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EVEOTTH1MG FOR THIS GARDEN— Insecticides 



REMEDIES 



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APHINE. Aphine while a powerful insecticide, 

 in a readily soluble form which can be easily di- 

 luted with water and applied as a spray, wash or 

 dipping solution. It kills all insects. Green and 

 black fly, thrips, red spider, slugs, ants, mealy 

 bug, scale, etc. Price, 1 gill, 25c; £ pint, 40c; 

 pint, 65c; quart, $1.00; gallon, $2.50. 



ANT-I-CIDE. A Powder with a repellant odor, 

 effective against most crawling insects that infest 

 lawns. Strew plentifully so that the surface in- 

 fested will be thoroughly covered. Give special 

 attention to places where ants are seen in the 

 greatest numbers, their hills, and around the edges 

 of the property to be protected, also house sills. 

 1 lb. will dress about 300 square feet of lawn. 

 Price, 1 lb. package, 25c; 5 lb. bag, $1.00; 25 lb. 

 drum, $4.50. 



ARSENATE OF LEAD. (Paste form). A poison 

 rapidly taking the place of Paris gTeen. Its great 

 advantages are that it adheres well to the foliage 

 and does not readily wash off by rain and does not 

 injure tender foliage. It also remains well sus- 

 pended in solution so that an even distribution 

 can be obtained. It is white in color and shows 

 just where it has been applied. Price, 1 lb. tin, 20c. 

 5 lb. tin, 90c; 12J lb. pail, $2.00; 25 lb. bucket, 

 $3.75; 50 lb. bucket, $7.00; 100 lb. keg, $12.00; 

 300 lb. bbl., $30.00. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. {Paste form. Standard 

 Formula, 1 gallon makes 50 gallons of spray.) 

 Ready for use by simply adding water. An indis- 

 pensable Fungicide, curing and preventing black 

 rot, mildew, blight, rust, scab and all fungoid 

 diseases on fruits and plants. Price. 1 pint, 25c; 

 1 quart, 35c; 1 gallon, 85c; 5 gallons, $4.00. 



BOROWAX. A complete protection against tree 

 borers if applied in accordance with instructions, 

 armorplates the tree at the point where the moth 

 deposits its eggs and thus renders it immune to 

 further infestation for several years. Quantity 

 required: half to one pint to a tree according to size. 

 Price, quart, 35c; half gallon, 60c; gallon can 

 (boxed). $1.00; six gallons (boxed), $5.00; half 

 barrel, $20.00; barrel, $35.00. 



BUG DEATH. Is a non-poisonous, insect-killing 

 powder, that is in high favor, for cabbage and 

 tomato worms, potato and cucumber bugs, etc. 

 It is applied with a duster bellows or powder-gun, 

 at the rate of about 12 lbs. per acre. Price, 15c 

 lb. (P. P. 2 lb.); 3 lbs., 35c (P. P. 4 lb.); 5 lbs., 

 50c (P.P. 6 lb.); 12J lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $7.50. 



BUG DEATH SHAKER for applying above, 25c. 



COPPER SOLUTION, AMMONIATED. A Fungi- 

 cide the same as Bordeaux Mixture, the essential 

 ingredient, "Carbonate of Copper." being dissolved 

 in ammonia in this, while in Bordeaux it is counter- 

 acted by lime. For late sprayings, when fruits are 

 nearing maturity, or plants in bloom, Copper 

 Solution is usually used, as there is no limy sedi- 

 ment left to be washed off by rain or hand before 

 marketing. One quart is sufficient for 25 gallons 

 . of spray. Price, 1 quart, 50c; 1 gallon, $1.50. 



STERLINGWORTH CUT WORM KILLER. Is a 



coarse powder for sprinkling near the plants to be 

 protected. It has an enticing odor and the worms 

 prefer it to vegetation. One pound is sufficient 

 for 175 plants when in hills or 100 feet when in 

 rows. Price, 1 lb. Sprinkler box, 25c; mail weight 

 2 lbs. 5 lb tins. $1.00; mail weight 6 lbs. 25 lb. 

 drum $4.00; 100 lb. bag, $12.00. 



