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ANT DESTROYER. A non-poisonous powder 

 which, sprinkled around their haunts, will destroy 

 or drive away black ants from lawns trees, plants, 

 houses or other affected locality. Price, i lb., can, 

 35c.; 1 lb. can, 60c. 



ARSENATE OF LEAD. A poison rapidly taking 

 the place of Paris green. Its great advantages are 

 that it adheres well to the foliage and spraying does 

 not have to be repeated as it does not readily wash 

 off by rain. It also remains well suspended in solu- 

 tion so that an even distribution can be obtained. 

 It is white in color and shows just where it has been 

 -applied. Its principle advantage lies in the fact 

 that it does not injure tender foliage. 

 Price, 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.20.; 10 lbs., $2.30; 

 20 lbs.. $4.50; 100 lbs., $20.00; Bulk, 18c. lb. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. (Standard Formula, 1 

 gallon makes 50 gallons spray.) Ready for use by 

 simply adding water. An indispensable Fungicide, 

 curing and preventing black rot, mildew, blight, 

 rust, scab and all fungoid diseases on fruits and 

 plants. Price, 1 pint, 25c; 1 quart, 40c; 1 gallon, 

 $1.00; 5 gallons, $4.50. 



BUG DEATH is a non-poisonous, insect-killing 

 powder, that is in high favor, especially among 

 many southern market gardeners, who use it ex- 

 tensively for cabbage and tomato worms, potato 

 and cucumber bugs, etc. It is applied with a 

 duster, bellows or powder-gun, at the rate of abovt 

 12 lbs. per acre. Price, 15c lb.; 3 lbs. 35c; 5 lbs., 

 50c, 12i lbs., S1.00; 100 lbs?., $7.00. 



" CATTLE COMFORT " protects horses, cattle, 

 dogs, etc, from flies, gnats, mosquitoes, horse-fly 

 and other insects, is healing to sores, destroys head 

 lice on fowls, etc. Price, 1 quart, 45c; 1 gallon, 

 SI. 25; 5 gallons. $5.00. 



COPPER SOLUTION, AMMONIATED. A Fun- 

 gicide, the same as Bordeaux Mixture, the essential 

 ingredient, " Carbonate of Copper," being dissolved 

 in ammonia in this, while in Bordeaux it is counter- 

 acted by lime. Bordeaux is the cheaper and most 

 popular for all ordinary purposes, but for late 

 sprayings, when fruits are nearing maturity, or 

 plants in bloom. Copper Solution is usually used, 

 as there is no limy sediment left to be washed off 

 by rain or hand before marketing. One quart is 

 sufficient for 25 gallons of spray. Price, 1 quart, 

 50c; 1 gallon, $1.50. 



FIR TREE OIL. A popular Insecticide for green- 

 house 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. -J pint is sufficient 

 for 10 gallons of water. Price, -?. pint tin, 40c: 

 pint. 75c; quart, $1.25; 1 gallon, $4.00. 



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 prep- 

 aration. An ounce makes 1 gallon. Price, -J lb. 

 tin, 25c; 2 lbs.. 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75; 10 lbs., S3.2~5. 



HELLEBORE, Powdered White. For the destruc- 

 tion of slugs, worms, caterpillars, etc Less poi- 

 sonous than Paris Green and London Purple, and 

 safer to use when fruits or vegetables are nearly ripe. 

 Can be used as a powder or dissolved. 1 oz. in 3 

 gallons of water. Price, 20c. per lb.: 5 lbs., 90c; 

 10 lbs., $1.75; 25 lbs. and over, at 16c per lb. 



IMPORTED SCOTCH SOFT COAL SOOT. This 

 prevents insect ravages and also acts as a stimu- 

 lating fertilizer. Used in onion drills, radish beds, 

 cabbage grounds, etc., it checks the attacks of 

 grubs cut-worms, etc. When scattered lightly, as 

 a top-dressing around plants, it drives away in- 

 sects that hide in the ground by day or lay their 

 eggs near the roots. Price, only in 100 lb. bags, 

 $4.00. 



