REMEDIES. 393 



REMEDY XO. 57. 



Fifty pounds of scrap iron thrown into a barrel containing 

 thirty gallons of water, twenty-fiye pounds of No. 11, 12 or 18, 

 and two pounds of sulphur, makes an excellent solution for 

 application to trees that are not healthy from the presence of 

 the scale insects, gum disease, etc. This mixture should be 

 allowed to stand fourteen daj^s, and be applied when the tree 

 is dormant. When the barrel is emptied of the liquid, fill 

 again with water, and add one half the amount of No. 11, 12 

 or 13 ; also of the sulphur. In fourteen days it will be ready 

 for use. Lye leached from wood ashes is excellent, but care 

 should be taken that it is not applied too strong ; test with the 

 egg, carrying one and a half. See Remed}^ No. 2. 



REMEDY NO. 58. 



Dig the earth from around the roots of the vine or bush, 

 and apply No. 4 or 3, four pounds of the mixture to each five 

 gallons of water used ; then fill the earth around the roots. 

 This should be applied in May, when the eggs of the scale 

 insects are hatching. If for woolly aphis, early in April. 



See Remedy No. 59. 



REMEDY NO. 59. 



In Summer dig the earth from around the collar of the tree, 

 and apply No. 5 or 7, one pound of the mixture to each gal- 

 lon of water used ; repeat every four days, until the bark 

 begins to heal. If the tree is dormant, use No. 13, one pound 

 of the mixture to each five quarts of water used. This will 

 destroy any insect attacking the tree under the surface of the 

 ground, and also heal the bark destroyed by insects, alkali, or 

 from an}" other cause. 



See Remedies Nos. 35, 123 and 124.. 



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