WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK 



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Insecticides, Etc. 



Bordeaux Mixture. Highly recommended as a reliable remedy 

 I'or the prevention of fungus and fungoid diseases, such as leaf-blight 

 on fruit trees, carnation rust, violet disease and the various rots of 

 grapes, etc. Prepared by adding i gallon of mixture to 49 gallons 

 of water. Qt. 50 cts., gal. $1.25, 5 gals. $5. 



Copperdine. A remedy for fungoid diseases of plants, particularly 

 for grapes, curing downy and powdery mildew, black-rot, scab, etc. 

 i-gal. jug $1.50. 



Fir Tree Oil. For greenhouse and house plants. It destroys all 

 plant insects without injuring the plants. It is the best insecticide for 

 scale, aphis, red spider, mealy bug, thrip and worms. Dilute in the 

 proportion of i pint to 20 gallons of water and apply with ordinary 

 syringe or bellows, or by dipping the plants. Pt. 75 cts., qt. $1.40, 

 M gal. $2.50, gal. 14.25. 



Fir Tree Oil Soap. Useful on greenhouse and garden plants, 

 killing red spider, mealy bug, aphis, etc. In the vegetable garden for 

 potato bugs, cabbage worms, etc.; on trees, for caterpillars, etc. Does 

 not injure fruit or foliage, and there is not the slightest danger of 

 poisoning from fruit or vegetable where it is used. K-lb. tin 25 cts., 

 2 lbs. 75 cts., 5 lbs. $1.75, 10 lbs. $3.25, 20 lbs. 16. 



Fostite. A powder easily applied with a powder gun or bellows. 

 An excellent preventive for all fungoid diseases ; mildew, black-rot, 

 rust, leaf-blight, etc., also effective as an insect destroyer. 5-lb. pack- 

 age 50 cts., 25-lb. box $2. 



Gishurst Compound. An English preparation for green-fly, 

 scale, bark lice, mealy bug, red spider, etc. Dissolve in water and 

 apply with syringe, i-lb. box 50 cts. 



For the prevention of mildew on roses, grapes, 

 Apply with bellows. 5-lb. package 35 cts., loo-lb. 



Grape Dust. 



gooseberries, etc. 

 keg $5. 



Hellebore. Powdered White Hellebore, for rose slugs, currant 

 worms, etc. Dust on with gun or bellows while the foliage is moist. 

 I lb. 25 cts. 



Kerosene Emulsion. The best and cleanest insecticide for gen- 

 eral use on all plants indoors or out. Ready for use by adding water, 

 25 to 50 parts water to i of Emulsion. Qt. soots., gal. $1, 5 gals. $4.50. 



Lemon Oil. A comparatively new insecticide, making a sweet- 

 smelling, milk-white, soapy wash, that may be trusted in the hands of 

 the most careless operator, be perfectly safe and perfectly harmless to 

 the tenderest foliage and roots. Destroys mealy bug, scale, thrip, red 

 spider, black and green fly, caterpillar, etc. Directions on each can. 

 14 pt. 25 cts., pt. 40 cts., qt. 75 cts., % gal. $1.25, gal. $2. 



Nikoteen. Is the cheapest, cleanest and most effective of insecti- 

 cides, and will not injure or discolor delicate plants. It is composed of 

 that element in tobacco which gives it its value as an insecticide and 

 nothing else. The best extracts of tobacco contain from 1% to 2K per 

 cent of nicotine ; this preparation contains 40 per cent of nicotine, and 

 one c.ise of ten bottles is equivalent to 2,000 pounds of stems, or 

 25 gallons of tobacco extract. Boltle, $1.50. Vaporizing pans. $1.50 

 each, Jf4 for 3. 



Nikoteen Aphis Punk. The most convenient way of applying an 

 insecticide ever yet devised. No pans required, no heating of iron, no 

 trouble, cannot injure the most sensitive blooms, very effective. 60 cts. 

 per box of 12 rolls ; by mail, 75 cts. 



Paris Green. (New Process.) Lighter, giving more bulk per 

 pound ; and can be more equally distributed than ordinary grades. 

 li lb. 15 cts., % lb. 20 cts., lb. 35 cts.; by mail, 16 cts. per lb. extra. 



Hose-Leaf Extract of Tobacco. A nicotine solution, very pop- 

 ular among florists for destroying all manner of low life vermin. Gal. 



$1.50, 5 gal. $5- 



Sulpho Tobacco Soap. Exterminates low animal life, and non- 

 injurious to plant life, exterminates moths, cockroaches, etc. 8-oz. 

 cake (makes 4 gallons solution) 20 cts.; by mail, 28 cts. per doz.; by 

 express, $2. 25. 



Slug Shot. Destroys all insects injurious to house and garden 

 plants, vegetables and fruits of all kinds. Equals Paris green where 

 used liberally, without the danger from poison. 5-Ib. pkg. 25 cts., 10 

 lbs. 45 cts., per bbl. of 235 lbs., 4 cts. per lb. 



Sulphur, Powdered. A staple preventive for mildew on grapes, 

 roses, etc. Lb. 10 cts., 10 lbs. 60 cts., 25 lbs. and over, 5 cts. per lb. 



Tobacco Stems for Fumigating. Clean and free from rubbish. 

 In bales of 100 lbs. $1.50 each, 500 lbs. $6. 



Tobacco "Dust. If dusted on while the foliage is moist, it destroys 

 rose lice, cabbage and turnip fleas, etc. Spread upon the ground, it 

 keeps off earth insects and acts as a fertilizer. Lb. 10 cts., 5 lbs. 

 35 cts., 10 lbs., 5o cts., 100 lbs. $3. 



Tobacco Soap (Rose Brand). Makes an excellent wash for plants 

 and trees infested with green-fly, lice and eggs of insects. Dissolve 2 

 oz. in a gal. of water. ]4-\h. tins 25 cts. 



Whale-Oil Soap. Makes an excellent wash for trees and plants; 

 kills insects and eggs on the bark. Lb. 15 cts., 5 lbs. 6o cts., 25 lbs. 

 and over, 10 cts. per lb. 



How to destroy insects, on plants and f lowers in the garden and the house. Mailed on receipt of 25 cts. 



