FERTILIZERS. 
^ NOTE — On all Fertilizers and Insecticides, if to be sent by mail, a 
W^^'s Lawn Enrlcher — Beware of imitations. To have a perfect 
lawn, the ground must be in perfect condi- 
tion, and to brinj? it to that perfection, good 
fertilizers m\;st be used. To make a beautiful 
green lawn without manure is an impossibil- 
ity, this we have learned by our long experi- 
ence in the laying out of grounds. We now 
offer oxir patrons the only lawn fertilizer we 
have found beneficial, and feel confident that 
it will give full satisfaction. Quantity to be 
used, lolbs. will be sufficient for 300 square 
feet, either on old or new lawns. Prices : 5 
lbs,, 30c.' 10 lbs., 50c., 20 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs. $2.00; 
100 lbs., $4.00. Special prices for larger quan- 
tities can be had on, application. 
Pure Ground Bone— This is well adapted tor general fertilizing 
purposes. We offer a very fine quality and quite pure. Prices 
) per barrels : 218 lbs $5.00 per bbl. 
/Crushed Bone— Moderately coarse and very useful in the cultiva- 
\ tion of vines, small fruit and trees ; perfectly pure. Price per 100 
lbs., $3.00. 
Pure Bone Meal— This is ground very fine and for mixing with sou 
for potting or bedding purposes is extremely useful, the j^roportion 
generally used is 5 per cent, meal to 100 pounds soil. It is also an 
excellent top dressing for lawns. Price i, 2 and 5 lb. packages, 
10c. per lb ; per 10 lb. package, 80c.; per 25 lb. package, $1.50. Quan- 
tities of 50 and 100 lbs. and over, 4c. per lb. and $60 per ton. 
Peruvian Cuano A natural fertilizer brought from the coast of 
Peru, where it is to be had in abundance , as a fertilizer it cannot 
be too highly recommended. Price 1 to 10 lbs., loc. per lb.; 25 lb. 
bag, $2.00, and 200 lb. lots, 4c. per lb. 
Bowker's Food for Flowers— The best fertilizer for house plants. 
Clean to handle and perfectly odorless , it produces a rich, green 
growth and profusion of flowers if used according to directions 
which accompany it. Small pkts. 15c, or by mail 20c. Large pack- 
age, enough for twenty plants for one year, 30c.; mail 40c. 
INSECTICIDES. 
Fir Tree Oil — This new insect destroyer has proved to be one of the 
most reliable for red spider, gree'n flv, mealy bug, scale, ants, 
thrip, onion fly, caterpillars, .slugs, blight, etc.; dilute vith water 
and apply with ordinary or bellows syringe, or by dipping the plants 
in. Price, V? pint, 50c., pint, 75c , qt., $1 50; Y2 gal., $2.75; .-^al , $5.00. 
Powdered White Hellebore— For rose slugs, currant worms, etc. 
Dust on with gun or bellows while the foliage is moist, i^rice, 50c. 
per lb 
[•hale Oil- Soap— Makes an excellent wash for trees and plants, 
ilis instAs and eggs on the bark. Price per lb., 20c.; 2 lbs., 35c,; 
s lbs., 75c" 25 lbs. and over, loc. per lb. 
Tobacco Seems— For smoking plants infested with green fly, etc. 
Dampen before lighting. Price, per bale of 50 lbs., $1.35, bale of 
100 lbs., $2.0U. 
cents per lb. must be added. 
Tobacco Dust— Kills green and black fly, etc.> if dusted or blown 
on the foliage while moist. Price, per lb., 10c. We also have a 
coarse article^ for sprinkling on the ground. It drives away insects 
in the earth and is an excellent fertilizer. Price, per bbl., $3.00. 
