VEGETABLE GARDENING “AT 
plants should be kept covered both under and over 
with this material until they have begun to run. For 
cucumbers or melons the standard Bordeaux mixture 
9. Starrep CUCUMBER BEETLE 
is too strong, and a mixture containing half the usual 
amount of copper sulphate should be used. A mixture 
of 5 pounds lime, 2 pounds copper sulphate, and 2 
10. Prant Lick, WINGED TYPE 
pounds lead arsenate, in 50 gallons of water will not 
injure the plants’and will effectively control the insect. 
(ec) Lice. Melon lice often destroy a melon or cu- 
