136 AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN 



The root workers and borers are the hardest to get at 

 and a comparatively few of them can do great injury. 

 Among these are the blue root aphis, the cabbage and 

 onion maggots, and the squash borers. As the first sign of 

 these intruders is the result of their work, the time has 

 usually passed for effective remedies. Preventives, and de- 

 struction of any insects that may appear before they go to 

 any other plants and continue the damage are the only 

 courses to follow. 



Rogues 1 Gallery for the Vegetable and Flower Garden 



APHIS. Attacks peas, melons, roses, and so on. Use 

 nicotine preparations, or kerosene emulsion, two or three 

 applications at intervals of three or four days, reaching 

 under sides of leaves. 



ASPARAGUS BEETLE. Use arsenate of lead on summer 

 foliage; cut and burn all vines in late summer. 



ASTER BEETLE. Use arsenate of lead, strong; or pick by 

 hand in early morning while bugs are still groggy. 



CATERPILLARS. Various kinds attack cabbage, tomatoes, 

 tobacco, and so on. Use arsenate of lead, Paris green or 

 hellebore; or pick by hand. 



CUCUMBER BEETLE, yellow and black striped. Use 

 tobacco dust as preventive; beetles carry the germs of wilt. 

 Pick by hand the first bugs in early morning. Spray with 

 nicotine sulphate. 



CUTWORMS. Fat, sluggish, ground worms, brown with 

 dark stripes, cutting through stems of many plants, espe- 

 cially when just up or newly set out. Trap under pieces of 

 shingle or flat stones; or scatter about toward nightfall a 

 mash made of one quart of wheat bran, one teaspoonful 

 of Paris green or of white arsenate, one teaspoonful of a 

 cheap molasses, mixed with enough water to make a mash. 

 Careful search round a newly cut plant early in the morning 

 will usually uncover the marauder near the surface. 



FLEA BEETLE. A small, hard-shelled, jumping beetle, 

 which punctures leaves of tomatoes, potatoes and seedling 



