Pests and Remedies 141 



The striped cucumber beetle and his various 

 relatives are easily dispensed with by the use 

 of arsenate of lead. Every package of this 

 arsenate has the formula and directions for use 

 printed clearly on the box. The paste or syrup 

 has been my favourite to use as it dissolves more 

 quickly than the powder. In all cases where 

 dahlias are concerned it is safest to err on the side 

 of a weaker solution. It spots and disfigures 

 the plants and should not be used unless they 

 are overrun by beetles. 



Grasshoppers seem to wait until the finest 

 blooms are out before they come in any great 

 numbers. Then they pick out the delicately 

 tinted ones and devour! 



There seems to be no real remedy suggested 

 for them, except hand picking and clean cultiva- 

 tion around the dahlia beds. Let there be no 

 tall grass near by for them to breed in. 



I have had very good luck with two sprays 

 recommended for rose chafer, and if any one 

 has the time for and the price of these expensive 

 luxuries, they are well worth a trial when there 

 are grasshoppers in large numbers. The flowers 

 are not injured by the spray, and certainly with 

 me the hoppers disappeared. 



Mildew attacks the leaves sometimes and is 

 generally due to a poor location without suffi- 