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HENDERSON'S X. 

 L. POWDER for 

 DOGS and POUL- 

 TRY. Non-poi- 

 sonous insect pow- 

 der for insects on 

 dogs, cats, chick- 

 ens, etc. Price 1 

 lb. box 25c; $2.50 

 per doz.; postage extra, 15c each. 



KEROSENE EMULSION. Prepared according to 

 the most approved formula; ready for use by 

 simply adding water (25 to 50 parts water to one of 

 bmulsion). For cabbage, worm, scale on trees, 

 caterpillars melon louse, rose bugs, green flv and 

 lice ot all kinds, all sucking insects, either on 

 5,™ s ? r a , nlma ls. Price, 1 quart, 40c; 1 gallon, 

 $1.00; 5 gallons, $4.50. 



LIME, SULPHUR AND SALT. A liquid com- 

 pound of the ingredients mentioned, now exten- 

 sively used for all scale insects on trees and shrubs 

 a ? u I s ° °f Dene fit for such fungous diseases 

 of the bark, etc, as can be treated in winter. It 

 ™' be diluted and applied with a spray pump 

 while the trees are dormant, after the leaves have 

 fallen in fall and before the buds swell in spring. 

 It can be used quite strong — say, 1 gallon to 20 

 gallons of water — during December, Januarv and 

 February, but earlier or later than these months 

 it will be safer to d'lute it 1 gallon to 40 of water. 

 Price, quart can, 40c; gallon, $1.00; 5 gallons, 

 *4.o0; barrel of 45 gallons, at 75c. gallon. 



NICOTEEN. An extract of tobacco, containing 

 about 40 per cent, nicotine. A most effectual 

 economical and safe remedy for fumigating green- 

 houses. Use a scant tablespoonful to 14 pints of 

 water for each pan, which is sufficient, when vapor- 

 ized by placing a hot iron in it, for 600 square 

 feet of floor-space. Price, pint bottle, $1.50. 



NICO-FUME. A tobacco paper strongly saturated 

 with pure nicotine. It comes in strips, which, sus- 

 pended and lighted, is one of the best, easiest, 

 simplest and least injurious methods of fumigating 

 conservatories and greenhouses f'.r the destruction 

 of aphis and all insects that succumb to tobacco 

 insecticides. One sheet is su^icient for two thou- 

 sand cubic feet or more. Price, air-tight cans 

 of two dozen sheets, 75c. '.r bv mail, 90c; 1 gross 

 sheets, $3.50; 2 gross sheets, $6.50. 



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. Applied as a powder 

 it should be mixed with plaster or flour, 100 parts 

 to 1 part of Paris Green; in solution mix 1 lb, in 

 200 to 300 gallons water. Price, -.V lb„ 25c; 1 lb., 

 40c: 5. lbs, $1.85: 28 lbs., $8.50; 100 lbs., $30.00. 



PERSIAN POWDER OR BUHACH. Henderson's 

 Superior Grade. (Cheap adulterated grades are 

 worthless.) A most effective, non-poisonous, im- 

 palpable 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. 

 Price, 30c i lb.; 1 lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.25. 



ROSE LEAF." Extract of Tobacco. Most 

 effectual for the destruction of all insects and scale 

 on plants; a pure, concentrated extract of tobacco. 

 Dilute with from 30 to 150 parts of water. Full 

 instructions for the various methods of applying 

 are given in our " Rose Leaf " pamphlet, mailed on 

 application. Pint can, 30c; quart can, 55c; gal- 

 lon can, SI. 50. 



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»- ABOUT 

 MAILING 



Powaers and Soaps {those 

 offrered by the pounds)— non- 

 poisonous— can be sent by mail, 

 if 15c. per lb. is added to the 

 prices, to pay postage. Fluids 

 {those offered by the quart, 

 etc.) and poisonoiis powders 

 are not mailable. 



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" SCALECIDE." The latest and best spray for San 

 Jose scale, cottony maple scale and Pear Psylia. 

