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D REEK'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Fertilizers. 



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 bag or package. Package, 35 cts. ; by mail, 50 

 cts. ; 5 lb. bag, 75 cts. ; 10 lbs., $1.25 ; 50 lbs., $3.50. 



Bowker's Kitchen Garden Fertilizer. A gen- 

 eral kitchen-garden manure, may be used on all garden 

 crops, fruits, etc. ; easily applied, free from weed seeds, 

 and will give as large" crops as stable manure. It has 

 very little odor, and clean to handle. Every one who has 

 a garden should give it a trial. Bags of 25 lbs., $1.25 ; 50 

 lbs., $2.00 ; 100 lbs., $3.50. 



Bowker's Lawn Dressing. This Dressing is pre- 

 pared so that it acts gradually through the season. It may 

 be applied at any time during the spring, summer, or au- 

 tumn, or as often as the grass seems to need nourishment. 

 It will restore many lawns to full luxuriance that have 

 been nearlv ruined bv drought. Bags of 25 lbs., $1.25; 

 50 lbs., $2.00 ; 100 lbs.j $3.50. 



Crushed Bone. Ground coarse, for grape borders. 

 200 lb. bag, $5.00 ; per ton, $40.00. 



Dreer's Pure Ground Bone. Excellent for re- 

 storing and quickening grass plots gardens, etc. Apply 

 400 to 600 lbs.'to the acre. 5 lbs., 25 cts. ; 100 lbs., $3.00"; 

 sack of 200 lbs.', $4.50 ; per ton, $40.00. 



Dreer's Pure Bone Meal. Ground expressly for 

 our trade. Better than Ground Bone for mixing with put- 

 ting soil, as it is much finer, and in better condition for 

 giving immediate effect, 3 lb. box, 15 cts.; 5 lb. bag, 25 

 cts. ; 100 lbs., $3.00 ; 200 lb. bag, $4.50 ; per ton, $40.00. 



Hammond's Sward Food. A top dressing for 

 lawns and all grass lands, and a good stimulant for worn- 

 out pastures, ouicklv making a compact, velvety turf. 

 25 lb. bag, $1.00; 100 lb. bag, $3.00. Price per ton on 

 application. 



Land Plaster. Excellent for composting, fertilizing 

 or mixing with guano. 25 lb. bag, 50 cts. ; 100 lb. bag, 

 $1.00; barrel, $1.50; per ton, $10.00. 



Pulverized Sheep Manure. Excellent for mixing 

 with potting soil or lawn dressing. 100 lb. sack, $5.00. 



Pure Peruvian Guano. Guaranteed. The quantity 

 used per acre is from three to four hundred pounds ; before 

 using, it should be made fine and mixed with loam or 

 plaster. It should not be mixed with lime, ashes, muck 

 or clay ; nor should it come in contact with growing plants 

 when used in a dry state, li-lb. box, 15 cts.; 3-lb. box, 

 25 cts. ; 5 lbs. in tin box, 40 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $4.00; per 

 sack of 200 lbs., $7.00 ; per ton, $65.00. 



Soluble Tampieo Guano. A high-grade fertilizer 

 for lawns and pot plants. 5 lbs., 25 cts. ; sack of 200 lbs., 

 $5.50 ; per ton, $50.00. 



Truxillo Guano. Prepared with especial care for 

 garden crops and small fruits. 5 lbs. 25 cts. ; per 100 lbs., 

 $3.00; sack of 200 lbs., $5.50; per ton, $50.00. 



Star Bone Phosphate. Contains a large percentage 

 of soluble Bone Phosphate of Lime, and is made especially 

 as a stimulant to a quick and healthy growth. Apply 400 

 to 600 lbs. to the acre. Put up in bags with directions. 

 5 lbs., 25 cts. ; 10 lbs., 50 cts. ; 25 lbs., $1.00 ; 100 lbs., $2.50 ; 

 sacks of 200 lbs., $4.00 ; per ton, $32.00. 



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Hammond's Slug Shot. An impalpable powder, 

 containing agents that will destroy the Cut Worm, Potato 

 Bug, Chinch Bug, Rose Bug, Rose Slug, Curculio, and all 

 Lice, "Worms or Caterpillars upon Melons, Cucumbers, 

 Squash or Grape Tines, Tobacco, Cotton or Egg Plants, 

 Currants, Fruit or Ornamental Trees, and all Shrubs and 

 Flowering Plants. It is an excellent fertilizer; plants 

 upon which it is used will grow and look much finer than 

 those upon which it is not. It contains nothing injurious 

 to domestic animals, and does not deteriorate by age. 

