PETER HENDERSON & GO.—REMEDIES FOR INSEGTS 
RNS TINTON BA 
Our new book, 
‘‘Injurious Insects and Plant Diseases, with Remedies.’’ 
See details of contents on page 11. 
ANT DESTROYER. 
A non-poisonous powder which will destroy or drive 
away black ants from lawns, trees, plants, houses or 
other affected locality. Price, 34 lb. can, 60c., or by 
mail, 60c. 
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 0z. 
pkg., 10c., or by mail, l4c. 
Dissolve 2 02. to ai gallon of water and apply with brush, 
sponge or spray. 
CARBOLIZED SOAP. 
For peach, apple and other tree borers, also for wash- 
ing trees to prevent attacks of animalsor vermin. 1 
gallon cans, (makes 12 gallons paint,) $1.00 per can. 
COLE’S LIQUID INSECTICIDE. 
A combination of alcohol and other chemicals, for 
amealy bug, red spider, scale and aphis; we use it exten- 
sively in our greenhouses ; it needs no further prepa- 
ration and is one of the most convenient and effectual 
for ladies to use on house plants. Price, 34 pint tin, 
50c., by mail, 65c. 
Apply, undiluted, with a vaporizer. 
FIR TREE OIL. 
The most popular and probably for ‘‘all round”’ pur- 
poses 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 
mnosuperior: Mealy bug, scale, red spider, aphis, (black 
and green,) thrip, blight, worms and slugs, and is also 
a valuable remedy for animal Borat and insects. 
Price, 4 pint tin, 40c.; pint, T5c. , $1.40; 34 gal., 
$2.50; gal., $4.25; if by mail, add bse tas pint. 
Dilute Me ‘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. 
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. perlb.; or by mail, 40c. 
Dry Application. Dust on dry, or mix1 Ib. with 4 
lbs. ah powdered lime or flour, dust on with powder duster or 
dellows or gun. 
In Solution. Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gallons of water ; 
apply with syringe, pump or vaporizer. 
KEROSENE EMULSION. 
For plantlice of any kind, cabbage worm, scale insects 
on apple, pear, orange, lemon and other trees. 5 gal- 
lon buckets, (make 75 gallons wash,) $1.25 per bucket. 
REMEDIES FOR FUNGUS, 
AMMONIACALSOLUTION OF CARBONATE | 
OF COPPER (COPPERDINE). 
A famous remedy for fungoid diseases of plants, par- 
ticularly for grapes, curing downy and powdery mildew, 
black rot, scab, etc. Price, 1 gallon cans, $1.50. By 
express or fr eight only. 
Dilute 1 pint to 10 or 12 gallons of water; 
Knapsack sprayer or bellows vaporizer. 
GRAPE DUST, (HAMMOND’S.) 
A non-poisonous powder for the remedy and control 
of mildew and rot on grapes, gooseberries, roses, etc. 
Price, 5 1b. pkg., 35c.; 100 lb. keg, $5.00. By express or 
Freight only. 
Apply with bellows or powder gun. 
apply with 
REMEDIES FOR INSECTS. 
LONDON PURPLE. 
Very poisonous and equally as efficacious as Paris 
Green and more solublein water. Price, 25c. lb.; 10 1b. 
lots and over at 20c. perlb. If by mail, add lic. per lb. 
Sor postage. 
Use in the same way as Paris Green. 
PARIS GREEN. 
A poisonous, insoluble powder, indispensable on the 
farm or garden—for preventing the ravages of potato 
bugs, codlin moth, worms, caterpillars, slugs and bugs. 
Price, 25c. per lb.; 10)bs. and over at 23c. perlb. If by 
maul, add 15c. per lb. for postage. 
Dry Application. Mix with plaster, flour, or other 
dilutant—one part to 10\—apply with duster, bellows or gun. 
In Solution. Mizx1 lb. to 200 or 300 gallons of water. 
Apply with pump, syringe or vaporizer. 
Bait. Forcut worms, mix 1 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 
non-poisonous impalpable powder—so fine that it pene- 
trates 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, 40c.3; 101b. and over, at 35c. 1b. Jf by mail, add 
lic. per lb. ‘for postage. 
Dry. Blow on with a bellows or gun. 
Solution. Dissolve 1 oz. to 3 gallons of water, and 
apply with syringe or pump. 
