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Remedies For Insects and Fungus, Contact and Stomachic 



■y^BOROWAX LIQUID. A complete protection 

 against tree borers. Use half to one pint to a tree 

 according to size. Price, qnart 50c.; gallon 

 can, $1.7.5; 6 gallon, $9.00; half-barrel, $31.50; 

 barrel, $50.00. 



BUG DEATH. A non-poisonous insect-killing 

 powder, for worms, bugs and caterpillars. Ap- 

 ply with a duster, bellows or powder-gun, at the 

 -rate of about 12 lbs. per acre. Price, 25c. 

 per lb.; 3 lbs., 60c.; 5 lbs., 90c,; 12J< lbs., $1.65. 

 For packed weight add one pound. SHAKER 

 for applying above, 50c. Packed weight 1 lb. 



■A^CALCIUM ARSENATE POWDER. For dust- 

 ing use 10 to 15 lbs. to 90 lbs. of Hydrated 

 Lime. For wet spraying use 1 to 2,'< lbs. to 

 50 gallons of water to which should be added 

 an equal amount, of Lim.e. On Pome Fruits 

 use H lb. 50 gallons of water. Shade Trees, 

 IH to 50 gallons. Add milk of lime by slack- 

 ing 2 or 3 lbs. of Stone Lime to each 50 gallons 

 of water. Do^ot use on Peach, Plum or other 

 plants having tender foliage. Price, 1 lb., 

 40c.; 5 lbs., S1.75; 10 lbs., S3.25. 



■A-COPPER SOLUTION, AMMONIATED. A 



fungicide, for spraying when fruits are nearing 

 maturity, or plants in bloom. One quart is 

 suf&cient for 25 gallons of spray. Price, 1 

 quart, $1.15; 1 gallon, S3. 50. 



■y^-CROW REPELLENT. Protects corn from rot 

 caused by moisture, also birds and animal 

 pests such as gophers, squirrels, etc. Does 

 not hinder germination. Does not clog 

 planter. Price, large can enough for two 

 bushels of seed corn, SI. 50; small can enough 

 for one bushel, SI. 00. 



CUT WORM KILLER. It has an enticing odor 

 and attracts worms. One pound is sufficient 

 for 175 plants in hills, or 100 feet when in rows. 

 Price, 1-lb. box, 35c.; 5-lb. box, S1.50; 25-lb. 

 drum, $5.00. For packed weight add one pound. 



■^DY-SECT. For rose bugs, beetles, curculio, 

 hard bodied insects use 1 part Dy-sect with 30 

 parts water. For aphis (Plant Lice) — thrip, 

 leaf hopper, green fly, red spider and soft-bodied 

 insects. Use 1 part Dy-sect with 30 to 50 parts 

 of water. Be sure to thoroughly soak the parts 

 especially those with mealy bugs and red spider. 

 Dy-sect can generally be used in weaker solu- 

 tions in the greenhouse than outdoors. Price, 

 pint, SI. 00; quart, SI. 75; half gallon, S3. 25; 

 gallon, $6.00; or a 4-ounce sample can for 30 

 cents. Sample can only is mailable packed 

 weight 1 pound. 



FISH OIL SOAP. (Whale Oil Soap.) A wash 

 for insects and eggs on the bark, and for 

 smearing the trunks of trees to prevent worms 

 from crawling up. Price, 25c.; per lb.; 5 lbs., 

 SI. 10; 10 lbs., $2.00. For packed weight add 

 one pound. 



FLY SPRAY LIQUID. For Protection of Horses, 

 Cattle, Dogs and Hogs from Flies, Mosquitoes, 

 Fleas, and Lice. A remarkably clean liquid 

 spray which prevents and destroys lice and 

 ticks on cattle and vermin on hogs and in hen 

 coops. Harmless to use and non-panetrating. 

 Easily applied with hand sprayer. 1 qt., 60c.; 

 1 gal., $1.45; 5 gal.,.S6. tO. 



