GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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manner it will promptly rid cabbage or 

 any other vegetable plants, also rose 

 bushes and all sorts of fruit trees, of the 

 aphides and other insects which so often 

 injure them. Price, 1 pound boxes, 20c. 

 In bulk 15 cents per pound. If sent by 

 mail 9 cents per pound must be added. 



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Japanese Soluble Insecticide. — This is 

 the safest, surest and best insecticide 

 ever brought before the public. It is a 

 sure remedy for Cabbage worms, Turnip 

 and Beet fleas, Rose lice, green fly, 

 scale, mealy bug, red spider, aphids, etc. 

 For green house, conservatory, garden 

 and field use it has no equal, and is sure 

 death to insects. Sold only in 1 pound 

 packages at 25c. By mail 15 cents extra. 

 Full directions on every box. We are 

 the sole agents for the United States. 



Formula to Prevent Scab, Beetles and 



Blight on Potatoes. 



Potatoe Beetles, Scab, Blight. — First 

 Application — For Scab, soak seed in cor- 

 rosive sublimate solution 2 oz. in 16 gal- 

 lons of water for 90 minutes. Second 

 Application. — When beetles or the larvae 

 appear. Paris green 1 pound to 200 gal- 

 lons of v/ater. Third Application. — Re- 

 peat whenever necessary. Fourth Appli- 

 cation. — When blight of the leaves is ac- 

 companied by rot of the tubers, Bor- 

 deaux. Fifth Application. — Repeat if 

 necessary. 



The Following Mixtures Have Been 



Found To Be Very Effective In De- 

 stroying All Parasites and In- 

 sects on Fruit Trees. 



Kerosene Emulsion. — This solution is 

 used with great success in killing all 

 sucking insects, such as scales, plant 

 lice, and above all the destructive 

 Icterya or Cottony Cushion Bug, on 

 orange and other fruit trees.. 



The following formula will be found 

 one Of the best: 



Dissolve half a pound of Whale Oil 

 Soap in half a gallon of boiling water, 

 then add one gallon of Kerosene Oil, 

 churn the mixture with a force pump 

 till it forms a cream which thickens 

 upon cooling. For scale insects dilute 

 one part of the emulsion with 9 parts of 

 water. This mixture can be very easily 

 made by any person using the above 

 ingredients. 



Arsenical Mixture. — Two pounds of 

 White Arsenic, two pounds of Washing 

 Soda, two gallons of water; mix and 

 boil down to one gallon. Slake two 

 pounds of Quicklime in 'suflEicient water, 

 strain and add enough water to make 

 the whole 40 gallons. Now add one pint 

 of the Arsenical Mixture to the 40 gal- 

 lons of lime water, mix thoroughly, and 

 use as a spray. This is the most effec- 

 tive Insecticide known. 



Bordeaux Mixture. — Dissolve 6 pounds 

 of powdered Sulphate of Copper in 4 

 gallons of boiling water. Slake 4 pounds 

 of fresh Lime in 4 gallons of cold water, 

 mix both solutions slowly and thoroughly 

 and strain them through a fine sieve. 

 Before using dilute to 22 gallons with 

 water. 



Carbonate of Copper Mixture. — Dis- 

 solve 3 ounces of Copper Carbonate in 1 

 quart of liquid ammonia and dilut? to 

 22 gallons. 



Good's Caustic Whale Oil Soap. — Per 

 barrel lots (about 450 pounds), 7V^c. per 

 pound. Less quantity, $1.25 per gallon. 



Empty Cans for Same — 1 gallon, 30c. 

 each; 2 gallons, 40c. each; 3 gallons, 50c. 

 each; 5 gallons, 75c. each. 



Japanese Plant Food and Fertilizer. 

 (Odorless.) 



This is a safe and high grade Plant 

 Food and Fertilizer, prepared especially 

 for potted plants and out-door use. 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 development of plants 

 and flowers. It is very soluble and read- 



Frotscher's Adam's Early Corn is True to Name. 



