J. M. THORBURN & CO 'S CATALOGUE OF BULBS 39 



Insecticides and Remedies for Plant Diseases 



If wanted by mail, add 16 cents per lb. to cover postage 



APHINE. Has no equal for the destruction of green, 

 black, or white fiy, thrips, red spider, mealy bug, 

 caterpillars, scale, etc. Used one part to forty parts 

 of water. Does not injure the most tender plants. 

 Qt. Si, gal. S2. 50. 



BUG DEATH. This is a fungicide, insecticide, and 

 plant-food combined, i-lb. package, 15 cts.; 3-lb. 

 package, 35 cts.; 5-lb. package, 50 cts.; 123^^-Ib. 

 package, Si; lOO-lb. package, S7.50. 



FIR-TREE OIL. For greenhouse and house plants. 

 Destroys insects without injuring plant. Dilute 

 I pint to 20 gallons water. Apply with vaporizer or 

 syringe. 3^pt. 40 cts., pt. 75 cts., qt. Si. 25, 3^gal. 

 S2. 25, gal. $4. 



FIR-TREE OIL. SOAP. Mix at the rate of i ounce to 

 a gallon of water, and apply wuth a bellows or syr- 

 inge. Hlb. tin, 25 cts.; 2-lb. tin, 75 cts. 



DALMATIAN INSECT POWDER. Effective against 

 almost all kinds of insects. Vzlh. box, 30 cts.; i-Ib. 

 box, 50 cts. 



GISHURST'S COMPOUND. A certain remedy for 

 greenfly, scale, mealy bug, etc. Excellent for green- 

 house use. i-lb. box, 50 cts. 



HAMMOND'S GRAPE DUST. For the prevention 

 of mildew on roses, grapes, gooseberries, etc. Apply 

 with bellows. 5-lb. pkg. 35 cts., lo-lb. pkg. 60 cts., 

 100 lbs. S5. 



HELLEBORE, POWDERED. Apply dry or mix in 

 water — i oz. to 3 gals. 2-Ib. box 35 cts., i-lb. box 20 

 cts., J^lb. box i2c. 



KEROSENE EMULSION. For cabbage worms, scale 

 on trees, caterpillars, melon louse, rose bugs, green fly, 

 etc. Dilute 25 to 50 parts. Qt. 40 cts., gal. Si. 



LEMON OIL. For destroying scale, caterpillar, mealy 

 bug, etc. Directions on can. ^pt. 25 cts., pt. 40 cts., 

 qt. 75 cts., gal. S2. 



ANTIPEST. A sure destroyer of all insect pests. Qt. 

 60 cts., Hgal. can Si, gal. can S2. 



NICOTICIDE. For fumigating or spraying. Effective 

 against greenfly, mealy bug, etc. Does not damage 

 foliage or flowers. Sold in cans as follows: No. i, 

 I pt., sufficient for 32,000 cubic feet of space, S2.50 

 each; No. 2, J^pt., sufficient for 16,000 cubic feet of 

 space, Si. 25; No. 3, 4 oz., sufficient for 8,000 cubic 

 feet of space, 70 cts. Gals., Si 5; each i-^-gals. S8.25 

 each; qts., S4.50 each. Fumigators, 50 cts. each. 



"NICO-FUME" TOBACCO PAPER. For fumigating 

 greenhouses. Does not injure blooms. Packed in 

 special friction-top tins. 24 sheets, 75 cts. 144 sheets, 

 $■3.50; 288 sheets, S6.50. 



NICO-FUME LIQUID. For fumigating or spraying. 

 Effective against greenfly, mealy bug, etc. Does not 

 stain or injure blooms, and leav^es no disagreeable 

 odor. For spraying, i to 2 teaspoonfuls to a gallon of 

 water. Mpt. 50 cts., pt. Si. 50, Hgal. $5-50, gal. 

 S10.50. Lamps, 50 cts. each. 



PARIS GREEN. Mixed at the rate of i lb. to 200 gals, 

 of water. Effective against all chewing insects, i-lb. 

 can, 35 cts., H-lb. can 20 cts., 3^-lb. can 12 cts. 

