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, 



1 pound of hard soap, 



I gallon water. 



For Rusts, Rots and Blights — Plant Diseases: 

 I pound of unslacked lime, 

 1 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. 



PlarU Lists for 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 com,* 

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

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

 sugar-beet, sorghum,* potato.* 



For Autumn: Field com,* pop-com,* 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 FiovraRiNG- 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 



