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Germain Seed Company, 326-330 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. 
Agricultural and Horticultural 
Requisites 
INSECT, BLIQHT AND VERMIN 
DESTROYERS 
Buhach (Persian Powder). It is resinous, impalpable 
and non-poisonous, and kills all sorts of insects and 
worms by filling up the pores and acting on the skin. 
Apply when everything is dry, as moisture destroys 
its properties. Lb. 60 cts. Special price given for 
large quantities. 
Bordeaux Mixture (Lion’s Brand Condensed). Mix with 
49 parts of water. Quart cans, 50 cts. 
Fir-Tree Oil. This insect destroyer has proved to be one 
of the most reliable for red spider, greenfly, mealy 
bug, scale, ants, thrip, onion fly, caterpillar, slugs, 
blight, araucaria scale, etc. Kpt. tin 50 cts., pt. 80 
cts., qt., $1.50, gal. $5.50. 
Flowers of Sulphur, American. Prevents and cures mildew 
on roses, grapes, etc. Apply with a gun or bellows 
while the leaves are dry. Lb. 5 cts., 100 lbs. $3. 
Hammond’s Slug Shot. An impalpable powder contain¬ 
ing ingredients that will destroy the cutworm, potato 
bug, chinch bug, rose bug, curculio, and all lice, 
worms or caterpillars. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $7.50. 
“Kill-Sure” Soap. Makes a good wash for killing scale 
and other insects on trees. Dissolve one pound in six 
gallons of water. In 2-lb. bars, 25 cts. 
Sulpho-Tohacco Soap. To be used as spray. Small bar 
to one gallon of water. Small size 10 cts., large size 
20 cts. 
Paris Green. Klb. box 20 cts., 1-lb. box 35 cts.; larger 
quantities, prices on application. 
Kose Insecticide and Fertilizer. Klb. package 15 cts. 
Nicoticide. A fumigating compound for mealy bug, 
greenfly, etc. Can $1.25, large size $2.50; lamp, pan 
and stand, 50 cts. extra. 
Tobacco Dust. Kills greenfly, blackfly, etc. To be dusted 
or blown while the foliage is moist. Lb. 15 cts. 
Whale-Oil Soap. Makes an excellent wash for trees and 
plants; kills insects and their eggs on the bark. Lb. 
15 cts., 2 lbs. 25 cts. 
INSECTICIDE APPLIANCES 
Bellows. Used for dusting plants with sulphur, slug 
shot, tobacco dust, etc. $1.25. 
Bellows, with Cone. Large size, $2.25; medium, $1.25; 
small, 80 cts. 
Powder Guns. For applying insect powder, etc. Star, 10 
cts.; Jumbo, large size, 25 cts.; Florodora, 35 cts. 
Prize Spray Pumps. A pump that will spray whitewash 
or any other mixture. Made of solid brass, no leather 
valves to wear out or be eaten up by the whitewash. 
Throws a continuous stream and is so simple that a 
child can take it apart. Fitted with a Bordeaux 
nozzle. $5. 
Perfection Sprayer. These sprayers throw a very fine 
spray of any liquids usually used for destroying bugs, 
lice and all other insects injurious to fowl, cattle, 
plants, shrubbery, vegetables, trees, vines, etc. They 
are particularly recommended for spraying the in¬ 
terior of henneries to keep then free from lice, etc., 
and as a lice- and insect-killer hey have no equal. 
This sprayer is provided with a double suction tube 
leading to opposite points at the bottom of the reser¬ 
voir, which enables the operator to hold the sprayer 
at any angle, and they will drain the contents to the 
last drop, immaterial to the position in which the 
machine is held. In cases where the spraying must 
be done in odd nooks and crannies, this little sprayer 
will be found invaluable, as, on account of its compact 
form and indifference to angle, it may be used where 
other models would prove ineffective. Of the medium- 
price sprayers the Perfection is acknowledged by 
poultrymen everywhere to be the superior of anything 
yet placed on the market, and its wide range of use¬ 
fulness has made it a universal favorite. It is sub¬ 
stantially made of heavy tin, joints well soldered. 
The plunger-rod is of steel furnished a circular buffer 
or guard to protect sprayer from injury by forcing 
plunger too far down. With ordinary care this sprayer 
will last a long time. 75 cts. 
Spray Nozzles. All kinds for Bordeaux mixture, Paris 
green, whitewash and scale solutions. Guaranteed to 
give satisfaction. Prices range from 80 cts. to $1.25. 
The Myers Double-Acting Barrel Spray Pump. Very power- 
ful and easy to operate. Will throw a mist-like spray 
over any fruit tree. $15. Barrel and trucks complete, 
$25. 
Myers’ Bucket Brass Spray Pump. Price, with clasp to 
attach to side of bucket, $3; with mailable iron foot¬ 
rest, $3.50. To spray large trees with the above pump, 
an 8-foot pipe extension is necessary. 50 cts. 
The Standard Spray Pump. Can be used with bucket 
knapsack, tank or barrel for spraying trees and or¬ 
chards and especially for whitewashing hen-houses 
and disinfecting and killing vermin on all stock, and 
spraying inside of poultry-houses with lice paints. 
Made entirely of brass; warranted to purchaser for 
five years. $5. 
GARDEN 
HOSE AND ATTACHMENTS 
All our garden hose is guaranteed. We sell no cheap 
hose, as cheap hose is dear at any price. Few realize the 
great difference there is in the quality of rubber hose. 
For general use the grades which we offer this year are, 
we believe, superior to any other. We want to warn 
everyone not to leave their hose out in the sun when not 
in use, as the water left in it gets very warm and will 
rot out the best of hose. 
We recommend Germain’s Guaranteed %-in. Hose. The 
best hose in the market for the money. Each piece of 
nose has our guarantee stamped on it. 10 cts. per foot. 
Germain’s Guaranteed %-in. With couplings. 8c. per foot. 
Red Continental. This red hose we can recommend and 
guarantee, %-in. with couplings, 14 cts. per foot. 
Red Seminole. Guaranteed for one year. %-in., 12 cts. 
per foot. 
Staple. I4-in. guaranteed hose, 10 cts. per foot. 
Auto. Best quality of hose, guaranteed. With couplings, 
14 cts. per foot. 
Bull-Dog. This first-class %-in. hose is guaranteed for 
two years. 16 cts. per foot. 
Metacome. %-in. size, 16 cts. per foot; %-in. size, 14 cts. 
per foot. This first-class hose we guarantee. We sell 
any length you wanL 
Extra Prara %-in. This first-class hose is guaranteed for 
two years. '20 cts. per foot. 
