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have no known remedies at the present 

 time. The fung-us diseases are the harder 

 of the two to handle, but some of the most 

 common ones can be easily controlled by 

 the use of an efficient sulphur product. 



Prices: 10-lb. package, $1.50; 5-lb. pack- 

 age. $1.00; 1-lb. package, 25c.; y2-lb. pack- 

 age, 15c. If by mail, add postage accord- 

 ing to zone. 



THE COBONA HAND DUSTER. — This 



machine cannot be compared with any dust 

 gun you have ever used before. It is novel 

 in principle and design. It is made of the 

 best materials obtainable. It will last a 

 life time, always giving perfect service. 

 The pump mechanism operates directly 

 within the dust reservoir. The Dust or 

 Mixture can be put into the machine at 

 either end of the cylinders as the gun will 

 operate in any position when loaded from 

 either end. An extension can be provided 

 which will allow the dust clouds to be 

 placed among the tallest branches of fruit 

 trees, etc. In fact there is no place inac- 

 cessible with this machine. Price, $2.75. 



CORONA HA_ND POWDER DUSTER.— 



Old Style, $1.50 each. 



TREE TANGIiEPOOT. — W^ll positively 

 prevent all creeping insects from injuring 

 shade and fruit trees. 1-lb. can, 60c.; 3-lb. 

 can. $1.50. 



Aphine has no equal as a general insecti- 

 cide for greenhouse and outdoor use. /It 

 destroys Green, Black and White Fly, Red 

 Spider, Thrips, Mealy Bug, White and 

 Brown Scale, and does it effectively. It 

 does not injure the tenderest flowers or 

 foliage; in fact, it contains some excellent 

 fertilizing qualities, invigorating to plant 

 life. It can be safely applied to fruits and 

 vegetables. Directions for spraying Aphine: 

 For Green and Black Fly, 1 part Aphine to 

 35 to 40 parts water. For White Fly, 

 Thrips, Red Spider, Slugs, Cabbage, Cur- 

 rant Worms, etc., 1 part Aphine to 20 to 

 25 parts water. For Mealy Bugs, White 

 and Brown Scale, 1 part Aphine to 12 to 15 

 parts water. When spraying care should 

 be exercised to reach the stem and under 

 leaf. For dipping, keep plants in motion 

 while applying. For washing plants, apply 

 with a soft sponge. Aphine is endorsed by 

 eminent entomologists and floriculturists. 

 $2.50 per gallon; $1.00 per quart; 65c. per 

 pint; 40c. per half pint; 25c. per quarter 

 pint. 



SUI.PHUR TOBACCO SOAP.— Destroys 

 all kinds of insects on live plants. 25c. per 

 pound box. Postage, 5c. 



HAVE YOU ORANGE TREES? 

 Are You Raising" Pruit or Peeding* Insects? 



The annual loss by depredation of Insect 

 Pests in the Unuited States exceeds by 

 many times the yearly output of all the 

 gold mines in the country. If you have 

 an orchard or truck farm you cannot afford 

 to be without Orchard Insurance. Such in- 

 surance is "Van Antwerp's Schnarr's Insec- 

 ticide. Controls the White Fly and various 

 Scale Infections. Will kill Scale Insects 

 on all fruit trees, including Pecan and 

 Nut Trees. Hundreds of Orchardists 

 have found it to be the most efficacious, 

 cheapest and most easily applied spray that 

 is to be had. Prices: 8 oz. bottles, not post- 

 j paid, 15c.; if sent by mail, 25c.; half gal- 

 lons, 60c. ; gallons, $1.00; half barrel, 25 

 gals., 60c. ner gal.; barrel, 50 gals., 50c. 

 per gal. We are agents for Louisiana. 

 Send for our book on fruit tree diseases. 



"NICO-PUME" — ToTiacco Paper Insecti- 

 cide. — For fumigating greenhouses. Is 

 manufactured from a high strength solu- 

 tion of nicotine, and is especially effective 

 against Aphids ("green fly" and "black 

 fly"), Thrips and against all insects affected 

 by tobacco smoke. You know the big ad- 

 vantage of having your fumigating paper 

 Fresh. For the ordinary greenhouse (100 

 feet long by 20 feet wide), 8 or 10 sheets 

 will usually furnish a strong fumigation; 

 larger or smaller houses in proportion. 

 "Nico-Fume" Paper is packed in friction- 

 top tin cans and is sold in the following 

 sizes: Can containing 24 sheets, 85c.; can 

 containing 144 sheets, $4.00; can contain- 

 ing 288 sheets. $7.50. 



PARIS GREEN.— Mixed at the rate of 

 one pound to two liundred gallons of water, 

 it will prove effective against all chewing 

 insects. Put up in 1 pound packages only, 

 at 50 cents per pound. Postage, 10c. This 

 article is liable to fluctuate in price. 



ARSENATE OP I.EAD.— (Paste.) — 100-lb. 

 kegs, 9c. per lb.; 50-lb. kegs. 10c. per lb.; 25- 

 Ib. kegs, 15c. per lb.; 10-lb. kegs, ISc. per 

 lb.; 5-lb. jars, 20c. per lb.; 1-lb. jar, 25c. per 

 lb. Use from 2 to 6 pounds to 50 gallons of 

 water, according to infestation. 



ARSENATE OP LEAD.— (Powdered.)— 

 100-lb. kegs, 25c. per lb.; 50-lb. kegs, 27c. 

 per lb. Use from 2 to 6 pounds to 50 gal- 

 lons of water, according to infestation. 



BORDEAUX I.EAD ARSENATE MIX- 

 TURE. — (Paste.) — For Tomatoes, Egg- 

 plants, Cucumbers, Cantaloupes, etc., is a 

 perfect combination spray of Arsenate of 

 L-ead and Special Bordeaux Mixture, pre- 

 pared in a new way, kills practically all 

 leaf eating insects as well as protecting the 

 vines from blight, rust and fungus. It 

 mixes readily with cold water, will not 



Use Steckler's Insect Soap on Your Foliage Plants. 



