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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— INSECTICIDES. 



Our new book, " Injurious Insects and Plant 

 Diseases with Remedies." Price, 25 cents. ^ 



S==^£/ 



REMEDIES FOR INSECTS, 



Carbolic Soap. For freeing animals 

 from insects and washing the bark of trees 

 and plants for scale, lice, etc. Price, i lb. 

 cake, 15c, or by mail, 30c. 



Carbolized Soap (Fluid). For peach, 

 app'e, and other tree borers, also for wash- 

 ing trees to prevent attacks of animals or 

 vermin. 1 gallon can (makes 12 gallons 

 paint.) $1.00 per can. 



Cole's Liquid Insecticide. A 



combination of alcohol and other chemicals 

 for mealy bug, red spider, scale and aphis; 

 we use it extensively in our greenhouses; it 

 needs no further preparation and is one of 

 the most convenient and effectual for ladies 

 to use on house plants, Price, J^ pint tin, 

 50c; by mail, 65c. 



Fir Tree Oil. The most popular and 

 probablv for l ' all round " purposes the best 

 insecticide in the market for greenhouse and 

 house plants ; it frees plants of nearly all 

 insects to which they are subject, and for 

 the following it has no superior : Mealy bug 

 Scale, Red Spider, Aphis, {black and green,) 

 Thnp, Blight, Wormsand Slugs, and isalso 

 a valuable remedy for animal parasites and 

 insects. Price, % pint tin, 40c; pint, 75c; 

 qt., $1.40; Y 2 gal., $2.5-; gal., $4.25; tf by 

 mail, add 25c. per pi?it. 



Fir Tree Oil Soap. Especially use- 

 ful on greenhouse and garden plants, killing 

 red spider, mealy bug, aphis, etc. In the 

 vegetable garden it is unrivalled for dispos- 

 ing of potato bugs, cabbage worms, currant 

 worms, black fly, etc. On trees it destroys 

 the catterpil'ar, elm-leaf beetle, etc. It does 

 not injure fruit or foliage; there is no danger 

 to the person using it, nor are the fruits or 

 vegetables on which it has been used in the 

 slightest degree poisoned. 



One ounce makes a gallon of non-poison- 

 ous insect-killing liquid. Price y J^ lb. 

 tins, 25c, by mail. 30c. ; 2 lbs., 75c, by 

 mail, $r.co. Five lbs., $1 75 ; 10 lbs , $3.25: 

 20 lbs.. $6.00 ; by express only, the pur- 

 chaser paying carriage. 



Guicide Powder. A combined Fun- 

 gicide and Insecticide. Especially recom- 

 mended for potato blight, potato rot, mildew, 

 rust, grapevine flea beetle, potato bugs, 

 slugs, codling moths, curculio, strawberry 



crown borers, etc. This article contains both 

 insecticide and fungicide ingredients, taking 

 the place of Paris green and London purple, 

 and saving the c";st of one application where 

 fungicide treatment is needed as well. It 

 can be used either as a powder or in solu- 

 tion. 2 lbs. to a barrel of water. Price, 5 

 lb. package, 50c; 25 lb. box, §1.75. 



Kerosene Emulsion (Concentrated). 

 For plant lice of any kind, cabbage worm, 

 scale insects on apple, pear, orange, lemon 

 and other trees. Price, 1 quart can, 30c; 

 1 gallon can, 50. c; 5 gallon tin buckets, 

 § r '75 ! 5° gallon barrel, §10.00. 



Hellebore, Powdered White. 



For the destruction of slugs, worms, cater- 

 pillars, etc. Less poisonous than Paris 

 Green and London Purple and safer to use 

 when fruits or vegetables are nearly ripe. 

 Price, 25c. per lb.; or by mail 40c. 



London Purple. Very poisonous and 

 equally as efficacious as Paris Green and 

 more soluble in water. Price 25c. lb.; 10 

 lb. lots a::d over, at 20c. per lb. If by 7nail 

 add ijc. per lb. for postage. 



Paris Green. A poisonous, insoluble 

 powder, indispensable on the farm or garden 

 — for preventing the ravages of potato bugs, 

 codlin moth, worms, caterpillars, slugs and 

 bugs. Price % 30c. per lb. If by ?nail, add 

 i$c. per lb. for postage. 



Persian Powder or Buhach. 

 Henderson's Superior Grade. 



Cheap adulterated grades are worthless. 

 A mo^t effective ?;o»-poisonous inpalpab e 

 powder — so fine that it penetrates the inner- 

 most crevices — for worms, flies, aphis and 

 almost all kinds of insects — it is very effec- 

 tual — suffocating them by filling up the 

 breathing pores. Price, per lb. 40c.; 10 lbs. 

 and over at 35c. lb. If by mail, add ijc. 

 Per lb. for postage. 

