FERTILIZERS AND INSECT DESTROYERS. 



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FERTILIZER 



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 

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

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

 ll.s., $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 by drought. .Bags of 25 lbs., $1.25; 

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



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, and in sacks 

 of 200 lbs., $5.00 ; per ton, $38.00 



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Dreer's Pure Ground Bone. Excellent for re- 

 storing and quickening grass plots, gardens, etc. Apply 

 400 to 600 lbs. to the acre. Per ton, $40.00 ; sack of 200 

 lbs., $5.00; in bags of 10 lbs., 50 cts. ; 5 lbs. 25 cts. 



Dreer's Pure Bone Meal. Ground expressly for 

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

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

 giving immediate effect. 3 lb. box, 15 cts. ; by mail, 65 cts. ; 

 5 lb. bag, 25 cts. ; 200 lb. bag, $5.00 ; per ton, $40.00. 



Crushed Bone. Ground coarse, for grape borders. 

 200 lb. bag, $5.00 ; per ton, $38.00. 



Hammond's Sward Food. A top dressing for 

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

 out pastures, quickly making a compact, velvety turf. 25 lb. 

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



Pulverized Sheep Manure. Excellent for mixing 

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



Calcined 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. 



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Red Spider. 



Blight. 



Green Fly. 



Hammond's Slug Shot. An impalpable powder, 

 containing agents that will destroy the Cut Worm, Potato 

 Bug, Chinch Bug, Pose Bug, 

 Rose Slug, Curculio, and all 

 Lice, Worms or Caterpillars 

 upon Melons, Cucumbers, 

 Squash or Grape Vines, To- 

 .bacco, 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 ap- 

 plied 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 J pint, 25 cts. ; by mail, 40 cts. 

 Granger Insect Terror. An odorless insecticide and 

 fertilizer. Apply plentifullv when the dew is on the 

 plants. 5 lbs., 25 cts.; 50 lbs., $2.00. In barrel lots, 300 

 lbs., 3i cts. 



Tobacco Dust. Cheaper than snuff, and quite as 

 effectual. A sure remedy for green fly. 5 lb. package, 25 cts. 

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

 bales of about 250 lbs., $3.00. 



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, 40, 75 and $1.00 each ; the two 

 small sizes only mailable ; mailed for 75 cts. and $1.35. 

 Quantities of 25 lbs. and upwards at 15 cts. per lb. 



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 rure for mildew 

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



Gishurst's Compound. Extensively used in Eng- 

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

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

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

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



Mealy Bug. 



Scale. 



Thrip. 



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 In- 

 sects. 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 Tree Oil. A preparation for destroying 

 Insects and Parasites, whether on the foliage or at the 

 roots of the plants, such as Mealy Bugs, 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 ; £ pint, 50 cts. ; small bottle, 25 cts. 



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, 30, 60 and 80 cts. each : 

 the two small sizes only mailable, 60 cts. and $1.20. Quan- 

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



The Eureka Fumigator (Galvanized). An effectual 

 apparatus for the fumigation of Green- 

 houses, Conservatories, Frames, Hospi- ^JfsV"Vs 

 tals, Ships, Poultry-houses, or Rooms. It f-C_i?^JfSX ris 

 is of simple construction, and not liable to 

 get out of order. When once lit it is self- 

 acting, and may be left in the house with 

 perfect safety, as flaring is an impossibil- 

 ity, all the material is completely con- 

 sumed without waste and gives off a dense 

 smoke. Made of extra heavy sheet iron. 



No. 1. Height 12 in., diam. at top, 5 in. 

 For a house 10x20 ft. Holds i peck 

 of stems. $1.50. 



No. 2. Height 16 in., diam. at top, 7 in. 

 12 x 40 ft. Holds 1 peck of stems. $2.50. 



No. 3. Height 20 in., diam. at top, 9 in. 

 15 x 100 ft. Holds 4 bush, stems. $3.00. 



No. 4. Height 24 in., diam. at top, 12 in. 

 20 x 100 ft. Holds J bush, of stems. $4.00. 



For a house 

 For a house 

 For a house, 