Slug Shot — Hammond's Cele- 
brated Slug Shot is guaranteed 
to destroy potato bugs and 
those on tomato and egg plants, 
currant worms, cabbage lice^ 
and worms, flea beetles, and 
striped bugs on melons, squaslu 
turnips, beets, onions, etc. Can- 
ker worms and caterpillars on 
fruit and ornamental trees. A 
preventive of the rose bug and 
rut worm. IOC. per Jb. ; 5 lbs, 
for 40c. TEADK MABK. 
Qrabe Dust— A p<nvder 
for fighting mikiewand 
blight. This prepara- 
tion has been usccl suc- 
cc s sf u I Iv over all de- 
grees of latitude, em- 
bracing the zones of 
Canada and Florida. 
This powder is superior 
to liquid remedies, 
being more easily 
liandled and applied*; 
htiwever, the success in 
the use of Grape Du.st 
depends more or lesson 
the intelligent manner 
in which it is used, and 
atmospheric ctmditions 
foUowmg its use, aid or 
retard its effectiveness 
and necessitate few or 
more applications. The 
application of Grape 
Dust is simple and safe. 
—By using a bellows it 
is spread in a cloud of fine dust, settling over 'fruit and leaves and 
stems. Whether on grapes in the conservatory, in the vineyard, 
or in long stretches of vineyard trclUs, or bunches in the greenhouse, 
a careful man can take any good bellows—inserting the nozzle 
among the leaves, with a puff or two covering lightlv the foliage. 
A few pounds go over a great surface, for it is verv diffusive, and 
it destroys or drives off various insects on plants, , Prices, per 5 lb 
pkg , 40C.; 10 lb. pkg., 75c., single lb., 10c. 
0£ . MAP'^* 
GARDEN TOOLS. 
Shears, Pruning, solid steel, 8 in $i 50 
" Hedge, ** " blades 8 in 2 00 
** " " " 9 in 2 25 
Syringes, made of solid brass in the be.st manner and highly 
^kfinished, 14 in. barrel, price . 3 00 
^wringes, 16 in. barrel, price 4 00 
^A-nnges, two sprays, 18 in barrel, price (50 
Svrmges, three sprays, 18 in. barrel, price j 50 
Trowels, solid steel, No, i, price 45 
Trowels, " No, 2, " ....••t** 60 
Weeding Forks, best steel $ 
Knives, Pruning, best English manufacture, price. No. A i $1, 
No. A 2 $1.25. No. B I $1.23. No. B 2 $1 30, No. C $1.35, No. D 
$1.50, No. E ^1.50, No. F $2. 
Knives, Budding, prices, No. i $1.25, No. 2 $£.25, No. 3 $1.30, 
No 4 $1.50, 
Raphia Grass, for tying, price per lb 
F C Fern Pots, bamt)oo, price 
F C Fern Pots, lattice, price 
15 
pi^jladelpl^ia ]j:a\Vi) M^^^^i*- 
This machine is undoubtedly the best on the market. We have never had one single complaint come 
to US about them, and we ourselves would use no other machine The gearing arrangements are simple. 
of the best wearing material and well put together They run so easily that a child could 
work the machine all day. It also cuts very close on wet or dry ground. No lawn should 
be without- one ^Prices, io inch. $8 , 12 inch, $9 , 14 inch, |io ; 16 inch, $11 , 18 inch, 
E MOWERS.— -io inch, with draft rod, $60 ; 30 inch, shafts and seat, $70, 
,haitsand seat, $So. 
M^E I 
>inaB|ha. 
"Fire- Fly" PloW. 
The " Fire-Fly " Plow has given great satisfaction, and is much improved in 
strength anci desig^n for 1890. We put it out with the patent Star Wheel with 
inch face, a great improvement in all soft soils. It is a tool intended for those 
who have but small gardens and a moderate amount of time to spend in them, 
^ and of those who cannot avail themselves of horse-power tools advantageous! v. 
It is exceediuii^iy valuable to such persons, since it enables them to economically 
raise the vegetables necessarv for their family, or for market, with a minimuin 
r and time, the latter being often the most important item to many who would be glad to grow their oiwn vegetables if 
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