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HENDERSON’S X. 
L. POWDER for 
DOGSandPOUL- 
TRY. Non-poi¬ 
sonous insect pow¬ 
der for insects on 
dogs, cats, chick¬ 
ens, etc. Price, 1 
lb. box. 25c.: $2.50 
per doz.; postage extra, 1.5c. each. 
“ ABOUT 
MAILING 
Powders and Soaps (those 
offered by the pound)—non- 
poisonous—can be sent by mail, 
if 15c. per lb. is added to tJve 
prices, to pay postage. Fluids 
(those offered by the quart 
etc.) and poisonous powders 
are not mailable. 
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ANT DESTROYER. A non-poisonous powder 
which, sprinkled around their haunts, will destroy 
or drive away black ants from lawns, trees, plants, 
houses or other affected locality. Price, * lb. can, 
35c.; 1 lb. can, 60c. 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE. (Standard Formula. 1 
gallon makes 50 gallons spray.) Ready for use by 
simply adding water. An indispensable Fungicide, 
curing and preventing black rot, mildew, blight, 
rust, scab and all fungoid diseases on fruits and 
plants. Price, 1 pint, 25c.; 1 quart, 40c.; 1 gallon, 
SI.00; 5 gallons, $4.50. 
BUG DEATH is a non-poisonous, insect-killing 
powder, that is in high favor, especially among 
many southern market gardeners, who use it ex¬ 
tensively for cabbage and tomato worms, potato 
and cucumber bugs, etc. It is applied with a 
duster, bellows or powder-gun, at the rate of about 
12 lbs. per acre. Price, 15c. lb.; 3 lbs. 35c.; 5 lbs., 
50c., 12* lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $7.00. 
“CATTLE COMFORT” protects horses, cattle, 
dogs, etc., from flies, gnats, mosquitoes, horse-fly 
and other insects, is healing to sores, destroys head 
lice on fowls, etc. Price, 1 quart, 45c.; 1 gallon, 
$1.25; 5 gallons, S5.00. 
COPPER SOLUTION, AMMONIATED. A Fun¬ 
gicide, the same as Bordeaux Mixture, the essential 
ingredient, "Carbonate of Copper,” being dissolved 
in ammonia in this, while in Bordeaux it is counter¬ 
acted by lime. Bordeaux is the cheaper and most 
popular for all ordinary purposes, but for late 
sprayings, when fruits are nearing maturity, or 
plants in bloom, Copper Solution is usually used, 
as there is no limy sediment left to be washed off 
by rain or hand before marketing. One quart is 
sufficient for 25 gallons of spray. Price, 1 quart, 
50c.; 1 gallon. $1.50. 
FIR TREE OIL. A popular Insecticide for green¬ 
house and house plants; it frees plants of nearly 
all insects to which they are subject, and for the 
following it has no superior: mealy bug, scale, red 
spider, aphis (black and green), thrip, blight, 
worms and slugs, and is also a valuable remedy for 
animal parasites and insects, ft pint is sufficient 
for 10 gallons of water. Price, ^ pint tin, 40c.; 
pint, 75c.; quart, $1.25; 1 gallon, $4.00. 
FIR TREE OIL SOAP. A formula of the above 
Fir Tree Oil, prepared in soap form and preferred 
by some. It will do all claimed for the fluid prep¬ 
aration. An ounce makes 1 gallon. Price, * lb. 
tin, 25c.; 2 lbs., 75c.; 5 lbs., $1.75; 10 lbs., $3.25. 
FORMALDEHYDE is a* comparatively non-poi¬ 
sonous microbicide and antiseptic, readily diluted 
by water in any proportion. It is of pronounced 
efficiency in destroying disease germs affecting both 
animal and plant life, and is successfully employed 
as a preventive of such fungoid diseases as potato 
scab, onion and grain smuts, musty corn and other 
affected seeds, damping off of seedlings, club root 
of roses, etc., for the restraining of decay in vege¬ 
tables, fruits, etc., and as an antiseptic wash and 
spray for bark diseases, canker and wounds in 
trees, and as a disinfectant for stables, kennels, 
poultry houses, etc. Crops raised from seeds 
treated with Formaldehyde solutions, in most in¬ 
stances give greatly increased yields and health¬ 
ier, cleaner and more salable products. The 
dilution for most purposes is 1 lb. (1 pint) Formal¬ 
dehyde to 30 to 45 gallons of water and 1 to 2 
gallons of this dilution is required for treatment 
of every bushel of seed. Specific directions sup¬ 
plied with each purchase. Price of Formaldehyde 
(40 volume %), 1 lb. bottle, 40c.; 5 lb. bottle, («) 
35c. lb.; 10 lb. bottle, @ 30c. lb.; 50 lb. demijohn, 
(5) 25c. lb.; 132 lb. carboy, @ 23c. lb.; 410 lb. 
barrel (Si 20c. lb. 
