Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed G^^ide 
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, MANURES, 
HORTICULTURAL TOOLS, & GARDEN REQUISITES. 
“Acme” Labels— See ilUistmtions. 
“ Acme ” Weed Killer — A solution for effectually destroying weeds on 
carriage drives, girden walks, stable yards, cemetery walks, railway 
station platforms, &c. Saving more than half the cost of labour, and 
more effectual and clean than band-weeding, or the use of salt. Price 
per gallon, 2/-; 5-gallon lots, 1/9 per gallon. Special quotation for 
larger quantities. 
Aphieides— Por spraying plants with insecticides, &c., 1/6 and 2/- each. 
Aprons, Gardeners’ — Shalloon, 4/6 each; serge, 3/6 each. 
Baskets — Split oak, for stables, carrying potatoes, &c., light and very 
durable, 2/-, 2/9. and 3,16 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 (Hug’hes’s)— A most effective article, 6d., 1/-, and 2/6 
per tin. 
Bell or Propagating' Glasses— From 4 to 13 inches, lOd. to 2/9. 
Larger siz.s can be had. 
Bill Hooks — Douhle-edged, for jiointing pea stakes, &c., 3/6 to 4/6 each. 
Hammer and claw, a most useful article, 3/9 each. 
Boite-a-Houppe— See Distributors. 
Bouquet Wire— See special mention. 
Brushes — Aphis, for cleaning plants, 2/- ea h. Cocoa Fibre, for scrubbing 
flower pots, &c., Od. each. 
Charcoal — From best wood, 2/6 per bushel. 
Chisels — Pruning or Garden Spuds, 1/6 to 4/- each. 
Clay’s Fertilizer — Sec Manures. 
Cocoanut Refuse — in bags of 4 bu.shels, 3/9 each ; 1/- per bushel. 
Cork, Virgin— For ornamental purposes, ^ 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, 21- and 3/6 each. 
Daisy Lifters — For weeding lawns, 13-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; Bolte-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 tj.xiug 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. 10 in., 4/- ; 4 ft. 6 in., 5/- per 100; 
thick, 4 ft. long, 6/- 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, 2J, 3, 3i, 4, 4J, 64, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 124 to 16 
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, exeellent 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 
gieen. 24 ft., 1/- ; 3 ft., 1/6; 34 ft., 1/9; 4 ft., 2/3; 44 ft., 2/9; 
6fi.,3/-. 
Forks — American Spading, steel, 4-pronged, prongs broader and thicker 
than those of the Digging Fork; a strong fork, but light; used for 
lifting imtaiocs, &c., 4/6 and 5/-. Cast-steel Digging, very serviceable, 
4 and 5 prongs, 4/ to 4/9. Flower Border, 3-prong, 6-inch handles, 
1/6 to 2/6; also lo-inch handles, 2/- ; 3 to 5-prong, with long or short 
handles, 3/- to 4/-. 
Frig! Domo Canvas— Per square yard,!!/-. 
I Fumigators— Appleby’s, a strong, useful article, 3/6, 4/6, and 6/-. 
I Hughes’s Vapour Boll, 1/- each, sufficient for a house 1,200 cubic feet. 
Tebb’s, from 3/6 to 5/-. 
Garden Engines -Of various makes. Particulars and prices on 
application. 
Gishupst Compound— See Insecticides. 
Gishurstine — For protecting boots from wet, 6d. and 1/- jier 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, 3/0 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, 
5 to 9 in., 3d. per in. Dutch, solid, 6 to 9 in., 34d. per in. Onion, 
with polished handle, 1,'9 each. Triangle, 2/- each. 
Hones, Tam 0’ Shanter—8d., 1/-, 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, red spider, thrip, auts, mildew, &e., 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 Com])ound, for destroying red sxrider and thrip, in 
boxes, at 1/- and 3/-. 
,, Lethorion (vajrour cone), 6d. , 1;’-, and 1/6 each. 
,, Quassia Chips, extra strength, 6d. per lb. 
,, Wasp Destroyer, 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle. 
InstFUmentS — Complete set for dressing Chrysanthemums, 21/-. ' 
Knives — See illustrations. 
Labels, Wood — For Flower Pots (painted), in bundles of 100; per 
bundle, 4-inch, 8d. ; 6-inch, lOd. ; 6-inch, 1/-. 
Labels, Wood — Unpainted, in bundles of 100 ; per bundle, 3-inch, 4d. ; 
4-inch, 5d. ; 6-inch, 6d. ; 0-inch, 7d.; 7-inch, 8d.; 8-inch. lOd. ; 9-inch, 
1/4; 10-inch, 1/8; 12-inch, 2/-. 
Lines, Garden — Best hemp, in 26, 50, and 84 yard lengths, 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. 
,, Caunells’ Real 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 packet, 6d. and 1/-. 
,, Standen’s, in canisters, 1/- and 2/6. 
,, Sulphate of Ammonia, a very powerful and invaluable fertilizer, 
6d. j)er lb. 
,, Superphosphate, specially made for garden purposes, at current 
j>rices. 
,, Thomson’s Improved Vine, Plant, and Vegetable Manure, 
1 cwt., 20/- ; 28 lbs., 6/- ; 14 lbs., 3/3 ; in tins. If- each. 
Other Manures can be supplied at the usual prices. 
Mats — Best Archangel, 2/- each, 21/- doz. ; St. Petersburg, 1/6 each. 
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