17- CARBOLIC ACID EMULSION. 



I pound hard soap shaved fine. 



I gallon water. 



I pint crude carbolic acid. 

 Dissolve the soap in the water, boiling" ; add the carbolic acid and 

 churn as for kerosene emulsion. Use one part of this with 30 parts 

 of water. 



18. HELLEBORE. 



I ounce hellebore. 



1 to 2 gallons water. 



Steep the hellebore in a pint of water and gradually add the rest 

 of the water. Hellebore may also be dusted over the plants, either 

 pure or mixed with flour or plaster. 



19. INSECT POWDER. PYRETHRUM. 



Mix with half its bulk of flour and keep in a tight can for 24 

 hours ; then dust over the plants. Or, 

 100 grains insect powder. 



2 gallons water. 

 Mix together and spray. 



COMBINED 

 FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES. 



20. BORDEAUX MIXTURE AND PARIS GREEN. 



4 ounces Paris green. 



50 gallons Bordeaux Mixture. 



21. BORDEAUX MIXTURE AND ARSENATE OF LEAD. 



Prepare the arsenate of lead as above (Formula No. 10), but 

 instead of adding the arsenate of soda and acetate of lead, when dis- 

 solved, to the water, mix the two together well, then add one-third of 

 this to 50 gallons of Bordeaux Mixture. 