 Fluctuates in price. 



SLUG-SHOT (HAMMOND'S). Excellent for de- 

 stroying cabbage, turnip and beet fly, potato bugs, 

 currant worms, etc. 5-lb. package, 30 cts., lo-lb. 

 pkg. 50 cts., loo-lb. pkg. S4.50. 



SULPHUR, POWDERED. \'aluable for protecting 

 aijainst mildew on grapes, roses, etc. Lb. 10 cts., 10 

 lbs. 60 cts., 100 lbs. 54. 



SULPHO-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. 3-oz. box, 10 cts.; 

 S-oz. box, 20 cts., lo-lb. box, S3. 



TOBACCO DUST— 



Ordinary Kind. For dusting. Lb. 10 cts., 5 lbs. 



35 cts., 10 lbs. 60 cts., 100 lbs. $2. 75. 

 Stoothofi's "Black Stuff." For dusting. 50 lbs. 



S2. 25, 100 lbs. $4. 

 Stoothofl's **Fumigating Kind." For burning. 

 50 lbs. _S2. 25, 100 lbs. S4. 



TOBACCO STEMS. For fumigating plants infested 

 with green fly. Bale of about 100 lbs.. Si. 50; 200 

 lbs., S2. 75; 400 lbs., S4.50. 



"ROSE-LEAF" TOBACCO EXTRACT. Pure, con- 

 centrated extract of tobacco; effective against insects 

 and scale on plants. Pint 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., gal. Si. 25. 



TREE TANGLEFOOT. A sticky substance applied 

 directly to the bark. For protecting trees against 

 climbing insect pests in a simple economical and 

 effective way. One application remains sticky, 

 fully exposed to weather, three months. One pound 

 will make a band 7 to 8 feet long. i-lb. can 30 cts., 

 3 lbs. 85 cts., 10 lbs. S2. 65, 20 lbs. S4.80. 



WHALE-OIL SOAP. For washing trees and destroy- 

 ing all insects on the bark. i-lb. box, 15 cts., 5 lbs. 

 50 cts., 10 lbs. 90 cts., 100 lbs. S7. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE, or FUNGIROID. For 

 all fungous diseases. Dry, i-lb. box 20 cts., 5 lbs. 

 and over at 18 cts. per lb.; 50 lbs. S7; liquid, qt. 40 

 cts., gal.* Si. 25. 



X. L. ALL LIQUID INSECTICIDE. For spraying. 

 English preparation; purely nicotine; harmless to 

 very delicate plants; kills mealy bugs, red spider and 

 all insect pests. Pt. 65 cts., qt. Si, 3^gal. Si. 75, gal. 

 S3. 50. 



FOR SAN JOSE SCALE 



Horicum (Hammond's). A lime, sulphur and salt 

 mixture, entirely free from grit, i gallon makes 25 

 by adding sufficient water. Qt. 40 cts., 3^gal. 75 cts., 

 gal. Si. 25. 



California Wash (Lime, sulphur and salt.) One gallon 

 makes 25 by adding sufficient water. Qt. 40 cts., 

 gal. Si. 



Scalecide. Petroleum oil that mixes at once with cold 

 water and stays mixed. Xo hot water necessary. 

 Add I gallon for every 15 to 20 gallons of water. Qt. 

 40 cts., gal. Si, 5 gals. S3.25. 



Cooper's Tree Spray Fluids 



The most effective remedies yet discovered for San 

 Jose scale and kindred troubles. No sediment to clog 

 nozzles. Can be mixed instantly with cold water. 

 VI FLUID. For winter or spring use on dormant 

 trees. Kills San Jose scale, oyster shell scale, eggs "of 

 insects, spores of fungi, mosses and lichens. 

 V2 FLUID. For summer use w^hen trees are in bud or 

 leaf. Kills codling worms, oyster-shell scale, insect, 

 woolly and all forms of aphis, pear and apple psylla 

 without injury to leaf or blossom. 



One gallon of either fluid mixed with cold water 

 makes 100 gallons of mixture,. 

 Price of either fluid, qt., $1; ^gaL, $1.75; 

 gal., $3; 5 gals., $14 



