit* Knapsack sprayer or Bellows 

 vaporizer. 



Sulphur, Flowers of. For the pre- 

 vention and destruction of mildew on 

 roses and other plants. Price, ioc. lb., 

 or by mail, 20c. lb.; 10 lb., 60c; 25 lb. 

 and over, at 5c. per lb. 

 Apply with bellows or gun. 



Bordeaux Mixture. A valuable 

 ! and indispensable fungicide for grape ; 



growers— thereby insuring larger 



crops and finer grapes, and preventing : 

 j failure. A sure cure and preventative 



for black rot, mildew and rust, also of \ 

 I great value for other plants suffering 



with kindred diseases. Price, 2 lb. 

 1 pkg., % r.oo. By express or f> , \ 



Dissolve 10 lbs. to gj gallons of water, 



and apply icith Knapsack sprayer Or :a- 



Porizcr. 



Fostite. A preventative and euro of 

 mildew, black rot, etc. It is a powder, 

 and should be blown on the plants at 

 the rate of 25 lbs. per acre. Price, ; lb. 

 pkg., 50c; 15 lb. box, $.'.00; 50 lb. box, 

 $3.50; 100 lb. box, $v=;o; per bag 

 lbs., $8.73; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $75.00. 



Grape Dust, iHammond's.1 A 

 non-poisonous powder tor the remedy 

 and control of mildew and r 

 grapes, gooseberries, roses, etc. 

 5 lb. pkg., | a By 



Apr. gun. 



Guicide Powder. 



■ rec- 

 ommended for potato blight, : 

 rot, mildew, rust, grapevine rlea, bee- 

 tie, potato bugs, slues, codling moths, 

 cureulio, strawberry crown 

 etc. This article saves the cost of one 

 application where fungicide and 

 ticide treatment is needed 

 can be used either as a DO 1 

 solution. ; lbs. to a barrel of « 

 . 5 lb. pkg., 50c.; 15 lb. box. $ - 



