POPULAR BULBS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
7^ /SEW BOOK By JOH/S LEWIS OHILDS. 
Fifty paKCO finely printed on elegant paper, with a beautiful illustration of all the dliriTent fliun riiur ii in.. 
* A most valuable guide to Bulb culture either for the house or garden. It illuatruU'i mid d<>seiitM • .i.i < *i u i ut 
both hardy and tender, and tells how to wow them. 
It embraces our former work on Lilies and Amaryllis (revised) describing over 300 sorts, 1 * 1 ... .m, ■ iH-igiit, 
nativity, etc., as well as complete cultural directions. It treats particularly on Rultis for winter IdoiiiuliiK In i In- 
work we liavo endeavored to give just such informationcoucerningBulbsand their culture, as amateur ••laud iiu'il in ii'* ,i ni. 
Price, 25 Cents Per Copy, Postpaid. 
KILL ims WIIK lOIACCO IKSECIICIIIE SOAP. 
This is made from a powerful form of tobacco-gum and is 
absolutely safe to handle, and will not injure the tenderest 
growtti of jilants. it is used by dissolving in hot water at 
the rate of one ounce to two quarts of water. With this 
watiM- the plants are sprinkled, syringed or sponged, and one 
or two applications will exterminate any kind of insect. It 
Is sure death to green or black flies, (aphis),scale, mealy bug, 
red 8|)ider,ctc. If used once or twice a month on plants they 
will never be troubled with insects. It is equally valuable 
for house plants, garden plants or shrubs, or animals Infested 
with vermin. Sold only in seven ounce cansat 30 centseach, 
by mail postpaid. 
THE ANGLE OR TRANSPLANTING TROWEL. 
This new tool is the finest thing for garden work we have 
ever seen. For transplanting, lifting or setting Plants or 
Bulbs it has no equal. We are so much pleased with it that 
we have arranged to supply them to our customers by mail 
postpaid, at 3.5 cents each. 
“thTexcelsior fertilizer. 
A NEW ODORLESS FERTILIZER FOR POT PLANTS. 
FERTILIZED LEAF MOLD. 
Many valuable plants suffer for the want of a lit He Is-af 
Mold in the soil, and as not one person in one hundn.d Iihh 
opportunity to procure good Leaf Mold, we liiivc collected 
a good lot which we have prepared for use and offer very low 
for the benefit of our customers. We have mixed with it a 
certain amount of bone dust and other fertilizing material, 
which makes it a valuable article for mixing with potting 
soil. In mixing use not over one-quarter Leaf Mold. We 
furnish it perfectly dry, and being very light, a pound will 
go quite a ways. Per bound, 35 cents ; 8 pounds, 60 cents ; 
postpaid. By express, 5 pounds, 75 cents ; 10 pounds, $1.3.5. 
AN INDELIBLE COMPOUND. 
Makes Plants Grow and Bloom Luxuriantly, and 
Drives Insects from the Soil. 
This excellent Fertilizer is used by dissolving a teaspoon- 
ful in a pint of water and applying to the soil of pot plants 
every week or two. It starts the plants at once into a healthy 
and vigorous growth and abundant bloom. It drives worms 
and other troublesome insects from the soil. It has no dis- 
agreeable odor, and is the only Artificial Fertilizer which 
can be used without danger of injury to the plants. It takes 
the place of liquid manure, and is just the thing that has 
been wanted for a long time. Mr. Eben E. Rexford says : 
“ There is nothing so convenient to use, or better in results 
than the Excelsior Fertilizer put up by Mr. Childs, especially 
for pot plants. It produces a vigorous and healthy growth, 
and plants to which it is given flower very freely.” 
Price— lb. packages 35 cents each, postpaid, or 30 cents 
per pound, by express. 
THE BUST, AND ACKNO WLBDQKD BY 
Chemists as the only Indelible Compound, 
FOR MAKKINQ 
Paper, Cloth, Wood, Bone or Metal, 
It is unei|ualed and cannot bo erased by acids or any chemi- 
cal process without injuring the article written upon. It is 
of a jot black color, and unlike other marking inks, and is 
used with a pen. 
Karkine is not mined by being exposed to light. 
The bottles contaiu 25 per cent, more than those of other 
so-called Indelible Inks. 
For Post Office, Bank, Hotel, Nurserymen, Florists, Laun- 
dry and Family use it Is Invaluable. 
Price, !3S Cents per .Bottle, Post-paid. 
OUR SPRING CATALOGUE FOR 1892, 
Of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants is now under way and will be ready to send out by January first, and will be mailed to all our 
customers of this year. It will contaiu about 1.50 pages elegantly pHnted on beautiful tinted paper, and illustrated with 
hundreus of the finest wood cuts and many colored plates. It will be the largest and finest edition of a catalogue ever Issued 
by a Seedsman or Florist (400,000 copies, requiring 150 tons of paper). It is not idle talk when we say that the stock we sell, 
and our manner of packing and mailing plants surpasses anything and everything. tVe back it up with substantial testi- 
mony. Our 350,000 customers in all parts of the world know this but they do not all understand how it is we are enabled to 
so greatly excel. It is simply our thorough determination to pleasi' our customers, combined with our unequaled advan- 
tages which enables us to do it. We are not confined to the narrow limits of brick walls in the midst of a crowded and busy 
city. Our stores, warehouses, residence and greenhouses. > with express, fielght, telegraph and post offices), stand in the open 
country in the midst of acres of park and ornamental beds, aci-es of the choicest flowers and vegetables growing for seed, 
and acres of bulbs, plants and fruits. It is all here, notorious as t he finest seed and floral establishment in America, only a 
few miles from New York City, and any one can come and see it. With these vast floral crops constantly under our eyes, 
and having in our employ the most skilled growers, propagatoi-s and packers, and with our system of constantly selectini 
and improving stocks, and searching the world over for superior strains and novelties, we have been enabled to get, keei 
grow and sell the best seeds, bulbs, and plants in the market. Our Catalogue for '93 will contain a larger list of rare novel 
ties than ever before, and many new and attractive features. Do not fail to see it. We charge those who are not customei 
10 cents per copy, one half its actual cost to us. 