HELLEBORE, Powdered White. For the destruc¬ 
tion of slugs, worms, caterpillars, etc. Less poi¬ 
sonous than Paris Green and London Purple, and 
safer to use when fruits or vegetables are nearly ripe. 
Can be used as a powder or dissolved. 1 oz. in 3 
gallons of water. Price, 20c. per lb.; 5 lbs., 90c.; 
10 lbs.. $1.75; 25 lbs, and over, at 16c. per lb. 
KEROSENE EMULSION. Prepared according to 
the most approved formula; ready for use by 
simply adding water (25 to 50 parts water to one of 
Emulsion). For cabbage worm, scale on trees, 
caterpillars, melon louse, rose bugs, green fly and 
lice of all kinds, all sucking insects, either on 
plants or animals. Price, 1 quart, 40c.; 1 gallon, 
$1.00; 5 gallons, $4.50. 
LIME, SULPHUR AJMD SALT. A liquid com¬ 
pound of the ingredients mentioned, now exten¬ 
sively used for all scale insects on trees and shrubs 
and it is also of benefit for such fungous diseases 
of the bark, etc., as can be treated in winter. It. 
must be diluted and applied with a spray pump 
while the trees are dormant, after the leaves have 
fallen in fall and before the buds swell in spring. 
It can be used quite strong—say, 1 gallon to 20 
gallons of water—during December, January and 
February, but earlier or later than these months 
it will be safer to dilute it 1 gallon to 40 of water. 
Price, quart can, 40c.; gallon, $1.00; 5 gallons, 
$4.50; barrel of 45 gallons, at 75c. gallon. 
NICOTEEN. An extract of tobacco, containing 
about 40 per cent, nicotine. A most effectual 
economical and safe remedy for fumigating green¬ 
houses. Use a scant tablespoonful to 1* pints of 
water for each pan, which is sufficient, when vapor¬ 
ized by placing a hot iron in it, for 600 square 
feet of floor-space. Price, pint bottle, $1.50. 
NICO-FUME. A tobacco paper strongly saturated 
with pure nicotine. It comes in strips, which, sus¬ 
pended and lighted, is one of the best, easiest, 
simplest and least injurious methods of fumigating 
conservatories and greenhouses for the destruction 
of aphis and all insects that succumb to tobacco 
insecticides. One sheet is sufficient for two thou¬ 
sand cubic feet or more. Price, air-tight cans 
of two, dozen sheets, 75c., or by mail, 90c.; 1 gross 
sheets, $3.50; 2 gross sheets, $6.50. 
PARIS GREEN. A poisonous,' insoluble powder, 
indispensable on the farm or garden for preventing 
the ravages of potato bugs, codling moth, worms, 
caterpillars, slugs and bugs. Applied as a powder 
it should be mixed with plaster or flour, 100 parts 
to 1 part of .Paris Green; in solution mix 1 lb. in 
200 to 300 gallons water. Price, 4 lb. 20c.; 1 lb., 
30c.; 5 lbs., $1.35; 28 lbs., $7.00; 100 lbs., $23.00. 
PERSIAN POWDER OR BUHACH. Henderson’s 
Superior Grade. (Cheap adulterated grades are 
worthless.) A most effective, non-poisonous, im¬ 
palpable powder, so fine that it penetrates the 
innermost crevices. For worms, flies, aphis and 
almost all kinds of insects it is very effectual, suffo¬ 
cating them by filling up the breathing pores. 
Price, 30c. £ lb.; 1 lb., 50c.; 5 lbs., $2.25. 
“ROSE LEAF.” Extract of Tobacco. Most 
effectual for the destruction of all insects and scale 
on plants; a pure, concentrated extract of tobacco. 
Dilute with from 30 to 150 parts of water. Full 
instructions for the various methods of applying 
are given in our “ Rose Leaf ” pamphlet, mailed on 
application. Pint can, 30c.; quart can, 55c.; gal¬ 
lon can. $1.50. 
SCALECIDE.” The latest and best spray for San 
Jose scale, cottony maple scale and Pear Psylla. 
