“ The wild heath displays the purple dyes , 
And ’ midst the desert , fruitful fields arise.**— Poj>e. y 
VICKS EXCELSIOR INSECT EXTERMINATOR. 
Will destroy Striped Fleas, Cabbage Lice, Green Cabbage Worms, Potato Bugs, Aphis, 
Bu’^. etc-. Harmless to plants or vegetables. Sure death to all plant insects, par¬ 
ticularly the Green Cabbage Worm, for whose ravaging attacks there has hitherto been no 
known Veined v. This powder can be applied most thoroughly, economically and quickly 
bv means of the bellows we have constructed for that purpose. The engraving represents 
the position in which the bellows is held when operating; also a well developed head of 
Cabbage, on which the Exterminator has been used the past season. The leaf in the background was 
taken from a neighbor’s garden, where the plants, though well developed, were completely ruined by 
the Cabbage Worm. About one-half or three-quarters of a pound of the powder should be placed iii 
the bellows through the cork opening at the side. A single puff over the heart of the Cabbage is suf- 
lirient for one application. The bellows can thus be worked as fast as a person would ordinarily walk. 
Exterminator, 40 cents per pound, by mail. In lots of live pounds or over, 25 cents per pound, by 
express at expense of purchaser. Eight -inch Bellows, 
$1.25. Twelve inch Bellows, $1.50. The Bellows can be 
sent only by express at expense of purchaser. 
For use in conservatories and for house plants, we 
offer a small, zinc Bellows, as shown by the engraving, 
in two sizes. No. 1, with one ounce of Exterminator, 
29 cents, prepaid. No. 2, with four ounces of Exter¬ 
minator, 40 cents, prepaid. 
- TRY IT. - 
IT WILL QUICKLY PAY FOR ITSELF. 
Miscellaneous. 
Whale Oil Soap, by freight or express, at expense of purchaser; 1 lb. 
bar, 20 cents ; 2 lbs. bar, 35 cents ; 5 lbs. bar, 80 cents ; 10 lbs., $1.50 ; 20 lbs., 
$2.50; by mail, prepaid, 10 cents per pound additional. 
Floral Fertilizer, by express, not paid, per package, 10 and 25 cents; 
by^mail, prepaid, 15 and. 40 
Garden Trowels, 7 inch, 25 cents ; 8 inch. 35 
Garden Lines, solid braid, 100 feet, by mail, postpaid, $1.00; 200 feet, $2.00 
Sulpho-Tobacco Soap, per can. 40 
A VALUABLE FERTILIZER, 
For Farm, Garden, and Fruit Crops. — Nitrate of Soda. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
(True to Name.) 
The prices given for single plants and dozens are by mail prepaid. If 
100 or more are desired by mail, add 26 cents for each 100 plants, but it is 
cheaper and better to ship by express when possible.' 
Cabbage, Early Wakefield, 4 From April 15th to June 1st. Doz., 
Early Summer, | 25 cts.; 100, $1.00; lfl6p, $5.50. 
“ Vick’s All Season, f After June 1st. 100, 50 cents; 1000, 
“ Louisville Drumhead. J $3.00. 
This valuable fertilizing material is rapidly becoming known and its 
merits recognized by gardeners and farmers. Nitrogen is one of the 
most important elements of manures and the most expensive of all. In 
the form of Nitrate of Soda , Nitrogen can be procured cheaper than in 
any other way. It is a valuable manure for nearly all growing crops. 
The nitrogen in the Nitrate of Soda is quickly appropriated by the roots 
of plants and pushes them into active, vigorous growth. On garden 
vegetables and strawberries the effect of this manure is soon shown. 
Nitrate of Soda has been used with profit on grass and all grain crops; 
and on Potatoes, Beets, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrots, Celery, Asparagus, 
Swede Turnips, Tomatoes, Onions and Parsnips, Currants and Peaches. 
With the present high price of labor the true economy is to raise the 
largest crop jiossiblc on a given space of land, and in order to do this the 
best and most appropriate fertilizer must be used. Gardeners and farm¬ 
ers must learn to apply the particular kind of fertilizers their crops need, 
and in the right proportion to produce the best results. Those who have 
been using some of the many brands of commercial fertilizers that go 
under the name of phosphates, will find great benefit from the use of 
Nitrate of Soda as the probability is that their soils are rich, both in 
potash and phosphoric acid, and only nitrogen is needed to give the best 
immediate results. The same is true in most cases where stable manure 
has long been in use. Nitrate of Soda can be used on all garden crops at 
the rate 100 to 300 lbs. per acre. Nitrate of Soda on lawns at the rate of 
1 to 2 lbs. to the square rod, sown broad cast in the spring will add great¬ 
ly to the luxuriance of the grass and keep it green all summer. 
Prices, 10 lbs., GO cents; 25 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs., $2.00; 300 lbs., $9.00. 
At these prices we deliver at It. It. or Express office in Rochester. 
Vick’s Velvet Lawn and Piant Fertilizer. 
This is bone reduced to the finest powder or flour with the addition of 
other chemical substances forming a combination as a fertilizer of the 
highest value. It can bo recommended for florists use or for all who 
raise pot plants to mix with the soil, ensuring astrong and healthy growth. 
As the proportion of available phosphoric acid in the bone meal is very 
large it makes it one of the most valuable fertilizers for lawns. For lawns 
use a barrel to one-half an acre. This fertilizer is odorless. 
Prices, delivered at freight or express office, 10 lbs., 50 cents; 25 lbs. 
$1.00 , 50 lbs. $1.50; Bbl., 225 lbs., $7.00. 
Cauliflower, Vick’s Ideal, 
“ Snow Ball. 
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From April 15th to .7une 1st. Doz., 25 cts., 
100, $1.00; 1000, $5.50. 
After June 1st. 100, 75 cts.; 1000, $3.59. 
Celery, Golden Self-Blanching, 
“ White Plume, 
“ New Rose, 
“ Golden Heart. 
Ready May 1st. 
Per doz., 25 cts.; 100, $1; 1000, $5. 
Egg 
Plant, New York Purple. 
Pot grown. Ready May 15th. 
Each, 10 cts.; doz., $1.00; 100, $4.00. 
Peppers, Long Red, 
“ Large Bell, 
‘‘ Golden Hawn. 
Pot grown. Ready May 15th. 
Each, 10 cts.; doz., 50 cts.; 100, $2.00. 
Tomatoes, Atlantic Prize, 
“ New Stone, 
“ McCuIlom’s Hybrid, 
“ Acme, 
** Favorite. 
Ready May 1st. 
Doz., 40 cts.; 100, $2.00; 1000, $9.00. 
Sill’s Window Garden Spray. 
This new form of Sprayer is a rubber syringe acting wiih a bulb and 
drawing water through a screen into a tube and discharging it through 
a metal nozzle. The water is drawn from a pail or other vessel, and the 
discharge operating like a force pump can be continued until the water 
is exhausted. It is especially designed for Window Gardens and Conser¬ 
vatories. The different nozzles allow the spray to be thrown fine or 
coarse as desired. It is an excellent instrument for applying insecticides 
on house plants and shrubbery. Useful always for spraying with clear 
water and effective in its worlc. It is durable, simple and easy to use, and 
will be found satisfactory by all who give it a trial. 
It received a Certificate of Honorable Mention from the Society of 
American Florists’ at Washington, 1892. Sent by mail for $2.25. 
See Illustration of this Sprayer in Vick’s Magazine for January. 
