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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



BOwKeR's plant food 



A Fertilizer made especially for Plants grown 

 in the House, Garden or Conservatory: clean, 

 free from offensive odor, largely soluble in 

 water, and producing healthy plants, free from 

 vermin and early and abundant blossoms, to 

 which it imparts a rich and brilliant color. 



Put up in wooden boxes, with full directions. 

 A large box contains food suificieut for twenty 

 plants one year. Price, small box 10 cents.: by 

 mail prepaid, 15 cts.: large box, 25 cts.: by mail, 

 prepaid, 40 cts. 



PljRE GROLlND BONE MEAL. 



Good for m11 purposes: especially adapted for 

 Lawns and Florists' use. Price, per pound, 10c, : 

 5 lbs. 30 cts.: 10 lbs. 50 cts.; 25 lbs. $1.00. Express 

 or freight at purchaser's expense. 



LAWN FERTILIZER. 



It can be applied either in the spring, summer, 

 or fall as a top-dressing at a rate of one pound 

 to 16 square feet. Stable dressings for lawns is 

 objectionable in appearance, odor, weed seed 

 and cost. The Lawn Fkrtil,izer overcomes all 

 of these, and supplies the soil with requisite 

 food for a uniform and luxuriant growth of 

 grass. Price, 10 lbs. (iO cts.: 25 lbs. Sl.25, 50 lbs. 

 $2.25: 100 lbs. $3.50. 



HAMMOND'S SLLJG SIIOT. 



Slug Shot destroys all insects injurious to 

 House and Garden Plants, Shrubs, Trees. Vines, 

 Potatoes, Melons, Cahhages. Currants and Vegetables 

 and Fruits of all kinds. This preparation, 

 though poisonous to insects, does not injure the 

 foliage in the least, and acts in some measure as 

 a fertilizer to the plants. 



Directions For Use.— Dust the powder lightly 

 over the infected plants, so as to cover every 

 part of them. One application is generally suffi- 

 cient, but if a new brood appears, repeat the 

 operation at once. For further information, 

 send for our little book on slug shot. Put up in 

 packages not prepaid: 5 lbs. 35 cts., 10 lbs. 66 cts., 

 50 lbs. $3 00, mo lbs. $5.00. By mail, prepaid: lib. 

 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts. 



PYRETHRUM, or PERSIAN 

 4^;INSECT POWDER. 



The well known insecticide. For destroying 

 Roaches, Ants. Fleas, Bed Bugs, Cabbage Worm, 

 and all other noxious insects. The powder may 

 be diluted with ten times its bulk with some 

 other finely pulverized material. Price per lb. 

 75 cts., J4 lb. 25 cts., ounce, 10 cts. 



AMERICAN INSECT POW- 

 DER gUn, or bellows. 



This is a good Instrument, or bellows for apply- 

 ing the "Persian Insect Powuer" and Slug Shot. 

 By its use the pcjwder may l)e made to penetrate 

 into tl)e most accessible places, and all the parts 

 of a plant. Cannot get out of order. Has a 

 rubber stopper ar)d is very easily filled. Price, 25 

 cts. each; by mail, prepaid. 



LANG'S 



HAND 



weeder: 



'ON 



EARTH 



BtMail 

 Prepaid 



This is one of the best weeders made. Its- 

 special advantage over all other weeders of this 

 class is that it has a band which passes over the 

 fingers, which, when the tool is not in use, gives 

 full use to the hand for pulling weeds and thin- 

 ning out plants without laying down the tool. It 

 is neatly and strongly made. Price, 25 cts., by 

 mail. 



EXCELSIOR WEEDING 

 H O O K. 



This tool can be used to great advantage- 

 among small and tender plants. It is warranted 

 to give entire satisfaction when used among 

 rows of seedlings, among ornamental plants, or 

 in any place where absolute freedom from weeds 

 is desired. Price, 20 cts., by mail. 



humphreys potato 

 Knife. 



With the Concave Potato Knife, seed pota- 

 toes can be cut better, and $2.00 to $3.00 an acre 

 saved in seed and time by its use. The blade is 

 very thin and just the right sliape to divide the 

 potatoes into one, two or three eye pieces very 

 rapidly without cracking the tuber or injuring: 

 the vitality of the germs as the punch cutters 

 will do. We.sell the Knife on its merits, and will 

 refund the money to any one who is not satisfied. 

 A circular is put up in each box with the Knife. 

 Price, 30 cts. eacli. six, $1.50 by mail. 



GARDEN TROWELS. 



SOLID STEEL TROWELS.-The best, one solid 

 piece of steel, and will outwear several of the- 

 ordinary sort. Price each, 40 cents; by mail pre- 

 paid, 50 cents. 



CLEVE'S ANGULAR.— Fine for transplanting: 

 small plant's, etc. Each by mail, 25 cents. 



