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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY 
VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS 
We grow large quantities of vegetable plants 
and roots, and can supply the varieties listed below 
in their proper season. Prices are F. O. B. New 
Haven. 
Artichoke, Tuberous Rooted. (Jerusalem). Per 
lb., 20c.; 10 lbs., $1.75. 
Asparagus Roots. Strong one-year-old roots 
recommended; they become established better than 
2 or 3-year-old roots. Mary Washington are rust- 
resistant and very much the best variety. Price, 
100, $1.75; 1,000, $12.00. 
Cabbage Plants. (Hot-bed or transplanted in 
flats). Ready early April. Golden Acre, Copen¬ 
hagen Market. Per doz., 20c.; 100, $1.25. Field 
grown plants, early July, per 100, 50c.; 1,000, $4.00. 
Cauliflower Plants. (Hot-bed). Snowball. Per 
doz., 25c.; 100, $1.50. 
Celery Plants. Ready early July. Golden Plume, 
Easy Blanching, and Giant Pascal. Per 100, 75c.; 
1,000, $5.50. 
Chives. For flavoring. Per clump, 15c.; doz., 
$1.50. 
Egg Plants. Ready in late May and June. Pot- 
grown. 85c. per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
•Horseradish Sets. Bohemian or “Maliner 
Kren.” Ready in April. Per doz., 20c.; 100, $1.25; 
1,000, $9.00. 
Lettuce Plants. Ready in April and May. Per 
doz., 20c.; 100, $1.25. 
Pepper Plants. Ready in May and June. Per 
doz., 20c.; 100, $1.25. 
Rhubarb Roots. Victoria. Strong roots. Price 
each, 20c.; doz., $1.75. Small roots, each, 15c.; 
doz., $1.25; 100, $10.00. Ready in early April. 
Sweet Potato Plants. Late May to late June. 
Yellow and Red Nansemond (dry mealy). Nancy 
Hall (moist orange yam). Per bunch of twenty- 
five, 25c.; 100, 75c.; 1,000, $6.00. 
Tomato Plants. Grown from our own seed, 
select stocks. Transplanted. Ready in May and 
June. We can supply through season well-grown 
plants of the leading varieties. Per doz., 25c.; 100, 
$1.50. 
Special quotations on application for large 
quantities. 
Flowering Plants. We grow large numbers of 
the new and choice annual flowering plants, in 
flats and in two-inch pots, at prices from 35 cents 
to $1.00 per dozen. Grown from our special strains 
of extra select seed. This method is very econom¬ 
ical and satisfactory, gives you earlier flowers in 
your garden. Write for list if interested. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
Antrol. The thorough way 
to kill ants. Cot¬ 
tage Sets, con¬ 
sisting of four 
containers and 
4 oz. supply of 
syrup. Price, 75c. Extra containers, 10c. each. 
Extra Antrol syrup, 4-oz. 
bottle, 35c. each; pint bottles, 
85c. each. 
Antrol Ready Filled Sets 
(four containers) 40c. per set. 
Antrol Traps. Flat round 
metal, convenient, safe. Kills 
both sweet and grease-eating ants. 10c. each. 
Antrol Powder. 1^-oz. can, 15c.; 4^2- 
oz. can, 35c. 
Ant Bait (Magikil Jelly) Safety Traps, 
each, 25c. Garden Tube, 1 oz., 35c.; Estate 
Tube, 3 oz., 85c.; Jumbo Tube, 8 oz., $1.75 
each. 
Ant Gas. (Cyanogas). In 
powder form, for lawn and 
garden ants — outdoor use 
only. Quickly exterminates 
the colony. In special 4-oz. 
applying tins, 30c. 
Arsenate of Lead (Dry). For either dusting or 
spraying. Its extremely fine condition affords an 
adhesive protective coating of poison. Prices: 1-lb. 
canister, 30c.; 4-lb. paper bags, each, 70c. For 
larger quantities, please write for lowest market 
price. 
Ansbacher’s Oxo Bordeaux. (Dry Powder). A 
new superior bordeaux, more efficient,* safer, ef¬ 
fective over a longer period, less residue, improved 
suspension qualities, and more economical, for 
control of blight, scab, mildew, and other fungus 
diseases. Used at rate of 2 to 6 pounds to 50 
gallons water. Detailed directions for use, free 
on request. Prices: 1-lb., 25c.; 4-lb. package, 70c. 
For larger quantities, please write for lowest mar¬ 
ket price. 
Borerkill. Nicotine paste in Ij^-oz. tubes with 
nozzle. 60c. each. 
Copper Hydro. A new type fungicide contains 
26% metallic copper. More effective, adaptable 
and safer than the old form. 1 lb., 25c.; 4-lb. bags, 
75c. 
Copper Sulphate. Small crystals used in making 
of home-made Bordeaux mixture. Price: 3 lbs., 
35c.; 5 lbs., 50c.; 25 lbs., $2.38; 100 lbs., $9.00. 
Crow Repellant. One pint treats two bushel 
Corn. A small cost to insure Corn against the 
depredations of crows pulling the seed. Price: 
Pint, 60c.; Quart, $1.00. 
Cut Worm Bait, Snarol. (Bait Meal). It does 
not injure or affect the growing plants in any way, 
and if applied as directed on package there should 
be little trouble from this pest. Per IJ^-lb. pkg., 
35c.; 4 lbs., 85c. 
