ALEC HENDERSON, INC 
CHICAGO 
Good soil and a complete plant food are nec¬ 
essary to raise first class plants and flowers. 
High Grade Fertilizers 
Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. 
Our prices are f. o. b. Chicago Heights, Illi¬ 
nois, on all except Clay's Fertilizer, Horn 
Shavings, Charcoal and Peat, which are 
f. o. b. Chicago. 
Special Florist Mixture. 
Promotes a thrifty growth and profuse blooming plant, being all 
organic and quickly available. Use 6 pounds to 100 square feet of 
bench space before planting or mix a 4 inch pot with each wheel¬ 
barrow of soil for compost piles. 
Per 100 lbs.$ 2.80 1000 lbs.S24.00 
500 lbs. 13.00 Ton . 45.00 
Bone Meal. Florist Grade. This is 
Per 100 lbs.S 3.10 
500 lbs. 14.00 
the best grade of steamed bone. 
1000 lbs.$27.50 
Ton . 50.00 
Bone Meal. Rose Growers. A finely ground bone—free from acid. 
This has been slightly steamed and is sure in its results. 
100 lbs.$ 3.75 1000 lbs.$35.00 
500 lbs. 18.00 2000 lbs. 65.00 
Clay's Fertilizer, Imported. An old and reliable English fertilizer. 
56 lbs.$ 7.00 112 lbs.$12.00 
Dried Blood. Used as a liquid manure, for mixing with the soil or as 
a top dressing. 
Per 100 lbs.$6.00 500 lbs.$29.00 1000 lbs.$55.00 
Horn Shavings. These are genuine Horn Shavings and not hoof meal. 
50 lbs.$ 4.50 100 lbs.$8.00 
Nitrate of Soda. Use only after plants are above ground. Dilute 2 
ounces per gallon of water and do not use oftener than at inter¬ 
vals of about four days. 
10 lbs.$0.65 
25 lbs.... 
.$1.00 
100 lbs. 
.$3.00 
Sheep Manure. 
Per 100 lbs. 
500 lbs. 
....$ 2.50 
.... 9.00 
1000 lbs. .. 
Ton . 
.$17.00 
. 32.00 
Bone Meal. Raw. Becomes available very slowly. 
100 lbs.$ 3.50 1000 lbs.$30.00 
500 lbs. 16.00 2000 lbs. 58.00 
Sulphate of Ammonia, Commercial. To be used where a rapid leaf 
development or leaf growth is desired. 
100 lbs.$2.60 500 lbs.$12.25 1000 lbs.$23.50 
Blood and Bone. 
Per 100 lbs.$3.50 500 lbs.$17.00 1000 lbs.$32.50 
Sulphate of Potash. A ready available form of potash. 
100 lbs.$4.15 500 lbs.$18.00 1000 lbs.$35.00 
Cattle Manure. This is a very high grade material, heat dried, and 
free from straw, being all pure Cattle Manure. 
Per 100 lbs.$ 2.50 1000 lbs.$17.00 
500 lbs. 9.00 Ton .'.. 32.00 
Charcoal. Used for mixing with potting soil. Can be furnished in 6 
sizes, lump, large pea, small pea, rice, sugar or powder. 
Per 50 lb. bag.$1.80 5 bags .$8.00 
Superphosphate. 20% available. Very effective on some soils when 
an excessive amount of phosphoric acid is required. 
100 lbs.$1.75 500 lbs.$8.00 1000 lbs.$14.75 
Imported Peat Mull. Granulated. A great soil improver. Used exten¬ 
sively for mixing with potting soil, for propagating benches and 
for mulching. Large bales, 19 to 20 bushels. 
Each. $3.75 5 bales.$18.00 10 bales.$35.00 
Insecticides 
Note:—Poisons cannot be sent by mail and 
have to be shipped by freight or express. 
Regularity in applying Insecticides will keep 
your houses and plants free from insect pests. 
Arsenate of Lead. Dry Powdered, for dusting and spraying. 1 lb., 
30c; 4 lbs., 70c; case of 24 lbs.$3.75 
Black Leaf 40. A contact poison used as a spray for sucking insects. 
