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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



Hammond's Slug Shot 



Slug Shot destroys all insects injurious to 

 House and Garden Plants, Shrub, Trees, 

 Vines, Potatoes, Melons, Cabbages, Currants, 

 and Vegetables, and Fruits of all kinds. This 

 preparation though poisonous to insects, does 

 not injure the foliage in the least, and acts 

 in some measure as a fertilizer to the plants. 



DIRECTIONS FOR USE — Dust the powder 

 lightly over the infected plants, so as to 

 cover every part of them. One application is 

 generally sufficient, but if a new brood ap- 

 pears, repeat the operation at once. Not pre- 

 paid, 5 lbs. 60 cts., 10 lbs. $1.10, 50 lbs. $5.00, 

 100 lbs. $10.00. By mail, prepaid, lb. 20 cts., 

 3 lbs. 55 cts. 



"Jumbo" Insect Powder Gun 



This is one of the best Bellows for apply- 

 ing Insect Powder to plants and for house- 

 hold use. .c>y its use the powder may be 

 made to penetrate into the most inaccessable 

 places, and all parts of a plant. Made to 

 meet a demand for as large a gun as can be 

 held in the hand, 4 inches in diameter, large 

 opening for filling. It sells at sight, and is 

 recommended by all who have used it. Price 

 40 cts. each, by mail. 



Red Snapper Plant Food and Soap 



The Plant Food makes 

 plants grow and blos- 

 som, the Soap is used as 

 a bath for the flowers or 

 as a spray. With prop- 

 er dilution it is entirely 

 harmless to plants, but 

 death to insects of all 

 kinds that infest plants 

 in the house. See below 

 for prices, etc. 



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This is one of the best weeders made. Its 

 special advantage over all other weeders of 

 this class is that it has a band which passes 

 over the fingers, which, when the tool is not 

 in use, gives full use of the hand for pulling 

 weeds and thinning out plants without lay- 

 ing down the tool. It is neatly and strongly 

 made. Price 25 cts., by mail. 



Excelsior Weeding Hook 



This tool can be used to great advantage 

 among small and tender plants. It is war- 

 ranted to give entire satisfaction when used 

 among rows of seedlings, among ornamental 

 plants, or in any place where absolute free- 

 dom from weeds is desired. Price 20 cts., 

 by mail. 



"Red Snapper" Plant Food 



MAKES PLANTS GROW AND BLOSSOM 



, This is an extremely nutritious organic fertilizer possessing fifteen times the value of 

 fresh stable manure. It is not a stimulant but a real food for all kinds of flowers, plants, 

 vines, shrubs, etc. Every particle of this food is taken up by the plant which fast becomes 

 sturdy and healthy, producing a profusion of blossoms of large size with a richness of col- 

 oring rarely attained under the very best of other conditions. . We claim no secrets or magic 

 power for Red Snapper Plant Food. It is made from the head bones and nitrogenous car- 

 tilage of the South American Red Snapper fish, dried under intense heat, mixed with other 

 organic plant foods to make a perfectly balanced ration, ground and bolted with flower 

 milling machinery into a fine meal. It is thoroughly sterilized, clean and sanitary, to be used 

 in the finest homes and conservatories as well as for out door use. Enclosed with each 

 package except the 25c size is a valuable booklet of fourteen chapters on the care and cul- 

 ture o'f flowers and plants, also a liberal package of Red Snapper Plant Tonic for Sweetening 

 sour or dead soil. 



Price: 10 ozs. without tonic 25c; by mail 30c 



2 lb. package with tonic • 50c; by mail 60c 



5 lb. package with tonic $1.00; by mail $1.25 



12* lb. package with tonic for outdoor use by express $1.50 



"Red Snapper" Plant Soap Insecticide 



A bath and spray for flowers and plants. Destroys practically all plant insect pests. 

 £ pint can 25c 



