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J. STECKXER liEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



LION BRAND POWDERED HELLEBORE— For destroying insects on currant bushes, vines, plants 

 shrubs, etc. Price, 15 and 25 cents per package. 



Japanese Plant Food and Fertiliser. 



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 *S& DOOR PL«S& 



gTEGKLER'S 



[Odorless.] 



This is a safe and high grade Plant Food and Fertilizer 

 prepared especially for potted plants and out-door usel 

 It is truly a wonderful invigorator, producing luxuriant 

 foliage of rich texture, large, perfect and more brilliant 

 flowers and strong, healthy plants. It contains all of the 

 ingredients of plant food necessary for the highest de- 

 velopment of plants and flowers. It is very soluble and 

 readly assimilated, so that marked improvement is usual- 

 ly noticed in two weeks time. It is nice and dry, and 

 easily applied by either sprinkling on the surface of the 

 soil as a top dressing or dissolved in water, Sold only in 

 1 pound packages at 25c. By mail 15c. extra, We are the 

 sole agents for the United States. 



STECKXER'S 

 LEAF MOULD. 



Allplantlife thrives 

 in it. Admirably 

 adapted for raising 

 Seedlings, Strik i n g 

 Cuttings and general 

 Conservato r y and 

 Framework, in- 

 creases the size of 

 the flowers, giv.es 

 substance and endur- 

 ing qualities, Insures 

 brilliancy and inten- 

 sity of color. Spe- 

 cially suited for hang- 

 ing baskets, because 

 or its lightness and freedom from drip; less frequent watering re- 

 quired. Bedding out plants grown with Leaf Mould will resist long 

 continued drought. Excellent for Tomatoes and Strawberries. 

 Fruit Trees can be grown in pots and brought to the greatest per- 

 fection. This is the stuff, in combination with Japanese Plant Food, 

 to grow your large Chrysanthemums in. Clean to handle, and 

 therefore specially suitable for window boxes and for growing 

 flowers at home. Price per ton, half ton or quarter ton, 2c per 

 lb. ; single bag, 125 lbs., 3c. per lb. ; 25 lbs., $1-00; 10 lbs., 50c; 5 lbs., 

 30c; 1 lb., 10c. \ 



Raw Ground Bone, Superphosphate, Acid Phosphate, Kainit, Vegetable Superphosphate, Dissolved 

 rtfi?* v&araplon,. Farmer's Choice, Orange or Fruit Tree Fertilizer, High Grade Sugar Fertilizer, Mc- 

 Uall s Kormula Nitrate of Soda, Nitrate of Potash. Price, 5c perpourd, 6 pounds for 25c. 

 Muriate of Potasn, Sulphate of Potash, Sulphate -of Ammonia. Price, 10c. per pound. 

 Prices per 100 pounds and ton lots on appl cation. 



POTTING SOIL. 



u J?, e ^ a y P re P areo - for Horticultural purposes, either in greenhouse or garden. Price per 100 pound 

 bag, $1.50; 50 pound bag, $1.50; 25 pound bag, 75c ; 10 pound package, 50c; 5 pound package, 30c. ; single 



pOu#lGj DC. 



Well Rotted Manure, adapted for use on all crops, such as corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas and 

 De a a | ns » earl y vegetables, flower beds and lawns. Price, single load, $2 00; three loads and over, $1.50 per 



Pure River Sand, same price as above. These prices are for New Orleans delivery only, when shipped 

 prices on application. 



Strawberry Snooks or Dirt Bands. 



Eggplants, Musk Melons and Early Cucumbers pay well if 

 they come early into the market. In order to have them 

 early it is a good plan to start them in a cold frame in what 

 are called ''Dirt Bands." This is a box 4 inches square and 4 

 inches deep, without bottoms. These are placed in a frame 

 and filled up with good rich soil, and five or bix seeds in each 

 box; when the plants come up, thin them out to one or two 

 in each box. The time to start them in this way varies as 

 seasons and localities differ. It is not well to start them too 

 early, as the plants get weak and spindly if kept too long in 

 frame. From the middle to the end of February is the usual 

 time to plant the seed in this locality, New Orleans. When 

 large enough to plant out, which will be in from four to five 

 weeks after planting, take the boxes with the plants in them 

 out of the frame, by slipping a spade under the box. Plant 

 without breaking the ball of soil on the plants. Price, 75c 

 per 100, or $2.50 per 1000. 



Strawberry boxes with bottoms for shipping berries, quarts 

 $4.50 per 1000, $1.00 per 100, pints $3.75 per 1000, 75c per 100. 



Tacks for Dirt Bands and boxes, Vi lb 15c, pound 56c 



Crates for Strawberry Boxes, containing 24 quarts, price 

 2oc. each. 



We have a varied" Assortment of Shade Trees of every description, 