Oz. bottles, per doz., $2.70; carton of 24, $5.35; 5 oz. bottles, 
each, $1.00; doz., $8.00; 1 lb., $2.10; 2 lbs., $3.10; 5 lbs., $5.85; 
10 lbs.$9-85 
Cyanogas, Calcium Cyanide. "G" greenhouse fumigant. Forms a 
gas for the control of aphis, white fly, thrips and mealy-bug. 
5 lbs.$3.00 25 lbs.$10.00 100 lbs.$25.00 
Derrisol. Non-poisonous liquid, used for the control of sucking insects. 
2 lbs.$3.00 10 lbs.$12.00 
Fish Oil Soap. For use as a spreader in using spray materials. Also 
as a wash on various plants for cleaning foliage. 
1 lb.30c 5 lbs.$1.25 10 lbs.$2.00 
Flowers of Sulphur. For dusting. 
10 lbs.$1.00 50 lbs.$2.50 100 lbs.$4.50 
Fume Tobac. Fumigating Tobacco Powder. F. O. B. New York. 
25 lbs.$4.50 50 lbs.$7.50 100 lbs.$14.00 
Lethane 440. An effective control for mealy bugs. 
Quart.$2.75 Gallon.$7.00 
Lethane Spreader. Gallon tins, each $1.80 5 Gallon tins, each $8.50 
Multicide. An improvement of the well known Evergreen pyrethrum 
spray. Used for control of sucking and chewing insects. 
Quart.$2.50 Gallon.$9.90 5 Gallons.$42.50 
Naphthaline Flakes. 
10 lbs., $1.50; 25 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $5.50; 100 lbs.$10.00 
Nico Fume Liquid. A standard and effective insecticide for fumigating 
or spraying. Contains 40% free nicotine. 
1 lb.$2.25 4 lbs.$5.75 8 lbs.$10.00 
Nico Fume Paper. Strips of paper saturated with nicotine to be used 
as a fumigant. 
24 sheets.$1.25 144 sheets.$4.50 288 sheets.$8.00 
Nico-Fume Pressure Fumigators 
A new method of fumigating with Nico Fume powder. Each tin has 
a sparkler for lighting the powder. 
1 lb. tin.75c 6 tins.$3.75 12 tins.$7.00 
V 2 lb. tin.45c 6 tins. 2.40 12 tins.4.20 
Freight charges prepaid from factory on 3 cartons or 36 lbs. 
Nico-Fume Holder. For hand directed fumigation with pressure Fumi¬ 
gators, each .$0.85 
Red Arrow Insect Spray. A highly concentrated pyrethrum prepara¬ 
tion, that kills by contact; non-poisonous. 
Quart .$3.60 Gallon .$10.70 
Rotecide. Kills mealy bug, red spider, aphis, beetles. 
Quart .$3.00 Gallon .$8.00 5 Gallons.$35.00 
Selocide. For the control of red spider. Very effectual. 
Gallon .$3.00 5 Gallons.$13.50 10 Gallons.$24.50 
114Y. An excellent Rotenone spray with spreader. 
Quart.$2.50 Gallon.$8.50 
Slug Shot Powder. An old-time remedy for all chewing insects. 
1 lb. tins.$1.80 per doz. 5 lb. tins.75c Doz. for.$7.20 
To-Na-Cide. For mixing with soil to kill thrip and other insects, either 
in the greenhouse or garden. 
5 lbs.$1.25 50 lbs.$ 6.50 
10 lbs. 2.00 100 lbs. 12.00 
25 lbs. 4.00 F. O. B. New York 
Master Ant Killer. An effectual remedy for ants. 
V 2 oz. bottles, each, 10c; doz.$0.75 
2 oz. bottles, each, 25c; doz. 2.00 
4 oz. bottles, each, 50; doz. 4.00 
Tree Tanglefoot. Used for banding trees to prevent insects from 
crawling up the trunk. 
Lb.$0.60 10 lbs.$4.50 
5 lbs. ‘. 2.45 25 lbs. 9.50 
Volck. Gontrol for scale, mealy bug, white fly, aphis and thrip. 
Gallon .$2.00 5 Gallons .$6.25 
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