AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF BULBS, SEEDS AND GARDEN REQUISITES. 31 
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INSECTICIDE AND 
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FUNGICIDE 
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PREPARATIONS 
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Bordeaux Mixture. (Liquid). For all 
fungoid diseases, such as mildew and 
various rots of grapes, etc. Prepared 
by adding one gallon of mixture to 49 
gallons of water. 1 gal. can, $1.25; 5 
gal. can, $5.00. 
Fir Tree Oil. Sure death to all insect 
life. Per pt., 75 cts.; qt., $1.40; half 
gal., $2.50; gal., $4.25. 
Fir Tree Oil Soap. For destroying red 
spider, mealy bug, scale, aphis, etc. 
^ , Per y 2 lb., 20 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 5 lbs., 
$1.50; 10 lbs., $2.85. 
Fostite. An excellent preventive for all 
fungoid diseases. 5 lb. pkg., 60 cts. 
Gisliurst Compound. A valuable English 
preparation for green fly, scale, bark 
lice, mealy bug, red spider, etc. Per 
lb. box, 40 cts.; per doz. boxes, $3.75. 
Grape Dust. A preparation to kill the de¬ 
structive mildew that strikes the grape 
vine; also for like use upon any other 
plants or trees affected with mold, mil¬ 
dew or rust mites, either in green¬ 
houses or the open air. 5 lb. pkg., 35 
cts.; kegs of 100 lbs., $5.00. 
Hellebore. Powdered White Hellebore, 
for rose slugs, currant worms, etc. 
Dust on with gun or bellows while the 
^ foliage is moist. Per lb., 25 cts. 
Lemon Oil. Furnishes a soapy wash, de¬ 
structive to all insects and scales; at 
the same time harmless to the tender- 
est foliage and roots. Directions on 
each can. y 2 pt., 25 cts.; pt., 40 cts.; 
qt., 75 cts.; V 2 gal., $1.25; gal., $2.00. 
Nikoteen. Is the cheapest, cleanest and 
most effective of insecticides, and will 
not injure or discolor delicate plants. 
It is composed of that element in to¬ 
bacco which give it its value as an 
insecticide and nothing else. The best 
extracts of tobacco contain from iy> to 
2 y 2 per cent, of nicotine; this prepara¬ 
tion contains 40 per cent, of nicotine, 
and one case of ten bottles is equiva¬ 
lent to two thousand pounds of stems, 
or twenty-five gallons of tobacco ex- 
y tract. Bottle, $1.50. 
Nikoteen Aphis Punk. For fumigating 
this is the most convenient and effec¬ 
tive article ever offered, and will not 
injure the most sensitive blooms. 
Price, 60 cts. per box of 12 rolls; by 
mail, 75 cts. 
Persian or Dalmatian Insect Powder 
Half lb., 30 cts.; lb., 50 cts. 
Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco. A nico¬ 
tine solution very popular among flor¬ 
ists. Gal., $1.50; 5 gals., $5.00. 
Slug Shot. Destroys all insects injurious 
to house and garden plants, vegetables 
and fruits of all kinds. Equals Paris 
green where used liberally without the 
danger from poison. Prices: 5 lb. pkg., 
25 cts.; 10 lb., 45 cts.; per bbl. of 235 
lbs:, 4 cts. per lb. 
Sulpho - Tobacco 
boap is a positive 
and convenient ex¬ 
terminator of all 
kinds of insect 
life on plants 
either out or in¬ 
doors, and is 
positively non-in- 
jurious to the 
tenderest growth. 
For domestic 
purposes it is 
valuable as an 
exterminator of 
moths, cock¬ 
roaches, etc., and 
as a wash for 
animals infected 
with vermin is 
superior to any 
other prepartion. 8 oz. cakes, (makes 
4 gals.), 20 cts.; by mail, 28 cts.; per 
doz., by express, $2.25. 
Sulphur Powdered. A staple preven¬ 
tive for mildew on grapes, roses, etc. 
Lb., 10 cts.; 10 lbs., 60 cts.; 25 lbs. and 
over, 5 cts. per lb. 
Tobacco Stems for Fumigating. Clean 
and free from rubbish. In bales of 100 
lbs., $1.50 each; 500 lbs., $6.00. 
Tobacco Dust. If dusted on while the 
foliage is moist, it destroys rose lice, 
cabbage and turnip fleas, etc. Spread 
upon the ground it keeps off earth in¬ 
sects and acts as a fertilizer. Per lb., 
10 cts.; 5 lbs., 35 cts.; 10 lbs., 60 cts.; 
100 lbs., $3.00. 
Tobacco Soap. (Rose Brand.) Makes an 
excellent wash for plants and trees in¬ 
fested with green fly, lice and eggs of 
insects. Dissolve 2 oz. in a gallon of 
water. y 2 lb. tins, 25 cts. 
Whale Oil Soap. Makes an excellent 
wash for trees and plants; kills insects 
and eggs on the bark. Per lb., 15 cts.; 
5 lbs., 60 cts.; 25 lbs., and over, 10 cts. 
per lb. 
s in the garden and the house. A useful book, 25 c. 
HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS, on plants and flower 
