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CARBOLIC ACID EMULSION. 



Hard Soap, shaved fine, one pound. 

 Water, one gallon. 

 Crude Carbolic Acid, one pint. 



Dissolve soap in boiling water, add the carbolic acid, and churn 

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



HELLEBORE. 



White Hellebore, one ounce. 



Water, one to two gallons. 



Steep the helebore 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. 



INSECT POWDER PYRETHRUM. 



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

 hours ; then dust over the plants. 

 Insect Powder, 100 grains. 

 Water, two gallons. 

 Mix together and spray. 



COMBINED FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES. 

 BORDEAUX MIXTURE AND PARIS GREEN. 



Paris Green, if pure, six ounces ; more if necessary. 

 Bordeaux Mixture, 50 gallons. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE AND ARSENATE OF LEAD. 



With ready prepared arsenate of lead use five pounds to 50 

 gallons. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE AND ARSENATE OF LIME. 



Arsenate of Lime (made by foregoing formula), 1% quarts. 

 Bordeaux Mixture, 50 gallons. 



IVORY SOAP. 



Ivory Soap (10-cent size), one bar. 

 Water, 15 gallons. 



