PETER HENDERSON & ‘CO.—INSECT DESTROYERS. 
|: Hammond’s Slug Shot —Non-poisonous, 
no danger need be apprehended by the person applying it, 
unlessin large quantities. It does not render injurious the 
vegetables or fruits on which it is applied, and yet it is 
probably the best insect destroyer ever offered for the de- 
struction of potato bugs, currant worms, vine bugs, turnip, 
beet and cabbage fly, and allwormsand insects. Mo mix- 
ing or other preparation required. It comes ready to be 
applied, and is simply dusted or blown lightly on so that it 
reaches all parts of the plant. The quantities of Ham- 
mond’s Slug Shot needed for the acre varies, according to 
the number and size of the plants, from ten to forty pounds. 
For further information send for our little book on Slug 
shot Prices: In barrels, holding 235 Ibs., net 3% cts. 
per Ib.; ten pound packages for 45 cts.; five pound pack- 
ages for 25 cts.; tin canisters, containing half a pound, 
with perforated top that unscrews, so that it can be filled 
again, 23 cts. each. 
Henderson’s Persian Powder.—Is a 
superior grade of our own importation, ground from half 
opened flowers. The cheap grades are almost worthless. 
It is so fine it penetrates hidden crevices, when blown with 
a gun or bellows, and many Southern cabbage growers say 
it is the only effectual remedy for the cabbage worm. Kills 
all kinds of insects on plants in the gardenand in the house. 
Price : per lb., 50 cts.; or by mail, 65 cts. 
Tobacco Dust.—Kills green and black fly, turnip 
and cabbage fleas, etc., if dusted or blown on the foliage 
while moist. Price, per lb., 8 cts ; 5 lb package, 35 cts.; 
10 lb. package, 7o cts. If wanted by mail, add 15 cts per 
ib. for postage. We also have a coarse article, for sprinkling 
on the ground. It drives away insects in the earth, and is 
an excellent fertilizer. Price, per barrel, $2.50 
Hammond’s Grape Dust.—A powder es- 
pecially prepared to kill grape rot and mildew on grape, 
gooseberries, rose bushes, etc. It is easily applied with a 
powder bellows. Price, 5 lb. package, 30 cts.; 100 lb. keg, 
$4.50 (by express or freight only). i 
Flowers of Sulphur.—For the prevention and 
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| stroying all kinds of pests to which plants are subject. 
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Powdered White Hellebore.--—For rose 
slugs, current worms, etc., a small quantity of flour mixed 
with it gives adhesiveness. Dust on with gun or bellows 
while the foliage is moist. For fluid applications, mix 1 
Ib. to 25 or 30 gallons of water. 
by mail, 55 cts. per Ib. 
INSECT KILLING SOAPS. 
Tobacco Soap.—Makes an excellent wash for 
plants and trees infested with insects, and is particularly 
effective in killing green and black fly, aphides, turnip and 
cabbage fleas, rose slugs and black lice. Dissolve 2 oz. in 
a gallon of water and apply with a spraying pump, syringe 
or bellows vaporizer, or by dipping the plants in the solu- 
tion. Price, per lb., 35 cts ; by mail, 50 cts. 
Whale Oil Soap.— Makes an excellent wash for 
trees and plants, kills insects and eggs on the bark. Mix 
t of a pound toa gallon of water and spray on with a 
syringe or force pump. It is of immense importance for 
smearing on the trunks of trees to prevent crawling larva. 
Price, per lb., 18 cts.; 2 lbs.,-30 cts.: 5 Ibs. 60 cts.; 25 
Ibs. and over, 8 cts per lb.; by mail, add 15 cts, per lb. 
for postage. 
Carbolic Soap.—For freeing animals from in- 
sects, washing the bark of trees and woody plants, for scale 
lice, etc. Mix about two oz. to a gallon of water. 
per 4 oz. package, 11 cts.; by mail, 15 cts 
Tobacco Stems.—For smoking plants infested 
with green fly, ete. Dampen before lighting. Price, per 
Price, 40 cts. per Ib., or 
Price, © 
bale of 50 Ibs , $1.00; bale of 100 lbs., $1.50; per ton of 
2,000 lbs., $20.00. 
INSECT KILLING FLUIDS. 
Fir Tree Qil.-- One of the most reliable for de- © 
It 
| does not fill up the pores of the foliage, check growth, nor 
| using 4 pint to about 10 gallons of water. 
| will require it stronger and some weaker. 
destruction of mildew on plants, blow it over and through | 
the foliage when the dew is on or after a thorough syring- 
ing. Price, per lb., 8 cts.; rolbs., 50 cts.; per roo lbs., 
$4.50, 
London Purple—High Grade.—London 
Purple is fz u eding Paris Green ; it is more soluble | : : 
epic 1S ia stiSUpCrs 8 | aphis, and other insects 
in water, is equally as destructive to insects, and goes far- 
ther and is cheaper. 
preference to Paris Green. Mix 1 lb. of London Purple to 
12 Ibs. of flour for potatoes. Ondelicate plants, 20 Ibs. of 
flour to I of the Purple should be used. In mixing with 
Land Plaster or Plaster of Paris, use 1 lb. of the Purple to 
150 lbs. of the adulterant. and with dry Road Dust, 1 Ib 
to 14 bushels of the dust. When applied in a fluid form, 
I lb. to 200 gallons or a teaspoonful toa pail of water is 
sufficient. It should be mixed into a thin paste first, to 
prevent it from forming lumps. Price, 18 cts. per lb., or 
by mail, 30 cts. per lb.; 10 lb. lots by express, $1.60. 
Pure Paris Green.—Use in same manner and 
in the same proportions as the London Purple. Price, 25 
cts. per lb.; or by mail, 4o cts. 
(If wanted by mail, add 15 cts. per lb. for postage). | 
We recommend it in all cases in | 
require to be washed off. Dillute with soft or rain water, 
Some insects 
Full directions 
accompany each package. Apply with syringe, force pump 
or vaporizing bellows. or by dipping the plants in. Price, 
4 pint, 40 cts.: pint, 65 cts.; quart, $1.35; 4 gal. $2.50; 
gal $4.50. If desired by mail, add at the rate of 25 cts. 
per pint for postage. 
Cole’s Insect Destroyer.—A fluid that is 
| sure death to mealy bug and red spider, green flies, black 
This is one of the most con- . 
venient insecticides for ladies to use on house and garden 
plants, it is clean and odorless, and easily applied in the 
form of vapor or mist, with a vaporizer or bellows syringe, 
which makes it go a long way. Price, per 4 pinr, 60 cts; 
or by mail, 65 cts. : 
Ingredients for Bordeaux Mixture. 
10 lb. pkg. Sufficient for Spraying 200 Vines...... go 
2 ean a Me A000 Sarees I 60 
40 ce ae «f “ae 800 ae : 2 y 
Ammoniacal Solution of Carbonate/f 
of Copper Concentrated. hea} 
I pint Sufficient to Spray $8 Vines...... ....- sie 45. 
I qt. a SO - “S7O Unlean Waterss : 70 
+ gal. 5 M8 SUBS 2. po eieieisietnetetenetererate I Io 
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