James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Miscellaneous Supplies 
87 
INSECTICIDES 
(Note — Liquids and poisonous powders cannot be sent by mail). 
Directions for using printed on each package. 
Bug Death. For potato bugs and blight; contains no arsenic ; does not 
wash off. In comparative tests made on our farms last season Bug Death 
headed the list, not only as an insecticide, but kept the plants in a healthier 
condition and actually increased the yield over all others, while the potatoes 
when dug were healthier, contained more starch, and kept better than others. 
Can be applied dry or as a spray, i-lb. package, 15 cents; 3 -lb. package, 
35 cents; 5-lb. package, 50 cents; 12^-lb. package, $i.oc; 100-lb. keg, £;.cx> ; 
Charges not prepaid. 
Dickey’s Duster. For applying not only Bug Death but any other 
insecticide in powdered form, 23 cents each ; charges not prepaid. 
Bordeaux Mixture. (Liquid). For fungous diseases. Directions for 
using on can. Pint, 25 cts.; quart, 35 cts.; gal., 51.00; charges not prepaid. 
Copper Sulphate (Blue Yitrol). For use in mixing Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture. etc. Per lb., 12 cents; 100 lbs., 510.00; charges not prepaid. 
Dalmatian Insect Powder. The true “ Persian" insect powder. 
74 lb., 20 cents; y lb., 35 cents ; lb., 55 cents ; postage paid. 
Fir Tree Oil. For all kinds of sucking insects, whether on root, stem or 
foliage, such as Green and Black Fly, Mealy Bug, Scale, Aphis, etc. Valu¬ 
able also for animal parasites and insects. J4 pint, 40 cents ; pint, 75 cents ; 
qt., 5 I - 5 ° : gal., 54-50 ; charges not prepaid. 
Hellebore. Pure and fresh ; used largely for currant worms, etc. Pound, 
25 cents; charges not prepaid. 
Kerosene Emulsion. For scale insects, aphis, etc. Quart, 50 cents ; 
gal., $i.oo; charges not prepaid. 
N icoticlde. (Liquid). Can be used cither for fumigating or spraying. 
The strongest extract of tobacco on the market. X lb., 70 cts.; % lb., 51.25 ; 
1 lb., $2.50; 8 lbs. (1 gallon), 515.00 ; charges not prepaid. 
Nicofume. A tobacco-paper insecticide for fumigating only. Prices, 
small sizes (24 sheets), 75 cents; medium size (144 sheets), 53.50; large size 
(288 sheets), 56.50; charges not prepaid. 
Slug Shot. Non-poisonous powder for Potato Bugs, Cabbage Lice and 
Worms, Currant Worms, etc. 5 lb. package, 30 cents : charges not prepaid. 
Special price on large quantities. 
Sulpho-Tobacco Soap. Used as a wash for roses, trees, and house 
plants. Very desirable for insects on animals. 3-oz. cake, 13 cents; 8-oz. 
cake, 3 o cents ; postage paid. 
Tobacco Dust ( I be Black Stuff I. Per lb., 20 cents; postage paid. 
Special price on large quantities. 
Tuxedo. (Liquid). A combination of Bordeaux Mixture and Paris Green ; 
especially fine for potatoes, reaching bugs and blight at the same time. 
Quart, 25 cents ; gal., 85 cents ; charges not prepaid. 
Vick’s Excelsior Insect Exterminator. Will destroy Striped 
Bugs, Cabbage Lice, Green Cabbage Worms, Potato Bugs, Aphis, Squash 
Bugs, Cockroaches, etc. Harmless to plants or vegetables. Sure death to 
all plant insects, particularly the Green Cabbage Worm. This powder can 
be applied most thoroughly, economically, and quickly, by the means of the 
bellows wc have constructed for that purpose. 40 cents per pound, by mail. 
In lots of five pounds or over, 25 cents per pound by express at expense of the 
purchaser. Light-inch Bellows, 51.25. Twelve-inch Bellows, 51.50. 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, in two sizes. 
No. 1, with one ounce of Exterminator, 20 cents, postage paid. No. 2, with 
four ounces of Exterminator, 40 cents, postage paid. 
Whale Oil Soap. Used as a wash for roses, trees, and plants affected 
with insects; i-lb. box, 30 cts., postage paid. Special price on large quantities. 
Miscellaneous Supplies 
Bellows. For applying dry insecticides. Hand-made throughout form 
seasoned wood and best quality sheepskin. Eight-inch, 51.25 ; 12 in., $1.50. 
Charges not prepaid. 
Dibbles. Used in transplanting, steel point. 30 cents each ; 45 cents 
postpaid. 
Garden Lines. Extra heavy cotton, braided, 100 feet long. 60 cents 
each ; 75 cents, postage paid. 
Grass Hooks or Sickles. Each, 50 cents; charges not prepaid. 
Grass Shears. Best quality steel. 60 cents, postage paid. 
Grafting Wax. X lb., 15 cents; )4 lb., 25 cents ; lb., 35 cents,postpaid. 
Garden Trowels. Solid steel, best grade only, 50 cents, postage paid. 
Labels. Wooden; painted. Charges not prepaid. 
