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MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, MANURES, 
HORTICULTURAL TOOLS, & GARDEN REQUISITES. 
“Acme” Labels— See illustrations. 
“Acme” Weed Killer— A solution for effectually destroying weeds on 
carriage drives, garden walks, stable yard.s, 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/-; 6-gallon lots, 1/9 per gallon. Special quotation tor 
larger quantities. 
Aphicides — For spraying plants with insecticides, &c., 1/6 and 2/- each. 
Aprons, Gardeners’ — Shalloon, 4/6 each ; serge, 3/- each. i 
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., l/-, and 2/6 
per tin. 
Beetle Traps (Birkenhead’s)— 1/6 ai.d i/9 each. 
Bell or Propagating Glasses — From lOd. to 2/9. Larger sizes can be had. 
Bill Hooks — Uouble-edged, for pointing pea stakes, &c., 3/6 to 4/6 each 
Hammer and claw, a most useful article, 1/9, 2/-, and 2/3 each. 
Boite-a-Houppe— See Distributors. 
Bouquet Wire— See special mention. 
Bruges — Aphis, for cleaning plants, 2/- each. Cocoa Fibre, for scrubbing 
flower pots, &c., 6d. each. 
Charcoal — From best wood, 2/6 per bushel. 
Chisels — Pruning or Garden Spuds, 1/3 to 1/6 each. 
Clay’s Fertilizer — See Manures. 
Coeoanut Refuse — In bags of 4 bushels, 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, 2/- and 3/6 each. 
Daisy Lifters — For weeding lawns, 16-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-IIouppe, for the same 
P urpose, 3/- each. 
_ ng 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 — See 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, about 4 ft. long, 2/6, 3/6, 6/- per 100 ; about 
6 ft. long, 10/- and 12/- per 100. 
„ Dressers or Tweezers— Ivory, 3/6 ; steel, l/9 and 3/-. 
Gatherers — Scissors for cutting and retaining the flower, 2,9 to 
4/- each. 
,, Pots— Sizes : 2, 2J, 3, 31, 4, 4J, 5 ^, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12J 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 too, 1 ft., 61.; 2 ft., 1/6; 3 ft., 2/-; 3^ ft., 2/6; 
4 ft., 3/6; 6 ft., 4/6 pir bundle. Painted green, 2j ft., 6d. ; 
3 ft., 6d.: 3J ft.. 8d.; 4 ft., lOd. per doz. 
Stout Stakes for Roses and Dahlias— Per doz., 3jft., i/6; 
4ft.,2/-; 4^ft,2/6; 6 ft., 3/-. 
American Spading, steel, 4-pronged, prongs broader and thicker 
than those of the Digging Fork; a strong fork, but light; used for 
lifting potatoes, &c., 4/6 and 6/-. Cast-steel Digging, very serviceable, 
4 and 6 prongs, 4/- to 4/9. Flower Border, 3-prong, 6-inch handles, 
1/6 to 2/6; also 16-inch handles, 2/-; 3 to 5-prong, with long or short 
handles, 3/- to 4/-. 
Frigi Dome Canvas— Per square yard, 1/-. 
Fumigators— Appleby’s, a strong, useful article, 3/6, 4/6, and 6/-. 
Hughes’s Vapour Boll, 1/- each, sufficient for a house 1,200 cubic feet. 
'Pebb’s, from ,3/6 to 6/-. See Special Notice of XL ALL Fumigator. 
Garden Engines - Of various makes. Particulars and prices on 
application. 
Glshurst Compound— See Insecticides. 
Glshurstlne— 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. Ladles’ tan, with cuffs, 2/3. Gentlemen’s 
mock buckskin, 3/3 per pair. 
Gooseberry Pruners — Hooked blades, 3/6 and 4/- each. 
Grafting Wax— l/- and 2/- per box. 
Grape Scissors— See Scissors. 
Hammers— 1/9, 2/-, and 2/6 each. 
Handles for Rakes, &e.— Best ash, 5^ feet, 8d.; 6 feet, 9d. 
Hatchets— 2/6 to 4/-. 
