The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



one hundred and fifty to three hundred gallons 

 of water according to the tenderness of the 

 foMage. Sixty-five cents per pound. 



PYROX 



For eating insects, fungus growth, blight and 

 rot. Adheres to foliage. One pound to six gal- 

 lons of water. Forty cents per pound. 



SLUG SHOT 



For potato bugs, tomato and cabbage worms, 

 lice aphis and worms — use as dust with blow gun. 

 Twenty cents a pound. 



For fungoid diseases, blight and rot the various 

 Bordeaux mixtures, single and combined with the 

 arsenates so as to take the place of a separate 

 poison for chewing insects, are suggested. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE 



The standard remedy against fungus, rust and 

 rot. Five ounces to one gallon of water is 

 standard strength. Spray at intervals until 

 fruits sets, for potatoes till danger of late blight 

 is passed. Thirty-five cents a pound. 



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