R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES. —Continwea. 
Fir Tree Oil. For destroying all insects that infest plants, 
such as mealy bug, scale, red spider, aphis (black and green), 
thrip, ete. It is also a valuable remedy for parasites and in- 
sects on animals. Price, + pint, .50; pint, .75; quart, $1.50; 
half gallon, $2.75; gallon, $5.00. 
Formaldehyde. This solution is used to prevent fungoid dis- 
eases such as potato scab, grain smut, ete. The dilution for 
most purposes is 1 pint Formaldehyde to 15 or 20 gallons of 
water and 1 to 2 gallons is required to treat each bushel of 
potatoes. Price, 1 quart, .75; gallon, $2.00. 
Flower of Sulphur. Price, 1lb.,.10; 51bs., .40; 10 1bs., .70. 
Gishurst’s Compound. Jmported. For destroying red spider, 
mealy bug, seale, thrip, ete. Boxes, .60; by mail, .80. 
A preparation for destroying mil- 
Grape Dust, Hammond’s. 
Price, 5-lb. 
dew on grape vines and other plants or trees. 
package, .3d. 
Hellebore Powder, White. 
Imperial Soap Spray. The base of this spray is a soap con- 
taining vegetable poisons and particularly effective against red 
spider on fruit, the rhododendron fly, and all insects affecting 
the rose. Price, 1 quart, .50; 1 gallon, $1.50; 5 gallons, 
$6.00; 10 gallons, $10.00. 
Kerosene Emulsion. (Liquid). 
$1.00; 5 gallons, $4.50. 
Lemon Oil. Destroys scale, thrip, mealy bug, red spider, 
black and green fly. Price, + pint, .25; 1 pint, .40; 1 quart, 
.75; 4 gallon, $1.25; 1 gallon, $2.00; 5 gallons, $9.00. 
Price, }1b., .25; 1 lb., .40. 
Price, 1 quart, .40; 1 gallon, 
Nico-Fume. A tobacco-paper Insecticide, for fumigating 
greenhouses. ‘‘Nico-fume’’ furnishes the easiest method of 
fumigation ever devised. Tins containing 24 sheets, .75; 144 
sheets, $3.50; 288 sheets, $6.50. 
Nico-Fume. Liquid. Price, small tins, .50; pint, $1.50. 
Nicoticide. This vaporizing compound kills green and black 
flies, thrip, mealy bug and red spider. Price: 4-ounce can, 
.70; 4 pint, $1.25; 1 pint, $2.50; 4 gal., $9.50; 1 gal., $18.00. 
Nicoticide Fumigator and Lamp. Complete for vaporizing. 
Each, .50. 
Nikoteen. 
ing or vaporizing. 
A highly concentrated extract of Tobacco for spray- 
Price, pint bottle, $1.50. 
New X. L. all Liquid Insecticide. The famous English 
patented preparation; kills mealy bug, red spider, and all 
insect pests. The perfect insecticide for spraying; goes far- 
ther than any. Price, pint, .75; quart, $1.25; 4 gallon, 
$2.00; gallon, $3.75. 
New X. L. all Vaporizing Compound. An English patent 
claimed to be the most easy, effectual, and cheapest method 
of fumigating greenhouses and frames ever invented. Suffi- 
cient for 10,000 cubic feet, $2.25 per bottle; 20,000 cubic feet, 
$4.50 per bottle. Waporizing Fumigator and Lamp, for 
above, complete, $1.00. 
A poisonous insoluble powder, extensively used 
Paris Green. 
Price, +lb., .25; 1 1b., 
for potato bugs, caterpillars, slugs, etc. 
.40; 5 lbs., $1.75. 
Scalecide. A very effectual winter wash for trees infested 
with San José or other scales. Spray during winter when 
the trees are dormant. Quart, .40; 1 gallon, $1.00; 5 gallons, 
$4.00; 10 gallons, $7.00; 50 gal. bbl., $30.00. 
