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CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 18G2. 
PAEMENTER’S PATENT PREPARATION. 
We wish to direct your attention to the above Preparation we are now selling for the destruction of Mealy Bug, Red Spider, 
Thrips, Scale, Aphis, and all kinds of Insects, also Mildew on Vines, Fruit Trees and Plants of all descriptions, of which we 
arc the' Sole Proprietors; it has been proved to be the most effectual application ever offered for the destruction of Insects. 
LIST OF PRICES. 
Small Stone Bottle with Brush, 2s. Middle ditto, 3s. 6 d. Large ditto, 10s. Gd. 
The following is the report of a series of careful and elaborate experiments by the eminent Nursery Firm of Messrs. E. G. 
Henderson and Son : — 
Pakmgnter’s Preparation. — We find this Compound effectual for the destruction of White Bug aud Scale on leaves of a 
laurel-like texture, such as Daphne, Nerinm, Jasmin, Enkianlhus, Rhododendrons, Thibaudias, &c., in the greenhouse, and 
such as Ixora, Croton, Franciscea, Gardenia, Jasmin, Magnolia, Portlandia, Stephanotis, the., in the hothouse, when dipped 
in a thin paste-like liquid, and applied with a brush into the inward axillary joints : after thus remaining on the plant 
48 hours, it is thoroughly cleansed off by a vigorous syringing. When applied to plants within a cool genial greenhouse tem- 
perature, it emits no offensive odour (as in the Gishurst Compound), and is efficacious without injury to the plants. On plants 
of Jasminum yrandiflorum recently imported from the Continent, and completely covered with Scale, and on Ardisia crenu- 
lata, much infested with the White Bug, the Preparation as descriued was very satisfactory. It also appears 
effectual in destroying and checking the Red Spider and Thrips, by immersing the branches once or twice in a thinner solu- 
tion of the Preparation. . 
On plants with leaves of a less leathery and more porous texture and thin and pulpless, the Preparation cannot be applied 
sufficiently strong at one immersion to destroy the White Bug or Scale (the most difficult of all plant insects to destroy) with- 
out injury to the plants; therefore it should be made in a weaker solution, and applied with a soft brush or sponge to the 
infected parts, remaining on 24 or 48 hours as before. For the continual cleanliness of the plants, a solution of the Prepa- 
ration in pure water for occasional syringing will be found very beneficial aud act as a check and preventative. In the 
destruction of the White Bug and Brown Scale upon the class of plants referred to, Parmenter's Preparation was found more 
effectual than the Gishurst Compound. In its application the following directions may be deemed safe : — 
1st. The strength of the application, without injury, will be in proportion to the thick coriaceous or leathery texture of the 
leaves, their dormant condition or rest from growth, and vice versd. 
2nd. The injury arising from its undue application will be in proportion to its action on the soft and delicate cellular tissue 
of the plants, whether in a growing condition or not, but most injurious in the former. 
3rd. As a general rule, plants of the strongest and most robust growth will require it to be applied of the consistency of 
thin paste-like liquid. 
4 tli. Plants of the soft-stemmed class, whether heavy or soft, will require its application by immersion in a mixture pro- 
portionately diluted to suit the texture of the plants. 
Extract from a letter received from Mr. Thomas Rivers, Author of ‘The Orchard House,’ the Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, 
Herts : — 
“ One Application of the Composition undiluted to some Orange Trees infested with the Brown Scale 
effectually destroyed it ; a small painters’ brush was used in applying it.” 
Extract from a letter received from Mr. Summers, Gardener to A. Mongredien, Esq., Sydenham, “ the raiser of Spergula 
pilifera : ” — 
“ With respect to the destruction of insect life, especially of the species and varieties of Coccus, we 
think it far superior to the Gishurst Compound, and it lacks the very disagreeable smell of the latter. 
PATENT APHIS PASTILLES. 
The only Cheap means of Smoking a Greenhouse. Half the price of Tobacco— infinitely more effective— destroy all 
Insects, and cannot injure the foliage. These Pastilles light with a candle— need no further attention. Price 2s. per packet. 
DUNN’S PATENT SOLID MARKING-INK PENCILS. 
Directions for Use— Slightly damp the surface of the Tally or Label, whether of Wood, Parchment, Zinc, Galvanized Iron, 
or unglazed Porcelain, with the wet finger, and write thereon whilst damp ; expose the writing to light in a dry place (Sun- 
light if possible), and it will become fixed and permanent. N.B.— Do not screw the Pencil Point out too far when in use. 
Price Is. Gd. each. 
FINIS. 
Taylor and Francis, Printers, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 
