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SMITH'S CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL 



diluted one-half and applied with a brush or atomizer will destroy them 

 without injuring the foliage. 



Grasshoppers are sometimes troublesome, 

 devouring the tender leaves and stems, and 

 the best remedy is hand-picking, which should 

 be done as early in the morning as convenient, 

 when they are more docile and easily caught. 

 Should they be very abundant, an applica- 

 tion of Paris Green may be given. Care 

 should be taken not to apply too freely or it 

 will burn the foliage. 



A safe rule is 1 part Paris Green to 150 

 parts air slacked lime which should be thor- 

 oughly mixed. 



Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus Pratensis) is 



FIG. 24. TARNISHED 

 PLANT BUG. 



a great hindrance and often causes total failure to plants grown in the 

 open border. See Fig. 24. They are brought into the greenhouse on var- 

 ious plants, like carnations and geraniums, and immediately find a fav- 

 orable feeding ground upon the chrysanthemum. This destructive bug 

 procures its food by thrusting its proboscis into the tender growths, ex- 



FIG. 25. DEPREDATIONS OF THE TARNISHED PLANT BUG. 

 BRANCH SHOWING MASS OF BLIND GROWTH. 



tracting the sap, thus causing the tips to flag, which may be considered evi- 

 dence of their presence. In the young state they are of a yellowish green 

 color and seem to confine their depredations to the apex of the stem ancl 

 soon destroy the center. 



