138 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
condensed in the following simple table of plant 
insects and diseases. 
REMEDIES 
INSECT CONDITIONS 
OR SUPPORTING 
DISEASE GROWTH 
Aphis, green and|Shade; poor venti- 
PAGE Soo sa sa eh lation; thick fo- 
Mase 2) oie. Seery 
Aphis, blue: .....% Stunted growth; 
lack of water... 
Thrips, %%4 inch, | Shaded places; 
long, brown or| crowded plants.. 
black ; they eat. 
Mealy bugs | 7} 
Other scale in- $ Corners; close, dry 
SECS. as sniclnw eee Bil i bt dea eee 
Red spider... ..:..5 Hot, dry atmos- 
pete’... cise 
Rose-beetle 
White flies (Aley- 
eeeevee 
SOMES) Cl ices Dry ‘foliage. 2552. 
RIMS (oe Se ieee Datk: corners: 
dampness; _de- 
caying wood.... 
PAIGES hoods ost cracls 
Angleworms ..... Dampness; heavy 
SOU c/n eG doe 
White grub....... Manure not old 
enough Destroy. 
Fungous leaf spot|Shocks; checks... 
eeereeve sew | WEIL D «eee esse ves 
Aphine; tobacco-dust 
or tea; kerosene 
emulsion; hot wa- 
ter bath; insect 
powder. 
Whale-oil soap solu- 
tion; re-potting; to- 
bacco tea applied to 
roots. 
Kerosene emulsion; 
Paris green—1 tea- 
spoon to I2 quarts 
water. 
Brush off; coal-oil; 
kerosene emulsion; 
hot water. 
Moisture, 
hot water. 
Hand picking; wood 
ashes. 
sulphur, 
Kerosene emulsion. 
Air-slaked lime, 
sweetened bran and 
Paris green. 
Insect powder; 
lasses traps. 
Lime; lime-water; to- 
bacco tea, and to- 
bacco dust washed 
into soil. 
mo- 
Bordeaux; Fungine. 
Flowers of sulphur; 
Fungine. 
