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  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
  • A fruit farmer advertising fruit-tree protection with insecticides produced by the firm of Teerag. Colour embossed metal, 19--.
  • Tanacetum cinerariifolium Sch.Blp. Asteraceae Dalmation chrysanthemum, Pyrethrum, Pellitory, Tansy. Distribution: Balkans. Source of the insecticides called pyrethrins. The Physicians of Myddfai in the 13th century used it for toothache. Gerard called it Pyrethrum officinare, Pellitorie of Spain but mentions no insecticidal use, mostly for 'palsies', agues, epilepsy, headaches, to induce salivation, and applied to the skin, to induce sweating. He advised surgeons to use it to make a cream against the Morbum Neopolitanum [syphilis]. However he also describes Tanacetum or Tansy quite separately.. Quincy (1718) gave the same uses
  • Sheep dipping paste : directions.
  • Malaria: spraying a workers' settlement with DDT and benzine hexachloride (lindane) to kill the mosquitoes. Colour lithograph after A.D. Polumordvinov and others, 1953.
  • Lavandula augustifolia (Lavender)
  • Mentha x piperita (Peppermint)
  • Mentha x piperita (Peppermint)
  • Mentha x piperita (Peppermint)
  • Mentha x piperita nigra (Black peppermint)
  • Tanacetum Vulgare (Tansy)
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Ocimum basilicum (Basil) (Variety "Crispum")
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Fully furnished family house, fitted carpets, central heating, suit animal lover... / Bayer plc.
  • Fully furnished family house, fitted carpets, central heating, suit animal lover... / Bayer plc.
  • Fly and maggot oil : poison : a most effective preparation.
  • Your guide to protecting your pet against fleas and ticks : Frontline Spot On : protection you both can trust / Merial Animal Health Ltd.
  • Your guide to protecting your pet against fleas and ticks : Frontline Spot On : protection you both can trust / Merial Animal Health Ltd.
  • Winter sheep dipping : Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! : useful to farmers in Scotland and the north of England... / Quibell Brothers.
  • Winter sheep dipping : Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! : useful to farmers in Scotland and the north of England... / Quibell Brothers.
  • Poultry mites : how to control them / [prepared by the Entomology Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service]
  • Poultry mites : how to control them / [prepared by the Entomology Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service]