Su^'^lies and '^R.equisites 
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SUPPLIES AND REQUISITES 
Including many articles essential in Gardens and Greenhouses 
E have arranged to supply our customers with the many essentials required in garden and greenhouse work, some 
ot which are not readily accessible, or cannot well be procured of proper quality for the purpose intended. Or- 
eliid growers, especially, will find our peat, moss, cylinders, cribs, rafts, etc., the very best tor the purpose, and at 
moderate price. 
MATERIALS FOR ORCHID CULTURE 
(Also for Nepenthes and Sarracenias) 
KAFTS, CYLINDERS and CRIBS. Made of bard 
wood, put together with copper wire and brass nails. 
Cribs. 
Per doz.— 4 inch, .$2; 5 inch, $2.25; 6 inch, $2..'50; 
7 inch, $2.75; 8 inch, $3; 9 inch, $3.50; 10 inch, $3.75; 
11 inch, $4.20 ; 12 inch, $4.50. 
Bafts. 
Per Aoz.—l inch, $1.50; 8 inch, $2; 9 inch, $2.25; 
10 inch, $2.40; 11 inch, $2.60; 12 inch, $2.80; 14 inch, 
$3 ; 16 inch, $3.25. 
Cylinders. 
Each.— 8x12 inch, $1; 10x14 inch, $1.25; 12x18 
Inch, $1.50; 14x25 inch, $2. 
ORCHID POTS. All sizes supplied at manufactur- 
ers' prices ; send list of your wants. 
Special prices for large quantities. 
PEAT, FIBROUS, of best quality. The proper article 
in which to grow most orchids is our fibrous peat, 
which is really the fine wirelilse roots of hard wooded 
vegetation, combined with a proportion of 
decomposed leaves and roots. The fibrous 
parts is separated from the finer decomposed 
material by drying and shaking the lai'go clumps 
or cakes; as reeeivod, and is really the very 
best thing in which to grow orchids, affording proper 
support and perfect drainage. In practice, it is used 
with about one-fourth dry sphagnum moss, chopped 
up with it and thoroughly mixed. The finer portion 
of the peat, as shaken out, is a very good material, 
when mi.xed with good loam, in which to grow 
palms, ferns and all stove plants. We claim that 
our filn-ous peat for orchid culture is of superior 
quality; nowhere else have we found peat to equal 
it. Our peat is taken from upland beds, and does 
not rot or decay quickly, as is generally the case 
with peat which is taken from wet, marshy places ; 
it will not sour. Anyone familiar with the appear- 
ance of the healthy stock throughout all the orchid 
houses at Rose Ilill well knows that the quality of 
peat and the best quality of live sphagnum moss 
contribute considerably to the general good result. 
Fibrous peat, per bag, .?2 : i)er barrel, $2.50 ; prices 
for larger quantities on application. 
MVE SPHAGNUM MOSS. First quality, short va- 
riety, upland grown, %'i per barrel ; second quality, 
long variety, swamp grown, $2.50 per barrel. 
Dead or Dry Moss. Excellent for mixing with peat 
for potting material, and also good for packing, $2 
per barrel. Prices for larger quantities on applica- 
tion. 
POTTING MATERIAL 
Suitable for Palms, Stove Plants, Ferns and New Holland Plants ; also for Rhododendrons 
and Azaleas for Pot or Outdoor Culture 
COCOANUT FIBER. The real article, in the fine 
hairlike state : the best thing for perfect drainage 
in flower pots or tubs. Per barrel, $3 ; smaller 
quantities in proportion. 
FINE PEAT, not fibrous. Per bag. $1.,50: per bbl., $2. 
LEAF MOLD. Per bag, ,$1 : per barrel. $1.50. 
PEAT and LEAF MOLD MIXED. Per bag, $1.50- 
per barrel, $2. 
INSECTICIDES 
Preparations which will keep your plants from being infested with insects ; use them in time, and avoid Injury ■ pre- 
TentlOQ is far better than cure. ' 
TOBACCO JUICE. Chemically prepared with other 
ingredients. Will keep roses, clirysanthemums, car- 
nations, liouvardias, orchids, palms, foliage and 
many other idauts free from the green and black 
aphis, the ro.se bug, red spider, and green worm, 
known as the "spanner" ; also mealy bug, scale, etc. 
Should be applied with a syringe three or four times 
in succession where the least sign is shown of their 
appearance; is diluted with water. Quart bottles, 
50 cents: per gallon, $1..")0. in one to five-gallon 
cans. Full directions given with each bottle or can. 
TOBACCO DUST. This is a splendid insecticide for 
general use, aiul tlu' best article for dusting vege- 
table plants, such as melons, cucumbers, etc., as it 
quickly destroys the flea and the striped beetles 
which feed upon the leaves; it should he sprinkled 
upon them wliile moist. Spread upon the ground it 
keeps off earth insects, and acts as a fertilizer. Per 
lb., 8 cents; 10-11.. pkg., (iO cents; 100 lbs., .f.^. 
TOBACCO SOAP (Rose Brand). JIakes an excel- 
lent wash for plants and trees infested with green 
fly, lice and eggs of insects. Dissolve two ounces in 
a gallon of water. % lb. tins, 2.') cents. In 10, 25 
or 50-pound cans, $4, $10 and $18. 
SIEBRECHT'S TOBACCO POWDER, Clieml- 
cally Prepared. This is the only article used with 
effect for destroying tlirips which infest orchards. 
In canisters, 50 cents each. 
TOBACCO STEMS FOR FUMIGATING. Clean 
and free from rubbish. In bales of 100 lbs., $1.50 
each ; about 500 pound bales, $G. 
FIR-TREE OIL. This insect destroyer has proved to 
be most effective for red spidei-, green flv, mealy 
bug, caterpillars, slugs, blight, etc. nilute with 
water and apply with ordinary or bellows syringe, 
or hy dipping tlie plants in it. Price, with full di- 
rections, V2 pint bottle. .50 cents; pints, 75 cents: 
qt., $1.50; y. gal., $2.75; gal., $.5. 
LITTLE ANTIPEST. One of the safest and most 
powerful insect destroyers: it kills the pests every 
time. In liquid form, diluted with water, $2.80 
lier gal. 
WHALE OIL SOAP. Makes an excellent wash for 
trees and plants; kills insects and eggs on the bark. 
Per lb., 12 cents; 5 lbs., ,^)0 cents; 25 lbs. and over, 
8 cents per lb. 
The Largest Horticultural Establishment in America. 
