Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. ^ 
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, MANURES, 
HORTICULTURAL TOOLS, & GARDEN REQUISITES. 
“Acme” Labels— See illustrations 
Acme ” Weed Killer — A solution tor effectually destroying weeds on 
carriage drives, garden walks, stable yards, cemetery walks, railway 
station platforms, &c. Saving more than half the cost of labour, and 
more effectual and clean than hand-weeding, or the use of salt Price 
per gallon, 2/-; ,5-gallon lots, 1/9 per gallon. Special quotation for 
larger quantities. 
Aphieides— For spraying plants witli insecticides, &c., 1/G and 2/- each. 
Aprons, Gardeners’ — Shalloon, i/6 each ; serge, 3/6 each. 
Baskets — Split oak, for stables, carrying potatoes, &c., light and very 
durable, 2/-, 2/9, and 3/6 each. Wood or truck, for vegetables or fruit, 
with cross handles, 9d. to 3/3 each. Orchid, best octagonal teak wood, 
with hanging wires complete, 4 to 18 inches, 1/6 to 7/6 each. 
Beetle Powder (Hughes’s)— A most effective article, 6d., 1/-, and 2/6 
per tin. 
Bell or Propagating Glasses— From 4 to 12 inches, lOd. to 2/9. 
.uarger six.s can be had. 
Bill Hooks — Double-edged, for pointing pea stakes, &c., 3/6 to 4/6 each. 
Hammer and claw, a most useful article, 3/9 each. 
Bolte-a-Houppe — See Distributors. 
Bouquet Wire— See special mention. 
Brushes — Aphis, for cleaning plants, 2/- each. Cocoa Fibre, for scrubbing 
flower pots, &c., (id. each. 
Charcoal — From best wood, 2/6 per bushel. 
Chisels — Pruning or Garden Spuds, 1/6 to 4/- each. 
Clay's FertlUzer— See Manures. 
Cocoanut Refuse— in bags of 4 busheks, 3/9 each ; 1/- per bushel. 
Cork Virgin — For ornamental purpo.ses, ^ cwt., 6/-; J cwt., 11/-; per 
cwt., 20/-. 
Covers, Sea-Kale and Rhubarb— For forcing, 2/6 each. 
Cucumber Glasses -12 to 24 inches long, 2/- and 3/6 each. 
Daisy Lifters — For weeding lawns, 15-in, handles, 2/- to 2/9 each. 
Dibbles — For transplanting, shod with iron, 1/6 each. 
Distributors— India-rubber Puffs, for applying sulphur, tobacco powder, 
&c., to plants, “ The Duplex,” 2/9 ; Boite-a-Houppe, for the same 
purpose, 3/- each 
Edging Irons, or Grass-Plot Knives— 3/6 to 4/- each. 
Fern Pans — In various fancy patterns and sizes, 2/3 to 8/6 each. 
Fir Tree Oil — Sec Insecticides. 
Floral Cement— For fixing the petals of flowers, 1/- and 2/6 per bottle. 
,, Shading— Shaw’s Tiffany, in pieces 20 yards long by 38 inches 
wide, 6/- per piece. 
Flower Canes — Bamboo, thin, 3 ft. lO in., 4/. ; 4 ft. 6 in., 5/- per 100, 
Thick, 4 ft. long, (>/- per 100. 
,, Dressers or Tweezers— Ivory, .3/6 ; steel, i/9. 
,, Gatherers— Scissors for cutting and retaining the flower, 2/9 to 
4/- each. 
,, Pots — Sizes: 2, 2^,3, 34, 4, 4J, 6^, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12i to 16 inches 
diameter at mouth of pot, inside measure. Special quotations 
will be sent for large quantities or extra sizes at current prices. 
,, Sticks or Supports — Wooden, excellent for pot plants, &c., in 
bundles of 100, 1 ft., 1/-; 2 ft., 1/9; 24 ft., 2/-; 3 ft., 2/6; 
34 ft.. 3/6; 4 ft., 4/6; 5 ft., 5/6 per bundle. Square, painted 
green. 2i ft., 1/- ; 3 ft., 1/6; SJ ft., 1/9; 4 ft., 2/3; 44 ft., 2/9; 
5 ft., 3/-. 
Forks — American .Spading, steel, 4-prongcd, prongs broader and thicker 
than those of the Digging Fork ; a strong fork, but light ; used for 
lifting potatoes, &c., 4/6 and 5/-. Cast-steei Digging, very serviceable, 
4 and 5 prongs, 4/- to 4/9. Flower Border, 3-prong. 6-inch handles, 
1/6 to 2/6; also 15-inch handles, 2/- ; 3 to 5-prong, with long or short 
bundles, 3/- to 4/-. 