Hellebore Powder — For destroying caterpillars, &c., I/- per tin. 
Hoes — “ Draw,” solid, from 4 to 9 in., 2Jd. per in.; “draw,” swan-neck, 
6 to 9 in., ,3d. per in. Dutch, solid, 5 to 9 in., 3Jd. per in. Onion, 
with polished handle, 1/9 each. Triangle, 2/- each. 
Hones, Tam o’ Shanter— 8d., i/-, 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 I*owder, 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, ants, mildew, &c., in 
jars, 1/6 and 3/-. 
,, Fowler’s Mealy Bug Destroyer, in jars, I/- and 3/6 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. 
Ichthemic Guano, Pure — Handsome Enamelled Tins, 6d. and 1/-. 
„ ,, Bags— 7-lhs., 2/6; 14-Ibs., 4/6; 28-lbs., 7/6; 66-lb.s., 
12/6; 112-lbs., 20/-. 
Instruments — Complete set for dressing Chrysanthemums, 21/-. 
JadOO, Fibre — l/- per peck ; 3/6 bush. ; 8/- 3 bush. 
„ Liquid - 1/- qt. ; 2/6 gal. ; 4J to 12 gal. I/IO ; 18 to 20 gal. 1/3. 
Knives — See Illustrations. 
Labels, Wood — For Flower Pots (painted), in bundles of 100 ; pi r 
bundle. 4-inch, 8d. ; 5-inch, lOd. ; 6-inch, 1/-. 
Labels, Wood — Cnpainted, in bundles of 100; per bundle, 3-inch, 4d. ; 
4-inch, 6d.; 6-inch, 6d. ; 6-inch, 7d.; 7-inch, 8d.; 8-inch. lOd.; 9-inch, 
1/4; 10-inch, 1/8; 12-inch, 2/-. 
Lines, Garden — Best hemp, in 25, 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. Present 
price, 3/6 for 14-lbs. 
„ Cannells’ Real Manure — See special page. 
,, Chrysanthemum Manure, 7 lbs., 3/6. 
Clay’s “ Fertilizer,” in packets, 1/-; 7-lbs.. 2/6; 14-lbs., 4/6 ; 
28-lbs., 7/6; 60-lbs., 11/6; 112-lbs., 21/-. 
„ 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. per lb. ; 7 Ib.^., 2/6. 
,, Superphosphate, specially made for garden purposes, at current 
prices. 
,, Thomson’s Improved Vine, Plant, and Vegetable Manure, 
1 cwt., 20/- ; 28 lbs., 6/- ; 14 lbs., 3/3 ; in tins, 1/- each. 
Other Manures can be supplied at the usual prices. 
Mats — Best Archangel, 2/- each, 21/- doz. ; St. Petersburg, 1/6 each. 
Moss — Green, for furnishing, 6d. per bundle. 
,, Sphagnum, for Orchids, 3/- per bushel, 12/- per sack. 
Nails — Best cast iron, 3d. per lb. Leather Bags for carrying nails, &c., with 
double pocket, 6/6. 
Netting, Garden — Bark-tanned, for strawberries, &c. , 2 to 4 yards wide, 
3d. and 6d. per yard run. 
Pans, Propagating or Seed— Round and oblong, 4d. to 3/- each. 
Pea Guards— Wire, from t/- per dozen. 
Peat; — Specially selectel for orchids, 10/- per sack, 3/- per bushel. 
,, Wicklow Loam, very fibry, 3/6 per cwt. 
Pencils — Wolff’s Indelible, for writing on wood, &c., 3d. each. 
Pots — See Flower Pots. 
Pruners — See Scissors. 
Puffs— 3ee Distributors. 
Raffla Grass— For tying, 1/6 per lb. 
Rakes — Iron, all sizes, from 6 to 20 teeth, extra strong, 1/- to 3/4, 
,, Daisy or Lawn, 18 to 24 teeth, 6/6 to 8/-. 
„ Handles for Iron Rakes, 6 feet long, 8d. and 9d. 
Reels, Garden— Iron, strong, with pin, 1/6, 2/6, and 3/6. 
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