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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
Miscellaneous 
Garden Requisites. 
Shading & Tying 
Materials. 
APHICIDES, or Spray Diffusers. A most useful and ingenious invention for distributing insecticides. Fitted with mouthpiece, 
and cork attached for mouth of bottle. Useful also as a means of sprinkling flowers when out. Is. Gd. each. 
APPLEBY’S PATENT FUMIGATOR. There arc many of these in commerce, but most of them not strong enough to 
stand the test of wear and tear ; these are, however, exceptionally strong. 5s. and 7s. each. 
EWING’S MILDEW COMPOSITION. Is. (id. per bottle. 
FIR-TREE OIL INSECTICIDE. A preparation that has outlived many newer ones, and very effectual. In bottles Is. Gd., 
2s. 6d., and 4s. Gd. each. 
FLORAL CEMENT. For fixing the petals of flowers, thereby preventing their dropping. Is. per bottle. 
FOWLER’S INSECTICIDE. In jars Is. 6d. and 3s. each. 
„ TOBACCO POWDER. In tins 6d„ Is., 2s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. 
GARDENERS’ APRONS. In Shalloon, best make, 4s. 6d., 4s. 9d., and 5s. each. These are exceptionally strong, and should be 
the property of every gardener. 
GENTLEMEN’S GARDENING GLOVES. Strong leather, for hedging. Is. 6d. per pair. 
1st quality Leather. A very neat glove, and soft to the hand. 2s. Gd. per pair. 
Inseam Tan. Good cheap glove, soft and pliable. Is. 3d. per pair. 
Oxford Tan. In several qualities; one of the strongest and most serviceable gloves made. Is. Gd., Is. 9d., 2s., and 2s. 3d. per pair. 
Drummond’s. A one button glove by one of the best makers, and in great demand. Is. Gd., Is. 9d., 2s., and 2s. 3d. per pair. 
Harvest Tan. Good strong make. Is. 4d. per pair. 
Wash Leather. Suitable for light work generally, or for housemaids. Is. and Is. Gd. per pair. 
LADIES’ GARDENING GLOVES. 
Short Tan. Of neat and strong manufacture. Is. 2d. per pair. 
Long Tan. Composed of more material than the foregoing. Is. 4d. per pair. 
Leather Gauntlet. A really stylish and at the same time useful glove for more than one purpose. 2s. Gd. per pair. 
GISHURST COMPOUND. A very effectual insect destroyer. Is. and 3s. per box. 
GISHURSTINE. Is a perfect dubbing, invaluable to gardeners as a means of rendering boots absolutely waterproof. 
Gd. and Is. per tin. 
LEMON OIL INSECTICIDE. Per pint Is. 6d„ per quart 2s. 9d. 
LETHORION (vapour cone). Now Fumigator. Supplied in sizes for 50, 100, 500, and 1000 cubic feet, at Gd., 9d., Is. 3d., and 
2s. each, with full directions for use. 
McDOU GALL’S TOBACCO SHEETS (a new form of distributing Tobacco Fumes in greenhouses). 
Highly approved of by many gardeners as being very destructive to all insect pests. Is. each ; 9s. per dozen. 
MATS, 
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Large Archangel. 2s. each ; 18s. per doz. 
St. Petersburg. Is. to Is. Gd. each ; 10s. Gd. and 15s. per doz. 
MAW’S TERRA COTTA LABELS. The cleanest looking and best for showing up the names written thereon 
that we know of. It is simply necessary to apply a little white lead paint on the surface before writing. In 
all shapes and sizes, Is. 6d. to 8s. Gd. per 100. 
METALLIC GARDEN WIRE. For tying roses and suspending labels, from No. 12 (thick) to No. 20 (thin). ls.Gd. 
to 2s. per lb. 
„ INK. Produces indelible black writing. 6d. and I s. per bottle. 
,, LABELS. Suitable for Gardens, Conservatories, Greenhouses, Ferneries, Flower Pots, &c. From 2s. to 
5s. per 100. 
ROFFEA GRASS. For tying. Gd. and Is. per bundle; Is. Gd. per lb. 
SILVER SAND. Best Reigate. 4s. per bushel. 
STYPTIC. For preventing bleeding in Vines. 3s. per bottle. 
TAM O’SHANTER HONE. A first-class implement for sharpening knives and small tools. 6d. to 
2s. Gd. each. 
TANNED NETTING. For Fruit Trees, &c. Six feet wide, 3d. per yard ; twelve feet wide, 6d. per yard. 
TAR TWINE. In balls, thick or thin. i-lb. 9d., per lb. Is. 3d. 
THERMOMETERS. Boxwood (Spirit or Mercury), 9d., Is., Is. Gd., and 2s. 6d. each. 
Boxwood, with storm glass, 2s. Gd. and 3s. 6d. each. 
Cast metal scales ; for the garden, 3s. 6d. each. 
Maximum and minimum registering ; boxwood scales, tin japanned case. 5s. Gd. each. 
The same as the preceding, but of better finish, and with bright steel scales ; in handsome case japanned 
white. 7s. Gd. each. 
Porcelain (Mercury), bevelled edge, first quality. 6s. 6d. and 6s. 6d. each. 
For hotbeds; box scales. 12 in., 5s. 6d. ; 18 in., 10s. ; 24 in., 12s. Gd. each. 
TIFFANY. For shading purposes. In pieces twenty yards long, thirty-eight inches wide, Gs. 
VERBENA PINS (Galvanized Wire). For pegging down Verbenas, &c., in order to strike. Per box 
of one gross (three inches long) Is. 
VIRGIN CORK. Quarter-cwt. 6s.; half-cwt. 11s.; per cwt. 20s. 
WATERING POTS, New Higb Level (patented), (see illustration). A long felt want for watering 
top shelves in greenhouses, no steps or ladder required. Made in the follow ing sizes, and so simple that 
any .one can manage them with facility. Complete with shaft, 1 quart 3s. Gd., 2 quarts 4s., 3 quarts 4s. Gd. 
WEED KILLER, The Perfect. 2s. per gallon (to make 25 gallons), cheaper in quantities. 