Slug Shot. A non-poisonous popular powder, easily distributed 
by a duster, bellows, or in water by spraying. An effectual 
remedy for potato bugs, slugs, worms, caterpillars, green and 
black flies infesting vegetables and other plants. Price, 5 lb. 
package, .30; 10 lbs., .60; in kegs of 125 lbs. or barrels 235 
to 250 lbs., each, .4% per lb. 
A soluble sulphur spray for rust, mildew, scab, 
Price, 1 pint, .50; 1 quart, .75; 1 gallon, $2.00. 
Sulphocide. 
canker, ete. 
Sulpho-Tobacco Soap. A popular insecticide for the amateur, 
quickly exterminating all insect life on plants and flowers in 
and out of doors. Price, 3-oz. cake, .10; by mail, .13; 8-oz. 
cake, .20; by mail, .28. 
A perfect safeguard for trees and shrubs against 
Price 
Tanglefoot. 
gypsy and brown-tail moths and other creeping insects. 
DlbisOsa lbs 85> LOMbss $2:65= 20) lbs:7$4:80: 
Thomson’s Styptic. (Imported.) 
bleeding. Directions on bottle. 
To prevent grape vines 
Price, $1.25. 
For green and black aphis, fleas, ete.; also 
Price, 
Tobacco Dust. 
prevents insects in the ground and around the roots. 
1 Ib., .10; 5 Ibs., .25; 10 lbs., .40; 100 lbs., $3.50. 
Tobacco Dust for Fumigating. Price, 10 lbs., .60; 25 Ibs., 
$1.25; 100 lbs., $4.50. 
Tobacco Stems. Price, barrels, $1.00; bale or case, $3.00. 
Whale Oil Soap. An excellent wash for trees and plants; 
kills insects and their eggs. Price, in boxes, with full di- 
rections for use. Lib. 20; 2 lbs:, -35; Silbst, .75; 10 Ibs., 
$1.25; 50 lbs., $5.00. 
Herbicide Weed Exterminator. Perfectly odorless. An oc- 
casional application will keep gutters, paths, and roadways 
clear of weeds, poison ivy, grasses, mosses, dandelions, bur- 
docks, ete. In 1-gallon cans, $1.50; in 2-gallon kegs, suffi- 
cient to make 40 gallons of liquid, $2.75; in 5-gallon kegs, 
sufficient to make 100 gallons of liquid, $5.50; in 10-gallon 
kegs, sufficient to make 200 gallons of liquid, $10,00. 
Readeana, Rose Bug Exterminator. Destroys Rose Bugs 
and other insects on plants. Directions with each package. 
Sold in 50c., $1.00 and $2.00 bottles. 
Electric Worm Eradicator. For the instantaneous extermi- 
nation of worms. The worms will immediately rise to the 
surface of the ground or flower-beds and in a few minutes will 
die. It will be found exceedingly effective. It is highly con- 
centrated, one gallon being sufficient to make 120 gallons of 
fluid for use, by the addition of water. Full directions for 
use with each package. 1-gallon keg, $4.00, makes 120 gallons. 
Also, 50c. and $1.00 bottles. 
Carter’s Worm Killer. For worms in Futting and Bowling 
Greens, Lawn Tennis Courts, ete. The surface being free 
from worm casts will always look bright and green and will 
not require to be swept or rolled every day. This powder 
can be applied at the rate of 4 pound per square yard and 
thoroughly watered. Price, 25 lbs., $2.00; 50 lbs., $3.50; 
100 lbs., $6.00. 
Wikeham Weeder. A very simple tool for exterminating large 
weeds. The tube is 33 inches long and holds sufficient liquid to 
kill 100 weeds without refilling. The flow is regulated by a valve 
and the point only needs to be pressed into the crown of the 
weed. See illustration. Each, $4.00. 
XL All Weed Destroyer. 
For use in the Wikeham Weeder. 
1 gallon, $2.25; 2 gallons, $3.50; 4 gallons, $5.50. 
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