THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 203 
How TO PREPARE STOMACH PoIsoNns 
Paris green. Use one heaping teaspoonful to three 
gallons of water. To make larger quantities, use the 
following formula: Paris green, one pound; lime, two 
pounds; water, two hundred gallons. Sprinkle the Paris 
green into the lime gradually while it is being slaked; 
then add the water. Stir the mixture while using, to 
keep it from settling to the bottom. For spraying peach 
trees and other plants with very tender foliage, use two 
thirds the amount of both Paris green and lime. 
Lead arsenate. Use one tablespoonful to one gallon 
of water, or three pounds to fifty gallons of water. 
Lead arsenate sticks to the leaves better than Paris 
green, and there is no danger of burning the foliage 
with it, but it does not kill the insects so quickly. 
Hellebore. Mix one part of powdered hellebore with 
three parts of flour and keep the mixture in a closed 
vessel overnight before using, or dissolve a tablespoon- 
ful in three gallons of water. For vegetables and fruits 
that are nearly ripe this is safer than Paris green or 
lead arsenate. 
Poisoned bait. Thoroughly mix a large tablespoon- 
ful of Paris green with three quarts of bran. Moisten 
the mixture with sweetened water or molasses, so that 
it will stick together. In the evening distribute this in 
small amounts along-the rows that are being injured 
by cutworms. Care must be taken that the birds which 
feed on garden insects are not destroyed by its use. 