 It is not poisonous, being simply a mechanical 

 preparation of petroleum oil that instantly mixes 

 with cold water and is immediately ready to apply; 

 1 gallon of " Scalecide "to 20 gallons of water 

 sprayed on your trees and bushes will kill every 

 scale that it reaches without injury to tree or fruit 

 bud if applied in late fall, winter or early spring 

 while the foliage is off. Safe and easy to apply. 

 Price 1 gallon can, $1.00; 5 ga Ion can, $3.25; 10 

 gallon can, $6.00; 50 gallon barrel, $25.00. 



SLUG SHOT. A non-poisonous powder and a very 

 popular Insecticide; it requires no further mixing 

 or preparation, 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. Price, 

 per keg of 125 lbs. net, $5.00; per barrel of 235 lbs. 

 net, S8.50; 10 lb. package, 50c; 5 lb. package, 30c; 

 in tin canister, with perforated top for applying, 

 25c each. 



SULPHUR. Price, 10c per lb.; 10 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. 

 and over, at 5c per lb. 



SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP. A positive exter- 

 minator of all insect life on plants in the green- 

 house. Price, 3 oz. box, 10c; 8 oz. box, 20c; 10 

 lb. box, $3.00. 



"THYMO-CRESOL" English Cold Water SHEEP 



DIP. A gallon makes a hundred gallons for most 

 uses. A world-famous dip, and, besides, is unex- 

 celled as an internal and external remedy for 

 animal wounds and skin diseases, for killing animal 

 parasites, mixing with whitewash for trees, chicken- 

 houses, kennels, etc. Price, pint can, 50c quart 

 can, 80c; 1 gallon can. S2.25; 5 gallon can, $7.50. 



TOBACCO DUST, Fine.- For green and black 

 aphis, fleas, beetles, etc Splendid fertilizer and 

 preventive for insects in the ground and around 

 roots". Price, 10c per lb.; 5 lbs., 30c; 10 lbs., 50c; 

 $2.50 per 100 lb. bag. 



TOBACCO STEMS. For fumigating greenhouses 

 and conservatories, for the destruction of green 

 and black aphis and other insects. Price, 50 lb. 

 bale, 85c; 100 lbs., $1.50; per ton, $20.00. 



WHALE OIL SOAP. Makes an excellent wash for 

 trees and plants where insects and eggs affect the 

 bark, and for smearing on the trunks of trees to 

 prevent worms from crawling up. Price 15c, per 

 lb.; 2 lbs., 25c; 5 lbs., 50c; 25 lbs., and over at 

 8c per lb. 



WILSON'S PLANT OIL. For scale and other in- 

 sects on palms, house and greenhouse plants. It 

 is well recommended by florists who have used it. 

 It does not injure the plant and kills scale the first 

 application. Price, 4 pint, 25c; pint, 40c; quart, 

 75c; gallon, S2.00. 



HENDERSON'S FLUID WEED DESTROYER. 



The best, cheapest and safest destoyer of weeds, moss, 

 grass etc., in garden walks and carriage drives. 



It completely destroys all weeds, whenever applied, 

 and by its effects on the ground prevents the growth of 

 fresh ones for a year af terwards, thus saving an immense 

 amount of labor in hoeing, etc. 



Its application is easy, being in a liquid form and only 

 requiring to be mixed with water and applied with a 

 watering can. Full directions for use with each package. 



Quart Can, makes 6 gate., sufficientfor 150 ft $0.50 



Gallon Can, " 25 " " " 600 " 1.25 



5-GallonKeg. " 125 " " "3.000 " 5.00 



INDESTRUCTIBLE TREE=PR0TECT0R. 



Very effectual for prevent-, 

 ing insects, caterpillars, etc., 

 from crawling up the trunks of 

 trees. It consists of a strip of 

 thin brass, If inches wide, the 

 lower edge slashed into fringe, 

 with tooth-like perforations 

 above. When tacked around 

 the tree no crawling insect can 

 pass the protector. Price, 

 15c per foot, 10 feet and over 

 14c per foot. 