^^FORMALDEHYDE. A preventive of fungoid 

 diseases as potato scab, smuts, musty com, 

 damping off of seedlings, club root, etc. The 

 dilution is 1 lb. (1 pint) to 15 or 20 gallons of 

 water and 1 to 2 gallons of this dilution is re- 

 quired for the treatment of a bushel of seed. 

 Price (40 volume per cent) 1-lb. bottle, 50c.; 

 5-lb. bottle, SI. 50; 9-lb. bottle, $2.50. 



■^FUNGINE. A effective sulphurated spraying 

 remedy for mildew, , rust and other blights. 

 Does not stain the foliage. Price, half pint, 

 40c.; pint, 65c.; quart, SI. 00; gallon, S3. 00. 



^GENERAL DISINFECTANT. Twu or three 

 times the strength of carbolic acid. Effective 

 for veterinary use. for household and for cleans- 

 ing places occupied by cattle, horses, dogs, hogs 

 and poultry. Price, 70c. per quart; SI. 75 per 

 gallon; S7.00 per 5-gallon can. 



GRAPE DUST. For mold, mildew, or rust mites, 

 either in greenhouses or open air. 5 lbs. 85 cts. 



HELLEBORE, Powdered White. Less poisonous 

 than Paris Green and Arsenate of Lead, and 

 safer to use when fruits or vegetables are nearly 

 ripe. Can be used as a powder or dissolved, 1 

 ounce in 3 gallons of water. Price, 60c. per lb.; 

 5 lbs., S2.75. For packed weight add one pound. 



HOLDZEM. An adhesive, especially prepared 

 for catching rodents in house and bam. Prefer- 

 able to poison or traps. Non-poisonous, non- 

 infiamable. Spread it on a board. Price, 

 Trial size, 8.5c.; K lb. tins, $1.00; 1-lb. tins, 

 .$2.00; 5-lb. tins, $8.75. For packed weight 

 add one pound. 



-A-KEROSENE MISCIBLE OIL. Better than 

 Kerosene Emulsion. Is especially valuable 

 against all soft bodied insects. Can be used in 

 place of Nicotine. Contains 80% Kerosene. 

 Dilute 1 part Oil to 16 parts water. Tender 

 plants 1 part to 36 parts water. Price, 1 pint, 

 40c.; 1 quart, 79c.; 1 gallon, $1.75; 5 gal., .57.00. 



Tl^LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION. For scale 

 insects on trees and such fungus bark diseases 

 as can be treated in winter. Dilute and apply 

 with a spray pump while trees are dormant, in 

 fall, winter or spring. Can be u^ed strong 

 during mid-winter, but earlier or later dilute it 1 

 gallon to 40 to 60 of water. Price, quart can, 

 55c.; gallon, $1.25; 5-gallon can, $4.25; 

 barrel of 50 gallons, $16.00. 



LIME SULPHUR (Powdered). For dormant 

 spraying of fruit and shade trees and bushes 

 against San Jose and Ovster Shell Scale; also 

 for peach leaf curl and brown rot of peaches. 

 Has all the effectiveness of liquid Lime Sulphur, 

 and is much easier to handle. 1 lb. makes 

 3i<2 to 5 gallons. Price, 1 lb. packages, 35c.; 

 5 lbs., $1.40; 10 lbs., $2.25.; For packed weight 

 add one pound. 25 lbs., $4.75; 100 lbs., $15.00. 



■jkrNICO-FUME (Liquid). A modern insecticide for 

 vaporizing and spraying. Per 34 lb., 75c.; 

 1 lb. S2.25; 4 lbs., .$8.00; 8 lbs. $15.00. 



NICOTINE FUMIGATOR (Halls) FOR GREEN 

 HOUSES. 12K7c. Nicotine. A simple and 

 effective preparation for fumigating green- 

 houses, for plant-lice and tnrips. It is specially 

 prepared tobacco powder, which has been 

 treated to insure proper burning qualities, 

 and which is satirrated with pure Nicotine. 

 Price, 10-lb. tine, $8.75; 2 M-lb. tins, $2.75; 

 1-lb. tins, SI. 35. For packed weight add lib. 