"ELECTRO" TREE WOUND PAINT when applied 

 is an insurance against decay because its scientific 

 composition gives penetrating, antiseptic and 

 elastic water-proofing qualities found in no other 

 paint 



The lighter antiseptic material carry the heavier 

 water-proofing material into the pores of the wood 

 and fix them there so that the heat of the sun and 

 other conditions cannot cause the coating to break 

 away from the treated wood. Price, quart, 50c; 

 gallon, $1.50; 5 gallons. $6.25; 10 gallons, $10.00. 



FIR TREE OIL SOAP. A popular. Insecticide; 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, thrip, blight 

 worms and slugs. An ounce makes 1 gallon. Price, 

 i lb. tin, 25c (P. P. 1 lb.); 2 lbs., 75c (P. P. 3 lb.). 



FISH OIL SOAP. (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 from crawling 

 up. Price, 15c. per lb. (P. P. 2 lb.); 5 lbs. 60c 

 (P. P. 6 lb.); 25 lbs., and over at 10c per lb. 



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FORMALDE- 

 HYDE. It 

 is of pro- 

 nounced ef- 

 ficiency in 

 destroying 

 disease germs 

 affecting 

 both animal 

 and plant life, and 

 is successfully em- 

 ployedas aprevent- 

 ive of such fungoid 

 diseases as potato 

 scab onion and 

 grains muts, musty 



corn and other affected seeds, damping off of seed- 

 lings, club root of roses, etc. The dilution for 

 most purposes is 1 lb. (lpint) Formaldehyde 

 to 15 or 20 gallons of water and 1 to 2 gallons 

 of this dilution is required for treatment of every 

 bushel of seed. Price of Formaldehyde (40 volume 

 %), 1 lb. bottle, 40c; 5 lb. bottle, at 35c lb.; 10 

 lb. bottle, at 30c lb.; 50 lb. demijohn, at 25c lb. 

 132 lb. carboy, at 23c lb. 

 FUNGINE. An effective sulphurated remedy for 

 mildew, rust and other blights. A spraying ma- 

 terial which does not stain the foliage. Prices, 

 half pint, 30c; pint, 50c; quart, 75c; gallon, $2.00. 

 HELLEBORE, Powdered White. For the destruc- 

 tion of slugs, worms, caterpillars, etc. Less poison- 

 ous than Paris Green and London Piirple, and 

 safer to use when fruits or vegetables are nearly 

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

 in 3 gallons of water. Price, 30c per lb. (P. P. 

 2 lb.); 5 lbs., $1.25 (P. P. 6 lb.); 10 lbs.. $2.25 

 (P. P. 11 lbs.). 

 INSECT POWDER. (Persian or Buhach Powder.) 

 Henderson's Superior Grade. (Cheap adulterated 

 grades are worthless.) A most effective, non-poison- 

 ous, impalpable powder, so fine that it penetrates 

 the innermost crevices. For worms, flies, aphis and 

 almost all kinds of insects it is very effectual, suffo- 

 cating them by filling up the breathing pores. 

 Price, 30c $ lb. (P. P. 1 lb.); 1 lb., 50c. (P. P. 

 2 lb.); 5 lbs., $2.25 (P. P. 6 lb.). 

 KEROSENE EMULSION. Prepared according to 

 the most improved formula; ready for use by 

 simply adding water (25 to 50 parts water to one 

 Emulsion.) For the cabbage worm, scale on trees, 

 caterpillars, melon louse, rose bugs, green fly and 

 lice of all kinds, all sucking insects, either on 

 iplants or animals. Price, 1 pint, 25c; 1 quart, 

 40c; 1 gallon, $1.00.; 5 gallons. 34.00. 

