FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES 



hours 5-10 lbs. quassia chips in just sufficient water to maintain the extract 

 as a liquid ; dissolve 6-8 lbs. soft soap in water ; add to quassia extract, well 

 mix, and dilute to 100 gallons. 



II. For Gooseberry Saw-fly and Apple Sucker. 6-8 lbs. quassia, 6 lbs. 

 soft soap, 100 gallons water. 



III. For Winter Moth Caterpillars. 6 lbs. quassia, 7-8 lbs. soft soap, 

 100 gallons water. 



IV. For Winter Moth Caterpillars. 4 lbs. quassia, 6 lbs. soft soap, 5 

 pints paraffin, 100 gallons water. 



V. For Winter Moth Caterpillars. 4 lbs. quassia, 6 lbs. soft soap, 4 pints 

 Calvert's No. 5 Carbolic acid, 100 gallons water. 



VI. For Aphis or Scale on Roses. 1 lb. quassia, | lb. soft soap, 10 

 gallons water. 



Soft Soap and Sulphur. For Woolly Aphis. 1 lb. soft soap, £ lb. " flowers 

 of sulphur," 7 gallons water. 



Sulphate of Copper. Spray for Fungi. Dissolve 1 lb. sulphate of copper 

 in 25 gallons water. 



Sulphur. Use as a dry powder in form of "flowers of sulphur"; some- 

 times mixed with fine-powdered quicklime. Very effective in arresting 

 Mildews. 



Tobacco and Soft Soap. I. For Aphis on Fruit-trees. Pour 4-6 gallons 

 boiling water on 1 lb. tobacco ; when cool, add \-\ lb. soft soap. Syringe 

 with force. 



II. For Thrips, Leaf-hoppers, and Cuckoo-spit on Roses. \ lb. tobacco, 

 1 lb. soft soap, 12 gallons water. 



* III. Destruction of Aphis, Psylla, Cuckoo-spit, Leaf-hoppers, and Thrips. 

 Tobacco powder, 3 lbs. ; soft soap, \ lb. ; water, 10 gallons. Infuse tobacco 

 powder in water for about six hours, strain oft", press tobacco and infuse 

 again ; add the extract to dissolved soap and water. 



* Woburn Winter Wash. A caustic alkali wash for cleansing trees of 



moss, lichens, and Mussel-Scale. 



I. Non-fungicidal. Soft soap, }, lb.; paraffin, 5 pints; caustic soda, 2 lbs. ; 



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