 On low growing plants it should be dusted on with a very 

 fine sifter. On tall shrubs and trees it should be applied 

 with the Double or Single Cone Bellows. 5 lbs., 30 cts. ; 

 10 lbs., 60 cts. Bags, 100 lbs., $5.00 ; in barrels in bulk, 

 weighing 225 lbs. net, 4 cts. per lb. Tin canisters with 

 perforated tops, holding s pint, 25 cts. ; by mail, 40 cts. 



Combined Soap. Good's New Preparation. 

 Most effective for destroying Insects. In cans, with direc- 

 tions, i lb. cans, 15 cts.; 1 lb. cans, 25 cts. each ; by mail, 

 25 and 40 cts. 



Carbolic and Whale Oil Combined, in cans, with 

 directions. Three sizes, 30, 50 and 80 cts. each ; the two 

 small sizes only mailable; mailed for 50 cts. and 85 cts. 

 Quantities of 25 lbs. and upwards at 15 cts. per 11). 



Carbolic Acid Soap. Kills and drives away Lice, 

 Fleas, Ants, Bugs, "Worms, Grubs, and all insects that de- 

 stroy animals and plants. With directions. Per cake, 10 

 cts. ; by mail ,.20 cts. 



Flour of Sulphur. A preventive and cure for mildew 

 on grape vines, etc. Per lb., 10 cts. ; by mail, 30 cts. 



Gishnrst's Compound. Extensively used in Eng- 

 land, on the Continent, and in this country, for preventing 

 and destroying Green Fly, Mildew, Thrip, Mealy Bug and 

 Scale. With directions. Per box, 75 cts. ; by mail, $1.00. 



Mealy Bug. 



Scale. 



Thrip. 



Hellebore, for destroying Rose Slugs. One or two ap- 

 plications are usually sufficient for a season, and it is thor- 

 oughly effective. With directions. Per lb., 40 cts.; by 

 mail, 60 cts. ; per bottle, 20 cts. ; by mail, 35 cts. 



Pinner's Tobacco Soap. A convenient and potent 

 specific for the destruction of all insects, parasites, and their 

 eggs, infesting either plants or animals. Per lb., 50 cts. 



Pyrethrum Roseum, or Persian Insect Powder. For 

 destroying Roaches, Ants, Fleas, and all other noxious 

 insects. Per lb., 75 cts.; by mail, 90 cts.; per bottle, 25 

 cts. ; by mail, 40 cts. 



Pure Paris Green, for destroying potato bugs. It is 

 effectual for destroying that pest. Directions for use with 

 each package. 30 cts. per lb. ; by mail, 50 cts. 



Soluble Fir 'free Oil. A preparation for destroying 

 insects and parasites, whether on the foliage or at the 

 roots of the plants, such as Mealy Bug, Red Spider, Scale, 

 Thrip, Green Fly, Fleas, etc. It answers every purpose 

 as an Insecticide, is harmless to the hands and skin when 

 used as an Insecticide, or when applied for destroying para- 

 sites on animals or man, or when used as a wash for dogs. 

 Full directions with each can. Gallon, .$5.00; half gallon, 

 $2.50 ; quart, $1.50 ; i pint, 50 cts. ; small bottle, 25 cts. 



Tobacco Dust. Cheaper than snuff, and quite as 

 effectual. A sure remedy for Green Flv. 5 lb. package, 

 25 cts. 



Tobacco Stems, for fumigating. Per lb., 10 cts. ; in 

 bales of about 250 lbs., $3.00. 



Whale Oil Soap. An effectual remedy for destroying 

 and preventing insects on plants, trees, vines, etc., for 

 washing down the bark of trees, Grape Vines, etc. In 

 cans, with directions. Three sizes, 20, 35 and 60 cts. each; 

 the two small sizes only mailable, 40 and 70 cts. Quan- 

 tities of 25 lbs., 10 cts. per lb. 



FOR SEEDS, PLANTS AND SUNDRIES FOR CHILDREN'S GARDEN SEE PAGE 8. 



