Insects and Diseases 



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hand-picking, kerosene emulsion, tobacco dust, Bor- 

 deaux mixture, arsenate of lead. 



Enemy 



Aphis (Plant-Hce) 



Asparagus-beetle . 

 Asparagus rust . . 



Black-rot 



Borers 



Caterpillars 



Caterpillars 



Club-root 



Cucumber-beetle 



(Striped beetle) 

 Cucumber-wilt . 

 Cucumber-blight 



Cut- worm 



Flea-beetle 



Potato-beetle . . . 

 Potato-blight . . . 

 Potato-scab . . , 

 Root-maggot. . . 

 Squash-bug .... 



White-fly 



White-grub ..... 



Attacking 



Cabbage and other plants, espe- 

 cially under glass 



Asparagus 



Asparagus 



Cabbage and the cabbage group.. 



Squash 



Cabbage group 



Tomato 



Cabbage group 



Cucumber and vines 



Cucumber and vines 



Cucumber, muskmelon, cabbage. 



Cabbage, tomato, onion 



Potato, turnip, radish 



Potato and egg-plant 



Potato , 



Potato (tubers) 



Radish, onion, cabbage, melons . 



Squash, pumpkin 



Plants; cucumber, tomato 



Plants 



Class Remhdt 



5. 8. 6 

 13. xa 



(page 163) 

 I, XX, 8 



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9. 4. 19. 13 



II, 5 



la. 13. 4 



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4.3. 9 

 4. 8, la. s 

 6, 5. 8 



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However, that the home gardener may be pre- 

 pared to meet any contingency, I shall take up in 

 brief detail the plant enemies mentioned and the 



remedies suggested. 



Aphis: — The small, soft green plant-lice. They 

 seldom attack healthy growing plants in the field, 

 but are hard to keep off under glass. If once estab- 



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