ABEL’S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA. 
Fertilizers 
ABEL’S FERTILIZERS 
Acid or Rock Phosphate (16%). Apply 1000 lbs. per acre. Used 
for mixing with other fertilizers to increase the phosphoric acid 
analysis. 5 lbs. 35c; 10 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. $1.00; 200 lbs. $3.00; 
%ton $12.00; ton $22.00. 
Adco. A bacterial food for making artificial manure, by mixing it 
with leaves, grass cuttings, gTeen weeds or, in fact all the many 
wastes that accumulate during the garden year and applying water, 
the product is a clean manure. 25 lb. bag sufficient to make one- 
half ton of manure, $2.00; 150 lb. bag sufficient to make 3 tons of 
manure, $10.50; 600 lbs. $42.00; 2100 lbs. $145.00. 
Ashes, Hard Wood. Apply 1000 lbs. per acre. Indispensable for all 
crops requiring potash: excellent for mixing with potting soil. For 
top dressing lawns and grass fields it is applied to best advantage 
either in very early spring or late fall. 25 lbs. 85c; 50 lbs. $1.50: 
100 lbs. $2.50; 200 lbs. $4.00; 1000 lbs. $18.00; per ton $35.00. 
Blood (Dried). For indoor culture of flowering plants, like roses, 
carnations, etc., its chief element being nitrogen. One of the quick¬ 
est acting fertilizers. 5 lbs. 50c; 10 lbs. 85c: 25 lbs. $1.50; 50 
lbs. $2.50; 100 lbs. $4.50; 200 lbs. $8.50; 500 lbs. $20.00. 
Bloomaid. For flowers, shrubs, vegetables. If you want your flow¬ 
ers to bloom earlier and longer, your shrubs and hedges to be 
greener, thriftier, we recommend that you use Bloomaid. Brings 
blooms ten days to two weeks earlier—makes plants double the 
size of those not treated. Use it in the vegetable garden, around 
shrubs and to enrich the soil in window boxes and flower pots. 
25 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $2.50; 100 lbs. $4.00. 
Bone Meal. Unusually rich in nitrogen and phosphoric acid, the two 
principal plant foods. We recommend this especially for lawns, 
gardens and greenhouses, or any purpose where a high class fer¬ 
tilizer counts. Apply 800 to 1000 lbs. per acre. 5 lbs. 25c; 10 
lbs. 50c; 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.00; per ton, 
$40.00. 
BOVUNG 
A rich manure from cows—the ideal 
fertilizer for New Lawns and for restoring: 
the worn-out ^rass plot to its original 
vigor. 
Through a special process practically all 
moisture is removed from Bovung soon 
after it has been taken from the barns. 
Bovung is absolutely free of all live 
weed seeds, it can not bring plant diseases 
to your garden, and while a little goes far, 
no harm will occur through fertilizing 
your lawn or garden freely. 
Bovung broadcasts as readily as grass 
seed and we suggest three applications 
upon your lawn throughout the year, in the 
early spring,. again in midsummer, and 
finally early in the autumn. 
Bovung, too, is an excellent fertilizer 
for the flower and vegetable garden, being 
of an organic nature it brings to the soil 
just those materials in which the average 
garden soil is lacking. 5 lbs. 25c: 10 lbs. 
45c: 25 lbs. $1.00: 50 lbs. $1.50: 100 lbs. 
$2.75: 500 lbs. $12.50; 1,000 lbs. $23.50; 
ton, $42,50, not prepaid. 
Clay’s Fertilizer. An English chemical fertilizer, for forcing green¬ 
house plants and vegetables. It can be used in either dry or liquid 
form. 28 lbs. $3.75; 56 lbs. $6.25; 112 lbs. $12.00. 
Cow or Cattle Manure (Shredded). One sack of this is equal to one 
carload of cow manure in regular form. Convenient to handle, 
making it possible for everyone to get this usually scarce article at 
all times. Especially suited for soil mixing, mulching and liquid 
manuring. Apply 1000 lbs. per acre. 100 lbs. $3.00; 500 lbs. 
$11.25; 1000 lbs. $22.50: 2000 lbs. $45.00. 