 LEMON OIL. An efficient insecticide for destroying 

 all insects and soft scales. It is applied as a spray 

 or wash and has an agreeable odor, f pint, 25c; 

 1 pint, 40c; quart, 75c; 1 gal.. $1.25; 1 gal.. $2.00. 

 LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION. A liquid compound 

 now extensively used 'for all scale insects on trees 

 and shrubs and it is also of benefit for fungous 

 diseases of the bark, etc., as can be treated in 

 winter. It must be diluted and applied with a 

 spray pump while the trees are dormant, after the 

 leaves have fallen in fall and before the buds swell 

 in spring. It can be used quite strong — say 1 

 gallon to 11 gallons of water — during December, 

 January and February, but earlier or later than 

 these months it will be safer to dilute it 1 gallon 

 to 30 to 40 of water. Price, quart can, 30c; gal- 

 lon, 75c; 5 gallons, $3.00; barrel of 50 gallons 

 $15.00. 

 NICOTEEN. An extract of tobacco, containing 

 about 30 per cent, nicotine. A most effectual 

 economical and safe remedy for fumigating green- 

 houses. Use a scant tablespoonful to 1\ pints 

 of water, for each pan, which is sufficient when 

 vaporized, by placing a hot iron in it for 600 

 square feet of floor space. Price, 8 lb. bottle, 

 $10.00; 4 lb. bottle, $5.00; 1 lb. bottle, $1.50; 

 i lb. bottle .85c; If oz. bottle, 40c. 

 NICO-FUME A tobacco paper strongly saturated 

 with pure nicotine. It comes in strips, which, sus- 

 pended and lighted, is one of the best, easiest, 

 simplest and least injurious methods of fumigating 

 conservatories and greenhouses for the destruction 

 of aphis and all insects that succumb to tobacco 

 insecticides. One sheet is sufficient for two thou- 

 sand cubic feet or more. Price, air tight cans of two 

 dozen sheets. 85c (P. P. lib.); 1 gross sheets, $4.00 

 (P. P. 4 lb.); 2 gross sheets. $7.50 (P. P. 7 lb.). 

 NICOTICIDE. An extract of tobacco used in fumi- 

 gation. The required quantity placed in a tin 

 dish and evaporated by a spirit lamp, placed 

 underneath. An effectual remedy for insects in 

 the greenhouse, window garden or frames. Price, 

 4 oz. can. 70c; \ pint, $1.25; pint, $2.50; } gallon, 

 $8.25; gallon, $15.00. 



Note — About Forwarding Insecticides, 

 Fungicides and Fertilizers. 



Purchasers pay express or freight charges on 

 Insecticides, Fungicides and Fertilizers, although 

 some may be forwarded by U. S. Parcel Post 

 within the U. S. or possessions if extra for postage 

 is allowed. All mailable are indicated by the ab- 

 breviation " P. P." and the packed weight is given 

 so postage may be calculated by the "Zone Rate" 

 on page 1. Poisons and fluids (those by the qt. etc.) 

 are not mailable. 



PARIS GREEN. A poisonous, insoluble powdei 

 indispensable on the farm or garden for preventing 

 the ravages of potato bugs, codling meth, worms, 

 caterpillars, slugs and bugs. Applied as a powder 

 it should be mixed with plaster or flour, 100 parts 

 to 1 part of Paris Green, in solution mix 1 lb. in 

 200 to 300 gallons water. Price, \ lb. package, 

 20c; 1 lb. package, 35c; 5 lb. package, $1.50 

 28 lb. bucket, $7.00; 100 lb. keg. $25.00. 



PYROX. (Bowker's). The one best and safest all- 

 round spray which kills all leaf-eating insects and 

 prevents blights and all fungous troubles, without 

 injury, on fruit trees, grape-vines, currant bushes, 

 potatoes, cantaloupes, cucumbers, and other gar 

 den vegetables, also on rose bushes, shrubbery, 

 etc. It is a creamy paste which looks like paint 

 and "sticks like paint." It needs only to be 

 mixed with cold water and it is ready to apply. 

