Will There Be Frost To=-night? 
THE PAGOSCOPE 
Will Tell You! 
The Pagoscope, a frost predicter, just 
invented by a Frenchman for foretelling 
early in the evening, whether there is or is 
not to be a frost during the night, ought 
to be a money-saver for gardeners and 
fruit-growers. 
DIRECTIONS.—Place the instrument 
in an isolated shaded position facing north, 
having previously filled the cistern with 
water. The best time to take observations 
is about half an hour after sunset. 
The method of taking the observations 
is as follows: Read the degree of wet bulb 
thermometer, then move the index hand 
so that the point is set on the correspond- 
ing degree at top of the chart, then read 
the degree shown by dry bulb, look on the 
horizontal lines corresponding to that de- 
gree and follow same until its junction 
with the index hand, if this is shown on 
— sresni parce chart eters ane danse of 
frost, if on yellow portion there is a possibility of it freezing, and if on red there 
is no doubt but that it will freeze during the night. Price $10.00 each. 
GREENHOUSE FUMIGATORS. 
(For Smoking Plants.) 
EUREKA FUMIGATORS. 
For fumigating greenhouses 
with dampened tobacco stems, 
made of galvanized sheet iron; a 
damper regulates the draft; no 
danger of fire; no ashes or litter. 
No. 1, 12 in. high, $1.50; No. 2, 
16 in. high, $1.75; No.3, 20in. high, 
$2.00; No. 4, 24in. high, $2.73. 
PERFECTION FUMIGATORS. 
Make Moist Smoke. 
This fumigator will iast for 
years; it has a water tank between 
the fire and the outside, prevent- 
ing burning out. The tank should 
be filled with tobacco water, from 
which a vapor arises and mixes 
with the dry smoke from the stems, 
producing a dampened smoke 
more dense and less injurious to 
delicate foliage than from any 
other fumigator made. Outside fumigating can also be done with the Perfec- 
tion; the cast iron lid is made so a hose can be attached and all the outlets 
for the smoke (except through the hose) can be closed off. No. 1 holds one 
peck of stems, $3.00; No. 2 holds half bushel of stems, $3.75; No. 3 holds 
three-quarter bushel stems, $4.50. 
Campbell’s Patent Sulphur Vaporiser. 
An English apparatus designed to safely vaporize Sulphur in greenhouses, 
to kill Mildew and other fungoid diseases affecting Roses, Vines, Cucumbers, 
Tomatoes, Chyrsanthemums, Strawberries, Peaches, etc.; also destroys Red 
Spider infesting Vines, Crotons, Asparagus Fern, 
and other plants. Ea 
The principle is most simple, consisting sub- 
stantially of heating the Sulphur in a vessel having 
a funnel outlet, the stem of which is loosely 
closed with a hollow glass ball; this ball by 
rising and falling, according to the pressure of 
the hot sulphur vapor inside, acts as a safety 
valve, thereby allowing of the escape of sulphur 
vapor into the air, but at the same time pre- 
venting the entrance of hot air into cylinder, 
where it could set fire to the boiling Sulphur. 
Each No. 2 Vaporizer, when fully charged, 
will vaporize six ounces of Sulphur, which is 
sufficient to kill all mildew in a house contain- 
ing 10,000 cubic feet. After an operation every 
particle of foliage is covered with a layer of 
Sulphur, so finely divided and evenly distributed 
that it is practically imperceptible to the naked 
eye. The complete apparatus is substantially 
made in bright tin and sheet iron with brazed 
joints, and will last fora considerable time, but 
any worn-out part can be re- 
newed at small cost. 
The introduction of this 
patented apparatus has been an immense success, and the 
method is now universally recognized as the only real remedy 
extamt for purposes claimed. 
Prices, No. 1 size, vaporizing three ounces of Sulphur, 
each, $6.50: No. 2 size, vaporizing six ounces of Sulphur, 
$8.00. Full directions for use sent out with each apparatus. 
Paper and Rubbish Burner. 
For burning leaves, rags, paper, and all kinds of rubbish. 
Durably made of No. 13 gauge, ? inch mesh expanded metal. 
Price, No. 1, 14 inch diameter by 16 inch high, $2.50; 
No. 2,15 inch diameter by 20 inch high, $2.75; No. 3, 16 
inch diameter by 24 inch high, $3.00. 
Perfection 
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HENDERSON’S PREPARED POTTING SOIL. 
One of the principal elements 
of success in the growing and 
flowering of plants and bulbs is 
proper soil. It is so often difficult 
for amateurs to procure the right 
kind of potting soil that we have 
concluded to furnish it to our 
customers at practically cost to 
us, including packing. It will be 
the same that we use in our exten- 
sive greenhouses. It is composed 
of sod and rotten manure, thor- 
oughly turned and mixed several 
times during the year it takes to 
prepare it, when it is considered fit 
to use. As needed we mix with it 
peat, sand and pure raw ground 
bone meal—it is then friable, rich, 
and will cause plants to grow and 
: bloom luxuriantly. 
Price, 30c. per peck bag, $1.00 per bushel bag, $2.00 per barrel of about 3 bushels 
(purchaser to pay freight). 
PRICES 
POTTING ESSENTIALS. purchaser paying 
transit. 
Peck |Bush.} Bbl. 
Leaf Mold, for mixing with potting soil..................-] 30c. |$1.00}$2.00 
Rotted Sandy Peat, for lightening potting soil.............] 30c. | 1.00] 2.00 
Fibrous Peat, for orchids, ferns, etc...................-.-| 30c. | 1.00} 2.00 
Cocoanut Fibre Refuse, for keeping bulbs in, lightening soil, 
ete: -n5 30c. | 1.00} £.0€ 
Sphagnum Moss, for baskets, drainage, mixing with soil, ete., 
Bibamel balet$350... 2.20. e cose eee ee ed eae hee TEGO 
Lb. |5 Ibs.}25 Ib. 
Charcoal, for sweetening soil, drainage, etc..............-.| 10c. | 40c. |$1.75 
Bone Meal, the best artificial fertilizer for mixing with pot- 
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HYACINTH GLASSES. 
Hyacinths grown in glasses of water 
are charming omaments for parlor 
windows, and the ease and success in 
flowering bulbs in this way add 
greatly to their popularity. 
Tye’s Hyacinth Glass. Furnished in 
the following colors: green, purple, 
blue, opal or crystal. 20c. each, 
$2.00 per dozen. 
gem Tall Hyacinth Glass. Furnished in 
the following colors: green, purple, 
blue opal or crystal. 15c. each, 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Tall Plain. 
CHINESE SACRED LILY BOWLS. 
As used by the Celestials for growing their famous ‘‘ Joss Flower’? in. (See 
page 22.) The bulbs should be surrounded with pebbles to keep them ae 
toppling over when in flower, and then water enough put in to cover about 
one-half of the bulb; place them in a dark, cool closet for a couple of weeks to 
become rooted, and then bring into the light. 
Tye’s Plain. 
Tokio Chinese Lity Bowl. 
China, handsomely decorated in 
curious Japanese designs. 
Glass Chinese Lily Bowl. 
9-inch, for one bulb.............30c. | 6-inch diameter, for 1 bulb... ....25c. 
FeinchytOmo Dubs see eee OUCe 74-inch diameter, for 2 bulbs..... 30c. 
8-inch, for 3 or 4 bulbs. .........70c. 84-inch diameter, for 3 bulbs..... 35c. 
Neponset Waterproof Paper Flower Pots. 
Unbreakable, light, economical. They last 
at least one season and their cost is trifling; 
they nest closely for shipping. 
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