QUASSAINE. 
Thisis a Concentrated Fluid Extract Quassia, heldin 
suspension by Whale Oil Soap—adopted and officially 
recommended by the State Horticultural Board of 
Washington, as 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, (50 gallons wash,) $1.00 per can; 1 gallon 
cans, (100 gallons wash,) $1.50 per can; 2 gallon cans 
(200 gallons wash,) $2.50 per can. 
SLUG SHOT. 
A non-poisonous powder and a very popular insecti- 
cide—it requires no further mixing or preparation— 
easily applied and not injurious or dangerous to ani- 
mals, 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 101b. packages, each, 45c.; 5 lb. pack- 
ages, clieoe in tin cannister, with perforated top for 
applying, 25c. each; by mail, 35c. 
Apply with duster, bellows or gun. is suf- 
Jicient for an acre. 
10 to 40 lbs. 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE. 
A valuable and indispensable fungicide for grape 
growers—thereby insuring larger crops aud finer grapes, | 
Asure cure and preventive for | 
and preventing failure. 
black rot, mildew and rust, also of great value for 
other plants suffering with kindred diseases. 
20 1b. pkgs., $1.00. By express or freight only. 
Dissolve 10 lbs. to 25 gallons of water, and apply with 
| Knapsack sprayer or vaporizer. 
SULPHUR, FLOWERS OF. 
and otherplants. Price, 10c. per 1b.; 10 lbs., 60c. ; 
25 
Price, | 
THRIP JUICE. 
A concentrated extract, arseniated, destructive for 
mealy bug, scale, thrips, bark lice, codlin moth, can- 
ker-worm, elm leaf worm, beetles, caterpillars, etc. 
Price, % pint can, 30c.; 1 pt., 50c.; 1 qt., 7T5c.; 1 gal., 
$2.00.; 5 gal. keg, $7.00. 
Miz 44 pint to 25 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 preventive for insects in the ground 
and aroundroot. Price, 10c. per 1b.; 5lbs., 35c.; 10 1bs., 
65c.; $3.00 per barrel; per ton, $25.00; if by mail, add 
lic. ‘per lb. for postage. 
For insects on plants, apply with powder duster or bellows. 
For worms or grubs in the soil, apply liberally to the sur- 
face and rake in, or strew thickly in the drills before planting. 
TOBACCO EXTRACT. 
A powerful extract of tobacco combined with sulphur 
for destroying plant lice, red spider, and insects of all 
kinds. Price, 4 pt.,30c.; pt.,50c.; qt., 75c.; gal., $2.00. 
Dilute 1 part to 10 or 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 con- 
servatories—for the destruction of green and black 
aphis and other insects. Price, 50 ‘b. bale, $1.00; 100 
lb., $1.75 ; per ton, $20.00. 
Dampen thoroughly a few hours before using, place about 
a half pound over a handful of shavings ina fumigator, 
and light. 
TOBACCO SOAP. 
Effective for green and black aphis, turnip fleas, slugs, 
bark lice, etc. Price, 35c. per lb.; or by mail, 50c. 
Dissolve 2 ozs. 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 affect the bark, and for smearingon the 
trunks of trees to prevent worms from crawling up. 
Price, 15c. per Ib.; 2 1b., 25c.; 5 1b., 50c. ; 25 lb. and 
over, at 8c. per lb; if by mail, add l5c. per 1b. Sor postage. 
For insects on plants, dissolve 34 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. 
such as [lildew, Rust, Black Rot, Etc. 
| lbs. and over, at 5c. per 1b. ; 
| jor postage. 
tf by mail, add 15c. per lb. 
Apply with bellows or gun. 
SULPHO-STEATITE POWDER. 
For lettuce mildew, powdery and downy mildew of 
the grape, rose mildew and other fungus diseases affect- 
ing plants under glass. Used as a dust. 25 pound 
boxes, $2.00. 
HENDERSON’S MILDEW MIXTURE. 
A fluid prepared by ourselves and largely used in 
our greenhouses and nurseries for cure and prevention 
of mildew on plants. Price, 1 pt. tin, 50c.; or by mail, Tic. 
For the prevention and destruction of mildew on roses | . i y = 
Dilute 1 pint to 18 gallons of water, and spray on with 
syringe or bellows vaporizer. 
