120 HOVEY’S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE 
GARDEN REQUIREMENTS. 
Peat Mould, in bags or barrels, per bushel 1.00 
Silver Sand, of the best quality, per bushel.. 2.60 
Mould, mixed in proper quantities for plants In pots, per bushel . , . • . . . .75 
Common Moss, or Sphagnum, for baskets, orchids, see., per bushel.. .75 
Labels for Pot-plants or Trees, per hundred, 20 cents; per thousand ...... 1.00 
Thermometers, of various sizes and best qualities, each ..... .60, .76, 1.00, 2.00 
“ seif-regulating.. 2.00 
RUSSIA MATS. 
Archangel, of the best quality, each ... 1.60 
Common Bass Mats, per dozen ... 8.00, 6.00 
CUBA BASS. 
For tying up plants, grape-vines, See., in large or small quantities, per lb., 76 cts. to $1.00. 
DR. GRAEF’S INDELIBLE INK. 
A German preparation for marking labels. May bo used either for out or in door plants, ex¬ 
posure producing no effect on the writing. In bottles, with directions, 75 cents each. 
INDELIBLE PENCILS, for writing on wood labels, 50 cents each. 
RUSTIC BASKETS. 
For filling with plants for suspending in parlors, conservatories, &c., of various designs and sizes, 
from $1.50 to $3.00 each. 
PATENT TANNED GARDEN NETTING. 
For protecting strawberries, currants, grapes, &c., from robins and other birds. 10 cts. per 
square yard. 
TROWBRIDGE’S GRAFTING-WAX. 
Highly recommended as the best in use. Neatly put up in one-lb. packages, at 40 cents; half-lb. 
packages, at 25 cents; one-fourth lb. packages, 15 cents. 
WHALE-OIL SOAP. 
For preserving Plants, Flowering 8hrubs, Vines, and particularly Rose Bushes, from Slugs and 
all other Insects; also excellent for applying to the bark of Trees of all kinds for destroying Bark- 
Lice, Moss. &c. Two-pound boxes, 35 cents: five-pound boxes, 75 cents; ten-pound boxes, $1.25; 
twenty-pound boxes, $2.00. with directions for use. Tin Syringes for applying the Boap, $1.25. 
Brass Syringes, $2.50 and upwards. Bee page 116. 
GISHURST COMPOUND. 
An English preparation, highly recommended for preventing and destroying Red Spiders, 
Scale, Mealy Bug, Thrip, Green and Black Fly, &c. Also for winter dressing, and washing walls, 
frames, and sashes of Greenhouses. Price, per box, $1.00. 
CARBOLIC PURIFYING POWDER. 
This Powder consists of a number of well-known sanitary agents, chemically combined with 
Carbolic Acid, which has been recommended by Physicians and scientific men extensively, and 
adopted by Boards of Health in some of the most prominent cities. It acts like magic ui remov¬ 
ing all disagreeable and unhealthy odor. Put up in neat paper boxes at 25 cents and §1 each, by 
express only. 
FLORAL FERTILIZER 
For House and Garden Plants. 
This preparation is made under the direction of a leading agricultural chemist, and is superior 
to any imported. It is a strong and excellent fertilizer for house and garden plants, as hundreds 
who have used it can testify. Put up in neat boxes at 25 and 60 cents each, by express. The small- 
sized box sent by mail for 36 cents. 
