FERTILIZERS FOR THE FARM GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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FERTILIZERS. 



We keep but one grade of Fertilizers and that the highest. Procuring 

 our supplies from honorable houses, we are confident that 

 our customers will receive full value. 



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Pure Ground Bone. 



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Excellent for restoring and quickening 

 grass plots, gardens, etc. Apply 400 

 to 000 lt)s. to the acre. 5 lbs. 25 cts. ; 

 25 lbs. 75 cts.; 50 lbs. $1.25; 100 



lbs. $2.00 ; sack of 200 lbs. $3.50 ; 

 per ton $30.00. 



Pure Bone Meal. Better than 

 i Ground Bone for mixing with potting 

 jsoil for giving immediate effect. 3 lbs. 

 ilo cts.; 5 lbs. 25 cts.; 25 lbs. 75 cts.; 



50 lbs. $1.25 ; 100 lbs. $2.00 ; 200 lb. 



sack, $3.50 ; per ton $30.00. 



Ground coarse, for grape borders and poultry. 



Coarse Bone. 



5 lbs. 25 cts. ; 50 lbs. $1.25; 100 lbs. $2.25; 200 "lb. bag 

 $1.00; per ton $35.00. 



Button Bone. A first-class article for preparing soil for 

 planting grape vines, small fruits and trees. Being coarse it 

 is slow in action, but permanent. 25 lbs. 75c; 50 lbs. $1.25; 

 100 lbs. $2.25; 200 lbs. $4.00; ton $35.00. 



Pure Bone Flour. Ground perfectly fine ; an excellent 

 fertilizer for pot plants or beds where an immediate effect is 

 wanted. 5 lbs. 25 cts. ; 100 lbs $3.00; bbl. of 200 lbs. 

 $5.00 ; ton $45.00. 



Dreer's Ammoniated Bone Phosphate. This is the 

 leading Ammoniated Phosphate. A perfectly pure and high- 

 grade article, and the best for general purposes. 5 lbs. 25 cts. ; 

 100 lbs. $2.00; 200 lb. bag $3.25 ; ton $28.00. 



Dreer's Peerless Plant Food. This is one of the very best 

 and most carefully prepared odorless Plant Foods on the 

 market, being entirely soluble. It is very convenient to use 

 in the house and conservatory. Can be used either in dry or 

 liquid form. Put up only in 1 pound packages. Full direc- 

 tions for use with each package. Price 25c; by mail 40c. 



Dreer's Peerless Lawn and Garden Dressing (odorless). 

 This dressing is prepared so that it acts gradually through the 

 season. It may be applied at any time during the Spring, Sum- 

 mer or Autumn, or as often as the grass seems to need nourish- 

 ment. It will restore many lawns to full luxuriance that have 

 been nearly ruined bv drought. 5 lbs. 25c ; 10 lbs. 40 cts. ; 

 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $1.75 ; 100 lbs. $3.00 ; 200 lbs. $5.00 ; 

 ton $45.00. 



Potato, Corn and Truck Guano. Contains actual Potash, 



6 to 8 per cent.; Ammonia, 1J to 2j per cent.; Available 

 Phos. Acid, 6 to 8 per cent. 



This brand, in addition to its being made from the best 

 materials obtainable, contains as a filler ground tobacco stems, 

 which is one of the very best articles ever used in a fertilizer 

 to prevent scabs on potatoes and cut worms in corn ground. 

 Pamphlet containing full information upon application. Price : 

 25 lbs. 75 cts.; 100 lbs. $2.00 ; sack 200 lbs. $3.50 ; ton 

 $30.00. 



Bowker's Ammoniated Food for Flowers. Made 

 especially for plants grown in the conservatory, house or 

 garden ; clean, free from offensive odor. Full directions with 

 each package. Packages, 15 and 25 cts.; by mail, 25 and 

 40 cts. 



Clay's Fertilizer. This valuable imported manure is espe- 

 cially recommended to all who grow either fruit, flowers or 

 vegetables, and wish to bring them to the highest perfection. 

 Should be used in potting soil, and spread on staging of 

 greenhouses planted with flowering plants. Per bag of 2S lbs. 

 $2.00; 56 lbs. $3.50; 112 lbs. $6.50. 



Peruvian Guano (Lobos). Four per cent, ammonia. 

 The quantity used per acre is 300 to 400 lbs. ; before using, 

 mix with loam or plaster. It should not be mixed with lime, 

 ashes, muck or clay ; nor should it come in contact with grow- 

 ing plants when used in a dry state. \\ lb. box 10 cts.; 

 8 lb. box 20 cts.; 5 lbs. in a bag 35 cts.; per 100 lbs. $3.00; 

 per sack of about 167 lbs. $5.00 ; per ton $45.00. 



