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LINN COUNTY NURSERY 
Miscellaneous 
Raffia. Best Madagascar, for tying Inuls and plants. 15c per lb., 8 lbs. for $1.00. 
Grafting Thread. Unwaxed. 10c per ball. Waxed. 15c per ball. If by mail, add 
2c per ball for unwaxed and 7c per ball for waxed. 
Grafting Knives. Hand forged, razor steel, 40c each; by mail, 45c. 
Budding Knives. Ebony handle, bone tip for raising bark, finest razor steel, 7Sc 
each; add 5c for postage. 
Pruning Shears. Best made, $1.00 each; by mail, $1.10. 
Honey Bees, Queens. Write for prices. 
In Our Hothouse we grow a general line of Garden and Vegetable Plants for early 
planting, including Cabbage, Tomato, Cauliflower, Eggplant, Pepper, Celery and Sweet 
Potato. Prices sent on application. 
Root Grafts. We have a large stock of most kinds of fruit tree seedlings, and will 
be prepared to put up first-class root grafts of almost everything mentioned in this 
catalogue. Send list of grafts wanted, and we will make the price right. Orders for 
grafts must be received by March 1st. 
Spraying Information 
Spraying is now recognized as a necessary operation to keep plants and trees 
healthy, especially where grown extensively; accordingly we print a few of the stand- 
ard formulas and a very brief outline of treatment for the common fruits. For more 
complete information send to the Horticultural Department at Ames, Iowa, for spray- 
ing calendar. 
For Biting Insects 
Lead Arsenate 
Lead acetate (sugar of lead) 11 oz. 
Sodium arsenate 4 oz. 
Water 50 gal. 
Pulverize and dissolve the acetate and 
arsenate separately and pour together. 
This formula may be used two or three 
times this strength without injury to 
plants. It adheres better than any other 
arsenical spray and is altogether more 
desirable. 
Arsenic, Soda and Ldme. 
White arsenic 1 lb. 
Sal-soda 4 lb. 
Water 1 gal. 
Boil the above ingredients for fifteen 
to twenty minutes, when the arsenic 
should be dissolved, leaving only a little 
sediment. This stock solution may be 
kept indefinitely, but should be labeled 
"poison." 
Two quarts of this solution may be 
used in place of 1 pound Paris Green by 
adding about 4 pounds fresh slacked 
lime with it. 
In employing these formulas use great 
care. The pots and utensils used in pre- 
paring the solution should not be em- 
ployed for other purposes. The arsenic 
should be plainly labeled, lest it be mis- 
taken for something else. 
Paris Green. 
Paris green 1 lb. 
Lime (fresh) 1 lb. 
Water 100 to 200 gallons. 
Hellebore — Also for Sucking Insects. 
White Hellebore 1 oz. 
Water 2 gals. 
Or mix with three parts flour and dust 
on. It does not poison ripening fruit. 
For Sucking Insects 
Kerosene Emulsion. 
Kerosene (coal oil) 2 gals. 
Rain water 1 gal. 
Soap 1/2. lb. 
Dissolve soap in water by boiling; 
take from fire and while hot turn in kero- 
sene and churn briskly for five minutes. 
To be diluted before using, with nine 
parts water; for scale, insects and all 
sucking insects on growing plants. 
Tobacco Infusion. 
Tobacco (waste stems) 1 lb. 
Boiling water 4 gals. 
Add hot water to tobacco and let stand 
until cold. Strain and add 1 pound of 
whale oil soap or 2 pounds of soft soap 
to each 50 gallons of infusion. For 
aphis. 
Pyrethrum or Insect Powder. 
Pyretlirum powder 1 oz. 
Water 3 gals. 
P'or dry application — Mix thoroughly 
one part by weight of insect powder with 
four of cheap flour and keep in a closed 
vessel for 24 hours before dusting over 
plants attacked, 
Lime-Sulphur Wash. 
Quicklime (fresh) 15 lbs. 
Sulphur IS lb. 
