TWELVE] OUR RIVALS—THE INSECTS 
When they do develop they come with such rapidity 
and in such hordes that it is very difficult to con- 
trol them. Poison will partly do the work, but 
hand picking must follow. Catbirds, wrens, wood- 
peckers, bluebirds, brown thrashers, and other 
birds will destroy a large percentage, and the toad 
helps us emphatically. Prof. Hodge, of Clark 
University, recommends planting spireas around 
our rose gardens, because the beetles will gather in 
this bush and can be collected readily. There are 
many other insects that attack our flowers, and 
sometimes they will create havoc. As a rule, they 
can be kept in control by the remedies I have 
named. 
I append a list of formule for the most important 
fungicides and insecticides. 
Bordeaux Mixture. 
Copper Sulphate.......... .6 lbs. 
Quick or Stone Lime... ... 4 lbs. 
Water cescciicnd -scnoneness 45-50 gals. 
Dissolve the copper sulphate in an earthen or 
wooden vessel with three gallons of hot water, or 
put in a coarse sack and suspend in a barrel partly 
full of water; when dissolved, slack the lime in a 
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