Dutch Maid (Pulverized Form). For lawns, flowers, shrubs and 
vegetables. The use of DUTCH MAID will make lawns richer, give 
earlier flowers, make thrifty shrubs and larger yields of vegetables. 
DUTCH MAID is a specially prepared plant food that contains 
the essential ingredients—nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash 
in the form that will give rapid growth and full development of 
the above plant life. Guaranteed analysis. Nitrogen 4 per cent, 
Avai. Phos. Acid 6 per cent. Potash 6 per cent. 5 lbs. 50c; 10 
lbs. 85c; 25 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $2.50; 100 lbs. $4.00. 
Driconure. This contains just two ingredients—cow manure and 
peat moss, so treated as to be free of weed seeds and practically 
odorless; a real soil conditioner for the lawn and garden. Per bag 
of 50 lbs. $2.50; per 5 bags $11.50; 10 bags $22.00. 
Ferogen. A spring and summer ground dressing; reinforces anv 
manure fertilizers you may use. Lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 5 lbs. $2.75*; 
10 lbs. $4.75; 25 lbs. $11.00; 100 lbs. $40.00. 
Genuine Venezuelean Goat Manure. Pure animal manure, long recog¬ 
nized as the most valuable aid to plant-life under the control of man. 
It is gathered from the corrals in Venezuela, carried to the sea- 
coast, and shipped to the factory. Litter is unknown in Venezuela, 
hence the absence of straw or other trash, usually found mixed with 
domestic animal manures. Coming from the hot, dry climate of 
\ enezuela, this material is absolutely free from weed seeds of any 
sort. The readily available organic nitrogen will give your plants 
a good start, and the slower-acting elements will feed them through¬ 
out their growing season. 100 lbs. $3.00; 500 lbs. $11.50; 1,000 
lbs. $22.50; 2,000 lbs. $45.00. 
Horn Shavings. Used principally for mixing in potted soil; rich in 
ammonia, especially valuable in chrysanthemum growing. 5 lbs. 70c; 
10 lbs. $1.25; 25 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $3.75; 100 lbs. $7.00. 
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Hyper-Hu.mus. An excellent article to incorporate with poor soil in 
the garden, greenhouse or in potting plants. When used in garden 
work, the ground should be covered with one-half to two inches 
of Humus and spaded in. 5 lbs. 25c; 10 lbs. 45c; 25 lbs. 85c; 
50 lbs. $1.35; 100 lbs. $2.50; 500 lbs. $11.25; 1000 lbs. $18.00; 
2000 lbs. $30.00. 
Lime (Hydrated or Powdered). This is a very fine article for distrib¬ 
uting on grass. Promotes growth, gives the grass a rich color and 
has a tendency to prevent the growth of weeds. Apply one ton 
per acre. 10 lbs. 25c; 50 lbs. 60c; 500 lbs. $7.00; 1000 lbs. $12.00; 
ton $22.00. 
Muriate of Potash. Apply 100 to 150 lbs. per acre, usually with other 
fertilizers. Excellent for potatoes, corn and other grains. Analysis, 
equal to 50 per cent actual potash. 5 lbs. 35c; 10 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. 
$1.25; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.75; ton $60.00. 
Nitrate of Soda. Apply 100 to’ 150 lbs. per acre, mixing with land 
plaster or other fertilizers to render application more easy. Use 
only after plants are above ground. If used in liquid form 
dilute 2 ozs. to 1 gal. of water and do not apply oftener than 
twice a week. 5 lbs. 30c; 10 lbs. 50c; 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. 
$2.00; 100 lbs. $3.50; ton $60.00. 
Phosphate. For all vegetable crops, grains, grass, etc. Apply 800 to 
1000 lbs. per acre broadcast. 5 lbs. 30c; 10 lbs. 55c; 25 lbs. 
$1.00; 50 lbs. $1.75; 100 lbs. $3.00; 200 lbs. $5.50; V 2 ton $21.00; 
ton $40.00. 
Sheep Manure. Apply 1000 lbs. per acre. One of the most ex¬ 
tensively used of animal manures. The analysis shows it to be a 
perfectly balanced plant food. For garden, lawn or greenhouse use, 
nothing surpasses sheep manure; it is clean and easily handled, 
besides giving immediate results. 100 lbs. $3.00; 500 lbs. $11.25; 
1000 lbs. $22.50; 2000 lbs. $45.00. 
