GARDEN AND FARM REQUISITES 
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INSECTICIDES AND GARDEN AND FARM REQUISITES. 
We are Sole New England Agents for W. S. Powell & Co.’s Reliable Fungicides and Insecticides, 
• and offer the following at the manufacturer’s prices : 
Powell’s Guicide Powder. For potato blight, potato rot, grape vine flea beetle, potato bugs, pear and cherry 
slugs, codling moths, curculio and strawberry crown borers. Can be used either dry or in solution. 25- 
lb. boxes, .06 per lb., $1.50 per box 
Powell’s Copperdine. For black rot, downy mildew, and anthracnose of the grape, pear leaf blight, pear scab, 
apple scab and powdery mildew. 1 gallon cans, (makes 100 gallons wash) $1.50 per can. 
Powell’s Bordeaux Mixture. For black rot, downy mildew and anthracnose of grapes, potato blight, potato 
rot, leaf blight of cherry, pear, quince, and other fungus diseases. 20-lb. packages, (50 gallons wash) 
$1.00 per package. 
Powell’s Kerosene Emulsion. For plant lice of any kind, cabbage worms, scale insects on apple, pear, orange, 
lemon and other trees. 5 gallon buckets, (makes 75 gallons wash) $1.25 per bucket. 
Powell’s Quassaine. This is a concentrated fluid extract Quassia, held in suspension by Whale Oil Soap — 
adopted and officially recommended by the State Horticultural Board of Washington, as a cheap and 
eliable non-poisonous insecticide for hop lice, aphis and all scale insects, nothing better for rose bushes 
and house plants. Quart cans, (50 gallons wash) $1.00 per can; 1 gallon cans, (100 gallons wash) $1.50 
per can; 2 gallon cans, (200 gallons wash) $2.50 per can. 
Powell’s Carbolized Soap. For peach, apple and other tree borers, also for washing trees to prevent attacks of 
animals or vermin. 1 gallon cans, (makes 12 gallons paint) $1.00 per can. 
Powell’s Sulpho-Steatite Powder. For lettuce mildew, powdery and downy mildew of the grape, rose mildew 
and other fungus diseases affecting plants under glass. 25-ib. boxes (used as a dust) 8c. per lb. 
Baskets, Verbena, adjustable handles. $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1,000. 
Carbolic Purifying Powder, for removing disagreeable, unhealthy odors. Trial pkg., .25; 6-lb. pkg., $1.00. 
Caps, Hay, Breck’s Improved, brown, medicated, complete with ropes and pins, each .55; per 100, $50.00. 
Caps, Hay, Childs’ Patent, water, mildew and vermin proof, complete with strings and pins, each .60; $55 per 100. 
Canker Worm Exterminator, (Morrill’s Tree Ink,) a sure protection to trees from the ravages of grub and 
canker worms. Directions with, each can. 
2- lb. Cans.$0.30 ' 20-lb. Cans.$2.00 
3- lb. “.45 28-lb. “.2.80 
5-lb. “.-6o 125-lb. Kegs, per lb. ..... .09 
10-lb. 44 .1.10 460-lb. Barrels, 44 ..07 
Color, Improved Butter, Wells, Richardson & Co., imparts the 44 golden tint of June ” to butter at all seasons 
of the year. Bottles sufficient for 500 lbs., .25 ; 1250 lbs., .50. 
Color, Hanson’s Butter, a universal favorite. In bottles at 25c., 50c. and $1.00 each. 
Cotton Batting, for packing flowers., etc. Per sheet, .06. 
Dalmatian Insect Powder, for destroying Roaches , Ants, Fleas , and all other noxious bisects . Per lb., .40. 
Dip, McDougall’s Sheep, an effective, non-poisonous preparation for killing vermin on sheep, cattle, and 
domestic animals. Per quart, .75; % gallon, $1.50; gallon, $2.50. 
Dusters, Tin, with finely perforated bottoms, for applying Paris green, slug shot, and similar insecticides, 25c. ea. 
Food for Flowers, Bowker’s. The best plant food for house plants, clean and effective. Boxes, 15c. and 25c. ea. 
Gishurst Compound, for destroying vermin on fruit trees, roses, greenhouse plants, etc. In boxes, 35c. and 
$1.00 each. 
Gun, Excelsior Powder, for insect powders. Price, each, .20; per doz., $2.00. 
Grape Dust. A preparation for destroying mildew on grape vines. Can 
also be used on plants or trees affected with mould, mildew, or rust 
mites, either in greenhouses or the open air. Dust on a warm, dry day. 
Per lb., 10 cts.; 5 lbs., 35 cts. 
Hellebore, for destroying Rose Slugs. One or two applications are usu¬ 
ally sufficient for a season, and it is thoroughly effective. With direc¬ 
tions. Per lb., 30 cts, 
Little’s Antipest. This preparation is a sure destroyer of all insect pests 
that infest plants. It is non-poisonous and when diluted and used ac¬ 
cording to directions is perfectly harmless to vegetation. Per pint, 60 
cts.; quart, $1.00; 2 quarts, $1.50; gallon, $2.50. 
London Purple, for destroying potato bugs. Directions with each pack¬ 
age. Per lb., 25 cts. 
Mats, Archangel. Size, 8x4^ feet. An excellent covering for frames, 
hot-beds, etc., 75 cts. each. 
Mats, Strawy for hot-beds, etc. Each, 6x6 ft., $1.75. Other sizes to order. 
Oil, Soluble Fir Tree. An invaluable preparation for destroying all in¬ 
sects and parasites that infest fruit trees, plants and animals, whether on the foliage or at the roots of the 
plants. Does not contain any poisonous properties. Quart, $1.25; pint, .75; pint, .50. 
Paris Green, Breck’s Strictly Pure, for destroying potato bugs. It is effectual for destroying that pest. Direc¬ 
tions for use with each package. Per lb., .30. 
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Paper, Waxed, for packing flowers. Per lb , .50. 
Paper, White, for packing flowers, etc. Per lb., .10. 
Paper, Wrapping, strong manilla. Per lb., .08. 
Tarred Paper, for using with tree ink, in rolls, about 
50 lbs. each. Per lb., .05. 
Special offer No. 2 only applies to articles on this page. See third page of cover. 
