THE SCHOOL GARDEN 295 



FOR LEAF-EATING INSECTS apply with a sprayer : 



i ounce of Paris green dissolved in six gallons of water. 

 FOR SAP-SUCKING INSECTS apply with a sprayer: 

 Make a mixture called emulsion of the following: 



2 gallons kerosene, 



i pound of hard soap, 



i gallon water. 



FOR RUSTS, ROTS AND BLIGHTS PLANT DISEASES: 



i pound of unslacked lime, 

 i Yz pounds of copper sulphate. 



Dissolve each separately in about six gallons of water. Use wooden 

 pails. Mix thoroughly and apply with a sprayer. 



This may also be made an insecticide by adding to the mixture about 

 two ounces of Paris green. 



Plant Lists jor Different Purposes 

 VEGETABLES, etc., suitable for the school garden: 



(Those marked * are easy for the little ones.) 



FOR SPRING: Lettuce,* radish,* onion sets.* 



FOR SUMMER: Peas,* beans,* beets,* turnip,* sweet corn,* 

 cucumber, muskmelon, watermelon, tomato, egg-plant, early cabbage, 

 cauliflower, carrot,* onion, late lettuce, pepper, grains,* cotton, flax,* 

 sugar-beet, sorghum,* potato.* 



FOR AUTUMN: Field corn,* pop-corn,* pumpkin,* squash, sweet- 

 potato, celery, tomato, pepper, cabbage (late), carrot, beets* '(late), 

 turnips* (late), onion, parsnip, sugar-beet, peanut, cotton (plant some 

 in pots). 



ANNUAL FLOWERS: 



(Those marked * are easy to grow for the little children.) 

 SPRING FLOWERING: Sweet alyssum,* candytuft,* bachelor's but- 

 ton.* Must be started early. 



SUMMER FLOWERING- Pansy, balsam,* portulaca,* sweet alyssum,* 

 candytuft,* bachelor's button,* morning-glory,* California poppy,* 

 sweet pea,* petunia,* mignonette, amaranth, pink,* poppy,* stock, 

 scabiosa, castor bean,* calliopsis (or coreopsis),* single and double 