3 J 4 inch, pot, per 1000 . . . . 50.75 6 inch, pot, per 1000.$1.50 
4 inch, pot, per 1000.90 8 inch, pot, per 1000.4.00 
4% inch, pot, per 1000 . . . . 1.00 3^ inch, tree, notched, per 1000 .90 
5 inch, pot, per 1000 . . . . 1.25 3^ inch, tree, pierced, per 1000 .95 
Mastica. For glazing work. A putty-like preparation. Sets quickly. Can 
be used in cold weather, and does not run or crack. Use in putty-bulb or 
machine. Gallon pails, each, 51.25; machines, each, 51.25; charges not prepaid. 
Mole Traps (The Out O’Sight). It is not complicated, or easy to get 
out of order, easily set without danger to yourself, can be used in hotbeds, or 
without disturbing runway. Full explanation of habits of moles furnished with 
each trap. Price, 5125, by mail postage paid. By express 51.00, express 
charges not prepaid. 
Plant Tubs. Fibrotta ware, practically indestructible, impervious to 
moisture, light, easy to handle. laj^-inch, each 51.25; 13%-inch, each 51.50; 
charges not prepaid. 
Potting Soil. Especially prepared and sifted, per bu. 60 cents; bbl., 
51.50; charges not prepaid. 
Plant Stands. Rolling, for heavy plants. Fibrotta ware with ball bearing 
casters. 16-inch, 51-25 ; 18-inch. 51.35 ; 20-inch 5**5°I charges not prepaid. 
Putty Bulbs. For applying liquid putty,mastica,etc. Each,5i-io, postpaid. 
Pruning Sh©ars. Charges not prepaid. 
No. 1537—8-inch.50 65 6-inch, Nickle Plated . ... 50 80 
N°- *537 8 J 4 -inch. 75 10-inch, Wiss, genuine.2 00 
No. 1538— 8 » 4 -inch. 80 
Raffia. For tying, per lb., 20 cents; 5lbs.,9o cents; 
10 lbs., 51-50 ; charges not prepaid. 
Syringes. Brass. Charges not prepaid. 
No. A—12-inch barrel, i-spray rose and jet. . . . 52 25 
No. 12 14-inch barrel, 2-spray rose and jet. ... 3 50 
No. 11—16-inch barrel, 2-spray rose and jet. . . 4 50 
No. 5—18-inch barrel, 2-spray rose and jet. ... 650 
Sprinklers. Tyrian. Rubber, made with a perfor¬ 
ated detachable top; valuable for window gardening, 
bouquet sprinkling, dampening clothes, etc.; postpaid. 
6-ounce size, straight neck.5o 75 
6-ounce size, bent neck. 3 : 
8-onnce size, straight neck. 85 
8-ounce size, bent neck. x 
Weeders. Claw, 20 cents; Christy, 20 cents ; Hazel- 
tine, 30 cents ; Lang 30 cents ; postage paid. 
Self-Registering 
Thermometers 
The illustration gives a clear idea of this useful Ther¬ 
mometer. The ordinary thermometer tells you the tem¬ 
perature at the time you look at it; this one not only gives 
that information, but also the highest and lowest points it 
has reached since you set it last. The small floats above 
the mercury in the picture show that the lowest tempera¬ 
ture reached since it was set was 66°, as shown by left- 
hand column, and the highest 8i°, as shown by right-hand 
column, and the temperature as shown at the present time 
i 77°. To set it, place a horseshoe magnet, which we- send 
with it, over the float and move it down to the column of 
mercury. These thermometers are made for us in Ger¬ 
many ; have magnifying tubes, are mounted on boxwood, 
and enclosed in a neat japanned case. Price, 52.50 each 
postpaid. 
“Victory” Lawn Mower 
Ball Bearings. Easy to Operate. 
The Best Mower Ever B\iilt. 
The adjustments of the “Victory" Lawn Mowers are the simplest, most 
perfect, and most positive. They cut within 1% inches of an obstruction 
( other.-. 3 y 2 inches ). Our cutter bars will stay on the ground and cut their full 
swath clean (other short-coupled mowers kick up behind in heavy grass). Our 
mowers are well speeded, and bite small and frequent, leaving a beautiful 
velvety lawn. Ball bearings of the highest grade, exact to X of 1.0000 of an 
inch, which reduce the friction astonishingly—even more in a mower than in 
a bicycle—and render it possible to use much wider machines than heretofore, 
with parallel bearings. A 24-inch mower can now be operated as easily as the 
old parallel-bearing mower only 16 inches. 
Ten-inch Wheel. Four-Bladed Reels. Ball Bearings. 
14-in. 16-in. 18-in. 20-in. 22-in. 24-in. 
58.50 59-50 510.50 5*1.50 512.50 513.50 
By Express or Freight, charges not prepaid 
Champion Dry Powder Duster 
Distributes all kinds of dry insecticides or fungicides. Adjustable to any 
width cf row, holds over a quart of .powder, weighs about six pounds. Each 
machine is packed in a case complete with four tubes, six nozzles, two drops, 
and oil can. Weight, packed for shipping, 13 pounds. Price, 57.50; charges 
not prepaid. 
