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LAWN, or TOP DRESSING 
Odorless, convenient, quick acting. A food for lawns and golf links. | 
In every way more desirable than manure, avoiding the unsightly 
litter, disagreeable odor and weed seeds, which cause an endless annoy¬ 
ance. Should be sown broadcast in Spring or Fall, or may be applied 
in Midsummer without injury to the grass. Quantity required: 10 lbs. 
for a plot of 300 square feet; 1000 to 1500 lbs. per acre in preparing new' 
lawn, or one-half to two-thirds the quantity in renovating an old lawn. 
Price: 50 lbs. SI.75, 100 lbs. S3.25, 200 lbs. S6.00, per ton (2000 lbs.) 
S50.00. 
PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE 
This is a pure Natural Manure, and a most nutritious food for plants. 
It is the best of all manures for mixing with the soil for greenhouse 
plants—one part of manure to six parts soil. Strewn over and dug into 
the.vegetable garden, or placed directly in drills or hills, it promotes a 
rapid, steady growth until maturity. In bags of 100 pounds each, 
S2.00, ton, 5 bags, $9.00; per ton, 20 bags, S30.00. In packages of 
2, 4 and 10 pounds, 15c., 25c. and 50c. each. 
DRIED BLOOD 
For top dressing, mixing with the soil and applying in liquid form, 
100 lbs. $4.75. 
ASHES, UNLEACHED (Canada Hardwood) 
Contain all fertilizing elements except nitrogen. They drive away 
insects, and are indispensable for all crops requiring potash. They are 
very beneficial for garden and field crops, and are of high value for 
cabbage, potatoes, onions, strawberries, fruit trees, grass-lands and lawns. 
Apply 1 to 2 tons per acre, as one heavy application will help much more 
than the same quantity would applied in fractions. Price, bag, about 
100 lbs., $2.00; per ton (2000 lbs.) in bags, $25.00. 
NITRATE OF SODA 
This is valuable solely for the nitrogen it contains, equal to 20 per 
cent, of ammonia. It is very quick in action and hastens the maturity 
of crops fully two weeks. Being extremely soluble, it should not be 
applied until the plants are above ground, when 100 to 500 pounds per 
acre, mixed wfith wood ashes or land plaster, for convenience in applying 
are feneraHy used. Price per 5-lb. package, 35c.; 10-lb. package 60c.;’ 
per 100 lbs.,55.00 * 
CRUSHED, or COARSE RAW BONE 
Excellent for graperies, etc., where more permanent results mav be 
obtained than from use of fine bone. 100 lbs., $3.00; 200 lbs., $5.50. 
BLOOD AND BONE 
A very concentrated source of nitrogen, yielding ammonia, etc., by 
gradual decomposition, and, in consequence, is superior for immediate ' 
as well as for prolonged results; it is of exceptional value for garden crops, ! 
root crops, corn, grain, grasses, fruit trees, small fruits, grape-vines, and I 
in fact, all kinds of vegetation. Quantity required: When broadcasted 
and harrowed in, from ^ to 1 ton per acre. For garden crops drill in 
300 to 500 lbs. per acre. 100-lb. bag, $2.75; 200-lb. bag, $5.00; ton of 
2000 lbs., S40.00. 
PURE FINE RAW GROUND BONE 
This is a very pure, finely pulverized form of ground bone, specially 
prepared for rose culture. It is well adapted for mixing with soil for 
potting purposes, in the proportions of one part bone to fifty of soil. 
2 lbs., 15c.; 4 lbs., 25c.; 10 lbs., 50c.- 50 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $3.00; bag 
(200 lbs.), $5.00; ton. $42.00. 
CLAY’S FERTILIZER 
We have been appointed sole agents for this valuable English manure, 
which is constantly increasing in popularity. It is undoubtedly one of 
the best for all purposes, either in greenhouse or garden, and we believe 
its high reputation is well deserved. It is productive and lasting, and 
notwithstanding its apparently high price, it is quite economical. Per 14 
cwt. (56 lbs.) $4.00; cwt. (112 lbs.), $7.00. 
POTATO AND VEGETABLE FERTILIZERS 
Potato Manure. I* or Irish and sweet potatoes, also for asparagus, 
early vegetables, tomatoes, sugar beets, fruits and sorghum. Use 
three bags per acre. Per bag (200 lbs.), $4.50; per ton, $43.00. 
Vegetable Manure (for all soils). This is our vegetable or truck ma¬ 
nure for all kinds of soils, light or heavy. Use broadcast; special 
for onions, asparagus, sweet potatoes, melons, tomatoes, wheat and 
seeding to grass. Per bag (200 lbs.), $4.50; per ton, $43.00. 
THOMPSON’S VINE, PLANT AND VEGETABLE 
MANURE 
Quick action and highly recommended by English and Scotch gar¬ 
deners. M cwt., $2.00; >6 cwt., $3.75; 1 cwt., $7.00. 
SPECIAL CHRYSANTHEMUM MANURE 
Highly recommended by all growers. % cwt., $2.00; }± cwt., $3.75; 
]/2 cwt., $7.00. 
MURIATE OF POTASH 
Is 80 per cent, pure, equivalent to 48 to 50 per cent, actual potash 
A high-grade fertilizer, used largely in peach cultivation, and as a gen¬ 
eral fertilizer. Muriate of Potash and Ground Bone stand as a leader 
10 lbs., $1.05; 50 lbs., $4.75; 100 lbs., $9.00. 
LAND PLASTER 
Excellent for composting, fertilizing, or mixing with guano. A fine 
lawn fertilizer and for sour soil. Barrel, 200 lbs., $2.50. 
SOOT, IMPORTED SCOTCH 
Is used extensively on the other side by gardeners to clear the green¬ 
house of slugs and insect life; also acts as a fertilizer. 100 lbs., $4.00. 
BOWKER’S AMMONIATED FOOD FOR FLOWERS 
Made especially for plants grown in the conservatory, house or gar¬ 
den; clean, free from offensive odor. Full directions with each package. 
Small size, 15c., by mail 25c.; large size, 25c., by mail 35c. 
SALT, AGRICULTURAL 
For top-dressing asparagus beds. Apply very early in Spring at the 
rate of 800 to 1000 lbs. per acre. 200 lbs., $2.00. ‘ 
