io The Horticulturist' s Rule- Book. 



Glue and arsenites wash, continued. 



of hot water ; add i ounce London purple or Paris green, 

 stir well, and add hot water till the mixture measures 2 

 gallons. For preventing the attacks of borers. 



Hot water. Submerge affected plants or branches in 

 water of a temperature of about 125. For aphis. 



Kerosene. In pure state, kerosene is used as an insecti- 

 cide upon many plants, with various results. It does not 

 appear to injure the coleus, rose, grape, peach and pea, 

 but does injure the potato, tomato, and gooseberry. 



Kerosene emulsion. Soft soap, i quart, or hard soap- 

 preferably whale-oil soap one-fourth pound ; 2 quarts hot 

 water ; i pint kerosene. Stir until all are permanently 

 mixed, and then add water until the kerosene forms one- 

 fifteenth of the whole compound. A good way to make 

 the emulsion permanent, is to pump the mixture back into 

 the receptacle several times. 



Kerosene and milk emulsion. Sour milk, i gallon ; kero- 

 sene oil, 2 gallons ; warm to a blood heat and mix thor- 

 oughly. Dilute io times with water. For scale insects 

 and plant lice. 



Kerosene and condensed milk emulsion. Kerosene, 2 gal- 

 lons, or 64 per cent, of the entire mixture ; condensed milk, 

 4 cans of ^ pint, or 12^ per cent ; water twice the quantity 

 of milk, or 24 per cent. 



Kerosene and water emulsion. Goff atomizes kerosene 

 and water as follows : To the Woodason atomizing bel- 

 lows a small cup was attached directly in front of the 

 fount for holding the liquid to be atomized. From this 

 cup a very slender copper tube was passed through the 

 side of the fount where it entered the larger tube that con- 

 ducts the liquid from the fount to the mouth of the bel- 

 lows. It then curved upward, passing through the center 

 of this tube as far as the mouth of the bellows, where both 

 came to an end at the same point. Kerosene was then 

 placed in the added cup and water in the fount. On work- 

 ing the bellows the liquids are atomized together. The 