Soot (Scotch Imported). This is used principally for bringing a good 
healthy color into foliage of chrysanthemum and other greenhouse 
plants. Also destroys insects and grubs that work on top of and 
underneath the surface. 5 lbs. 60c; 10 lbs. $1.00; 25 lbs. $1.50; 
100 lbs. $5.00. 
Sutlmt’o ttlfttaiuaril. Sutton’s Original Lawn Sand. Most 
weeds are amenable to treatment with one or other Sutton’s 
Clensward Lawn sands, which preparations are unrivalled for the 
destruction of these troublesome plants. Where weeds are very 
abundant it is advisable to dress the entire area at the rate of four 
ounces per square yard, equal to about 10 cwt. per acre. Choose 
a dry day for the work. Clensward is most effective when the ap¬ 
plication is followed by 24 to 48 hours of dry weather. Individual 
weeds may be destroyed by lightly covering the plant, and in the 
case of very large specimens the crowd of the weed should be 
pierced vertically. Lb. 20c; 5 lbs. 90c; 10 lbs. $1.70; 25 lbs. $4.00; 
50 lbs. $7.50; 100 lbs. $13.50. 
Sulphate of Aluminum. Especially adapted for fertilizing Rhododen¬ 
drons, and other plants requiring an acid soil. 5 lbs. 40c; 10 lbs. 
70c; 25 lbs. $1.25; 100 lbs. $4.00; 200 lbs. $7.50. 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Apply 75 to 100 lbs. per acre only with other 
fertilizers deficient in nitrogen. A valuable fertilizer for all plants 
in which a large leaf development or rapid growth is desired; will 
stimulate growth almost immediately. Analysis equal to 25% of 
ammonia. 2 lbs. 25c; 5 lbs. 35c; 10 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. $1.25; 50 
lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.50; ton $60.00. 
Sulphate of Potash. Apply 100 to 125 lbs. per 
acre, usually with other fertilizers. On ac¬ 
count of its great strength it must be used 
judiciously. Valuable for roots and grain 
crops. Analysis equal to 50% of actual potash. 
5 lbs. 40c; 10 lbs. 70c; 25 lbs. $1.25; 50 lbs. 
$2.25: 100 lbs. $4.00; 200 lbs. $7.50. 
Tobacco Stems. For fumigating, mulching and 
fertilizing, these are invaluable. The chief fer¬ 
tilizing element in them is the potash. 5 lbs. 
25c; 10 lbs. 50c; 50 lbs. $1.75; 100 lbs. $3.00. 
Vigoro. A specially prepared plant food for 
lawns, vegetable and flower gardens, shrubbery, 
trees, etc. 5 lbs. 50c; 25 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. 
$2.50; 100 lbs. $4.00. 
V-C Fairway Fertilizer. For lawns and grass. To have a lawn of 
closer, faster-growing grass that resists drought, stays greener— 
constantly thickens and spreads—use V-C Fairway Fertilizer. This 
is the treatment now used on the lawns of country estates, polo 
fields and on the most famous golf courses. Fifteen times as rich 
as manure; costs not more than 10 cents for each 100 square feet to 
be treated. Practically no odor. 100-lb. bag (enough for 5,000 sq. 
ft.) $4.00; 50-lb. bag (enough for 2,500 sq. ft.) $2.50; 25-lb. bag 
enough for 1,250 sq. ft). $1.50. Convenient, easy to handle. Com¬ 
plete directions for lawn treatment on every bag. 
WONDERGRO 
Qiew Life TABLETS for plants 
WONDERGO is water-soluble and Odorless and may be used in 
tablet or liquid form. Per box of 40 tablets 25c (postpaid 30c) ; per 
can of 40 tablets 25c (postpaid (30c) ; per can of 100 tablets 50c 
(postpaid 65c) : 1000 tablets $3.25 (postpaid $3.40). 
"Wondergro” is the new and better Plant Fertilizer sent postpaid 
with a little FREE BOOKLET on ‘ ‘How to Make a Success of the 
Window Garden.” 
