212 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



by the top it will often come entirely away, revealing 

 the worm and its nest. Sometim^ there is sufficient 

 growth about the lower side of the crown to supply 

 a new plant and it is only necessary to destroy the 

 worm. When the plant has just begun to wilt if 

 the entrance hole of the worm is found and a sharp 

 wire or hairpin introduced, the worm can be found 

 and killed and often the plant will recover. The 

 earth should always be drawn up above the wound. 

 The treatment is the same for all plants affected with 

 borers and the preventive measure is to pour Paris 

 green solution about the roots of the plants at inter- 

 vals from the time they are set until fully grown. 



Where astera have been affected with what is known 

 as the "aster disease" they should not be planted in 

 the same ground again for two or three years. 



In treating plants for insects of any and all kinds 

 it may be simplified by remembering that for all 

 bugs, worms or lice which eat the plants Paris green 

 or arsenate of lead is the standard remedy, but that 

 these insecticides are powerless against those which 

 do not eat the tissue of the plants but merely guek 

 their juice. For these and all soft bodied pests, 

 kerosene emulsion is the remedy ; this and hot water. 

 For all hard shelled beetles and scale the caustic 

 washes like whale oil, caustic potash, lime sulphur 

 solution and the like are best. 



While formulas are given for the preparation of all 