Land Plaster. Excellent for composting, fertilizing or mixing 

 with guano. 100 lb. bag $1.00 ; barrel $1.50 ; per ton 

 $10.00. 



Ashes. Indispensable as a lawn 

 dressing, or to apply to or- 

 chards. They should be ap- 

 plied late in Fall or early in 

 Spring, so that the rains and 

 snows may leach the ashes and 

 carry the elements down to 

 the roots of grass or trees. 

 Our ashes are screened and 

 are in proper condition for 

 immediate use. Apply at the 

 rate of 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. per acre. 50 lbs. $1.00 ; per bbl. 

 $2.50; ton $18.00. 

 Agricultural Salt. For top-dressing asparagus beds. Apply 

 very early in Spring at the rate of 800 to 1,000 lbs. per acre. 

 200 lbs. $1.50 ; per ton $10.00. 

 Kainit (German Potash Salt). One of the most useful 

 ingredients for making " Commercial " fertilizers or using 

 alone. Apply at the rate of 1,000 lbs. per acre. If used on 

 lawns it should be spread during Winter. 100 lbs. $1.25; 

 200 lbs. $2.00; per ton $16.00. 

 Pulverized Sheep Manure. This is a 1 ure natural 

 manure and the most nutritious food for plants — one of the 

 best manures to mix with soil for potting plants — one part 

 manure to six parts soil. For vegetable garden, placed 

 directly in hills or drills, it promotes a rapid, steady growth 

 until maturity. As a lawn top-dressing it is unequaled. 5 lb. 

 package 25 cts. ; 10 lbs. 40 cts. ; 50 lbs. $1.50; 100 lbs. 

 $2.50. 

 Nitrate of Soda. A fertilizer for all crops. It is very quick 

 in action, and hastens maturity of crops fully two weeks. 

 Being extremely soluble, it should not be applied until the 

 plants are above ground, when 100 to 300 lbs. per acre should 

 be sown mixed with wood-ashes or land plaster. Nitrate of 

 Soda does not exhaust the land. 5 lbs. 25 cts.; 25 lbs. 

 $1.25; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.50; 300 lbs. $0.00. 

 Large quantities, prices on application. 

 Tobacco Stems. This has become an indispensable lawn 

 covering for Winter. It not only acts as a protector but im- 

 parts large quantities of ammonia, and drives away insects and 

 moles, which harbor in a lawn during Winter. Bbl. $1.1111 ; 

 bale of about 250 lbs. $2.00. 

 Tobacco Stems, Granulated. These are broken into short 

 pieces, and when spread on the lawn will cover uniform, and 

 do not require raking off in the Spring. One of the best 

 fertilizers for the soil or lawn. Price in bags of 125 lbs. $1 . 50 ; 

 ton $16.50. 

 Cotton-seed Meal. Used quite largely as a ferlilizing in- 

 gredient. Contains about 8 per cent, ammonia, 24 per cent, 

 phos. acid, \\ per cent, potash. Excellent as a lawn dress- 

 ing. It is one of the cheapest lawn fertilizers, odorless and 

 clean. 100 lb. sacks, $3.00 ; per ton $25.00. Special prices 

 for carload lots. 

 Muriate of Potash. 80 per cent, pure, equivalent to 48 to 

 50 per cent, actual Potash. A high-grade Fertilizer, and one 

 of the best ( )rchard fertilizers known, used largely in Peach 

 cultivation, and as a general fertilizer. Muriate of Potash and 

 Ground Bone stands as a leader. 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. 

 $1.75 ; 100 lbs. $3.00. Original sacks of 224 lbs. $5.50. 



MAPES' FERTILIZERS. 



200 1 



Potato manure $4 



Corn " 4 



Cabbage and cauliflower manure 4 



Fruit and vine manure 4 



Orange and fruit tree manure 4 



Grass and grain spring top-dressing ... 4 

 Complete manure, "A" brand 4 



" " for general use .... 4 



" " for heavy soils .... 4 



" " for light soils 4 



Early vegetable and truck manure .... 4 



Mapes' Descriptive Pamphlet Mailed Free on Application. 



BS. 



2,000 LBS. 



50 



$39 00 



25 



36 00 



25 



38 00 



50 



39 00 



25 



37 00 



50 



40 00 



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35 00 



25 



38 00 



50 



39 00 



75 



41 00 



75 



41 00 



Special low rates on Fertilizers by the carload furnished on application. 