 Quassaine. This is a Concentrated 

 Fluid Extract of Quassia, held in suspensirn 

 by Whale Oil Soap — adopted and officially 

 recommended by the State Horticultural 

 Board of Washington, as a cheap and reli- 

 able non-poisonous insecticide fcr hop lice, 

 aphis and all scale insects; nothing better 

 for rose bushes and house plants. Quart 



cans, (25 gallons wash,) $1.00 per can; 1 

 gallon cans (too gallons wash), §1.50 per 

 can; 2 gallon cans (200 gallons wash), $2.50 

 per can. 



Slug" Shot. A non-poisonous powder 

 and a very popular i sectiade— it requires 

 no further mixing or preparation — easily 

 applied and not injurious or dangerous to 

 animals, the person applying it or fruits and 

 vegetables treated. Very effectual in 

 destroying potato bugs and beetles, green 

 and black fly, slugs, worms, caterpillars, 

 etc, {By express or freight only.) Price^ 

 per barrel of 235 lbs. net, §8.00; in 10 15. 

 packages, each 45c ; 5 lb. packages, 2^c; 

 in tin cannister with perforated top for ap- 

 plying 25c. each; by mail 35c. 



Thrip Juice. A concentrated extract 

 arseniated, destructive for mealy bug, scale, 

 thrips, bark lice, codlin moth, canker-worm, 

 elm leaf worm, beetles, caterpillars, etc. 

 Price, Yz pint can, 30c ; t pint 50c; 1 qt., 

 75c; 1 gal., §2x0; 5 gal. keg, $7.00. 



Tobacco Dust, (fine). For green and 

 black aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splendid 

 fertilizer and preventative for insects in 

 the ground and aound r.iots. Price^ ice. 

 per lb.; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs , 65c; $3.00 per 

 barrel; per ton, §25.00. If by mail add 

 ijc. per lb. for postage. 



TobaCCO Extract. A powerful ex- 

 tract of tobacco combined with sulphur 

 for destroying plant lice, red spider, and 

 insects of all kinds. Price, }& pt., 30c; 

 pt., 50c; qt., 75c ; gal. §2.00. 



Tobacco Stems. Indispensable for 

 fumigating greenhouses and conservatories 

 — for the destruction of g^een and black 

 aphis and other insects. Price, 50 lb. bale, 

 §1.00; 100 lbs.. $1.75; per ton, §20.00. 



TobaCCO Soap. Effective for green 

 and black aphis, turnip fleas, slugs, baik 

 lice, etc. Price, 35c. per lb.; or by mail, 50c. 



Whale Oil Soap. Makes an excellent 

 wash for trees and plants where insects and 

 eggs affect the bark, and for smearing on 

 the trunks of trees to prevent worms f-om 

 crawling up. Price, 15c. per lb.; 2lbs.,25C ; 

 5 lbs., 50c.; 25 lbs. and over, at 8c. per lb. 

 If by n»ail, add fjc. per lb. for postage. 



REMEDIES FOR FUNGUS, SUCH AS MILDEW, RUST, BLACK ROT, ETC 



Copperdine. (Ammoniacal solution 

 of Carbonate of Copper.) A famous re- 

 medy for fungoid diseases o*f plants, particu- 

 larly for grapes, curing downy and powdery 

 mildew, black rot, scab, etc. Price, 

 quart can, 50c; 1 gallon can, §1.50; 10 ga'- 

 lon carboy, $1.35 gallon ; 50 gallon barrel, 

 $1.25 gallon. By express orfreight only. 



Grape Dust (Hammond's). A 



non-poisonous powder for the remedy and 

 control of mildew and rot on grapes, goose- 

 berries, roses, etc. Price, 5 lb. pkg, yc.\ 

 100 lb. keg, §5.00. By express or freight 

 only. 



Bordeaux Mixture. {Standard 



Strength.) A valuable and indispensable 

 fungicide for grape growe rs —thereby insur-" 

 ing larger crops and finer grapes, and 

 preventing failure. A sure cure and preven- 

 tative for black rot, mildew and rust, also 

 of great value for other plants suffering 

 with kindred diseases. Price, 20 lb. pkgs, 

 $1.00. By express or freight only. 



Flowers Of Sulphur. For the pre- 

 vention and destruction of mildew on roses 

 and other plants. Price, i< c. per lb ; ic 

 lbs., 60c; 25 lbs. and over, at 5c. per lb. 

 If by mail add 15c. per lb. for postage. 



Fostite. A splendid preventive and cure 

 of fungous diseases such as mildew, black 

 rot; leaf blight, rust, etc., affecting vines, 

 fruiis and vegetables. It is a powder, and 

 should be blown on the plants with a 

 powder-bellows or powder-gun, while the 

 foliage is moist, either in the morning or 

 evening, or after syringing. At the rate of 

 25 lbs. per acre for grapevines, for each 

 application, is the average quantity required. 

 Price, 5 lb. pkge, 50c ; 25 lb. box $2.00; 50 

 lb. box, $3.50; 100 lb. box, $5.50; per bag of 

 220 lbs , $S 75; per ton of 2.000 lbs., $75.00, 



Guicide Powder. A combined fungi- 

 cide and insecticide. 



{Sie under "Remedies fcr Insects.") 



