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J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s Catalogue of Seeds. 



Fertilizers. 



These Fertilizers are specially manufactured for us, and are reliable and efficient for the purposes 

 specified. Bone basis guaranteed. 



Great care should be taken that all Fertilizers are well incorporated with the soil, so as not to come in 

 contact with and destroy the vitality of the seed sown. 



THORBURINTS COMPLETE MANURE. 



Guaranteed to coatain ammonia, 3 to 3>£ per cent. ; phosphoric acid, all soluble, 8 to 10 per cent. ; sulphate 

 of potash, 7 to 1]4 P er cent. ; sulphate of magnesia, soda, lime, sulphuric acid, etc. 



Adapted for use on all crops, such as corn, tomotoes, potatoes, peas, beans and early vegetables, and is 

 especially suited for grain crops and for seeding down grass. 



Price— In 167-lb. bags, per ton, $35 ; single bags of 167 lbs., $3.50 ; per bag of 75 lbs., $2 ; 50 lbs., $1.50 ; 



25 lbs., $1; 10 lbs., 50 cts. 



THORBURN'S POTATO MANURE. 



Guaranteed to contain ammonia, 4^ to 5 per cent. ; phosphoric acid, all soluble, 7 to 9 per cent. ; actual 

 potash, 9 to 10 per cent. ; sulphate of magnesia, soda, lime, sulphuric acid, etc. 



This manure is for special use on the potato crop, and is also adapted for sweet potatoes, vines and fruit 

 trees, and all leguminous plants. 

 Price— In 167-lb. bags, per ton, $43 ; single bags of 167 lbs., $4; per bag of 75 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $1.75; 



25 lbs., $1 ; 10 lbs., 50 cents. 



THORBURN 3 S LAWN FERTILIZER. 



Guaranteed to contain ammonia, 5 to 6 per cent. ; phosphoric acid, all soluble, 5>£ to 7 per cent. ; actual 

 potash, iy 2 to S}4 per cent. ; lime, sulphate of magnesia, soda, sulphuric acid, etc. 



Specially prepared for lawns and meadows as a top dressing, imparting to grass a rich green color and 

 vigorous growth. 



Price— In 167-lb. bags, per ton, $43 ; single bags of 167 lbs., $4; per bag of 75 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $1.75 ; 



25 lbs., SI; 10 lbs., 50 cents. 



Quantity required per acre on soils not impoverished, about one-half ton. 



OTHER FERTILIZERS. 



Ground Bone Meal 5 lbs., 25 cts. ; 50 lbs., $1.25; 100 lbs., $2; per ton, $32. 



No. 3 per 100 lbs., $2.75; per ton, $40. 



Crushed or Coarse Bone per 100 lbs., $3 ; per ton, $45. 



Guano, Peruvian 21b. boxes, 25 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $4; per bag or ton, according to market. 



Unleached Wood Ashes per ton, $22. In less quantities, $2.50 per bag of 167 lbs. 



Thorburn's Floralis or Concentrated Plant Pood. Best Fertilizer for general use . . 2-lb. boxes, 25 cts. 

 Sheep Manure, Pulverized. Excellent for lawns. 5-lbs., 30c. ; 25-lbs., $1.25; 50-lbs.,$2; 100-lb. bag, $3; ton, $45. 



Insecticides, (insect destroyers.) 



Per lb. 



Fir-Tree Oil. Destroys all plant insects without injuring the plant. Dilute in the proportion of one 



pint to twenty gallons of water K"Pt-> 40 cts. ; pt., 75 cts. ; qt., $1.25; % $2.25; gal., $4 . 



Gishurst's Compound. A certain remedy for greenfly, scale, mealy bug, etc. Excellent for greenhouse 



use. Full directions for use on each box per lb. box, 50 cts. . 



Hellebore White, Powdered. An excellent protection from currant worms, grape slugs, etc. May be 



applied dry by dusting on with bellows, or as a liquid mixed at the rate of 1 lb. to 30 gallons of water . $0 30 

 Paris Green, Pure. Mixed at the rate of 1 lb. to 200 gallons of water it will prove effective against all 



chewing insects 30 



Little's Antipest. A sure destroyer of all insect pests. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation. 



Mixed with water in the following proportions, it is effectual against— Greenfly, 1 pt. to 10 gallons of 



water; mealy bug, 1 pt. to 1% gallons; red spider, 1 pt. to 2 gallons; ants, wireworms and slugs, 



1 pt. to 1 gallon gal. can, $1.50; gal. can, $2.50 . 



London Purple. As destructive to insects as the Paris Green, and is more easily dissolved ..... 25 

 Slug- Shot (Hammond's). Excellent for destroying cabbage, turnip and beetfly, potato bugs, currant 



worms, etc. Prepared ready for use . 5-lb. package, 30 cents ; 10-lb. package, 50 cents ; 100 lbs. , $4 . 

 Sulphur, Powdered. Valuable for protecting against mildew on grapes, roses, etc. . . . 10 lbs,, 60 cts. . 10 

 Tobacco Soap. Dissolve in proportion of 2 ounces to a gallon of water and apply with a syringe or 



atomizer. It will destroy rose-slugs, aphides, greenfly, bark-lice, etc per % lb. tin, 25 cts. . 



Tobacco Dust. If dusted on while the foliage is moist it destroys rose-lice, cabbage and turnip fleas, etc. 



Spread upon the ground it keeps off all earth insects, and also acts as an excellent fertilizer .... 



5-lb. package, 30 cts. ; 10-lb. package, 50 cts. ; per 100 lbs., $2.50 . 



Tobacco Stems. For fumigating plants infested with greenfly, etc. . 100 lbs., $2 ; bales of about 250 lbs., $4. 

 Whale-Oil Soap. For washing trees and destroying all insects on the bark. Mixed at the rate of 1 lb. 



to 4 gallons of water, it will rid cabbasre, rose bushes, peach trees, etc., of the aphides that so often 



infest them . . . .In boxes of 2 lbs., 30 cts. ; 5 lbs., 70 cts. : 10 lbs., $1 ; 20 lbs.. $1.75; 100 lb. keg. $5.50. 

 Bordeaux Mixture. For all fungoid diseases, such as mildew and the various rots of the grape. It 



is prepared as follows : Dissolve 6 lbs. sulphate of copper (blue vitriol) in 6 gallons of hot water; in 



another vessel slake 4 lbs. of fresh lime in 6 gallons of cold water. When both are cool, pour the two 



mixtures together and add 10 gallons of water. This then, when all is thoroughly mixed, is ready 



for use, and may be applied at any time without injury to the foliage. 

 Price for blue vitriol varies from 10 cts. to 15 cts. per lb., in quantities. 