•NICOTINE SOLUTION 40% FREE NICO- 

 TINE (Hells). For Spraying and Vaporizing 

 in Greenhouses. An efficient preparation of 

 purified free Nicotine for the control of plant- 

 lice and similar soft-bodied insects. It is used 

 in greenhouses as a spray for the same purpose, 

 as Nicotine Sulphate is used for outside work. 

 Being in the volatile, or free state, it is also 

 used as a furaigant by vaporizing in any con- 

 venient manner. Price, 8-lb. tins, S15.00; 

 2-lb. tins, $4.25; }i-\b. tins, $1.40. 



•NICOTINE SULPHATE SOLUTION (Halls) 

 AS A SPRAY. This is a concentrated solution 

 of Nicotine in the form of Nicotine Sulphate 

 containing 40% of actual Nicotine by weight. 

 It is practically non-volatile and should be 

 used for all outdoor spraying and dipping, where 

 Nicotine is effective, but should not be used for 

 vaporizing. Nicotine Sulphate may be com- 

 bined with Arsenate of Lead, Lime Sidphur, 

 Bordeaux Mixture or oil emulsions. Price, 

 10-lb. tins, $13.50; 2-lb. tins, $3.50; K-lb. tins, 

 S1.25; 1-oz. bottle, 35c. 



PARA-DICHLORO-BENZINE. (For Peach Tree 

 Borer). When placed around the base of a Peach 

 tree, will generate a gas that will kill the borers 

 in that tiee. Full information contained in 

 Bulletin 796 issued by U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture Bureau of Entomology. Directions 

 on container. Price, 1-lb. 65c. o lbs., S2.75; 10 

 lbs., $5.00. For packed weight add one pound. 



•PYROX. An insecticide and fungicide for eat- 

 ing insects, blights and fungus. Mix with water 

 to applv. Price, 1-lb. bottle, 50c.; 5-lb. crock, 

 SI. 75; iO-lb. crock, S3. 00; 25-lb. crock, $6.25; 

 50-lb. keg, S11.25; lOO-lb. keg, $18.00. 



•RAJAH DISINFECTANT. Deodorizer, clean- 

 ser, it will destroy all germs or insect life that 

 braathes through its sides and has no lungs. 

 Non-poisonous to other animals or human 

 beings. It is non-e.xplosive. Do not use on 

 Plants. Price, 14 pint, 35c.; 1 pint, 50c.; 

 1 quart, Sl.OO; K gallon, SI. 75; gallon. $2.50; 

 5 gallons, SIO.OO. 



• SCALE DESTROYER (TARGET BRAND). 

 Dormant Spray for San Jose and Oyster Shell 

 Scale. Highly effective for Leaf Roller, tree 

 infesting scale and most soft-bodied sucking 

 insects. No disagreeable odor, no clogging of 

 nozzle or burning of eyes like Lime Sulphur. 

 May be \ased in spring or fall. Mixes easily 

 without sediment. Spreads and creeps into 

 crevices of rough bark. Dilute 1 gallon to 20 

 gallons of water and it's ready to applv. 1 qt. 

 60c.; 1 gal, $1.45; 5 gaL $6.45; 30 gal. bbl. 

 S26.00; 50 gal. bbl. S38.00. 



•SCOTCH SOFT COAL SOOT. Used in onion 

 drills, radish beds, cabbage grounds, etc., it 

 checks the attacks of grubs or cut worms, and 

 drives awaj' insects that hide in the ground and 

 lay their eggs near the roots. Price, 50-lb. bag, 

 $4.00; 100-lb. bag, S7.00. 



SLUG SHOT, A non-poisonous powder in- 

 secticide; it requires no mixing or preparation, 

 easily applied and not injurious to the perspn 

 applying it, or fruits and vegetables. Destroys 

 potato bugs, beetles, green flies, slugs, vrorms, 

 etc. Price, per keg of 125 lbs., net, S13.00; per 

 barrel of 250 lbs., net, $23.00; 10-lb. package, 

 $1.10; 5-lb. package, 60c.; in tin canister with 

 perforated top for applying 45c.; 1 lb. paper 

 cartons 15c. For packed weight add one pound 

 to 1, 5 and 10 lb. pkgs. 



