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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK- ^ 



Will There Be Frost To-night? 



THE PAQOSCOPE 



Will Tell You I 



The Pagoseope. 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 

 green part of chart there is no danger 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 S 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, S1.50; No. 2, 

 16 in. high, SI. 75; No.3, 20 in. high, 

 §2.00; No. 4, 24 in. high, $2.75. 



PERFECTION FUMIGATORS. 



Make Moist Smoke. 

 This fumigator will last 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, 

 Eureka producing a dampened smoke 



Fumigator. 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, S3.00; No. 2 holds half bushel of stems, S3, to; No. 3 holds 

 three-quarter bushel stems, 84.50. 



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, Chvrsanthemums, Strawberries, Peaches, etc.; also destroys Red 

 Spider infesting Vines, Crotons, Asparagus Fern, 

 and other plants. . . 



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 ot 

 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 for a 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 

 extant for purposes claimed. , ~ , , 



Prices, No. 1 size, vaporizing three ounces of Sulphur, 

 each. S6.50: No. 2 size, vaporizing six ounces of Sulphur. 

 88.00. " Fuli directions for use sent out with each apparatus. 



Paper and Rubbish Burner. 



For burning leaves, rags, paper, and all kinds of r 41 

 Durably made of No. 13 gauge. 3 inch mesh expanded metal. 



Price, No. 1, 14 inch diameter by 16 inch nigh, S2.o0; 

 No. 2, 15 inch diameter by 20 inch high. 82.75; No. 3, 16 

 inch diameter by 24 inch high, 83.00. 



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 sa me 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, 81.00 per bushel bag, 82.00 per barrel of about 3 bushels 

 (purchaser to pay freight). 



POTTING ESSENTIALS. 



Leaf Mold, for mixing with potting soil 



Rotted Sandy Peat, for lightening potting soil 



Fibrous Peat, for orchids, ferns, etc 



Cocoanut Fibre Refuse, for keeping bulbs in, lightening soil, 



etc 



Sphagnum Moss, for baskets, drainage, mixing with soil, etc.. 



3 barrel bale, 83.50 



Charcoal, for sweetening soil, drainage, etc 



Bone Meal, the best artificial fertilizer for mixing with pot- 

 ting soil 



PRICES 



purchaser paying 



transit. 



Peck 

 30c. 

 30c. 

 30c. 



30c. 



25c. 



Lb. 

 10c. 



10c. 



Bush. 



81.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



1.00 



75c. 



5 lbs. 

 40c. 



30c. 



Bbl. 



82.00 



2.00 



2.00 



2.00 



1.50 



25 lb. 

 81 . 75 



1.00 



Tye's Plain. 



HYACINTH GLASSES. 



Hyacinths grown in glasses of water 

 are charming ornaments 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, 

 S2.00 per dozen. 



Tall Hyacinth Glass. Furnished in 

 the following colors: green, purple, 

 blue opal or crystal. 15c. each, 

 81.50 per dozen. 



Tall 11am. 



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 from 

 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. 



Tokio Chinese Lily Bowl. 



China, handsomely decorated in 

 .curious Japanese designs. 



9-inch, for one bulb 30c. 



7-inch, for 2 bulbs 50c. 



8-inch, for 3 or 4 bulbs 70c. 



Glass Chinese Lily Bowl. 



6-inch diameter, for 1 bulb 25c. 



7'. -inch diameter, for 2 bulbs 30c. 



Si-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. 



PRICES. 



Doz. 



100 



1000 



2J inch 



3" " 



:U ■■ 



6c. 



8c. 

 10c. 

 15c. 

 20c. 

 25c. 



30c. 

 50c. 

 60c. 

 80c. 

 81 .25 

 1.60 



82.50 

 4.00 

 5.25 



4 •' 



6 '• 



7.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



