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SEEDSMEN SINCE 1879 - 
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

INSECTICIDES, SPRAYERS AND TOOLS 
No article on this page can be mailed except those quoted “postpaid” 
—For All Leaf-eating Insects. 
Arsenate of Lead the leaf. Use 1 to 2 pounds to 50 gallons 
of water (one level tablespoonful to gallon) for general spray- 
ing. By mail postpaid, 40c per lb.; 4-lb. pkg. $1.00. 
Not postpaid, 30c per lb.; 4-lb. pkg. 75c. 
1 (Arsenate of Lime). For leaf-eating insects. 
Calcium Arsenate May be applied.dry, mixing 1 part calcium 
arsenate to 7 parts hydrated (air-slaked) lime or land plaster; or 
in water 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water. By mail postpaid, 
Ya lb. 20c; 35c per 1b.; 4-lb. pkg. 75¢ each. 
Not postpaid, 42 lb. 15c; 25c per lb.; 4-lh. pkEg. 50c. 
—Kills insects on vegetation, but leaves no poisonous 
Rotenone residue. Controls bean beetle, cabbage worm, aspara- 
gus, cucumber and flea beetles, potato bug, tomato worm, rose 
Slug, leaf hopper, thrips, red spider, plant lice and other garden 
pests. Apply 15 to 20 pounds per acre. May be applied either as 
a dust or spray. By mail postpaid, 6-1b. pkg. $1.05. Not postpaid, 
6-lb. pkg. 80c; 50-lb. $6.75. 
Cryolite —Safer to use than arsenate of lead. 3 lbs. in 50 gal- 
ons water (3 teaspoons to 1 gallon) or equal quantities 
of cryolite and talc, flour or other carrier, will kill leaf eating 
insects on vegetables, but is not fatal to humans and animals. 
It does not burn the leaf except on young peaches and corn. 
Do not mix with bordeaux mixture and lime. By mail postpaid, 
1b. 45c; 4-lb. bag’ $1.05. : 
Not postpaid, lb. 35c; 4-lb. bag 80c. 
V. —Equal in strength to 1 per cent 
egetable and Flower Dust rotenone. A combination of 
nicotine with an arsenical added that controls a wide variety of 
leaf eating and leaf sucking insects. It may be applied either ' 
as a dust or in water for spraying. By mail postpaid, 1-lb. sifter 
top carton 50c; 4-lb. bag $1.25. 
Not postpaid, 40c; 4-lb. bag $1.00. 
—Gives immediate control over a 
Pyrethrum Garden Guard — ; 
wide range of insects, including 
such hard-to-kill bugs aS squash bugs and cucumber beetles. 
Every particle of the dust is active. By mail postpaid, 1-Ib. sifter 
top carton 50c. Not postpaid, 1-lb. carton 40c. 
= —For Leaf-eating Insects. Mix one pound to 50 
Paris Green pounds of plaster, or with water to 150 gallons. 
On vines and tender vegetables use a larger proportion of plaster 
and water. By mail postpaid, 14 Ib. 20c; 1-lb. 55c; 5-1lb. pkg’. $2.25. 
Not postpaid, 44 1b. 150; 1 lb. 45¢; 5-Ib. pkg. $2.00. 
—For Leaf-eating Insects. Stron than Pari 
r ger than Paris 
London Pu ple Green, so the dilution of plaster or water 
should be greater. By mail postpaid, 14 1b. 20c; Ib. 60c. 
EVER GREEN 
Yarden SPRAY CRU eit a OE ENGL 
per, rose bugs and chafers, aster beetle and currant worm. Not 
poisonous, For general spraying (1 part to 800) an ounce makes 
6 gallons; 4% pint makes 50 gallons, By mail postpaid, oz. bottle 
35c; 6 ozs. $1.00; 16 ozs. (pint) $2.15. Not postpaid, gallon $12.20. 