It is not poisonous, being simply a mechanical 
preparation of petroleum oil that instantly mixes 
with cold water and is immediately ready to apply- 
1 gallon of “Scalecide” to 20 gallons of water- 
sprayed on your trees and bushes will kill every 
scale that it reaches without injury to tree or fruit 
bud if applied in late fall, winter or early spring 
while the foliage is off. Safe and easy to apply. 
Price, 1 gallon can, $1.00; 5 gallon can, $3.25; id 
gallon can, $6.00; 50 gallon barrel, $25.00. 
SLUG SHOT. A non-poisonous powder and a very 
popular Insecticide; it reciuires no further mixing 
or preparation, easily applied and not injurious or 
dangerous to animals, the person applying it, or 
fruits and vegetables treated. Very effectual in 
destroying potato bugs and beetles, green and 
black fly, slugs, worms, caterpillars, etc. Price, 
per keg of 125 lbs. net, $5.00; per barrel of 235 lbs. 
net, $8.50; 10 lb. package, 50c.; 5 lb. package, 30c.; 
in tin canister, with perforated top for applying, 
25c. each. 
IMPORTED SCOTCH SOFT COAL SOOT. This 
prevents insect ravages and also acts as a stimu¬ 
lating fertilizer. Used in onion drills, radish beds, 
cabbage grounds, etc., it checks the attacks of 
grubs, cut-worms, etc. When scattered lightly, as 
a top-dressing around plants, it drives away in¬ 
sects that hide in the ground by day or lay their 
eggs near the roots. Price, only in 100 lb. bags, 
$4.00. 
SULPHUR. Price, 10c. per lb.; 10 lbs., 60c.; 25 lbs. 
and over, at 5c. per lb. 
SULPHO-TOB AC CO SOAP. A positive exter¬ 
minator of all insect life on plants in the green¬ 
house. Price, 3 oz. box, 10c.; 8 oz. box, 20c.; 
10 lb. box, $3.00. 
“THYMO-CRESOL” English Cold Water SHEEP 
DIP. A gallon makes a hundred gallons for most 
uses. A world-famous dip, and, besides, is unex¬ 
celled as an internal and external remedy for 
animal wounds and skin diseases, for killing animal 
parasites, mixing with whitewash for trees, chicken- 
houses, kennels, etc. Price, pint can, 50c.; quart 
can, 80c.; 1 gallon can, $2.25; 5 gallon can, $7.50. 
TOBACCO DUST, Fine. For green and black 
aphis, fleas, beetles, etc. Splendid fertilizer and 
preventive for insects in the ground and around 
roots. Price, 10c. per lb.; 5 lbs., 30c.; 10 lbs., 50c.; 
$2.50 per 100 lb. bag. 
TOBACCO STEMS. For fumigating greenhouses 
and conservatories, for the destruction of green 
and black aphis and other insects. Price, 50 lb. 
bale, 85c.; 100 lbs., $1.50; per ton, $20.00. 
WHALE OIL SOAP. Makes an excellent wash for 
trees and plants where insects and eggs affect the 
bark, and for smearing on the trunks of trees to 
prevent worms from crawling up. Price, 15c. per 
lb.; 2 lbs., 25c.; 5 lbs., 50c.; 25 lbs., and over at 
■V. per lb. 
HENDERSON’S FLUID WEED DESTROYER. 
The best, cheapest and safest destroyer of weeds, 
moss, grass, etc., in garden walks and carriage drives. 
It completely destroys all weeds, whenever applied, 
and by its effects on the ground prevents the growth of 
fresh ones for a year afterwards, thus saving an immense 
amount of labor in hoeing, etc. 
Its application is easy, being in a liquid form and only 
requiring to be mixed with water, and applied with a 
watering-can. Full directions for use with each package. 
Quart Can, makes 6 pals., sufficient for 150 sq. ft . $0.50 
Gallon Can, “ 25 •* “ “ 600 “ . 1.25 
5-Gallon Keg, ** 125 “ “ “ 3,000 “. 5.00 
INDESTRUCTIBLE TREE-PROTECTOR. 
Very effectual for prevent¬ 
ing insects, caterpillars,' etc., 
from crawling up the trunks’of 
trees. It consists of a strip of 
thin brass, If inches wide, the 
lower edge slashed into fringe, 
with tooth-like perforations 
above. When tacked around 
the tree no crawling insect can 
pass the protector. Price, 
15c. per foot, 10 feet and over 
14c. per foot. 