•SOLOMIA. A powerful insecticide and fungi- 

 cide for spraymg. .-\ scientific preparation 

 for the destruction of insect pests of all kinds. 

 Manufactured in England. "Solomia" is non- 

 poisonous and harmless to all but insect life. 

 Does not spot or spoil healthy vegetation. It 

 can be sprayed on crops, fruits, flowers or grass 

 without causing _ them the slightest harm. It 

 can be sprayed in dry or rainy weather without 

 affecting its etfici^icy. "Solomia'' does not 

 deteriorate by exposure to air whether diluted 

 or not. It can be diluted with cold water, either 

 soft or hard, about one part of "Solomia" to 

 thirty-two parts water. Full directions are 

 printed on the tins. Price pint tin 8.5c.; qtiart 

 can $1.50; gal. can S1.50. 



•SULCO-V.B. A combined contact insecticide 

 and fungicide of unusual merit for the control of 

 San Jose and other scale insects — aphis, white 

 fly, pear psylla, red spider, red bug, leaf blister, 

 mite, thrips, citrus rust mite, cabbage lice 

 and fungus spores caiising peach leaf curls 

 brown or ripe rot of peach and other stone fruits, 

 apple and pear scab, smut and Mildew on, 

 various plants, etc. Dilutes — 1 to 25 and up to 

 100 according to requirements. Price, quart, 

 60c.; 1 gallon, S1.75; 5 gal., $7.00; 10 

 gal., $12.50; 30 gal., $25.50; 50 gal., S37.50. 



TOBACCO DUST, FINE. For green and black 

 aphis, flea-beetles, etc. Splendid fertilizer and 

 preventative for insects in t'le ground and 

 around roots. Price, 15c. per lb.; 5 lbs., 60c.; 

 10 lbs., $1.10; 25-lb. bag, SI. .50; 50-lb. bag, S2.50; 

 100-lb. bag, $4.50. For packed weight add one 

 pound to 1, 5 and 10 lb. pkgs. 



TOBACCO POWDER, FUMIGATING. Extra 

 strong dust for fumigating. Price, 25-lb. bag, 

 $2.00; 50-lb. bag, S3.50; 100-lb. bag; S6.00. 



•TOBACCO STEMS. Used for fumigating and 

 as a fertilizer. Bale, about 100 lbs., S3. 00. 



TREE TANGLEFOOT. No crawling insect can 

 pass a band of tree tanglefoot. Apply early in 

 the spring — and again m the fall if troubled with 

 the fall canker worm. One pound for 6-foot 

 band 4-inches wide, l^/ie inch thick. Price, 1 lb. 

 50c.; 5 lb. $2.25; 10 lb. -$4.25; 20 lb. SS.OO, add 

 1 lb. for packed weight. 



•TREE WOUND PAINT is an insurance against 

 decay having penetrating, antiseptic and 

 elastic waterproofing qualities. Sun and rain 

 cannot cause the coating to break from the 

 treated wood. Price, quart, 90c.; gallon, 

 S2.50; 5 gallons, S9. 00. 



•VERMINE. Kills underground insects. Use 1 

 part vermine to 400 parts water, thoroughly 

 saturating the ground. Price, half pint, 40c.; 

 pint, 65c.; quart, $1.00; gallon, S3. 00. 



•WORM ERADICATOR, READE'S. This prep- 

 aration is recommended as a killer of certain 

 worms which are found at the roots of trees, 

 shrubs, plants, flowers, grape vines, etc. It may 

 also be used on golf greens to kill certain 

 worms. It is intended for use on the ground 

 only. Do not apoly it to foliage of any kind. 

 Price 8 oz. bottle, 50c.; 24 oz. bottle, Sl.OO; 

 1 gallon bottl S4.00; 5 gallon keg, S17.50; 

 10 gallon keg, $34.00. 



Note — Packed weights are given for all the mailahle remedies offered on this page. Allow postage according to 

 zone rates on page 144. Articles prefixed with a i^ must be shipped by express, as they cannot be mailed. 



