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EVERETT & GLEASON’S 
DRESSING FOR LAWNS AND FLOWER BEDS. 
This Dressing is composed of ingredients that contain all the food required to sustain a 
healthy plant-growth. It is a fine and dry powder, and can be easily sown from the hand 
without inconvenience. On lawns, it produces a very luxuriant growth of dark green grass; 
introduces no weeds and leaves no filth, as is the case with stable manure. Applied to flower 
beds it gives a beautiful growth to plants, and a great profusion of flowers. To apply it to 
lawns, sow broadcast, when the grass is dry, from five to ten pounds for every xooo square 
feet, during the spring months, and once during the summer after the grass has been mowed. 
For flower beds, strew it among the flowers, but not upon them, the same quantity as used 
for lawns, and stir it well into the soil. 
10 Pounds, 50 cts. I 26 Pounds, $1.00. I 60 Pounds, $1.76. I 100 Pounds, $3.00. 
WHALE OIL SOAP. 
One of the most effective, simple and cheapest preparations for the preservation of 
Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Rose Bushes, and House and Garden Plants in general, from 
the ravages of Slugs, Worms, and the various other Insects that infest them. It is sold in 
the form of thick soap, to be diluted with water as required for use, <}uite weak for tender 
plants, and stronger according as the hardiness of the plants will permit. For Trees, applied 
to the foliage, it may be stronger than for small plants, and for cleansing their trunks from 
Bark-Lice, Worms, and Moss, it may be used of the consistency of common whitewash, and 
is best applied with a whitewash brush, with syringe to aid in penetrating where the brush fails 
to reach. As a general rule for application to foliage, seven gallons of water to one pound of 
soap may be used; but for safety the proper proportion is best ascertained by first mixing the 
solution, and then testing its strength before using, by immersing a single twig or branch of 
the kind of plants to which it is to be applied, and wait a few hours for the result. If too 
strong, more water should be added. If too weak, gradually add more soap until strong 
enough to kill the Insects without injuring the plants. 
Put up in neat boxes (labeled, with directions for use, etc.) containing 5 lbs. ; 10 lbs. ; 
and in larger packages, boxes and barrels, to order. 
Also, smaller quantities than 6 lbs. sold in concentrated form in Bars. 
For Price, see page 21. 
SYRINGES for applying the solution, $1.00. 
POWDERED WHITE HELLEBORE. 
The Hellebore Powder has proved the quickest and most efficacious agent thus far 
employed for the destruction of the Currant Worm. Although in nature poisonous, it is used 
with perfect safety for the purpose here recommended. It may be sifted on to the worms 
through a fine sieve, or better if applied with bellows made for the purpose. 
Price per Pound, 35 cents. 
FRENCH BELLOWS, for applying ( their cost saved in one season), $2.00. 
CARBOLIC PURIFYING POWDER. 
This Powder, recommended by physicians and scientific men, and adopted by Boards of 
Health in some of the most prominent cities, acts like magic in removing all disagreeable and 
unhealthy odors. It is the best disinfectant known, and xar more pleasant and effective than 
Chloride of Lime. It is invaluable for Sinks, Drains, Water Closets, Damp and Mouldy 
places, and, in fact, to use on all kinds of offal, or in places where bad odors exist. It is a 
preventive of Fevers, promotes the health and vigor of animals, and will free them from 
vermin if applied thoroughly. It will protect Poultry from disease and lice by giving them 
enough to roll in. It may be safely used around the roots of Trees, Vines and Plants, to save 
them from the ravages of worms and insects. It is cheap and should be in general use 
everywhere. 
Put up in neat Boxes with perforated top and cover for ready use. Price, 25 cents. 
