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Miscellaneous Supplies 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
PRUNING KNIVES 
KNIVES PRtJN1NG BUDDING 
Budding. No. 718 — 1 blade, open, cocoa handle.$0.30 
No. 852 — 1 blade, folding, cocoa handle.50 
No. 910 — 1 blade, folding, ivory handle.1.00 
No. 850 — 2 blade, folding, ivory handle.1.00 
No. 419 — 2 blade, folding, ivory handle, superior steel . . 1.25 
No. 690 — 2 blade, folding, buffalo handle, ivory tip.80 
No. 919 — 1 blade, folding, ivory handle.1.00 
No. 917 — 1 blade, folding, ivory handle, sheep’s-foot blade 1.00 
Pruning. N0.1002 — 1 blade, open, wood handle.35 
No. 117 — 1 blade, folding, cocoa handle, round end.70 
No. 510—1 blade, folding, cocoa handle, steel-capped . . 1.00 
No. 801 — i blade, folding, cocoa handle, 4-inch blade ... .60 
No. 923— 1 blade, folding, stag handle, 4-inch blade.85 
No. 928—1 blade, folding, stag handle, 4^-in. blade . . . 1.15 
BASKETRY 
RafHa > s the native name of a palm growing in Madagascar, and which 
furnishes the raffia fiber of commerce. This fiber is the inner skin peeled from 
the under side of the palm leaf. When first stripped it is of a pale green color, 
but after being dried in the sun it becomes a light straw color. For export it 
is collected in large skeins, twisted or braided, and then packed in compressed 
bales of about 220 pounds. At first it was sold in the natural color only, being 
used principally for tying of vegetables, and in greenhouse and vineyard 
work. With its adoption for basketry it began to be dyed in various colors, 
and our present list embraces the following different colors : 
No. 3—Indian Red 
No. 12—Light Orange 
No. 5—Yellow 
No. 16—Bright Yellow 
No. 14—Sage Green 
No. 17—Emerald Green 
No. 6—Dark Navy 
No. 7—Red 
No. 8—Pink 
No. 10—Brown 
No. 9—Black 
No. 13—Bright Green 
Prices on Basket Materials 
Add postage as follows : 
Ounce 2 cents ; ^ lb. 5 cents ; 
pound 
16 cents. 
OUNCE 
Vx lb. 
POUND 
Raffia—Colored. 
.. $<> 05 
£0 20 
$0 75 
Raffia—Natural ... . . . 
. 03 
08 
25 
Sweet Grass. 
. 15 
40 
1 50 
Reeds — No. 1. 
. 08 
3 ° 
1 00 
No. 2. 
. 07 
25 
75 
No. 3. 
20 
65 
No. 4. 
20 
65 
No. 5. 
15 
50 
No. 6. 
. 04 
IS 
50 
Samples of Raffia and Reeds on application. 
Books 011 Basketry- 
Basket-Making. By T. Vernctte Morse. 32 pages, illustrated with 106 work¬ 
ing designs. A condensed work valuable to the beginner. Postpaid 25 cents. 
How to Make Baskets. By Mary White. 200 pages, cloth bound, finely 
illustrated with working designs and half-tone plates. The best work on the 
subject we have seen. Postpaid, $x.oo. 
The Auto-Spray. Perfect in mechanism, material, workmanship. Will 
do all that any spray pump will do, and much more. Every machine war¬ 
ranted perfect and satisfactory or purchase price refunded. Eight to ten 
strokes of the plunger compresses enough air to spray acre of potatoes. A 
boy can do a man’s work. No wasted material. Sprays fine as mist. Made 
in all brass, or with galvanized steel reservoir. Capacity, 4 gallons. Weight, 
empty, 7 pounds. Weight loaded, 39 pounds. Shipping weight, 12 pounds. 
Utility considered, the brass machine is the cheaper, and we strongly 
commmend it. Extension pipes are strong, and sustain themselves in use; 
they cost extra. The “ Auto-Pop " is an automatic valve which is closed by 
the air pressure used to operate the “Auto-Spray." In operation a lever is 
moved by simply closing the hand, thus opening the valve and allowing an 
instantaneous discharge of spray. By releasing the lever it closes itself 
automatically, hence the spray is in perfect control. The “Anti-Choke" 
Nozzle (shown in illustration with “Auto-Pop") is made from solid brass rod, 
and consists of nozzle proper and two caps of different capacity. It offers 
every graduation of spray from a solid stream to a fog. It is made to fit other 
sprayers, where so ordered. By the operation of the “Auto Pop” a degorger 
is passed through the nozzle-opening each time the “Auto-Pop" is closed. 
Hence it can never clog and is the only nozzle which can’t clog, notwithstand¬ 
ing the claims of competitors. 
No. 1—Auto-Spray, brass tank, with stop-cock.$6 00 
No. 1—Auto-Spray, brass tank, with Auto-Pop (recommended) .7 00 
No. 1—Auto-Spray, galvanized tank, with stop-cock .4 5° 
No. 1 — Auto-Spray, galvanized tank, with Auto-Pop. 5 50 
Auto-Pop, supplied separately.1 25 
Copper Strainer. 1 25 
Extension Pipe, brass, two-ft. lengths. 30 
Extension Pipes, galvanized, brass connections, two-ft. lengths . 25 
Elbow Extension, brass. 30 
Torch. 75 
Brown’s Easy Weedier 
Brown’s Easy Weedier 
This new idea as a weeding device has made itselfan immediate favorite with 
growers everywhere. With it, a boy can do more and better work than two 
men with any other tool ever put on the market. Does not cut or destroy the 
roots of plants. Takes out all the weeds; its oval shape permitting the oper¬ 
ator to weed behind the plants while standing in front. It works the surface to 
a fine mulch. It makes the hard places easy to reach. For working in ashes 
or commercial fertilizers, it has no equal 40 cents each. 