For Chewing and Sucking Insects and 
Ants—For bean beetle, cabbage worms, 
cucumber and squash beetles, potato 
For Chewing and Sucking 
Insects—A pyrethrum spray 
that is highly recommended 
.for killing insects on vege- 
tables and flower plants and 
fruit trees. An ounce makes 
6 gallons of spray (a tea- 
spoonful to a gallon of 
PYRETHRUM-ROTENONE 
water); % pint makes 50 gallons. 
By mail postpaid, oz. 35c; 4 ozs. $1.00; pint $2.85, 
, : —A complete garden spray in a single form, 
Nicotine Pyrox combining an insecticide, fungicide and aphi- 
cide, the latter to combat plant lice. No other spray is needed 
when Nicotine Pyrox is used. By mail postpaid, 17-oz. pkg. 75c; 
5-lb. jar $2.35. Not postpaid, 17-0z. pkg. 60c; 5-lb. jar $2.00. 
m —A pyrethrum contact 
D-X Pyrethrum Spray spray for aphis, Japa- 
nese beetles, Mexican bean beetles, tent caterpil- 
lars, canker worms, thrips, sod web worms, chew- 
ing and sucking insects; kills and repels cabbage 
worms, leaf hopper and many similar insects. D-X 
will not stain or injure the tenderest foliage. 
Combines with lime sulphur, bordeaux, arsenate of 
lead and standard insecticides. Dilutes 1 to 800 
for aphis—stronger for more resistant insects. 
Postpaid, 144-0z. bottle 35c; W%-pint can $1.25; 
1-pint can $2.25; 1-quart can $3.50; 1l-gallon can 
$9.50. 




Sticks to- 
H lights, scab, mildew, etc.—Prevents — 
Bordeaux Mixture Blake rates rust, mildew, black-rot and 
other fungus diseases of plants and fruits and improves the 
quality and increases the yield. Apply on all vine crops, grapes, — 
cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, potatoes and fruit trees, etc. Three) 
sprayings on peanuts at the Holland, Va., experiment station 
increased the yield 50%. 8 pounds to 50 gallons water makes — 
a 4-4-50 mixture (3 level tablespoonfuls to 1 gallon). By mail 
postpaid, lb. 45¢; 4-lb. pkg. 95c. Not postpaid, 1b. 35c; 4-lb. pkg. 
§ i For San Jose Scale.—The most generally used ~ 
Lime-Sulphur ana very effective remedy for San Jose Scale. 
DRY LIME-SULPHUR.—Exactly like lime-sulphur solution ex- 
cept that the water has been taken out. For fall and spring 
spraying, use 12 to 15 lbs. to 50 gallons water. Summer spray- | 
ing, 2% to 3 lbs. to ae gallons water. By mail postpaid, lb. 35¢5 
5 Ibs. $1.50; 1214 lbs. $2.10. ee. 
Not postpaid, ie. 25c; 5 lbs. $1.25; 1214 lbs. $1.70; 25 lbs. $3.25; 
100 lbs. $12.50. 7 
LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION.—Our solution retains its strength 
indefinitely and does not crystallize if kept from air and freez- 
ing. For fall and spring spraying, use 1 gallon to 8 gallons of 
water. For summer spraying, 1% gallons to 50 gallons water. — 
50-gal. barrel $10.00. 50-gal. barrels $3.00 extra, but returnable. — 
Cannot be mailed. No containers are available for smaller quan=- — 
tities. 
1 For San Jose Scale.—A high-grade miscible oil spray, 
Scalecide that is, one that mixes perfectly with cold water, it 
is especially recommended for spraying trees, shrubs, etc., while ; 
in the dormant state. Kills aphis and red mites and destroys the E 
eggs and larvae wintering in inaccesible places on the bark of — 
trees. It spreads rapidly into cracks and crevices and covers — 
rough bark thoroughly. Mix one part scalecide with fifteen parts © 
water. Quart 75c; gallon $1.75; 5 gallons $6.35; 15 gallons $14.95, — 
= —A highly concentrated liquid sulphur fungicide for — 
Sulfocide summer spraying; use it instead of lime-sulphur for 


summer spraying. A quart makes 50 gallons. By mail postpaid, — 
pt. 70c; qt. $1.15; gal. $2.85. 