Trig! Domo Canvas — Per square yard, 1/-. 
I Fumigators — Appleby’s, a strong, useful article, 3/6, 4/6, and 6/-. 
Hughes' Vapour Roll, 1/- each, sufficient for a house 1,200 cubic feet. 
Tebb's, from 3/6 to 5/-. 
Garden Engines — Of various makes. Particulars and jirices on 
application. 
Gishupst Compound— See Insecticides. ' 
Glshurstine — For protecting boots from wet, 6d. and 1/- per tin. 
Gloves — Best strong pruning, 1/6. 2/-, to 2/6 per pair. Hedgers’ 
gauntlets, extra strong, 2/3. Ladies’ tan, with cuffs. 2/3. Gentlemen’s 
mock buckskin, 3/3 per pair. 
Gooseberry Pruners— Hooked blades, 3/6 and 4/- each. 
Grafting Wax— 1/- and 2/- per box. 
Grape Scissors— See Scissors. 
Hammers— 1/9, 2/-, and 2/6 each. 
Handles for Rakes, &C.— Best ash. 54 feet, 8d.; 6 feet. 9d. 
Hatchets- 2/6 to 4/-. 
Hellebore Powder — For destroying caterpillars. &c , 1/- per tin. 
Hoes— “ Draw,” solid, from 4 to 9 in., 24d. per in. ; “draw." swan-neck, 
6 to 9 in., 3d. per in. Dutch, solid, 6 to 9 in., 34d. per in. Ouion, 
with polished handle, 1/9 each. Triangle. 2/- each. 
Hones, Tam 0’ Shanter— 8d., l/-, and 2/6 each. 
Hyacinth Glasses — in various colours, 9d. to 2/6 each. 
Ink, Indelible — For writing on zinc labels, 6d. and 1/- per bottle. 
Insecticides — Beetle Powder, very effective, in tins. 6d. and 1 /- each. 
,, Campbell's, 8d., 1/-. 1/3, and 2/3 each. 
,, Fir Tree Oil, pint bottles, 2/6: half-pint bottles, 1/6. 
,, Fowler’s, for scale, rod spider, thrip, ants, mildew, &c., in 
jars, 1/6 and 3/-. 
.. Fowler's Mealy Bug Destroyer, in jars, 1/- and 2/6 each. 
,, ,, Nicotine Soap, from 1/- per lb. 
„ Gishurst Compound, for destroying red spider and thrip, in 
boxes, at 1/- and 3/-. 
,. Lethorion (vapour cone), 6d., 1/-, and 1/6 each. 
,, Quassia Chips, extra strength, 6d. per lb. 
,, Wasp Destroyer, 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle. 
Instruments — Complete set for dressing Chrysanthemums, 21/-. 
Knives — See Illustrations. 
Labels, Wood — For Flower Pots (painted), in bundles of 100; per 
bundle, 4-inch, bd. ; 5-inch, lOd. ; 6-inch, 1/-. 
Labels, Wood — Unpainted, in bundles of 100; per bundle, 3-inch, 4d. ; 
4-inch, od.; 5-inch, 6d. ; 6-inch, 7d.; 7-inch, 8d.; 8-iuch. lOd,: 9-inch, 
1/4; lO-iuch, 1/8; 12-inch, 2/-. 
Lines, Garden — Best hemp, in 25, 50, and 84 yard length.-:, lOd , 1/6, and 
4/6 each. 
Manures — Bone Meal, in a fine state, suitable for potting, at current prices 
,, Bones. Crushed, for vine borders, at current prices. 
Cannells' Beal Manure — See special page. 
,. Chrysanthemum Manure, 7 lbs., 3/6. 
.. Clay’s “ Fertilizer,” in packets. 1/-. 
.. Guano. Jensen’s Fish Potash. 2-lb. tins, 1/-. 
,. ,, Pure Ichthemic, per p.acket, 6d. and 1/-. 
.. Standen’s, in canisters, 1/- and 2/6. 
„ Sulphate of Ammonia, a very powerful and invaluable fertilizer, 
fid. per lb. 
,. Superphosphate, specially made for garden purposes, at current 
prices. 
,, Thomson’s Improved Vine, Plant, and Vegetable Manure, 
1 cwt., 20/- ; in tins, 1/- each. 
Mats — Best Archangel, 2/- each, 21/- doz. ; Sr. Petersburg, 1/6 each. 
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