260 Insects and Sprays 



with mosquito netting. If this netting is dyed 

 green, instead of using plain white, the beauty of 

 the rose can more easily be seen. 



The army worm which can cause so much havoc 

 in such a short period of time is a smooth, striped 

 caterpillar about an inch and a quarter in length, 

 and rather dark in appearance. The moth from 

 which it hatches is brown with white spots on the 

 wings. The most practical way to stop their pro- 

 gress in order to destroy them is to dig a furrow in 

 front of their path and let them fall into it and 

 pour kerosene on them. If they are already in a 

 field, mix one pound of Paris green with fifty pounds 

 of wheat bran and the juice of half a dozen oranges. 

 Mix this with molasses to form a dough and scatter 

 it about. They breed usually in rank grass or 

 over-fertilized fields. Do not let this be put where 

 children can get at it. 



Wasps may be destroyed by placing a gallon jug 

 containing a quart of water near the nest. The 

 wasps will fly angrily at the jug, the hollow sound 

 of its buzzing echoing from the jug will make it 

 enter the jug and fall into the water. Wasps call to 

 each other and where one goes the others follow. 

 Paris green distributed on minced meat is poison- 