 Price, 1 lb. bottle, 25c; 5 lb. crock, $1.00; 10 lb. 

 crock $1.75; 25 lb. crock, $4.00; 50 lb. keg, $7.50; 

 100 lb. keg, $13.50. 



SCALECIDE. The latest and best spray for San 

 Jose scale, cottony maple scale and Pear Psylla. 

 It is not poisonous, being simply a mechanical 

 preparation of petroleum oil that instantly mixes 

 with cold water and is immediately ready to apply. 

 1 gallon of "Scalecide" to 20 gallons of water 

 sprayed on your trees and bushes will kill every 

 scale that it reaches without injury to tree or fruit 

 if applied in late fall, winter or early 6pring 

 while the foliage is off. Safe and easy to apply. 

 Price, 1 gallon can, $1.00; 5 gallon can, $3.25; 10 

 gallon can, $6.00; 50 gallon barrel, $25.00. 



SLUG SHOT. A non-poisonous powder and a very 

 popular insecticide; 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. Price, per 

 kegofl251bs.net, $7.00; per barrel of 250 lbs., net 

 $13.00; 10 lb. package, 60c. P. P. 1 1 lb.) ; 5 lb. pack- 

 age 35c. (P. P. 6.1b.) ; in tin cannister with perfor 

 ated top for applying 25c each. (p. P. 2 lb.). 



SCOTCH SOFT COAL SOOT. This prevents in 

 sect ravages and also acts as a stimulating fertilizer. 

 Used in onion drills, radish beds, cabbage grounds, 

 etc., it checks the attacks of grubs, cut-worms, etc. 

 When scattered lightly, as a top-dressing around 

 plants, it drives away insects that hide in the ground 

 bydayandlay theireggsneartheroots. Supplied in 

 50 lb. bag, $2.00.-100 lb. bag, price. $3.50 



SULPHUR, FLOWERS OF. Price. 10c. per lb. 

 P. P. 2 lb.; 10 lbs., 60c (P. P. 11 lb.) 25 lbs. and 

 over, at 5c. per lb. 



TOBACCO DUST, Fine. For green and black aphis. 

 fleas, beetles, etc. Splendid fertilizer and preven- 

 tive for insects in the ground and around roots. 

 Price. 10c per lb. (P. P. 2 lb.); 5 lbs., 35c (P. 

 P. 6 lb.); 10 lbs., 60c (P. P. 11 lb.); 25 lb. bag. 

 S1.00; 50 lb. bag, $1.75. 100 lb. bag, $3.00. 



TOBACCO POWDER, FUMIGATING. Extra strong 

 Havana Tobacco Dust for fumigating. Price, 25 lb. 

 bag, $1.25; 50 lb. bag, $2.00; 100 lb. bag, $3.75. 



TOBACCO STEMS. For fumigating greenhouses 

 and conservatories for the destruction of green and 

 black aphis and other insects. Price. 100 lb. 

 bale. $1.50; per ton of 2000 lbs. $25.00. 



TREE TANGLEFOOT. No crawling insect can pass 

 a band of tree tanglefoot. Apply early in the 

 spring — before the caterpillars commence to crawl 

 and again in the fall if trubled with the fall 

 Canker worm. One pound for a six-foot band 

 4 inches wide, fa inch thick. Prices, 1 lb. acn 30c; 

 (P. P. 2 lb.) ; 3 lb. can, 85c (P. P. 4 lb.) ; 10 lb. can 

 $2.65; (P. P. 11 lb.) 20 lb. can, $4.80. 



X. L. ALL VAPORIZING COMPOUND. An English 

 preparation for fumigating greenhouse. Bottle con- 

 taining sufficient to fumigate 10,000 cubic feet, 

 S2.25; 20,000 cubic feet, S4.00. 



X. L.ALL LIQUID INSECTICIDE FOR SPRAYING. 

 A Nicotine preparation. Pint. 65c; quart. $1.00; 

 K gal.,S1.75;gal. S3.50. 



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