Not postpaid, pt. 60c; qt. $1.00; gal. $2.50. 
1 1 Sometimes called Whale Oil Soap) — Destroys 
Fish Oil Soap shire: bug and almost all lice on plants. Effective _ 
against scale and soft-bodied sucking insects. By mail postpaid, 
lb. 45c; 5 lbs. $1.75. Not postpaid, lb. 35c; 5 lbs. $1.50. 
—For Sucking Insects and 
' . Poultry Lice. Aa! 
y ; , lice on roses, shrubbery, 
Vo1(-(4,.@ 42) 4 40 ‘fruits and vegetables. A 
; 40% NICOTINE Lda concentrated solution of 
nicotine sulphate. Dilute 1 _ 
to 2 teaspoonfuls to a gallon of water as directed. 
By mail postpaid, 1-oz. bottle 40c; 5-oz. pkg. $1.15; Ib. $2.60; 
2 lbs. $3.75; 5 lbs. $7.00; 10 lbs. $12.00. 
Not postpaid, 1 oz. 36c; 5 oz. $1.05; lb. $2.45; 2 lbs. $3.60; 5 lbs. 
$6.70; 10 lbs. $11.65. 
BLACK LEAF 40 FOR POULTRY LICE—SEE PAGE 69- 
—For scale insects, mealy bugs, 
Garden and Nursery Volck white flies, red spiders, rust, 
mites and similar insects. May be used on tender plants in leaf 
with perfect safety; a suitable spray for all plants, flowers, vege- 
tables, berries and shrubs, 
By mail postpaid, 4 oz. 40c. ee. 
Not postpaid, 4 0z. 35c; gallon $2.25; 5 gallons $8.50; 5-gal. con- 
tainers $2.00 extra, but returnable. pita 
—Controls hard-to-kill sucking insects, mealy _ 
Lethane 440 bug, scale, red spider, mites, midge, thrips, white 
fly, etc. Quick acting; does not deteriorate; economical. By mail 
postpaid, gal. $3.65. Not postpaid, gal. $3.00. Supply limited. 2a 
—Use in combination with cuprocide to com- _ 
Lethane Spreader bat tobacco blue mold. By mail postpaid, 
ae i be: gallon $2.20. Not postpaid, qt. 75c; gallon $1.80. Supply 
1mited. ‘i 
° Destroys leaf-eating insects like rose slugs, caterpil- a 
Triogen lars. webworm, red spider, plant lice, aster beetles, eter aa 
controls mildew, black spot, canker and rust on roses and other 
plants; yellows, and fungus diseases on many flowering plants. — 
By mail postpaid Not postpaid 
A—Small kit; makes 16 quarts........ $1.65 $1.50 i 
B—Medium kit; makes 64 quarts..... 6 4.25 4.00 
C—Large kit; makes 32 gallons....... 6.40 6.00 
D—Estate size; makes 128 gallons.... ereiehe 20.00 
es, —For cut worms, sow bugs, grasshoppers, | 
Cut Worm Bait slugs, snails and other garden pests. By mail — 
postpaid, 1-lb. pkg. 45c; 214-lb. pkg. 70c. Not postpaid, 1-lb. pkg. 
35c; 214-lb. pkg. 55c. ea 8: 
—It spreads the spray to make it more effec- _ 
Spray Spreader tive; makes it stick to the leaf, and is espe- _ 
cially effective in preventing leaf injury from lead arsenate and ~ 
lime-sulphur, Use 2 lbs. to 100 gallons of spray. By mail post- — 
paid, 2-lb. pkg. 65c. Not postpaid, 2-lb. pkg. 50c. : 


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